Dame Tu Cosita Challenge

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The Dame Tu Cosita Challenge is a 2018 Musical.ly lip-sync and dance trend built around a low-poly animation of a green alien named Popoy shuffling to El Chombo's reggaeton track 'Dame Tu Cosita.' The viral format pushed the Panamanian song onto the Billboard Hot 100 that spring.

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Overview

The Dame Tu Cosita Challenge is a lip-sync and dance trend built around a low-poly animation of a green alien named Popoy shuffling to El Chombo's reggaeton track "Dame Tu Cosita"2. Musical.ly users copied the alien's stiff side-step choreography while mouthing the chorus, and the videos pushed the Panamanian song onto mainstream Western charts in 20181. Billboard credited the Musical.ly meme with delivering producer El Chombo (real name Sebastian Clark) his first entry on the Hot 1001.

How It Spread

On February 7, 2018, ArtNoux shared the clip on Facebook with the caption "Qui danse comme un Popoy?" (translated from French), and the next day French creator Jojo Le Comédien uploaded a live-action version tagged #JaiMougouTaSistaChallenge, which Musical.ly users adopted as the label for the Dame Tu Cosita Challenge3. On April 5, 2018, El Chombo released an official music video for the song that reached 245 million views inside one month1. Billboard reported the tune debuted at No. 81 on the Hot 100 for the tracking week ending April 26, 2018, with 10.4 million U.S. streams and 1,000 downloads sold1. The song concurrently climbed to No. 5 on the Hot Latin Songs chart1.

How to Use This Meme

Dame Tu Cosita Challenge videos typically open with a wide shot of the participant, who then locks into Popoy's four-step shuffle, swinging their arms and stepping side to side while lip-syncing the "Dame tu cosita" hook2. Common conventions include filming in public places for surprise reactions, or splicing the original alien clip beside a human dancer for a matching cut.

Frequently Asked Questions

Dame Tu Cosita Challenge

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The Dame Tu Cosita Challenge is a 2018 Musical.ly lip-sync and dance trend built around a low-poly animation of a green alien named Popoy shuffling to El Chombo's reggaeton track 'Dame Tu Cosita.' The viral format pushed the Panamanian song onto the Billboard Hot 100 that spring.

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Overview

The Dame Tu Cosita Challenge is a lip-sync and dance trend built around a low-poly animation of a green alien named Popoy shuffling to El Chombo's reggaeton track "Dame Tu Cosita"2. Musical.ly users copied the alien's stiff side-step choreography while mouthing the chorus, and the videos pushed the Panamanian song onto mainstream Western charts in 20181. Billboard credited the Musical.ly meme with delivering producer El Chombo (real name Sebastian Clark) his first entry on the Hot 1001.

How It Spread

On February 7, 2018, ArtNoux shared the clip on Facebook with the caption "Qui danse comme un Popoy?" (translated from French), and the next day French creator Jojo Le Comédien uploaded a live-action version tagged #JaiMougouTaSistaChallenge, which Musical.ly users adopted as the label for the Dame Tu Cosita Challenge3. On April 5, 2018, El Chombo released an official music video for the song that reached 245 million views inside one month1. Billboard reported the tune debuted at No. 81 on the Hot 100 for the tracking week ending April 26, 2018, with 10.4 million U.S. streams and 1,000 downloads sold1. The song concurrently climbed to No. 5 on the Hot Latin Songs chart1.

How to Use This Meme

Dame Tu Cosita Challenge videos typically open with a wide shot of the participant, who then locks into Popoy's four-step shuffle, swinging their arms and stepping side to side while lip-syncing the "Dame tu cosita" hook2. Common conventions include filming in public places for surprise reactions, or splicing the original alien clip beside a human dancer for a matching cut.

Frequently Asked Questions