By: iPadfanzz staff on April 17, 2013
South Korean rapper Psy’s new video, Gentleman, has has crossed the 100 million views mark on YouTube. Psy’s latest video racked up around 20 million hits in the first 24 hours after its release, smashing the previous record for first-day views of 8.0 million set by Canadian star Justin Bieber's Boyfriend video in May 2012.
The song was also climbing music charts around the world, making into the top 10 in France, Britain, New Zealand, Denmark and Sweden, and topping the chart in Finland. Last night it sat at No 7 on the Australian iTunes chart.
The latest music video for Gentleman, which includes song elements reminiscent of Gangnam Style, shows Psy seen dancing at various locations in and around Seoul including a high-end clothing store, restaurant, swimming pool and a library, playing pranks on dazzled men and kids, and teasing women by pulling chairs from under them and untying their bikinis. He meets his match, however, in a noodle shop.
The video also shows Psy and his dancers performing a hip-swinging, side-galloping dance.
What will be truly remarkable if “Gentleman” simply tracks the growth rate of “Gangnam,” it will take over the all-time record in a little over a month, and cross 4 billion pageviews in 45 days. And in just 75 days, “Gentleman” would project out as hitting 12.6 billion views.
Psy, a renowned singer in South Korea and now the world over had released 17 singles before hitting the world charts, became an internet sensation when viewers began copying the unmistakable horseriding, lasso-hurling sequence in Gangnam Style -- a satire on the luxury lifestyle of Seoul's upscale Gangnam district.
South Korean rapper Psy’s new video, Gentleman, has has crossed the 100 million views mark on YouTube. Psy’s latest video racked up around 20 million hits in the first 24 hours after its release, smashing the previous record for first-day views of 8.0 million set by Canadian star Justin Bieber's Boyfriend video in May 2012.
The song was also climbing music charts around the world, making into the top 10 in France, Britain, New Zealand, Denmark and Sweden, and topping the chart in Finland. Last night it sat at No 7 on the Australian iTunes chart.
The latest music video for Gentleman, which includes song elements reminiscent of Gangnam Style, shows Psy seen dancing at various locations in and around Seoul including a high-end clothing store, restaurant, swimming pool and a library, playing pranks on dazzled men and kids, and teasing women by pulling chairs from under them and untying their bikinis. He meets his match, however, in a noodle shop.
The video also shows Psy and his dancers performing a hip-swinging, side-galloping dance.
What will be truly remarkable if “Gentleman” simply tracks the growth rate of “Gangnam,” it will take over the all-time record in a little over a month, and cross 4 billion pageviews in 45 days. And in just 75 days, “Gentleman” would project out as hitting 12.6 billion views.
Psy, a renowned singer in South Korea and now the world over had released 17 singles before hitting the world charts, became an internet sensation when viewers began copying the unmistakable horseriding, lasso-hurling sequence in Gangnam Style -- a satire on the luxury lifestyle of Seoul's upscale Gangnam district.
