China ‘Bo Bo Chicken’ dance craze sweeps nation with catchy tune sampled from street vendor cry, surpasses ‘Subject Three’ mania
- Dancers bob head like a chicken while making hip-twisting moves
- Will be performed during country’s most-watched Spring Festival show
A new dance craze named after China’s famous Bo Bo Chicken snack has gone viral on mainland social media.
Two months after the hip-twisting folk dance known as “Subject Three” became an online sensation, new dance moves inspired by the spicy skewer snack featuring chicken, its offal, and a variety of vegetables and meats, have become all the rage online.
On Douyin, the mainland version of TikTok, people have been posting different versions of the Bo Bo Chicken dance since January.
The most popular version by far features the dancer’s head bobbing back and forth like a chicken’s, and leg and hip twisting movements similar to the iconic moves of the Subject Three dance.
Aside from the dance moves, the accompanying tune, with its catchy rhythm and lyrics, has intrigued people the most.
It also includes a sample of the cry street vendors in southwestern China’s Sichuan province make when they sell the dish.