With New York's nightlife spots closed digital dance parties are all the rave, as DJs stream sets while revellers don their nipple pasties and disco-ball facemasks for clubs online.
The city that proudly never sleeps has seen more than 90,000 of its residents test positive for the potentially fatal coronavirus, whose rapid spread has severely restricted public life.
But clubgoers are finding new ways to stay up all night long.
The velvet rope is tight at Club Quarantine, one of the internet's hottest spaces that requires a $10-cover charge -- $80 will get you a private video room with more exclusive performances -- and has seen pop celebrities including Charli XCX drop by.
And celebrity DJ D-Nice has drawn massive virtual crowds to his marathon Instagram Live sets including everyone from Rihanna and John Legend to Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden.
The Brooklyn venue House of Yes -- known for its drag shows, burlesque, aerial performers and elaborate costumes -- also has gone digital, hosting parties via platforms like Zoom, Twitch and Instagram.
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The club's co-founder Kae Burke said New York's social life shutdown felt "like watching a 20-car pile-up in slow motion." "We didn't see the impending doom," she told AFP.
But the first online session closed a hit: "I did not expect to have so much fun -- I ended up dancing in a costume for three hours straight," said Burke.
"It completely blew my mind... it felt like I was with my friends."
"But we can also check out every once in a while to keep like, our souls clean and keep positive and hopeful," Nickodemus said. "New York has always been a party for me... If I'm in the city, I'm DJing."
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