133-447: " Baby Shark " ( Korean : 상어가족 ) is a children's song associated with a dance involving hand movements dating back to the late 20th century. In 2016, "Baby Shark" became immensely popular when Pinkfong , a South Korean entertainment company, released a version of the song on June 17, 2016, with a YouTube music video which went viral on social media, in online videos, and on the radio. In November 2020, Pinkfong's version became
266-707: A Māori cultural group from Rotorua performed a version of the Gangnam Style dance mixed with a traditional Māori haka in Seoul, celebrating 50 years of diplomatic relations between South Korea and New Zealand. In Thailand , officials from the Dan Sai municipality in Loei Province shot a video of people wearing masks and performing "Gangnam Style" during the Phi Ta Khon "ghost" festival. According to
399-439: A regression discontinuity ," while the space agency NASA called "Gangnam Style" a dance-filled music video that has forever entered the hearts and minds of millions of people. Melissa Locker of Time noted that "it's hard not to watch again ... and again ... and again," while CNN reporter Shanon Cook told the audience that she had watched "Gangnam Style" about 15 times. The German news magazine Der Spiegel attributed
532-612: A system of speech levels and honorifics indicative of the formality of any given situation. Modern Korean is written in the Korean script ( 한글 ; Hangeul in South Korea, 조선글 ; Chosŏn'gŭl in North Korea), a system developed during the 15th century for that purpose, although it did not become the primary script until the 20th century. The script uses 24 basic letters ( jamo ) and 27 complex letters formed from
665-566: A "skewering [of] the Gangnam image" by the "non-Gangnam Psy"; this parody would be recognizable to viewers familiar with Korean culture. Although there are more than ten different locations featured, only two of the scenes are filmed in the Gangnam district proper. The sauna scene, elevator scene, and bathroom scene were filmed elsewhere in the greater Seoul region , and some shots were filmed in World Trade Center Seoul and
798-417: A 40-second clip of her singing Baby Shark in an emotional manner. Pinkfong collaborated with popular Australian children's music band The Wiggles for a Baby Shark performance collaboration featuring Pinkfong, Baby Shark, and The Wiggles. The collaboration resulted in a four-episode series premiering exclusively on YouTube, starting on December 18, 2023. The Seoul-based high End audio label AudioGuy released
931-578: A Canadian couple living in Seoul . This makes the Stawskis' video the earliest parody featured in an American newspaper. On August 8, 2012, Ramstad appeared on WSJ Live , and he mentioned the Andersons and the Stawskis again, before claiming that "a lot of Koreans are also making their own parodies of 'Gangnam Style.'" On September 3, 2012, the number of daily views generated by "Gangnam Style" went past
1064-484: A Korean influence on Khitan. The hypothesis that Korean could be related to Japanese has had some supporters due to some overlap in vocabulary and similar grammatical features that have been elaborated upon by such researchers as Samuel E. Martin and Roy Andrew Miller . Sergei Starostin (1991) found about 25% of potential cognates in the Japanese–Korean 100-word Swadesh list . Some linguists concerned with
1197-596: A South Korean law journal in November 2021. In October 2019, a 75-minute stage musical based on the Pinkfong song and characters, titled Baby Shark Live , made its debut at Spartanburg Memorial Auditorium in Spartanburg, South Carolina . By this time, Pinkfong was also marketing a wide variety of merchandise based on their song and video, including clothing, bedding, toys and fishing tackle . In 2019 and 2020,
1330-551: A South Korean music critic, told The Chosun Ilbo that "Gangnam Style"'s sophisticated rendering and arrangement has made it very appealing to the general public. Choe Kwang-shik, the South Korean Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism , told reporters that "Gangnam Style" had played an important role in introducing the Korean culture, language, and lifestyle to the rest of the world. However, some have criticized
1463-400: A cappella group from Yeshiva University , parodied the song as "What's Next? Sukkos Style?" with group members waving the four species . In addition, there have been parodies from The Ohio University Marching 110 , York University , McMaster University , University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign , Boston University , Dartmouth College , Stanford University Eton College , and
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#17327984956881596-480: A core vowel. The IPA symbol ⟨ ◌͈ ⟩ ( U+0348 ◌͈ COMBINING DOUBLE VERTICAL LINE BELOW ) is used to denote the tensed consonants /p͈/, /t͈/, /k͈/, /t͡ɕ͈/, /s͈/ . Its official use in the extensions to the IPA is for "strong" articulation, but is used in the literature for faucalized voice . The Korean consonants also have elements of stiff voice , but it is not yet known how typical this
1729-461: A feature film based on the series will be released on December 8. In the American comedy-drama television series Ted Lasso , fictional soccer player Jamie Tartt (played by English actor Phil Dunster ) uses the tune of the song as his goal celebration anthem, in which the words "Baby Shark" are replaced with his name. In April 2024, Pinkfong announced its limited-time collaboration with
1862-463: A few extinct relatives which—along with the Jeju language (Jejuan) of Jeju Island and Korean itself—form the compact Koreanic language family . Even so, Jejuan and Korean are not mutually intelligible . The linguistic homeland of Korean is suggested to be somewhere in contemporary Manchuria . The hierarchy of the society from which the language originates deeply influences the language, leading to
1995-635: A few music critics including Robert Copsey from Digital Spy criticized the song for being monotonous. Cospey wrote that "you could slap an LMFAO tag on the cover and few would know the difference", and Paul Lester of The Guardian similarly labeled it as "generic ravey Euro dance with guitars." Lester described the song as " Pump Up the Jam meets the Macarena with a dash of Cotton Eye Joe ," while Robert Myers of The Village Voice dismissed "Gangnam Style" as an "inspired piece of silliness." Cha Woo-jin,
2128-499: A few weeks later, Martina Stawski claimed that the worldwide popularity of "Gangnam Style" has been viewed negatively by some K-pop fans, because "they [the fans] didn't want K-pop being liked by other people who don't understand K-Pop." The music video of "Gangnam Style" has been met with positive responses and praises from the music industry and the commentators, who drew attention to its tone and dance moves, though some found them vulgar. Another notable aspect that helped popularise
2261-522: A global phenomenon. "Baby Shark" was greatly popularized by a version of the song produced by Karson Pierre Cullins, an education brand owned by South Korean entertainment company SmartStudy . The original music video for "Baby Shark" ( Korean : 아기 상어 ; RR : Agi sang-eo ) without the child actors was uploaded on November 25, 2015. All videos related to Pinkfong's song had gained about 5 billion views by January 2020. The most popular version of Pinkfong's videos, "Baby Shark Dance",
