PSY Trivia Questions

PSY was born on December 31, 1977, in Seoul, South Korea. His birth name is indeed Park Jae-sang.

It hit 1 billion views in December 2012, becoming the first video ever to achieve that milestone on YouTube.

PSY described the song as a satire of the materialistic, pretentious lifestyles of the wealthy Gangnam district in Seoul.

He attended Berklee briefly in the early 2000s but dropped out to pursue his music career in South Korea.

PSY has no formal classical training; he studied business at Yonsei University and later dropped out of Berklee.

PSY's 'Gentleman' earned over 38 million YouTube views on its first day in April 2013, securing a Guinness World Record for the most views in 24 hours at that time.

PSY was fined for marijuana use in 2001, but there was no official two-year performance ban; he released hit songs and performed publicly in 2002.

PSY's father, Park Won-ho, is the chairman of DI Corporation, a South Korean semiconductor manufacturer. This is a well-documented family background detail.