According to wikipedia.org,
"Gangnam Style" is a Korean language colloquialism
that refers to a luxurious lifestyle associated with the Gangnam district, an
affluent and trendy area of Seoul. The
music video depicts Psy dancing at various locations in Gangnam. The song is about "the perfect
girlfriend who knows when to be refined and when to get wild."
A literal translation of "오빤 강남 스타일 (Oppan
Gangnam seutail)" is "(I) Oppa Is Gangnam Style". The Korean word 오빠 (oppa)
means "a female's elder brother" but can be also used as a first-,
second- or third-person masculine pronoun to designate a male who is elder or
older than a female. Based on more recent cultural norms, the term has
typically been used to refer to a boyfriend or male spouse. It is used as a
first-person pronoun in this phrase. 오빤
(oppan) is an abbreviation of 오빠는 (oppaneun). 는
is a topic marker, which in this case means the implied subject of the sentence
is the singer (오빠). The verb "to be"
is omitted, as is often the case in such short Korean sentences. Thus the
literal translation of "Oppan Gangnam style" is "Your big
brother [is] Gangnam Style".
The lyrics are by Psy, music by Psy and Yoo Gun-hyung, and
it was arranged by Yoo Gun-hyung, who is a well-known producer in South Korea
and also collaborated with Psy in the past.
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