2394-738: A homonym for a vulgar slur) was uploaded onto YouTube and other Chinese websites by the political activist and dissident Ai Weiwei . In his parody, Ai Weiwei dances "Gangnam Style" with a pair of handcuffs as a symbol of his arrest by Chinese authorities in 2011. According to the Associated Press , government authorities had removed the video from almost all Chinese websites the next day. South Korean President Park Geun-hye took office on February 25, 2013. At her inauguration, Psy performed "Gangnam Style" and "Champion", one of his first hits in his native country. In order to show his solidarity with Ai Weiwei and to advocate freedom of expression ,
2527-541: A jazz version by the European Jazz Trio named 'Baby Jazz Shark' in February 2020. Pomplamoose released an electro funk version on April 1, 2021. Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. Korean language Korean ( South Korean : 한국어 , Hanguk-eo ; North Korean : 조선어 , Chosŏnŏ ) is the native language for about 81 million people, mostly of Korean descent. It
2660-564: A parody used to teach students about the conjugation of -er verbs in the French language . YouTube comedian cs188 uploaded a YouTube poop of the song's iconic video, called "[PSYTP] Oppa Goddamn Style." The video has received more than 15 million views since its upload on October 11, 2012. Following the release of "Gangnam Style," Psy made several performances on television and at concerts in Korea. Early performances included his appearance on
2793-577: A playable track in the English server of BanG Dream! Girls Band Party! from March 27 to April 17. In June 2020, Pinkfong announced the television series Baby Shark's Big Show! , which premiered on Educational Broadcasting System (EBS) in South Korea. The show premiered on Nickelodeon in the United States in December 2020. On July 20, 2021, the series was renewed for a second season, and
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#17327984956882926-521: A possible relationship.) Hudson & Robbeets (2020) suggested that there are traces of a pre- Nivkh substratum in Korean. According to the hypothesis, ancestral varieties of Nivkh (also known as Amuric ) were once distributed on the Korean Peninsula before the arrival of Koreanic speakers. Korean syllable structure is (C)(G)V(C), consisting of an optional onset consonant, glide /j, w, ɰ/ and final coda /p, t, k, m, n, ŋ, l/ surrounding
3059-558: A previously planned Japanese-language re-release of "Gangnam Style." According to The Dong-A Ilbo , a South Korean newspaper, the song's lukewarm reception in Japan could have been caused by a diplomatic conflict between the two countries, and the newspaper accused the Japanese media of keeping its people "in the dark." However, Jun Takaku of the Japanese daily newspaper Asahi Shimbun explained that "Gangnam Style" had caused "barely
3192-421: A prisoner and conspiracy for forcing inmates to listen to the song on a loop at loud volumes while standing and handcuffed for an extended period. In September 2018, Ellen DeGeneres released her version of the song on The Ellen DeGeneres Show . There have been multiple singers sing their versions on The Late Late Show with James Corden . In 2018, James Corden invited Sophie Turner and Josh Groban to
3325-444: A public announcement that was later uploaded onto YouTube, saying that he and Psy have decided to "make some history together. [To] be the first Korean artist to break a big record in the United States." On September 4, it was confirmed that Psy was signed to Braun's School Boy Records . The music video for the song went viral and became an Internet meme . Although Psy attributed the song's popularity to YouTube and his fans while at
3458-510: A ripple in Japan" because Psy does not conform to the image of other "traditionally polished" K-pop acts popular in Japan such as Girls' Generation and TVXQ . Erica Ho from Time magazine similarly noted that, despite the K-pop musical genre being very popular in Japan, the country seemed to be "immune to PSY Mania", and she advised her readers who dislike the song to "pack your bags for Japan." Immediately after its release, "Gangnam Style"
3591-409: A sauna, he rests his head on a man's shoulder, dressed in blue, while another man covered in tattoos is stretching. He then sings in front of two men (then labelmates under YG Entertainment, Big Bang 's Daesung and Seungri , dressed as older men) playing Janggi (Korean chess), dances with a woman at a tennis court, and bounces around on a tour bus of seniors. The scenes alternate quickly until there
3724-499: A spa hot tub. In the Rolling Stone interview, Psy says he copied the spa surfacing scene from Lady Gaga 's video (" Poker Face "). Psy sings to the girl at a night club as people in various costumes walk behind them. He raps in a serious tone in an enclosed space, but when he says "You know what I'm saying" the camera zooms out, and it is revealed that he is actually sitting on a toilet with his pants down. The music video
3857-528: A swimmer. The video quickly gained popularity. The single peaked at 25th in the German charts and at 21st in the Austrian charts. The German version of the song remains popular among German youth groups, and multiple variations, also in different dialects of German, have been published. Jonathan Wright, a children's entertainer from Endwell, New York , known as Johnny Only, was a DJ at a kids' summer camp in
3990-602: A top secret prison. In a letter to his lawyer, Muhammad wrote, "I like this new song Gangnam Style. I want to do the dance for you but cannot because of my shackles." Reaction videos and parodies have been made for or with the music respectively. Some of these user generated videos have received international media recognition. "Gangnam Style"-related videos have also been uploaded by the CPDRC Dancing Inmates , Cody Simpson , Seungri , Latino , Fine Brothers , WAVEYA Dance Group, Barely Political , and
4123-459: A wider audience in the West, and the song and video soon became a global phenomenon. The song has received mixed to positive ratings from music critics. Music journalist Bill Lamb from About.com praised the song for "spreading smiles and pure fun around the world in record time." He then writes, "take one part LMFAO 's synth-based party music, another part Ricky Martin 's Latin dance party and
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4256-452: A woman's butt, then shows Psy "yelling" at it. The chorus ends and he is seen in a parking garage, where Psy is approached by a man ( Yoo Jae-suk ) in a yellow suit who steps out of a red Mercedes-Benz SLK 200 ; they have a dance duel. Psy then appears in an elevator underneath a man ( Noh Hong-Chul ) who is straddling him and thrusting his pelvis. The man in the yellow suit then gets in his car and leaves. The camera pans and it shows Psy in
4389-523: A year from developed countries to help developing countries combat climate change . During its campaign to win the right to host the GCF, the country's Presidential Committee on Green Growth produced a promotional video entitled "GCF Songdo Style by Psy" in which Psy recommends Songdo as the host city for the GCF. He announces that a "new paradigm " will begin at Songdo with the GCF and the video heralds "The beginning of Songdo Style" while "Gangnam Style" plays in
4522-648: Is "kind", and Grandpa Shark is "cool". In January 2018, the South Korean newspaper Kyunghyang Shinmun published a front-page editorial condemning these lyrics as sexist. In May 2018, the Liberty Korea Party started using "Baby Shark" to promote its candidates, prompting SmartStudy to threaten legal action over copyright infringement. Prior to this, the Liberty Korea Party had contacted Wright for permission, who admits to having told
