Psy’s video is also the most “liked” video on YouTube, as well as the most-watched video in Korean entertainment history.īut something beyond Korean history has clearly occurred with the global sanctification of Psy. Who’s the genius behind the dance that mimics riding an invisible horse? Jae-Sang Park, erstwhile Psy (short for psycho), a rapper whose career galloped into global super stardom with the distinction of topping the iTunes charts in the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, and 28 other countries. Rob McKenna, the failed Republican candidate for Governor, even did the dance at an election event. Among them is North Korea’s own version to spoof a South Korean presidential candidate, and the “Mitt Romney Style” spoof video. It has over 800 million hits and counting since July, and has spun off countless other videos. It stands for something along the lines of a brash, flamboyant way of doing things, clownishness, or an act of in-your-face spoofing that is both original and entertaining.Ī recently setup Wikipedia page showcases “Gangnam Style” as the most watched YouTube video of all time. Anthropologists and linguists are no doubt having a field day trying to chronicle and dissect how, in the early autumn of 2012, “Gangnam Style” became an American idiomatic expression.

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