What Is The ‘Jon Hamm Dancing In The Club’ Meme? The Origin Of TikTok’s Viral ‘Turn The Lights Off’ Scene Explained
Actor Jon Hamm is inspiring some very positive and nostalgic memes over on TikTok and Instagram Reels with a scene in which he dances in the club to the song “Turn the Lights Off.”
The scene comes from the Apple TV series Your Friends & Neighbors and first started going viral in Russia in October 2025. Now, it’s spread outside of Russia and is quickly becoming inescapable on social media.
But what exactly is the context of the Jon Hamm memes, and how did the dancing scene become so popularized online lately? Here’s what we know.
@thatgingerbrandon I think every Millennial knows the feeling. It will be okay… #millennial #darkhumor #joke #jonhamm ♬ original sound – britt_bbrown
What Is The ‘Jon Hamm Dancing In the Club Scene’ Meme?
Jon Hamm’s viral dancing scene comes from the first season of Your Friends & Neighbors, which premiered on Apple TV in April 2025. The show stars Hamm as the character Andrew Cooper, a disgraced hedge fund manager who, after getting fired and divorced, starts robbing his wealthy neighbors to survive.
In the show’s eighth episode, titled “When Did We Become These People?” Cooper goes clubbing with two other characters named Nick and Barney (his closest friends) after Nick punches him in the face during an earlier confrontation. In the dancing scene, a wound left by the punch can be seen on Cooper’s nose.
In October 2025, Russian TikTokers took the scene and started using it in a variety of memes. One of the earliest known examples uses the scene to represent the poster’s state of being when everything is going wrong, essentially showing them “dancing through the pain,” mirroring the context of the original scene.
@guantannaa
на спокойном двигаюсь 😁 последний раз живем)
♬ Turn The Lights Off – Radio Edit – Kato & Dj Jose
How Is ‘Jon Hamm Dancing In the Club’ Used In Memes?
As a meme, the Jon Hamm dancing scene is mostly used to represent a feeling of joy, nostalgic bliss or a desire for true happiness.
One viral example by TikToker @roy_boy550 starts with the poster expressing sadness over feeling too tired to play video games by 8 p.m., followed by the dancing scene under the caption, “Me in 2012 watching the sunrise while playing them.”
Other viral examples include memes that use the dance scene to relay the joy of showing someone the Lord of the Rings series for the first time, the feeling of power that comes when an unfriendly dog loves you and the bliss that takes over your body when your wife tells you to let the dishes soak.
@kylephilippi Let’s start this journey.. #lotr #lordoftherings #jonham #lotrtok ♬ original sound – britt_bbrown
What Are Some More ‘Jon Hamm Dancing In the Club’ Memes?
@roy_boy550 Might as well jump on the trend #fyp #johnhamm #gaming #trending ♬ original sound – britt_bbrown
@ashlelnok the best plans are cancelled plans ib @makoandkonasmom ♬ original sound – britt_bbrown
@blakethcaketh Euphoria #jonhamm #fyp ♬ original sound – britt_bbrown
@tayloryoustra 🙌🙌🙌🙌 #jonhamm #gaming #gamerdad #fyp #woohoo ♬ original sound – britt_bbrown
For the full history of the Jon Hamm Dancing In the Club Scene memes, be sure to check out Know Your Meme’s encyclopedia entry for more information.