4655-543: Is Gangnam style," with Psy referring to himself. During an interview with The New York Times , Psy revealed that South Korean fans have high expectations about his dancing, so he felt a lot of pressure. In order to keep up with those expectations, he studied hard to find something new and stayed up late for about 30 nights to come up with the "Gangnam Style" dance. Along the way, he had tested various "cheesy" animal-inspired dance moves with his choreographer Lee Ju-sun , including panda and kangaroo moves, before settling for
4788-656: Is an agglutinative language . The Korean language is traditionally considered to have nine parts of speech . Modifiers generally precede the modified words, and in the case of verb modifiers, can be serially appended. The sentence structure or basic form of a Korean sentence is subject–object–verb (SOV), but the verb is the only required and immovable element and word order is highly flexible, as in many other agglutinative languages. Question 가게에 gage-e store- LOC 가셨어요? ga-syeo-sseo-yo go- HON . PAST - CONJ - POL 가게에 가셨어요? gage-e ga-syeo-sseo-yo store-LOC go-HON.PAST-CONJ-POL 'Did [you] go to
4921-491: Is an animated television series aimed at preschoolers. In 2024, LG launched the Baby Shark World for Kids app on LG Smart TVs in 184 countries. As of 5 April 2024, the app is ranked at number 67 on the list of highest grossing education apps in South Korea. Wright's English version simply lists the members of the shark family; Pinkfong's version says Mommy Shark is "pretty", Daddy Shark is "strong", Grandma Shark
5054-407: Is an explosion near the chess players, causing them to dive off the bench. Psy immediately walks toward the camera, pointing and shouting "Oppa Gangnam Style." The chorus starts as he and some dancers perform at a horse stable. He dances as two women walk backwards. He dances at the tennis court, a carousel, and the tour bus. He shuffles into an outdoor yoga session and on a boat. The camera zooms in on
5187-511: Is closer to a near-open central vowel ( [ɐ] ), though ⟨a⟩ is still used for tradition. Grammatical morphemes may change shape depending on the preceding sounds. Examples include -eun/-neun ( -은/-는 ) and -i/-ga ( -이/-가 ). Sometimes sounds may be inserted instead. Examples include -eul/-reul ( -을/-를 ), -euro/-ro ( -으로/-로 ), -eseo/-seo ( -에서/-서 ), -ideunji/-deunji ( -이든지/-든지 ) and -iya/-ya ( -이야/-야 ). Some verbs may also change shape morphophonemically. Korean
5320-501: Is directed by Cho Soo-hyun, who later directed the video for Psy's follow-up single " Gentleman " and the video for " This Love " by Shinhwa . It shows Psy performing a comical horse-riding dance and appearing in unexpected locations around the Gangnam District, such as an outdoor yoga session and a hot tub. He wears several distinctive suits and black sunglasses with a mindset of "dress classy and dance cheesy." It features
5453-474: Is lounging at what looks like a sandy beach, under a sun umbrella and holding a cold drink, but the camera zooms out to reveal he is actually at a playground. The video then alternates between the playground, where a boy ( Hwang Min-woo ) dances next to him; and a row of horses, who are in stalls, where Psy performs his signature "invisible horse dance." As Psy (and two women) walk through a parking garage, they are pelted by pieces of newspaper, trash, and snow. At
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5586-399: Is mainly reserved for specific circumstances such as newspapers, scholarly papers and disambiguation. Today Hanja is largely unused in everyday life but is still important for historical and linguistic studies. The Korean names for the language are based on the names for Korea used in both South Korea and North Korea. The English word "Korean" is derived from Goryeo , which is thought to be
5719-399: Is of faucalized consonants. They are produced with a partially constricted glottis and additional subglottal pressure in addition to tense vocal tract walls, laryngeal lowering, or other expansion of the larynx. /s/ is aspirated [sʰ] and becomes an alveolo-palatal [ɕʰ] before [j] or [i] for most speakers (but see North–South differences in the Korean language ). This occurs with
5852-581: Is the national language of both North Korea and South Korea . Beyond Korea, the language is recognized as a minority language in parts of China , namely Jilin , and specifically Yanbian Prefecture , and Changbai County . It is also spoken by Sakhalin Koreans in parts of Sakhalin , the Russian island just north of Japan, and by the Koryo-saram in parts of Central Asia . The language has
5985-612: Is the first most-viewed video to mention its status in the title. The song starts with bars from Antonín Dvořák 's Symphony No. 9 , which sounds similar to music from the film Jaws . "Baby Shark" features a family of sharks that hunt a school of fish which escape to safety. It became a viral video in Indonesia in 2017, and throughout the year it spread to many other Asian countries, particularly those in Southeast Asia. The related mobile app surpassed 150 million downloads and
6118-747: Is well attested in Western Old Japanese and Northern Ryukyuan languages , in Eastern Old Japanese it only occurs in compounds, and it is only present in three dialects of the Southern Ryukyuan language group . Also, the doublet wo meaning "hemp" is attested in Western Old Japanese and Southern Ryukyuan languages. It is thus plausible to assume a borrowed term. (See Classification of the Japonic languages or Comparison of Japanese and Korean for further details on
6251-622: The nouveau riche lifestyles associated with the Gangnam region of Seoul . On July 15, 2012, "Gangnam Style" was released on to Psy 's YouTube channel and debuted at number one on South Korea's Gaon Chart , receiving generally positive reviews, with praise for its catchy beat and Psy's amusing dancing during live performances and in various locations around the world in its music video . The song and its music video went viral in August 2012 and have influenced popular culture worldwide. In
6384-562: The 2019–20 Lebanese protests . In July 2019, officials in West Palm Beach , Florida were criticized for playing a continuous loop of "Baby Shark", alongside " Raining Tacos " throughout the night outside the Waterfront Lake Pavilion as a way of deterring vagrants . In October 2020, two former detention officers and a supervisor at an Oklahoma County jail were charged with counts of misdemeanor cruelty to
6517-611: The 2nd Infantry Division , service members from an undisclosed unit and location in Afghanistan, and service members from the China Coast Guard 's Jiangsu division, as well as high-ranking officers from the Royal Thai Navy . CollegeHumor uploaded "Mitt Romney Style," while What's Trending uploaded " Obama Style ." During the two weeks before August 7, 2012, nearly 1,000 videos with the word "Gangnam" in
6650-482: The Associated Press wrote that Psy's dance moves are "somewhat bizarre" but the music video is full of colorful, lively outfits. Matt Buchanan and Scott Ellis of The Sydney Morning Herald wrote that the video "makes no sense at all to most Western eyes" and it "makes you wonder if you have accidentally taken someone else's medication" whereas Deborah Netburn of the Los Angeles Times called it "one of
