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When Dove launched its Real Beauty Sketches advert in April, it became an instant internet sensation and is now the most watched advert in online history.The ad, which sees women drawn by a police forensic sketch artist first according to their own descriptions and then the descriptions of others, has been viewed more than 114 million times on YouTube and other video sharing sites.According to Mashable, the ad overtook the Evian Roller-babies ad, which has been viewed 111-million ...
Google’s Strategic Planning chief Abigail Posner attempted to explain the phenomenon that is the screaming goat meme at the 2013 PSFK conference, held in New York City recently. Over four-billion hours of video is watched each month on YouTube and 72 hours of video is uploaded to YouTube every minute, so, why are we watching what we’re watching, she asks. And why are we taking pictures of the seemingly everyday mundane things, like what we’re eating for lunch? Why are ...
He's back. Korean pop sensation Psy has released the follow-up to his viral mega-hit "Gangnam Style".The song, called "Gentleman" features a number of the same characters as "Gangnam Style" and has ratcheted up over 51-million views in two days of being live.The Psy we see in this video is however slightly different to the one we saw in the video which took him into the YouTube history books. The crazy dance moves are still there, but instead of ...
By now you've probably seen at least one video relating to the internet phenomenon that is the Harlem Shake. Even if you don't know it by name, you'll recognise the pattern.Each video is set to the song Harlem Shake by electronic musician Baauer and each begins with one person dancing to the song alone, surrounded by other people. When the bass drops, the camera transitions to the entire crowd doing the dance, often appearing scantily clad.Almost inevitably, there ...
Hands up if you’re surprised that the Mayans were wrong; better yet, hands up if, like me, you took their prediction as an excuse to spend way too much on wine to ‘prepare’ for the imminent apocalypse. But then again, the day’s not over so we might still face zombies, Horsemen or the Second Coming, wine in hand. Either way, 2012 is on its way out, and while we wait for whatever may happen, we can reminisce over the year that’s ...
It's official. The viral phenomenon that is 'Gangnam Style' today overtook Justin Bieber's 'Baby' to become the most watched video in YouTube history.The video for the song, by Korean artist Psy, has now been watched over 805-million times, one-million times more than Justin Bieber's 'Baby' video.According to search tool WordStream, 'Gangnam Style' currently receives 4 062 video views a minute, while 'Baby' gets 550.The video from the South Korean singer is also the most liked ...
An Unexpected Journey, the first part in The Hobbit trilogy, is set for release on 28 November -- and Air New Zealand has decided to hitch onto the Peter Jackson bandwagon ahead of the movie's release with its spoof of the Lord of the Rings trilogy.Both trilogies were shot on location in New Zealand and helped to raise the tourism profile of the land of the long white cloud, making it famous for more than just rugby. The video, entitled ...I was amazed the first time I read a post on Facebook from a friend back home in South Africa spreading the viral video that has become Gangnam Style. At first I thought that the Psy's Gangnam Style was just another Korean Pop (K-Pop) one hit wonder in South Korea. The catchy song is a satire concerning current Korean consumerism and has soared past the 90-million views mark on YouTube.K-Pop is part of Korea's much sought after K-Pop soft-power image ...
The raw emotion shown by Olympic swimmer Chad Le Clos' father in the wake of his son's victory in the 200 metre butterfly endeared him to the media and people around the world.As his interview with BBC sports presenter Claire Balding went viral though, the South African also became a social media phenomenon.That video only has 17 000-odd views, but the post of the interview on sports site Deadspin has over 26 00 likes on Facebook and has ...
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