If you were confused by the hashtag #RIPVINE trending on Twitter this morning, you probably never saw the value in the six-second looping video artform of Vine, one that’s had a weirdly strong impact on popular culture. Today, the service has shut down the app. Vine is no more. We’re paying tribute to the service with a collection of our favourite music vines.
1. Little Mix’s Jesy attempts a Jamaican Accent
https://vine.co/v/OXp06A3tBmd
2. ‘Run Away With Me’ everywhere
In March 2016 Jeppo’s banger suddenly spread over Vine like a rash, some six months after its initial release. It was pretty glorious.
https://vine.co/v/ibxWhlAjAht
https://vine.co/v/ivDhvm5HItK
https://vine.co/v/ibJ0WrFgaja
https://vine.co/v/e3qpviTvpZD
Not everyone was a fan though, obviously
https://vine.co/v/iJFKWeJP7PL
3. Rick Ross loves pears
Bloody loves ‘em.
https://vine.co/v/ObbKrpn5JwL
4. Llama loves DMX
For those in need of some Monday morning motivation, there’s always this.
https://vine.co/v/MiAMY06TDUY
5. Crushing Frozen’s dreams
Hate Frozen? So do these people.
https://vine.co/v/hETni67mew2
https://vine.co/v/h3V1wbmrtHK
https://vine.co/v/MagJbpPFLmI
https://vine.co/v/M7Mw2vL7xmg
6. Blink 18-Trump
https://vine.co/v/5Wm7igEpLKX
7. The Nirvana Shovel
This one is magical.
https://vine.co/v/enUMlgDWu2A
8. A-ha: Who is she?
A perfect marriage of music and comedy.
https://vine.co/v/e1vZMFtdODA
https://vine.co/v/ib5PVIl1535
Even Jeff Goldblum got involved, look:
https://vine.co/v/iJVhe0qUEHV
9. Nickelback’s graph
Look at it!!!
https://vine.co/v/eZa7KJdAYwV
10. The Ok Guy
https://vine.co/v/Owhr3ZliBvV
After this went viral, Bieber had a go too:
https://vine.co/v/OYzVqgxADgi
11. Meme-a-Drake
Drake knew this was going to happen when he was shooting the video, but that doesn’t ruin it.
https://vine.co/v/e9Vz3zT0Kw9
https://vine.co/v/eVZPaLtv9wb
12. The Whip
It’s hard to put the origins of this dance phenomenon – the most popular trend ever on Vine – down to one person, but you’d probably credit American Football player Odell Beckham Jr with popularizing it, when he used it as a post-scoring celebration in November 2014. Then in early 2015 rapper Silento released a very Vine-friendly track called ‘Watch Me’ which included the lines “Now watch me whip… now watch me nae-nae”. Soon everyone was getting involved.
https://vine.co/v/ehZn7UOP3Yn
https://vine.co/v/eKg0WrmLL5K
Fetty Wap’s Trap Queen was a good alternative.
https://vine.co/v/eAtA1q1TPYH
13. I didn’t get no sleep cos of y’all
American reality TV personality Tanisha Thomas did this on Bad Girls Club back in 2008:
https://vine.co/v/ehOqq1UjZHY
Years later the clip resurfaced on Vine and became a hit. And loads of people set it to music.
https://vine.co/v/eHUgKqp2z5T
https://vine.co/v/egxDVdTTXM7
https://vine.co/v/eJLQIdjv6FL
14. Eyebrows on fleek
Viner Peaches Monroe used this phrase in a selfie video from June 2014; Monroe’s words became an internet phenomenon that popstar Ariana Grande and Fifth Harmony sang about, and the likes of Amy Schumer are still using them this year.
https://vine.co/v/MTFn7EPvtnd
https://vine.co/v/M3e7TQTMuLb
https://vine.co/v/iMK6wp9jVrB
15. Kanye grooving to his favourite song of 2015
Honestly, this is his favourite.
https://vine.co/v/eIlLtAUJDjU
16. Parklife
You can add ‘Parklife’ to pretty much any wordy phrasing and it’ll be funny, and Vine was the perfect tool to do this.
https://vine.co/v/OOVnFEA1Q7L
https://vine.co/v/OUejVTgxPL5
17. Taylor dancing
https://vine.co/v/MlmFvw3X59x
