Today is the 10year anniversary of the shoes video. Since his breakout hit gangnam style made its debut, it has become the most watched video. Ai weiwei does gangnam style to make a point about freedom. The phrase oppan gangnam style was entered into the yale book of. The nowlegendary video was overtaken by a song created for the. I grew up in the section of seoul known as gangnam, long before psys gangnam style became a worldwide kpop hit by touting the neighborhood, its affluence, and the rise of koreas pop culture. Gangnam is a tony seoul neighborhood, and parks gangnam style video lampoons its selfimportance and ostentatious wealth, with psy. New landmark for online video crossed as psys gangnam style becomes the first video to be viewed more than 1 billion times on youtube. Gangnam style is actually the most popular video on. Gentleman run psy gangnam dancing edition game remove from app stor.
Up next true colors camden voices selfisolationvirtual choir cover duration. Well, i do not know if its a record but clearly broke something. Gangnam style, performed by the famous korean pop star psy, is the most recent cross border pop hit which has gone viral over the internet and has become the most sensational music video of the year. And five years ago this month it became the first video to achieve more than 1bn views on youtube.
It is a pastiche of pop video cliches so familiar you almost feel you know what psy is singing. South korean singer psys gangnam style video emerged on youtube in july and the rest is history. Gangnam style is the 18th kpop single by the south korean musician psy. Original dance is to blackpinks kill this love on sbs inkigayo. Five years later, psy looks to the past and is ready for the future. South korean pop star psys gangnam style music video dominated the internet in 2012 and has inundated youtube with views ever since, reaching so many users that the singers cheesy 80s.
Gangnam style music video broke youtube view limit bbc. The science of sharing what makes a video go viral. Hugh jackman and psy gangnam style with claws, take world. The story of south korean rap sensation psys ascent to global stardom with his megahit gangnam style has now been immortalised in full colour and with appropriate dramatic flourishes in. Chords, melody, and music theory analysis of gangnam style by psy. Originally known in his country as a controversial and satirical hiphop artist, he achieved international fame in 2012 with the music video to his humorous pop song gangnam style, which ultimately received a recordsetting number of views on youtube. A phenomenon called gangnam style has captured the world in a frenzy of korean lyrics, imaginary horses, flash mobs, and parodies that include elton to romney style yes, gangnam style is an unexplained phenomenon that took the world by surprise, but there is a hidden reality behind this videos popularity. The story behind the oppan gangnam style guy and what the song actually means. Five years after the video for gangnam style was posted, and. Psy gangnam style official music video video dailymotion. Gangnam style booted from youtubes most viewed charts. Four years in, gangnam style still receives over 3.
Psys gangnam style becomes first video to be viewed 1 billion. Gangnam style is not just a song, it is a phenomenon. Youtube says it had to rebuild its counter after south korean singer psys gangnam style video exceeded the viewing limit of 2,147,483,647. The artist would be wise to promote this on youtube because gangnam style is breaking a bunch of view records worldwide if people come. Gangnam style, the south korean pop stars enduring video phenomenon from 2012, has surpassed 2,147,483,647 views on youtube, maxing out the sites original view counter. Then this morning i watched ai making an ass of himself in his new cover version of the meme ish dance video called gangnam. Gangnam style has so many views it finally broke youtube. Gangnam styles lyrics may be in korean, but its visuals are in clear american. On december 21, 2012, gangnam style became the first youtube video to reach one billion views. The story behind the oppan gangnam style guy and what the. For most mortals on video sharing networks, hitting the 1 million views milestone is a feat. Gangnam style is a newly coined korean term which refers to the upscale fashion and lavish lifestyle associated with the people in gangnam. Gangnam style, international pop satire, and political. Gangnam style it is a multibillion dollar industry, with permanent grinning picture perfect child stars.
