Shaq's Coronavirus Quarantine Dance Party
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Shaq's Coronavirus Quarantine Dance Party is a viral video of former professional basketball player Shaquille O'Neal DJing a dance party in a kitchen as a group of men dance around him and on countertops. The video inspired a series of remix videos in which memers replace the soundtrack so the men dance to different music.
Origin
On March 30th, 2020, Shaquille O'Neal posted the original video on Instagram. [1] The post received more than 5.9 million views and 1.2 million views (shown below).
Spread
The following day, Instagram[2] user @sonny5ideup posted a variation of the video with the soundtrack replaced with the Blink-182 song "What's My Age Again?" Within one week, the post received more than 204,000 views and 27,000 likes (Twitter post below).
Shaq turnin up 💯 pic.twitter.com/16SKMTY2m5
— Sonny Side Up (@Sonny5ideUp) April 1, 2020
Over the next week, others shared variations on the remix on Twitter. For example, on April 2nd, Twitter user @WhiskeyRiff shared a variation that received more than 174,000 views, 3,100 likes and 1,100 retweets (shown below).
Several media outlets covered the video, including The New York Post,[1] Golf Digest[2] and more.
When you find out that quarantine is over and Taco Bell is open again.
KoeWetzel</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/SHAQ?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">SHAQ pic.twitter.com/XL9gGOTs6Z— Whiskey Riff (@WhiskeyRiff) April 2, 2020
Various Examples
Huge shoutout to
SHAQ</a> for reppin’ Born of Osiris and being <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BOOCrew?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BOOCrew</a> <br>🎥- <a href="https://twitter.com/pr0gme?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">pr0gme pic.twitter.com/T1uT5k5WbB— Lee Patrick Mckinney (@LeeOsiris) April 5, 2020
I didn’t know Shaq was a #Blackhawks fan! pic.twitter.com/aczuwmnCcJ
— This Day in Chicago Sports (@ChiSportsDay) April 5, 2020
Search Interest
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External References
[1] New York Post – Shaq’s quarantine life is out of control
[2] Golf Digest – DJ Shaq holds dance party in kitchen, has coronavirus on the ropes
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