Funniest reactions to music videos……..Okay, so listen. You ever stumble on a music video so weird or dramatic or just plain chaotic that you end up watching it three times — once to understand, once to laugh, and once just to process what your eyeballs witnessed?
Yeah. That’s been me at least fifty times.
I mean, music videos are like these tiny fever dreams that artists drop into our feeds, and somehow they turn normal people like you and me into accidental meme historians. And the funniest reactions to music videos that broke the internet—oh man—they’re almost better than the videos themselves.
Like, sure, I’ll watch Doja Cat dance in a giant alien bodysuit, but what I really want is to see some poor guy in Ohio drop his drink mid-reaction like, “BRO WHAT IS THAT??”
When the Internet Lost Its Collective Mind
You remember when Beyoncé dropped Formation outta nowhere?
I was sitting in my apartment in Queens—had a leftover slice of dollar pizza in one hand, scrolling mindlessly—and boom. Everyone on Twitter was either screaming “SHE DID THAT!” or just posting keyboard smashes like “KJHFSKJFHSDF.”
My cousin texted me, “Beyoncé just ended the Super Bowl before it started.”
And honestly, she wasn’t wrong.
But the real comedy gold was the reaction videos. People were crying, jumping off couches, trying (and failing) to imitate her moves in their kitchens. One guy straight-up fainted mid-commentary. I wish I was exaggerating.
The Day “WAP” Broke People’s Brains
Okay, let’s talk about the cultural earthquake that was WAP by Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion.
I remember the night it dropped. Twitter, YouTube, TikTok—every platform turned into a feverish group chat. My friend Mark (who pretends he’s “not into pop music”) texted me, “Bro… did she just say that?”
Yes, Mark. She did. Multiple times.
But what truly made it iconic were the YouTube reaction videos. Some were like, “OH OKAY, LADIES, GO OFF.” Others were just wide-eyed silence followed by uncontrollable laughter. Parents reacted. Grandmas reacted. Even nuns—yes, actual nuns—posted a reaction saying they were “concerned but impressed.”
Someone edited together a supercut of 50 different people screaming at the same lyric drop, and I swear it was the funniest thing I’ve ever seen. That’s what I love about the internet—it’s pure chaos, in the most creative way.
When “Gangnam Style” Ruled the World
Before TikTok dances were a thing, there was Gangnam Style.
If you weren’t around for that era… honestly, I envy you and pity you at the same time.
The reactions were a full-on cultural event. Kids, grandparents, world leaders—everyone tried that goofy horse dance. Obama joked about it. My high school gym teacher used it as a warm-up. And let me tell you, watching a bunch of 15-year-olds gallop in slow motion is hauntingly hilarious.
There’s this one viral reaction video where a group of dudes were watching it for the first time, and at the “hey, sexy lady” part, one guy just spits out his drink. All over his friend’s laptop.
The friend’s face? Priceless. Somewhere between betrayal and disbelief.
I still think Gangnam Style might’ve invented internet unity. Like, for one weird, magical month, the entire planet was vibing to the same absurd beat.
Taylor Swift Fans Have No Chill (and I Love It)
Now let’s talk about Swifties.
I have never seen more passionate, emotionally unhinged, yet somehow organized human beings.
When Look What You Made Me Do dropped, it was like the internet collectively combusted. Reaction videos ranged from people sobbing to people analyzing every frame like it was the Zapruder film.
One girl literally fell off her chair when “The old Taylor can’t come to the phone right now” line hit.
Her caption: “I ascended.”
Same, girl. Same.
And the best part? The fan theories that followed. People were drawing diagrams, connecting old lyrics to new shots, decoding snake emojis like they were in National Treasure.
If aliens ever check our internet history, they’ll think Taylor Swift runs our planet—and honestly, maybe she does.
“Thriller” Walked So Everyone Else Could Moonwalk
Let’s rewind. None of this madness exists without Michael Jackson’s Thriller.
People lost their minds back then. Imagine seeing that for the first time in 1983—zombies, choreography, that iconic red jacket. The reactions weren’t filmed (because, you know, no YouTube yet), but if you read old interviews and TV clips, people were literally screaming in theaters.
One guy in an MTV archive said he “couldn’t sleep for a week” after watching it. Another said it was “the coolest thing humans ever made.” And, like, fair.
Fast forward a few decades, and every Halloween since then, the internet brings it back—with reaction videos from Gen Z seeing it for the first time like, “Wait, this is actually fire??”
(Yes, kids. Welcome to the revolution.)
“This Is America” and the Internet Whiplash
Now, This Is America by Childish Gambino—that was a whole different kind of reaction.
It wasn’t just funny; it was shock, confusion, realization—all hitting at once.
When I first saw it, I sat there with my mouth open like, “What… did I just watch?” And then I watched it again. And again.
The reactions were wild. Some people were laughing nervously; others were crying. Comment sections turned into full-blown cultural essays.
One guy titled his reaction “I WASN’T READY” — and that’s probably the most accurate review in history.
Lil Nas X and the Art of Internet Chaos
Then came Montero (Call Me By Your Name) — a.k.a. the music video that made Twitter explode like a glitter bomb.
People reacted like they just saw a UFO land in their backyard. Half the internet screamed “ICONIC,” the other half screamed “BLASPHEMY,” and the rest of us were just eating popcorn, watching it unfold in real-time.
There’s this one reaction video where a guy was watching with his grandma. And when Lil Nas X started pole dancing down to hell, the grandma just crossed herself and said, “Oh, Lord, take the wheel.”
I nearly choked on my coffee.
Say what you want about the video, but it’s the reactions that make it eternal internet art.
When “Bad Romance” Turned Everyone into Little Monsters
I can’t forget Lady Gaga’s Bad Romance.
That video dropped and people were like, “Wait—what did I just see? Is that fashion or fear?”
The reactions were legendary. Some called it “the future.” Others called it “a horror film directed by a fashion icon.” I call it “Tuesday.”
One YouTuber paused halfway through and said, “I don’t know what’s happening but I think I like it.”
Same. That’s Gaga’s whole thing. Confusion… but make it art.
Final Thought: The Internet’s True Art Form: funniest reactions to music videos
If you ask me, the funniest reactions to music videos aren’t just random people losing it—they’re proof that we feel things deeply, even when we’re just watching pixels on a screen.
We scream, we cry, we meme. Sometimes all at once.
And maybe that’s the best part of the internet—it lets us turn raw emotion into community. Into humor. Into something we can all quote years later and say, “Remember when that dropped? Dude, that broke the internet.”
