AI Dance Trend (2026): The Viral AI Dance Videos Explained

The AI dance trend is a wave of short videos in which an AI video model makes people dance from their photos, so nobody has to learn the moves or film anything. Most AI dance videos run 10 to 15 seconds and start from one to three photos. This guide covers the AI dances going around TikTok and Instagram Reels right now, and the three you can make on Put Me In today: Hotel Lobby, No Scrubs and ABCDEFG I Need Money.

What is the AI dance trend?

The AI dance trend is not one dance. It is the name people use for a whole family of clips: a known routine, a known song or a known set, made again by AI around someone's photo. Each AI dance has its own name, usually the name of the song or the meme it comes from. That is why so many people search "what is the AI dance trend called" after one shows up in their feed.

An AI dance video is not a filter. A filter changes a video you filmed yourself. An AI dance video is a new clip: your photo goes in, and the model makes the person in it perform the routine, in the trend's own setting, from the first frame to the last.

AI dances you can make today

Three AI dance trends are open for orders on Put Me In. Each one takes a set number of photos and comes back as an MP4 with the trend's music. You pay once per video, with no subscription.

Hotel Lobby: a two-person hand dance

Hotel Lobby is a two-person hand dance. Two people share one microphone hanging in a bare orange studio and run through a routine of hand gestures, trading lines and reacting to each other. The Hotel Lobby AI video takes two photos, one per person, and runs about 15 seconds in 9:16 or 16:9.

To see where the bit comes from, read what the Hotel Lobby trend is, or go straight to the Hotel Lobby meme generator.

No Scrubs: a late-90s trio dance

No Scrubs is a three-person dance in the look of a late-90s music video. Three people in loose black cargo pants dance on a shiny futuristic set. The one in the center leads, and the two beside them sing and move along. The No Scrubs AI video takes three photos, one each for the center, left and right, and runs about 15 seconds in 16:9.

More on the look is in what the No Scrubs AI trend is. To make one, open the No Scrubs AI video page.

ABCDEFG I Need Money: a one-photo front-camera routine

ABCDEFG I Need Money is a one-person routine made for the front camera. The person pulls one face after another, counts off A to G with a head bob on every letter, then leans back with eyes closed to spell out M-O-N-E-Y. One hand goes to the chin, then to the chest, and it ends with an eye roll. The ABCDEFG I Need Money AI video takes one photo and runs about 10 seconds in 9:16, with the trend's audio.

The steps are in how to make the ABCDEFG I Need Money AI video, and the ABCDEFG I Need Money AI video maker is where you add your photo.

Other AI dance trends going around

These AI dance trends are also on TikTok and Reels this season. Put Me In doesn't make them yet. Here is what each one is, so you can tell them apart when you see them.

Smalltown Boy AI dance trend

Smalltown Boy is a two-person gesture dance. A pair stand side by side facing the camera and run through a loop of big hand moves and over-the-top faces. The trend shares its name with the song the dance is set to.

Storm AI dance trend

Storm Dance is a vertical dance clip with a strong shape. One dancer in black stands out front, and rows of dancers in matching outfits move in step behind.

Bby Wow Dance

Bby Wow Dance, also written Baby Wow Dance and also called Dime Dime Baby, is a party clip. One dancer in a brown suit takes the middle of a banquet hall while the guests form a ring around him, cheering and filming.

Neon Dance

Neon Dance is a short two-person routine. The pair sway, raise both arms on a diagonal, spin into a kick, split into a wide lunge and drop into a deep squat. Searches for "neon dance" also turn up neon-lit parties, which are a different thing.

Alors on Danse

Alors on Danse is a two-person keyboard bit in a plain white studio. Two people stand behind a keyboard and a laptop and play along with the beat. The name is French for "so we dance", borrowed from the song.

Toosie Slide

Toosie Slide is a solo dance. The person slides left and right, crosses their feet, steps back and repeats the pattern. "Toosie Slide AI" can also mean an AI-made track with the same name, which is a different thing.

APT

APT is a two-person routine in a bright pink studio. The pair face the camera and dance in step, cut to a short drum bit, and the shots keep switching so the pace never drops.

How to make an AI dance video from a photo

1. Pick the dance. Hotel Lobby takes two photos, No Scrubs takes three, and ABCDEFG I Need Money takes one.
2. Add the photos, one person per photo, with the face clearly visible.
3. Pick a quality: 480p, 720p or 1080p.
4. Your photos are reviewed first. Once they pass, you pay once for that video. You sign in with email or Google.
5. The video renders in a few minutes and waits under My videos. Download the MP4 and post it to TikTok, Instagram Reels or YouTube Shorts.

If a video can't be made, we make it again or refund the payment in full.

Photos that work best for an AI dance video

The AI builds each dancer from one photo, so the photo decides how that person looks in the clip. A clear, front-facing face works best, in even light, with nothing covering the eyes or mouth. Use one person per photo. Only use photos of yourself or of people who agreed to appear. Photos of anyone under 18 and of celebrities or public figures are not allowed. The full list is in how to pick photos for an AI meme video.