Think About Things

About

Think About Things is a song by Icelandic pop artist Daði Freyr Pétursson and his band Gagnamagnið. The song was originally supposed to be Iceland's entry into Eurovision 2020, which was canceled due to the Coronavirus Outbreak. It became popular in dance videos and as a song on social media.

Origin

"Think About Things" released on January 10th, 2020, and the song's music video was released on February 14th, 2020. It has since gained over 5.2 million views (shown below, left). The song was selected to represent Iceland in Eurovision 2020. It won the "Söngvakeppnin" contest, which decides Iceland's entry, on February 29th^[1] (performance shown below, right). They were unable to perform at Eurovision due to the event's cancellation.

Spread

The song became popularly paired with a dance style where a group of people would bounce in place with a flat expression while looking at the camera, changing positions every four beats. The dance was inspired by Twitter user @badboygargar, who posted such a video on March 30th, 2020, gaining over 85,000 retweets and 343,000 likes (shown below).

After @badboygargar's video, others followed suit. The mascot for the San Antonio Spurs posted a similar video, gaining over 320 retweets and 1,500 likes (shown below, top). User @ShelbyyQ also posted a video doing the dance, gaining over 150 likes (shown below, bottom).

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