Who is Yoo Hye-yeon? Retrieved October 27, 2012.
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Yoo holds a South Korean nationality while she belongs to an Asian ethnical background.
Max Fisher of The Washington Post foreign staff reported that he solicited native Korean and English speakers, academics accustomed to the sensitivity of word-for-word translations, young Koreans familiar with the cultural connotations of the lyrics, and a professional interpreter to offer their translation of the lyrics, and found out that the lyrics may have actually slurred the American servicemen rather than calling for their deaths, although he did also go on to opine that, "using a to accuse Americans of killing Iraqis' family members is still pretty serious".
His smash tune Gangnam Style, which became one of the most popular songs on the video-sharing website YouTube, catapulted him to fame.
Lucy Williamson from the recognized Psy as South Korea's "newest and biggest music star", but also described him as "unpolished, unpredictable and he doesn't look like your typical Korean idol".