About

The Shemar Moore Dancing GIF, also known as Shemar Moore Coming Through the Door, refers to a viral video turned sped-up reaction GIF of American actor Shemar Moore dancing while walking through a line of people backstage at The Jennifer Hudson Show as part of the crew's traditional "We got X coming through the door" song in which they sing for the show's guest as they come out of the greenroom. Moore is seen wearing a grey dress shirt, grey pants, clear eyeglasses and a white backward baseball cap. The video went viral on Twitter / X in January 2025. A user asked for someone to turn it into a sped-up GIF to use as a reaction image for memes. The request was fulfilled soon after and the GIF was used in multiple viral tweets in the following days, often used to express joy.

Origin

On January 24th, 2025, the official X^[1] account of The Jennifer Hudson Show (@JHudShow) shared a video of actor Shemar Moore "coming through the door." Moore walks down a hallway lined with people singing, "We got Shemar Moore coming through the door." Moore dances as he walks through them, eventually giving a hand heart to the camera. Over four days, the video received over 30 million views and 94,000 likes (shown below).

We got @shemarmoore coming through the door🚪 pic.twitter.com/OA18KFiA1l

— The Jennifer Hudson Show (@JHudShow) January 24, 2025

On January 25th, X^[2] user @reidsglock quote tweeted the video, asking, "Can someone speed this up and make it a GIF? I’m about to make this my new thing," gaining over 303,000 likes in three days (shown below).

Later on January 25th, 2025, X^[3] user @doigettokeepyou shared a sped-up GIF in a reply, writing, "I tried 😭😭😭," receiving over 144,000 likes in three days (shown below).

Also on January 25th, X^[4] user @Chroma3DS replied with a GIF, including multiple flash transitions that briefly faded to white, gaining over 92,000 likes in three days (shown below).

Spread

Both of the abovementioned GIFs amassed viral usage in the following days. For instance, on January 25th, 2025, X^[5] user @icyHive used one of the GIFs, captioning it, "January doesn't count anyways my 2025 starts in Feb," gaining over 74,000 likes in three days (shown below).

Later on January 25th, X^[6] user @DEARGlGl tweeted the same GIF, captioning it, "How it feels to be a beautiful woman complimented by other beautiful women," gaining over 191,000 likes in three days (shown below).

On January 27th, 2025, X^[7] user @makeupbyshaniah used the GIF with the white flash transitions, captioning it, "How it feels when the coffee you made at home actually tastes good," amassing over 106,000 likes in a day (shown below).

Edits of the original video also spread on TikTok during the same timeframe. For instance, on January 27th, TikToker^[8] @reidszz shared an edit with the song "Survivor" by Destiny's Child, gaining over 12,300 likes in a day (shown below).

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