GUEST POST: Psy, ‘Gangnam Style’ and the politics of satire
![A sharp critique of US-Korean foreign policy ties. Or a silly dance designed to sell records. You be the judge](http://web.archive.org./web/20131002153343im_/http://left-flank.org/files/2012/10/psy-gangnam-style-1-156x156.jpg)
Sometimes, just sometimes, a foreign pop music phenomenon breaks through the barriers erected around the English-language markets that dominate global music profit-making. Without doubt the grating dance-pop of South Korean hit “Gangnam Style” represents one of these moments. Complete with a novelty dance, the song’s music video has gone viral on YouTube and the track [...]
11 Oct
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