The Pikki Pikki dance is a viral South Korean cheerleading dance routine, invented in 2022 by the cheerleaders of the South Korean baseball team KIA Tigers based in Gwangju.[1][2]
Dance and music
editThe dance is simple:[3] it entails moving each in turn hand in a thumbs-up position up and down.[1] It is named onomatopoeically after the creaky noise of its music.[4]
The music is from a remix by Indonesian DJ Prengky Gantay of "My Lecon" by the K-pop group jtL from their album Enter the Dragon (2001). The original song was written by Tony Ahn. "My Lecon" had been popular in Indonesia since its release. Gantay's remix was first popularised as part of a different TikTok challenge in 2021, the Olive Beat Dance Challenge, which then became popular in South Korea in 2021 as the Escalator Dance Challenge.
History
editThe dance is performed by the Kia Tigers' cheerleaders when the team's pitcher strikes out an opposing batter.[1] The dance then went viral on social media.[1] The original 19-second video clip that popularised was uploaded to YouTube in June 2024 and soon moved to TikTok and Instagram.[4] It featured a cheerleader, Lee Joo-eun, transitioning from fixing her make-up to performing the dance and then returning to her seat, all without changing her laidback,[5] deadpan expression.[4][1] The original clip has had over 80 million views.[6]
Social media videos performing the dance can involve people likewise nonchalantly transitioning from routine actions to performing the dance.[4] The dance has been performed by people including Olivia Rodrigo and cheerleaders for the Dallas Cowboys.[1]
The video brought attention to South Korean baseball culture.[1][7]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d e f g "What is Pikki Pikki, viral cheerleading dance from Korea taking the world by storm?". The Independent. September 25, 2024.
- ^ "Pikki Pikki dance: South Korean cheerleader dance routine takes social media by storm". The Straits Times. September 24, 2024.
- ^ Magazine, Anissa Sutton-Founder of Pump It Up (September 29, 2024). "What Is Pikki Pikki, the Viral Cheerleading Dance from Korea Taking the World by Storm?".
- ^ a b c d "Pikki Pikki dance: South Korean cheerleader dance routine takes social media by storm". vietnamnews.vn.
- ^ Sherman, Rachel (August 27, 2024). "Who Are the Korean Cheerleaders Flooding TikTok?". The New York Times. Retrieved October 28, 2024.
- ^ Ki-hoon, Moon (September 23, 2024). "Pikki Pikki dance: Korean cheerleader dance routine takes social media by storm". The Korean Herald. Retrieved October 28, 2024.
- ^ "Korean baseball team's cheerleaders taking over TikTok with viral dance - The Japan Times".