What Does PSY’s ‘Gentleman’ Song Mean In English? [LYRICS & VIDEO]

Korean pop sensation PSY released his new video for 'Gentleman' on Saturday. As of right now, not even 4 days later, the video has been seen more than 101-million times. Wow.

Now comes the big question from everyone who isn't fluent in Korean; what the heck is the song about?Until I looked it up, all I heard during the chorus was, "I'm a madda padda gentleman." Turns out he's actually saying, "I'm a mother father gentleman." Now I'm even more confused.

Pretty much the whole song is about PSY talking about how good he is for the ladies, but the video is of him doing very un-gentlemanly things to a host of different ladies. All surrounded by the chorus of being a "mother father gentleman." (Somehow, I think an 'f-word' other than 'father' might make more sense there.)

Now that I know the English lyrics, I think I'm more confused than I was before.

Here is the lyrics video with the English subtitle translation and a full-transcription of the lyrics. Take it for what it is.

According to PolyMic.com, the Korean lyrics to 'Gentleman' translate to this:

I don't know if you know why it needs to be hot
I don't know if you know why it needs to be clean
I don't know if you know, it'll be a problem if you're confused
I don't know if you know but we like, we we we like to party

Hey there
If I'm going to introduce myself
I'm a cool guy with courage, spirit and craziness
What you wanna hear, what you wanna do is me
Damn! Girl! You so freakin sexy!

Ah Ah Ah Ah I'm a...
Ah Ah Ah Ah I'm a...
Ah Ah Ah Ah I'm a mother father gentleman

Ah Ah Ah Ah I'm a...
Ah Ah Ah Ah I'm a...
Ah Ah Ah Ah I'm a mother father gentleman

I'm a, ah I'm a
I'm a mother father gentleman
I'm a, ah I'm a
I'm a mother father gentleman

I'm a, ah I'm a
I'm a mother father gentleman
I'm a, ah I'm a
I'm a mother father gentleman

I'm a, ah I'm a
I'm a mother father gentleman
I'm a, ah I'm a
I'm a mother father gentleman

I don't know if you know why it needs to be smooth
I don't know if you know why it needs to be sexy
I don't know if you know darling, hurry and come be crazy
I don't know if you know, it's crazy, crazy, hurry up

Hey there
Your head, waist, legs, calves
Good! Feeling feeling? Good! It's soft
I'll make you gasp and I'll make you scream
Damn! Girl! I'm a party mafia!

Ah Ah Ah Ah I'm a...
Ah Ah Ah Ah I'm a...
Ah Ah Ah Ah I'm a mother father gentleman

Ah Ah Ah Ah I'm a...
Ah Ah Ah Ah I'm a...
Ah Ah Ah Ah I'm a mother father gentleman

I'm a, ah I'm a
I'm a mother father gentleman
I'm a, ah I'm a
I'm a mother father gentleman

Gonna make you sweat.
Gonna make you wet
You know who I am Wet PSY

Gonna make you sweat.
Gonna make you wet.
You know who I am
Wet PSY! Wet PSY! Wet PSY! Wet PSY! PSY! PSY! PSY!
Ah I'm a mother father gentleman

I'm a, ah I'm a
I'm a mother father gentleman
I'm a, ah I'm a, I'm a mother father gentleman

Mother father gentleman

Mother father gentleman

And here is the official video for the song, if you haven't seen it yet.

Is 'Gentleman' going to be as big as 'Gangnam Style'? I doubt it, but 101-million views in four days is still pretty impressive.

What do you think of it?