The Harlem Shake Takes YouTube By Storm
Gangnam Style? What’s that? The world seems to have forgotten all about Psy as a new trend has taken YouTube by storm—The Harlem Shake. This new 30-second dance meme consists of one person in a group, generally in a mask, awkwardly dancing to "Harlem Shake" by Baauer. About 15 seconds in, when the song goes "Do the Harlem Shake," everyone else joins in, frantically dancing the "Harlem Shake", a dance popularized in 1981.
Gangnam Style? What’s that? The world seems to have forgotten all about Psy as a new trend has taken YouTube by storm—The Harlem Shake. This new 30-second dance meme consists of one person in a group, generally in a mask, awkwardly dancing to “Harlem Shake” by Baauer. About 15 seconds in, when the song goes “Do the Harlem Shake,” everyone else joins in, frantically dancing the “Harlem Shake”, a dance popularized in 1981.
The Harlem Shake shenanigans can be traced back to a video uploaded by vlogger Filthy Frank on January 30, 2013.
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