Cover dance

[2] Cover dances first gained popularity online in Japan in March 2007, with many people posting videos of themselves performing the choreography for "Hare Hare Yukai" (colloquially referred to as the "Haruhi dance"), the ending theme song to the 2006 anime adaptation of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya.

[3] This later grew to include cover dances of Berryz Kobo and other Japanese idol singers and groups.

Notable odorite who later became idols themselves include Kozue Aikawa [ja] from Danceroid and Dempagumi.inc,[5] Beckii Cruel,[6] and Keekihime.

[7] Cover dance videos on YouTube get tens of thousands of views,[2] with groups like Chocomint HK becoming viral sensations.

[8][9] A worldwide phenomenon,[1] Paris has become a hub for recording these videos, and has a K-pop dance academy.