--- title: This Shaking Mannequin Head Is The Meme You Need description: The video of a mannequin shaking it to a Sophie song, is taking over the internet. canonical: https://time.com/5678464/mannequin-head-meme/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-09-19T16:05:27.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:00:18.610Z og:title: The Mannequin Head Meme Has People All Shook Up og:description: A video of a mannequin shaking it to a Sophie song, is taking over the internet og:url: https://time.com/5678464/mannequin-head-meme/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4e17643136e44c98/698a032fe76ad28fa16367d0/mannequin.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2121 og:image:height: 1193 og:image:alt: White mannequin head og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Mannequin Head Meme Has People All Shook Up twitter:description: A video of a mannequin shaking it to a Sophie song, is taking over the internet twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4e17643136e44c98/698a032fe76ad28fa16367d0/mannequin.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Everyone's All Shook Up Over This Frantically Shaking Mannequin Head Meme by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Sep 19, 2019 4:05 PM UTC  Getty Images by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Sep 19, 2019 4:05 PM UTC There’s a new [meme](https://time.com/5647509/best-spongebob-memes/) circulating the internet and it’s a highly relatable and useful reaction meme. Like the best memes, this so-called shaking mannequin head [meme](https://time.com/5628391/area-51-meme-explained/) is fairly straightforward, which makes it that much more useful. It is just a brief video clip of a mannequin with a red wig shaking while the song [“Not Okay (Alone Mix)” by SOPHIE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zl1sFW8FXOU) plays in the background. That’s it! The simple and admittedly odd video can be applied in many situations. So many situations, in fact, that the meme has gone viral and is slowly taking over the internet. According to the internet’s meme database, [KnowYourMeme.com](https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/shaking-mannequin-head), the video was first shared on September 16th, by Twitter user @[muriolirum](https://twitter.com/muriolirum/status/1173474762741432320). The video was edited down by user @Colin\_Field\_ who then shared their own, [shorter version of the meme](https://twitter.com/Colin%5FField%5F/status/1173645477495136256). From there the [meme](https://time.com/5676957/dont-have-a-bookmark-meme/) took off as Twitter users found new scenarios in which only a shaking mannequin head would do to properly respond to a situation. That includes everything from iPhone apps before they are deleted to drinking too much coffee to suffering hangovers as an adult to discovering you are already speaking with the manager. > [](https://twitter.com/emilyxhipp/status/1174013833263898624) > [](https://twitter.com/Ericsmylife/status/1173737672705110016) > [](https://twitter.com/benyahr/status/1173700568075968513) > [](https://twitter.com/seanbgoneill/status/1173941312309121024) > [](https://twitter.com/justbalmy/status/1173851554450956288) > [](https://twitter.com/Elias%5FJahshan/status/1173920560558030851) > [](https://twitter.com/5SOSTumblrx/status/1174121552197181441) > [](https://twitter.com/JasonErnBedwell/status/1173960187092328449) > [](https://twitter.com/alanaish/status/1174391152168054784) > [](https://twitter.com/PeterJMarshall/status/1174111695800852485) > [](https://twitter.com/niccolethurman/status/1174322120416874498) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5678464/mannequin-head-meme/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5678464/mannequin-head-meme/"},"headline":"Everyone's All Shook Up Over This Frantically Shaking Mannequin Head Meme","datePublished":"2019-09-19T16:05:27.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:00:18.610Z","description":"The video of a mannequin shaking it to a Sophie song, is taking over the internet.","url":"https://time.com/5678464/mannequin-head-meme/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral","memes","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4e17643136e44c98/698a032fe76ad28fa16367d0/mannequin.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4e17643136e44c98/698a032fe76ad28fa16367d0/mannequin.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"White mannequin head","caption":"White mannequin head","creditText":"Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"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/5678464/mannequin-head-meme/","name":"Everyone's All Shook Up Over This Frantically Shaking Mannequin Head Meme"}}]}] ```