Updated Oct 4, 2026
The short answer
The Raindance AI trend is the TikTok and Reels edit where your photo becomes a music-video shot of you on a wooden pier above the sea at golden hour, rain glittering in the low sun, singing slowly to the camera. It is posted with "Raindance", the song by Dave and Tems. Here you add one photo (or one of each person for a duet) and get the clip in a few minutes, no app or editing; then add the Raindance sound from the TikTok or Instagram library when you post. A 5-second clip costs 5 credits, and a render that fails is never charged.
The Raindance shot, from your own photo
The Raindance AI trend took over TikTok and Reels at the start of October 2026: a short clip that turns an ordinary photo into a music-video shot of you at the end of a wooden pier, the sun low and gold behind you, warm rain starting to fall, singing slowly to the camera. Every post runs on "Raindance", the Dave and Tems song, which is why people search for the trend by name.
Here the effect starts from your own photo. Add one of you, or one of each person if you want a duet, and the pier, the light, the rain and the slow push-in are all built around your faces.
How to do the Raindance AI trend
- Add a photo. A clear selfie or waist-up shot. For two people, add one photo of each, or one photo of both of you.
- Keep Raindance selected. Or pick another effect from the grid.
- Make it. The clip is ready in a few minutes. Download it.
- Post it with the song. Upload the clip to TikTok or Instagram Reels, tap Add sound and pick "Raindance" by Dave and Tems. Lower the clip's own audio if you only want the song.
What you get
- The golden-hour pier. A weathered wooden pier above a calm sea, the sun flaring behind you.
- The rain. Warm summer rain that catches the light, hair and clothes slowly getting wet.
- The performance. Singing slowly and softly to the lens, eyes half closed, hand on the chest, while the camera pushes in.
- Its own soundtrack. An original slow R&B song with rain and waves, so the clip also works without the Raindance sound.
Tips for a better Raindance clip
- Use a clear, front-facing photo. Your face is followed from the photo, so a sharp, well-lit picture matters most.
- Waist-up beats full-body. The shot is a close music-video frame; tiny faces in a group photo are harder to keep.
- For a duet, match the photos. Two pictures of about the same framing look most natural side by side.
- Only use photos you have the right to use. Your own, or a friend's with their permission.
After the Raindance AI trend
The Raindance AI trend is a slow, sung moment. If you want the two of you rapping instead, the studio's rap tab makes the Hotel Lobby AI style video with an original song about your names. For more one-photo trends like the AI zombie trend, see all AI video effects.