PSY

Person · Open Library

Born

1950

Died

2020

Works

49

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Film & TV

Acting · Seoul, South Korea

Psy, born Park Jae-sang (박재상), is a South Korean singer and record producer.  Though long-known in Korea, he became globally famous for his song, "Gangnam Style."

Known for

• KPOPPED — Self2025
• PSY Summer Swag 2022 — Self2023
• Nattering with Nah — Self2023
• Strong Girl Nam-soon2023
• Psy Live @ IPSELENTI 2022 — Self2022
• LOUD — Self2021
• Street Woman Fighter — Self2021
• Lil Dicky Earth: Earth — Backing vocals2019
• Straight — Self (archive footage)2018
• Explained — Self (archive footage)2018

via TMDB

Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Male

Origin

South Korea

Active from

1977

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

1,721,070

Total plays

35,788,938

Park Jae-sang (Korean: 박재상; Hanja: 朴載相, IPA: [pɐk̚.t͡ɕεsɐŋ]; born December 31, 1977), known professionally as Psy (stylized in all caps) (싸이; /saɪ/ SY; Korean: [s͈ai]), is a South Korean singer, rapper, songwriter, and record producer. Psy is known domestically for his humorous videos and stage performances, and internationally for his hit single "Gangnam Style". The song's refrain was entered into The Yale Book of Quotations as one of the most famous quotations of 2012.[2] <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Psy">Read more on Last.fm</a>

via Last.fm · Psy

Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

1. Human microglia regional heterogeneity and phenotypes determined by multiplexed single-cell mass cytometry

   · 2018 · cited 384x

2. A novel Alzheimer disease locus located near the gene encoding tau protein

   · 2015 · cited 276x

3. Microglia in post-mortem brain tissue of patients with bipolar disorder are not immune activated

   · 2019 · cited 58x

4. Distinct non-inflammatory signature of microglia in post-mortem brain tissue of patients with major depressive disorder

   · 2020 · cited 57x

5. Late Response to Anti-CGRP Monoclonal Antibodies in Migraine

   · 2023 · cited 57x

via Crossref · CC0

Quotes

• “Oppan Gangnam StyleGangnam StyleOp op op op oppan Gangnam Style”
• “The mindset of this dance is 'dress classy and dance cheesy'.”
• “I have twins. They are 4 years old. They know the word 'concert,' so they know father's job is 'concert,' and they prefer concert [over] father.”
• “I'm still walking down the street like, 'Why I'm here? Why I'm here?' You know, I've done this 12 years in Korea, and I'm rookie here now. I never expect I would become a K-pop star.”
• “I try to dress classy and dance cheesy.”
• “I don’t think this dance is suitable for weddings. This is not a formal dance, this is a cheesy dance! But still, I appreciate that.”

via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA

Key facts

Person.name

Psy

Person.native_name_lang

ko

Person.image

PSY EMTV logo 27 (8198008711).jpg

Person.caption

Psy in December 2012

Person.birth_name

Park Jae-sang

Person.birth_place

Seoul, South Korea

Person.organization

P Nation

Person.years_active

1999–present

Person.children

2

Person.honours

23px Okgwan Order of Cultural Merit (2012)

Musical artist.embed

yes

Korean name/auto.child

yes

Korean name/auto.headercolor

transparent

Korean name/auto.hangul

%박재상

Korean name/auto.hanja

朴載相

Korean name/auto.hangulstage

%_싸이

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Family name

Park

Gender

male

Citizenship

South Korea

Place of birth

Gangnam District

Occupation

dancer

Educated at

Berklee College of Music

Languages spoken

Korean

Native language

Korean

Genre

electronic dance music

Instrument

voice

Record label

P Nation

Discography

Psy discography

Military branch

Republic of Korea Army

Image

PSY EMTV logo 27 (8198008711).jpg

Number of children

2

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