| Howard the Alien | |
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| Vital statistics | |
| Gender | None mentioned |
| French | Howard l'Extraterrestre |
| Spanish | Howard el Extraterrestre |
| German | Howard der Außerirdische |
| Japanese | ハワード・ザ・エイリアン (Hawādo za Eirian) |
| Italian | Howard lo Straniero |
| Korean | 하워드 외계인 (Hawodeu Oegyein) |
| Arabic | هاورد الفضائي (Hawirid Alfadayiy) |
| Chinese | 霍华德外星人 (Huòhuádé wài xīng rén) |
| Species | Alien |
| Date Created | February 5, 2016 (Money Longer)
December 2, 2017 (FREE GREEN SCREEN – METAL ALIEN DANCING.) |
| Origin | Lil Uzi Vert
3D Animation Land |
| Family | None mentioned |
| Friends | None mentioned |
"Money Longer" Alien, also known as Howard the Alien, Dancing Metal Alien, or as text as "Imagine having sleep paralysis and seeing this at the foot of your bed just fucking breakin it down and you cant do anything about it like you hear the music in the back and everything bruh" is a meme that was popular in 2018. It refers to a series of YouTube remixes and Ear Rape videos of an animated, metallic alien dancing to the Lil Uzi Vert song Money Longer.
Origin[]
On February 5th, 2016, Lil Uzi Vert released the song Money Longer as his debut commercial single, later featuring on his third mixtape Lil Uzi Vert vs. the World.
About two years later, on December 2nd 2017, YouTuber 3D Animation Land published a video of a metallic alien dancing in front of a green background entitled FREE GREEN SCREEN – METAL ALIEN DANCING. This animation comes from the 3D animation application iClone and is comprised of the "Opening" and "King Tut 01" animations. The video received more than 5,800 views in less than one year.
The earliest known use of the video was published by iFunny user Feat on July 3rd, 2018. The post features the alien dancing in front of a green background with the text "imagin having sleep paralysis and sleeping this as the foot of bed just fuckin breakin it down and you can't do anyhting about it like you hear the music in the back and everything bruh." The post received more than 12,000 positive votes in less than two weeks.
Web usage[]
On July 8th, 2018, Instagrammer sawisdead1234 published a video set to the song and featuring the alien dancing. The post received more than 750 views and 70 likes.
That day, YouTuber Kawhi published a video of the original animation set to the song. The post received more than 5,000 views.
The following day, YouTuber d sufa published a video entitled Alien Dancing to money longer bass boosted. The post received more than 1,500 views in three days.
External references[]
- Genius – Money Longer
- YouTube – 3D Animation Land
- Instagram – @SawIsDead1234's Post
- iFunny – Feat's Post
- iClone – iClone
- Know Your Meme - Howard the Alien / Money Longer Alien