Alright folks, grabbed my coffee this morning scrolling through YouTube like usual, you know how it goes. Saw this crazy dance pop up for “What Does The Fox Say” – that song’s weird but catchy as heck. Thought, “Why not? Looks goofy, probably easy.” Famous last words.
Figuring Out Where To Start
First things first, pulled up the music video on my phone. Made myself a little space by pushing the couch back. That rug? Yeah, it stays, tripping hazard or not.
Hit play on the video and just watched it straight through. People moving like crazy foxes, arms flailing, hopping around. My brain went, “Okay… maybe not super easy.”
Found a decent step-by-step tutorial tucked in the suggestions. Teacher seemed chill, broke it down slow. Perfect for me.
The Actual Practice (A.K.A. The Struggle)
Rewound that tutorial like a hundred times. Started with just the feet. Teacher called it the ‘fox trot’ step or something. Basically hop forward on one foot, then back on the other. Sounds simple. My coordination disagreed. Kept landing on the wrong foot, almost kicked the coffee table. Oops.
Then the arms. Oh man, the arms. Had to wave ’em side-to-side above my head while hopping. My arms felt like wet noodles, had zero clue what they were doing. Elbows wanted to go one way, hands another. Felt ridiculous, just kept laughing at myself in the reflection off the TV.
Biggest hurdle was the chorus part – where they make those fox noises. Tutorial had this weird head shake, neck stretch thing while doing a little spin. Getting my feet to step-cross-step while simultaneously pretending to be a fox in distress? Total disaster. Kept getting stuck, legs tangled up. Took me seriously like ten minutes just on that eight-second bit.
Putting It All Together
After drilling the chorus steps individually – hopping angry fox-style – I dared to try it with the arms. Total chaos. Forgot the arms whenever I focused on the feet, forgot the feet whenever I remembered the arms. My brain just switched off one part to manage the other. Utter nonsense.
Did the only sensible thing: slowed the music way down. Played it at half speed. Still looked goofy as heck, but at least things started lining up. Did it slow maybe twenty times, just to build the muscle memory without falling over.
Started bumping the speed back up bit by bit. Full speed still felt messy, especially the spin-head-shake-fox-scream part, but I wasn’t falling anymore. Progress!
The Payoff (Sort Of)
Finally ran through the whole dance, beginning to end. Did I nail it? Heck no. Looked absolutely nothing like the folks in the video – more like a confused ostrich having a fit. But!
- Did I learn the main steps? Yeah, kinda.
- Did I manage to do them in the right order without stopping? Barely, but yes!
- Was I sweating and laughing? You bet.
- Does my dog think I’ve lost it? Definitely. He hid under the table.
Took me a solid hour just to feel slightly less like a disaster. But hey, it’s supposed to be silly, right? Point is, if I can stumble through it today, anyone can give it a shot without stressing perfection. Just embrace the goof. Now I need another coffee and maybe an ice pack.
