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Lady Gaga's 'Bloody Mary' becomes most shazamed song after Jenna Ortega's dance in 'Wednesday' goes viral

'Slay Wednesday! You’re welcome at Haus of Gaga anytime (and bring Thing with you, we love paws around here),' said Lady Gaga

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: 'I'll dance, dance, dance with my hands, hands, hands above my head, head, head' are the few lines that are going viral in the last few days only because of the iconic dance scene of Jenna Ortega in Netflix series, 'Wednesday'. It is not quite often that a song blows up years after its release. However, all thanks to Ms Ortega's dance moves and the lyrics of Gaga's songs that it fits perfectly. Lady Gaga's 'Bloody Mary' has become the most shazamed song. 

All over TikTok and Instagram, people are doing their own versions of the kooky dance, which involves tossing back your head, looking skyward with wide, unblinking eyes, and flinging your arms side to side and up and down like an unhinged robot. Regardless, the Netflix series also set another trend and broke records with 400 million hours of viewership in just twelve days after its release which was on November 23rd, 2022. It may or may not outshine Millie Bobby Brown's 'Stranger Things' spot at number two regardless Ortega should be dancing with her hand above her head because of this massive success.

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According to the official profile of Shazam on Twitter, Lady Gaga's song has become the most shazamed song. They put up a post of with the caption, "#BloodyMary by @ladygaga is now the most Shazamed song in the world!!"

After the song went viral even Gaga could not help but acknowledge it. She posted a tweet saying, “Slay Wednesday! You’re welcome at Haus of Gaga anytime (and bring Thing with you, we love paws around here 😉).”

Speaking to NME about the dance, Ortega revealed that she’d had a surprising amount of creative control over the scene, stating, “I choreographed that myself! I’m not a dancer and I’m sure that’s obvious. I’d gotten the song [‘Goo Goo Muck’] about a week before and I just pulled from whatever I could… it’s crazy because it was my first day with COVID so it was awful to film … I asked to redo it but we didn’t have time. I think I probably could have done it a bit better…”

'Wednesday' premiered on November 16, 2022, and was released on Netflix on November 23 to generally positive reviews by critics, who praised Ortega's performance.

The stars Jenna Ortega as the title character, with Catherine Zeta-Jones, Luis Guzman, Isaac Ordonez, Gwendoline Christie, Riki Lindhome, Jamie McShane, Fred Armisen, and Christina Ricci appearing in supporting roles. Four out of the eight episodes are directed by Tim Burton, who also serves as executive producer.

'Wednesday' is now streaming on Netflix.