Park Jae-sang, known professionally as PSY, is a South Korean singer, rapper, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known for his 2012 song "Gangnam Style", which became a viral hit worldwide. "Gangnam Style", and several of his other songs, are memes on the SiIvaGunner channel.
History[]
- See also: Gangnam Style § History
Park Jae-sang was born on December 31, 1977, in Gangnam District, Seoul, South Korea. In the 1990s, he attended Boston University and then Berklee College of Music, but dropped out of both and pursued a career in music. He was first credited on a song in 1999 and released his first album, Psy from the Psycho World!, in 2001. The album was controversial and PSY was fined by the government of South Korea due to its "inappropriate content". His later works in the 2000s continued to garner controversy, establishing his countercultural and controversial public perception in South Korea.
In 2012, PSY was suddenly discovered by a global audience following the viral success of "Gangnam Style", which remains his most successful and well-known work. On December 21, 2012, the music video of "Gangnam Style" became the first YouTube video to attain a billion views. In 2013, he released "Gentleman", which became his second-most successful song, and in 2014, he collaborated with Snoop Dogg on the track "Hangover". In the following years, he continued to release music, including the songs "Daddy" and "New Face", although these were not quite as popular internationally as "Gangnam Style" or "Gentleman".
In 2018, PSY left his record label, YG Entertainment, and founded his own label, P Nation, in 2019. In 2022, after a five-year hiatus, PSY returned to releasing music, including the song "That That" featuring BTS member Suga.
Rips[]
On January 9, 2016, PSY appeared in the very first rip on the GiIvaSunner channel, "Battle! (Wild Pokémon) - Pokémon Ruby & Sapphire", which samples an "op" syllable from "Gangnam Style". "Gangnam Style" has since been used in many more rips and is now one of the most frequently used channel memes, behind only "Space Jam", "The Nutshack", "Snow halation" and "Meet the Flintstones". His songs "Gentleman", "Daddy", "New Face", and "That That" are also now considered channel memes.
PSY's other songs, such as "Napal Baji", "I Luv It" and "Celeb", have also been used frequently on the channel, and there are about 103 rips which feature those songs. His songs have also been ripped on the channel due to their use in music video games, including Just Dance 2014 and Neon FM.
Channel events[]
Since 2016, there has been a channel event every year dedicated to PSY's works. This typically occurs on July 15, the anniversary of the release of "Gangnam Style" and its music video.
- On July 15, 2016, the fourth anniversary of the release of "Gangnam Style", the first PSY Day event was held. In celebration of the anniversary, rips related to PSY and especially "Gangnam Style" were released.
- On July 10, 2017, Triple-Q tweeted an image of "Gangnam Style" losing its position as most viewed video to "See You Again" by Wiz Khalifa ft. Charlie Puth, which was closely trailed by "Despacito" by Luis Fonsi ft. Daddy Yankee. The following day, Triple-Q announced he was taking submissions for his latest album GANGNAMCORE 3 & Knuckles: The Weight Oppa World. On July 15, 2017, the SiIvaGunner channel began another "Gangnam Style" event, PSY Day 2. President Haltmann would later tweet about Triple-Q's album,[1] which was released an hour before the rip "The Weight of the World - NieR: Automata" was uploaded.
- PSY Day 3 was originally going to be on July 15, 2018, the sixth anniversary of "Gangnam Style", but a two-week copyright strike forced the event to be pushed to a different PSY-related date, celebrating the third anniversary of the original release of "Daddy".
- PSY Day 4 was held on July 15, 2019. Every rip uploaded on that day, with the exception of "Goodbye Baby - LISA: The Painful", featured songs by PSY, including "Gangnam Style".
- PSY Day 5 was held on July 15, 2020. It was revealed in the video "PSY Day 5 Reveal || SiIvaFes", as part of the SiIvaSummer All-Star Festival.
- PSY Day 6 was held on July 15, 2021, during the SiIvaGunner All-Star Summer Festival 2021: Legends of the Western Sunset. It was revealed in the video "The Bounty of Gentleman PSY - The SiIvaGunner All-Star Summer Festival 2021". The event ended with a community post, saying "Bang", implying that PSY was caught and killed for the bounty.
- PSY Day 7 was held on July 15, 2022. Rips uploaded featured "Gangnam Style" and other songs by PSY, notably songs from his 2022 album Psy 9th and its lead single "That That". The next day saw the release of the album SGFR Presents: PSY 9th Arrangements, which features remixes of PSY's songs.
- PSY Day 8 was held on July 15, 2023. Coincidentally, during the event, the channel was compromised and six unauthorized videos were uploaded. After the channel was secured, the video "Good music 7" was uploaded to reference the incident.
Gallery[]
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See also[]
- "Psy" on Wikipedia
- "Psy" on Know Your Meme
- "Rips featuring PSY" – Playlist by Aidan Zamboni.
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