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 users. Have you ever stopped to think about how this meme or viral originated? In this article, we will see a little more about Nyan Cat and its popularity.
For those who don’t know, Nyan Cat is simply an 8-bit animation that shows a cat with the body of a cherry that looks more like a box flying through space. This animation is accompanied by an annoying yet addictive song. This simple feat was able to make thousands of different versions emerge, and also made youtubers, gamers, and other internet creators use it in their projects.
How did Nyan Cat originate? What is its origin?
Nyan Cat was posted on a comic 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 with this gif animation accompanied by a Japanese song made in Vocaloid named Nyanyanyanyanyanyanya.
It was precisely this song composed by the artist Daniwell-P with the voices of Utauloid Momo Momone (the initial idea was to use the famous Hatsune Miku). Quickly, the video surpassed millions of views. Various websites, blogs, and social networks began to spread the animation and music even more across the internet. Today the video has surpassed 150 million views just on the 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 virals.
Influence and curiosities about Nyan Cat
On April 13, 2011, the official site nyan.cat emerged along with various other sites where you can follow the animation and the annoying music. There is even a timer to test how long people can stand listening to this song. Various games, apps, 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 on Slipknot’s videos.
Even YouTube got in on the action; in June 2011, it added a progress bar of nyancat in its videos, but it was disabled on July 5. Additionally, various types of loading screens in videos and operating systems received a Nyan Cat theme. Below we leave another video with various different versions of Nyan Cat.
Even after years, this viral still appears and is often remembered. What do you think of Nyan Cat? We appreciate the shares and comments.
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