"Jeżyk!" OKI Dance

About

"Jeżyk!" OKI Dance refers to a dance trend on TikTok set to the song "Jeżyk!" by Polish rapper OKI. The song was released in mid-April 2022, sparking a dance trend that month, notable for a move where you pretend to hit a baseball with a bat.

Origin

On April 11th, 2022, Polish rapper OKI released the song "Jeżyk!" alongside the song's music video, which gained over 2.5 million views on YouTube^[1] in a week (shown below).

That day, TikTokers^[2][3] @xxxchoigorue and @alexieytop posted videos performing an original dance alongside OKI, gaining over 1.1 million views each in a week (shown below, left and right).

Spread

On April 13th, 2022, OKI then posted a video performing the dance to his own TikTok^[4] account, @oio.wav, gaining over 1.4 million views in a week. The dance continued to spread over the following weeks. For example, on April 14th, TikToker^[5] @skutagaba posted a video doing the dance, gaining over 1.5 million views in six days (shown below, left). On April 16th, TikToker^[6] @juliazugaj posted a video doing the dance, gaining over 1.5 million views in four days (shown below, right).

On April 19th, YouTuber^[7] TokPlugg posted a compilation of the dance trend.

Various Examples

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