# Slickback levitating dance

> A Korean student's floating-foot dance video reached 241.5 million TikTok plays.

- Owner: null
- Kind: Activity
- Sector: Culture (no sector)
- Seed date: 2023-10-15
- Peak date: Week of Oct 22, 2023
- Date basis: Dates use the stated precision; chart positions are date anchors.
- Spread Score: 46 (Notable, provisional), v1.2
- Mechanics: Challenge, Remixable template, Platform jump, Press loop, Maker origin

## Summary

Lee's floating variation of the Jubi Slide spread from his friend's TikTok to K-pop attempts and news broadcasts. Pupils practiced it offline. Police and city accounts adapted it, and Lee appeared on You Quiz on the Block.

## Timeline

- 2023-10-15 — Lee Hyo-cheol / @wm87.4 (TikTok) — Lee's friend posted his ten-second floating-foot dance at 02:19:20 UTC.
- 2023-10-19 — Seoul Shinmun / SBS News (Press) — Korean news outlets covered the clip after it passed 160 million TikTok views.
- 2023-10-20 — MBC News Today (TV) — MBC broadcast the clip and reported more than 170 million plays within four days.

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Canonical URL: https://howitspread.com/cases/slickback-levitating-dance

Cite as: How It Spread (2026). “Slickback levitating dance.” Case HIS-00980. Spread Score v1.2: 46/100. Updated 2026-10-17. https://howitspread.com/id/HIS-00980