Silver Hair Headshake
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About
Silver Hair Headshake refers to a reaction video of a woman with silver hair shaking her head from side-to-side. It is frequently used to express negative opinions (similar to Do Not Want).
Origin
On January 20th, 2019, Twitter [1] user @KeishaHermes tweeted the original video with the caption "I slayed my sisters hair for her birthday 🤤😍 hair from @HerHairUK." The tweet received more than 80 retweets and 275 likes in less than 10 days (shown below).
I slayed my sisters hair for her birthday 🤤😍 hair from @HerHairUK pic.twitter.com/mW42WUybMN
— THELACE BANDIT (@KeishaHermes) January 20, 2019
Spread
On January 21st, Twitter[4] user @Kingtav_ tweeted the video with the caption "Every time i think about Saturday night…" The video received more than 2.4 million views in less than two week (shown below).
Every time i think about Saturday night… pic.twitter.com/BOXNlmAsSn
— 𝕋𝕒𝕧 (@Kingtav_) January 21, 2019
That day, Twitter[5] user @flawless tweeted the video with the caption "would you like to donate to st. jude’s." The tweet received more than 13,000 retweets, 43,000 likes and 3 million views in less than 10 days (shown below).
“would you like to donate to st. jude’s-“ pic.twitter.com/ZtxboWDf4W
— khai (@fIawIess) January 22, 2019
These two posts helped spread the video to millions. That day, using @Kingtav's video, Twitter[5] user @umcornell tweeted, "remember when you used to talk t-." The tweet received more than 28,000 retweets and 72,000 likes in less than ten days.
“remember when you used to talk t-“me: pic.twitter.com/s5DVjIz99e
— JOAN OF ART (@umcornell) January 22, 2019
Over the next week, more people used the video as a punchline. On January 22nd, Twitter[2] user @phatsomali tweeted the video with about the lyrics to the Dolly Parton song "Jolene."[3] Within one week, the video received more than 8,400 retweets and 24,000 likes (shown below).
Dolly: Jolene, i'm begging of you please don't take my manJolene: pic.twitter.com/K7jXKu0zKr
— RIANAWATI (@phatsomali) January 22, 2019
On January 25th, Twitter user @Shunnylove_ claimed to be the woman in the video. She wrote, "All I wanted was to get my hair slayed for my birthday by @KeishaHermes and I became a meme 😂😂😂 tag the best ones though I wanna see them all 😂😂😂." The tweet received more than 1,500 retweets and 5,400 likes in five days (shown below).
On January 28th, 2019, PopBuzz[6] published an article about the meme.
All I wanted was to get my hair slayed for my birthday by @KeishaHermes and I became a meme 😂😂😂 tag the best ones though I wanna see them all 😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/DtxfBuIsJU
— VIRAL QUEEN 💋 (@Shinnylove_) January 25, 2019
Various Examples
Search Interest
External References
[1] Twitter – @KeishaHermes's Tweet
[2] Twitter – @phatsomali's Tweet
[3] Genius – Jolene Lyrics
[4] Twitter – @kingtav_'s Tweet
[5] Twitter – @flawless's Tweet
[6] PopBuzz – This woman went viral for shaking her head and the memes are pure comedy
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