My niece was asking me the other day - what is a harlem shake? Harlem shake : this is something we hear ever so often these days and you can find distorted versions of it on youtube and some of the lameness would just make you go "dafuq did I just watch?"
So lets look at the technicalities here. believe it or not, Harlem shake is an internet meme. Now there are people who think memes are just funny pictures depicting reactions to an action or comment. But no.
An Internet meme is an idea, style or action which spreads, often as mimicry, from person to person via the Internet, as with imitating the concept.An Internet meme may take the form of an image, hyperlink, video, picture, website, or hashtag. It may be just a word or phrase, including an intentional misspelling. These small movements tend to spread from person to person via social networks, blogs, direct email, or news sources. They may relate to various existing Internet cultures or subcultures, often created or spread on sites such as 4chan, Reddit and numerous others in our time, or by Usenet boards and other such early-internet communications facilities.
The Harlem Shake is an Internet meme in the form of a video in which a group of people perform a comedy sketch accompanied by a short excerpt from the song "Harlem Shake". As a meme, the video was replicated by many people, using the same concept, and this rapidly led to it becoming viral in early February 2013, with thousands of "Harlem Shake" videos being made and uploaded to YouTube every day at the height of its popularity. This success of the videos was in part attributed to the anticipation of the breakout moment and short length, making them very interesting to watch.
I remember watching my first harlem shake on youtube and thinking .. ehhh.. okkk.. so whats happening? and second thought was " I should definitely do this with my gang " :D its one of those mindless fun things you do with your friends when you hang out. IT's so hilarious watching the random sh*t that people do since its not pre-planned. So much awesomeness.
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