I've never seen a meme explode so quickly as the Harlem Shake craze (there's currently 4,000 harlem shake videos per day being uploaded). If you want background on the phenomenon, check out this YouTube trends blog post. At the same time, I've never seen a meme become so immediately and thoroughly tiresome. When the anchors of the Today show are doing it, you know that it's time to take it out behind the barn and put it down for good. Thankfully, people more talented than I are doing their part in putting an official end to this phenomenon.
First up YouTube star Freddie Wong:
And the good people at Wieden + Kennedy New York bringing an old meme into the mix:
And finally, the guys at Vice have a good write up about why the Harlem Shake as currently imagined is but a shell of it's former self and generally sucks.
First up YouTube star Freddie Wong:
And the good people at Wieden + Kennedy New York bringing an old meme into the mix:
And finally, the guys at Vice have a good write up about why the Harlem Shake as currently imagined is but a shell of it's former self and generally sucks.
New video shows what the people of Harlem think about the'Harlem Shake' Video Trend. Please Share! http://youtu.be/IGH2HEgWppc
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