SEOUL, Nov. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The music video of Psy’s “Gangnam Style” registered more than 3 billion views on YouTube at 8 a.m. Sunday, continuing to smash the video-sharing site’s records, according to his agency YG Entertainment. The electro-dance song, released in July 2012, and the signature horse-riding dance made the quirky rapper and [...]
BORYEONG, South Korea, June 29 (Korea Bizwire) – Leading K-pop stars Psy and IU plan to throw free stand-alone concerts at this year’s Boryeong Mud Festival, according to organizers Thursday. Psy will hold a concert July 25 at Daecheon Beach, 170 kilometers southwest of Seoul, the venue for the mud festival, celebrating its 20th year, [...]
SEOUL, May 10 (Korea Bizwire) – Psy, the 2012 global pop sensation who released “Gangnam Style,” said on Wednesday he is really keyed up hours before the release of his eighth studio album. “Among many things I do on Earth, standing on stage is the most not nervous, but I’m really nervous at this place [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean actor Lee Byung-hun will appear in a new Psy music video, according to informed sources Wednesday. Psy, whose real name is Park Jae-sang, became a global sensation with his 2012 mega hit “Gangnam Style.” Lee has finished filming for the video accompanying a song in Psy’s eighth [...]
SEOUL, April 24 (Korea Bizwire) – Psy of the 2012 pop sensation “Gangnam Style” will release his eighth full-length album next month marking his comeback after a hiatus of a year and a half, his agency said Friday. YG Entertainment said the South Korean singer-rapper, whose real name Park Jae-sang, has finished filming two accompanying music videos. The company previously said that [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – Filipino boxing star Manny Pacquiao arrived in South Korea Friday for a Christmas vacation and charity events, and he is scheduled to meet Gangnam Style superstar PSY Friday night at the PSY All Night Stand 2016 concert. “I visited Korea together with family to watch the snow,” he said, [...]
SEOUL, July 29 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean pop singers Psy and Rain, as well as the boy band WINNER were honored during a Chinese music awards ceremony, their management companies said Friday. Psy and Rain received the “Tencent Video Best Concert” and “Best Overseas Artist” awards, respectively, during the MTV Asia Music Gala 2016 [...]
SEOUL, April 12 (Korea Bizwire) – A giant statue of two hands dancing Psy’s ‘Gangnam Style’ showed up at COEX square in Gangnam-gu. Gangnam-gu officials announced that they will celebrate the completion of the ‘Gangnam Style Landmark Sculpture’ at COEX’s East Square. The structure, which is five meters tall and eight meters wide, looks like two [...]
SEOUL, Dec.9 (Korea Bizwire) – A parody video of North Korea’s founding father Kim Il-sung, the late leader Kim Jong-il and current leader Kim Jong-un dancing is gaining popularity on YouTube. The 25 second long video clip named ‘I got it from my ABAY (meaning ‘father’ in North Korean)’ had reached 171,013 views as of [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – Psy’s “Daddy” launched at 97th on Billboard’s Hot 100 Chart on Tuesday, the fourth consecutive time his song opened on the industry standard U.S. chart. The track featuring CL of the girl group 2NE1 came out last Tuesday, with charts updated every Tuesday, according to the U.S. website. Psy [...]