Our minds tend to associate certain feelings and emotions with our favorite songs we grew up listening to. So, for many modern adults who are parents, listening to music from the 80s can bring back a lot of nostalgic memories and even some dance moves from that era. There’s a new trend on TikTok where kids are asking their parents to dance like it’s from the ’80s. They perform his 1984 song “Small Town Boy” by the popular British pop band Blonsky and record their parents’ funky moves.
Her mother, Leanne Lin, 57, told TODAY.com how her “muscle memory took over” when she heard the song. Her daughter, Tabatha Lynn (@tabathalynnk), posted her mother’s performance, which garnered her 8.8 million views and 1,509 comments on the social media platform. In the video, her mother is surprised at first when she hears the song, but she soon begins to groove to the beat. Her text overlay said she “asked her mom to dance like she danced in the 80’s.”
Many others continued to jump on the trend, including 23-year-old Valeria Martinez (@lavaleritaaa), who gave a new “thank you” to her mother, Ian Velaquez, who also jumped on the trend. He said he was holding her. Her videos have so far managed to collect her 12.2 million views and her 11.2 million comments. The text overlaid on the wholesome clip read, “I asked my girlfriend’s mother how she would dance to this song in the 80s.” Her mother starts dancing passionately in a matter of seconds.
This trend isn’t limited to mothers and daughters, with Vanessa Tonacci (@veeantonacci), 29, and John Tonacci, 67, also creating hilarious videos documenting their father’s every move. Their video also garnered a staggering 4.3 million views on social media platforms. Unlike her other two videos, the father who appears in the video has already started a few steps into her dance routine at the beginning of the video.
@mindyfitlife said: “I feel sorry for those who didn’t live through the 80s. It was a magical decade!” Another individual, @jomarie_is_disturbed1985, commented, “One of my favorite things about this trend is seeing all the parents go back in time.” @thebrymarc said, “Before cell phones, people used to go to clubs and dance ‘for real’. No wonder he could break it.”
