Psy reveals Yoo Jae Suk almost featured in “Gangnam Style” song
On the December 22nd episode ofMBC‘s ‘Infinity Challenge‘,PsyrevealedYoo Jae Sukwas originally planned to feature in “Gangnam Style“.
Noh Hong Chulmentioned,“Yoo Jae Suk hyung said he almost featured in ‘Gangnam Style’.”Psy responded jokingly,“It’s true. It’s a relief he didn’t.”
He continued,“To be honest, my 6th album was supposed to be a featuring special. Excluding ‘Gangnam Style’, the other 5 songs [on the album] all feature other artists.Yoon Do Hyun,Park Jung Hyun,Sung Si Kyung,G-Dragon, andLeessang‘sGaryfeatured. The reason [Yoo Jae Suk] declined my offer to feature is because ofSagging Snail. It would overlap with the song ‘Room Nallari‘.”
Noh Hong Chul commented bluntly,“It didn’t do well. It didn’t explode as expected,”causing laughter.
Psy explained,“[Yoo Jae Suk] didn’t want to do the two songs at once. So I calledLee Jukhyung, and he [kept postponing it]. When I made the call,Jae Donghyung was next to me and told me he would do it,”revealing the behind-the-scenes story.
To make up for declining Psy’s offer, Yoo Jae Suk appeared in the music video instead with Noh Hong Chul, who came along on set.
In related news, “Gangnam Style” recentlyreached over 1 billion viewsonYouTube.