Boomx4

About

Boomx4 or "Boom x4" is a series of YouTube animated videos set to the Venga Boys song "Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom!!" In the video, a character puts another over their knee and spanks it, before thrusting its hips to the beat of the song.

Origin

On May 1st, 2017, YouTuber^[1] Merenge posted the video "bOOMx4 (oRiGiNaL meMe)," which featured an animation of a woman leaning a man over her knee and spanking him. The video has since been removed, but as of May 20th, the final archive date, it had received more than 359,000 views.

Spread

That day, more YouTubers began posting variations of the animated video. YouTuber Couch Potato posted one (shown below, left) of a character eating a bag of chips, receiving more than 2,800 views. Additionally, YouTuber cream puff posted on that was closer to the original in narrative (shown below, right), receiving more than 1,200 views in six months.

On May 7th, YouTuber^[4] Stariaat posted a variation featuring color furry characters. The post (shown below) received more than 2.3 million views in six months.

On November 7th, 2017, Redditor ^[5] kaykat101 asked the /r/OutOfTheLoop subreddit "What is the animated 'boomx4' meme?"

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