Let's talk about K-Pop. Let's talk about PSY. Let's talk about the most views in history.
Yes, readers, it's come to this. Framed, everyone's favorite misanthropic blog, is now kowtowing to popular opinion!
What a twist! What irony!
But we have to admit that even we're sort of wowed at PSY's massive viral success. His "Gangnam Style" -- this week's video, in case you were wondering -- was released in July and has been viewed over 414 million times on YouTube, and is the site's most watched K-pop video. It's also the most "liked" video in the history of YouTube. It's also #2 in America as of this writing.
PSY, whose real name is Park Jae-sang, is a comical rapper whose song about the Gangnam District in Seoul simply exploded, capturing the interest of everyone from T-Pain to Tom Cruise, who've shared it on the internet.
The Gangnam District is a sort of hoity-toity part of Seoul. The kind of place where they look down on you, readers! PSY isn't having any of it, though: he mocks the elite with his "invisible horse dance" and a variety of spastic moves that have proven irresistible to humans everywhere!
In fact, the video is so excellent that it's spawned a zillion parodies, some of them quite good. You've no doubt seen them. Now let's enjoy the original again, only this time with captions!
Oppan Framed, Gangnam style!
1 -- "Buy powerful detergent for a superior cleaning reaction!" is a strong message in any language!
2-- Giant Table Tennis Girl has dispatched all her foes with the greatest of ease! Run, Regular-Sized Table Tennis Girl!
3 -- Even after PSY was poisoned and died, he was great! Because!
4 -- "If Ann Coulter is hiding here, I would never know. It's deucedly clever!"
5 -- " Thumpetty thump thump, thumpetty thump thump, look at Frosty go!"
6 -- PSY is "that way!"
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7 -- "Surrender my tutu? I think not!"
8 -- "Where the heck is Flame-O? Why are all the made-up characters so elusive?"
9 -- "And they told me Gummo would be here, too! Where is the famous Sentient Bubble, and why does he fear me so?"
10 -- Hey! A quite inappropriate caption could be written here, were one were of a mind!
11 -- After this refreshing swim in the Yangtze, PSY would travel back in time to take on Mao! Asia's crazy!
12 -- "Dude, I'm making a video here! And it's high in fiber!"