Psy appears on Billboard with Spears

Rapper Psy, left, teaches Britney Spears, center, the “Gangnam Style” dance on Ellen DeGeneres Show Tuesday. This photo was captured from the main page of Billboard’s website. / Courtesy of Billboard.com

The popularity of Korean rapper Psy shows no bounds as he is on his way to become an international star. Included in the photos of the week on the main page of Billboard’s website is Psy dancing with American singer Britney Spears on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show.”

The singer of the moment appeared on the popular American talk show on Tuesday and taught the host and Spears how to do the “rodeo dance” for his latest hit “Gangnam Style.” The Korean musician instructed them to “bounce like you are riding an invisible horse” as they tried to follow the motions.

Psy has been steadily rising to fame in the U.S. for the last month since his music video for “Gangnam Style” went viral. Spears had tweeted about his hit video on Aug. 29: “I am LOVING this video — so fun! Thinking that I should possibly learn the choreography. Anybody wanna teach me?” As seen in the photo she was able to get a lesson from Psy himself.

The Korean rapper also recently danced with host Kevin Hart at the MTV Video Music Awards, a considerable achievement for any Asian entertainer.

The video has gained international recognition thanks to social media. From the start the likes of Robbie Williams and T-Pain shared “Gangnam Style” on Twitter, and thousands of retweets followed. There seems to be no stopping the video’s spread. <The Korea Times/Rachel Lee>

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