On December 7, singer PSY who is currently residing in U.S. made an official statement concerning his past Anti-American behaviour. He stated, “I regret using such aggressive and negative words in the past. I apologize to everyone who was hurt by my words.”
He continued, “As a proud Korean and someone who has studied in U.S., I am perfectly aware of the sacrifices the American soldiers made to keep peace in the world. The song I sang eight years ago was in response to the death of two Korean girls by the American military tank and also to the war in Iraq. I still believe in the freedom of expression, but recently I have realized that words should be used carefully. I feel terrible that my lyrics may have been interpreted erroneously andhurt others.”
PSY added, “For past few months, I had the opportunity to perform in front of the U.S. soldiers. I felt truly honored. I again apologize for my past actions. I hope that the U.S. citizens can forgive me.”
In 2002, PSY has participated in the demonstration against the presence of U.S. military in Korea. In 2004, he has also written rap lyrics that were strongly Anti-American. Due to these past actions, some has argued that PSY should not be performing at the White House on December 8 for U.S. President Obama.
Source: Soompi
There's a typo, this event is due to take place later this month, I think it's on Dec. 21
Oh misleading titles giving people angry feels.
Edited at 2012-12-09 07:23 pm (UTC)
Also, nothing says ''anti-war'' like ''kill their daughters''.
And the few people that I got to listen to kpop because of him will now be like "AW HELL NAW, he's a (insert racist term here)"
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Kill those f****** Yankees who have been torturing Iraqi captives
Kill those f****** Yankees who ordered them to torture
Kill their daughters, mothers, daughters-in-law and fathers
Kill them all slowly and painfully
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http://busanhaps.com/article/exclus
http://www.rjkoehler.com/2012/12/08/p
have to agree with the person saying that it's anti-WAR, not just anti-american.
anyway, can't exactly give him shit for it, since I tend to feel the same way towards people that torture others, and/or order it to be done.
But legit think a lot of western kpop fans have absolutely no clue about how Korea was prior to hallyu or are willing to like, learn.
Knew this would be used to tear him down. Ah well.
inb4 koreaboos defend him like crazy
The song is anti-war. The lyrics are supposed to make you feel that way. Do you care that American soldiers are killing innocents all the damn time?
The lyrics make sense and idk why people can't see what they're saying.
It's a bad situation, but there is no "victim" and no "evil" here that comes in the form of a whole entire nation.
Of course America should try to stop this as much as possible we haven't been doing so hot on that lately, but this is not criticism, this is hatred, pure and simple and has no place to go within the discourse of whether or not American soldiers should be in Korea.
I'm sorry but America is a country of colonizers. He shouldn't have apologized for shit.
Every country in power has used things for their own advantage. Sad truth, but you can't pin point one country for that crime and ignore all others.
South Korean soldiers themselves massacred innocent civilians and raped thousands of Vietnam women during the Vietnam War. Korean soldiers tortured Americans and British soldiers in POW camps. But you still love South Korean today, despite your logic that we must hate on every country that has committed atrocities. It's illogical to make that equation, frankly, because a country is made up of many people and most of those people have no voice in the terrible decisions that are made.
But at the same time, citizens must be accountable for the actions and behavior of their government and military, especially under a formal republic like the US.
In either case, PSY’s words don’t really bother me, because when people often talk about “Americans” in general, they’re usually not talking about any group I belong to…so I’m good. Go ‘head PSY with your self-expression.
The song was written by a band member of "N.EX.T" in 2004.
Still, it's not good to continue to spread those hateful sentiments.
it's not his song
That period in time, America was not well liked by many around the world (Thanks a bunch, again, Dubya admin.), so I can understand where it came from. He apologized, and I doubt we'll ever see him perform in that song again, so that's that...
Edited at 2012-12-09 11:13 pm (UTC)
Good bye
Why did PSY have to Apologise to America for "keeping world peace."
They haven't kept peace, they've attacked Countries illegally and killed innocents. I wish PSY hadn't said that.
But he's apologised for singing a song that's not even his, I was annoyed by the comments but then I feel alot of Americans believe they're exempt from being criticised because they spread freedom and other terms when all they do is exploit poor countries.
Not sure if I should be doing this on Omona but I know a blog that focuses on recent events in Korea and US military activities:
http://rokdrop.com/
Good site if you want to check it out. Avoid reading the comments though.
Edited at 2012-12-10 02:13 am (UTC)