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World’s first viral meme, ‘Dancing Baby’, resurfacing as NFT
Dancing Baby GIF is one of world’s earliest viral phenomenon.
HFA-Studio announced the news on Instagram that the Dancing Baby, one of the earliest viral memes from the 90s, is now coming back as an NFT.
In the late 1990s, the Dancing Baby became a phenomenon. It was a 3D animation of a nearly naked toddler dancing. It is now being released as a nonfungible token.
The animators of the GIF, Michael Girard, Robert Lurye and John Chadwick collaborated with Vienna-based creative group HFA-Studio to launch the update.
HFA-Studio shared the news saying, “Shake it like it‘s 1996: The Dancing Baby is back!”
Social media users have shared multiple remixes of the song. The newer versions have higher resolution making the baby’s facial features more realistic. An artistic and creative touch has been given to some versions.
“The way it moves, it’s really hard not to laugh at it,” CNN quoted media artist Xtine Burrough as saying.