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

About

Kid Dances to "Bendy and the Ink Machine" In Class is a viral video of a high school kid 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.

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 (shown below).

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 (shown below). 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 (shown below, left). 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 (shown below, right).

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