"Oba Gangnam style!" Seeing this lyric, everyone will definitely be able to think of the very magical horseback riding dance, which is the popular "Gangnam Style" ten years ago, when the streets and alleys are playing this song, whether it is the elderly or children, almost can sing a few words, the iconic action of the horseback riding dance is even more welcomed, and the singer of this song, Uncle Bird, is also popular all over the country, and even the fire has reached the world, to the situation where no one knows.
I don't know if everyone found it, unconsciously, Uncle Bird gradually faded out of everyone's sight, and Uncle Bird, who was so sought after at that time, became the "shame of Korea". What did he do? And why was it banned? It all starts at the beginning.
Three generations of wealth, he was expelled from two major universities
Uncle Bird's original name was Park Jae-sang, and even if he looks good, he is a rich third generation. Mr. Park's grandfather was the owner of a semiconductor company that is said to account for more than half of the market in South Korea, while his father was the president of a listed machinery company. Therefore, Park Jae-sang has not worried about eating and wearing since he was a child, in fact, if this development continues, it is reasonable to say that Park Jae-sang can directly inherit the family property and become a domineering president when he grows up.
However, the children of rich families will be a little rebellious, and when he was a child, Park Jae-sang was completely unimpressed by the inheritance of the family business, but instead focused on music. Originally, his family arranged for him to study international business and trade at Boston University, but Park Jae-sang was not interested in studying, often skipped class, and was finally dissuaded by Boston University because he missed too many classes.
As soon as this matter came out, Park Jae-sang directly showdown with his family, saying that his ideal was music, and he did not want to do business at all, and his family saw that he was so firm, although he did not support it in his heart, but he did not stop him again. Later, Park Jae-sang entered the Berkeley Conservatory of Music to study music.
Before because the major did not like, so often skip class, this time can finally learn their love of music major, should be able to study well, right? But unexpectedly, Park Jae-sang still often skips class, and even uses all the tuition fees given to him at home to buy computers, keyboards and other music equipment, every day in the room to study music by himself, roommates see him so serious, they joke that such a person who is not good-looking, in the entertainment industry can not continue. However, Park Jae-sang did not believe in this evil, and then he left his job and became a star in the future, but later Park Jae-sang was once again expelled from the Berklee College of Music due to reasons such as skipping class and unsatisfactory grades.
Park Jae-sang had to return to South Korea, but he still "did not forget his original intention", bent on bringing his music into the entertainment industry, in 2001, he debuted under the stage name PSY, released the album "PSYfromthe PSYchoWorld!" The response to the first album is also not bad, and the song "Bird" is also a small fire, but in the end, because the handsome men and women in the Korean entertainment industry are really innumerable, Park Jae-sang's appearance is so ordinary. The song is a small fire, but people are not popular. It doesn't matter, everything is difficult at the beginning, the first step is to take a step, Park Jae-sang also has a small number of fans of his own, they call Park Jae-sang "Uncle Bird".
Smoking du, evading military service, scandals abound
Although Uncle Bird at this time was not popular, he soon encountered the first negative news, that is, sucking du. In 2001, he was arrested by the Seoul police for smoking at a friend's house. He hopes that everyone can understand him because he is relapsing because of the pressure to write songs. In fact, since September 2000, he has been suspected of smoking five times. At that time, he also openly repented to the outside world, and if everyone could forgive him for being young and ignorant, he would definitely reform himself and work harder after that.
This matter came to an end, and unconsciously reached the age of military service, and how could this big brother, who had never suffered since childhood, be able to bear the life of the army? Not to mention that his career has just improved a little, so in 2005, in order to avoid military service, Uncle Bird spent a lot of money to buy the certificate of an engineer, and when he had the identity of an engineer, he refused to enter the army, but could go to the network company to serve. Network companies are definitely much easier than the troops, and they don't have to participate in physical training and so on. Originally Uncle Bird only needed to clock in on time every day, but Uncle Bird liked to be high-profile, and he did not go to work in the company and was very well known, and even opened 50 concerts, after this matter was exposed, it triggered the dissatisfaction of the media and the public, and began to boycott his album.
In the end, the relevant departments punished Uncle Bird for 20 months of re-service, and he also publicly apologized, but he still did not get everyone's understanding for a long time.
At that time, Uncle Bird was still a tepid little singer, there were two scandals, which caused a lot of blows to his career, Uncle Bird could only mix in the variety show, began to take the road of harmonic star, did not expect this, but let everyone understand his humorous talent, and later was favored by the famous Korean company YG, and then the career ushered in the second spring of his career.
