PSY’s ‘Gentleman’ Banned In South Korea Over Controversial Scene

PSY’s new video “Gentleman” is breaking all kinds of records on YouTube even though his home country of South Korea refuses to air it.

According to the Associated Press, one South Korean broadcasting network has banned the pop sensation’s new video from all of its channels due to one controversial scene in the opening sequence.

In the scene, PSY kicks over a state-owned parking cone.

Seems like a silly reason, but that’s destruction of property, and the state-funded KBS said on Thursday that its hands are tied. They must remove “Gentleman” from their channels because it falls short of the standard set for public broadcast.

This amounts to mostly a personal inconvenience for PSY, whose “Gentleman” has already pushed past 150 million views and over 1.3 million likes since debut just under a week ago. We say personal inconvenience because South Korea is his home, after all.

Additionally, he expressed hope in the recent past that his music could be used to unite the people of North and South Korea together in light of quickly rising tensions between the two.

Last week, he said that the division of North and South Korea amounted to a “tragedy,” continuing, “Hopefully my `Gangnam Style,’ my `Gentleman,’ my music videos and my choreography … they might enjoy them too,” of the North’s citizenry.

PSY’s “Gangnam Style” brought the 35-year-old international fame last year, becoming YouTube’s most watched video with 1.5 billion views thus far.

The new single, “Gentleman,” follows in its predecessor’s footsteps, complete with a catchy riff and new, bizarre choreography.

Check out the video for PSY’s “Gentleman” below. The “controversial” scene that caused the video to be pulled in South Korea is right at the front, around the 0:05 mark. What do you think of PSY’s new song?

[iframe src=”http://www.youtube.com/embed/ASO_zypdnsQ” width=”560? height=”315?]

[Image via: Featureflash / Shutterstock.com]