@1negligence: #caramelldansen #caramellagirls #sweden🇸🇪 Key Facts • Original Release: Released in November 2001 as the opening track of the album Supergott by Swedish group Caramell (written by Jorge Vasconcelo and Juha Myllylä). • Meme Phenomenon: In 2006, a pitch-shifted, sped-up remix was paired on 4chan with a looping Flash animation of characters Mai and Mii from the visual novel Popotan doing a signature side-to-side hip sway with hands cupped behind their heads like rabbit ears. • Japanese Popularity: Known in Japan as the "Uma uma dance", the track topped international charts and won a Japan Gold Disc Award. • Caramella Girls: In 2008, record label Remixed Records created the virtual anime-style group Caramella Girls (Mindy, Nadine, and Vera) to officially promote the sped-up version and release new language covers (including English and German)