Hypnodancer

"Hypnodancer" is a song by the Russian punk-rave group Little Big, released on 8 May 2020 via Warner Music Russia and Little Big family.[1][2] It was the first song to be released by the group after the single "Uno", which was going to go to Eurovision 2020,[3] before being cancelled due to the COVID-19 Pandemic.[4]

"Hypnodancer"
Single by Little Big
PublishedMay 8, 2020
GenrePop
Length3:07
LabelWarner Music Russia, Little Big family
Songwriter(s)Ilya Prusikin, Deniz Zuckerman, Denis Guzel
Producer(s)Ilya Prusikin, Victor Sibrinin
Little Big singles chronology
"Uno"
(2020)		 "Hypnodancer"
(2020)		 "Tacos"
(2020)

Music video

In addition to the usual group members, other celebrities took part in the video including: showman Alexander Gudkov,[5] frontman of The Hatters, Yuri Muzychenko,[6] vocalist of the Leningrad group Florida Chanturia,[7] bloggers Ruslan Usachev[8] and Danila Poperechny.[9] The video was shot in St. Petersburg.[7][8]

The plot of the video revolves around a group (Played by the members of Little Big), who visit various casinos, where the main character (Ilya Prusikin) jumps on the table and begins to dance a hypnotic dance, while his accomplices collect money from other players, after which they leave together.[7][8][9] In one of the casinos, another hypnotist is found (Yuri Muzychenko) and a dance battle begins. The police arrive and they dance together called 'Super Hypnodancer' and quietly leave together.

Success

The music video hit YouTube trends in 26 countries, and in Russia, Latvia, Ukraine, Estonia and Belarus, it took 1st place in the charts.[10][11]

In the first hour of the videos upload, it was viewed 473,000 times,[1] and 1 million times in the first three hours.[7] In the first two days, it had 12.5 million views, and in 10 days, it had 33 million views.[12]

The music video was ranked #5 on the international weekly chart of the most watched video on YouTube on May 14, 2020.[13]

References
  1. "Little Big представили новую песню и клип Hypnodancer". РЕН ТВ (in Russian). 2020-05-08. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  2. "Сингл дня: Little Big — "Hypnodancer" (Слушать, Видео)". www.intermedia.ru (in Russian). 2020-05-08. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  3. "Участники Little Big представили новую песню Hypnodancer". m24.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  4. "Eurovision 2020 in Rotterdam is cancelled". Eurovision.tv. 2020-03-18. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  5. "Александра Гудкова ограбили в новом клипе Little Big". РЕН ТВ (in Russian). 2020-05-08. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  6. "Новый клип Little Big оказался в трендах YouTube в 26 странах мира". Вечерняя Москва (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  7. "Новый клип Little Big набирает популярность у туляков". Молодой Коммунар: Новости Тулы и Тульской области. (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  8. "Little Big's new music video is breaking records".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. Федотова, Нина (2020-05-10). "Новый клип Little Big попал в тренды YouTube в 26 странах". radiokp.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  10. "Новый клип Little Big попал в тренды YouTube в 26 странах мира". РИА Новости (in Russian). 2020-05-10. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  11. "Клип Little Big Hypnodancer попал в тренды YouTube в 26 странах мира". РЕН ТВ (in Russian). 2020-05-10. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  12. "Клип Little big попал в десятку самых просматриваемых видео в мире". РИА Новости (in Russian). 2020-05-18. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  13. "Клип российской группы попал в ТОП-5 международного чарта Youtube". РЕН ТВ (in Russian). 2020-05-19. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
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