Psy: Sooth Korean sangster, sangwriter, rapper, dancer, an record producer

He is best kent for his humourous videos an stage performances, an for his hit single "Gangnam Style". PSY haes appeared on numerous telly programs, includin The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Extra, Good Sunday: X-Man, The Golden Fishery, The Today Show, Saturday Night Live, Sunrise, an The X-Factor.

PSY
Psy at The Star in Sydney, Australie
Background information
Birth name	Park Jae-sang (박재상, 朴載相)
Born	(1977-12-31) 31 December 1977 (age 46) Seoul, Sooth Korea
Oreigin	Sooth Korea
Genres	K-pop, pop, dance, hip hoose
Thrift	Sangster-sangwriter, rapper, dancer, record producer
Instruments	Vocals, With SKK Team
Years active	1999–present
Labels	Birdman, LNLT Entertainment, YG Entertainment, Republic, Schoolboy, YGEX, Avex Trax
Wabsteid	www.psypark.com

Influences

Accordin tae TIME, PSY statit that Freddie Mercury haed inspired him tae stairt his muisic career. PSY revealed that the ane celebrity he wants tae meet maist is the American actor Tom Cruise an aw, who recently askit on Twitter if PSY wad "mak a guid futur co-starn Gangnam Style?"

Public image

PSY is kent for his sense o humour in his concerts, whare he imitates female sangsters sic as Park Ji-yoon, Lee Hyori, Lady Gaga an Beyonce. Awtho his muisic is pairt o the K-pop (Korean popular muisic) genre, Beth Hong frae The Vancouver Observer notit that PSY "doesna fit the staundart K-pop idol image o being incredibly young, guid-leukin, an able tae carry a melodramatic note."

Lucy Williamson frae the BBC recognisit PSY as Sooth Korea's "newest an biggest muisic starn", but describit him as "unpolished, unpredictable an he doesna leuk like your typical Korean idol" an aw. Sarah Charlton frae Reuters cried him a "chubby Sooth Korean pop sangster" that haes foond fame an popularity in a "sea o pretty K-pop starns". In Sooth Korea, some hae cried him the "Bizarre Sangster" while ithers consider him tae be "the antithesis o wha is popular in Korean pop muisic". Chelsea Handler frae Chelsea Lately describit Psy as "Korea's Ricky Martin, as well as a sex seembol" durin his introduction on the show while Gil Kaufman frae MTV describit the sangster as ane o the "biggest pop sensations in the warld".

In 2002, PSY wis arrestit for marijuana possession an, as a eftercast, cudnae tae attend his grandfaither's funeral. Durin an interview, PSY remarkit "I wis vera close tae him. I wisnae there at the funeral. I will regret this [being arrestit] for the rest o ma life, acause ma grandpa lovit me sae hintle an A coudna be thare for him whan he wis on his daithbed."

On 14 October 2006, PSY marriet Yoo Hye-yeon, his lassfreind for three an a hauf year an a cello major at Yonsei University. Accordin tae the Korean Broadcasting System, the couple wis introducit bi a mutual acquantance an haes been "in luve iver syne". Currently, thay hae twin dochters.

PSY conseiders "Gangnam Style" tae be his life's unoc-maist dirdum.

Albums

• 2001: PSY from the PSYcho World!
• 2002: Sa 2/Adult only
• 2002: 3 PSY
• 2006: Sa Jib (Sa House)
• 2010: PSY Five

Extended plays

• 2012: PSY's Best 6th Part 1
• 2012: PSY's Best 6th Part 2

Films

• Mong Jung Gi (2002)
• Mong Jung Gi 2 (2005)

Televeesion series

• Dream High 2 - trainer coach (episode 5)
• Saturday Night Live (2012) - As self, 1 sketch

Television host

Leet o present programs

• M.net: Superstar K4 (슈퍼스타 K4) Judge (syne 2012)

• Offeecial wabsteid
• Official Me2Day Page Archived 2012-10-19 at the Wayback Machine
• PSY on Facebook
• PSY on Twitter
• PSY's channel on YouTube