On April 2, 2011, another Japanese viral was born that spread all over the world. The famous Nyan Cat, also known as Pop Tart Cat, appeared with its animation and repetitive music to addict and torment internet s. Have you ever stopped to think about how this meme or viral originated? In this article, we will take a closer look at Nyan Cat and its popularity.
For those who don't know, Nyan Cat is simply an 8-bit animation that shows a cat with a cherry body that looks more like a flying box in space. This animation is accompanied by an annoying yet addictive song. This simple feat was able to inspire thousands of different versions to emerge, and also led youtubers, gamers, and other internet creators to use it in their projects.
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How did Nyan Cat come about? What is your origin?
Nyan Cat was posted on a webcomic site called LOL COMICS on April 2, 2011. It was created by Chris Torres known as prguitarman who was inspired by his own Russian cat. It was posted only as a gif animation, but on April 5, 2011, a YouTuber named Saraj00n posted a video featuring this gif animation accompanied by a Japanese song made on Vocaloid called Nyanyanyanyanyanyanya.
It was precisely this song composed by the artist Daniwell-P with the voices of Utauloid Momo Momone (the original idea was to use the famous Hatsune Miku). The video quickly sured millions of views. Various websites, blogs, and social networks began to spread the animation and music even further across the internet. Today, the video has sured 150 million views from just one original video, and it is believed that the views may have exceeded billions. Nyan Cat was responsible for the emergence of various games, videos, fan art, memes, and even other viral content.
influence and curiosities about Nyan Cat
On April 13, 2011, the official site nyan.cat was launched, along with several other sites where you can watch the animation and the annoying music. There is even a timer to test how long people can stand listening to this music. Various games, applications, and other similar sites began to appear on the internet. Cat was even referenced in the mobile game Buffalo Bison Revenge.
There are reports that Slipknot used the rhythm of the Nyan Cat song in their song psychosocial. This resulted in thousands of comments saying nyanyanyanyanyanyanya in the Slipknot videos.
Even YouTube got on the bandwagon, in June 2011 it added a nyancat progress bar to its videos, but it was disabled on July 5th. In addition, various types of loading screens in videos and operating systems received a Nyan Cat theme. Below we leave another video with several different versions of nyan cat.
Even after years, this viral still appears and is usually ed. What do you think of Nyan Cat? We appreciate the shares and comments.
