What’s So PSY About Him?
The skinny on the Korean internet sensation.
Park Jae-Sang, is a South Korean, singer, songwriter, rapper, dancer and record producer who is better known by his stage name ‘PSY’. The 34 year old dude went on to attend both Boston University and Berklee College of Music before returning to the world of K-Pop (Korean Pop) with his first studio album in 2001. Today he is a worldwide sensation because of his single ‘Oppa Gangnam Style’ video, which is the most liked video and watched K-pop video on Youtube.com with 291 Million hits.
T-Pain was among the first to have "sent [the video] to the stratosphere" when he tweeted about it on July 29.
Later it was shared by Katy Perry, Britney Spears, Tom Cruise and covered by artists like Nelly Furtado and Maroon, before actually being virtually shared by everyone on internet.
The song topped Apple iTunes music charts in 31 countries.
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From the October 2012 issue of FHM India.
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