The Brief: The "How You Stepping" dance is trending on TikTok. The dance requires some fancy footwork. It is marked by hopping, quickly crossing your legs, bending your knees at varying angles, and stepping from side-to-side.
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The “How You Stepping” dance is trending on TikTok. The dance requires some fancy footwork. It is marked by hopping while quickly crossing your feet. It also involves bending your knees at varying angles and stepping from side-to-side. This dance is performed to Hxllywood’s October 2019 single “How You Stepping.” The rapper launched a dance challenge under the hashtag #HowYouSteppingChallenge earlier this year. In a Jan. 28 Instagram video, he detailed how to do the complex choreo.
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The associated hashtag is linked to over 400 posts on Instagram.
On TikTok, #HowYouStepping has accrued over 8.1 million views. The audio is linked to over 39,000 videos on the app after after @Skinbone69 performed the dance in February 2020.
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The dance is currently gaining or traction on TikTok. One of the most popular videos was shared by @Tarynddennis on Aug. 8. In it, a group of young women perform variations of the dance in a single file line. the video received over 322,000 likes and 1.1 million views.
@tarynddennis how you steppin🧐🧐#fyp
Another popular take edited the audio over over a clip of churchgoers who were enthusiastically dancing during a sermon. The TikTok garnered over 164,000 likes and 511,000 views.
@guapowoods how you steppin?😂 #fyp #viral #blacklivesmatter #howyousteppingchallenge #makemefamous #foryoupage #xyzbca
Other takes:
@youngkeesh Almost broke my ankle tryna make this for yall🤣😑 #fyp #youngkeesh #comedy #garbageday
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@miahwilders how you steppin #fyp #hootersgirls #hooters #foryou #NobodyNeedsToKnow