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| ▲ This photo, provided by the Korean Tourism Organization, shows parts of the Seosan video. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap) |
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| ▲ This photo, provided by H1GHR MUSIC, shows the “Feel the Rhythm of Korea Season 2” promotional videos. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap) |
SEOUL, Sept. 24 (Yonhap) -- The promotional video, "Feel the Rhythm of Korea Season 2," made by the Korea Tourism Organization to support Korean tourism, surpassed 100 million views on YouTube.
According to YouTube on Friday, as of 10:30 a.m., the total number of views of eight “Feel the Rhythm of Korea” videos reached 15.95 million.
On the afternoon of Sept. 3, the Korea Tourism Organization released eight promotional videos with K-hip-hop and folk songs through its official YouTube account.
The video consists of city-specific songs that combine Korean hip-hop and folk song chorus.
The city songs include Seoul 1, Seoul 2 , Daegu, Suncheon, Seosan,Busan & Tongyeong, Gyeongju & Andong, as well as Yangyang & Gangneung, etc.
In particular, the Seosan video, which features cultivators running together on tidal flats, was the most popular at the beginning of the videos’ release.
The one minute 24 second video, filmed at Seosan's original tidal flat, begins with a man starting up the cultivator, followed by dozens of others running together on the tidal flat. The video is a parody of the Hollywood movie “Mad Max: Fury Road.”
The video of Seosan has the largest number of views out of the individual videos, followed by Gyeongju&Andong with 13.87 million views and Seoul 2 with 13.04 million views.
Meanwhile, the hip-hop label H1GHR MUSIC released an album containing six of the background music of "Feel the Rhythm of Korea Season 2" on its online music site on Sept. 17, allowing users to listen to the full version.
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