{"id":12817,"date":"2017-07-12T12:35:13","date_gmt":"2017-07-12T12:35:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/?p=12817"},"modified":"2017-07-12T13:29:36","modified_gmt":"2017-07-12T13:29:36","slug":"gangnam-style-loses-youtube-1-spot-you-wont-believe-what-beat-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/gangnam-style-loses-youtube-1-spot-you-wont-believe-what-beat-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Gangnam Style loses YouTube #1 spot, you won&#8217;t believe what beat it"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Psy&#8217;s viral sensation &#8216;Gangnam Style&#8217; has held YouTube&#8217;s top spot for years but now it has been overtaken, by this?<\/h4>\n<p>Yes, Wiz Khalifa&#8217;s track made for the Furious 7 soundtrack is &#8211; for whatever reason &#8211; the most viewed video on YouTube now. The &#8220;rap\/ballad&#8221; featuring Charlie Puth has whizzed past Psy&#8217;s long-held position as the number 1 viewed video on YouTube with almost 3 billion views.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Wiz Khalifa - See You Again ft. Charlie Puth [Official Video] Furious 7 Soundtrack\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RgKAFK5djSk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Why it&#8217;s become so ridiculously popular, with no real viral attributes, is beyond me &#8211; not because it&#8217;s bad, it&#8217;s just not particularly special. The\u00a0song <em>was<\/em> created in part as a tribute to Paul Walker, the star of Fast and Furious films before his untimely death in 2013.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s taken the video 2 years but with a steady stream of growth rather than sudden viral growth the music video managed to sneak up on Gangnam Style and is now YouTube&#8217;s biggest hit. It will be interesting to see how long it remains at the top after Psy&#8217;s long run as leader, but with YouTube videos growing ever-more popular the wait for the next top video may not be as long.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Psy&#8217;s viral sensation &#8216;Gangnam Style&#8217; has held YouTube&#8217;s top spot for years but now it has been overtaken, by this? Yes, Wiz Khalifa&#8217;s track made for the Furious 7 soundtrack is &#8211; for whatever reason &#8211; the most viewed video on YouTube now. The &#8220;rap\/ballad&#8221; featuring Charlie Puth has whizzed past Psy&#8217;s long-held position as the number 1 viewed video on YouTube with almost 3 billion views. Why it&#8217;s become so ridiculously popular, with no real viral attributes, is beyond me &#8211; not because it&#8217;s bad, it&#8217;s just not particularly special. 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