Time to party like it’s 2012: Psy‘s culture-shifting “Gangnam Style” music video has officially topped 5 billion views on YouTube, 11 years after its initial release. In December 2012, “Gangnam Style” ...

Who'd have guessed a South Korean man doing a goofy horse dance was a recipe for a global phenomenon? Thirteen years after it made YouTube history we revisit the legacy of Psy's Gangnam Style.

Marco Del Grande/The Sydney Morning Herald/Fairfax Media via Getty; The Chosunilbo JNS/Imazins via Getty Psy poses for a portrait shoot on October 16, 2012 in Sydney, Australia ; Psy attends an event ...

South Korean singer, songwriter Psy poses during a portrait shoot at the Marquee Club, The Star on October 16, 2012 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Marco Del Grande/The Sydney Morning Herald/Fairfax ...

In 2012, the song took over the internet, and it helped pave the way for the global success of Korean pop. But Psy, the artist behind it, spent years trying and failing to replicate the phenomenon. By ...