The Harlem Shake is an Internet meme in the form of a video of various groups of people performing 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.The form of the meme was established in a video uploaded on February 2 by five teenagers from Queensland, Australia known on YouTube as The Sunny Coast Skate.[The video started a viral trend of people uploading their own "Harlem Shake" videos to YouTube. The teenagers' video was, in its turn, a follow-up to a video by a YouTube comedy vlogger named Filthy Frankwhich featured a section where several costumed people danced to the song "Harlem Shake" by Baauer.
Concept
The videos last between 30 and 32 seconds and feature part of the song "Harlem Shake" by electronic musician Baauer.
Usually, a video begins with one person (often helmeted or masked)
dancing to the song alone for 15 seconds, surrounded by other people not
paying attention or unaware of the dancing individual. When the bass drops,
the video cuts to the entire crowd doing a crazy convulsive dance for
the next 15 seconds. The dancing style should not be confused with the original Harlem Shake danceAdditionally,
in the second half of the video, people often wear a minimum of clothes
or crazy outfits or costumes while wielding strange props.
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