6783-524: The Korean dialects , which are still largely mutually intelligible . The Chinese language , written with Chinese characters and read with Sino-Xenic pronunciations , was first introduced to Korea in the 1st century BC, and remained the medium of formal writing and government until the late 19th century. Korean scholars adapted Chinese characters (known in Korean as Hanja ) to write their own language, creating scripts known as idu , hyangchal , gugyeol , and gakpil. These systems were cumbersome, due to
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#17327984956886916-585: The MTV Europe Music Awards held that year. It became a source of parodies and reaction videos by many different individuals, groups, and organizations. On December 21, 2012, "Gangnam Style" became the first YouTube video to reach a billion views. The song's music video was the most viewed video on YouTube from November 24, 2012, when it surpassed the music video for " Baby " by Justin Bieber featuring Ludacris , to July 10, 2017, when it
7049-622: The Songdo International Business District , which includes Songdo Central Park and International Business District Station . The video was shot over 48 hours in July 2012. In K-pop, it is routine to have cameos by celebrities in a music video, such as in the dance scenes in the elevator and the parking garage. Guest appearances in the music video include: Following its July 15 release, "Gangnam Style" overtook Carly Rae Jepsen 's " Call Me Maybe " to reach
7182-660: The Tampa Bay Buccaneers Cheerleaders . Numerous parodies have been spawned on college campuses. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology 's version ("MIT Gangnam Style") featured Donald Sadoway , recognized in Time magazine as one of 2012 "Top 100 Most Influential People in the World"; Eric Lander , who is co-chairman of President Barack Obama's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology; and linguistics pioneer Noam Chomsky . The Maccabeats , an
7315-483: The Third Naval Area Command insisted that "we had no intention to insult or make fun of navy officers in uniform," some senior officers called it "improper." Kajitsuwan claimed that his subordinates had the right to upload the video to YouTube, although he did not expect them to do so. On October 1, 2012, he issued an apology to his colleagues. Commander Surasak Rounroengrom believed an investigation
7448-568: The Three Kingdoms of Korea (not the ancient confederacies in the southern Korean Peninsula), while " -eo " and " -mal " mean "language" and "speech", respectively. Korean is also simply referred to as guk-eo , literally "national language". This name is based on the same Han characters ( 國語 "nation" + "language") that are also used in Taiwan and Japan to refer to their respective national languages. In North Korea and China ,
7581-525: The Tibetan independence movement . According to Max Fisher from The Washington Post , this parody of "Gangnam Style" was likely filmed in Dharamshala , the home of Tibet's government-in-exile in the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh . Greenpeace announced that it was "Going Gangnam, Greenpeace Style" in order to raise public awareness about illegal and unsustainable fishing practices off
7714-620: The University of Michigan . The American space agency NASA uploaded an educational parody shot by its students at its Mission Control Center in Houston, Texas. The video features cameo appearances by astronauts Tracy Caldwell Dyson , Mike Massimino , Michael Coats , Ellen Ochoa , and the International Space Station's Expedition 15 flight engineer Clayton Anderson , who dances "Gangnam Style" halfway through
7847-460: The horse trot , which involves pretending to ride a horse, alternately holding the reins and spinning a lasso, and moving into a legs-shuffling side gallop. During an interview with Reuters , Psy said that "Gangnam Style" was originally produced only for local K-pop fans. On July 11, 2012, Psy and his music label YG Entertainment started releasing several promotional teasers for "Gangnam Style" to their subscribers on YouTube. On July 15, 2012,
7980-413: The most-viewed YouTube video of all time, after amassing 7.04 billion views. In January 2022, it became the first YouTube video to reach 10 billion views. As of November 2024, it currently has 15.34 billion views on YouTube. The original song dates back to the 20th century. Various entities have tried to copyright original videos and sound recordings of the song, but according to The New York Times ,
8113-968: The 16th century for all Korean classes, including uneducated peasants and slaves. By the 17th century, the yangban had exchanged Hangul letters with slaves, which suggests a high literacy rate of Hangul during the Joseon era. In the context of growing Korean nationalism in the 19th century, the Gabo Reform of 1894 abolished the Confucian examinations and decreed that government documents would be issued in Hangul instead of literary Chinese. Some newspapers were published entirely in Hangul, but other publications used Korean mixed script , with Hanja for Sino-Korean vocabulary and Hangul for other elements. North Korea abolished Hanja in writing in 1949, but continues to teach them in schools. Their usage in South Korea
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#17327984956888246-423: The 1990s where the counselors regularly performed the song with the campers. He saw how engaged and animated the campers were when "Baby Shark" was performed. When he became a full-time children's entertainer, he released a version of the song aimed at toddlers by removing any violent imagery, instead focusing on the family. The version was released in 2011, five years before the Pinkfong version of "Baby Shark" became
8379-421: The 5-million mark. By the end of September, it had topped the iTunes charts in 31 countries. "Gangnam Style" reached the unprecedented milestone of 1 billion YouTube views on December 21, 2012. YouTube specially marked the video's accomplishments with a cartoon dancing Psy animated icon, added first by the site logo, and later next to the video's view counter when it exceeded 1 billion views. On April 6, 2013,
8512-459: The British sculptor Anish Kapoor produced the video Gangnam for Freedom , which features other prominent British artists as well as human rights activists from various international organisations including Index on Censorship and Amnesty International . A few days prior, the global grassroots network Students for a Free Tibet had uploaded a parody of "Gangnam Style" to show its support for
8645-565: The Seoul Central District Court ruled that SmartStudy did not infringe on Wright's rights. The ruling cited the Korea Copyright Commission judgement that Wright's version simply added an instrument to an existing folk song. SmartStudy did not secure ownership either, with the court ruling that the Pinkfong version was based on oral tradition and not under copyright. The case received a write-up in
8778-507: The South Korean ruling conservative party president-elect Park Geun-hye . It shows a Photoshopped image of the presidential candidate performing the dance moves of "Gangnam Style" and labels her as a devoted admirer of the Yushin system of autocratic rule set up by her father, Park Chung Hee . A few weeks later, " 草泥马 style" (literally, " Grass Mud Horse Style"; the Chinese characters are
