Kid Dances to "Bendy and the Ink Machine" In Class

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Kid Dances to "Bendy and the Ink Machine" In Class, also known as the Bendy Dance Kid, is a viral video of a high school kid wearing a face mask dancing to "Build Our Machine," a fan song referencing the video game Bendy and the Ink Machine, in front of a classroom. The video was first uploaded to TikTok in 2021 and went viral on YouTube and TikTok throughout 2023 as a cringe video, inspiring reactions and memes about how embarrassing people perceive the video to be. The video resurfaced in 2025, when a TikToker named @6foot1killaa posted a video of himself doing the dance in a classroom. His video led to several Viggle AI memes and a slew of others replicating the dance.

Origin

On November 12th, 2021, YouTuber^[1] Alexis Rodriguez reuploaded a low-quality video originally posted by now-deleted TikToker @xo.zex of a high school student in a Pikachu shirt dancing to the song "Build Our Machine,"^[2] a fan song by DAGames referencing Bendy and the Ink Machine, in front of class, seemingly for a presentation. At the video's 00:37 mark, the teacher stops him from dancing and asks if he's going to talk over the song but the student insists this is part of his presentation and continues. The video gained over 100,000 views in two years.

On February 5th, 2022, YouTuber^[3] mrcrusher reuploaded a longer, higher-quality version of the video, garnering over 110,000 views in a year.

Spread

The video gained viral spread on TikTok throughout 2023. On May 28th, 2023, TikToker^[4] @bentley_olsen23 reposted it, garnering over 1.6 million views in three months. On June 5th, TikToker^[5] @jaksin21 posted a parody of the video, garnering over 6.1 million views in two months. On July 30th, TikToker^[6] @_so.you.dont.have.to reuploaded the original video, garnering over 3.3 million views in a month.

On August 1st, TikToker^[7] @salty_slug posted a meme referencing the video, garnering over 307,000 views in a month.

On August 8th, TikToker^[8] @stillstaffo posted a video adding a caption about the teacher trying to save him from bullying by stopping him, garnering over 220,000 views in three weeks.

2025 Resurgence

On September 21st, 2025, TikToker^[9] @6foot1killaa shared a video of himself doing the Bendy Dance in class. He's seen in an N95 mask and a grey sweatsuit. Over 17 days, the video received roughly 7.4 million likes.

On September 21st, X / Twitter^[12] user @GodfreyGGleeks reposted the abovementioned video, captioning it, "There’s like a new video of this guy every month about him dancing to YouTube music," gaining over 24,000 likes in 17 days.

The video led to a new slew of Bendy Dance memes and viral videos in the following weeks.

For instance, on September 26th, 2025, TikToker^[10] @trends4every1 shared a video in which TikToker IdkSterling was crudely rotoscoped over top using the AI Video tool Viggle AI, gaining over 152,000 likes in 12 days.

On October 5th, TikToker^[11] Diddybop shared a video on one of his alternate accounts, @bigyellowbird3892773, showing himself doing the Bendy Dance in front of a group of women. Over three days, the video gained over 183,000 likes.