Gangnam Styledan sonra sosyal medya kullanıcıları New Yorklu DJ Baauerin Harlem Shake adlı şarkısını kullanarak 30 saniyelik videolarını paylaşıyor. İnternette paylaşılan videolarda genellikle değişik kostümler, kask, maske ve iç çamaşırıyla dans edildiği görülüyor.
The Harlem Shake is an Internet meme that went viral on YouTube in February 2013. The meme is in the form of a video that began being replicated according to a similar concept by many people.[1]
The art form of the meme was established in a video uploaded on February 2 by The Sunny Coast Skate,[2] five teenagers from Queensland, Australia. The teenagers video, in its turn, was a follow-up to a video by a YouTube comedy vlogger named Filthy Frank.[3][4][5] featuring a part where several costumed persons danced to the song "Harlem Shake" by Baauer.
The Harlem shake is a dance that originally began in Harlem, New York, in 1981. It was based on an Ethiopian dance, the "Eskista."[1] Since its beginnings it has spread to other urban areas and became popular in music videos. The self-purported inventor of the dance was "Al B", a Harlem resident.[2] Because of its founder, the dance was originally called the "albee" in Rucker and Harlem, but then later became known as the Harlem shake.[3]
Al B is quoted saying that the dance is "a drunken shake anyway, its an alcoholic shake, but its fantastic, everybody appreciates it." He said it comes from the Ancient Egyptians and describes it as what the mummies used to do.[3] Because they were all wrapped up they couldnt really move, all they could do was shake.[4][5] Al B states that he has been doing the Harlem shake since 1981. The dance first caught on at the Entertainers Basketball Classic or EBC and spread from there to other areas.[3]