At his solo concert today, the world star said a few words about his newfound fame and what it meant for him. "I'm saying this for the first time, but two years ago when I turned 35 I asked myself, for how long can I keep being an artist?" he said. "I wondered if I would still be able to do my energetic music and if my body would still support it, and I figured that one day, I would have to stop being a singer."
"I thought about my life without concerts, and I felt that a part of my body had been sheared away," he said. "I wrote a song last year with the expectation that I will stop singing by the time I'm 40. Unexpectedly, due to that song things kept happening which made me question reality every day. I wondered if this was a hidden camera, like 'The Truman Show'."
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"I then released a song called 'Gentleman', and I know that it had a mixed response," he continued. "I read all of the reactions, and honestly, I don't think that it was my style. 'Gangnam Style' wasn't targeted at anyone, but with 'Gentleman', I wondered if foreigners would be able to pronounce it. It wasn't lyrics, it was linguistics."
"Looking back, I need to be myself, so the song I'm writing right now will go back to my roots and I'll do it as I've always done," he said. "If this one's a success, I'll try again. After changing my thoughts, life felt a little easier."
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