Hai Phút Hơn

About

Hai Phút Hơn is a song by Vietnamese artists Phao and CM1X,^[1] a remix of which became popular on TikTok along with a dance trend mirroring a portion of the ME!ME!ME! dance in November of 2020. The song also became associated with a video of Zero Two from the anime Darling in the Franxx performing the dance.

Origin

On February 27th, 2018, coub^[13] user Anna Crowe posted a video of Zero Two dancing the ME!ME!ME! dance (shown below). The post received more than 500,000 views, 6,000 reactions and 1,400 shares in less than three years (shown below).

On December 9th, 2019, dat1guy420 posted a GIF of Zero Two performing the ME!ME!ME! dance to /r/DarlingInTheFranxx,^[2] garnering over 3,200 upvotes in a year (shown below).

On February 2nd, 2020, CM1X uploaded Hai Phút Hơn to YouTube, where it garnered over 21.9 million views in 10 months. On March 4th, ATOM Official uploaded a remix of the song to their YouTube^[3] channel, garnering over 648,000 views in 9 months (shown below, left). On April 14th, GhostShadow uploaded a live wallpaper to Wallpaper Engine's Steam Workshop^[4] page consisting of dat1guy420's GIF with additional animation and a darker background. On November 3rd, Alez con la Z uploaded a preview of the wallpaper to YouTube^[5] garnering over 208,000 views in just over a month (shown below, right).

On November 17th, 2020, marlenea23 uploaded a video edit of Zero Two dancing to Hai Phút Hơn using the clip from GhostShadow's wallpaper to TikTok,^[6] garnering over 34 million views in 1 month (shown below). TikTokers began using marlenea23's original sound to mimic the dance. It's unknown who started the trend, but it appears to have begun in China as evidenced by a compilation uploaded to YouTube^[12] on November 22nd (shown below, right).

Spread

On November 28th, sava.schultz performed the dance on TikTok,^[7] garnering over 49 million views in just over two weeks (shown below, left). On December 12th, laurenxburch performed the dance on TikTok,^[8] garnering over 25.9 million views in 5 days (shown below, right). These are two of the most successful videos using the sound.

Other TikTokers used the song and associated video of Zero Two to make memes, often poking fun of the type of people the creator assumes would enjoy the video. On November 22nd, otaku806 posted a video to TikTok^[9] of multiple neon-lit computers running the video, garnering over 13.9 million views in just over 3 weeks (shown below, left). The video was reposted to Instagram^[10] by repostrandy along with the caption, "You have never felt the touch of a women" garnering over 122,000 views in 6 days. On December 13th, virtual influencer FN Meka uploaded a video to TikTok^[11] of an animated car adorned with Zero Two images on the exterior, a Zero Two hood ornament, and looping videos of Zero Two dancing on the interior (shown below, right). The video garnered over 93 million views in 4 days.

Various Examples

Search Interest

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