Yoo Gun-hyung


Yoo Gun-hyung is a South Korean recording artist and record producer best known as the co-writer and co-producer of the 2012 worldwide hit song "Gangnam Style" performed by co-writer PSY.

Biography

Yoo Gun-Hyung was introduced to the world of K-pop in 1996 as one-half of the Korean hip hop duo Untitle. 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. Their second album, entitled The Blue Color was released in 1997. Untitle disbanded in 1999.
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. They have also co-written songs for IVY, Kim Jin Pyo, and Ulala Session.
It has also been reported that Yoo and former Untitle co-member Suh have been working with Jang Woo Hyuk on a solo project.
"Gangnam Style", the lead single of PSY 6, 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. Within weeks, the video had made it to #3 on YouTube's music video list. 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.