It was inspired by a gesture made by Choi Yujin while popularized by South Korean rapper Jung Ilhoon of boy group BtoB.

Ilhoon has long been credited with the creation of it, but he has never claimed to invent it himself - he had stated that a trainee in Cube Entertainment (later revealed to have been CLC's Choi Yu-jin) taught it to him.

[3] Singer Hari was then interviewed by Korean Media outlet Sports Seoul where she demonstrated the gestures while singing her song.

The "Gwiyomi Player" was mostly recreated by teenage girls from Southeast Asia, where the K-pop music genre has a huge and loyal fanbase especially in Thailand and in the Philippines.

On March 26, The Bangkok Post described the "Gwiyomi" song as the latest web-viral sensation that has unseated "Gangnam Style" to become the new K-pop craze.

[11] The Gwiyomi phenomenon began trending in several other countries in the region, including Malaysia,[12] Singapore,[13] Hong Kong[14] and Taiwan.