Yoo Gun-hyung ( Korean: 유건형; born February 14, 1979) is a South Korean recording artist and record producer, best known for his work with PSY, and, in particular, their international hit Gangnam Style.

Biography

Yoo Gun-Hyung was introduced to the world of K-pop in 1996 as one-half (along with Suh Jung-Hwan) of the Korean hip hop duo Untitle. ^[1] Yoo and Suh were both still in high school, and gained particular recognition in the Korean music industry because they were already writing their own songs. ^[2] Their second album, entitled The Blue Color was released in 1997. ^[3] Untitle disbanded in 1999. ^[3]

Yoo's collaboration with PSY goes back at least to 2006, with Yoo writing music and PSY writing lyrics for songs on the 2006 album PSY – We Are The One. ^[4] They have also co-written songs for IVY, ^[5] Kim Jin-pyo, ^[6] and Ulala Session. ^[7]

It has also been reported that Yoo and former Untitle co-member Suh have been working with Jang Woo Hyuk (formerly of H.O.T.) on a solo project. ^[8]

" Gangnam Style", the lead single of PSY 6 (Six Rules), Part 1, which Yoo co-wrote with PSY, was released on July 15, 2012, and the music video was uploaded to YouTube the same day. ^[9] Within weeks, the video had made it to No. 3 on YouTube's music video list. ^[9] Then in August, the video went viral outside of the Korean-speaking world, and by September had become the most " liked" video in the history of YouTube. ^[10]

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