Harlem Residents React to Harlem Shake Meme

Credit: Chris McGuire

One of the more baffling memes of the 2010s so far has been the ‘Harlem Shake’. Not that shoulder shrug Diddy and Ma$e used to do all the time (God, I miss Ma$e). No, this is the Harlem Shake…

Maybe I’m secretly middle-aged (Jeopardy IS appointment television for me, now that I think about it), but I have absolutely no idea how in the rugged red hell this is popular. And apparently, the residents of Harlem share my sexy bewilderment, as evidenced in the following video, where YouTube filmmaker Chris McGuire hits the streets of Harlem to see what local residents make of this utterly confounding meme.