Talking Points: Gangnam-Style diplomacy, gambling debt, space war

Published April 13, 2013 4:00am ET



Has the top YouTube artist gone political?

The South Korean artist PSY, whose real name is Park Jae-sang, said he hoped that listeners in N. Korea enjoyed his new single “Gentleman” despite the tensions between the two nations. PSY’s hit “Gangnam Style” was the first YouTube video to reach a billion views and made him an international star almost overnight last year. He said his job was to make all people, including North Koreans, laugh. “Hopefully my ‘Gangnam Style,’ my ‘Gentleman,’ my music videos and my choreography … they might enjoy them too,” he said.

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