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The dance. Inspired by recent dance crazes that had popularized some rappers from Atlanta, Soulja Boy (DeAndre Way) and his friends invented the dance moves that gave rise to "Crank That": As summarized by The Wall Street Journal, "dancers bounce back on their heels, ripple their hands, crank their wrists like motorcyclists, then lunge into a Superman pose".
Numerous downloads of early tracks came first; then the posted videos of Soulja Boy doing his dance moves took it to another level. Following in his steps, fans uploaded their own dance videos ...
Soulja Boy originally self-promoted the song on the video-sharing platform TikTok by doing an assortment of short dances to the beginning of the song, [8] eventually fleshing out the dance and starting a viral trend on both the TikTok and Triller platforms, accumulating millions of views on both the original videos and various user-made video replies.
[27] B-boy crew Spartanic Rockers adds: "Despite of [sic] many rumours and opinions Breaking didn't originate from Capoeira but during the last few years many moves, steps and freezes of this Brazilian (fight-) dance have inspired more and more B-Girls and B-Boys who integrated them into their dance." [34] B-boy Ken Swift was breaking long ...
With a viral clip on YouTube, the song was popular for its dance despite negative reviews, a combination of two popular moves cited in the title: the "Whip" and the "Nae Nae" [1] as well as other hip hop dances from various songs, such as "Crank That (Soulja Boy)" and "Stanky Legg". As of 2024, it remains his most well known song.
Standardized versions of dance moves were published in dance and teen magazines, often choreographed to popular songs. Songs such as "The Loco-Motion" were specifically written with the intention of creating a new dance and many more pop hits, such as "Mashed Potato Time" by Dee Dee Sharp, were written to cash in recent successful novelties.
In the clip, Jill’s husband, Derick Dillard, showed off his moves by dancing along to Soulja Boy’s “Crank That.” All of the Duggar Family’s Courtship Beginnings: From Jim Bob and ...
3.3 Episode 2: Music Video Moves. 3.4 Episode 3: Dance Craze Challenge. ... "Crank That (Soulja Boy)" by Soulja Boy: Perform a portion of the dance upside down.