The popular 'Dancing Baby' phenomenon from the 90s has resurfaced, reinvented as an NFT.

The 'Dancing Baby' GIF, a quirky favorite from the late 1990s that many found amusingly odd before 'going viral' was even a thing, is making its return. as a 1/1 edition NFT , according to a press release from Vienna-based HFA studio .

This animated loop, which first came to life in 1996, was the brainchild of Michael Girard, Robert Lurye, and John Chadwick. Girard shared the intriguing backstory of this iconic clip with us. Popular Science in 2018.

Girard’s Unreal Pictures was commissioned by Autodesk, a company specializing in design software for engineers, to create a program that enabled users to animate digital models.

The creative team included several demo models for users to animate, such as a dinosaur, a woman, and of course, our delightful baby, as Girard recounted to Pop Sci. He explained further:

‘When people purchased our software, rather than honing their animation skills with the baby model, they exported our dancing rendition, which they affectionately dubbed 'Baby Cha-Cha.' People began sharing it through email, posting it on websites, and even utilizing it on clothing. In 1998, it found its way onto the TV show Ally McBeal. Little did we know, we had unknowingly launched the very first meme of its kind.’ digital meme .”

The trend of converting classic memes into NFTs isn't exactly groundbreaking. Many have been transformed, and a few have even fetched astonishing prices, sometimes reaching six figures. Nyan Cat and Disaster Girl A columnist has drawn parallels between these NFT sales and the Beanie Babies phenomenon of the 90s, while earlier this month, an article suggested the NFT market was on shaky ground — although our analysis indicates the situation isn't as dire as it seems.

But we’re in a strange time for non-fungible tokens . An MSNBC So, the Dancing Baby is back, oozing its uncanny charm once more. Thanks to a range of creative NFT remixes crafted by various digital artists, this meme will likely continue to send shivers down spines for years ahead. Wall Street Journal Snoop Dogg surprises fans at EDC with an unexpected NFT drop. Shiba Inu has launched 'SHIB: the Metaverse', expanding its presence in the digital space. as the WSJ reported.

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