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Low Cortisol Dance, also known as Low Cortisol Agnes Tachyon, refers to fan animation of the character Agnes Tachyon from Uma Musume: Pretty Derby dancing to the Vietnamese song "Ai Đưa Em Về" by TIA. The animation became associated with the Cortisol Level meme in early February 2026, depicting Tachyon having a low cortisol level, which inspired users to make variations of other characters doing the dance.
Origin
On January 7th, 2026, YouTube user Beankong2 uploaded a fan animation of Agnes Tachyon from the video game Uma Musume: Pretty Derby dancing using Source Filmmaker. The video received more than 9,000 views in one month.
On January 24th, 2026, TikTok user @gogetachiquito_oficial reposted the video, which received more than 685,000 views in one month.
On February 12th, 2026, TikTok user @quandung0101 uploaded the earliest Cortisol Level edit using the animation, depicting Tachyon having low cortisol while dancing. The video received 2.8 million views in two weeks.
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/7605913383635815688Spread
The Agnes Tachyon animation gained virality in early February 2026, often associated with Cortisol Level edits.
For example, on February 17th, 2026, YouTube user Kamoi Ruka uploaded a looped version of the edits titled "Agnes Tachyon LOW CORTISOL DANCE (Looped) | Umamusume." The video received more than 1 million views in one week.
On February 17th, 2026, TikTok user @skyexxsummers uploaded a video of herself cosplaying Umamusume characters, such as Daiwa Scarlet and Gold Ship, labeling it as "high cortisol uma," except with Agnes Tachyon labeled as "low cortisol uma." The video received more than 1.2 million views in one week.
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/7607531883307535629On the same day, Twitter / X user @UKI_bill4744 uploaded Agnes Tachyon fan art using cortisol level edits as reference. The post received more than 4,900 likes in one week.
People also started using other characters in the edits as the meme continued spreading into late February 2026.
For example, on February 22nd, 2026, Instagram user @wkaan_aan uploaded fan animation edits of vocaloid artist Kasane Teto dancing. The video received more than 84,000 likes in two weeks.
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