Best Vines of All Time
Short stories emerged into the cultural consciousness of humans in and around the mid-20th century. And given the ease with which they can be read, their popularity rose above race, age and regionalism. A similar trend can be noticed in today’s visual medium as well. Time is a scarce resource in our busy lives, making short videos a valuable source of entertainment. They deliver hard-hitting, relatable content that gets to the point. Given their popularity, it is evident that conciseness is much appreciated in this day and age. And because of their informal structure which does not require high production quality, and their focus on a single subject, there is more room for experimentation with a variety of styles and concepts. Short video content ranges from comedic sketches and absurd animal videos to daily motivation and news items being covered quickly. However, the most popular short videos, without a doubt, are the absurdly funny vines. So let's take a trip down memory lane and look back on the most iconic vines of all time.
1.“Look at all those chickens!”
Kids and animals together is the perfect recipe for a viral video and that is precisely what happened with this one. Kids’ childish musings can make for amazing content when caught on camera. In this video, you see a little girl point to a huge flock of, what are clearly ducks, and say, “Look at all those chickens” in a very matter-of-fact sort of way. What makes this funnier is the confidence with which she declares them chickens. The video was uploaded on the internet in 2013 and remains relevant to this day.
2. “Sweatshirt ears kid” by Its just Luke
Uploaded four years ago, this vine is still parodied and recreated. The vine stars a kid wearing a sweatshirt with the hood over his head tucked behind his ears, grinning, peeking out of curtains, opening doors and looking around corners, before he turns to face the camera and starts dancing and makes funny expressions to“Drop It Like It’s Hot” by Snoop Dogg. The video became one of the more well-known Vines and has been referenced in memes for a long time after it was posted. It was posted by vine user It’s Just Luke. The boy in the video is Luke’s younger brother, Kyle. It was first posted on YouTube by Dank Redoli in 2015, where it gained over 540,000 views. Later that year, ExoticMuffinMan posted the video with the title “Sweatshirt Ear Kid,” and that garnered over 1.1 million views!
3. ‘Who is she’ by Chloe Lmao
This is one of the most duplicated and parodied vines to date. It features Chloe Woodward aka Chloe Lmao dancing with her back to the camera and turning around dramatically to the opening riff of A-ha’s ‘Take on me’. She is seen wearing a tie-dye shirt and a large ponytail, shimmying her shoulders. And then she turns around to reveal a full set of braces and wears sunglasses that are clearly too small for her face. Chloe posted the original Vine in 2015, and within a year it acquired over 90.5 million loops, 626,000 likes, and over 331,000 revines. It got so popular that Jeff Goldblum recreated it!
4. “What are those?” by Young Busco
“What are those” is definitely a phrase you’ve heard before. It has become a common expression used to mock people’s uncool or off-brand shoes. And the origin of this viral expression is a short video of a man ridiculing a police officer’s work boots. The man holding the camera says to the officer that he has a question for him, and then dramatically pans to his boots and shouts, “What are those?” This video was posted by Young Busco (may his soul rest in peace) on Instagram in 2015, and it was later posted on Vine by A-RODney King where it received over 20 million loops, 271,000 likes and 136,000 revines within just two weeks. Not unlike many other popular vines, this clip has inspired several memes and remixes. An honorable mention would be the scene from Black Panther where Shuri mocks T’Challa’s sandals.
5. “I smell like beef” by Katie Ryan
This viral video shows a little girl repeating the phrase “I smell like beef” in a deep voice, well as deep as a child’s voice can go. And the whole time she wears a slight smile on her face as she looks outside the window and back at the person behind the camera. A few seconds in, the little girl drags the phrase to add emphasis on “beef”. The video was posted on Vine by Katie Ryan, the little girl’s mother, in 2014, and it gained over 15 million loops. The sheer dedication with which she continues to recite the seemingly senseless phrase makes this video funnier.
6. “Hi!” “Okay.” by Lilianna Hogan
In the year 2014, Viner Lilianna Hogan posted a Vine clip she had taken during her vacation at the Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda which went viral pretty quick. The video is a panoramic view of her sight-seeing spot, which pans over to the Rwandan tour guide. She says “hi” to him as she pans over, and with a timid smile on his face he replies, “Okay.” Within the first three months of being posted the video garnered over 520,000 likes, 25 million loops, and 294,000 revines. The clip of the tour guide saying “okay” is used in conjunction with other videos to make them funny. For example, it has been used with the iconic ‘Okay? Okay’ scene from The Fault in our Stars.
7. “Oh my God, I love Chipotle. Chipotle is my life.”
The kid in this video titled “white girls b like”, exudes sheer brilliance as he mocks Chipotle lovers and their over the top expressions of said love. He captures the absurdness of the Chipotle fandom in just six seconds and three lines. He says, in what seems to be a valley girl accent, “Oh my God! I love Chipotle. Chipotle is my life!” Do think of this kid when you next decide to use hyperboles to express your affinity for something.
8. Squidward dab
This Vine features an amusement park employee, in a Squidward costume, doing the dab during a parade. The last thing one would expect from the grumpy octopus is a dab, and the guys filming the video erupt in cheers of delight when he delivers. The original video was recorded and uploaded by Deon_dunk to his Vine in 2016, and it received over 22 million loops within a week. It was also massively circulated to other social media platforms like Twitter, Instagram and Tumblr.
Vine, to the dismay of many, was discontinued in 2016. And now we look back on the masterpieces it delivered only fondly. Even in the present day, we have Vine to thank for some of the best short videos on YouTube. Several other such platforms took shape in the years that followed, but none that were as unfiltered and candid as vine was. However, a new short video application on the market called Rizzle has been making some noise lately for being cringe-free and unadulterated by filters. It gives a platform for creators to speak their mind and be themselves- a welcome change in this filter-crazed world.
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