- YES! 
- What?!
- YES! 
- What?!
- He's incredible.
Who is this person?
I need him to collab
with me right now.
♪ (dramatic chord) ♪
- (FBE) So today, we are going
to be showing you
some videos of people participating 
in the #BoogieDown challenge.
- Okay. Never heard of it.
- I haven't heard of that.
- "Boogie down"?
- I haven't heard of that.
- I don't know what this is.
I'm really excited.
- This is new.
- Oh, is this Fortnite?
Gonna be doing some dances?
All right.
- (FBE) So the challenge 
was actually created by the creators
of the game Fortnite, 
where fans submit their best
dance move using the #BoogieDown
and the winner of the challenge
will actually be 
re-created into the game.
- Cool!
- What?
- Wow.
- Wait, so Fortnite is doing
fan engagement stuff?
That's great.
- #BoogieDownDance.
Ready? Here we go.
- (laughing)
- Oh, okay.
- Oh.
- Ooh.
- He's doing the Bernie!
- Oh, the Bernie.
Classic Bernie.
- Just the fact 
that it's without music,
it's like a full body dry heave.
I don't know what he's doing.
- (laughing) That's how I dance,
so I can relate.
- That's something I would do.
- He probably also had 
no bones in his arms.
Those are very floppy.
- It's kind of like the next level
backpack dance.
♪ (rock music) ♪
- Yes!
- This is awesome!
- Oh my god!
- Again, that's how I dance.
- (chuckling)
- I mean...
- I'm impressed.
- I like him. I like him.
- I don't know how to do
that knee thing, where they go--
and the legs look 
like they're breaking.
- (audience hooting)
- Oh, okay!
- Oh, yeah!
- Is this supposed to be a wedding?
- Oh, wait, was 
this even for Fortnite?
- Yeah, they just filmed the dance.
- This is not the Boogie Down.
This is just someone's wedding.
- Whoa! She's killing it.
- She's workin' it.
- I mean, she's living her life
and she's been
the best dancer so far.
- I loved that--
- That was cool.
- That's just a happy time.
- This is a really cool challenge.
- I'd like to see some 
better dancing, for sure.
- It's a very interesting challenge.
Basically, you start just 
breaking down into just, like,
I would say the best 
dance moves ever.
♪ (dub step) ♪
- YES! 
- What?!
- YES! 
- What?!
- Oh! Oh, no!
- Ooh.
That is smooth.
- Okay, whoa.
- Yes!
- The Seagull Squat!
That's not easy.
- Look at those feet
just slide along the ground.
- He looks like he 
has no bones in his legs.
- That's cool.
- That man doesn't have ankles.
- Nope, he's Gumby legs.
- Make Fortnite that guy.
- Cancel all other submissions.
- End the battle royale stuff.
Just have it be that.
- Y'all ready?
This is called The Random.
- Ooh, "The Random."
- "The Random."
- Oh! Oh! There he go.
- Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah.
- Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I like his angle, too.
Very low.
- Oh, man! 
This-- yes!
No, that's the winner.
- Props to this kid for submitting it.
That's not bad.
- (boy) It's also 
a great exercise move--
a great exercise move.
- (laughing) 
"It's also a great exercise!"
- I love him!
- There was a level 
of confidence there
that I'm all for.
- The internet is creating 
so much confidence
in children nowadays.
That's just the truth.
- I'm excited for whichever kid 
gets memed forever.
- (FBE) So part of the reason 
we're showing this
is because that has 
actually sparked a new meme
called "The Orange Shirt Kid" meme,
where they say that his dancing
goes to any song.
- Really?
- That one did? It's so good!
- Perfect. He was so meme-able.
- Does it really work?
♪ (Gorillaz, "Feel Good Inc.") ♪
- (laughing)
- Okay. Okay.
He's killing it.
- I would be so stoked.
- Oh my god!
I love him.
- Yeah! Oh, I'm 
so happy this caught on.
I'm so happy for him.
- That fit perfectly.
Is there more?
♪ (hip hop music) ♪
- Oh, yeah.
- Yeah, all right!
- (giggling)
- He's incredible! 
