- A video of a mother surprising her daughter with a choreographed dance at her wedding has gone viral.
- Hira Mustafa, the bride, told Insider her mother's dance was the best performance of the night.
Hira Mustafa was not expecting her mother to dance at her wedding. Mustafa had helped coordinate every dance, and she knew her mother was bad at keeping secrets, she told Insider, so she thought she knew the line-up of her mehndi ceremony perfectly.
Mustafa was flabbergasted when her mother and two of her friends took the stage last Friday — first to a sentimental song, then to the riotous hits from rappers M.I.A and Lil Uzi Vert ("Bad Girls" and "Just Wanna Rock.")
The next day, Mustafa posted the surprise performance — and her shocked facial expressions — to TikTok, where it's been viewed over six million times.
"The craziest thing that happened during my wedding was my mom's surprise dance with her two best friends ❣️ i went from crying to screaming in 60 seconds," she captioned the viral video.
@lookwhoshira The craziest thing that happened during my wedding was my mom’s surprise dance with her two best friends ❣️ i went from crying to screaming in 60 seconds #mehndi #surprisedance #motherdaughter #desibride #pakistaniwedding #livefastdieyoung ♬ original sound - Hira Mustafa
Viewers watched Mustafa react live to the song transition, as she's first seen wiping tears away, to suddenly looking confused and cupping her hand over her mouth in amazement. In another funny moment, Mustafa can be seen mouthing "What's going on?" and looking in disbelief as the song "Just Wanna Rock" starts playing.
Her mother and her friends, meanwhile, took center stage and delivered impeccably suave choreography.
Mustafa said her mother's dance was the "absolute best performance of the night, hands down," and an unexpected detour for a mehndi party, or a pre-wedding Pakistani celebration before the actual ceremony.
Viewers instantly became obsessed with Mustafa's mother, calling her "iconic" and praising her music taste.
"This was a mehndi event, and typically a lot of the friends and family of the bride and groom do dance performances, but it's something that's planned months in advance," Mustafa, who has over 260,000 TikTok followers and is based in New York, told Insider. "My mom is not someone that ever participates in these types of dances ... so I had no idea."
Mustafa said seeing her mother dance was extra special because she knew it took her a lot of bravery to perform like that in front of all of their friends and family.
"I was so shocked, so impressed," she said. Mustafa later learned that her mother had practiced for over a month with her friends.
Online, viewers instantly became obsessed with Mustafa's mother, calling her "iconic" and praising her music taste. "SHE IS SO COOL OMG," reads a top comment.
Mustafa said her mom was startled to learn she has fans on TikTok.
"She didn't know if people would like it, or if I would like it," said Mustafa. "She's been more surprised and taken aback by how much people have really been receptive to it."