24 Oct 2012

UN / PSY

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon met with South Korean Youtube star Psy at UN headquarters, telling Psy he was “so cool, you could end global warming”. UNTV

Posted at: October 24, 2012 10:21 am

Duration: 02:58

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STORY: UN / PSY
TRT: 2.58
SOURCE: UNTV
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 23 OCTOBER 2012, NEW YORK CITY

SHOTLIST:

FILE – 2011, NEW YORK CITY

1. Wide shot, exterior United Nations headquarters

23 OCTOBER 2012, NEW YORK CITY

2. Various shots, arrival of Korean rap artist Psy to Secretary-General's office floor
3. Wide shot, Psy entering SG's reception area
4. Cutaway, cameras
5. Wide shot, Ban Ki-moon and Psy shaking hands
6. SOUND-UP (English) Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Secretary-General:
"What a big crowd we have. I've never seen this big crowd."
7. SOUND-UP (English) Psy, Korean Rap Artist:
"So now you have first and second famous Korean in the same building."
8. SOUND-UP (English) Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Secretary-General:
"I'm a bit jealous. Until a few days ago somebody told me that I'm the most famous Korean in the world. Now I have relinquished that title to you. But I have no regrets. I sincerely hope that there were hundreds of many more Korean, popular Koreans like you in the world. You are so cool. I hope that you can end the global warming. He is so energetic he can help end the energy crisis. He has so many millions of votes [Youtube hits] he is like one man democracy."
9. Cutaway, cameraman
10. SOUND-UP (English) Psy, Korean Rap Artist:
"This is for me really like huge momentum of my life and for all the Koreans he [Ban] is the guy, you know, in our, everyone's, hearts in Korea. Like best among the best and so to be here and he is saying, and he knows me, even the things that he know me is like so touching right now. But he is saying he saw my video, he counted my video views."
11. SOUND-UP (English) Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Secretary-General:
"Thank you very much. We'll have a few minutes to discuss how we can work together for the United Nations, for global good."
12. Wide shot, Ban and Psy do his famous dance move
13. Various shots, Psy signing guest book

STORYLINE:

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday (23 October) met with Korean rap artist and Youtube star Psy at UN headquarters in New York, telling him "I'm a bit jealous. Until a few days ago somebody told me that I'm the most famous Korean in the world".

Ban, who believes Psy's music has great power to overcome intolerance, told him when they met that he hoped there were "hundreds of many more Korean, popular Koreans like you in the world."

"You are so cool", Ban told Psy and continued, "I hope you can end the global warming."

Psy told Ban this was a "huge momentum of my life" and that for all Koreans Ban Ki-moon "is the guy". He was touched that the UN Secretary-General "knows me" and that "he saw my video, he counted my video views".

Psy is a South Korean rapper, dancer, and record producer who belongs to the so-called "K Pop" movement in Korea. His hit-single "Gangnam Style", featuring his signature dance, recently went viral on Youtube and has been viewed more than half a billion times.