Lucie: First things first, I am NOT a dance teacher. And secondly, I am not even a
dancer. So I'm just a person that likes to dance, and I'm assuming you like to
dance if you're here watching this video... and I think I'm equipped enough to teach
you how to do this average dance without being a professional. You may have seen
some of my other dance videos on YouTube. If not, check those out after this one...
And because I'm not a professional dancer, I'm actually not going to teach
this with counts. Instead I'm just going to teach it with the actual words from
the song. I find that when I learn dances to numbers, it's kind of difficult to
then pair it up with the lyrics... so I'm just going to teach it to you with the
words. Thank you to Keke for choreographing this awesome dance on
tiktok. Just know that the dance has evolved and
changed, and there are so many different versions out there... and when it comes to
tiktok dances, you can kind of just do whatever you want. There's no, like, "this
is the way to do it"... And I'm going to try to teach it the way Keke does it, but
keep in mind that when it comes to tiktok these dances change and evolve and
there's no hard and fast way to do each dance... so just kind of have fun with it
and do what you want. Unfortunately I cannot play this song out loud in this
video, because YouTube has some copyright infringement issues, and I don't want to
get in any trouble... so I'm going to speak the lyrics out loud instead of playing
them. Alright so, the first thing we have to do is mirror my screen, because when I
go like this, I want you to use your right hand because this is my right hand...
so mirror the screen. Now this should be your right hand, and this is your left
hand. Keep in mind, because you're watching this video within YouTube, I'm
going to be going at my own pace but if I'm going either too fast or too slow
for you, you can adjust the play speed below in the play bar. So just tap on the
play bar and you can either make this video faster so that it goes as fast as
you'd like, or you can slow it down and take it nice and easy.
So just to walk you through the dance with actual words, it goes like this: "I'm a
savage" [clap] "classy, bougie, ratchet" [uh!] "sassy, moody, nasty" [uh!]
"actin' stupid, what's happening" [uh-uh-uh] "what's happening... I'm a savage".
UH! Okay?
My husband is right here, laughing at me. All right.
Let's take it from the top. First things first is this kind of, like, interesting
hit thing that goes "I'm a savage"... and you basically want to make sure that your
final hit is on the word savage. There are some people that are just going "I'm a
savage" and just hitting on that word "savage"... Other people these days are
actually doing, like, dinosaur claws... "I'm a savage" [clap] It's up to you
however you want to do it. I'm gonna go like this... Just feels the most natural. So
just so you know, left hand is going like this: It's going up to the shoulder, down
to the ribcage, and up to the shoulder... and the right arm is punching down to
your left hip, up to your right shoulder, and down to your left hip again. And so
when you put that together it looks... [demonstrates]. They're kind of going
opposite directions... Five, six, seven... "I'm a savage"... Five, six, seven... "I'm a savage"...
All right. Now, from here we're taking our left arm... and this is going to be the arm
that's on the top of the clap... once again I'm not sure if this is exactly the way
it's done by Keke in the original... it's kind of hard to tell on tiktok if
it's mirrored or not... but this is easiest for me. So, left arm's already on top, and
now it's swinging around and clapping on top. And this hit, this clap is on that
beat, right after the word savage. "I'm a savage" [uh!]. So, yeah, you're kind of going
"I'm a savage" this arm, this right arm just going straight up in front of you...
and this left arm is making a loop and clapping... So, five, six, seven... "I'm a savage"
[clap]. One more time. Five, six, seven... "I'm a savage" [clap]. All right, now here's the fun
part. We're going to swing our hips on "classy" to the left,
"bougie" to the right. We just do the hips first so let me put
my hands up here. We're just going like this swinging left... swing, swing, swing!
But now we add the arms, and we're kind of going up, and up... "classy"... "bougie"... So from the
top. Five, six, seven... "I'm a savage" [uh!] "classy, bougie"... I hope that the five, six,
seven is okay... that's just kind of how I'm gonna count in... So, five, six, seven... "I'm a
savage" [clap] "classy, bougie..." All right, now here's the fun part, we're gonna
take our left foot and step forward, and we're going "ratchet"... and
you're going around to your butt with your left hand.
