Woman finds childhood hospital clip with gran—not ready f…

When visiting a family member or a loved one in hospital, most people take flowers or chocolates and offer a calming presence.

However, when Jenna Long was younger, instead of comforting her ailing grandma in hospital, she instead decided to perform PSY’s 2012 hit song Gangnam Style—naturally.

At the time, Long’s grandmother had gone into hospital after suffering a heart attack, and her family were finally allowed to visit her. Despite happening several years ago, Long told Newsweek she still recalls the moment when she decided that what her grandma really needed in hospital was an iconic performance, so she put on a one-woman performance of Gangnam Style.

“Even though I was young, the memory has always stuck with me because it was such a funny and light moment in a scary situation,” said Long, of St. Augustine, Florida.

While her grandma lay in the hospital bed recovering, Long started doing the famous Gangnam Style dance around the room. PSY, a South Korean artist, broke the internet with his hit song in 2012, and the music video became the first YouTube video to reach 1 billion views.

Fortunately for Long, her nan loved her front-row seat to this special dance show. The dancing left her grandma laughing out loud from her hospital bed, as Long said it “definitely cheered her up during a tough time.”

Her granny is doing so much better now, and Long said the senior is even “living her best life” nowadays. Perhaps it was the magic of the Gangnam Style dance that was so healing.

Long recently found the footage of that hilarious moment and shared it on TikTok (@jennabaddiegal). She couldn’t stop laughing when she watched it back, and needless to say, internet viewers can’t get enough of the video either.

In just a matter of days, the clip has gone viral with over 3 million views and more than 507,000 likes on TikTok at the time of writing. The caption alongside the post jokes: “It was giving read the room queen.”

The online reaction to the video is beyond anything Long anticipated, but she said she is so happy that such a goofy moment could bring so much laughter.

Long added: “It’s one of those videos that just makes you smile, no matter how many times you watch it. People have found it really heartwarming and funny. My whole family loves that it’s getting attention because we’ve always thought it was a gem.

“Moments like this remind us how important laughter and family are, even in hard times. If this video can make other people smile the way it’s made us smile for years, then that means a lot,” she continued.

Internet users have lauded Long for her antics when she was younger, leading to more than 1,560 comments on the TikTok post so far.

One comment reads: “as a health care worker, you slayed this nonpharmalogical intervention queen.”

Another TikTok user wrote: “The way you probably practiced your routine before you got there so it would be perfect.”

A third person replied: “laughter is the best medicine apparently.”

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