--- title: This Video Proves 'Hotline Bling''s Dance Really Was the Meme of 2015 description: Hotline Bling memes, a supercut by Stereogum canonical: https://time.com/4148212/hotline-bling-drake-supercut/ author: Olivia B. Waxman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-12-14T21:06:57.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:27:43.359Z og:title: This Video Proves 'Hotline Bling's Dance Really Was the Meme of 2015 og:description: Hotline Bling memes, a supercut by Stereogum og:url: https://time.com/4148212/hotline-bling-drake-supercut/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This Video Proves 'Hotline Bling's Dance Really Was the Meme of 2015 twitter:description: Hotline Bling memes, a supercut by Stereogum twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # This Video Proves 'Hotline Bling's Dance Really Was the Meme of 2015 ## Video: Giorgio Moroder Describes the Perfect Pop Dance Song [Watch (HLS stream): Giorgio Moroder Describes the Perfect Pop Dance Song](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/J4PWndMR.m3u8) (1:15)  _Published 2015-02-06. At the age of 74, electronic music producer Giorgio Moroder is releasing his first album in three decades._  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Dec 14, 2015 9:06 PM UTC  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Dec 14, 2015 9:06 PM UTC In just under five minutes, watch “all of the covers, parodies, memes, & TV cameos” related to Drake’s “Hotline Bling” and the rapper’s dance moves in the music video in a mashup produced by the music news website _Stereogum._ It comes out just in time for the holidays, in case you have to explain to parents, grandparents, and other older relatives what the song is and why people are talking about it. You can also check out the [incredible memes](http://time.com/4079654/drake-hotline-bling-dancing-memes/) inspired by the video. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4148212/hotline-bling-drake-supercut/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4148212/hotline-bling-drake-supercut/"},"headline":"This Video Proves 'Hotline Bling's Dance Really Was the Meme of 2015","datePublished":"2015-12-14T21:06:57.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:27:43.359Z","description":"Watch the evolution of the meme in under 5 minutes","url":"https://time.com/4148212/hotline-bling-drake-supercut/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4148212/hotline-bling-drake-supercut/","name":"This Video Proves 'Hotline Bling's Dance Really Was the Meme of 2015"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Giorgio Moroder Describes the Perfect Pop Dance Song","description":"At the age of 74, electronic music producer Giorgio Moroder is releasing his first album in three decades.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/J4PWndMR/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-02-06T22:07:47.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/J4PWndMR.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4148212/hotline-bling-drake-supercut/","duration":"PT1M15S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4148212/hotline-bling-drake-supercut/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```