--- title: The Internet Reacts to Gangnam Style Playing at the Olympics description: K-pop star PSY's "Gangnam Style" viral hit played during the Parade of Nations, and the U.S. team got to walk out to the tune. canonical: https://time.com/5141563/gangnam-style-winter-olympics-opening-ceremony-2018/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-02-09T16:07:27.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:50:29.178Z og:title: People Have Jokes About 'Gangnam Style' at the Opening Ceremony og:description: The viral hit by PSY played at the Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony og:url: https://time.com/5141563/gangnam-style-winter-olympics-opening-ceremony-2018/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbb79bef8edf02f77/698926e7bc6cfc85c03e4f2e/olympics-2018-opening-ceremony-us.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3215 og:image:height: 1808 og:image:alt: 2018 Winter Olympic Games - Opening Ceremony og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: People Have Jokes About 'Gangnam Style' at the Opening Ceremony twitter:description: The viral hit by PSY played at the Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbb79bef8edf02f77/698926e7bc6cfc85c03e4f2e/olympics-2018-opening-ceremony-us.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony Brought 'Gangnam Style' Back and the Internet Can't Handle It > Sponsored content. 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(Photo by Ian MacNicol/Getty Images) PYEONGCHANG-GUN, SOUTH KOREA - FEBRUARY 09: The United States team are seen during the Opening Ceremony of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games at PyeongChang Olympic Stadium on February 9, 2018 in Pyeongchang-gun, South Korea. (Photo by Ian MacNicol/Getty Images) Ian MacNicol—Getty Images  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Feb 9, 2018 4:07 PM UTC Korean musical artist PSY’S [“Gangnam Style”](http://time.com/3619615/gangnam-style-youtube-2/) came out back in 2012 — and, thanks to a zany music video, became a viral hit that broke YouTube. (In fact, it was YouTube’s most-watched video up until last year’s [success of “Despacito.”](http://time.com/4853195/most-popular-youtube-video/)) And six years later at the Winter Olympics [Opening Ceremony](http://time.com/5141249/olympics-opening-ceremony-photos/) in PyeongChang, the tune got some major airtime during the [ever-amusing](http://time.com/5124851/winter-olympics-opening-ceremony-2018-time/) Parade of Nations, to the surprise of many watching from home. South Korea chose to soundtrack the entrance of some of the Olympic teams during the extended sequence with the catchy K-pop track. The U.S. delegation was, in fact, one of the lucky segments that got to walk into the stadium with PSY’s hit serenading their stately march. > [](https://twitter.com/scottygb/status/961928011883966465) > [](https://twitter.com/claire%5Fmcnear/status/961927937216995328) > [](https://twitter.com/nvanderklippe/status/961927024439828480) > [](https://twitter.com/sung%5Fminkim/status/961926881577598976) > [](https://twitter.com/profangirl%5Farmy/status/961928799142141954) > [](https://twitter.com/goldsbie/status/961932329655635968) > [](https://twitter.com/PHancocksCNN/status/961927268716101632) “Gangnam Style” may be the most recognizable K-pop song to U.S. audiences, but it wasn’t the only part of the playlist. [Popular groups like](http://time.com/5124176/best-k-pop-artists/) Twice, BTS and DNA also got songs picked for all the world to hear during the parade. > [](https://twitter.com/wosaurus/status/961944621872852992) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5141563/gangnam-style-winter-olympics-opening-ceremony-2018/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5141563/gangnam-style-winter-olympics-opening-ceremony-2018/"},"headline":"The Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony Brought 'Gangnam Style' Back and the Internet Can't Handle It","datePublished":"2018-02-09T16:07:27.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:50:29.178Z","description":"K-pop star PSY's \"Gangnam Style\" viral hit played during the Parade of Nations, and the U.S. team got to walk out to the tune.","url":"https://time.com/5141563/gangnam-style-winter-olympics-opening-ceremony-2018/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Winter Olympics","2018 Pyeongchang Olympics"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbb79bef8edf02f77/698926e7bc6cfc85c03e4f2e/olympics-2018-opening-ceremony-us.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbb79bef8edf02f77/698926e7bc6cfc85c03e4f2e/olympics-2018-opening-ceremony-us.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"2018 Winter Olympic Games - Opening Ceremony","caption":"2018 Winter Olympic Games - Opening Ceremony","creditText":"Ian MacNicol—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5141563/gangnam-style-winter-olympics-opening-ceremony-2018/","name":"The Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony Brought 'Gangnam Style' Back and the Internet Can't Handle It"}}]}] ```