What is the ‘Slickback’ challenge? Viral TikTok dance move sees stars of K-pop acts Twice and Le Sserafim trying to glide across the ground
- If you see people kicking and flailing their legs across the ground in front of a phone camera, they might just be taking part in the latest internet challenge
- The ‘Slickback’ challenge, which originated in South Korea in October, has taken over social media. When done right, challengers look as if they are floating
A seemingly gravity-defying dance move is the latest viral trend to take social media by storm.
Teenagers and K-pop celebrities alike are taking on the “Slickback” challenge, which is performed to multi-genre music artist, DJ and producer Lakim’s single “A Pimp Named Slickback”.
It all started with a TikTok video uploaded on October 15 by a teenager who, while kicking his way across the ground, appeared to be hovering or gliding.
The original video has amassed more than 225 million views and 25 million likes, and has more than 144,000 comments – many of which express how mind-blowing the move is.
“I swear I saw bro floating,” one popular comment says.
Lee Hyo-cheol, the South Korean teenager who uploaded the video, was not the person who invented the move – he modified a dance move created by YouTuber and TikTokker Jubi2fye in early 2022. The “Jubi Slide”, as it is known, looks somewhat like a sideways moonwalk.