Retired Jamaican-born, US-based “grandpa” Henry Anderson, who was featured in a viral Fb video for the “Shake It To The Max” dance problem, says he’s having fun with his time within the highlight.
Anderson, who has residences in Florida and New York, informed Caribbean Life on Tuesday that he was vacationing with just a few pals in St Vincent and the Grenadines when he bumped into social media influencers Gladdest from Trinidad and Tobago and Kevisha Greaves from St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
Gladdest’s supervisor Ryan, also referred to as Content material King Creations, informed Caribbean Life that he shot the dance problem for Gladdest’s remixed model of the “Shake It To The Max” music that they known as “Dun With Your Ex.”
He stated Gladdest posted the video on her Fb web page and that “the remaining is historical past.”
Ryan stated the video has unfold like wildfire throughout social media platforms, reaching over 1.3 million views on Fb.
On Instagram, he stated it has “amassed over 300k views to date.”
Ryan that, once they shot the video, they’d an inkling that it will go viral.
“We knew it will have gone viral, however we didn’t know it will have hit 1,000,000 views in a single day,” he stated. “Normally, once we do movies, we like to inform a narrative, as a result of we all know it has the potential for individuals to take pleasure in it.”
Anderson’s efficiency within the video has garnered tons of of feedback on Fb.
Kwailan Kwailan posted, “Pops have younger boy knees,” whereas Yoland Vance stated, “Blue pants (Henry) have good knees.”
Angela Wilson exclaimed, “Pop knees working not de waist”, whereas Weesh M Beng stated, “I’m glad they zoomed in on them knees within the blue within the again. He’s been ready for this second!”
Anderson stated he was shocked by all the eye the video has been getting.
He stated his “drop it down low dance” clearly resonated with viewers, including that “it’s hilarious how the Web is obsessed along with his ‘younger boy knees.’
“I plan to premiere a full model of my ‘Drop it down low’ dance on Instagram web page @FaceVU.Photos subsequent week,” he stated. “I created the dance on the insistence of my grandson. He loves it.”
This isn’t the primary time the grandpa has garnered consideration for his “drop it down low dance”. In 2023 whereas attending Reggae Sumfest in Montego Bay, Jamaica, he stated he stopped by Pier One restaurant in Freeport to have a drink.
“A radio station that was doing a reside broadcast had a dance contest that I entered. I did a remixed model of TJ’s ‘Drift’ that included my ‘drop it down low dance’ and ended up profitable complimentary tickets for each live performance nights. Guess everybody loves my dance,” he stated.
“‘Shake It To The Max’ by Ghanaian singer Moliy is the most popular music on Instagram, TikTok and YouTube,” New York-based, Jamaican leisure publicist Anthony “ER Guru” Turner informed Caribbean Life.
“The video for the music has over 10 million streams on YouTube because it was launched in January,” he added. “The music has taken over TikTok and Instagram and is at the moment the #1 music on YouTube charts in Jamaica, Belize, Guyana, British Virgin Islands and Trinidad and Tobago.”
Turner stated a remixed model of the music, that includes Moliy, Shenseea, Skillibeng and Silent Addy, has “racked up over 4.5 million views and relying on youtube because it was posted two weeks in the past.
