什么才是真正的“江南Style”？_时事

什么才是真正的“江南Style”？

Until recently, few people outside of South Korea had heard of Gangnam, an upscale neighborhood in Seoul's southeast that houses roughly 5% of the capital's population.

直到不久前，韩国以外还很少有人知道“江南(Gangnam)这个位于首尔东南部的一个上流社区，这里的居民数量约占首尔人口总数的5%。

Then came Psy.

然后，朴载相(Psy)横空出世。

More specifically, the K-pop musician's 'Gangnam Style,' which went viral on YouTube over the summer. Most of us know what happened next: An Internet-wide slurry of video imitations; 'Gangnam Style' flash mobs from Australia to Peru; a U.S. record deal sealed in soju, chased with domination of American primetime television; and even chin-stroking analyses of that horsey-dance clip.

更具体地说，应该是这位韩国流行歌手的单曲《江南Style》横空出世，这首歌今年夏季在YouTube上红透半边天。我们大多数人都知道接下来发生的事情：整个互联网到处都是模仿它的视频；从澳大利亚到秘鲁都有以《江南Style》为主题的快闪活动；喝着烧酒签下美国唱片合约，占据美国电视黄金时段；甚至还有人深入分析骑马舞。

But for many, the question still remains: What goes on in Gangnam, anyway?

但对于很多人来说，那个老问题仍然存在：“江南到底是什么样的？

We have five suggestions, loosely inspired by Psy's lyrics. For good measure, we've divided them up so you can see what he means when the singer calls Gangnam 'noble' during the day and 'crazy' after dark.