Lately on social media, a dancing mouse 🐭 has been capturing attention with its flashy steps, amusing enough to make you laugh. The mouse's dance, called 'Rat Dance,' features a 3D animated mouse character created by TikToker ratomilton dancing to Joyful's 'Chess.' This meme has rapidly spread through SNS challenges, with many K-pop stars continuing the trend by participating.

 

In this K-Trend Report, we will delve into the 'Rat Dance' challenge that stars have taken part in. Shall we begin?

 

ATEEZ Yunho

 

ATEEZ's Yunho, true to his role as the team's main dancer, perfectly executed the essence of the 'Rat Dance.' The key to 'Rat Dance' lies in lightly stepping with dazzling steps, which Yunho used his long arms and legs to accomplish, thus perfectly completing the challenge and winning fans' hearts with a smile after his flawless performance. Indeed, his 'Rat Dance' can be considered the standard.

 


ZEROBASEONE


Members Seok Matthew, Park Geon-wook, Kim Kyu-bin, and Ricky from ZEROBASEONE also took on the 'Rat Dance' challenge. Seok Matthew led with sleek dance lines, followed by Park Geon-wook and Kim Kyu-bin, who sprinted up with big smiles. Lastly, a calm Ricky, seen drinking coffee and listening to music, winks at the camera, humorously concluding their challenge. The playful demeanor of the members certainly brought smiles to their fans.


BOYNEXTDOOR WOONHAK

 

Another artist who joined the challenge with the 'Rat Dance' mouse character is BOYNEXTDOOR's Woonhak. Known for his natural sense and style, Woonhak showcased the 'Rat Dance' with ease, presenting a relaxed dance with a laid-back charm.


ILLIT

 

ILLIT displayed powerful dance lines that exuded a hip charm. Paired with an oversized hoodie and wild pants, their hip charm was doubled, with the retro hip-hop feel enhanced by the old-school elements in the 'Rat Dance' steps. Through the 'Rat Dance' challenge, ILLIT perfectly showcased their reversal charm, displaying both their usual and unexpected appeal.

 


From artists who fully leveraged their inherent charm through the 'Rat Dance' challenge to those who showed a surprising reversal of charm, the trend of the 'Rat Dance' challenge has captured attention. After this trend fades, we're left wondering what challenge will next showcase the allure of artists. See you next Wednesday👋