Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Gangnam Style" in English language version.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)More surprising still was the content: quirky notes peppered with references to Howard Stern, Fox News and the global video hit of South Korean singer Psy. "Dear Mr. Warner", he wrote. "I like this new song Gangnam Style. I want to do the dance for you but cannot because of my shackles."
The view counter attached to "Gangnam Style", which was only posted on the video-sharing site July 15, clicked over into 10 figures at around 1550 GMT, confirming its status as the most viewed video in the site's history.
The singer enjoyed much publicity from the French media. He walked the red carpet in a limousine with a group of beauties, started his Gangnam Style there and led his performance and camera team inside the concert hall to finish his choreography on stage.
While the music video has been viewed over 28 million times on video sharing site YouTube, and has been praised for its catchy rhythm as well as its wacky 'horse dance', not everyone is impressed – his detractors have labelled his music vulgar.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)The South Korean government has announced that Psy's hit had brought in $13.4 million to the country's audio sector and promised a drive to export further examples of the country's burgeoning "K-Pop" industry.
I think we can all agree that K-Pop singer Psy's music video 'Gangnam Style' is one of the greatest videos ever to be uploaded to YouTube.
The view counter attached to "Gangnam Style", which was only posted on the video-sharing site July 15, clicked over into 10 figures at around 1550 GMT, confirming its status as the most viewed video in the site's history.
This is an almost Dada-esque series of vignettes that make no sense at all to most Western eyes. Psy spits in the air while a child breakdances, sings to horses, strolls through a hurricane that shoots whipped cream in his face, there's [sic] explosions, a disco bus, he rides a merry-go-round, dances on boats, beaches, in car parks and in elevators and generally makes you wonder if you have accidentally taken someone else's medication.
@psy_oppa's #GangnamStyle just became the first YouTube video to hit 2 billion views!
The signature move of the video has been called the 'invisible horse dance' because it mimics a bouncing/riding movement with hand gestures of alternating holding reigns and lassoing.
While the music video has been viewed over 28 million times on video sharing site YouTube, and has been praised for its catchy rhythm as well as its wacky 'horse dance', not everyone is impressed – his detractors have labelled his music vulgar.
More surprising still was the content: quirky notes peppered with references to Howard Stern, Fox News and the global video hit of South Korean singer Psy. "Dear Mr. Warner", he wrote. "I like this new song Gangnam Style. I want to do the dance for you but cannot because of my shackles."
The singer enjoyed much publicity from the French media. He walked the red carpet in a limousine with a group of beauties, started his Gangnam Style there and led his performance and camera team inside the concert hall to finish his choreography on stage.
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