If you look at the internet at all, you've probably noticed a sudden proliferation of Harlem Shake videos. Why, you might be asking, are all these people wearing horse head masks and throwing themselves around shabby dorm rooms? It's a fair question, and one we'd like to answer for you. This is your essential guide to the Harlem Shake.
Unless you've been living off the grid for the past couple of weeks, you're well aware that the Harlem Shake is officially the new 'Gangnam Style' or 'Call Me Maybe' of 2013. And with a lengthy, lengthy list of Shakes filling up the YouTube spots, the craze has finally made it's way home. Not necessarily to Harlem, but Times Square is close enough.
Hashtags may have originated on Twitter, but the popular internet shorthand has since spread to Facebook and even everyday speech. And now, "hashtag" has been declared the 2012 word of the year by the American Dialect Society. #waytogohashtag
- Nicki Minaj's manager is explicitly unhappy about her Grammy snub.
2012 hasn't ended yet, but if you're already feeling nostalgic for the sights and sounds of the year's biggest pop hits, YouTube user/producer Daniel Kim has got you covered.
November 27, 2012 It's not even December yet, but this video was just to good to pass up. Yes it's set to the obvious choice this year..."Gangnam Style"
The 2012 American Music Awards came to a close late Sunday night with Psy and MC Hammer performing a mash up of 'Gangnam Style' and '2 Legit 2 Quit'. The night featured Justin Bieber cleaning up the competition including winning the final award for 'Artist of the Year'.
Swizz Beatz performance of 'Everyday Birthday' with Chris Brown and Ludacris was another highlight of the night. Personally, I was more excited by the shoes that Swizz had on instead of the performance.
So we lost count as to how many outfit changes Heidi Klum has had during the 2012 Europe Music Awards, but our ears perked up and paid attention when she announced that David Hasselhoff (yes, the David Hasselhoff) would be handing out the award for Best Video.
You guys, we re-elected Barack Obama! Everything's going to be okay!
It's time to celebrate with the very best and funniest and most awesome Obama GIFs in this week's GIFapalooza.
It's just never going away, is it? Like Rebecca Black's "Friday" and Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe" before it, Psy's uber-catchy dance hit "Gangnam Style" will never leave our ear-holes, no matter how many carnivorous ear worms we insert. Well, if we have to hear it one more time, it might as well be on an upcoming episode of 'Glee,' right? After that, and Halloween, we can officially declare "Gangnam Style" over, right? Right? Prepare yourselves for video.
Halloween may be next week, but Brooklyn's 'Hallowmeme' party got the costumed fun started early. The fourth annual event, put on by the folks at Forced Meme Productions, gives people the chance to dress up like their favorite internet sensations. There were lots of McKayla Maroneys and Psys, but people also repped some less-popular memes as well. Skull Trumpet and High Expectations Asian Father both made appearances, and of course there was a 'Gangnam Style' dance-off and plenty of Honey Boo Boos. Here is all that, plus our personal faves.
Whether you are a fan of the song or not, their is no escaping the 'Gangnam Style' phenomenon created by South Korean musician Psy. When you get down to it, it's really just 'The Macarena 2K12'. Random and weird noises to make a beat, lyrics in a different language, all put to a silly dance. Americans eat it up. There are countless parody's online and I can almost guarantee that you will see at least one 'Gangnam Style' costume this Halloween. It was even a topic on the most recent Halloween episode of Comedy Central's South Park featuring GangnamStein, a Gangnam Style-Frankenstein hybrid.
With all the fun that has been created by this worldwide phenomenon, one man is using it as a tool to speak out against his government.