Who is this person?
I need him to collab 
with me right now.
- The more I watch it,
the better this kid is.
- He has my vote.
- The second I leave here,
I'm putting on an orange shirt
and I'm making
a Miranda video doing this.
- His dance moves work perfect
with every single song.
♪ (techno music) ♪
- Yes!
The yodel kid.
- This is a meme within a meme--
- I am mega-memed.
Oh my goodness.
- Oh, he's got a smaller
version of himself.
- If this kid didn't win
the #BoogieDown challenge,
you know what he did win?
The internet.
- Everyone's heart.
- I liked that one.
That's flattering.
It didn't seem mean.
- This kid's amazing.
He deserves this fame.
He's so good.
I hope no one's making fun of him.
I hope everyone's just praising him
because he's a legend.
- (FBE) On April 21st, 
the winner of the contest
was actually announced, 
so we have that video
to show you now.
- Yay, okay.
- Contest winner, who is it?
♪ (techno music) ♪
- And the winner is...
- Okay.
- Okay, it looks like
he's just stepping.
- Oh, so they're a group.
- Dang, these kids are talented.
- Ooh!
- Okay, it's a good routine.
- Okay, yeah.
I guess that translates well 
to, you know,
video game character dancing.
- Yeah, but you know,
I'd like to see something 
a little more unique.
- I'm kind of bummed
that it's not the orange shirt kid,
but it was well done 
and organized and perfect
for animators to match up.
- I'm kind of sad that it was a guy
in a dance studio, though,
as opposed to a kid in his bedroom
or, you know, a guy in his driveway.
- The orange shirt kid 
should have won.
This is blasphemous.
- I like that orange shirt kid.
He should have won.
- Yeah.
- My vote was for you,
orange shirt kid!
- (FBE) So some fans
were a little upset that
the orange shirt kid 
was not the eventual winner,
especially because 
he only placed 23rd.
- Really?
- Orange shirt kid was 23rd?
Oh, that is cripe!
- I'd like to see 
the other 22 contestants
who beat orange shirt kid.
- Yeah.
- Since it was a challenge to submit 
and it was about boogying down
and the orange shirt kid
just sparked so much passion
in the reaction from people,
he should get it.
- (FBE) Fans even started a petition
where over 10,000 signatures
have been added, 
pleading for developers
to crown orange shirt kid 
as the winner.
- What?!
- Oh, that's sweet.
- That's cute.
- I like that.
- I'll sign that petition right now.
Put it in front of me.
- Internet, make this happen!
You do a lot of great things.
You do a lot of horrible things.
But this is something you need to do.
Make this kid a winner.
- Obviously, the kid 
who's won the hearts
of thousands of people online,
he's been memed--
- He's already a winner.
- He's already a winner.
- (FBE) So Fortnite has become
a hugely popular video game.
Do you think that 
this contest was a good idea
for them to try to further
involve their fans
or would you have gone another way?
- I don't think Fortnite 
needs a dance competition
to raise their awareness.
- Yeah, I don't know.
Do they even need that?
- Yeah, I feel like they 
already were pretty popular
before the dance competition.
- Was the challenge specific enough?
I feel like I didn't understand it.
- Just make up your own dance
and that was it?
- This was an awesome idea,
to get the internet involved
and the community and get 
the word out about Fortnite.
I don't know anything about gaming.
I don't know anything about Fortnite,
but I hear about it all the time,
so they're obviously doing a good job.
- Fan engagement 
is such a good way to solidify
and spread the word.
- And then in a fun way, too,
where you get what you want,
which is I just want 
to be a part of the game.
- Yeah, and you're just dancing, too.
That's all it is.
- How they've been running Fortnite
has been so smart,
by seeding in little mysteries
for the community to talk about,
for seeding in these sorts
of community participation events,
like the Boogie Down challenge.
I think it's a great idea.
- (FBE) Fortnite, in many ways,
has become a cultural phenomenon,
with some reporting 
that it has surpassed
2011's popular game Minecraft,
becoming the most viewed game
on YouTube.
- Wow.
- Whoa, I didn't know 
that was happening. Jeez.
