Ievan polkka (Finnish for “Ieva‘s Polka“) is a Finnish song with lyrics printed in 1928 and written by Eino Kettunen to a traditional Finnish polka tune. The song is sung in an Eastern Savonian dialect spoken in North Karelia. It is sung from the point of view of a young man, about a woman called Ieva (dialectal for the name Eva or Eeva in standard Finnish) who sneaks out and dances the polka with him all night.
Around 1996, the version performed by Loituma, a band that emerged in the early 1990s was comprised of four members which was popular from the meme —> Leekspin The animation consists of four frames showing the Bleach anime character Orihime Inoue twirling a leek, set to a 27-second loop from the song.
More Article of Lotiuma history of Ievan Polkka: Ievan Polkka – Loituma Official Site
Popularity
The meme’s author is widely believed to be the Russian Livejournal user “g_r_e_e_n”, having posted a link to the meme on his LiveJournal feed on 23 April 2006 at 15:40.
On 10 July 2006, the Finnish newspaper Helsingin Sanomat reported that Loituma Girl had caused a resurgence in Loituma’s popularity, and the band had received thousands of fan letters from around the world
Band member Timo Väänänen describes his initial reaction to the video:[2]
I first found out there was something going on when I looked at the statistics of my own web page and then I realized that something weird is happening because there is such a huge traffic there. And most of the traffic came from Russia and then I started to track down what is happening and then I found this video. And well, I have no idea what this video is about, and what this girl is about.
In 2007, Hatsune Miku release her own verison of ievan polkka where Vocaloid was getting popular worldwide.
It features a chibi derivative of Hatsune Miku, officially known as Hatchune Miku, holding a spring onion in reference to Loituma Girl, and is the origin of her association with spring onions or leeks. Its popularity resulted in its use by the Vocaloid rhythm game series Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA, mainly as tutorial music. It has also been used in a commercial promoting the LG G5 smartphone.
Years back the meme respawned again known as the Cat Vibing Meme where Bilal Goregen (a Turkish street musician and drummer.) played ievan polkka with his drums, and his beautiful voice. Not to mention he’s also blind.
Many liked his performance and popped up in popularity.
Other Verisons
The Og
Leekspin
Singing with Different Nationalities
Holly Dolly
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