It’s 2017, and the dab is still a thing.
The dance craze that originated over in the States was everywhere on these shores last year and, despite the best efforts of 30-odd year-old footballers such as Dirk Kuyt, has remained in popular culture.
Reminding us that it’s *still* not gone away properly, will.i.am appeared to sneak a crafty dab into the first episode of The Voice, which aired for the first time on ITV on Saturday night.
The first performer of the new series was 31-year-old Jason Jones, whose rendition of that-one-who-left-One Direction’s song was enough to convince the Black Eyed Peas man to hit his red button, a symbol that he’s good enough to reach the next level of a talent show whose eventual winner will probably be forgotten a couple of weeks after the series ends.
Anyway, look at how he presses his button…
Did https://t.co/8xx1LqR7uM just dab on the Voice? Disgusting. pic.twitter.com/KeKm0VWCdn
— Cynically Red (@Cynically_Red) January 7, 2017
Plenty of people appear to think that he did indeed dab, and the reaction was mixed.
Some weren’t impressed…
Did https://t.co/YEQiacUgsI just dab….is that my puke on the floor
— Amy (@amyatthedisco) January 7, 2017
Did I seriously just witness https://t.co/ZMHIFvrcRZ dab the buzzer on the voice absolute melt
— Sam (@swearleatshirt) January 7, 2017
Just turned Saturday night normal tv on for the first time in years. Seen https://t.co/lnXXvyCZ8R dab. Straight back off
— Craig (@Craig9Steveson) January 7, 2017
Others were…
will I am throwing dab about on voice ??
— Joshua Hitchen (@Hitchennnn1993) January 7, 2017
#will I am with the dab of 2017 ???????the voice
— Corrie Casswell (@CasswellCorrie) January 7, 2017
Hahaha Will I am hitting the button with a Dab! #TheVoice
— Karl Wilson (@klwilson88) January 7, 2017
Seriously though, can we just stop this now?