LOS ANGELES South Korean rap star Psy's music video "Gangnam Style" on Saturday became the most watched item ever posted to YouTube with more than 800 million views, edging past Canadian teen star Justin Bieber's 2-year-old video for his song "Baby."The milestone was the latest pop culture victory for Psy, 34, a portly rap singer known for his slicked-back hair and comic dance style who has become one of the most unlikely global stars of 2012.Psy succeeded with a video that generated countless parodies and became a media sensation. He gained more fame outside his native country than the more polished singers in South Korea's so-called K-Pop style who have sought to win international audiences.YouTube, in a post on its Trends blog, said "Gangnam Style" on Saturday surpassed the site's previous record holder, Bieber's 2010 music video "Baby," and by mid-day "Gangnam Style" had reached 805 million views, compared to 803 million for "Baby." Within a few hours, "Gangnam Style" had gone up to more than 809 million views."
Gangnam Style" was first posted to YouTube in July, and by the following month it began to show huge popularity on YouTube with audiences outside of South Korea. "It's been a massive hit at a global level unlike anything we've ever seen before," said the YouTube blog.The blog also said the "velocity" of the video's popularity has been unprecedented for YouTube.In his "Gangnam Style" video the outlandishly dressed, sunglass-wearing Psy raps in Korean and dances in the style of an upper-crust person riding an invisible horse. The song is named after the affluent Gangnam District of Seoul and it mocks the rampant consumerism of that suburb. Psy, whose real name is Park Jai-sang, is no stranger to wealth as his father is chairman of a South Korean semiconductor company.His parents sent him to business school in the United States but he confesses that he bought musical instruments with his tuition money. He later graduated from Berklee College of Music in Boston and won fame in South Korea with his 2001 debut album.
The viral success of "Gangnam Style" on YouTube also has translated into strong record sales. In late September, the song jumped to the top of the British pop charts and it also has sold well in other countries. Popular parodies of the "Gangnam Style" video included one featuring the University of Oregon's duck mascot, and another done in the "Star Trek" language Klingon.The official YouTube view count for Gangnam Style represents only the figure for the original video posted to the site, but copycat versions, parodies and videos by people commenting on the song have been posted to the site and elsewhere on the Web.Counting all those different versions, "Gangnam Style" and its related videos have more than 2.2 billion views across the Internet, said Matt Fiorentino, spokesman for the online video tracking firm Visible Measures."Without the dance, I don't think it would have been as big as it is," Fiorentino said. "And the other thing is, Psy has a unique sense of humor which comes through in the video.
He doesn't take himself too seriously."(Editing by Barbara Goldberg and Bill Trott)Skip to main content Marc Klasfeld's "See You Again" Video Tops 2 Billion Views Production and Post-Production Products and Services Audio, Music and Sound Design, Cinematographer, Director, Editor Sign up for SHOOT eNewspapers SHOOT Dailies - Published weekday evenings (M-F except holidays) for to keep you current. Includes all SHOOT & SPW News, Releases, Screenwork published throughout the day. Click for a sample issue. Brand New[s] - Weekly on Wednesdays - All publicity news releases & new SPW screenwork videos posted on the SHOOT Publicity Wire (SPW) in past 7 days. Screenwork - Twice-Monthly compilation of ALL videos posted to SHOOTonline's Screenwork section. SHOOT Featured Offers - Occasional - relevant industry offers such as screeing invites, educational opportunities, free event passes, awards season info, special discount offers, etc. Click for a sample offer.
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And it's so goofy, it’s great. That's how it starts.Next, you won’t be able to get the tune out of your head. You will mumble the lyrics walking down the street, like a crazy person. You will do the dance for co-workers, friends and total strangers.Allegedly, you can download the song as a ringtone. The original video has more than 2.8 million views on YouTube in about a month - Gangnam Style had 2.65 billion, so PPAP has a ways to go. Meanwhile, Japanese teenagers have flooded social media with lip-sync cover versions that include synchronized dancing.I have a pen. I have an apple. #/rkpMMFVhyX— Khairul (@luriahk) September 26, 2016The performer is Piko-Taro, a fictional singer-songwriter invented by Japanese comedian and DJ Kosaka Daimaou, according to Spoon & Tamago.PPAP is Daimaou's first YouTube post - he has steadily added more and more stuff on YouTube and Twitter. It's mostly in Japanese, but it doesn't matter. It's weird in any language.Copyright 2016 Raycom News Network.
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