How to do the AI trend on TikTok

The short answer

What the AI trends on TikTok have in common

Updated October 24, 2026

To do an AI trend on TikTok, pick the trend, add a clear front-facing photo of yourself (or one of each person for duo trends), let the AI render a short vertical clip, then download the MP4 and post it. On RapVideo this takes about 2 to 5 minutes and runs in your browser with no app and no prompt writing. A 6-second photo effect costs 2 credits at 480p or 4 credits at 720p. When you post, add the trend's sound inside TikTok and switch on the AI-generated content label.

Almost every AI trend this fall works the same way: an ordinary photo goes in, and a short clip comes out with that person inside a scene they never stood in. The scene is the hook, so the clip is instantly recognisable even before the sound starts.

Here is how the main ones look. The Raindance look has you singing slowly on a wooden pier at golden hour as warm rain starts. The gas station dance is three golden-hour shots on an empty forecourt. The AI zombie hug turns one of two people into a mild, gore-free zombie who still gets held. The car jump is a calm face in a camp chair while a car flies off a dune behind. The Halloween costume clip swirls your outfit into a homemade costume, and the 80s camcorder clip turns you into a 1985 home video. The Hotel Lobby rap duo is two people sharing one hanging mic in an orange booth.

No single app makes every trend. Some spread as CapCut templates, some as one-trend apps, and TikTok has its own tools for animating a photo. RapVideo takes the browser route: each trend is a tool that already holds the scene, the action and the camera move, so you bring only the photo.

The generated clip is a new render, not a face swap and not the original footage. Where a trend is tied to a real song, we do not use that recording. Each clip ships with its own original track, and you can add the popular sound inside TikTok or Instagram when you post. RapVideo is not affiliated with TikTok, CapCut or any artist behind a trend.

Before you post, check TikTok's current rules: realistic AI-generated video should carry the AI-generated label (More options, then AI-generated content), and clips with other people's faces need their permission. Read our guide on whether TikTok allows AI videos for the details.

Set up here: Grok Imagine Video 1.5 Lite (xAI), 480p, 6 seconds, 2 credits. Read the full guide