Psy first announced a new single would be forthcoming by Twitter on March 8. The song reached number one on charts in Luxembourg, South Korea and the United States, and topped iTunes charts in 40 countries. Other records previously held were the fastest overall video to reach 200 million views (until September 2017), and 300 million views (until November 2015). It also held the record for fastest music video to reach 100 million views for over six years until Apwhen fellow Korean act Blackpink surpassed it with " Kill This Love". It held the YouTube record for most views in its first 24 hours, and most views in any 24 hours for over four years until Augwhen Taylor Swift's " Look What You Made Me Do" garnered more views. In 2013, Psy stated that, although no plans to release an album including the song or a sequel to it.Īs of May 1st 2021, the video has been viewed more than 1.4 billion times.
gentleman" The obscured word was later revealed to be "father".A poster and Twitter message was released containing the main line of the song "I'm a mother f The first public performance of the song, with its associated dance, was unveiled at 6:30 pm on April 13 at Seoul World Cup Stadium in Seoul.
The song serves as the follow-up to his international hit single " Gangnam Style", which at the time of "Gentleman"'s release had been viewed on YouTube over 1 billion times. " Gentleman" is a K-pop song by South Korean musician Psy released on Ap(KST), serving as his 19th single.