Director of the Olympic ceremonies explains that Psy turned down his offer to perform

Article: Song Seung Hwan, "We offered Psy to perform but he turned it down, felt too pressured"

Source: Newsen via Nate

1. [+330, -11] Koreans are always like "Psy again? Gangnam Style again?" whenever they hear it but then feel shocked when Psy isn't at events like this

2. [+277, -14] Can we stop whining about Psy? I bet you if Psy actually did perform, people would be whining about how 'Gangnam Style' is old news. I've rarely seen singers at sports events get positive responses so I can understand the pressure in turning it down.

3. [+258, -12] He turned it down because of the criticisms he got at the Asian Games ㅜㅜ all of the singers who ended up performing got criticized in the end as well

4. [+22, -0] Ah so that's what happened ㅠㅠ still sad to hear it... I saw that the athletes were walking out doing the horse dance ㅠㅠ

5. [+21, -7] CL was just not a good choice at all. She could've at least performed a different song. The opening ceremony made me have high expectations for the closing so it was a big disappointment. Good job on the opening though ^^

6. [+20, -10] Even if Psy got hate, it'd be way less than the hate those pathetic CL and EXO are getting right now. Ugh, they were such embarrassments to the country. We were all so proud with how well our athletes did this year until this tragedy happened at our closing ceremony.

7. [+16, -1] I didn't even know Psy got hate at his last performance. If Psy's old news, then what about the Spice Girls and all that? A hit song is still a hit song, regardless of time.

8. [+14, -4] It's fine that Psy turned it down but I want to know what he was thinking putting CL up there in his place...

9. [+12, -0] Really puts into perspective how big 'Gangnam Style' was that 6 years later people are still talking about...

10. [+9, -1] It's good that Psy turned it down, people would be calling him old news if he did it

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Source: Naver

1. [+4,760, -646] And yet the people who should've turned it down actually accepted it...

2. [+3,630, -552] It was never a matter of whether Psy was invited or not, we just want to know why they allowed CL to sing a song that dropped our class like that. It was embarrassing.

3. [+2,415, -236] Psy made the right choice

4. [+1,583, -304] Did we expect too much? They blew this one

5. [+923, -160] 'The Baddest Female' was just a bad idea all around...

6. [+895, -370] Ugh what was that with EXO ㅠ I had to pass on the ceremony because I was embarrassed ㅠ

7. [+566, -73] Psy's 'Champion' would've been perfect but there's nothing we can do if he felt too pressured

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