Park Jae-sang, better known by his stage name PSY,
is a South Korean singer, songwriter, rapper, dancer, record producer and television personality.
His father, Park Won-Ho, is the executive chairman of DI Corporation, a manufacturer of semiconductor
manufacturing equipment listed on the Korea Exchange. His mother, Kim Young-hee, owns several restaurants in Gangnam.
-Wikipedia
Birth name:
Park Jae-sang
Born:
December 31, 1977 ( age
)
From:
Gangnam, Seoul, South Korea
Genres:
K-pop, Korean hip hop, dance, hip house
Spouse:
Yoo Hye-yeon (m. October 14, 2006)
Children:
Twin daughters
Occupations:
Singer-songwriter, dancer, choreographer, record producer
Instruments:
Vocals
Years active:
1999present
Name Origin:
His stage name 'Psy' comes from the word 'psycho'. Explaining his stage name, he said in a BBC interview,
"what I thought was, you know, crazy about music, dancing, performance, so that kind of psycho."
Associated acts:
2NE1
BIGBANG
Lee Hi
Epik High
YG Family
Scooter Braun
Psy Trivia:
•
Gangnam Style became the most
viewed video in YouTube history on November 24, 2012.
It is the first video to reach one billion views (on December 21, 2012)
And also the first to reach 2 billion views (on May 31, 2014)
• On April 29, 2013, he became the tourism ambassador of South Korea
• In late 2001, Psy was arrested for smoking and possessing marijuana and was sentenced 25 days in jail.
(this caused him to miss his grandfather's funeral which he later deeply regretted )
Psy Quotes:
"When I realized that some top stars like have imagined or tweeted about me, I thought, 'That's joking.
That's not gonna happen...' I never expect things like this, not because they are top stars, but because
this is the biggest market in the universe for pop music, right, so everybody's dreaming about having appearance
in the U.S. so Im still saying, 'What going on here? This is beautiful.'"
"Tonight me and 50,000 Korean people... we are going to sing out loud. We are going to shout out loud and
we are really close to them, so they (the North Koreans) can hear us."
"Well, as an entertainer, I dont want to talk about politics. As a Korean citizen, I want peace.
Thats all I can say. I want permanent peace."