How to Take on the "Ahi Challenge," TikTok's Latest Viral Dance
The "Ahi Challenge" is the latest dance move to go viral on TikTok, with over 3.7 million videos created and 1.5 billion views for videos with the hashtag #ahichallenge.
On TikTok, the dance was first choreographed by @elrodcontreras—a popular creator with over 5 million followers—and even celebrities like Susan Kelechi Watson and Sterling K. Brown are getting in on the trend.
Below, see what the "Ahi Challenge" is all about and how you can learn the moves yourself.
Trying to stay hip and up-to-date with today's youth? Already mastered the "Renegade"? Feel like learning a new move to dance to while sipping your a.m. coffee? The latest viral dance craze to take over TikTok is called the "Ahi Challenge"—and fair warning, you're going to need to break out your Shakira-level hip swivels. Here's what we know:
What's the TikTok "Ahi Challenge" all about?
The #ahichallenge is a 14-second dance video choreographed by a popular TikTok creator, @elrodcontreras. It has 8.5 million views and 1.1 million likes since it was first posted on January 24. We don't know much about the creator, who has over 5 million TikTok followers, but on his Facebook account, he lists Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico as his residence.
Several days after the video was posted, TikTok star @charlidamelio took on the challenge, sharing a 14-second clip on January 27 of herself doing the "Ahi" dance. Her video gained over 8 million likes. And since then, videos tagged with the hashtag #ahichallenge have garnered over 1.5 billion views, and over 3.7 million TikTok videos have been created with the "Ahi Challenge " song.
What's the song in the "Ahi Challenge?"
If that catchy beat in the "Ahi Challenge" videos has you itching to dance, you can thank reggaeton artist Nfasis, whose song "Tra Tra" is the backdrop for the latest viral TikTok trend.
The original music video for "Tra Tra" features a dance as well—albeit slightly different in the moves. Although we don't know for sure—perhaps the video may have played a role in inspiring the latest TikTok trend.
The 14-second segment of the song that appears on the TikTok videos features the following lyrics in Spanish:
Pónteme de espalda
Ahí
Ahí
Ahí
In English the lyrics translate to:
Put your back against mine
There
There
There
Want to learn the dance yourself?
The dance involves moving your hips side to side to the beat, accompanied by various different arm positions. Take inspiration from the millions of others who have uploaded their own version of the "Ahi Challenge" on TikTok, including celebrities like This Is Us actors Susan Kelechi Watson and Sterling K. Brown, or TikTok star Charli D'Amelio.
For more advanced or creative takes on the "Ahi Challenge" watch popular TikTok star Alex Ojeda dance with robots, or check out @ankit_dancer01, a TikTok account for a dance group with 4.5 million followers:
However you choose to do it, it's never a bad idea to get up and dance!
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