# Bejeweled dance

> A fan dance drew 3.6 million seed views before Swift adopted it for the Eras Tour.

- Owner: Mikael Arellano
- Kind: Activity
- Sector: Entertainment
- Seed date: 2022-10-23
- Peak proxy date: 2023-03-20
- Date basis: Proxy date; not a directly measured attention peak.
- Spread Score: 35 (Niche, provisional), v1.2
- Mechanics: Remixable template, Sound or audio meme, Low-effort copy, Platform jump, Press loop

## Summary

Mikael Arellano posted a dance to Bejeweled. Fans and other creators copied it, and Swift liked performances. Swift adopted the moves for the Eras Tour, then gave Arellano her 22 hat. He later sang a replacement audio during the UMG dispute.

## Timeline

- 2022-10-21 — Taylor Swift (Audio) — Swift released Midnights, including the song used in the dance.
- 2022-10-23 — @mikaelarellano (TikTok) — Arellano posted the strut, spin and finger-shimmer dance.
- 2022-10-28 — @maisiehpeters (TikTok) — Maisie Peters posted her own performance of the dance.

The full timeline, metrics and sources are on the case page, or via the Pro API (https://howitspread.com/developers).

Canonical URL: https://howitspread.com/cases/bejeweled-dance

Cite as: How It Spread (2026). “Bejeweled dance.” Case HIS-00907. Spread Score v1.2: 35/100. Updated 2026-10-15. https://howitspread.com/id/HIS-00907