Toc Toc Dance (Kicékéla)
The Toc Toc Dance is a TikTok challenge built on “Toc toc” by French entertainer Patrick Sébastien, from the 2015 album Ça va bouger!. The viral cut is the chorus: “Toc toc, on frappe à ma porte / qui c’est qu’est là?” — French for a knock at the door and “who’s there?” Outside France, many listeners hear that line as one word and call the trend Kicékéla.
The move is deliberately simple: hop on one foot in time with the beat, then mime knocking on a door with a fist when the “toc toc” hits. Deadpan face is part of the joke. It works alone in a hallway or bedroom, or as a group chain where people enter the frame one after another. French press credits the choreography to 17-year-old creator Nooah Prvv (Noah) of Compiègne (Oise), who posted the routine on TikTok; Patrick Sébastien has publicly confirmed that a teenager from Compiègne started the dance.
On TikTok the sound travels as the official track Toc toc – Patrick Sébastien and as user “original sounds” used in viral remakes. High-profile French posts include the official Gendarmerie account @gendarmerie_officiel (“Toc Toc! 🚪”). The challenge then spread through dorms, offices, figure-skating practice, student clubs, a Polish priest with his community, and K-pop acts such as TWS. CapCut lists a public template titled Toc Toc Dance Trend.
Timeline
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2015-11-13 — “Toc toc” appears on Patrick Sébastien’s album Ça va bouger! (label Faisage).
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Mid September 2026 — Hop-and-knock clips to the chorus circulate on TikTok in France and begin to travel abroad under the nickname Kicékéla.
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2026-09-24 — French outlets cover the global trend and credit creator Nooah Prvv. The same day, @gendarmerie_officiel posts a “Toc Toc” raid remix on TikTok.
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2026-09-25 — National coverage (e.g. RTL) describes the one-foot hop and door-knock mime, and notes the international rename Kicékéla.
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2026-09-29 — On Sud Radio, Patrick Sébastien says he learned about a week earlier that someone had made a one-foot choreography to his 2015 song, and that it had already reached Germany, Poland, and beyond.
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2026-10-10 — K-pop group TWS posts an Instagram Reel to “Toc toc,” helping push the sound further outside French-speaking audiences.
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2026-10-13 — Coverage notes Sébastien thanking fans in a social video for picking up the track.
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2026-10-16 — In La Dépêche du Midi, Sébastien names Noah of Compiègne as the teenager who started the TikTok dance; franceinfo reports remakes from Germany, the US, Poland, China, figure skaters, and K-pop. He says he has cleared a German cover and that a Japanese version is in the works, and that he will have to perform “Toc toc” on stage with the hop choreography.