Reasons for the breakout
PSY himself
Talking about the reasons for the song's breakout, PSY said in an interview, "I know I'm not a handsome man, but I'm like Korean bibimbap, with popular tastes." He said it was probably because of his earthy appearance, not at all "Gangnam style", but he came to sing the song, thus creating a highlight.
Easy to learn
"Oppa Gangnam Style!" began 'Gangnam Style' with the phrase, meaning "My brother is Gangnam Style". The lyrics of "Gangnam Style" are not complicated, but the rhythm of the music is infectious, and the music video is funny, with the recurring "Horse Riding Dance" which is a simple imitation of riding a horse.
Genetics
Researchers believe that dancing is the truest way for men to show women that they are strong and healthy, just as a tidal crab wields its powerful pincers to "hook a woman," such as a peacock opening its screen. This phenomenon can be traced back to courtship in ancient times.
Physiology
Gangnam Style will be hot, in addition to PSY uncle's peculiar looks and dress, its easy to learn and highly recognizable horseback riding dance steps, may be the same as the "most dazzling national wind", "call me maybe", because of its catchy rhythm, in fact, that is, will be in the head of the hovering song constantly make people can not help humming up (earworm phenomenon).
It's the same with "call me maybe" because of its catchy rhythm.)
Mimicking netizens
People who like the song feel that the rhythm is fast and lively, while those who don't like it feel that they don't understand the popularity of the song and can't even listen to it once. One person said, "Maybe the world is too boring. It's a scratchy song."
Parody version
The "simple, fast" horseback dance steps in the music video have driven netizens around the world "crazy," sparking a wave of imitations from celebrities to ordinary people. In the United States, there are "Britney Spears" Britney, "Popeye" Robin Williams are learning to dance in the song, and Tom Cruise in his home page specifically recommended the song. Asia's Mythbusters, Jang Dong-gun and Lee Dong-hyuk have all mimicked the dance steps to "Gangnam Style".
Led by celebrity imitators, the song has attracted thousands of imitations in just three months, including "Warcraft" and "Zombies" in the gaming world, and movie clips that include thrillers, comedies and horror movies, as well as "Mother and Child", "Lolita" and "Lolita" versions. The movie version of the clip includes thriller, comedy, horror, and various versions such as mother and child version, loli version, red army version, Korean police version, U.S. Navy version, etc. The Gangnam Style is spreading rapidly like a virus.
The "Avenue of Stars" 8th anniversary celebration recording was recently recorded, Bi Fujian appeared with the past contestants who were there. On the scene, Mr. Bi was guided by the 0086 Boys group and also learned a horseback dance to the now most popular "Gangnam Style". [14]
Seoul, 4, singer Psy held a free Seoul Style concert at Seoul City Hall Plaza. Korean singer Psy (Park Jae-sang) held a free concert at the plaza in front of Seoul Metropolitan City Hall on October 4, saying on his twitter account in English that he is "going to hold the biggest concert in history" and could not hide his excitement. As the concert will be held from 10pm to 12 midnight, local buses and subways have extended their service hours until 2am to allow the audience to catch a bus home. As for the Seoul Metropolitan Government, it is expected that the scene will attract more than 40,000 people to support the scene, and will also be arranged for live broadcast on YouTube, so that people around the world can enjoy PSY's performance. In addition, it is rumored that "Gangnam Style" is expected to earn about 100 billion won (about 690 million Hong Kong dollars), but PSY's copyright income is only 36 million won (about 250,000 Hong Kong dollars).