Guy Dancing To "Murder on the Dancefloor"

About

Guy Dancing To "Murder on the Dancefloor" refers to a viral video turned greenscreen meme template of a man in a pink sweatshirt shouting, "Ay," and then dancing to and singing "Murder on the Dancefloor" by Sophie Ellis-Bextor, specifically the lyrics, "If you think you're getting away, I will prove you wrong." The man in the video is TikToker Mitchell van Genechten (@officialswaggie) and the original video was posted to TikTok in January 2024. Soon after, a CapCut template was made with the video called "Saltburn meme Mitche," leading to its usage as a greenscreen template. Meme creators layered van Genechten over backgrounds using him to portray excitement.

Origin

On January 12th, 2024, TikToker^[1] @officialswaggie (aka Mitchell van Genechten) posted a video in which he was wearing a pink sweatshirt and dancing to the song "Murder on the Dancefloor" by Sophie Ellis-Bextor,^[2] specifically the lyrics, "If you think you're getting away, I will prove you wrong." The video also had text overlay reading, "Literally nobody : / Me getting ready :" referencing the Nobody: phrasal template. Over 20 days, the video gained roughly 4.5 million plays and 563,500 likes (shown below).

Spread

On January 15th, 2024, CapCut^[3] user @Passportanddreams made a greenscreen template with the video, gaining over 37,000 uses in 16 days. An early, viral example of the template was posted by TikToker^[4] @dee1xox on January 17th, 2024, gaining roughly 180,700 plays and 8,900 likes in two weeks (shown below, left).

On January 22nd, 2024, TikToker^[5] @trtltravel posted a similar video about being on vacation, gaining over 5 million plays and 881,200 likes in nine days (shown below, right).

Continuing into January 2024, the videos became increasingly viral, evident in a video posted by TikToker^[6] @maddieemartin on January 25th, 2024, about being at an all-inclusive resort, earning over 13 million plays and 2.7 million likes in six days (shown below).

TikToker^[6] @maddieemartin also made her own CapCut^[7] template with the video, receiving over 37,000 uses in six days.

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