# Dame Tu Cosita Challenge 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. ## 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 2018[1]. Billboard credited the Musical.ly meme with delivering producer El Chombo (real name Sebastian Clark) his first entry on the Hot 100[1]. ## 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 Challenge[3]. On April 5, 2018, El Chombo released an official music video for the song that reached 245 million views inside one month[1]. 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 sold[1]. The song concurrently climbed to No. 5 on the Hot Latin Songs chart[1]. ## How to Use 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" hook[2]. 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 ### What is Dame Tu Cosita Challenge? A 2018 Musical.ly dance and lip-sync trend where users copied the shuffle of a green cartoon alien named Popoy set to El Chombo's reggaeton track "Dame Tu Cosita"[2]. ### Where did Dame Tu Cosita Challenge come from? The original alien animation dates to a May 6, 2015 YouTube upload by Kuki Graph, and Daily Motion user @ArtNoux reuploaded a remade version on October 16, 2017 that spread the clip to Musical.ly in early 2018[3]. ### What does Dame Tu Cosita Challenge mean? The Spanish phrase "dame tu cosita" translates to "give me your thingy," a slang line from El Chombo's song that plays during the alien's dance loop[1]. ### How do you use Dame Tu Cosita Challenge? Participants film themselves copying Popoy's four-step side-to-side shuffle while lip-syncing the "Dame tu cosita" hook, often in public settings for reaction moments[2]. ### Is Dame Tu Cosita Challenge still popular? The trend peaked in spring 2018, when El Chombo's official music video hit 245 million views in a month and the song debuted at No. 81 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the tracking week ending April 26, 2018[1]. ## References 1. [https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8425881/el-chombo-dame-tu-cosita-billboard-hot-100]() 2. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-ysS9LwoHc]() 3. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/dame-tu-cosita-challenge]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/dame-tu-cosita-challenge Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library