PSY gets booed at an Italian soccer match

[frantastic.livejournal.com]

Psy was booed off the stage in Italy.

On May 26, he performed for the 2013 Coppa Italia Final between A.S. Roma and Lazio at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome. He was invited to perform "Gangnam Style", but when he started to perform, the entire audience started to boo, and when he was done he was met with a chorus of boos instead of the usual cheers.

In an interview afterwards, he said, "Italy is famous for being a passionate country. I understand yesterday's response. I know what it means. Similar things happen in Korea when two teams go against each other."

Not only did the audience boo him, they sang their own cheer song for their team, throwing off the entire performance. Psy himself understood that the fans wanted to see the match itself since it was a final, not a performance by a Korean artist who seemed to have no relation to the match. What do you think about the response?

Source: Sports Chosun via Nate + akp + 중원 김

Comments

[shanny-w.livejournal.com]

rude, but he handled it well :P

[asnindie.livejournal.com]

Serie A and La Liga fans are twats. Everyone knows that.

[bunica1990.livejournal.com]

mte

[atelierlune.livejournal.com]

Random venue is random. All reports seem to suggest that Italian futbol fans are some of the rowdiest in Europe. Psy handled it about as well as he could have.

[asnindie.livejournal.com]

Boo is if anything nice by their standards.

[evivante.livejournal.com]

Psy is such a professional. Also, can they please make Pay perform at more appropriate events? What's up with all the random venues recently...

[uledy.livejournal.com]

Wow, he handled that as well as he could both during the performance (if he could actually hear it) and the interview.

[anconeous.livejournal.com]

Rude, but is anyone really surprised at the reception he got?! I barely follow European football and I know enough that their fans don't give a shit about anything else.

[tsuyoi-hikari.livejournal.com]

Are you visiting the country at that time or you're local?

[floptbh.livejournal.com]

true professional!!!!

unlike when eunjung tells the crowd "you didn't deserve us!!" after their performance @ breezy's show. laawwwd

[eishastan.livejournal.com]

What... she did that?

[trowa.livejournal.com]

from what I've been hearing, it wasn't directed at Psy specificially, so much as lingering anger over a past World Cup match where Korea defeated Italy. Italian fans take their football seriously.

[nortonamo.livejournal.com]

He's so chill about everything.

[yumematsu.livejournal.com]

he's so great about this stuff flawless oppar. i'm sad that people were rude to him but i'm glad that he dgaf.

[obeytheempress.livejournal.com]

i heard the crowd was upset at the high ticket prices or something.

[klauses.livejournal.com]

he handled it rly well tho

[pepper.livejournal.com]

Rude, but understandable... since we are talking about hardcore football fans. :|

[unicornios.livejournal.com]

At least they weren't English football fans...

[pentrue.livejournal.com]

I dread the thought. I've been to only one match here and it was one too many *shudder*

[scarletfbl.livejournal.com]

And yet music artists like Chris Brown are still welcomed with open arms... Never mind the fact the soccer/football fans are the shitiest fans of all sports fans, people needs to get their priorities straight.

[reelrecnizereel.livejournal.com]

Lmfao he should've morphed into psyduck and took flight, nah but on da reel just get your money and dip its really whatever or an omen of the possible unfortunate events that may occur for YG

[aeries-amethyst.livejournal.com]

this sfm *sigh*

[sekainostar.livejournal.com]

+1

[love-allure.livejournal.com]

color me shocked that a crowd full of football fans did this.

[benihime99.livejournal.com]

ikr, they're usually so poised

[bulbasaur.livejournal.com]

psy seems really professional and i really adore him for that

[benihime99.livejournal.com]

Italians would probably boo this article for calling it soccer

[bunica1990.livejournal.com]

Rude.

But it's Serie A so I'm not surprised. Tacky.

[hisjulliet.livejournal.com]

Soccer(~football~) fans are the worst fans, worse than superwholock

self righteous, racist, sexist, homophobic, egotistic assholes

[pentrue.livejournal.com]

That seems like a generalisation to all football fans.... but unfortunately the majority of them are like that :(

[shintotchi.livejournal.com]

Gotta hand it to Psy. Even if he's angry inside (and, come on, I'm sure he is) he keeps a chill facade. I applaud you sir.