- (FBE) What are your thoughts
on how some are saying
there hasn't been a game 
like this since Minecraft,
where full careers are being made 
by playing it online?
- I mean, I know how lucrative that is
for people to be gamers,
so it only makes sense that 
there would be competition out there.
- I think that's awesome.
We've given the opportunity
to some people
to have a career in gaming.
With every viral phenomenon,
it gives other YouTubers
the opportunity to capitalize on it.
- It's a good game,
but that kind of surprises me.
You know, Minecraft
was a creative platform almost.
And it just changed 
the paradigm completely.
This game just seems
like it's really fun.
They did a good job 
making it really fun,
but is it a game changer?
- It's interesting because, yes,
Fortnite is the hottest thing right now,
but it's the hottest thing right now,
and it's one of those things
that I'm curious to see
the longevity of this game
because the gameplay
is so similar and repetitive,
game after game after game after game.
I think Fortnite has a long career 
ahead of itself with eSports,
but as far as 
a content generation tool,
something that the community's
gonna consistently
churn out videos around,
I think that's gonna come
to an end sooner rather than later.
- (FBE) So lately, Fortnite 
seems to have been dominating
YouTube and Twitch 
streams in particular.
As an online creator yourself,
how do you think
that live streams 
and games like Fortnite
are changing the digital landscape
and what does it mean for you?
- Yeah, I feel like if you put
content out there
that relates to whatever 
is going viral out there,
people generally will like it way more
and it'd actually be fun 
on your part as well, making it,
because you've seen that 
and it's really fun.
- We'll do it if
we find that it's fun
and we can make something 
organic out of it, you know,
but we never do anything like,
"Oh, it's going viral.
We should do something."
Because then people will tell
they just did it for the views.
- I love live streaming
because it helps me
engage with my fans 
and I can talk to them right away,
instantly read their comments
and respond to them,
and it just makes me feel like
we're having a conversation,
as opposed to just uploading a video,
so that's why I love live streaming
and maybe that's a big element here.
It feels like people 
are hanging out and talking
and helping each other play the games.
- We find that when we go live,
it's so much better.
You know, it comes
off the top of our head.
We get to capture
lightening in a bottle.
- Games are now seen 
as not only something you play,
but an experience that
you share with other people.
These live streams, you know,
you get to experience something.
You get to watch somebody 
experience something
and share that with them.
- One of the good things
that Epic Games seems to be doing
is embracing the way 
people are playing
the way that they want to,
not the way that
Epic Games thinks the game 
should be played.
- It finds this perfect balance
of being casual enough
for anyone to be 
able to pick up and play,
but hardcore enough 
and deep enough of a game
where hardcore 
eSports people are like,
"Yes, I can totally
invest my time into this."
- (FBE) So finally, some people 
have been pointing out
that the clips that have
come out of this challenge
are a little cringy.
- Yeah.
- Yeah. (laughing)
- That's half the fun.
Cringy is half the fun
with these things.
You know, I like it.
- (FBE) It seems like when challenges
have a cringe aspect,
it actually helps them go more viral.
So with your experience 
as an online creator,
do you think that challenges
or videos that have a cringe element
help or hurt a challenge
in the long run?
- To be honest, I kind of like cringy
because I think cringy
is what makes things really funny
and what makes things go viral.
- You are talking
to the queen of cringe.
Obviously, cringe helps.
My career was made on cringe,
so I'm a big supporter
of cringe material 
because look at Miranda.
- The cringe is important, though,
because that's where
you're not taking
yourself too seriously.
- A lot of those kids 
dancing like that
understand the sarcasm
in what they're doing.
- Yeah, totally.
- The cringe is a benefit
because that kid went viral,
a lot of people 
want to find out the source
or where he came from,
so it's like, "Oh,
Boogie Down challenge,
what's that?
Oh, Fortnite. What's that?"
- The orange shirt kid's really funny.
It's all for fun, 
but at the same time,
if you kind of immortalize this kid--
- It can be seen the wrong way.
- There might be weird bullying.
- There's no perfect way...
- Yeah.
- ...to handle it.
- Thank you so much for watching
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