It begins with bouncy drum beats, rapidly interrupted by the sounds of sneakers squeaking on a gymnasium ground. Then a thumbs-up comes into body, swiveling up and down like a hammer.
The unusually enthralling routine, sometimes called the “Pikki Pikki” dance, is carried out by cheerleaders for the Kia Tigers, a Korean baseball group, and it has develop into a sensation on TikTok, racking up tens of millions of views throughout quite a few accounts. The strikes are easy, repetitive and unassuming; the music, addictively catchy (beware). It’s develop into an ideal recipe for flooding the algorithms.
Whereas the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders have turned “Thunderstruck,” a maximalist routine, into a logo of soccer and cheerleading in the US, the Tigers’ cheerleaders are extra subdued, gently throwing their elbows and largely dancing in place. They even look a bit … bored?
