
You have to also express attitude or whatever your personality is with it." "It looks easy, but you have to push your body, your arms and your legs into the same place. "That dance is hard," says choreographer Craft. However, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson's goofy-dad version takes the cake. "īest Celebrity Rendition: Thanks to numerous fan requests, Fifth Harmony's Dinah Jane and Normani Kordei shared their joint version of the Quan, which showed that the dance can be as fun as it is wildly skillful. Kelepi: "The best time to do it is in the daytime when you and your friends are driving around and the song comes on.

"After that, you start adding your own flair – it's pretty hot," says Kelepi.īest Time to Use It: Craft: "If you're watching Rich Homie Quan and he busts it out, do it with him. How to: Make a slow thrust while stepping side to side, then get down and swing your arms. "The feet work of it remind me of the Walk It Out, which also came from Atlanta and kind of made you feel like the Mashed Potato did," Craft says. Origins: Inspired by rapper Rich Homie Quan's pelvic thrusts in the video "Flex" from earlier this year, the dance got its true start in ILoveMemphis' "Hit the Quan" video from the summer and has become bigger than any of Quan's own material. "After you get it down and start adding your own flair, it's pretty good." "I'm not even gonna lie, it took me like an hour to get all the down, and it's only 20 seconds," says Kelepi. Anytime you have a cocktail or a drink in your hand and you don't want to spill it, do the Shmoney."īest Celebrity Rendition: Rihanna busted it out with her girl crew in true RiRi style: on a yacht, smoking a blunt, in a bikini. "You have to let the music take control."īest Time to Use It: Craft: "At any party or gathering you just want to groove. "It's almost like the Camel Walk, a Sixties, James Brown kind of dance," says Craft. How to: Sway your hips with your arms raised and groove in place to the beat. Immediately after, the quick moment became a Vine meme with people hitting the Shmoney everywhere from their cars to their classrooms.


Origins: The dance that helped launch the Vine era: Rapper Bobby Shmurda kicked it off in 2014 when he showed his moves in the "Hot Nigga" video. After repeating "About a week ago" before the beat drops ever-so-gently, Shmurda starts swaying his hips with arms raised but relaxed. Let go of the stress and just let the music go through your body and just have the groove." "I think it's hard if you are trying to do too much with it. "It's only difficult if you're not lost in the moment," says Craft.