8911-494: The Thai newspaper The Nation , villagers and spiritual leaders from Loei province felt "uneasy" and also "greatly offended" about this "Gangnam Style" performance which tarnishes the image of a 400-year-old tradition. Another controversial incident was sparked by a "Gangnam Style" parody by officers from the Royal Thai Navy , which was not well received by some high-ranking commanders. Although Vice Admiral Tharathorn Kajitsuwan from
9044-736: The United Nations, the United Nations Children's Fund , and the American space agency NASA ; by a reporter during a U.S. State Department briefing; and referenced by the president of the International Criminal Court Song Sang-Hyun during his speech in front of the UN Security Council . On October 9, the mayor of London Boris Johnson held a speech at the 2012 Conservative Party Conference where he told
9177-567: The United States, "Gangnam Style" peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 , which at the time, was the highest charting song by a South Korean artist. By the end of 2012, "Gangnam Style" had topped the music charts of more than 30 countries including Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom. Psy's dance in the music video itself became a cultural phenomenon. It subsequently won Best Video at
9310-516: The advertisements annoying due to a high incidence of broadcasting across television and radio. In Southeast Asia , the song was used with different versions and renditions. It was first spotted in 2018 with Filipina actress Anne Curtis as an endorser. More recently, the jingle to the tune of "Baby Shark" was used when Jackie Chan became international brand ambassador. The song has also been performed by anti-government protesters in Lebanon during
9443-803: The audience that he and the British Prime Minister David Cameron have danced "Gangnam Style." During a Google Earnings call , Larry Page , the CEO and co-founder of Google , hailed the song as a glimpse of the future of worldwide distribution through YouTube. The American Council on Exercise estimated that dancing "Gangnam Style" will burn 150–200 calories per half-hour. Swype , an input method for Android operating systems, included "Gangnam Style" in its list of recognized words and phrases. U.S. President Barack Obama revealed possible plans to privately perform "Gangnam Style" for his spouse Michelle Obama . In November 2012,
9576-600: The background. On October 20, 2012, the board of the GCF announced that Songdo had won the right to host the fund. In December 2012, the Department of Health in the Philippines launched a "Gangnam Style" dance campaign against the use of firecrackers to celebrate the New Year. Janine Tugonon , 2012 Miss Universe first runner-up, joined and danced in one of their campaigns at Pandacan, Manila . According to
9709-469: The basic ones. When first recorded in historical texts, Korean was only a spoken language . Since the turn of the 21st century, aspects of Korean culture have spread to other countries through globalization and cultural exports . As such, interest in Korean language acquisition (as a foreign language ) is also generated by longstanding alliances, military involvement, and diplomacy, such as between South Korea–United States and China–North Korea since
9842-455: The beginnings of words. /l/ becomes alveolar flap [ɾ] between vowels, and [l] or [ɭ] at the end of a syllable or next to another /l/ . A written syllable-final ' ㄹ ', when followed by a vowel or a glide ( i.e. , when the next character starts with ' ㅇ '), migrates to the next syllable and thus becomes [ɾ] . Traditionally, /l/ was disallowed at the beginning of a word. It disappeared before [j] , and otherwise became /n/ . However,
9975-598: The bet, returned the honor by performing live on TV a mashup rendition of Baby Shark and Deep in the Heart of Texas. The craze of Baby Shark among Washington Nationals' fans culminated after the team's win; the connection was such that the Marine Band performed the song during the team's celebratory visit to the White House . Darts player Mikuru Suzuki has used the song as her entrance music . On 23 May 2022, it
10108-566: The coast of Mozambique . Activists from Greenpeace had parodied "Gangnam Style" on board the organization's excursion yacht Rainbow Warrior . Songdo , a ubiquitous city 40 miles (65 km) west of Gangnam, was among five cities vying for the right to host the Green Climate Fund (GCF), a project developed by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change to channel $ 100 billion
10241-779: The condition that the Houston Chamber Choir would sing Baby Shark if the Washington Nationals won the World Series and the Choral Arts Society would sing Deep in the Heart of Texas vice versa. After the Houston Astros lost the World Series in seven games, the Houston Chamber Choir honored its promise by singing Baby Shark in its rendition and posting the video on its YouTube official account. The Choral Arts Society, though winning
10374-549: The department's assistant secretary, Dr. Eric Tayag, the popularity of the song will attract people especially children to use safer means of celebration such as dancing to "Gangnam Style". In contrast, the Philippine National Police was confirming intelligence reports about a firecracker named "Gangnam bomb," which supposedly produced by illegal firecracker makers in Bocaue, Bulacan and apparently riding on
10507-733: The end of World War II and the Korean War . Along with other languages such as Chinese and Arabic , Korean is ranked at the top difficulty level for English speakers by the United States Department of Defense . Modern Korean descends from Middle Korean , which in turn descends from Old Korean , which descends from the Proto-Koreanic language , which is generally suggested to have its linguistic homeland somewhere in Manchuria . Whitman (2012) suggests that
10640-399: The first Korean dynasty known to Western nations. Korean people in the former USSR refer to themselves as Koryo-saram or Koryo-in (literally, " Koryo/Goryeo persons"), and call the language Koryo-mal' . Some older English sources also use the spelling "Corea" to refer to the nation, and its inflected form for the language, culture and people, "Korea" becoming more popular in
10773-744: The full music video of "Gangnam Style" was uploaded onto YouTube and was immediately a sensation, receiving about 500,000 views on its first day. However, at the time of its release in Germany, a dispute between YouTube and the GEMA (the country's performance rights organization ) regarding copyright issues led to thousands of music videos including "Gangnam Style" being blocked in the country . The music video, along with other music videos from GEMA-protected artists released on YouTube, were unblocked in Germany on October 31, 2016, after YouTube reached an agreement with GEMA on copyrights and royalties. According to
10906-456: The fundamental disparities between the Korean and Chinese languages, and accessible only to those educated in classical Chinese. Most of the population was illiterate. In the 15th century King Sejong the Great personally developed an alphabetic featural writing system , known today as Hangul , to promote literacy among the common people. Introduced in the document Hunminjeongeum , it
11039-503: The game company Supercell to incorporate Baby Shark into the company's mobile game Brawl Stars . On April 1, Baby Shark-themed in-game skin was introduced in the game. The popular Brawler El Primo would also adopt the new Baby Shark skin. Additionally, the song would play nonstop while players were playing, and a Baby Shark pin would be awarded to those who succeeded in the new Baby Shark challenges. The fourth season of The Umbrella Academy released in August 2024 features long excerpts of
