She was nervous and hot in the sun, she said, and didn’t think much of it. She said the video was taken after Alcorn State’s first game of the season in early September, her first as the team’s lead dancer. “I was shocked that actually somebody watched that video,” the college senior said. The Billboard news touched off a media blitz about the meme’s popularity, with articles in NPR, the New York Daily News and the Guardian.Įlexis Wilson, the troupe’s captain, who features so prominently in the video, said in a phone interview that she was surprised that it became so popular. Sign up for our new Morning Report weekday newsletter. Start your day with the news you need from the Bay Area and beyond. She did not respond to a request for comment. Others wondered whether Stevie Nicks, the band member who wrote the song, had seen the meme. Some people complained that they could suddenly not dislodge “Dreams” from their heads. 1 Billboard song from June 1977 were up 24 percent to 1.9 million the last week of March, Billboard reported, in a testament to the wide reach of viral images.Ĭounter-memes about the dancers and Fleetwood Mac emerged. And the video was so widely seen that it catapulted “Dreams” – more than 40 years old – into the top 20 on Billboard’s rock music chart. The so called “color guard” meme took off, drawing thousands of retweets and millions of views.

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