Park jaesang, better known as psy, is no longer the king of youtube. The first time i saw the viral gangnam style music video even though i dont speak a word of korean something about it absolutely tickled me. The sensationally viral kpop video gangnam style may have already hit its peak thanks to a change this week in youtubes algorithm that focuses on engagement rather than views. But behind the glowing grins often hides a dark depressed soul and after a string of. By overcoming the 2,147,483,647 copies, the song saturated the integer 32 bits, forcing an update from youtube. And a few americans even learned to locate south korea on a map. Gangnam style debuted at nummer ane on the gaon chart, the naitional record chairt o sooth korea.
Kpop artist psy gives korean musicvideo production a humorous twist with his new video which millions are clicking to see. The song was released in july 2012 as the lead single of his sixth studio album psy 6 six rules, part 1, and debuted at number one on south koreas gaon chart. Gangnam style by psy chords, melody, and music theory. Gangnam style, the most viewed youtube video ahead of justin biebers baby, has been viewed as of wednesday morning more than 2.
Gangnam style blew up in 2012 and graced the world with one of the most popular music videos ever. Blackpink kill this love x psy gangnam style youtube. Go listen to original version before listen to this version. In fact, its an exuberant remake of the video to south korean rapper psys worldwide hit gangnam style. As of today, gangnam style, mastering its potential as both pop music video and viral internet sensation, is now the most viewed thing on youtube, not just the most popular. We all know the moves by now the invisible horse ride followed quickly by the invisible lasso but who imagined the great chinese sculptor, photographer and political activist knew. South korean rapper psys gangnam style has become the mostwatched youtube video of all time with more than 805m views the camp video, which has. Psys gangnam style is the first video ever to hit a billion views on youtube. Five years after the video for gangnam style was posted, and fourandahalf years after that video was the first on the site to be viewed 1 billion times, the korean pop star has been ousted from.
The video for the single featured a deadpan psy performing a distinctive comic horseriding dance at various incongruously unstylish locations, including a horse stable. Hugh jackman and psy gangnam style with claws, take worlds best picture. The record the nowlegendary video was overtaken by a song created for the furious 7 soundtrack. Psys gangnam style has not only been knocked off the top spot of the most viewed music videos by one directions live while were young its dropped off the charts completely. Gangnam style ist ein kpoplied des sudkoreanischen rappers psy. The outspoken chinese art star mimics south korean rapper psys worldwide hit video. The subversive message within south koreas music video sensation. The internet is a vast and seemingly limitless space, but its no match for psy. Four years in, gangnam style still receives over 3 million plays a day. Gangnam style news, views, gossip, pictures, video. Yet the seeds of gangnams eventual cultural influence were present even then, and i was there to witness the transformation. Autoplay when autoplay is enabled, a suggested video will automatically play next. However, psy not only still with us, but just broke another record in youtube.
You might not still be watching the gangnam style video, but there are people out there who are still watching the. By some considerable margin, gangnam style remains the most viewed viral video of all time. According to the video giants weekly music video charts, gangnam style is still racking up the plays, and it. One of the most viewed and liked videos on youtube, psys catchy single and video have turned the. We may not know it yet, but psy and gangnam style represent the end of history 2. Analysis of gangnam style music video by robbie dale on prezi. Many imagined that the creator of this viral song had returned to his planet. To nonkorean audiences, the video, which has become a viral hit on sites like youtube, seems like a nonsensical mixture of images, some of strange people dancing, horses, bathrooms, pretty girls doing yoga, against catchy techno. What pop is about jump to media player the video for gangnam style has become the first youtube video to be watched more than two billion times. At the time this infographic was published, the total level of engagement on the gangnam style video was 1. Psy said in an interview that although he claims himself to be gangnam style in the song. Gangnam style star psy is immortalised in biographical. The song was released on july 15, 2012, as the lead single of his sixth studio album psy 6 six rules, part 1, and debuted at number one on south koreas gaon chart. Gangnam style is no longer the king of youtube views.
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