The Can-Can That Swept Douyin

Chapter 48: The Can-Can Dance Taking Douyin by Storm

Japan, Tokyo.

The "KING" Idol Agency, Idol Base.

"Hey, Momo-nee! Come check this out!"

As soon as Tao Guo, who had just finished training, opened her apartment door, her teammate Ye Nai called out to her.

Walking into the inner room, she discovered that Ye Nai and her two other teammates, Cai Yan and Ren Mei, were gathered in one room, scrolling through Douyin.

These guys!

They had just finished practice, and they had a concert coming up this weekend, yet instead of resting properly, they were gathered here scrolling through Douyin!

As the leader of the idol girl group "KING," Tao Guo really wanted to give these members a good scolding!

"Don't rush, Momo-nee, look at this!"

Ye Nai excitedly put her phone in front of Tao Guo.

In the video, a male high school student and a female high school student were playing instruments. One was playing the piano, and the other... seemed to be playing the cello?

"Can-Can dance music?"

Tao Guo squinted her eyes and read the title of the piece from the description.

Tao Guo didn't understand. What was so great about this?

Normally, she'd tell them to study fancams of senior artists more, but now they were gathered here watching people play instrumental music?

"Listen, listen!"

Ye Nai stuck out her tongue and pressed play.

As the light piano melody and the cheerful cello notes rang out, a rather relaxed tune began to dance across the musical score.

Tao Guo's eyes lit up.

"Hahaha, it's fun, right?" Ye Nai grinned brightly.

"It's interesting! Wow, this tune is really interesting!"

Tao Guo couldn't help but praise.

As a member of a girl group, Tao Guo was also responsible for some of the group's composition and choreography from time to time. This kind of catchy tune immediately struck a chord with her.

These two people called "Moonlight and Cat" must be a very interesting couple in real life!

Cai Yan, who was standing nearby, had already closed her eyes and her body began to move unconsciously. This was an instinctive reaction for an idol; when they heard a particularly interesting tune, their bodies would naturally start improvising a dance. Many popular choreographies often originated this way.

"We were just discussing how fun it would be to choreograph a dance to this song!" Ren Mei said with a smile.

"That's a good idea."

Tao Guo thought for a moment. "Hey, how about we film a Douyin video using this BGM?"

"Okay! That's exactly why I called you over!" Ye Nai agreed enthusiastically.

It wasn't the first time KING had done something like this. Thanks to the girl group's immense popularity, their official Douyin account had over four million followers. They usually followed trends by filming videos to popular short video BGM. As long as the videos didn't involve commercial use, there wouldn't be any copyright issues.

No sooner said than done!

The four idols, who had just finished training and hadn't even showered yet, hurried back to the dance studio. They set up their phone on a stand and began to improvise a dance to the melody of the Can-Can music.

The girls would suddenly lift one leg and hop like they were limping, then make cute faces at the camera. Soon, a simple yet incredibly joyful and addictive dance was completed!

The afternoon after "Moonlight and Cat's" "Can-Can Dance Music" went viral on Douyin, many influencers and journalists suddenly noticed—a new trend had emerged on Douyin! Many influencers started dancing to a very addictive dance using "Can-Can Dance Music" as their BGM! And the origin of all this was a Douyin video posted by the super popular Japanese girl group "KING"! In this Douyin video, the four idol girls were shaking their bodies to a cheerful tune, performing a very addictive dance.

As the music sped up, the girls' movements became faster too.

Eventually, unable to keep up with the rhythm, the idols couldn't help but burst into laughter, their limbs flailing chaotically.

Ye Nai, covering her face demurely, quickly rushed over to turn off the phone recording.

Thus, it became art!

[Ahhhhh, so cute, so cute!!]

Hahaha, Cat-chan is too adorable!

[I saw this song yesterday too, I didn't expect the sisters to choreograph a dance so quickly!]

[KING is really making a name for itself, getting some traction from Moonlight and Cat.]

[I have a feeling that tomorrow, Douyin will be dominated by this song!]

[Witnessing history! A whole bunch of people are going to try this dance immediately, hahaha!]

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In just three short hours, the girl group KING's video had garnered 1.3 million likes!

Along with it, the original video from [Moonlight and Cat] also surpassed 1 million likes.

Soon, major influencers began imitating it.

By evening, the hashtag ["Can-Can" Dance Challenge] had soared to third place on Douyin's trending list!

The reason for its explosive popularity was also related to the inherent fun of the dance itself.

This dance really challenged people's social anxiety levels, requiring them to "go all out," imitate limps, and pull funny faces at the camera.

If one could sync it with the rhythm and add some lyrics, like "la la, la la la~," the effect would be even better.

As the "Can-Can" music grew faster, so did the dance, until the dancers couldn't help but laugh, marking the end of the video.

The cuter and sweeter-looking influencers were, the more striking the effect when they filmed this video.

Consequently, dance bloggers, music bloggers, beauty bloggers, and even "edgy" influencers all gave it a try.

And it unexpectedly sparked another battle.

[Damn! This is the kind of dance they should be doing! Fuck, I'm so tired of all the constant suggestive content! Finally, a normal and good-looking dance!]

[Exactly, do they really need to be suggestive to grab attention? Isn't this "Can-Can" dance, which is wholesome and cute, just as appealing?!]

[Douyin is finally acting normal for once. Before, they'd constantly use some bullshit song like "Aiyaiya, you're my baby~" to do suggestive dances, it made me sick just listening to it!]

[Wuwuwu, I really have to thank Moonlight and Cat. Without them, where would we get so many cute girls to watch?]

Many Douyin netizens had long been disgusted by the platform's flood of mindless, low-quality earworm songs!

However, the infuriating thing about Douyin was that you could only mark videos as "Not Interested," but you couldn't mark the background music as "Not Interested."

As a result, many people were forced to listen to them while simply scrolling through videos!

It was like being force-fed garbage!

Every time they heard self-media introducing some "viral hit song" and its immense popularity on Douyin.

Netizens were just numb.

"You have high popularity, is it because your song is good?"

"Isn't it just because that stupid Douyin keeps pushing and pushing it!"

Therefore, it was rare to find a song that was not only excellent but also had a cute, non-suggestive dance choreographed to it.

The netizens couldn't have been happier.

With the explosion of "Can-Can," the follower count for the [Moonlight and Cat] account directly surged to [320,000].

Many fans left comments, requesting that "Brother Moonlight" and "Cat酱" also film a video like this, believing that the original creators would surely bring a unique feel to it!

Lin Tian put down his phone and glanced at Gan Yan Yu, who was sitting on the sofa.

"Don't look at me."

Gan Yan Yu pouted, wagging her index finger in front of Lin Tian.

"I absolutely will not dance!"