Kiyo: South Korean rapper
PSY was welcomed to Harvard University on Thursday night by hundreds of
screaming and shouting students and fans, as the "Gangnam Style" star
participated in a conversation inside an ornate church dedicated to the memory
of those who lost their lives in World War I.
PSY
began addressing students and faculty by noting that his presence at the Ivy
League school "is so weird."
He
recalled spending four years studying management at Boston University while marvelling
at Harvard from afar. He joked about his academic performance while at school
in Boston, saying he was known by a nickname of WWF -- which, he said, stands
for withdrawal, withdrawal, failure.
The
pop star, whose real name is Park Jae-sang, also joked that he's heard that he
is the first person to make a speech at Harvard without a written script.
Harvard
professor of Korean History Carter Eckert says the discussion is looking at PSY
as a modern global digital culture phenomenon.
Filo: Psy has proved “you
are not a failure until you say so”; only last month, he was honoured at the
Tribeca Film Festival at New York University.
