# The Fox, the "new gangnam style" viral video by Ylvis **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 9, 2013, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fox-the-new-gangnam-style-viral-video-by-ylvis/668426 "2013-09-09T18:37:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cinnamon\_Imp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@Cinnamon\_Imp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cinnamon_Imp)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2013, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fox-the-new-gangnam-style-viral-video-by-ylvis/668426/1 "2013-09-09T18:37:58Z")
I’m surprised I can’t already see a thread on this one - the video [The Fox](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jofNR_WkoCE) has been doing the rounds on various social media sites for the last week and is up to over 11 million views already. Worth a look! ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2013, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fox-the-new-gangnam-style-viral-video-by-ylvis/668426/2 "2013-09-09T19:21:54Z")
Holy Christ, that was horrible! ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2013, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fox-the-new-gangnam-style-viral-video-by-ylvis/668426/3 "2013-09-09T19:22:17Z")
I freakin’ love it. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2013, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fox-the-new-gangnam-style-viral-video-by-ylvis/668426/4 "2013-09-09T19:33:18Z")
That was horrible, I freakin’ love it. ---
**Author:** ![Cinnamon\_Imp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@Cinnamon\_Imp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cinnamon_Imp)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2013, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fox-the-new-gangnam-style-viral-video-by-ylvis/668426/5 "2013-09-09T19:42:36Z")
66% approval rating, excellent 😉 The “ding-ding-ding-dingading!” bit reminds me of the Crazy Frog novelty single from the mid 2000’s. I can’t decide if I love it because I have a toddler and appreciate its childlike simplicity, or because I was drunk when I first heard it 😉 ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2013, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fox-the-new-gangnam-style-viral-video-by-ylvis/668426/6 "2013-09-09T19:43:14Z")
One of my kids sent the Fox video last week. Today it was Stonehenge. It’s so silly, can’t help but smile. And turn it off 30 seconds in. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2013, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fox-the-new-gangnam-style-viral-video-by-ylvis/668426/7 "2013-09-09T19:44:58Z")
I’m having a hard time finding anything to like about that video and I’m usually all over stupid internet videos like white on rice. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2013, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fox-the-new-gangnam-style-viral-video-by-ylvis/668426/8 "2013-09-09T19:46:50Z")
I don’t think it’s as ‘catchy’ as Gangnam Style. Plus it’s not done by a pudgy South Korean in black Wayfarers. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Cinnamon\_Imp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@Cinnamon\_Imp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cinnamon_Imp)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2013, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fox-the-new-gangnam-style-viral-video-by-ylvis/668426/9 "2013-09-09T19:51:00Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > I’m having a hard time finding anything to like about that video and I’m usually all over stupid internet videos like white on rice. > [@Kimballkid](#): > > I don’t think it’s as ‘catchy’ as Gangnam Style. Plus it’s not done by a pudgy South Korean in black Wayfarers. 🙂 But it \*does \*have a rather attractive moody Scandinavian in a fox onesie! And guys in suits and masquerade masks doing the Bad Romance dance in a forest! ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2013, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fox-the-new-gangnam-style-viral-video-by-ylvis/668426/10 "2013-09-09T20:17:52Z")
It’s pitch-perfect in its imitation of a video that takes itself way too seriously. ---
**Author:** ![moriah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b2d939/32.png) [@moriah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moriah)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2013, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fox-the-new-gangnam-style-viral-video-by-ylvis/668426/11 "2013-09-09T21:07:05Z")
As someone mentioned in the comments there, it’s from a comedy show, so, they’re making fun of formulaic music and music videos with rather trite lyrics. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2013, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fox-the-new-gangnam-style-viral-video-by-ylvis/668426/12 "2013-09-09T21:43:27Z")
My brother showed this to me yesterday. I thought it was hilarious (and catchy.) I even managed to (somewhat luckily) guess that this was Norwegian. Something about the humor screamed Norwegian to me. Turns out, I was right. > [@](#): > > The “ding-ding-ding-dingading!” bit reminds me of the Crazy Frog novelty single from the mid 2000’s. Same comment I made after the first chorus. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2013, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fox-the-new-gangnam-style-viral-video-by-ylvis/668426/13 "2013-09-10T01:27:13Z")
I lasted 61 seconds. Keep in mind that I like to listen to feedback and recordings of street noise in addition to more traditional forms of music, and I still found this unlistenable. And not nearly as much fun to watch as Gangnam Style. ---
**Author:** ![Tanbarkie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a698b9/32.png) [@Tanbarkie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tanbarkie)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2013, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fox-the-new-gangnam-style-viral-video-by-ylvis/668426/14 "2013-09-10T04:17:10Z")
Their Stonehenge video is better. The Fox video doesn’t have enough Honda Civics. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2013, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fox-the-new-gangnam-style-viral-video-by-ylvis/668426/15 "2013-09-10T04:30:59Z")
I miss Rebecca Black. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2013, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fox-the-new-gangnam-style-viral-video-by-ylvis/668426/16 "2013-09-10T04:33:51Z")
> [@Tanbarkie](#): > > Their Stonehenge video is better. “Then she plays with my balls” is just an awesome lyric. ---
**Author:** ![Cinnamon\_Imp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@Cinnamon\_Imp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cinnamon_Imp)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2013, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fox-the-new-gangnam-style-viral-video-by-ylvis/668426/17 "2013-09-10T16:54:32Z")
> [@Tanbarkie](#): > > Their Stonehenge video is better. I prefer The Fox to Stonehenge, but the touching love-story told in duet that is [“Someone Like Me”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=PaEnaoydUUo) wins, hands down. ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2013, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fox-the-new-gangnam-style-viral-video-by-ylvis/668426/18 "2013-09-10T17:35:51Z")
Well, at least now I know how to communicate with a friendly horse… ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2013, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fox-the-new-gangnam-style-viral-video-by-ylvis/668426/19 "2013-09-10T18:00:55Z")
Kind of reminds me of the B52’s Rock Lobster. “There goes a narwhal!!” ---
**Author:** ![Achren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/898d66/32.png) [@Achren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achren)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2013, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fox-the-new-gangnam-style-viral-video-by-ylvis/668426/20 "2013-09-10T21:17:53Z")
[This](http://i.imgur.com/Mf45DL2.jpg) is my favorite response so far. (Comic is Gunnerkrigg Court) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fox-the-new-gangnam-style-viral-video-by-ylvis/668426.md?page=2)