Eight years before “Gangnam Style,” Psy took part in covering a song called “Dear American” at an anti-U.S. protest, multiple reports indicate.
In 2004, Psy allegedly rapped the following:
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The lyrics and English translation — which we're told by a Korean speaker is correct — were posted as a CNN iReport two months ago and picked up recently by Twitchy and Mediaite. His appearance at the concert is apparently well documented in Korean media.
The song was originally done by the band N.EX.T:
It's still not clear if Psy actually helped cover the song. But he does have a history of appearing at protest concerts. The Korea Daily blog has photos of Psy from some of these shows in the early 2000s:
