While “Gangnam Style” brought him worldwide recognition, Psy considers the song a curse in as much as it made him unable to create music for two years. “Gangnam Style” became a burden. And as an artist, I could not overcome that weight and I couldn’t make any new songs for two whole years, revealed Psy at the live online broadcast of “Psy Little Television” on Naver’s V app.
He added, “During that time I disliked music. It was a first time for me. I really like listening to music with the volume raised high but during those past two years, I didn’t listen to music in the car. I hated music itself. And I was frustrated with myself being unable to write music. I even thought that I might have to give up music.”
“Gangnam Style” was released in July 2012 and quickly became a hit worldwide. Soon after, Psy was being invited to various American TV shows to perform the song including the “Ellen DeGeneres Show” and NBC’s “Today.”
To date, “Gangnam Style” has racked up 2.46 billion views on YouTube. It is now considered the site’s most viewed video of all time. Psy is promoting his seventh album “Chiljip Psy-da,” which was released on Dec. 1. He has released two music videos for the tracks “Daddy” and “Napal Baji.”
The video for “Daddy” has been viewed 10 million times in just 34 hours since its release while the one for “Napal Baji” has garnered 3 million views. Psy’s new album features singers CL of 2NE1, JYJ’s Junsu, Zion.T, will.i.am, Jun In Kwon, Gaeko of Dynamic Duo and Ed Sheeran.
Psy revealed during a press conference that “Daddy” was a difficult song to write.
“It took the longest to write the song, to make its choreography, and even to make its music video,” he said, according to YG Life. “Napal Baji” is currently No. 1 on the Instiz iChart while “Daddy” is No. 3.
