Seoul: Hips swinging, South Korean rapper Psy launched the dance and video of his new song 'Gentleman' at a packed Seoul concert on Saturday, with nearly 160,000 tuned in online to see if he could carry off a repeat of his megahit 'Gangnam Style'.
The song has become a huge hit and has received more than 13,838,900 views on YouTube till the time this report is published. Psy now holds the record for most Youtube views in a single day by any person in the history of Youtube. Earlier, the record was in the name of 'Boyfriend' singer Justin Bieber.
The video for 'Gangnam Style' is the most watched ever on YouTube with more than 1.5 billion hits, and its horse-riding dance has been imitated by thousands around the world, from Eton schoolboys, to U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
But a recent challenge from the 'Harlem Shake' global dance craze upped the ante for 'Gentleman', and the 35-year-old Psy has made it clear he was aware of the high expectations....
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