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By Ma Te
time: Who the Shake? dance ’s debut was back in the days of 2012. The viral video, with its “jump cut” a lone into the of an all-out party, an of . In fact, 2012 was a year for meme-able dance : Just two later, South pop star Psy “ Style,” and we all went from raves in to our arms like a mock horse made of .
China, too, has with its fair share of dance . In 2014, pop Xiao Quan us to “The Shake.” In his five- of ear- EDM, dance moves, , , and an -like (Ai you, wo qu, as “Oh for ’ sake”), Xiao as China’s to and Psy.
At the time, the song and its dance took the by storm, into the less- of the . But now, the shake is back. And in a big way, too.
This year,the shake — yao in — has the of and alike. Limy hero academia live action, a of the dance who goes by the name on , has more than 26 . to a of cash, ’s have lost their do-it- and into slick, MTV-style — his work uses lush and , it a .
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Like other viral in China, the shake has, in , on in the , a that was by and in the 1990s. As a to the lack of job , young have taken to to and earn money.
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( image:Chen Liang//VCG)
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