11172-412: The greatest videos ever to be uploaded to YouTube." Kim Alessi from Common Sense Media considered the music video for "Gangnam Style" worth seeing for its caricature of contemporary Asian and American urban lifestyles, but also warned that "Gangnam Style" contains sexually suggestive images and "degrading messages" which could be inappropriate for children and teenagers. The video begins with Psy, who
11305-479: The inflow of western loanwords changed the trend, and now word-initial /l/ (mostly from English loanwords) are pronounced as a free variation of either [ɾ] or [l] . All obstruents (plosives, affricates, fricatives) at the end of a word are pronounced with no audible release , [p̚, t̚, k̚] . Plosive sounds /p, t, k/ become nasals [m, n, ŋ] before nasal sounds. Hangul spelling does not reflect these assimilatory pronunciation rules, but rather maintains
11438-408: The issue between Japanese and Korean, including Alexander Vovin, have argued that the indicated similarities are not due to any genetic relationship , but rather to a sprachbund effect and heavy borrowing, especially from Ancient Korean into Western Old Japanese . A good example might be Middle Korean sàm and Japanese asá , meaning " hemp ". This word seems to be a cognate, but although it
11571-639: The language is most often called Joseon-mal , or more formally, Joseon-o . This is taken from the North Korean name for Korea (Joseon), a name retained from the Joseon dynasty until the proclamation of the Korean Empire , which in turn was annexed by the Empire of Japan . In mainland China , following the establishment of diplomatic relations with South Korea in 1992, the term Cháoxiǎnyǔ or
11704-455: The late 1800s. In South Korea the Korean language is referred to by many names including hanguk-eo ("Korean language"), hanguk-mal ("Korean speech") and uri-mal ("our language"); " hanguk " is taken from the name of the Korean Empire ( 대한제국 ; 大韓帝國 ; Daehan Jeguk ). The " han " ( 韓 ) in Hanguk and Daehan Jeguk is derived from Samhan , in reference to
11837-571: The news agency Agence France-Presse , the success of "Gangnam Style" could be considered as part of the Korean Wave , a term coined by Chinese journalists to refer to the significant increase in the popularity of South Korean entertainment and culture since the late 1990s. Korean popular music (K-pop), considered by some to be the most important aspect of the Korean Wave, is a music genre that relies on cultural technology to adapt to
11970-482: The number one position on the YouTube Top 100 Music Videos during the week of August 28, 2012. On September 1, 2012, it overtook Girls' Generation 's " Gee " to become the most viewed K-pop video on YouTube. Although "Call Me Maybe" had unusually strong staying power, averaging over 1.5 million views each day, "Gangnam Style" increased to an average of over nine million views per day within just two months. This
12103-417: The political group that the song was in the public domain. He has stated that when he uploaded his YouTube video in 2011, he did not believe his version could be protected under copyright law. Wright's version is not the oldest, nor the only non-violent rendition of the folk song. Eventually, Wright filed suit against SmartStudy in South Korea, with the first hearing taking place in July 2019. On July 23, 2021,
12236-565: The popularity of "Gangnam Style" to its daring dance moves, a sentiment similarly voiced by Maura Judkis of The Washington Post , who wrote, "'Gangnam Style' has made an extraordinarily stupid-looking dance move suddenly cool." The video was also positively reviewed by Steve Knopper from Rolling Stone , who called "Gangnam Style" an astoundingly great K-pop video that has all the best elements of hypnotically weird one-hit wonders and hopes that "PSY gets filthy rich from this." Mesfin Fekadu of
12369-733: The popularity of the song. According to Chief Superintendent Raul Petrasanta, director of the Firearms and Explosives Office of the Philippine National Police, he did not know what the possibly dangerous "Gangnam bomb" looks like. Muhammad Rahim al Afghani , a close associate of Osama bin Laden currently held at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp , had also used the song to demonstrate his ability to gain access to popular cultural trends despite being confined within
12502-638: The proto-Koreans, already present in northern Korea, expanded into the southern part of the Korean Peninsula at around 300 BC and coexisted with the descendants of the Japonic Mumun cultivators (or assimilated them). Both had influence on each other and a later founder effect diminished the internal variety of both language families. Since the establishment of two independent governments, North–South differences have developed in standard Korean, including variations in pronunciation and vocabulary chosen. However, these minor differences can be found in any of
12635-497: The rest a powerfully charismatic South Korean showman and you have the first worldwide K-Pop smash hit." Billboard K-Town columnist Jeff Benjamin became one of the first music critics to review the song when he published an article and reported that "Gangnam Style" has gone viral on the Internet. In his article, Benjamin introduced the reader to a couple of popular K-pop songs and wrote that "'Gangnam Style' in particular, plays all
12768-465: The right moves sonically while "borrowing from LMFAO along the way." Hallie Sekoff of The Huffington Post quoted from the video's official YouTube video description that the song is characterized by its "strongly addictive beats," and wrote that this is not too far-fetched, considering "how obsessed we've found ourselves." Then London's mayor Boris Johnson considered the song to be the greatest cultural masterpiece of 2012. Despite its popularity,
12901-490: The same time insisted that he is not responsible for the song's success, the South Korean Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism recognized the singer for "increasing the world's interest in Korea" and announced its decision to award Psy with a 4th Class Order of Cultural Merit . The phrase "Oppan Gangnam Style" was entered into The Yale Book of Quotations as one of the most famous quotes of 2012. As
13034-669: The short form Cháoyǔ has normally been used to refer to the standard language of North Korea and Yanbian , whereas Hánguóyǔ or the short form Hányǔ is used to refer to the standard language of South Korea. Korean is a member of the Koreanic family along with the Jeju language . Some linguists have included it in the Altaic family, but the core Altaic proposal itself has lost most of its prior support. The Khitan language has several vocabulary items similar to Korean that are not found in other Mongolian or Tungusic languages, suggesting
13167-421: The show to perform the song, with Corden singing the baby shark chorus, Turner singing mommy shark, and Groban singing daddy shark. In 2019, in her Carpool Karaoke episode, Celine Dion sang the song briefly after being asked by Corden to do so dramatically. Also on Carpool Karaoke, when asked if the members would sing rounds while they were bored, K-pop boyband BTS gave Baby Shark as an example and sang it on
13300-535: The song as a "force for world peace." During his meeting with Psy at the United Nations Headquarters , he commented, "We have tough negotiations in the United Nations. In such a case I was also thinking of playing Gangnam Style-dance so that everybody would stop and dance. Maybe you can bring UN style." Through social networks like Facebook, many small, unofficial fan-organized flash mobs have been held in universities and colleges throughout
