We here at ANIMAL have been a bit taken by this Harlem Shake meme. We even went to Times Square to document the NYPD trying to shut down the biggest ever Harlem Shake. Naturally, one of the first few things that comes to mind is… when’s the porn version coming out?
So we called up our friends at Wood Rocket of SpongeKnob SquareNuts and James Deen as Ikea Monkey fame. We had a deep conversation about life, the universe, the internet, porn, memes and the appetites of a current social zeitgeist.
So here you go. See the exclusive behind-the-scenes photos above. A classic black-bar censored video right here. You can see the uncesored result here and… uncensored behind-the-scenes footage below that…
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(Behind-the-scenes video: Wood Rocket and ANIMALNewYork)
It's only natural that in this stage of the progression of the Harlem Shake meme, someone would go to Harlem and find out what its residents thought of the ersatz Harlem Shake. Surprise! They think it's stupid and weird, because when you put your name on something and that something…
"And if you bring a forty bottle to battle me/ I’ll just punch you in the face/then do the Harlem Shake." That's artist (and curator) Jayson Musson rapping, you guys. He's also "Hennessy Youngman," the internet's best art critic whose acclaimed series Art Thoughtz is one of the best things that ever happened…
While Lena Dunham and piggie poop balls sat around wearing Google Glass and discussing the merits of 3D-printing your own Beyonce, these three drones danced a sad, sad "Harlem Shake" in some empty lot at SXSW. This is what we've created, people.
