Yoo Gun-hyung (Hangul: 유건형; born February 14, 1979) is a South Korean recording artist and record producer, best known for his work with PSY, and, in particular, their international hit Gangnam Style.

Biography

Yoo Gun-Hyung was introduced to the world of K-pop in 1996 as one-half (along with Suh Jung-Hwan) of the Korean hip hop duo Untitle.[1] Yoo and Suh were both still in high school, and gained particular recognition in the Korean music industry because they were already writing their own songs.[2] Their second album, entitled The Blue Color was released in 1997.[3] Untitle disbanded in 1999.[3]

Yoo's collaboration with PSY goes back at least to 2006, with Yoo writing music and PSY writing lyrics for songs on the 2006 album PSY – We Are The One.[4] They have also co-written songs for IVY,[5] Kim Jin-pyo,[6] and Ulala Session.[7]

It has also been reported that Yoo and former Untitle co-member Suh have been working with Jang Woo Hyuk (formerly of H.O.T.) on a solo project.[8]

"Gangnam Style", the lead single of PSY 6 (Six Rules), Part 1, which Yoo co-wrote with PSY, was released on July 15, 2012, and the music video was uploaded to YouTube the same day.[9] Within weeks, the video had made it to No. 3 on YouTube's music video list.[9] Then in August, the video went viral outside of the Korean-speaking world, and by September had become the most "liked" video in the history of YouTube.[10]

References

  1. ↑ miketastic, "Way Back Wednesday: Spring Fling", www.allkpop, March 21, 2012. Note that although English-language sources sometimes mistakenly call the group "Untitled", the group's music videos feature the spelling "Untitle" and that is the spelling used by major English-language sources on South Korean popular culture, including soompi.com and allkpop.com.
  2. ↑ miketastic, "Way Back Wednesday: Spring Fling", www.allkpop, March 21, 2012.; thunderstix, "Two Old School Idol Groups Come Together for New Album", soompi.com, May 4, 2011.
  3. 1 2 "Way Back Wednesday: Spring Fling". allkpop.
  4. ↑ "Top 20 – May week 4". Soompi. May 30, 2006.
  5. ↑ "New albums and singles preview – 2009 October week 5". Soompi. November 1, 2009.
  6. ↑ "Weekly K-pop Music Chart 2010 – February Week 2". Soompi. February 14, 2010.
  7. ↑ Stewart Ho, "Ulala Session Shakes Things Up With Park Han Byul in Music Video, Makes an All-Kill on Charts", CJ E&M enewsWorld, May 10, 2012.
  8. ↑ "Two Old School Idol Groups Come Together for New Album". Soompi. May 4, 2011.
  9. 1 2 "YouTube Trends: 'Gangnam Style' is Your International Hit of the Month". youtube-trends.blogspot.com.
  10. ↑ "'Gangnam Style' holds Guinness world record for most 'liked' video in YouTube history", guinnessworldrecords.com, Sept. 20, 2012
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