Lee Kyu-chang Reveals What Went Down Between Psy and Scooter Braun at Their First Meeting

Scooter Braun is probably most famous for discovering YouTube-sensations-turned-pop-stars Justin Bieber and Carly Rae Jepsen. So it's really not surprising that after he viewed Psy's "Gangnam Style," he tweeted, "HOW DID I NOT SIGN THIS GUY!?!??!"

Braun soon turned to Lee Kyu-Chang for help. Lee is well known in Hollywood as a middleman who helps bring celebrities overseas to the U.S. market. Lee got in touch with a few people, eventually got in contact with Psy, and convinced him to meet up with Braun in Los Angeles. 

Today, Lee appeared on tvN's "Kim Mi Kyung Show" to reveal what really went down during Psy and Braun's first meeting.

"It's nothing special," Lee said. "Braun was initially not interested in signing Psy. He just wanted to buy the rights to ['Gangnam Style'] to remix it into an English song."

However, Lee told Braun that if Psy weren't involved, then the song wouldn't be "Gangnam Style." Lee promised to bring Psy to Braun so they could collaborate. "I told [Braun] that it would be really fun, which led to their meeting."

At the meeting, Braun admitted that he was a fan of Psy, to which Psy responded, "Really?"

"The two mostly talked business but there wasn't a lot of exchanges," said Lee, who sensed the awkwardness. When Braun went to the bathroom, Lee followed him and talked him into "partying Korean-style [with Psy that night]." They went out and drank. "Scooter bragged about his accomplishments," Lee said.

Later that night, "Scooter took out his phone and spoke to different people," Lee continued. "One of them was Usher, and Psy was really surprised. Scooter told Usher that he was with Psy and Usher replied, 'I saw Psy's music video. Tell him that I'm a fan.'" Upon hearing this news, Psy told Usher that if he ever comes to Korea, he would teach him his trademark horse dance. 

Lee also revealed that Psy was able to appear alongside host Kevin Hart at the 2012 MTV Video Music Awards because Braun is good friends with Hart. "Scooter called him and [Hart] said that he would give Psy 1 minute, 30 seconds during the ceremony to do anything he wanted," Lee said.

It was after this conversation that Psy told Lee he wanted to sign a contract with Braun, who he called "My type of guy."

"The two signed the contract, and the rest is history," Lee said. 

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