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What do Miley Cyrus’ “We Can’t Stop”
music video and the Harlem Shake video have in common? There is a lot of
twerking. What is “twerking”, you may ask. It is the latest obsession of
teenagers, adults, men, and women alike that has been causing warm cheeks and
headaches all across the nation.
The first signs of “twerking”
appeared over two decades ago when bounce music started to emerge as an actual
genre of music in New Orleans. The hard beats and bass caused people to be
overcome by the desire to “shake their booties” and hips to the rhythm. Ever
since the first reference of it in the song “Do the Jubilee All,” which came
out in 1993, twerking has become increasing famous. So much so, that it is now
in the dictionary, but the definition does not include “odd obsession that
seems to have no cure.”
Twerking has become a sort of fever epidemic
that spreads by the internet and social media. After Miley Cyrus’ duet with
Robin Thicke at the VMAs in August of 2013, Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram
exploded with pictures and posts about twerking. Videos and posts about people
trying to twerk have also increased substantially and at an alarming rate.
Songs and referencing to this “dance move” are helping in the spread of this
epidemic.
Twerking has become such an
obsession, that some people cannot continue with every day activities. People
twerk as they walk, people twerk as they do the dishes, people twerk all the
time. It has been known to be hazardous to health; preventing an individual
from being social and causing uncomfortable situations when the act of twerking
is inappropriate. Variations of twerking, such as “wall twerking,” is even more
dangerous because it has been known to lead to falling over and the spread of
fires. An increase of hip cramps and strains has occurred in the United States
and is slowly spreading to Great Britain, to Canada, to the rest of the world.
This epidemic must be stopped.
People across the globe must be educated about this obsession and must be
taught to never try it, because it is addictive and those who start can’t stop.
It causes friendships to fail, video qualities to decrease, and the health of
the world to worsen. Spread the word and prevent the Twerk Fever from
spreading.
