This video started a viral trend of people uploading their own 'Harlem Shake' videos to YouTube. The video opens with the first use of the Harlem Shake meme.
This is 'Reaction - Harlem Shake Poop' by Taylor Pawluk on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. Watch video This is 'Reaction - Harlem Shake Poop' by Taylor Pawluk on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. The video featured the character 'Pink Guy' from The Filthy Frank Show entitled 'Filthy Compilation #6 - Smell My Fingers', which featured a section where several costumed people danced to the song '. The meme form was established in a video uploaded on Januby YouTube personality on his FilthyFrankTV channel. Despite its name, the meme does not actually involve participants performing the, a and that originated in 1980s, rather, the meme usually features participants performing flailing or convulsive movements. As a meme, the video was replicated by many people, using the same concept, which led to it becoming in early February 2013, with thousands of 'Harlem Shake' videos being made and uploaded to every day at the height of its popularity. The Harlem Shake was an in the form of a video in which a group of people dance to a short excerpt from the song '.
Screenshots from a Harlem Shake video, showing the characteristic static jump cut from one dancer to a wild dance party after the song's.