Without a doubt, the early 2010s was an era of instant hits; digital platforms such as YouTube ushered music into a new era of publicity and virality. During that time came a song from South Korean singer and rapper Psy, who broke every single music video record at the time of its release. Yes, it’s the Gangnam Style, the famous song that went viral and even you have heard it even though you don’t know what the lyrics mean.
The song got on the list of Billboard Hot 100 in September, and within a few weeks, it climbed all the way to the 2nd spot. The music video of Psy’s Gangnam Style was the first ever music video to hit 1 billion views on the YouTube platform. Psy was a popular musician in his own country, but he didn’t have any global recognition before this song. After he released this song, everyone who had access to the internet knew about him and the song Gangnam Style.
According to many economists Gangnam Style impacted South Korea’s popularity more than just the music. This song is considered to be the catalyst in the Korean Wave which is the recent proliferation of Korean culture internationally. This was something the South Korean government was trying to do since the start of the century. The music video of the song has won Best Video at the MTV Europe Music Awards which was held in 2012.
Also, the song became a source of creating parodies and reaction videos for YouTube channels all over the globe. The iconic dance done by Psy in the music video was attempted by a number of famous individuals and even politicians, such as British Prime Minister David Cameron and even Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon of the United States.
To help you learn the guitar chords of Gangnam Style by Psy we brought Mike Walker from our arsenal of guitarists. Mike has divided the song lesson into 4 segments where he teaches you chords for the different versions of the song such as acoustic, funk and even metal. Mike has been a musician from the young age of 14 when he first picked up the guitar and within a few years he was able to play acoustic and electric guitar with fluency.
After you have finished this song lesson, you can check out similar songs like American Baby by Dave Matthews Band, Beat It by Van Halen and more from our guitar song lesson repository. We at Torrins believe that every individual needs to learn one musical instrument in their lifetime. Thus, we provide online guitar lessons for beginners, bass lessons and even piano tutorials for people who are completely new to music and playing instruments. All of these musical courses are produced by some of the most talented and well known music teachers that the world has to offer. So when you sign up with Torrins, you are learning concepts of music and instrument playing from the best.
