Music in Other Languages: Gangnam Style

Something that has always fascinated me about music is the fact that people can enjoy songs that are not from their country of origin, even if the music is not in their own native. This ties into previous posts I have made on this blog in terms of music seeming to transcend language. A clear case of this can be seen in the Korean pop single "Gangnam Style", which has not hit the US Billboard Top 100 at #11, but is also topping other music charts across the world. While this may be attributed partly to the music video, I think the song itself is good, being reminiscent of American pop and dance music. I have listened to the track without the music video several times as well.

I recommend listening to the song first before watching the video however, because the video is extremely striking and you will not be able to forget it once seeing it.