Drake’s New Video ‘Hotline Bling’ Turns Into Instant Meme

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By Maia Efrem October 21, 2015

Canadian rapper Drake released his new music video to “Hotline Bling” via Apple Music on October 19th. By last night the internet rose up for the common good and turned his adorable dance moves into one of the funniest series of memes we have seen in a while.

The song, which is currently No. 2 on the Billboard charts, just got a whole lot of free publicity.

We compiled all the best memes for your viewing pleasure, so do yourself a favor and raise the volume.

Did you know Drake was actually the fifth cast member of “Seinfeld”?

Or that sometimes Drake just needs to jam to Persian music.

Drake would kill it doing the chicken dance at a bar mitzvah.

Just in time for the new “Star Wars” movie, here’s Drake honoring Hans Solo:

Are you, perchance, in the mood for bachata?

Novak Djokovic who?

You can meme him all you like, Drake is just going to shake, shake, shake it off!

Maia Efrem is the former research editor and assistant to the editor and was also responsible for the Forward’s annual Salary Survey. Previously she served as the editor of Blognik Beat, a blog written by students who emigrated from or have ties to the Former Soviet Union. Maia is a graduate of Hunter College and Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism.

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