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The Dancing Ski Baby in the Mountains, also known as the Mountain Rave Baby, refers to a viral video of a little girl in a pink puffy Moncler jacket dancing to the techno song "Bel Mercy" by Jengi in the snowy mountains. The original video was uploaded to Instagram in November 2022 by a Russian social media page. It later trended on TikTok, inspiring a dance trend of waving one hand in the air and stepping side to side, essentially reenacting the child's movements.

Origin

On November 7th, 2022, the Instagram^[1] account for Chacha’s Crew, a ski-centric event planning group located in Moscow, Russia, posted a video of a little girl in a pink Moncler brand jacket dancing at one of their daytime raves at the top of a ski mountain. The song being played is called "Bel Mercy" by Jengi.^[8] Over the course of one month, the video received roughly 123,900 likes (shown below).

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A few days later, on November 16th, 2022, the TikTok^[2] account beatport reposted the video, captioning it, "Looks like Generation Alpha is ready for the rave! ⛷," and earning roughly 26.4 million plays and 3.6 million likes in three weeks (shown below, left). On the next day, November 17th, the TikTok^[3] account much also reposted the video, earning roughly 18 million plays and 1.9 million likes in the same time period (shown below, right).

Using the sounds of both aforementioned videos, TikTokers started dueting or simply using the sound for their own video. For instance, TikToker^[4] jukkipetteri posted one of the first videos using the sound on November 17th, 2022, showing his baby in a ski outfit dancing to the music and earning roughly 765,800 plays and 62,900 likes in 20 days (shown below, left). On the same day, TikToker^[5] lrdfrqdd posted the first known duet with the video, gaining roughly 520,900 plays and 18,200 likes in 20 days (shown below, right).

Thereafter, multiple TikTokers started posting similar duets, recreating the ski baby's dance. Additionally, humorous skits were posted that referenced the video and used the sound. For instance, on November 30th, 2022, TikToker^[6] niallmacmillan posted a skit in which he pretended to be at the baby rave witnessing the action. The video received roughly 389,800 plays and 45,300 likes in one week (shown below, left). On December 3rd, TikToker^[7] capitaldance then posted a video in which he talked to the song's artist Jengi about the video, gaining roughly 223,200 plays and 10,200 likes in four days (shown below, right).

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