The spread of “Gangnam Style” was fueled largely by copycat and tribute versions of the video. BEST “GANGNAM STYLE” PARODY AND TRIBUTE VIDEOS In the first week of August, the video was mentioned on CNN, ABC News, and in the Wall Street Journal. social media site Reddit that same day, setting off a viral chain of Internet video-sharing that still continues today.
The video scored a half million YouTube views on its first day, and the single debuted at No. “Gangnam Style” started as just another track on PSY’s sixth album, released this past July. 1 on 33 different countries’ pop charts, peaking at No. What’s surprising is that this song, sung almost entirely in Korean, hit No. It’s no surprise the song was such a hit in South Korea. The video’s most memorable dancers, like that magnificent little break-dancing toddler near the beginning, are popular Korean entertainers making cameo appearances. PSY has been a well-known South Korean musician for years he’s just never had a hit in the English-speaking world.
1 global hit on YouTube and the international music charts. HOW DID “GANGNAM STYLE” BECOME SO POPULAR?Ĭontrary to popular belief, “Gangnam Style” did not come out of nowhere to become a No. It may look uncool, but “Gangnam Style” is just weeks away from becoming the first video ever to notch a billion YouTube views. “My goal in this music video was to look uncool until the end,” PSY told Reuters. Dancers engage in frequent refrains of a “horse trot” maneuver that has ironically become the year’s hottest dance move. The singer PSY shows his hilariously awkward machismo in a series of sidesplitting dance routines, with no fewer than eleven colorful costume changes. The “Gangnam Style” video is an inexplicable, but amusing romp set to a whirring techno dance beat.
With 880 million views and counting, YouTube estimated last week that the “Gangnam Style” video is still being watched seven million to ten million times each day. A whimsical South Korean pop star called PSY has somehow beaten teen heartthrob Justin Bieber’s “Baby” video to break YouTube’s all-time viewing record. Like it or not, the tune getting stuck in the most heads worldwide this holiday season will probably be the nutty Korean pop track “Gangnam Style.” There are viral videos, and then there is the mega-viral blockbuster “Gangnam Style,” which just became the most-watched video ever on YouTube.
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