So from here, "classy, bougie, ratchet..." Make it your own. You want to be like
"ratchet"... Just do it. "Classy, bougie, ratchet..." and I always take my right hand and put
it up to my hair here... So we go "classy, bougie, ratchet..." but you got to make that
circle and pop that left hip out. "Ratchet..." And from there, there's another beat
right after the word "ratchet"... "Classy, bougie, ratchet..." and I like to lift up my
foot. Just kind of helps me pop the hip even further... I always go [demonstrates]. Just helps me
remember that hit. So, let's take it slowly from the top. Five, six, seven, eight...
"I'm a savage." [uh!] "Classy, bougie, ratchet..." [hit!] Did you get it? One more time. Five,
six, seven... "I'm a savage." [uh!] "Classy, bougie, ratchet..." Nice to lift that foot up, just
get a little extra hip-pop in there... Five, six... Arm hits! "I'm a savage" And clap!
Now swing! "Classy, boujie..." Butt! "Ratchet..." Cha-ching! Five, six, seven... "I'm a savage" Uh!
"Classy, bougie, ratchet..." And pop! I hope I'm teaching you this dance well... Wow, it's
really hard to be a dance teacher, I'm out of breath! All right, we just did
ratchet... now, from here you can step this left foot out and kind of open your legs
again... or, I like to bring my legs together for this part just because
all the other parts are legs out... So I diversify. It's gonna look like this:
"Ratchet... sassy," Out! "Ratchet... sassy," Out! And then on the word "moody", you're gonna
start this wave with your arms... So I usually have this right arm tucked up on
my head through "ratchet" click! Then when I go "sassy, moody"... I take it out on the
word "moody". So, just to show you how that looks... From our hip swinging, we're going
"classy, bougie, ratchet..." ching! "Sassy, moody..." Five, six, seven... "I'm a savage..." Uh! "Classy,
bougie, ratchet... sassy, moody..." Now here's the fun part...
After we just did "ratchet... sassy, moody..." Now we're going "nasty!"... Okay, here's the
thing. I don't really know how to do it the way they do it in the videos. A lot
of people, like, lift their right foot up and they're going, like, nasty with their
foot in the air... That's just not something my body does, so I like to
either just go like "sassy, moody, nasty..." and roll towards the camera.
"sassy, moody, nasty..." And once again, I put my left hand up here just as I had my
right hand up during ratchet... "sassy, moody, nasty..." I also have just kind of had fun
with this and I've done one where I'm like "sassy, moody, nasty!" Do whatever you
want. Once again, it's just tiktok. Nobody's watching. Let's take it from the
top, ready? Five, six, seven... "I'm a savage. Classy, bougie, ratchet. Sassy, moody. nasty."
Did you get it? Let's do it two more times. Five, six, seven... "I'm a savage.
Classy, bougie, ratchet. Sassy, moody. nasty." One more time. Five, six, seven... "I'm a savage.
Classy, bougie, ratchet. Sassy, moody. nasty." Are you
laughing at me? What's wrong?
Now from here, you're gonna step... put your weight on your left foot for a second
and then step forward on your right foot. And I think a lot of people kind of like
to lunge at the camera for this part... so do it. Because it's kind of fun. And then
we're gonna go "acting stupid"... So, on "acting" you're crossing your arms up and
then taking them down with your step on the right foot... "acting stupid"... And when
you do "stupid", a lot of people like to, like, cross their eyes... stick their tongue
out... do something stupid. Okay? Actually, a lot of people kind of like to
do this part... instead of lunging forward and making it kind of messy, a lot of
people like to do it really, like, you know... just like in place, nice and slow,
and stiff. So do it however you want to. Let's take it from classy and bougie... Our
hip swings... "Classy, bougie, ratchet... sassy, moody, nasty! Acting
stupid..." I like to do spirit fingers with the hands. One more time from classy and
bougie... Five, six, seven, eight... "Classy, bougie, ratchet... Sassy, moody, nasty! Acting
stupid..." And I'm popping my left foot up for this. It's sort of like lunging
forward... acting stupid... and then I go back on my left foot for the next part. Let's
take it from the top twice, up to the "actin' stupid". Five, six, seven... "I'm a savage."
"Classy, bougie, ratchet... Sassy, moody, nasty! Acting stupid..."
