{"id":181946,"date":"2023-01-09T21:22:59","date_gmt":"2023-01-09T21:22:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/m3gan-is-an-internet-star-thanks-to-her-tiktok-esque-dance\/"},"modified":"2023-01-09T21:22:59","modified_gmt":"2023-01-09T21:22:59","slug":"m3gan-is-an-internet-star-thanks-to-her-tiktok-esque-dance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/m3gan-is-an-internet-star-thanks-to-her-tiktok-esque-dance\/","title":{"rendered":"‘M3GAN’ is an internet star thanks to her TikTok-esque dance"},"content":{"rendered":"
Before she ever hit the big screen, M3GAN was a social media icon.<\/p>\n
The killer android doll is the star of the movie “M3GAN,” which released nationwide Friday. But her TikTok-esque dance moves, which were prominently featured in the film’s trailer, made her a viral sensation months ago.<\/p>\n
In the trailer, M3GAN is seen dancing \u2014 swinging her arms, twirling, posing against a wall and, inexplicably, doing an aerial cartwheel \u2014 to a remixed track of Taylor Swift’s \u201cIt’s Nice to Have a Friend.” In the film, the dance is actually set to the disco hit \u201cWalk the Night\u201d by the Skatt Brothers. <\/p>\n
The movie was brought to life with the help of actor Amie Donald, who physically embodied the doll, as well as a combination of visual effects, animatronics and puppetry.<\/p>\n\n
Donald, who has a background in dance, helped choreograph the dance, which has since blown up on platforms such as TikTok and Twitter. As of Monday, the hashtag #M3GAN has more than 954.4 million views and #M3GANDANCE has more than 186.5 million views on TikTok. <\/p>\n
Many on social media have also declared M3GAN a queer icon. Dancing M3GANs have become commonplace at events<\/a> where the film is being promoted. Some online are also stitching videos<\/a> of M3GAN side by side with Jenna Ortega’s viral \u201cWednesday\u201d dance.<\/p>\n \u201cI wanted people to like her and get a kick out of her, but there’s no way I could comprehend the reaction that we got,\u201d director Gerard Johnstone told NBC News in a recent Zoom interview. \u201cIt’s unbelievable. It makes my head spin.\u201d<\/p>\n The film, written by Akela Cooper and based on a story by James Wan, follows the newly orphaned Cady (played by Violet McGraw) after she goes to live with her roboticist aunt Gemma (played by Allison Williams). Gemma introduces Cady to her newly designed Model 3 Generative Android, aka M3GAN, after Cady has trouble adjusting to her new life with Gemma. M3GAN and Cady become the best of friends until M3GAN becomes so overprotective of Cady, she goes on a murderous rampage.<\/p>\n While the dance is poised to become a fixture on TikTok, an app that was built on the success of teen girls and young women lip syncing and dancing, Johnstone said the choreography in \u201cM3GAN\u201d wasn’t created with the intent of becoming the next TikTok sensation.<\/p>\n