Daily Archives: December 21, 2012

PSY’s Gangnam Style surpasses 1 billion views on YouTube

PSY's Gangnam Style surpasses 1 billion views on YouTube

As the run away hit of 2012, it was only a matter of time before PSY’s Gangnam Style would surpasses 1 billion views on YouTube. (He became the most viewed YouTube video of all time just a few weeks ago.) Today, the 34-year-old K-Pop artist’s work became the first video ever to reach one billion views. From the catchy music to the invisible horse dance, his music has universal appeal even though it’s all in Korean. Reaching the 1 billion mark was done in only 5 months with the barriers to music distribution crumbling before our ears. Here’s some stats from YouTube on the video:

  • PSY was already big in Korea, but in 2012, he became a global celeb as Gangnam Style quickly spread from Seoul and the pacific to North America, South America, and Europe. It’s been seen at least 1 million times in close to 75 countries, making it one of the most global music sensations ever!
  • From a one-thousand person flash mob in Jakarta to cover videos from Ai Weiwei and Mitt Romney, hundreds of thousands of parodies have been uploaded to YouTube, some of which have tens of millions of views. In fact, fan tributes to Gangnam Style are now being viewed 20 million times every single day. Here’s some of our favorites: Canton Style, Lo Pan Style, Gangnam Style by Just Kidding Films, Byuntae Style by David So, and K-Town style.
  • PSY’s own remix with Hyuna has 200 million views alone.
  • “Gangnam Style” was YouTube’s top rising search of 2012 and on October 6th, we saw more than five million searches for “gangnam style” in a single day.
  • For those interested in the business side: a number of assessments and projections have been posted claiming “Gangnam Style” has generated over $8.1 million in advertising deals, hit more than 2.9 million in song downloads since July, and achieved other incredible feats!
  • Since late last month, people have clicked to buy the track on iTunes over 600,000 times helping make PSY the first Korean artist ever to rank #1 on the U.S. iTunes chart and #1 in over 30 more countries

The chart below shows how quickly PSY rose to fame compared to the next most viewed video Baby by Justin Bieber:

Which Asian/Asian American artist will break out in 2013?

PSY’s Gangnam Style surpasses 1 billion views on YouTube

Time Don’t Wait music video by J.Moy x Shynobi x Oriana

Time Don’t Wait music video by J.Moy x Shynobi x Oriana

Rappers J.Moy x Shynobi x singer Oriana released the music video for their single “Time Don’t Wait”. For the video, they hit the recording studio as the hip hop artists chase their dreams of a music career. There is no procrastinating for these guys as the execute on their plan to achieve their goals. They have a sense of urgency as they seek to take out obstacles in their way. Time is ticking. Get on it. You can download the track FREE here.

Listen to more Drunken Fists: Dangerous, Game Time, Big Bossin’, It’s All Good, and Celebration.

Time Don’t Wait music video by J.Moy x Shynobi x Oriana

Brave Heart by Bambu

Brave Heart by Bambu

Rapper Bambu dropped the music video for his track “Brave Heart”. As he works out in the boxing gym, he questions the class warfare going on around the world. He gives a voice to the underprivileged. Additionally, he adds commentary about Manny Pacquiao and uncovering fake rappers.

Listen to more Bambu: Rent Money, Welcome to Manila, Sermon, At It Again, Lookin Up, and Slow Down, Bang, Sad Life, Fish, Grenade , Smoke Smarter and Pow Wow Drums.

Brave Heart by Bambu (contains explicit lyrics)

Lyrics to Brave Heart by Bambu

one time for los angeles – all neighborhoods
eastside westside flatlands throw it up
i rather get every gangbanger to lock arms
and organize every hood like ceasar chavez on a farm
philip vera cruz-in’ through the appropriation of mine
riding fixies on my block while they’re robbing my block blind
i rhyme to design streamline organized coalitions
task objective goal mission
the vision of patrice lumumba shooting out my mouth
heard a whole entire people gasp when manny got knocked out
i get it
but let it be said from the mouth of a pinoy
we should gasp ten fold as a whole when a boy
in the philippines has to sniff a whole bag of glue
’cause it’s cheaper to be high than get a spoonful of food
f*ck you going to do?!
sit around and write a couple bars
to convince the other frauds in a song that you hard
but youtube and worldstar exposes ’em all
an officer in corrections
lawsuits over a brawl
appauled the sh*t they selling on a records is all false
i look down on you mu’ufukkuhs and i ain’t even that tall
you a bad mu’fukkuh, bruh
filthy in seattle
in the bay they say i go, bluh
people’s freedom fanatical
brrrrat
whenever you see me in the eagle rock plaza
filipino than a mu’ufukkuh – shopping with my mama
esta made some sh*t that i just had to throw a rap at
hands up like you got a question in class ask that
why is there a gigantic gap between the classes
how come college recruiters don’t exist on my campus
bambu, soul assassins, native guns, bar gang
ayo, manny, quit playing in politics and train
— one rifle per family that’s bananas
i do it for masses not the camera’s… BANG, homie!

Ready Set Go by D-Pryde

Ready Set Go by D-Pryde

Rapper D-Pryde dropped the music video for his single Ready Set Go off his Flagship mixtape. Once again he pairs up with director Rik Cordero for the visuals. In one continuous shot, D-Pryde tells you a story from his life about love, friends, and his family. His inner thoughts on life are unleashed along with the baggage that comes along with it. Ready, Set, Go and live your dreams and passion.

D-Pryde is living his dreams. He’s just opened a new chapter in his music career as his label has teamed up with BMG. Get ready to go global with him and even radio play in the future.

Listen to more D-Pryde: Moral Fiber, Mobbin’, Normal, Start Again, Big Shot, Outro Flow, Priorities.

http://www.channelapa.com/2012/12/december-23rd-by-d-pryde.html

Ready Set Go by D-Pryde

Holiday Dance with Harry Shum Jr. x iJustine

Holiday Dance with Harry Shum Jr. x iJustine

This holiday season Harry Shum Jr. x iJustine dance for charity to a beatboxed version of Rudolph the Red-nosed reindeer. They get together and create a fun holiday dance for charity. The two get super animated to the lyrics of the winter favorite. The DIZZY FEET FOUNDATION was co-founded by Nigel Lythgoe and Adam Shankman to support and improve dance education in the U.S. charity: water is a non-profit organization that brings clean, safe drinking water to people in developing countries.

Holiday Dance with Harry Shum Jr. x iJustine