E Y E W E A R, THE BLOG - FREEDOM MEANS BEING UNAFRAID TO WRITE WHAT YOU THINK

Psy , the world's second most-famous, second oddest Korean, created the greatest music meme of 2012, and now has leaked his Justin Bieber entourage-created follow-up wannabe-meme, 'Gentleman'.  The only similarity, aside from the plodding-galloping beat, is that both songs share a G in their title, and also, I suppose, the Orientalising yelps of half-imprecise English declamations, which add poignancy and eccentricity, to Psy's work. I like the new song fine, but, bereft of its still-secret video, without the new dance, it is impossible to gauge how this virus will spread.  The new song is not as silly, joyous, or wildly unexpected, as 'Gang nam' .  B ut neither is it utter crap.  It has an intriguing claim in "I'm a mother father gentleman" which has a bit of Lennon wisdom in it.  He is trying to be a universal dance-pop artist, and be fun about it, across cultures and languages.  He deserves some credit for this. I wish him well, and hope hi...