PSY Gangnam Style goes viral

You have most probably already heard about this hilarious 2012 K-pop single Gangnam Style. It has been watched almost 300 million times in YouTube it the site's most watched K-pop video in history. Korean musician PSY's  unusual dance moves (called “invisible horse dance") and humorous, catchy rhythm of the single simply creates addiction. As one of the commentators in YouTube complained(!) "I know it's not healthy when I keep coming back to watch this... help." :) Yeap, I think it is watched on average 20 times per person so 300 million divided by 20 people has already watched it. K-pop (Korean pop or Korean popular music) is massively popular throughout Asia, but very unknown in Western broadcasting networks and newspapers.

If you are asking what the hell is Gangnam Style and what the song is about: Gangnam Style is a Korean neologism and it refers to a lifestyle associated with the Gangnam district of Seoul, one of the wealthiest neighborhoods in all of South Korea. In Gangnam people are trendy, hip and exude a certain supposed "class".

Below is the viral video and here in the link you can find Gangnam Style Lyrics (translation to English).

Gangnam Style - Warning! Highly addictive.

By this month (September 2012) there has been reported cases of flash mobs in various cities of the world and there has already been parody versions of the song such as Hongdae Style (another area in Seoul, Gangnam is Posh area and Hongdae is student area) and Gundam Style ()

Gundam Style - Gangnam Style parody

Below is another version, PSY ft. Kim Hyun-a.