SNL's Backpack Kid

TOPIC: The Backpack Kid

FACT: The Backpack Kid took his talent and of course his backpack to the season finale of Saturday Night Live this year, by performing his unique dance alongside musical guest Katy Perry. But there is SO much more you probably don't know about this Instagram sensation. :)

By the time the Internet dubbed him "The Backpack Kid", Russell Horning was already an Instagram star because of his signature dance move called Flossing, which he now always performs with a backpack. But how did The Backpack Kid start dancing? 

Horning explained in an interview, "I guess at church camp a while back in summer of 2014 in front of everybody, and they all seemed to like it, so I was like, 'You know why not move this to Instagram and make a video?' Then I made a video and went from there." Quite a jump from church camp to appearing in international music videos though.

As for that backpack, turns out that feature wasn't always part of the act. The dancer explained that after seeing his friend wear it, they had the idea to trade right there and then at a shoe store, where Horning traded a pair of shoes for the iconic backpack. Obviously, fans wonder what is inside this backpack and in the same interview the rising Internet star admitted he keeps all the necessary item a dancer/video maker would need: speakers, phone equipment, his wallet, a pack of gum and Slim Jims. ;)

Lastly, getting Internet famous doesn't give Horning a free pass for school, so on Power 106 LA he told the world that he still needs the social environment of normal school, but supplements with online school so he can travel for his videos.