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Bill Nye's Runway Dance
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About
Bill Nye's Runway Dance is a viral video of the television personality Bill Nye walking down the catwalk at New York Fashion Week in February 2020.
Origin
On February 7th, 2020, TikTok [1] user @byjessicaweiss published a video of Bill Nye dancing on the catwalk to the Lizzo song "Juice" at New York Fashion Week. The post received more than 173,000 likes, 11,000 shares and 1,100 comments in less than one week (shown below).
@byjessicaweiss Lizzo the Science Guy #foryourpage #fyp #billnye #billnyethescienceguy #lizzo
Precursor
In 2017, images of Nye at Fashion Week viral. On February 2nd, 2017, Tumblr user sixpenceee posted an image of Nye at New York Men's Fashion Week. The post received more than 134,000 notes in about three years. Other images soon followed (shown below, center and right).
Spread
That day, Twitter @miuyorker shared the video with the caption "please tell me what designer had bill nye walking im crying." The post received more than 15 million views, 838,000 likes and 161,000 retweets in less than five days (shown below).
please tell me what designer had bill nye walking im crying pic.twitter.com/3ZSyCxcBNv
— big t (@miuyorker) February 7, 2020
The following day, Redditor [2] IMellowFellow shared a GIF of the dance. The post received more than 145 points (91% upvoted) in less than three days (shown below, left).
On February 10th, 2020, Redditor[3] JMacFlint shared an "object labeling" version of the dance. The post received more than 18,000 points (95% upvoted) in less than 24 hours (shown below, right).
Several media outlets covered the video, including CNN,[4] Heavy,[5] The Daily Dot [6] and more.
Various Examples
Bill Nye has figured out the science to rhythm and… I’m here for it. pic.twitter.com/9ouvQ7vaqE
— April (@ReignOfApril) February 8, 2020
Bill Nye dancing to Lizzo is so pure. pic.twitter.com/QV7up0JDpa
— Alex Goldschmidt (@alexandergold) February 8, 2020
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External References
[1] Tumblr – oovwee's Post
[2] Reddit – /r/MadeMeSmile
[3] Reddit – /r/dankmemes
[4] CNN – Bill Nye danced down the runway to Lizzo during New York Fashion Week
[5] Heavy – WATCH: Bill Nye Dancing Down the Runway at NYFW Goes Viral
[6] The Daily Dot – People stan Bill Nye dancing to Lizzo on NYFW catwalk
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