“The art of art, the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of letters, is simplicity.” – Walt Whitman
This is the Chinese dancing monkey meme.
But where does it come from? Whats the origin?
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/XUQp6PDWA6U
Hiwong Hiwong Tong Hiwong, also known as Tap4Fun Chinese “Age Of Apes” Song or Chinese Monkeys and NFT The Musical, refers to an animation where four ape characters from Tap4Fun’s mobile game Age of Apes sing a cover of the Chinese song “Yiwang Yiwang Dou Yiwang” about getting over their worries about girls to another ape in bed. The video was posted to TikTok in February 2022 and went viral over the following months.
Here you can see the different versions and origin:
Origin
On February 13th, 2022, TikToker[1] @winmg868 posted an animation featuring five ape characters with the “Tap4Fun” logo on their clothing, a mobile game development company that runs a game titled Age of Apes. Other Age of Apes ads feature similar characters in a similar style.[6] In the video, four of the apes sing a Chinese song to a sad ape in bed (shown below). The video gained over 9 million views in two months. This is the earliest known upload of the video. The song used is a cover of the song “Yiwang Yiwang Dou Yiwang” by Mu Zhe Xi.[7]
But where did this song come from?
Its the Chinese version of this vietnamese song:
Which is called “Innocent”
This is the remix version
