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What Is the Raindance AI Trend and How to Make Your Own

The raindance AI trend explained, what the videos look like, and how to make a 15-second raindance AI video with music from two photos.

The raindance AI trend is everywhere on TikTok and Reels right now. People take two everyday photos, usually themselves and a partner, a best friend or a parent, and turn them into a scene that looks like it was cut from the Raindance music video by Dave featuring Tems.

What a raindance AI video looks like

Most raindance AI videos share the same ingredients:

  • A weathered wooden pier over calm water, with a low golden sun.
  • One person waiting at the end of the pier, looking at the horizon.
  • The other walking in, clothes moving in the breeze.
  • Close-up singing straight to the camera.
  • A playful dance at the end of the pier, then the two sitting together as the light fades.

The look is warm, slow and filmic, and the clip is usually posted without its own audio so the creator can add the song.

Why it took off

It is personal. Instead of a filter, you get a short film where you and someone you care about are the leads. Couples post it for anniversaries, friends post it as a duet, and plenty of people make one for their parents.

How to make a raindance AI video with Raindance AI

  1. Upload two photos. One per person, front-facing and well lit.
  2. Pick a background. The original pier from the video is the classic. The same pier is also available at blue hour, just after sunset, and in the rain.
  3. Generate. Raindance AI builds a 5-shot, 15-second storyboard with Seedance 2.5 that follows the camera moves of the original scene, and keeps both faces consistent from the first shot to the last.
  4. Download and post. The AI renders the picture only; the trend's music is added to the finished MP4, so it is ready for TikTok, Reels or Instagram.

Tips for better results

  • Use photos where the face takes up a good part of the frame.
  • Avoid sunglasses, masks and heavy beauty filters.
  • What you wear in the photo is what you wear in the video, so pick an outfit that fits the mood.
  • For TikTok and Reels choose 9:16; for the original music-video look choose 4:3.

Ready to try it? Make your raindance AI video.