The Shoes of a Little Girl

"Shoes" is a song recorded by American actor Liam Kyle Sullivan, performing as his alter ego, Kelly. After Sullivan posted its music video to his own website in early 2006, he uploaded it to YouTube on May 5, 2006, where it became one of the first-ever viral videos online. It was included on Kelly's debut studio album, also titled Shoes (2006). "Shoes" is a satirical electroclash song about Kelly, a moody teenage valley girl, going on a shopping spree for shoes on her birthday. It was praised by critics for its memorable lyrics, surreal video, and Sullivan's characterization of Kelly. Sullivan performed "Shoes" live during Margaret Cho's off-Broadway show The Sensuous Woman (2007) and for a one-off 2024 Pride Month performance that went viral online. The music video won the People's Choice Award for Favorite User-Generated Video in 2008. It has appeared on several lists of the best YouTube videos of all time and has been described as an important moment in the history of YouTube and of the Internet due to its virality.