It seems like everything that Drake touches turns to gold. We might need to start calling Drake king Midas because every song he drops shoots to number one on the charts. His latest hot is called Tootsie Slide and it has gone viral on TikTok.
Hundreds of TikTok stars have used the song in their dance videos. The lyrics to Tootsie Slide seem to gone instructions for a dance. Some people take the instructions very literally in their videos while others have dug a little deeper into the song and it’s meaning.
What is The Tootsie Slide Dance?
Lots of people are coming up with their own versions of the Tootsie Slide dance. Some people step side to side with a little hesitation step in between. Others slide forward and backward. Everyone is asking the big question “what is the right way to do the tootsie slide dance?”
I’m the music video we can see Drake’s version of the Tootsie Slide. In the video he dances to his hit song in a ski mask and shows us how to do the Tootsie Slide. Check out the video below:
While Drake’s version of the tootsie slide should be agreed upon as the official dance, some are arguing that the moonwalk is the correct way to do the tootsie slide. At first I was not on board, then I saw proof…
Is The Tootsie Slide Actually The Moonwalk?
When you listen to the lyrics to the Tootsie Slide it clearly gives directions for a dance sequence. Some are arguing that the instructions are for Michael Jackson’s famous Moonwalk dance moves.
The song says left foot up left foot slide right foot up right foot slide. If you think about it that is how you moonwalk. Many TikTok dancers have tested the theory and proved that the Moonwalk is the Tootsie Slide and the Tootsie Slide is the moonwalk.
To add further hints as to the right way to do the Tootsie Slide, Drake even says “I can dance like Michael Jackson.” Michael Jackson was famous for the moonwalk and that is the dance that Drake is singing about in the Tootsie Slide. Is this enough proof? Check out these TikToks that show that the song tootsie slide is about the moonwalk.
Comment below if you think the Tootsie Slide is about the moonwalk!