BOTH: And we are the NaeNae–
SHAYNÉ: AHHH! ZHANÉ: When do we do-?!
[Shayné laughs]
ZHANÉ: What do you wanna say–?!
CLAY: Ever since Megan Thee Stallion dropped her remix of "Savage,"
featuring Queen B,
this FIERY dance has taken TikTok by storm.
But who created this routine?
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So what IS the "Savage Remix" routine?
And who created it?
Our research brought us to the POWERFUL twin-sister duo
known as the NaeNae Twins!
ZHANÉ: Hey I'm Zhané!
SHAYNÉ: And I'm Shayné!
BOTH: And we are the NaeNae Twins!
SHAYNÉ: And we're also the creators of the Savage Remix Challenge!
ZHANÉ: So the song came out on April 29th,
and.. we also created
AND posted our challenge on the same day.
And we were like "we have to hop on this."
It's B!
All her beehives follow us,
all her fans.. ZHANÉ: Right.
SHAYNÉ: Usually we..
create it and then we record it the next day,
but..
ZHANÉ: We hopped on TikTok and we seen people posting their challenge
and we were like "wait, hold on.."
[Shayné laughs]
ZHANÉ: We were like "we gotta do it now"
because, there's no–
people aren't waiting!
They hop on it!
And we had to take action right there and then.
DEVIN: Could you break down some of the wordplay in your guys' routine?
SHAYNÉ: The beginning-
obviously she mentions TikTok,
so we HAD to do a TikTok move.. ZHANÉ: Right.. TikTok move..
ZHANÉ: Well can I get up and show you..?
[Shayné laughs]
[demonstrates] ZHANÉ: We said "Hips tik tok.."
ZHANÉ: We put in her..
SHAYNÉ: "Baby boy.." ZHANÉ: Her–
SHAYNÉ: Was it baby boy-?
Oh no Check Up On It! ZHANÉ: No it was "Check Up On It-!"
-body roll.. SHAYNÉ: "Check Up On It"
body roll..
That was on "Big B"
because.. she's talking about herself
and we just had to pay homage..
to her..
by using her body roll..
ZHANÉ: Her famous body roll.. SHAYNÉ: And then.. she talks about Texas..
which is her hometown, ZHANÉ: Yes..
SHAYNÉ: so we had to throw up- ZHANÉ: So we had to throw it up..
SHAYNÉ: Texas signs.. [Zhané laughs]
SHAYNÉ: At first we got it WRONG,
we were throwing up THIS..
ZHANÉ: Right..
SHAYNÉ: With the thumbs..
and people were telling us "that's so wrong"..
ZHANÉ: So we were like "oop.."
so, we had to tuck it in.. [Shayné laughs]
[both laugh]
DEVIN: Spider-man..
[all laugh]
SHAYNÉ: We just wanted to make it relatable
so that everybody can join in with us
and do it as well..
ZHANÉ: But also making it ourselves like-
we had to make sure that we incorporated..
like OUR style of dance as well..
within..
TikTok..
dance moves too-
so we combined the two together..
When Megan Thee Stallion did our dance..
we were SO shocked
and.. she actually did it three times, right?
She posted us the first time,
she did it.. in her kitchen the second time,
and then the third time she did it again for like a YouTube video..
SHAYNÉ: Mhm.. ZHANÉ: I was like,
"This girl can't get enough of us!"
[both laugh]
SHAYNÉ: She also mentioned-
she was like,
"NaeNae Twins, this is NOT.."
"no TikTok dance,"
"this is CHOREO.."
SHAYNÉ: So it was pretty-
I guess it was tough for her but..
ZHANÉ: Brian Friedman did it as well.. SHAYNÉ: Mhm..
ZHANÉ: It was crazy because
I was reading the comments and someone was like,
"Oh my gosh, he doesn't do ANYbody's choreo!"
And the fact that he did ours is just..
mind-blowing.. SHAYNÉ: It's crazy..
SHAYNÉ: Beyoncé's MOTHER
reposted our-
uh.. ZHANÉ: Video..
SHAYNÉ: -video.. ZHANÉ: Right..
SHAYNÉ: So we were like,
"that's the closest we gonna GET-"
ZHANÉ: Right! SHAYNÉ: to meeting her!
[both laugh]
ZHANÉ: We felt that,
deep down in our spirit,
[Shayné laughs]
ZHANÉ: that she'd seen it..
[Shayné laughs]
DEVIN: What's your guys' take on credit and authenticity on TikTok
and have you guys run into any issues before?
SHAYNÉ: There was an issue when Megan posted us
on her Instagram..
Uh- a lot of people were tagging us
in her comments and saying that
she should have tagged the creators of the dance..
ZHANÉ: Yeah but- SHAYNÉ: but um..
ZHANÉ: I don't feel like that's a problem for US..
SHAYNÉ: Yeah it's not that big of a- ZHANÉ: Like my cousin called
and she was like,
"why didn't she tag you?!"
I was like,
"Girl, I don't-"
"I don't have control over her page..
SHAYNÉ: But we- we're just..
grateful that she- ZHANÉ: Right!
posted us in the first place!
ZHANÉ: Exactly.. SHAYNÉ: So-
but some people DO..
feel like they deserve-
you know- that credit and stuff and..
Kekeeee..
was one of them-
she's- she's the original–
ZHANÉ: Savage creator- SHAYNÉ: creator of Savage..
ZHANÉ: Shoutout to Kekeeee!
SHAYNÉ: And.. so we did like four moves of hers
at the end of our Savage Remix..
People felt like we should have
credited her as well so..
From now on, we're..
you know- we're
tagging people and-
ZHANÉ: Giving credit where credit is due.
SHAYNÉ: Right.
SHAYNÉ: So we love seeing other people do our routines
and we especially love when they
put their own like-
creative vibe in it.. ZHANÉ: Right..
ZHANÉ: Like- SHAYNÉ: Their own style..
ZHANÉ: Yeah.. SHAYNÉ: They might change up the choreo a little bit,
ZHANÉ: Right.. SHAYNÉ: So we just love to see their creativity..
ZHANÉ: So if you wanna learn our Savage Remix Challenge,
make sure you take our class at STEEZY Studio!
And then, also, make sure you tag STEEZY
and tag @naenaetwins
so we can watch your videos!
CLAY: And THAT is the Savage Remix routine explained!
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