Labor leader and Australia’s only alternative Prime Minister, Bill Shorten, has bust some daggy Dad dance-moves during a visit to the Pacific island of Kiribati, and they’ve been mashed up with Drake‘s Hotline Bling to create something truly amazing awkward.
The exact moment when Shorten decided to bust a move was captured by the ABC, and it’s already awkward enough with its original music. Here it is:
Since then, Shorten’s moves have been given a strangely entrancing club remix…
.@BillShortenMP‘s dance skills are all kinds of amazing https://t.co/xmWZUwedov pic.twitter.com/RZmGm1nuRK
— HuffPost Australia (@HuffPostAU) November 4, 2015
…but the real winner is ‘Hotline Bill’ by Buzzfeed Australia‘s super-quick Political Editor Mark Di Stefano. Behold:
When asked about his dance moves earlier today, Shorten said his skills are simply “giving hope to Dads everywhere”.
Even with his daggy Dads comment, Shorten has copped some tongue-in-cheek flak online.
I can’t make fun of Bill Shorten dancing because that is how I dance except i don’t dance because that is how I dance
— Bec Shaw (@Brocklesnitch) November 3, 2015
Bill Shorten dancing in a #Kiribati head-dress. It’s awesomely dorky and it’ll make your Wednesday. Good on him, for getting into it #auspol
— Johnny Barrington (@johnbarrington) November 3, 2015
“I can’t get this Vine of Bill Shorten dancing to load” “Who’s Bill Shorten?” Working in politics vs. working with engineers…
— Osman Faruqi (@oz_f) November 3, 2015
Bill shorten dancing pic.twitter.com/LruV2Iui8x
— Sarah Kitty (@Kikicet) November 3, 2015
Previous Hotline Bling concoctions have seen the likes of Glenn Robbins’ Russell Coight and Chris Lilley’s Mr. G dance to the track, along with a string of other absolutely superb mashups.