PSY to Change Song Title for Fear of Offending Arabs

Published on 2013/03/22 | Source

The title of PSY's follow-up song to his hit "Gangnam Style", which is set for release next month, will be changed due to concerns it could sound offensive to Arabs.

Billboard on Wednesday reported that the song's tentative title "Assaravia", a Korean slang expression used to express excitement, could offend Arabs because it can also be spelled "Assarabia" to look like a combination of the words "ass" and "Arabia".

The rapper explained the song is not going to be a single and that the correct spelling is with a V.

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