Psy Video Screen Grab Kicking Parking Cone - H 2013
Psy continues to dominate the medium that spawned his global celebrity.
The video for “Gentleman” — the South Korean pop star’s hotly anticipated follow-up to the internationally ubiquitous “Gangnam Style” — set a new record for most hits on YouTube in a single day on April 14, earning 38 million views, according to Google. The “Kony 2012” short film held the prior record with 30 million. “Gentleman” also set a day-of-debut record of 18.5 million views when it dropped April 13.
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Psy’s “Gangnam Style” is YouTube’s most-watched video of all time at 1.5 billion views.
“Gentleman,” which features the 35-year-old goofball lothario debuting a new hip-swinging signature dance and playing pranks on women in various locations around Seoul, has been viewed 215 million times in the 10 days since its release. It took Gangnam Style took more than 50 days to reach 100 million views.
Psy’s viral fortunes haven’t been buoyed by mainstream media support back home, though. The video for “Gentleman” was banned by a South Korean broadcaster last week because of its depiction of “the abuse of public property.” In one sequence in the video, Psy is seen kicking a “no parking” sign.
