The life of PSY

Author: Ozziel Robles

The life of Park Jae Sang or better known as SPY has been a unique and somewhat difficult life. He was born in South Korea on December 31, 1977. During his childhood and teen Years PSY attended Banpo Elementary, Banpo Middle School, and Sehawa High School. He later came to the United States to attend Boston University and Berklee College of Music. PSY served his mandatory military service from 2003 to 2005. he married his girlfriend Yoo Hye Yeon on October 14, 2006 but later found out that his first military service was not served properly so in 2007 he served his second term. Two months before his second military services his two twin daughters where born.

As PSY's fame continued to grow in Korea, in America his fame was barely known. PSY debuted in January 2001 with his album called "PSY from the Psycho World!" he was later fined for accusations that the album contained inappropriate content. His lyrics where very blunt and his dancing was very weird, thus giving him the nickname "Bizarre Singer". His second album titled SSA2 sparked some complaints  from various civic groups stating that the album had a negative influence to the younger generation. Since then he has been thought to be a controversial artist. SSA 2 was banned in 2002 to only teens under 19 years old.   

As his 6th album, PSY Best 6th Part one, was released the unexpected happened. The song "Gangnam Style", which was a song in the album, became a huge internet sensation. The Music Video became the first You Tube's Most viewed video monthly chart. it than became number one on iTunes Music Video Charts. PSY appeared on numerous TV shows including CNN and The Ellen DeGeneres Show where he taught the dance to Britney Spears. Till this day the song has been a sensation being played in almost all the radio station in America. PSY would have never believed that all this fame would have happened to him. “When I realized that some top stars like have imagined or tweeted about me, I thought, ‘That’s joking. That’s not gonna happen…".( 2 ) This was all a shock to him but at the same time he felt accomplished.
 












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2. Kresna, . "infomusiclyrics." infomusiclyrics. (2012): n. page. Web. 19 Nov. 2012. <http://infomusiclyrics.com/biography-park-jae-sang-psy-the-creator-gangnam-style/>.