Gangnam Style sensation PSY cracks jokes at Harvard

Kiyo: South Korean rapper PSY was welcomed to Harvard University on Thursday night by hundreds of screaming and shouting students and fans, as the "Gangnam Style" star participated in a conversation inside an ornate church dedicated to the memory of those who lost their lives in World War I.

PSY began addressing students and faculty by noting that his presence at the Ivy League school "is so weird."

He recalled spending four years studying management at Boston University while marvelling at Harvard from afar. He joked about his academic performance while at school in Boston, saying he was known by a nickname of WWF -- which, he said, stands for withdrawal, withdrawal, failure.

The pop star, whose real name is Park Jae-sang, also joked that he's heard that he is the first person to make a speech at Harvard without a written script.

Harvard professor of Korean History Carter Eckert says the discussion is looking at PSY as a modern global digital culture phenomenon.

Filo: Psy has proved “you are not a failure until you say so”; only last month, he was honoured at the Tribeca Film Festival at New York University.