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Gangnam Style

November 2023

  • K-pop band BTS in 2017.

    From K-pop to reggaeton, English language music no longer reigns supreme

    Shain Shapiro
    Generous investment in Seoul, Bogotá and beyond has created local artists who can rip up the world stage. Meanwhile, the UK cuts its funding, says Shain Shapiro

July 2017

  • People pose for photos before a sculture reading 'I Seoul U' at Yeouido park

    City brands
    Lacking Seoul? Why South Korea's thriving capital is having an identity crisis

    From the confusing new slogan I.Seoul.U to the viral sensation of Gangnam Style – an inside joke about the city’s success that was lost on most foreign viewers – Seoul is a city struggling to define its brand. But why?

November 2016

  • Cha Eun-taek is escorted by police after his arrest in Seoul

    K-pop video director charged in South Korean corruption scandal

  • Ed Balls

    Ed Balls performs 'best worst dance' on Strictly Come Dancing

July 2014

  • Highrise buildings tower over Guryong, a shanty town near South Korea's wealthiest Gangnam district in Seoul.

    Gangnam, shanty-style: life in Seoul's Guryong Village slum – in pictures

    Guryong offers a shocking contrast to life in the rest of Seoul’s gleaming Gangnam district. A billion-dollar redevelopment plan has sparked fierce debate over what will become of its residents

April 2014

  • Street food in Seoul's Gangnam district

    Gangnam-styled: street traders face eviction in K-pop themed facelift

    Mayor of Seoul's Gangnam district made famous by hit song is forcing out street sellers in effort to create 'global luxury district'

October 2013

  • Red Fox

    The Fox song creators celebrate 100 million YouTube hits with a sleep

    Norwegian comedians behind Ylvis's The Fox say it was meant to be a skit – not the new Gangnam Style

August 2013

  • Gangnam Style: Israeli soldiers dance to Psy track at Palestinian wedding - video

    Israeli soldiers dance to Gangnam Style at Palestinian wedding - video

    Israeli soldiers dance riotously to Gangnam Style at a Palestinian wedding – to the dismay of military bosses

June 2013

  • Dorian Lynskey

    Britain's soft power is greater than Gangnam Style – so appreciate it

    Dorian Lynskey
    Dorian Lynskey: While Asian nations pour cash into promoting culture, the UK is slashing budgets. We shouldn't take our position for granted

April 2013

  • Psy banners

    Psy's Gentleman reviewed: 'a fairly standard-issue pop-dance single'

  • Music blog
    Can Psy's Gentleman replicate the success of Gangnam Style?

March 2013

  • Ai Weiwei with Elton John

    Ai Weiwei to release heavy metal album

    Chinese artist has written nine rock-tinged tracks for music debut hot on the heels of Gangnam-style video

February 2013

  • South Korean protester dancing Comrade Style in Kim Jong-un mask

    Comrade Style: South Koreans' Gangnam protest against North's nuclear test - video

    More than 6,000 South Koreans protest in Seoul on Friday against the recent nuclear test carried out by North Korea

January 2013

  • Wuhan

    Chinese workers dance Gangnam Style to protest over unpaid wages

    Construction workers from Wuhan say dance was the only way to draw attention to problems

December 2012

  • Foreign K-pop fans flashmob in Seoul

    Seoul searching: on the trail of the K-pop phenomenon

  • Viral video montage

    2012 in review
    2012: The year in viral videos

  • Gangnam Style

    Gangnam Style passes 1bn views on YouTube

  • British soldiers in Afghanistan do Gangnam Style

    British soldiers in Afghanistan do Gangnam Style – video

  • Laughing stock: the week in comedy
    Sarah Millican defends Page 3 – and Stewart Lee goes for Charlie Brooker

  • From Euro 2012 to Gangnam Style: what Britons Googled most this year

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