About

CatJAM is a BetterTTV custom Twitch emote of a white cat rhythmically bobbing its head as if to the beat of a song. Originating from a viral video, the emote gained major success on Twitch after being enabled by multiple popular streamers, later gaining popularity as source material for memes. The GIF and the video are also known as Vibing Cat and Grooving Cat.

Origin

In July 12th, 2020, Twitter user @TheTehseen posted a video of a white cat rhythmically bobbing its head as if to the beat of a song accompanied by EDM track “I Wanna Dance” by Jonas Blue. The video received over 753,500 views, 26,700 retweets and 59,200 likes on Twitter in one month (shown below). The owner of the cat and the original poster of the video are…