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God, I can hear this gif so well. One of my favorite songs/music videos.
For those of us less culturally educated, could you share the artist and title?
Oh, my moment! This song has some nice lore, here's the Wikipedia article.
The song was released in 1998 and was a big hit in India, reaching the West in the 2000s where it quickly became one of the OG memes.
Even back then, at least by the time the song reached the West, the CG graphics were already considered awful, and still the song was so catchy that it didn't matter.
It turns out that this was the whole point. Mehndi was already a big name in India, but was criticized for always using "an overabundance" of beautiful dancing women in his videos, and that this was the only reason he was popular.
He then recorded this video, featuring only himself, and grabbed another Indian #1 hit...
Thanks! Just saw the music video, and I can't really say I get the hype, but the backstory makes this pretty amazing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFP3Jc5ztgg