Raindance AI Trend

What Is the Raindance AI Trend?

The Raindance AI trend is a photo-to-video format based on the music video for "Raindance" by Dave featuring Tems. People use AI to put themselves, friends or partners into a pier scene at sunset, with slow, soft singing close-ups by the water.

In many versions two people take the roles from the video: one sits on the pier while the other sings to them. Others open on a plain snapshot and hard-cut to the singing shot, and the contrast between the two is the joke or the payoff.

This template is built around that snapshot-to-pier cut. It's our own original recreation of the mood, not footage from the music video, and it isn't affiliated with Dave or Tems. The song isn't in the clip: you add it when you post.

What Happens in the Video?

1. The snapshot: for about a second, the clip shows an everyday photo of you.
2. The hard cut: suddenly you're at the end of a weathered wooden pier over a calm sea, with the low sun flaring just behind your head.
3. The close-up: you sing slowly and softly into the lens like in a music video, eyes half closed, one hand drifting to your chest, as the camera pushes in.
4. The wide shot: you sit on the edge of the pier with your legs over the water as the sun touches the horizon.

The look is cinematic, with shallow depth of field and lens flare. With a second photo, a friend or partner appears on the pier with you. In a 5-second clip the beats are quick; 10 or 15 seconds lets the close-up and the sunset breathe.

Why Isn't the Song in the Clip?

The audio is generated together with the video: gentle waves and a soft, warm ambient pad, with no lyrics. The actual "Raindance" track is not included, and we don't generate copies of real songs.

That quiet bed is there for a reason. When you add the Raindance sound in TikTok or Instagram, it sits on top without clashing, and you can turn the clip's own audio down if you only want the song.

The singing is a soft, generic performance, so the mouth won't match the lyrics word for word. Most trend clips don't need that, but if you want real lip sync to a track, see the related tools below.

Raindance AI Trend Ideas: Who to Make It With

• Solo: just you on the pier, the simplest version and the closest to a music-video moment.
• You and your partner: add their photo and the two of you share the pier at sunset.
• Best friends: an inside joke that turns dramatic the second the cut hits.
• Everyday to cinematic: use a casual, unposed photo so the jump to the golden-hour pier feels bigger.
• Anniversary or birthday: a soft, sentimental clip for someone who agreed to be in it.
• Holiday throwback: a photo from a trip becomes a sunset music-video moment.

How to Get the Best Result

• Front-facing and well lit: your photo is the reference for both the opening snapshot and the singing close-up.
• Keep the face clear: no sunglasses, hands or hair across your face, because the close-up is tight.
• Upper body works best: it gives the model your outfit for the wide shot without losing detail in the face.
• Casual is fine: an everyday photo makes the cut to the pier feel more dramatic.
• One person per photo: for a duet version, upload the second person separately.
• Permission first: only photos of yourself or of people who agreed. No celebrities or other public figures, including the artists.

Which Length and Resolution Should You Pick?

Pricing is per second: 7 credits at 480p, 13 at 720p and 28 at 1080p, which is for Pro members. The default 5-second 720p clip costs 65 credits, the exact price is shown before you start, and failed renders are refunded automatically.

The trend lives on the cut, so 5 seconds covers the snapshot, the pier and a short close-up. Choose 10 or 15 seconds if you want the song to play longer over the sunset.

How to Post It on TikTok, Reels and Shorts

1. Download the vertical 9:16 MP4.
2. Upload it to TikTok or Instagram and add the Raindance sound from the music library, or use the sound from a trend video you've seen.
3. Line up the song so a strong moment lands on the hard cut to the pier.
4. Turn the clip's own audio down if you want the song to stand alone, or keep the waves underneath.
5. Write a caption, tag anyone who appears with their okay, and use the platform's AI label.

Which songs you can add depends on the platform and your region. On YouTube Shorts, use the Shorts sound picker if the track is available there.

More Effects Like This

Other music-video trends are built the same way: Burning Bridges AI makes you the host of a chandelier-lit party, and the Gas Station AI Trend gives you a golden-hour forecourt dance.

If you want an AI singer to perform a track with real lip sync, try Music Video Lip Sync. For a softer two-person moment, the AI Slow Dance Video puts you and a partner under string lights.

Every template is collected in the photo effects hub.