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Crab Rave
"Crab Rave" is a song by Irish DJ and music producer Noisestorm. Canadian record label Monstercat released it on 1 April 2018.
The song was originally released as part of the compilation album Monstercat Instinct Vol. 1, released 15 June 2018. It was later featured as part of Monstercat's Best of 2018 compilation album, released on 14 December 2018. It peaked at No. 14 on Billboard's Dance/Electronic Songs chart.
On 1 April 2018, the song was released as a digital download on international digital stores through Canadian record label Monstercat, as well as being released through various music streaming services. "Crab Rave" was featured on the compilation album titled Monstercat Instinct Vol. 1 released on 15 June 2018. The song was later featured on the yearly best-of compilation album titled Monstercat – Best Of 2018 released on 14 December 2018.
In 2015, Epic Games launched Unreal Dev Grants, a US$5 million development fund aiming to provide grants to creative projects using Unreal Engine 4. In November 2018, Epic announced that it would award a further US$800,000 to more than 30 individuals and teams, including O'Broin for his efforts in creating the music video for "Crab Rave", featuring thousands of computer-generated dancing crabs.
On 1 April 2019, Czech-based indie studio Beat Games announced that "Crab Rave" was to be released onto their virtual reality rhythm game Beat Saber. The song was intentionally released on April Fools' Day to celebrate the first anniversary of the song's original release.
The song marked the first appearance of O'Broin in the US Billboard charts, with the song debuting at number 36 on the "Hot Dance/Electronic Songs" category. The song gained 1 million (US) online streams, in the week ending 22 November. The song has since become the second most popular video across both of Monstercat's YouTube channels, surpassing Monstercat: Instinct's second most popular video by 13 times. As of July 2025[update], the music video has gained over 363 million views on the "Monstercat: Instinct" YouTube channel.
"Crab Rave" was initially released as a small April Fool's Day joke, although it soon gained popularity after becoming an Internet meme due to the music video's uplifting theme and dancing crabs.
In an interview with Suzana Palyan of Billboard, O'Broin expressed his appreciation for its growing popularity, writing "It's incredibly cool to see people enjoying it for the humour and video, as well as for the music itself. I really didn't anticipate the wave of new listeners and the plethora of memes based on the original; it's very fun to see the new creative variations being made every day." The music video was developed by O'Broin using the program Unreal Engine.
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Crab Rave
"Crab Rave" is a song by Irish DJ and music producer Noisestorm. Canadian record label Monstercat released it on 1 April 2018.
The song was originally released as part of the compilation album Monstercat Instinct Vol. 1, released 15 June 2018. It was later featured as part of Monstercat's Best of 2018 compilation album, released on 14 December 2018. It peaked at No. 14 on Billboard's Dance/Electronic Songs chart.
On 1 April 2018, the song was released as a digital download on international digital stores through Canadian record label Monstercat, as well as being released through various music streaming services. "Crab Rave" was featured on the compilation album titled Monstercat Instinct Vol. 1 released on 15 June 2018. The song was later featured on the yearly best-of compilation album titled Monstercat – Best Of 2018 released on 14 December 2018.
In 2015, Epic Games launched Unreal Dev Grants, a US$5 million development fund aiming to provide grants to creative projects using Unreal Engine 4. In November 2018, Epic announced that it would award a further US$800,000 to more than 30 individuals and teams, including O'Broin for his efforts in creating the music video for "Crab Rave", featuring thousands of computer-generated dancing crabs.
On 1 April 2019, Czech-based indie studio Beat Games announced that "Crab Rave" was to be released onto their virtual reality rhythm game Beat Saber. The song was intentionally released on April Fools' Day to celebrate the first anniversary of the song's original release.
The song marked the first appearance of O'Broin in the US Billboard charts, with the song debuting at number 36 on the "Hot Dance/Electronic Songs" category. The song gained 1 million (US) online streams, in the week ending 22 November. The song has since become the second most popular video across both of Monstercat's YouTube channels, surpassing Monstercat: Instinct's second most popular video by 13 times. As of July 2025[update], the music video has gained over 363 million views on the "Monstercat: Instinct" YouTube channel.
"Crab Rave" was initially released as a small April Fool's Day joke, although it soon gained popularity after becoming an Internet meme due to the music video's uplifting theme and dancing crabs.
In an interview with Suzana Palyan of Billboard, O'Broin expressed his appreciation for its growing popularity, writing "It's incredibly cool to see people enjoying it for the humour and video, as well as for the music itself. I really didn't anticipate the wave of new listeners and the plethora of memes based on the original; it's very fun to see the new creative variations being made every day." The music video was developed by O'Broin using the program Unreal Engine.