Arona Dance
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About
Arona Dance is a series of dance animation memes based on an animation of Arona from the mobile game Blue Archive dancing to a low quality version of "SexyBack" by Justin Timberlake. The dancing animation is sourced from a video by YouTuber Jin_rey and was popularized on TikTok and YouTube in March 2024 when a TikToker set it to "SexyBack," inspiring further animations where other characters do the same dance.
Origin
On January 4th, 2024, YouTuber[1] Jin_rey posted an animation based on the mobile game Blue Archive that ends with the character Arona, an in-game NPC, dancing on a monitor (shown below). The video gained over 800,000 views in three months.
On March 12th, TikToker[2] @north.sus posted a video placing the animation over a low quality version of Justin Timberlake's song "SexyBack," garnering over 3.1 million views in a month (shown below).
@north.sus arona (super low quality) #northferatu #블루아카이브 #ブルアカ #ブルーアーカイブ #bluearchive #meme #ฟีด #fypシ #fyp #fypシ゚viral #anime #random #otaku ♬ original sound – North Sus
Spread
The animation inspired a trend on TikTok and YouTube where other characters are animated doing the same dance to "SexyBack." For example, on March 27th, 2024, TikToker[3] @chubicitah posted an animation of Aury doing the dance, garnering over 3.3 million views in a month (shown below, left). On April 3rd, TikToker[4] @_.alwx0 posted an animation of a cat doing the dance, garnering over 3.4 million views in four weeks (shown below, right).
@chubicitah Aury dance✨ si usan mi video, den los créditos, no se pasen #fyp #fypッ #tiktok #parati #xyzbca #fypシ゚viral #foru #foryoupage #foryou #Viral #viraltiktok #drawing #draw #dibujo #dance #animation #bail #animacion #oc ♬ original sound – North Sus
@_.alwx0 my honest reaction: #fyp #silly ♬ original sound – North Sus
On April 16th, YouTuber[5] Stamaki posted an edit of a scene from Blue Archive the Animation in which a character receives an Arona Dance video on their phone, garnering over 199,000 views in two weeks (shown below).
On April 23rd, TikToker[6] @anythingbecomemoe posted a version of the meme where Pomni dances to the song, garnering over 200,000 views in a week (shown below).
@anythingbecomemoe Pomni Arona Dance #theamazingdigitalcircus #digitacircus #tadc #pomni ♬ 오리지널 사운드 – AnythingBecomeMoe
Various Examples
@trackingdown_ * Dance #deltarune #pixelart #meme #animation ♬ original sound – North Sus
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