About
The Left Shark, also known as the Super Bowl Halftime Shark, is a nickname given to one of the stage dancers dressed in a shark costume during Katy Perry’s halftime performance at the Super Bowl XLIX on February 1st, 2015.
Origin
On November 23rd, 2014, NFL announced that Katy Perry will perform the halftime show at the Super Bowl XLIX on February 1st, 2015, starring special guests Lenny Kravitz and Missy Elliott.[154][155] During the performance of her song “Teenage Dream,” one of the backup dancers dressed as a shark and dancing to the left side of the singer was seen screwing up a routine while on stage. Shortly after the conclusion of the halftime show, the awkwardly dancing “left shark” quickly emerged as a trending topic on Twitter and elsewhere.
Spread
At 8:23 p.m. (EST), rapper Snoop Dogg tweeted a joke claiming that he was one of the sharks dancing next to Katy Perry.[1] Within matter of just a few hours, the tweet gained nearly 100,000 retweets.
If you were wondering that was me in tha Shark costume !!
— Snoop Dogg (@SnoopDogg) February 2, 2015
At 9:08 p.m. (EST), BuzzFeed ran a character survey asking its readers “Which Katy Perry Halftime Show Shark Are You?”[2]
Various Examples
Search Interest
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External References
[1]Twitter – @SnoopDogg