Psy
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- proper noun
- /saɪ/
- PSY's "Gangnam Style" has 2 billion hits and Justin Bieber's "Baby" has 1 billion, numbers approaching a mathematical sublime.
- Psy's Gangnam Style
- Gangnam Style by Psy
- Korean pop star Psy
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The song starts with PSY's autotuned voice introducing the song.
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Unless you've been living under a rock, you've seen Psy's "Gangnam Style" video.
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Eventually, the American label School Boy Records offered Psy a distribution deal for his music in the American market, based on the video's popularity.
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Whether people will remember Psy one year from now is irrelevant.
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But if they were to take lessons from Psy, what they need isn't more polish, but instead more character.
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PSY is back on the music scene after a two-year break with PSY's Best Sixth, Part One.
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Unless you've been living under a rock, you've seen Psy's "Gangnam Style" video.
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Korean pop star Psy met with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
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HyunA has collaborated with "Gangnam Style" star Psy, who just happens to share his manager with Bieber.
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Etymology
Psy is the stage name of Park Jae-sang, the South Korean pop singer who made 'Gangnam Style' famous. A helpful way to remember the name is to think of Psy as a short, catchy form that sounds like psyche ('mind') or psycho ('wild' or 'crazy'), which fits his bold, high-energy performances.