One more time from the top. Five, six, seven... "I'm a savage. Classy, bougie, ratchet...
Sassy, moody, nasty! Acting stupid..." So after this part, acting stupid... you're
just gonna step back on your right foot and put your right hand down, and step
back on your left foot and put your left foot down. So it's gonna look like this: [demonstrates]
"Acting stupid... what's happening?" uh uh uh! I like to think in my head the words and
the beat of the song... which is why I always go "I'm a savage" UH! "Classic, bougie,
ratchet..." So yeah, just add in those sounds to
help you remember those hits. "Acting stupid...
what's happening?" uh uh uh! Five, six, seven... "I'm a savage. Classy, bougie, ratchet...
Sassy, moody, nasty! Actin' stupid... what's happenin'?" uh uh uh! One more time. Five, six,
seven... "I'm a savage. Classy, bougie, ratchet... Sassy, moody, nasty! Actin' stupid...
what's happening?" uh uh uh! Alright, so here's the next part. The last few words are,
again, "What's happening? I'm a savage." So there's a lot of action that's gonna
happen in this last "what's happening"... So the first one is "what's happening" uh uh uh! The
second one is kind of like a Disney wand swirl... [demonstrates] We're using our left hand... so we're
going "acting stupid..." Right, left, shake, shake, shake... then our
left hand comes up... and the way I do it it's kind of like a figure eight... and I
always go down towards my body, up over my head, and around again. So this is the
motion that I think is the right way to do it... but once again, use your right hand
if it's more comfortable... do it backwards if it's more comfortable... whatever you want.
"Actin' stupid..." right, left, shake, shake, shake... magic wand... And it's fast. It sounds
like magic wand... And in terms of the lyrics, this is how this part is gonna
look. So it goes "Acting stupid... what's happening? What's happening?" Clap clap
clap! So that's why it's kind of fast. You're getting all this action in on
just one sentence. What is happening? From the top up to our magic wand.
Five, six, seven... "I'm a savage. Classy, bougie, ratchet...
Sassy, moody, nasty! Actin' stupid... what's happening? What's happening?"
"What's happening?" clap clap clap! Same way we had here "what's happening?" shake shake shake!...
now we're going "what's happening" clap up, down... And the way we're doing this is
you're just going to take your hands, put them down... I have my left arm over the
right, and I guess the right over the left on this side... they're
just crossed, and then it goes down, up... the backs of the hands hit... down. So
that's a good way to describe it! We go "what's happening?" shake shake shake!
"what's happening?" down, up, down. From the top! You are at the very end of the dance!
Five, six, seven... "I'm a savage. Classy, bougie, ratchet... Sassy, moody, nasty!
Actin' stupid... what's happening?" shake shake shake! "what's happening?" Down, up,
down. Now, from right here just gonna jump back, arms up... and you're going "I'm a
savage..." Keke who choreographed this dance actually ends it by going "I'm a savage"
and she just does two big dips. A lot of people I've seen online do four... one, two,
three, four... a lot of people also get their arms into it... one, two, three, four...
Decide how savage you want to be... I like to do this. From the top. Five, six, seven...
"I'm a savage. Classy, bougie, ratchet... Sassy, moody, nasty!
Actin' stupid... What's happenin'?" shake shake shake! Magic
wand... down, up, down! Savage. Did you get it? Three more times at that speed with me
saying the words, okay? Number one: Five, six, seven... "I'm a savage. Classy, bougie,
ratchet..." Michael's filming me... "Sassy, moody, nasty! Actin' stupid... what's happenin'?"
"What's happenin'? I'm a savage." Number two: Ready? Five, six... you know, I'm gonna start
with my legs together, and I'm gonna jump out on my "savage", okay? Five, six, seven... "I'm
a savage. Classy, bougie, ratchet... Sassy, moody, nasty! Acting stupid...
what's happenin'? What's happenin'? I'm a savage." And last time... number three: From
the top. Here we go! Five, six, seven... "I'm a savage.
Classy, bougie, ratchet... Sassy, moody, nasty! Acting stupid... What's happening?
What's happening? I'm a savage."
And that is the choreography for the Savage dance! If you
do it, be sure to tag me both on tiktok @luciebfink_official and on
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