Kpop Dance Challenge

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Date Started:	January 2021
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Kpop Dance Challenge is a Tiktok trend popularised from January 2021, though "dance challenges" existed before then. The form of this trend is a particular iconic part of the choreography being turned into a dance trend for short form video. These trends are often started by the idols themselves, who do the "killing part" with other idols.

These trends frequently "escape containment" and have non-kpop fans take part; it is also a gateway song that encourages some non fans get into Kpop music.

Origin

Zico of Block B was the one who popularized it, with his Any Song challenge with Hwasa in January 2020. TikTok wasn't that widely used by Koreans until then.

This is the correct answer. He then followed up with Chungha and the rest is history.

Videos referred to ZICO (지코) X 화사 - 아무노래 챌린지 (Anysong Challenge) and ZICO with CHUNG HA - Anysong Challenge, originally uploaded on Instagram.

Past dance challenges pre-trend

• Gangnam Style
• (2015) Choki Choki Wa dance by Super Junior - see the SMTown video CHOK CHOK DANCE (Everybody's CHOK CHOK DANCE) for snippets of fans and other idols performing this dance

Examples

• Any Song (Zico) (2020) -- origin
• POP! (Nayeon) (2022)
• Guilty challenge (2023)