Psy readies for December comeback

Singer Psy will make his comeback with a new studio album on Dec. 1, two years and eight months after his sixth album introduced the YouTube smash hit dance number “Gangnam Style.”

YG Entertainment, the star’s management company, recently promoted the news with a poster that included Psy’s caricature.

Psy (Park Jae-sang, 37) released his latest single, “Hangover,” in June last year and the music video featured American hip-hop artist Snoop Dogg.

Fans feared that the popularity of “Gangnam Style” might have weighed heavily on Psy, forcing him to try to maintain his image as an “international singer.” Some said he should stop building global popularity and start concentrating on persuading Korean fans.

In December, Psy appeared to have taken the fans’ advice, because he said at a concert he will “return to the mindset when he first debuted.”

Korean fans are wondering whether he will stick with this promise with the new album.