As of January 6th, the music video for ‘GANGNAM STYLE’ posted on Psy‘s official YouTube channel surpassed 4.3 billion views.
‘Gangnam Style’ is the title track of Psy’s 6th studio album ‘Psy 6 (Six Rules), Part 1’, released in July 2012. With ‘Gangnam Style’, Psy became the first K-pop singer to reach No 2 on the Billboard Main Chart HOT 100 for 7 weeks, creating a worldwide craze.
‘Gangnam Style’ was the first video to surpass 2 billion views among YouTube contents, and it also changed the YouTube view counting method.
Meanwhile, on May 21, P-Nation reported to various media outlets, “Psy plans on making a comeback in the beginning of July with his 9th full album.” This will mark Psy’s first comeback in approximately 2 years and 2 months, since ‘4×2=8’ in May of 2017.
Psy raised public expectations by saying,“ I’ve had a lot planned for this year but decided not to put out the album thinking what meaning it would have without being able to host a concert. But next year, I will … no matter what situation would be like.”