Maps of Music

3 Mai (2002)

Where the lyrics of 3 Mai take you, and where it was really made.

Psy called his third album a project for taking a break, yet it sold over 135,000 copies in South Korea.

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Released in September 2002 with a launch on an internet music site
The album title means cheap
Lyrics were less explicit than on his previous albums
Psy said the album was intended as a project for taking a break, not as a change of his personality
Guest vocals: Lee Sun-hee, Kim Wan-sun, Park Mi-kyung, and Lee Jae-hoon of Cool
Park Jae-eun, Psy's older sister, also appears on the album
Released while Seoul was enthusiastic about the 2002 FIFA World Cup

1	Intro	2:34
2	안녕히	3:24
3	챔피언 Champion	3:06
4	빤빠라	3:17
5	반말합시다	3:32
6	낙원	3:40
7	퀸	3:02
8	난장 Blues	3:24
9	불장난	2:55
10	Night	3:18
11	Bitch	2:11
12	바쳐	3:24
13	로얄패밀리	3:23
14	안돼요	4:13
15	Back to the Psycho World! (Outro)	2:15

Park Jae-sang (born December 31, 1977), known as Psy, is a South Korean singer, songwriter, and record producer.
He debuted with the album Psy from the Psycho World! in 2001.
He was nicknamed "The Bizarre Singer" in South Korea for his blunt lyrics, peculiar dance moves, and unconventional appearance.

He joined YG Entertainment in 2010 and left the label in May 2018.
In 2012, "Gangnam Style" reached the top 10 of the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and became a global viral phenomenon.
Its music video was the first on YouTube to reach 1 billion views.
His follow-up "Gentleman" in 2013 also reached the top 10 of the Hot 100.
In 2019 he founded his own label, P Nation, and signed Jessi as its first artist.
He released his ninth studio album, Psy 9th, in 2022.

He has received an American Music Award, a World Music Award, and 10 MAMA Awards.
He received the Okgwan (4th Class) Order of Cultural Merit.

The Guardian's Paul Lester called "챔피언" a "thrashy disco" that heavily samples Axel F by Harold Faltermeyer
Billboard's Jeff Benjamin described the title track as a funky dance track using video game-like synthesizers years before the EDM explosion
Benjamin wrote that the song doubled as an anthem for South Korea when it hosted the World Cup in Seoul that year
The timely release, during Seoul's enthusiasm over the 2002 FIFA World Cup, confirmed Psy's place in the Korean music world and on the K-pop scene
The title track was received well by Korean soccer fans
Expat English teachers objected to the repeated use of a Korean word in the lyrics, which they heard as a slur
After clarification, many people thought the word was an appropriate jab at convention, since Psy had studied in America and spoke English

The title means cheap, and Psy described the album as a break from his usual work rather than a change of personality.
The song "안녕히 (Goodbye)" is about his longing for his grandfather, who died on the third day of Psy's arrest for marijuana charges.
The title track "챔피언" was inspired by Korean street cheering during the 2002 World Cup.
Psy's older sister Park Jae-eun appears on the track "퀸".
Psy kept performing "챔피언" throughout his career, including at Park Geun-hye's 2013 Presidential Inauguration.