{"id":14611,"date":"2012-12-20T19:12:07","date_gmt":"2012-12-20T19:12:07","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2012-12-20T19:12:07","modified_gmt":"2012-12-20T19:12:07","slug":"YouTube-marks-2012-with-Gangnam-Style-mash-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=14611","title":{"rendered":"YouTube marks 2012 with Gangnam Style mash up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>YouTube has marked a year of viral video sensations with a &#8220;Gangnam Style&#8221; mash up of its top two songs of 2012, starring South Korean performer Psy and a horde of the video-sharing site&#8217;s stars.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Rewind YouTube Style 2012&#8221; approached 16 million views one day after its Tuesday release, paying homage to &#8220;Gangnam Style&#8221; and Canadian pop star Carly Rae Jepsen&#8217;s smash &#8220;Call Me Maybe&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A tiny Psy next to the YouTube icon linked to the video that opens with the five members of Canadian band Walk off the Earth performing on a guitar, which Psy then smashes before introducing the parody of his own hit.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Gangnam Style&#8221; is closing in on one billion hits after becoming the most viewed YouTube video of all time.<\/p>\n<p>The four-minute video features dozens of cameos and visual gags, testing the limit of the viewer&#8217;s awareness of YouTube culture and ability to understand all the references.<\/p>\n<p>The Internet&#8217;s own viral stars make an appearance include the <strong>&#8220;Sh-t Girls Say&#8221;<\/strong> actor Graydon Sheppard and YouTube personality Jenna Marbles.<\/p>\n<p>Real news landmarks of 2012 play a prominent part, such as Austrian daredevil Felix Baumgartner&#8217;s supersonic freefall from the edge of space and NASA&#8217;s Mars Curiosity landing.<\/p>\n<p>People watch more than four billion hours of video monthly at YouTube, according to the Google-owned service.<\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;Gangnam Style&#8221; phenomenon refuses to lose any steam, with <strong>South Korean social networks awash with conspiracies that tie Psy&#8217;s horse-riding dance with 16th century French seer Nostradamus and the December 21 apocalypse prophesied by the Mayans.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"500\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iCkYw3cRwLo\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<!--break--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>YouTube has marked a year of viral video sensations with a &#8220;Gangnam Style&#8221; 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