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"Gwiyomi Song/Kwiyomi Song"
Single by Hari
Released February 18, 2013
Format Digital Download
Genre K-pop, indie pop
Length 2:45
Label Dandi Recordz
Danal Entertainment
Warner Music[1][2][3]
File:Sssingging.jpg
A Girl Shows the Steps in the
Gwiyomi Chorus.
GwiyomiFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Gwiyomi Song, or Kwiyomi Song(), is a K-pop single by South
Korean singer Hari
and was released on February 18, 2013. It was inspired by a
gesture from rapper South Korean
Jung Ilhoon of boy group BtoB. The gesture is called 'Gwiyomi
Player', which became an Internet
meme in October 2012 followed by its first appearance on South
Korean reality show by SBS MTV
named MTV Diary. The song went on to be a viral success after
Korean Media outlet Sports Seoul
uploaded a clip of Hari performing the gestures and singing the
song. This video has since inspired
many Asian netizens to upload their own versions onto the
internet.
Contents
1 Background
1.1 Etymology
2 Viral spread
2.1 South Korea (2012)
2.2 Southeast Asia (March 2013)3 Chart performance
4 References
5 External links
Background
The internet meme originated from South Korean BToB member Jung
Ilhoon who made a series of cute hand
movements or simply 'counting numbers in a cute way' called
'Gwiyomi Player' or 'Kwiyomi Player' ('Cutie Player' in
English). He made the gestures during episode 24 of BToB's
reality TV show called MTV Diary, which aired in
2012.
The gesture became popular among various Korean entertainers
after Ilhoon made an appearance on South Korean variety show Weekly
Idol.[4]
The
show then featured a mini segment dubbed "The Aegyo Battle"
(Battle of Cuteness) where various idols performed different
variations of theGwiyomi gesture.
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