Four months after the single’s release, you might think you know everything there is to know about “Gangnam Style.” In his speech at Oxford University (yes, you read that correctly) yesterday, however, PSY shed some light on his process. Before his track became a viral sensation, he says,
"I was so desperate to get noticed I went to a TV production company in Korea and started doing a dance — a crazy dance — up and down the corridors…. I stayed up for 30 nights to find that horse-riding dance. I tried every creature: elephant, monkey, kangaroo, snake. The kangaroo hopping was too slow, so we ended up imitating a horse."
Watch the “Gangnam Style” music video for the millionth time below and try to picture it with an elephant or snake dance. [NME]