

But PSY paid me 10 million won just for that one dance move. “I was grateful just for the fact that he was using at all, but then he said, ‘Since I’m using your choreography, I’ll pay you a copyright fee for it.’ I would have been thankful even if he hadn’t paid me anything, but since he said he would, I replied, ‘Oh, thank you so much!'”īae Yoon Jung continued, “Back then, I was getting paid 3 million to 4 million won to choreograph an entire three- to four-minute song. For me, it was like, ‘Wow, he wants to use my choreography? Of course.
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Over the weekend, Bae Yoon Jung shared a series of posts on her Instagram story of herself watching Penthouse with her husband at home. STAGE631 (K-pop academy that is run by H.O. “PSY asked me if he could use just that part of the choreography,” she went on, “and from my perspective, I was just grateful. Choreographer Bae Yoon Jung, who made her name known through the Produce 101 series, has apologized after being called out for illegally streaming SBS drama, Penthouse. She often works with various agencies outside of her own to help choreograph title songs. Bae Yoonjung is the CEO of YAMA&HOTCHICKS Entertainment, and has been a dance coach and choreographer for many idols and companies. She was the dance trainer/mentor for trainees on Produce 101 Season 1, Produce 48, and Produce X 101. He said that no matter much he tried out other choreographies, he kept thinking that the ‘arrogant dance’ was the perfect fit. Bae Yoonjung () is a dancer, and choreographer.

“Brown Eyed Girls’ ‘arrogant dance’ had been a huge hit, and PSY said one day that while he was working on ‘Gentleman,’ he couldn’t think of any other dance move for the choreography. “I was so grateful to him,” recalled Bae Yoon Jung. PSY’s choreography for his 2013 track “ Gentleman” was originally created for Brown Eyed Girls’ smash hit “Abracadabra,” which had everyone imitating its signature dance move back in 2009.Īs Bae Yoon Jung was the original choreographer for “Abracadabra,” PSY reached out to her to ask for her permission to use the famous dance move, which had earned the nickname the “arrogant dance” in Korea.

Choreographer Bae Yoon Jung expressed her gratitude to PSY on the latest episode of “ Radio Star”!īae Yoon Jung, who is famous for coming up with the iconic choreographies for hit songs like EXID‘s “ Up & Down,” T-ara’s “Bo Peep Bo Peep,” KARA’s “Mister,” and the “Produce 101” theme song “ Pick Me,” made a guest appearance on the November 10 episode of the MBC talk show.Īs many already know, when PSY was getting ready for his first comeback after the explosive success of his 2012 hit “ Gangnam Style,” the singer chose to reuse one of K-pop’s most famous choreographies for his next song.
