You failed at 2012 if you don’t know who Psy is. He’s the K-pop sensation who brought us Gangnam Style. It currently is the number one YouTube video of all time with over 1.571 billion views. That’s an absurd amount of views. How do you come up with a follow-up single to something so successful? I don’t know, but Psy manages to do that with his new single Gentleman. It’s just as catchy with a funnier video and zanier dance moves. It’s already set a few YouTube records like most views in the first 24 hours, most views in a 24-hour period, and the fastest to get to 100 million and 200 million views. That’s a lot of momentum and only time will tell if it becomes more popular than Gangnam Style. Nobody ever thought that Avatar would surpass Titanic though. Psy is a genius. His songs get stuck in your head and you can’t help but sing along even though you have no idea what he’s saying. Every now and then you hear some broken English and you sing that part really loud. You can tell that he’s having fun and that’s important. Gangnam Style was an unintentional viral sensation, and now he’s specifically trying to recreate the magic to avoid being called a one hit wonder. You’d think he would be stressed out. But instead he’s genuinely enjoying himself and it comes through in his work. The guy is an entertainer and I’m definitely entertained.
Critically Rated at 15/17
Written, Rated, and Reviewed by Brendan H. Young
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