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The October 2026 trends

How to Do the AI Trend on TikTok

Pick the trend, add a photo of you (or one of each of you), and get the clip in a few minutes: Raindance, gas station, zombie hug, Hotel Lobby and more. No app.

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Updated Oct 5, 2026

The short answer

To do the AI trend on TikTok, pick the trend, add a clear photo of yourself (or one photo of each person), let the AI make the clip, then post it on TikTok with the trend’s sound. The AI trends people are making from their own photos in October 2026 are Raindance, the gas station dance, the AI zombie hug, the Hotel Lobby rap duo, the AI hug and the Earth zoom out. This studio makes each of them in the browser on your phone, with no app, template or prompt, in a few minutes. An effect clip of 5 seconds costs 5 credits, a standard rap song 10 credits, and a render that fails is never charged.

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How to do the AI trend on TikTok

Every few weeks a new AI trend takes over TikTok and Reels, and the question is always the same: how do I do the AI trend, and what app is everyone using? For most of them the answer is one photo of you and a few minutes. The steps are the same for every trend below:

  1. Pick the trend. Each one is an effect in the studio above; Raindance is selected on this page.
  2. Add a photo. A clear, front-facing photo of you. For two people, add one photo of each, or one photo of both of you.
  3. Make it. Tap Make the effect (or switch to the Rap video tab for Hotel Lobby). The clip is ready in a few minutes.
  4. Post it. Download the vertical clip, upload it to TikTok and add the trend’s sound from the library.

The AI trends on TikTok right now (October 2026)

Raindance

  • What it looks like: you on a wooden pier above the sea at golden hour, warm rain starting to fall, singing slowly to the camera like a music video. Posted with "Raindance" by Dave and Tems.
  • Photos you need: one photo of you, or one of each person for a duet.
  • Make it: Raindance AI trend

Gas station dance

  • What it looks like: three golden-hour shots: a smooth dance on an empty gas station forecourt, a warm selfie close-up, and a step out of a black luxury car into the sunset.
  • Photos you need: one full-body or waist-up photo, or one of each person.
  • Make it: Gas station AI trend

AI zombie hug

  • What it looks like: on a foggy street at dusk, a partner, friend or parent slowly turns into a zombie but keeps the same face, and the other one hugs them instead of running. No blood or gore.
  • Photos you need: one photo of each person, or one photo of both of you.
  • Make it: AI zombie trend

Hotel Lobby (the Migos rap duo)

  • What it looks like: two people in a bright orange booth with two microphones, rapping, in the style of the "Hotel Lobby" performance on A COLORS SHOW. Here the AI writes an original rap for the two of you, so there is no copyrighted track.
  • Photos you need: one photo of each person; they don’t need to be taken together.
  • Make it: Hotel Lobby AI, on the Rap video tab

AI hug (a loved one or your younger self)

  • What it looks like: two people turn toward each other and share a warm hug: a friend who moved away, a partner in another city, or today’s you with a childhood photo of yourself.
  • Photos you need: one photo of you and one of the other person; one photo of both works too.
  • Make it: AI hug generator

Hug a loved one who passed away

  • What it looks like: a quiet place in soft, warm light where you and a parent, grandparent or friend you lost walk closer, share a long hug and turn to the camera, set to a gentle piano. It is an imagined moment, made with care.
  • Photos you need: a recent photo of you and a photo of them; an old print photographed with your phone works.
  • Make it: AI hug with a deceased loved one

Earth zoom out

  • What it looks like: the shot opens on your face, then the camera pulls back past the rooftops and the clouds until the whole Earth hangs in space.
  • Photos you need: one clear photo, solo or the two of you.
  • Make it: Earth zoom out

Clones

  • What it looks like: copies of you step out one by one until a whole squad of you lines a city street, striking the same pose.
  • Photos you need: one photo, ideally full-body; one of two people works too.
  • Make it: AI clone video

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Money Rain, Red Carpet, Turning Metal, Disintegration, Angel Wings, Slow Dance and more, all from the same photo: see all AI video effects.

What app is everyone using for the AI trend?

There isn’t one. People make these trends with different tools: CapCut templates and various AI video apps, many of which mean finding a template, installing an app or writing a prompt. This studio makes each of the trends above in the browser, on your phone or computer: no app, no template and no prompt, because the scene, the movement and the camera are already written into each effect.

Tips before you post

  • Use a clear, front-facing photo. The face is followed from the photo, so a sharp, well-lit picture matters most.
  • Keep it vertical. 9:16 is the TikTok and Reels format; square and widescreen are there for other places.
  • Add the sound in TikTok. The clips carry their own original sound; the trend’s song comes from TikTok’s library when you post.
  • Only use photos you have the right to use. Your own, or a friend’s with their permission.

FAQ

How to do the AI trend on TikTok: questions

  • Pick the trend on this page, add a clear photo of yourself (or one photo of each person), and tap Make the effect. In a few minutes the clip is ready to download. Upload it to TikTok and add the trend’s sound when you post.

  • There is no single app. People make these trends with different tools: CapCut templates and various AI video apps. Here you need no app at all: the studio makes each trend in the browser on your phone or computer, from your own photos.

  • From an ordinary photo. An AI video model takes the face from the picture and puts it into a ready-made scene, like the golden-hour pier of Raindance or the orange Hotel Lobby booth. You add the photo; the scene, the movement and the camera are already written into the effect.

  • You don’t need to install one. This page works in the browser: add one photo (solo or the two of you), or one of each person, pick an effect and the AI renders a short clip with your faces. The rap videos come with an original song written for you.

  • Keep the format vertical 9:16 (under Change model, resolution, length or format), download the MP4 and upload it to TikTok. Tap Add sound, pick the trend’s sound from the library and lower the clip’s own audio. We don’t supply copyrighted songs: each clip comes with its own original sound, so it also works as it is.

  • Use the Hug effect: add a photo of you today and a childhood photo of yourself, and the two of you turn to each other and share a hug. An old print photographed with your phone works.

  • It is not free, because AI video costs real money to render. An effect clip starts at 5 seconds for 5 credits; a standard rap song (720p, 12 s) is 10 credits. One-time pack credits never expire (the $9.99 Single holds 10 credits), no subscription is needed, a render takes a few minutes, and a render that fails is never charged.

  • Only with their permission, or a family photo you have the right to use. Please do not make videos of strangers, celebrities or other public figures.

How to Do the AI Trend on TikTok

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