The Brief: The Nelle dance on TikTok typically sees creators pounding their fists, before doing the dolphin across the room.
DEEP DIVE
The Nelle dance began growing in popularity on TikTok in October 2020. Typically, dancers pound their fists, move out of frame, and then do the dolphin across the room.
The music is a mash-up of Saweetie’s “Tap In” and audio from Phineas and Ferb.
On Aug. 9, creator @Taliasc shared a remix of “Tap In” and audio from a clip of Phineas and Ferb‘s Dr. Doofenshmirtz DJing. The audio is now linked to over 1.3 million videos.
Lyrics:
Well, I’ll be honest I don’t really understand
But I fell down a hill and I got glue on my hands
Now I got records on my fingers
Records on my fingers
I got records on my fingers and I just can’t stop
On Sept. 12, @Nelleboyy then used the audio to create a skit about Phineas and Ferb‘s Perry The Platypus dropping his own verse on the beat. His new mix of the audio is featured in over 402,000 TikTok videos, many of which feature creators doing what is now being called the Nelle dance, due to the audio’s origins.
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The dance has been performed by some of most popular creators on the app, including:
@Cristiandennis and @Tyshonlawrence:
@cristiandennis we’re bored wyd ? @tyshonlawrence
@Daisykeech:
@daisykeech I HAVE NO HOPE @abbyrao
Other takes:
@kamtunechii Not us in the cotton field 😂 @jaiydatarvin @t.tajahhh #mississippi #fyp
@filipinowiggies thanks for 600 followers 😏