The \u201cGangnam Style\u201d craze and South Korean singer PSY took the world by storm roughly five years ago. PSY became the name of a singer discussed in households all around the world and…<\/b>
\nThe \u201cGangnam Style\u201d craze and South Korean singer PSY took the world by storm roughly five years ago. PSY became the name of a singer discussed in households all around the world and \u201cGangnam Style\u201d became a dance that people everywhere knew how to do.
According to PSY, the explosive \u201cGangnam Style\u201d craze of 2012 caused him to contract what he referred to as the \u201cAmerican Disease.\u201d PSY believes having such a viral and successful hit caused him to get a big head and his own arrogance may have made it difficult to really push forward with his career.
The \u201cGangnam Style\u201d music video, which went viral and ultimately resulted in the South Korean singer to become as popular as he did, can be viewed in the featured image slot at the top of this page. The video was originally uploaded on July 15 of 2012, and has since been watched nearly 3 billion times.
Roughly a year later, PSY released another music video for a song titled \u201cGentlemen.\u201d While this particular song never really got the attention the song that originally put PSY on the map did, \u201cGentlemen\u201d does have a little more than one billion views.
PSY never really stopped making music, but he hasn\u2019 t had anything explode the way \u201cGangnam Style\u201d and \u201cGentlemen\u201d did. Two years ago, he published a music video for a song called \u201cHangover\u201d featuring Snoop Dogg. That same year he also released a song titled \u201cDaddy.\u201d Neither of these music videos managed to go anywhere near breaking a billion views.
The reason why PSY and the \u201cGangnam Style\u201d craze have found their way back into the headlines is because the South Korean singer released two new music videos roughly a week ago. These two music videos titled \u201cNew Face\u201d and \u201cI LUV IT\u201d have collectively been viewed on YouTube over five times more than his music video \u201cFather\u201d from two years ago. Has PSY gotten back the spark that originally made people around the world love him so much?
Psy wins #1 + Performances from May 18th ‘M! Countdown’! https: \/\/t.co\/x9ha55lLmz pic.twitter.com\/uMJF7lMc6M
\u2014 allkpop (@allkpop) May 18,2017
PSY claimed that he thought he did a pretty good job of being humble during interviews about his viral hit. However, he revealed he was arrogant on the inside as he suffered from the \u201cAmerican Disease\u201d and believed he would have no trouble getting another hit like \u201cGangnam Style.\u201d
\u201cWhen I did interviews, I was humble and would say things like, \u2018It won\u2019 t be easy to have a second hit like \u2018Gangnam Style.\u2019 But on the inside, I felt like it would happen again. I could have done variety shows like always and done different things, but I didn\u2019 t. This \u2018America disease\u2019 lasted two to three years.\u201d
\u201cI had no idea \u2018Gangnam Style\u2019 would get that big. I started it for laughs but it got too big for me to handle. I started believing people were anticipating my next release, and it scared me.\u201d
PSY realized that he was really his biggest enemy following the \u201cGangnam Style\u201d craze. Once he accepted the fact that it was his own arrogance that was expecting so much from himself, he was able to get out of the slump the viral hit had put him in and really push forward with his music career.
Have you had a chance to watch \u201cNew Face\u201d or \u201cI LUV IT\u201d on YouTube yet? What do you think of PSY\u2019s new songs? Share your thoughts with us in the comment\u2019s section found down below.
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