Park Jae-Sang, the actual name of Psy, explained the meaning of the song in an August 2012 interview with  . "People who are actually from Gangnam never proclaim that they are — it's only the posers and wannabes that put on these airs and say that they are 'Gangnam Style' — so this song is actually poking fun at those kinds of people who are trying so hard to be something that they're not", he said. Despite its international popularity, in a separate interview with  earlier in August, Park Jae-Sang said "Gangnam Style" — a satire of consumerist aspects of the of the South Korean capital of Seoul — "never targeted foreign countries. It was for local fans". He said his intention with the video "was to look uncool until the end. I achieved it." "Gangnam Style" has inspired countless parody versions, prompting UK newspaper  to suggest it was "the most parodied video ever". Among the parody versions are one performed by inmates of the Philippines' , one with students from in the United Kingdom, one from Chinese artist and one created in the approach to the 2012 United States presidential election called "Mitt Romney Style".
Park Jae-Sang, the actual name of Psy, explained the meaning of the song in an August 2012 interview with CNN . "People who are actually from Gangnam never proclaim that they are — it's only the posers and wannabes that put on these airs and say that they are 'Gangnam Style' — so this song is actually poking fun at those kinds of people who are trying so hard to be something that they're not", he said. Despite its international popularity, in a separate interview with Reuters earlier in August, Park Jae-Sang said "Gangnam Style" — a satire of consumerist aspects of the of the South Korean capital of Seoul — "never targeted foreign countries. It was for local fans". He said his intention with the video "was to look uncool until the end. I achieved it." "Gangnam Style" has inspired countless parody versions, prompting UK newspaper The Daily Telegraph to suggest it was "the most parodied video ever". Among the parody versions are one performed by inmates of the Philippines' , one with students from in the United Kingdom, one from Chinese artist and one created in the approach to the 2012 United States presidential election called "Mitt Romney Style".
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