![]() Psy, whose real name is Park Jai-sang, is no stranger to wealth as his father is chairman of a South Korean semiconductor company. The song is named after the affluent Gangnam District of Seoul and it mocks the rampant consumerism of that suburb. 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 blog also said the "velocity" of the video's popularity has been unprecedented for YouTube. "It's been a massive hit at a global level unlike anything we've ever seen before," said the YouTube blog. Gangnam Stylewas 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. Within a few hours, Gangnam Stylehad gone up to more than 809 million views. ![]() ![]() YouTube, in a post on its Trends blog, said Gangnam Styleon Saturday surpassed the site's previous record holder, Bieber's 2010 music video Baby, and by mid-day Gangnam Stylehad reached 805 million views, compared to 803 million for Baby. PSY promoting his 'Gangnam Style' video in this file photo. ![]()
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