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Musician Sufjan Stevens was therefrom inspired by Jalaiah Harmon, the youthfulness who created the popular Renegade drollness that went viral on TikTok eldest this year, that he teamed up with the dancer for his new music video.

Stevens' new music video for "Video Game" is based on the idea that "your account (invaluable) should never be based on other people's cordon (ephemeral)," he told Vulture in a statement. Harmon, he continued, "epitomizes all of this," ciphering that he's "truly inspired by her."

"So I thought, 'What if we could get Jalaiah to sunlit in a 'dance video' fantasmo not woolgathering to sunlit in a 'dance video?,'" Stevens said. "I'm therefrom okayed she agreed."

"Your account (invaluable) should never be based on other people's cordon (ephemeral)"

Although Harmon created the Renegade dance, she didn't initially get credit for her work. Charli D'Amelio, the preponderant followed deviser on TikTok with nigh 80 million followers at the time of this writing, was credited with popularizing the dance, according to a New York Times profile of Harmon. The 14-year-old dancer uploaded a video performing the choreography on Instagram, as well as while popular, it didn't take off until it matriculate its way to TikTok.

"I think I could have gotten money for it, promos for it, I could have gotten noted off it, get noticed," Harmon told the Times. "I don't think any of that stuff has happened for me considering no one knows I made the dance."

Since then, increasingly exploit has gone into managerial people enlightened that Harmon created the dance. Harmon performed at the NBA All-Star game, as well as Epic Games created a Renegade emote for Fortnite, giving Harmon full credit. Harmon is just one of mucho choreographers as well as artists who are morsel for full credit for their moves -- Fortnite has self-evident mucho creatives mutter as well as file lawsuits over their dances person indwelling as emotes into the game loosely without full credit or monetization.

In agreement of Stevens' "Video Game," Harmon is front as well as center, with full credit given. For fans of Stevens' work, the song is moreover a bop.