gangnam style

It’s not officially a pop-culture sensation until it’s had a grad school-style disseration written about it. So welcome to the canon, “Gangnam Style” — because The Atlantic published an article yesterday making the case that the insane/hysterical K-Pop bath salts hallucination video “is rich with subtle references that, along with the song itself, suggest a subtext with a surprisingly subversive message about class and wealth in contemporary South Korean society.” The article is fucking fascinating. Let’s learn a few things about “Gangnam Style” and the pudgy pop crooner PSY who wrote the song, directed the video and came up with those sweet, sweet dance moves.  Continue reading →