13433-467: The song for failing to accurately represent South Korean culture. Oh Young-Jin, managing editor of The Korea Times , wrote that the dance has more to do with Americans than Koreans. In Japan, the song was met with considerable criticism. When "Gangnam Style" first appeared in Japanese TV shows in July, the reaction from viewers was negative. As a result, Psy's Japanese record label YGEX canceled
13566-566: The song has spurred an online dance craze which is sometimes referred to as the Baby Shark Challenge. It has been cited as "the next big thing after the domination of Gangnam Style ". K-pop groups including Blackpink and Red Velvet have been credited with further spreading the viral song through their coverage of the song and dance, specifically on their featured TV shows and concerts. Other popular K-pop groups, both locally- and internationally known, have also sung and danced to
13699-567: The song in several episodes. Professional baseball player Gerardo Parra of the Washington Nationals , having discovered the song through his young daughter, adopted it as his walk-up music to energize the flagging team on June 19, 2019. The theme became popular among both teammates and fans, who used the shark clap whenever the Nationals got a hit, and eventually, at every Parra at-bat; fans also began wearing shark costumes to
13832-472: The song in the original beat or in their own rendition that are shared on the internet, including Twice , Monsta X , GOT7 , Mamamoo , and several more. The song began to go viral in the Western world in August 2018. In July 2019, Kellogg's announced that it had entered a partnership with Pinkfong to introduce a new Baby Shark cereal, a berry-flavored variant of Froot Loops with marshmallows added. It
13965-548: The song was featured in The Angry Birds Movie 2 and Rubber and was playable in Just Dance 2020 . In November 2019, an officially licensed children's book based on the Pinkfong characters was being marketed by HarperCollins , while five unlicensed children's books offered by Scholastic Corporation had sold over one million copies. In 2020, Pinkfong partnered with Bushiroad to include "Baby Shark" as
14098-571: The song's popularity continued to rise, it caused the share price of the song's music label YG Entertainment to gain as much as 50% on the Korea Exchange . DI Corporation , whose executive chairman Park Won-ho is Psy's father, saw its share price increase by 568.8% within a few months of the song's release despite making a year-over-year loss. Soon, "Gangnam Style" began to attract the attention of several business and political leaders, including UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon who recognized
14231-448: The spot, mixing the chorus with LMFAO 's Shots. The song was performed on The X Factor in early December 2018 because it was requested by Simon Cowell 's four-year-old son Eric. Yvie Oddly , a Drag queen and contestant on RuPaul's Drag Race , adapted the song for live lip-syncing performances, including a choreography that draws inspiration from voguing . In February 2019, Bebe Rexha posted on her Twitter account (now X)
14364-656: The stadium. A stuffed baby shark was seen attached to the dugout railing during the 2019 National League Championship Series , which the Nationals won over the St. Louis Cardinals . During the 2019 World Series between the Washington Nationals and the Houston Astros , the song was the subject of a singing bet between the Choral Arts Society of Washington and the Houston Chamber Choir , with
14497-421: The store?' Response 예/네. ye/ne AFF Gangnam Style " Gangnam Style " ( Korean : 강남스타일 , IPA: [kaŋ.nam sɯ.tʰa.il] ) is a K-pop song by South Korean singer and rapper Psy , released on July 15, 2012, by YG Entertainment as the lead single of his sixth studio album, Psy 6 (Six Rules), Part 1 ( Ssai Yukgap Part 1 ). The term "Gangnam Style" is a neologism that refers to
14630-399: The subway station, where he boards the train and notices Hyuna (who would have her own version of the song) dancing. At one of the train stops, he approaches the girl in slow motion, and she approaches him. They start to embrace. He then tells the girl "Oppa Gangnam Style," and they horse dance along with some other dancers at the train stop, commencing the second chorus. He also surfaces from
14763-610: The success of "Gangnam Style" as an example of how people around the world are being "swept up" by the Korean Wave of culture. "Gangnam Style" is a South Korean neologism that refers to a lifestyle associated with the Gangnam region of Seoul , where people are trendy and hip, and exude a certain supposed class. The term was defined in Time ' s weekly vocabulary list as "a manner associated with lavish lifestyles in Seoul's Gangnam district". Psy likened Gangnam to Beverly Hills, California , and said in an interview that he intended
14896-529: The tastes of foreign audiences and has now grown into a popular subculture among teenagers and young adults in many places around the world. Although it has spread to the Middle East, Eastern Europe, and parts of South America, its reception in the Western world was initially lukewarm. However, booming social media networks such as YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter made it easier for K-pop musicians to reach
15029-441: The tense fricative and all the affricates as well. At the end of a syllable, /s/ changes to /t/ (example: beoseot ( 버섯 ) 'mushroom'). /h/ may become a bilabial [ɸ] before [o] or [u] , a palatal [ç] before [j] or [i] , a velar [x] before [ɯ] , a voiced [ɦ] between voiced sounds, and a [h] elsewhere. /p, t, t͡ɕ, k/ become voiced [b, d, d͡ʑ, ɡ] between voiced sounds. /m, n/ frequently denasalize at
15162-620: The title as a joke, claiming that he has "Gangnam Style" when everything about the song, dance, looks, and music video is far from high class: People who are actually from Gangnam never proclaim that they are—it's only the posers and wannabes that put on these airs and say that they are "Gangnam Style"—so this song is actually poking fun at those kinds of people who are trying very hard to be something that they're not. The song talks about "the perfect girlfriend who knows when to be refined and when to get wild." The song's refrain "오빤 강남 스타일 (Oppan Gangnam style)" has been translated as "Big brother
15295-660: The title were uploaded onto YouTube. The Portuguese public broadcaster RTP1 spoofed the song in its late-night show 5 Para A Meia-Noite as Gamar com Style , sung by the comedian Pedro "Pacheco" Fernandes, criticizing the Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho , the European Union , the IMF , and the 2010–13 Portuguese financial crisis . There are many "Gangnam Style" parodies used for education . One such parody includes "Conjugation Style,"
15428-430: The underlying song and characters are believed to be in the public domain , as the song has been a popular camp singalong for decades. A dance version of "Baby Shark" was popularized in the 2007 YouTube video "Kleiner Hai" (German for Little Shark ) published by Alexandra Müller, also known by her stage name Alemuel . This version is set to the theme of Jaws and tells the story of a baby shark who grows up and eats
