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Paloma Blanca is a song released by George Baker in 1975, which became a viral dance trend in August 2025. The trend uses the song along with a choreographed line dance from the Japanese dance team Avantgardey, which led to several videos and fan animations using the dance and song.

Origin

The song was first released in 1975 as a single by George Baker along with a music video.^[1] The music video was first posted to YouTube by Rob de Groot^[2] on January 3rd, 2007, where it received over 35.8 million views in nearly eighteen years.

On August 28th, 2025, the song was used in a TikTok video by the Japanese dance team Avantgardey.^[3] The video received over 56.7 million views and over 3 million likes in over three months. The video was also posted to their YouTube^[4] channel, where it received over 13.8 million views in over three months. The specific line dance they performed in the video was used by others in future videos which used the song.

Spread

On September 10th, 2025, YouTube user shelbybond^[5] posted a video using the song with a group of Renaissance fair actors skipping along. The video received over 15.7 million views in over three months.

On September 25h, 2025, TikTok user Merrick Hanna^[6] posted a video using the song in which a group of people are being chased away by Michael Myers while inside a Spirit Halloween. The video received over 65.8 million views and over 8.8 million likes in over two months.

On October 12th, 2025, YouTube user Ho salt^[7] posted an animation using the song and line dance with various cats. The video received over 2 million views in two months.

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