Psy Predicts His 'Gangnam Style' Success Will Not Be Repeated: 'I Can't Beat That Song' He Says In Yahoo Singapore Interview

K-pop's number one "Gentleman" Psy is done trying to compete with his own success.

In an interview published on Yahoo Singapore on Wednesday, Psy said he is sick of living in the shadow of his breakout single "Gangnam Style," which holds the world record for the most online views in history with 1.6 billion.

"Let me be honest, I'm not going to do Gangnam Style forever," Psy said.

"I can't beat that song. That song was literally a miracle and miracles never happen twice...I'm going to just get rid of 'Gangnam Style' and leave it as it is, and I've got to move on. I can't live with 'Gangnam Style' forever."

Although Psy vented about living in the shadow od "Gangnam Style," the popularity of the 35-year-old's new single "Gentleman" and the accompanying music video has silenced the talk of him being a one-hit wonder.

"Gentleman" also put Psy into "The Guinness Book of World Records" once again, after the video earned a record-breaking 18 million views in its first 24 hours online.

According to the King of K-pop, he couldn't have done it with a little help from his Singapore fans.

"I really appreciate Singapore," Psy said, crediting the country for a large percentage of the YouTube views for "Gentleman."

In the country to perform at the first-ever Social Star Awards, being held at Marina Bay Sands on Thursday, Psy said he would be paying back his Singapore fans onstage.

"Tomorrow it's kind of payback time to Singapore, for all the support they gave me," Psy said.

"I'm giving back to you. I'm going to sing a song called 'Gentleman,' but I'm not going to be a gentleman on stage in Singapore."

The bill for the Social Star Awards also includes several top U.S. acts including former Gnarls Barkley frontman and judge of NBC's "The Voice" CeeLo Green, legendary classic rock band Aerosmith and 2013 Grammy Award nominee Carly Rae Jepsen.

Psy offered a strikingly personal response to the question of what is his favorite part about being in Singapore.

"The last time I came here, I met kids from O School [the local youth dance group]," he recalled.

"They were really touching. I was really poor when I was in school. I saw them, and I can see my childhood. Singapore is liberal and a leading country because they help kids who may not be academic, but artistic."

Psy, who said a personal career highlight was when Jackie Chan told him he was the only other Asian to make a big splash in the West, talked about how his fame can help change international perceptions of his race.

"People all over the world think Asians are calm, silent, good in academics, but there are other kinds of Asians--Asians with strange dance moves, with strange body shapes and with strange music," he said.

"I showed [Westerners] that there are a variety of Asians who are normal and abnormal, and I'm proud to be another kind of Asian."

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