15561-464: The underlying, partly historical morphology . Given this, it is sometimes hard to tell which actual phonemes are present in a certain word. The traditional prohibition of word-initial /ɾ/ became a morphological rule called "initial law" ( 두음법칙 ) in the pronunciation standards of South Korea, which pertains to Sino-Korean vocabulary. Such words retain their word-initial /ɾ/ in the pronunciation standards of North Korea. For example, ^NOTE ㅏ
15694-533: The video on YouTube reached 1.5 billion views. As of August 2024, the video is the tenth most viewed video on YouTube , having reached over 5 billion views. After the release of "Gangnam Style," the American talent manager Scooter Braun , who discovered Justin Bieber on YouTube, asked on Twitter "How did I not sign this guy [Psy]?" Soon afterward, it was reported that Psy had left for Los Angeles to meet with representatives of Justin Bieber, to explore collaboration opportunities. On September 3, 2012, Braun made
15827-547: The video was its comical dance moves that can be easily copied, such as the pelvic thrust during the elevator scene. The United Nations hailed Psy as an "international sensation" because of the popularity of his "satirical" video clip and its "horse-riding-like dance moves." As such, the music video has spawned a dance craze unseen since the Macarena of the mid-1990s. The World Bank 's lead economist David McKenzie remarked that some of Psy's dance moves "kind of look like
15960-696: The video. Shortly after its upload, the parody was retweeted by the European Space Agency and the SETI Institute . The song was also parodied by cadets from the United States Military Academy , United States Merchant Marine Academy , United States Naval Academy , United States Air Force Academy , and the Royal Military College of Canada ; soldiers from the 210th Fires Brigade ,
16093-540: The weekly South Korean music program, The Music Trend . Psy also performed at several concerts prior to his departure to the United States, including during "The Heumbbeok Show" and the Summer Stand Concert in Seoul. After returning to South Korea, Psy performed "Gangnam Style" during a free concert that he held outside the Seoul City Hall . More than 80,000 fans attended the event, leading to
16226-596: The world. The earliest flash mobs were held in Pasadena, California , and Sydney, Australia. On September 12, 2012, Times Square in Manhattan was filled with a dance mob dancing to the music of "Gangnam Style" during ABC 's Good Morning America . Major flash mobs (those with more than 1,000 participants) were also held in Seoul (South Korea), South Sulawesi (Indonesia), Palermo (Italy), Milan (Italy), and Paris (France). The song has been mentioned in tweets by
16359-437: Was "Psy Gangnam Style MV Reaction," which was uploaded by Katie and Mindy Anderson on July 18, 2012. The Andersons were subsequently interviewed by Evan Ramstad from The Wall Street Journal a few weeks later. In his article published on August 6, 2012, Ramstad also included "Kpop Music Mondays : PSY Gangnam Style," a review and parody of "Gangnam Style" uploaded on July 23 by K-pop video bloggers Simon and Martina Stawski ,
16492-533: Was called eonmun ('colloquial script') and quickly spread nationwide to increase literacy in Korea. The Korean alphabet was denounced by the yangban aristocracy, who looked down upon it too easy to learn. However, it gained widespread use among the common class and was widely used to print popular novels which were enjoyed by the common class. Since few people could understand official documents written in classical Chinese, Korean kings sometimes released public notices entirely written in Hangul as early as
16625-459: Was first available at Sam's Club stores on August 17, and at Walmart in late September. In March 2020, Pinkfong released a new interactive version of the song that encourages children to properly wash their hands during the COVID-19 pandemic . In December 2020, SmartStudy partnered with US cable network Nickelodeon to premiere Baby Shark's Big Show! , which was adapted from Baby Shark and
16758-438: Was itself surpassed by the music video for " See You Again " by Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth . Its dance was attempted by political leaders such as British Prime Minister David Cameron and United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon , who hailed it as "a force for world peace". On May 7, 2013, at a bilateral meeting with South Korea's President Park Geun-hye at the White House , US President Barack Obama cited
16891-425: Was mainly because "Call Me Maybe" remained largely a North American trend, whereas the popularity of "Gangnam Style" was not confined to the United States. 61.6 percent of viewers were male, and those aged between 13 and 17 represented the biggest group. According to The Wall Street Journal , T-Pain was among the first to have "sent [the video] to the stratosphere" when he tweeted about it on July 29, 2012. It
17024-416: Was mentioned by various English-language websites providing coverage of Korean pop culture for international fans, including Allkpop and Soompi . Simon and Martina Stawski , a Canadian couple living in Seoul who were among the first to parody "Gangnam Style" in late July, wrote that the song has the potential to become "one of the biggest songs of the year." However, during an interview with Al Jazeera
17157-625: Was reported that a promotional video for Singapore's tourism sector in the form of a collaboration between Pinkfong and the Singapore Tourism Board was made and uploaded on YouTube. The video featured characters from Baby Shark and the Merli, a Singaporean mascot. Ads aired during April 2022 and May 2022 by Shopee used the melody of Baby Shark with modified lyrics in its advertisements in Poland and Singapore . Many Poles considered
17290-538: Was then picked up by Neetzan Zimmerman from the social blog Gawker , who asked "Did this underground Hip Hop artist from South Korea just release the Best Music Video of the Year?" on July 30. This was soon followed by Robbie Williams , Britney Spears , Katy Perry , Tom Cruise , Joseph Gordon-Levitt , and William Gibson . The earliest video to catch the attention of media networks outside South Korea
17423-528: Was top ranked in 112 countries in 2017. "Baby Shark Dance" has received over 15 billion views worldwide and over 44 million likes as of November 2024, making it the most-viewed video on YouTube . Due to a 2013 change that the Billboard Hot 100 music charts made to account for online viewership of YouTube videos, "Baby Shark" broke into the Billboard Hot 100 at number 32 during the week of January 7, 2019. Due to its popularity, this version of
17556-483: Was unnecessary because the video caused no damage to the navy, but he admitted that there was some impropriety about military officers doing their "fancy stepping in uniform." On September 18, 2012, the North Korean government became the first to use "Gangnam Style" for political activism when it uploaded a parody with the title " I'm Yushin style! " onto the government website Uriminzokkiri . The parody mocks
17689-418: Was uploaded on June 17, 2016. This version was sung by then-10-year-old Korean-American singer Hope Segoine, and the music video featured two child actors, Park Geon Roung of South Korea and Elaine Kim Johnston of New Zealand. On November 2, 2024, more than four years after it was first uploaded, this version amassed 7.04 billion views on YouTube, surpassing Luis Fonsi 's " Despacito " with 8.03 billion views. It
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