What does "Gangnam Style" mean? Why is it so popular around the world?

Gangnam Style, (Korean: ?, English: Gangnam Style) is a single by South Korean singer PSY, released on July 15, 2012. The title of the song "Gangnam Style" comes from Korean slang and refers to the luxurious lifestyle in Gangnam District, an area in Seoul, the capital, where the upper class gathers that symbolizes wealth and fashion. Although the song is based on South Korea's local culture, it has become increasingly popular in Western countries who are unfamiliar with its cultural background, and has attracted international media attention. After the song was released, the YouTube website click rate exceeded 300 million views 76 days after it was released. Guinness World Records stated that "Gangnam Style" received 4.6 million "likes" from netizens on YouTube, becoming the most "liked" by netizens in the history of YouTube. Like" MV video.

This song was recently mentioned on an unconfirmed Weibo account as actually being Gangnam STYLE. I would like to point out that PSY has never made such a statement, and this song has nothing to do with China’s Jiangnan. relationship, and this song does talk about the living conditions in the wealthy area of ??Gangnam, Seoul, South Korea. [12-13]

This single broke the Guinness World Record for the number of MV online views. In just two months after its release, it has been played 320 million times, and this data

Ban Ki-moon's experience of the Divine Comedy Effect (32 photos)

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The general meaning of the lyrics of this song is: "Hey, man, I am a handsome man from Gangnam District (repeat this meaning N times), man, I am a man, I look stable but I know how to have fun. A man is a man whose mind is more developed than his muscles. (Then the man calls out 100 times in the song) chick, sexy chick, hot chick, chick who seems quiet but knows how to have fun..."

< p> There are not many songs and dances that become global hits within one month, but this song "Gangnam Style" easily conquers all kinds of people. PSY's hip-hop style in the MV is funny, with his own horse-style dance steps and contagious lyrics. The rhythm of the music makes European and American people crazy about it. It even caused a wave of spoofs, imitations, and cosplay covers all over the world!

Kim Hyuna & Psy (16 photos)

Singer Psy released the 6th album "Psy 6A" after 2 years. The title song "Gangnam Style" has been popular on 6 platforms such as mnet and melon. A major list allkill.

The melon real-time chart on the 15th showed that the title song "Gangnam Style" from part 1 of the regular 6th album "Psy 6A", which was released at 0:00, rose to No. 1, and the second place was BEAST's "Midnight" which was released at the same time.

Similarly, "Gangnam Style" also ranked first in mnet, ollehmusic, bugs, monkey3, and soribada.

In addition to "Gangnam Style", "Psy 6A" part 1 also includes songs with G-Dragon (bigbang Kwon Ji-yong), Sung Si-kyung, Park Jung-hyun, Leesang, Kim Jin-pyo, and Yoon Do-hyun. Psy will perform for the first time on SBS's "Inkigayo" on the 15th, and the music video will be released at 6 pm Korean time.

Korean uncle Psy's "Gangnam Style" is popular all over the world, and the Korean girl group "Girls' Generation" performed this horse-riding dance at their concert. At present, its MV

Live Guidance Gangnam Style (16 photos)

has more than 100 million views on the YouTube video website, setting a record in the history of Korean MVs. It surpassed the record of more than 83 million views set by the MV of "Girls' Generation"'s famous song "Gee". [14]

As of September 18, 2012, the number of views of singer Psy's "Gangnam Style" MV on Youtube exceeded 200 million. It only took 66 days after the MV was released, which was a first for not only Korean singers, but also Korean culture. The most viewed regions for MVs are the United States, Thailand, and South Korea. Not only that, it also topped the US iTunes MV and singles charts. Not only that, in the "Most Liked" MV rankings selected by YouTube netizens, Psy surpassed the popular little king Justin Bieber and ranked first. Psy expressed his gratitude on Twitter: "Got 200 million views!!! Thx everybody reached 200 million views!"

The latest news is that the new mainland Chinese singer Su Ziling and the "Divine Comedy Emperor" old cat have officially Challenge "Uncle Psy" at the end of the year to compose the latest divine song, and compete with "Uncle Psy" in a "Lingmao vs. Uncle Psy" Chinese and Korean divine song competition.

According to Yonhap News Agency on November 6, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of South Korea passed a vote at the State Council on the 6th and decided to award the Republic of Korea Popular Culture and Art Award to 10 people, including "Uncle Psy" and director Kim Ki-duk. Awarded the Cultural Medal[15]. PSY will be awarded the Jade Crown Cultural Medal, and Kim Ki-duk will be awarded the Silver Crown Cultural Medal.

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The song "Gangnam Style" composed by Korean singer PSY was hailed as the world's divine song soon after it was "released" and became a huge hit, with various versions emerging one after another. . Among them, the "Horse Horse Dance" has fascinated a large number of fans around the world, and even celebrities from all over the world have imitated it. Let us take stock of the strongest Gangnam style in the Stars version.

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