Hey Julie Dance Challenge

About

Hey Julie is a dance challenge originating on TikTok in which users perform a set choreographed dance to the lyrics "Yeah, hey Julie, heard you got that drip, drip, drip, drip. Yeah, something for my wrist, wrist, wrist, wrist" from the song "Hey Julie!" by KYLE feat. Lil Yachty.

Origin

On December 3rd, 2018, American Rapper Kyle^[1] released "Hey Julie! feat. Lil Yachty" on YouTube (shown below). The video gained 5.1 million views and 102,000 likes in five months.

On February, 24th, TikTok user @justmaiko posted the first dance video featuring the a sound clip of the song (shown below). The video gained over 783,800 likes and 47,900 shares in two months.

Precursor

Soon after the song's release "Hey Julie!" became a dance hit on YouTube with numerous choreographers posting their dance videos for the song. On December 10th, 2018, Guy Groove posted choreography video to YouTuber which gained over 176,000 views in five months (shown below, left). On January 3rd, RainO also posted a choreography video to Youtube which garnered over 13,400 views in four months (shown below, right).

Spread

The "Hey Julie!" sound clip has been used in over 4.7 million videos in two months. On March 31st, 2019, Tik Tok user @leilaniii2 uploaded a video that has accumulated over one million likes in a month (shown below).

On April 2nd, 2019, Top Best TikTok uploaded the first compilation video which accumulated over 366,000 views and 3,200 likes in a month (shown below, left). On April 4th, the first dance tutorial specifically for Tik Tok was uploaded (shown below, right). The video gained over 6,000 views in a month.

On April 18th, TikTok user @sarimarmuniz uploaded a popular "Hey Julie!" video which gained over 834,700 likes and 22,900 shares in several weeks (shown below, left). On April 15th, @lilmissross22 also uploaded a popular rendition that gained over 887,000 likes and 22,400 shares in several weeks (shown below, right).

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