With a song that became popular all over the world, it made 15 billion yuan
Subsequently, Uncle Bird began two years of dedicated creation, and finally released the "Gangnam Style" in July 2012, which was a song that was popular all over the world, with an uncontrollable hit rate that year, and also landed on the top of the iTtunes singles chart in 35 countries including the United Kingdom, the United States, and Brazil.
Uncle Bird finally became a hit this time, gained a lot of fans, swept countless global awards, not only that, Obama invited him to the White House Christmas party, and the United States also awarded him the same "Special Talent Visa" as David Beckham.
In addition, Uncle Bird also attended the birthday party of the King of Thailand, the Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon also danced with him, and britney, Tom Cruise and other superstars are also fans of Uncle Bird, and they all dance horseback riding dances with Uncle Bird.
Every concert of Uncle Bird is overcrowded, the most exaggerated one is in Seoul, the audience is nearly 80,000, 1,000 police officers were sent to maintain law and order, and even more than 20 fans fainted due to excessive excitement and were taken to the hospital.
In addition, Uncle Bird was invited to speak at Oxford University and Harvard University in order to be a true scum of his studies, becoming the first Korean singer to speak at Oxford University.
And our domestic Oriental Satellite TV also invited Uncle Bird to participate in the Spring Festival Gala, the remuneration for 3 songs was as high as 3 million, and the helicopter airborne scene was specially arranged.
In 2 months, Uncle Bird earned 15 billion. In fact, the fire to this extent, if you do not pay attention, you may fall off the altar, Uncle Bird also understands his situation, began to work hard to polish the next divine comedy.
From "Korea Star" to "Shame of Korea"
In April 2013, Uncle Bird released a new single "Gentleman", but this song is not as popular as "Gangnam Style", and the dance in the MV can be described as greasy and spicy. Uncle Bird wears a bikini and a miniskirt with a big fork, which can't help but make netizens say that they can't watch it, at the same time, the lyrics are also complained about vulgarity and indecent.
In addition, in the MV, Uncle Bird also kicked and flew the sign that said "no parking" on it, which the media said was deliberately destroying public property and would bring a bad example to the child. Later, Uncle Bird also made an explanation, saying that it was actually a satire on those rude upstarts, it seems that the media and netizens did not buy it, and Uncle Bird also changed from the just-rising "Korean star" to the "shame of Korea".
This matter continues to ferment, South Korean television stations feel that Uncle Bird has gone global, and his words and deeds can affect other people's views on South Korea, so that major television stations have banned Uncle Bird, and tv has banned the broadcast of content related to Uncle Bird.
Even so, two more scandals broke out, and this time Uncle Bird completely fell off the altar and could not turn over. The first thing is that due to the explosion of Uncle Bird, the stock of the economic company YG has also soared, and the president Yang Xianshuo has also made a lot of money. In order to reward Uncle Bird, Yang Xianshuo held a private party for Uncle Bird, and more than 20 girls were arranged in a private room, but he did not expect that all this was photographed by paparazzi and exposed the next day. Subsequently, Uncle Bird also explained that he had no relationship with more than 20 girls, and left after eating by himself, but everyone did not buy it.
Another thing is the "plagiarism gate", Kim Chang-hoon, known in South Korea as the "god of song", once left a message on Weibo: betrayed by trusted people, and pointed to Uncle Bird. Uncle Bird then denied having a conflict with Kim Chang-hoon, but the matter was still not over, and the news of Kim Chang-hoon's suicide due to the plagiarism of the work by Uncle Bird also spread.
Seeing that the development in South Korea can not be stopped, Uncle Bird wants to come to China to develop, Uncle Bird's scandals Chinese audiences do not know much, in 2016 Uncle Bird participated in the Spring Festival Gala of Oriental Satellite TV, and later also made a cameo appearance in the film "Macau Storm 3" directed by Liu Weiqiang and Wang Jing, in the film with Zhou Runfa on the same stage, but this comeback still did not have much improvement.
In the long run, Uncle Bird no longer insisted on a comeback, and the Twenty-Eight Center shifted to creation. In January 2019, Uncle Bird officially announced the establishment of a personal company, PNATION, as a producer, signing rap singers Jessi and Kim Hyun-ya and other artists.
In fact, the ups and downs in the entertainment industry are normal things, because it is unlikely that a song will always stand on the peak, and if you want to wear the crown, you must bear its weight. With the continuous development of society, everyone's aesthetics and preferences will also change, and if you want to be popular in the entertainment industry for a long time, the work is very important and the character is more important.