History Music / PSY

* NewOldWest: "That That", which he collaborated with Music/{{BTS}}' Suga, parodies this trope in the city of Incheon.

* NewOldWest: "That That", which he collaborated with Music/{{BTS}}, parodies this trope in the city of Incheon.

* SurprisinglyGoodEnglish: Studying at Boston University and the Berklee College of Music in the United States ''very'' obviously improved PSY's English skills, a trait that many critics have listed as one of the main reasons why he's done so well in western markets. And unlike most K-Pop artists, PSY can fluently communicate with western audiences and [[GenreSavvy understands American culture]] from his college years, both of which have massively assisted in his promotion of "Gangnam Style."

Park Jae-sang (박재상; born December 31, 1977 in UsefulNotes/{{Seoul}}) is a UsefulNotes/{{South Korea}}n singer-songwriter, rapper, and record producer. He goes by the stage name Psy (싸이, often stylized as PSY). He debuted in the 90's and has since been known in South Korea for his many comedic songs, music videos and dances that turned SarcasmMode into a social phenomenon.

* DreamTeam: ''PSY 9th'' features him collaborating with fellow P Nation artists and acclaimed big names such as [[Music/EpikHigh Tablo]], [[Music/BlockB Zico]], [[Music/{{Mamamoo}} Hwasa]], Heize, and [[Music/{{BTS}} Suga]].

*** PSY's version of "Urbanite" itself is a DarkerAndEdgier remake of Korean rock band [=N.Ex.T=]'s 1992 song of the same name, with faster pace and stronger tones. Nevertheless, it's the darkest single PSY has ever made.

* TwoHitWonder: In the West, anyway. "Gangnam Style" was his biggest international hit, followed by "Gentlemen". Both songs were pretty {{memetic|Mutation}}, and while his subsequent songs have been successful, they haven't recieved the same kind of traction as his two big hits.

** Wiki/TheOtherWiki has a partial list of the seemingly endless "Gangnam Style" parodies [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gangnam_Style_in_popular_culture#Parodies_and_reaction_videos here]]. Intriguing meta-concept in that they are parodies of a song intended to be a parody itself.

** His 2005 entry, "Urbanite", took this UpToEleven with its [[CrapsackWorld Crapsack]] BlackComedy putting the {{Workaholic}} city life into SarcasmMode, complete with RidiculouslyHumanRobots or ArtificialHumans replacing natural human workforces in a grayscaled, {{Cosmic Horror|Story}} music video.

** "Champion" is a BlackComedy variant of this to {{Rhythm Game}}s in general.

* {{Corpsing}}: PSY is seen doing this in the outtakes reel at the end of the "Gentleman" music video after stuffing his whole mouth with tteok (a sort of rice dumpling) sausage.

** "Champion" is a BlackComedy variant of this to {{RhythmGame}}s in general.

** "Champion" is a BlackComedy variant of this to RhythmGame|s in general.

** "Champion" is a BlackComedy variant of this to RhythmGames in general.

->''"[[MemeticMutation Oppa Gangnam Style]]!"''

* MeanCharacterNiceActor: The characters he plays in his most famous singles are sleazy at minimum, if not plain {{Jerkass}}es, especially in "Gentleman." In real life, the women who star as his videos' {{Fanservice Extra}}s have nothing but nice words for the man. His characters are just characters, after all. In particular, PSY has maintained a good friendship with Music/{{Hyuna}} and has even taken her under his company's wing after the poor lady was kicked out of CUBE Entertainment for dating in secret.

* UnusualEuphemism: In "Gentleman."
-->'''PSY''': I'm a mother f[[spoiler:ather]] gentleman!

->''"[[MemeticMutation Oppan Gangnam Style]]!"''

In 2018, Psy left his Korean label - YG Entertainment - to found his own company called P Nation. The label currently consists of Psy himself, solo artists HyunA & Dawn (formerly E'Dawn of the idol group Pentagon), and rappers Jessi & Crush. The label is also in the process of training a number of trainees for the eventual debut of an idol group (or idol groups) under the P Nation banner.