Raindance AI Trend
Golden hour, the water, a love song sung straight at the camera.
Used in 266K videos · as of 2026-10-25
Key Metrics & Impact
Official 'Raindance' TikTok sound: 266K videos
Official MV (Santan Dave, 2026-01-09): 293,909,087 views / 1,955,649 likes
@ndule_24 CapCut-template version: 13.3M plays / 1.7M likes / 77.8K shares
#raindancetrend: 152 videos / 2,991,334 views; #raindanceai: 135 videos / 336,028 views
@yikes_301 AI cats: 5.1M plays / 922.9K likes / 205.7K shares
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What does "Raindance AI Trend" mean?
The Raindance AI trend uses AI to recast the video for "Raindance" by Dave featuring Tems with two new people, usually a couple, who sing to the camera in a golden-hour scene by the water. It spread on TikTok and Reels at the start of October 2026: a creator shared a face-swap prompt for it on X on September 30, and a CapCut template for it showed about 704,000 uses on October 1. The song itself came out in October 2025 and reached number one in the UK.
Evolution Timeline
@santandave posts 'I LOVE YOUUUUU' on the Raindance sound (59.9M plays), before the AI wave.
Dave uploads the 'Raindance' MV with Tems; the golden-hour wooden-pier/beach scene becomes the template.
@yikes_301 posts two AI cats re-enacting the pier scene on the official sound (21:58 PT), 5.1M plays — earliest AI version found.
@beshhq posts a human-couple swap 'Via Higgsfield Genjutsu', 6.3M plays / 1.2M likes.
Remixes: @tyleeeee15 Shrek version (1.1M) and @dearpatiences Haaland–Bellingham version tagged #higgsfieldai (1.1M).
@theofficialeli1 posts a Roblox-style version, 1.4M plays.
@ndule_24 posts a CapCut template version ('Essaie Raindance Trend'), 13.3M plays — largest found.
Tutorial and creator wave: @novalune587 tutorial on the official sound (1.2M); @unchained_off inserts himself with KevkoYt (780.2K).
Notable Iterations & Variations
AI cats on the pier
TikTokCreator: @yikes_301 · 2026-09-24
Human couple via Genjutsu
TikTokCreator: @beshhq · 2026-09-26
CapCut template
TikTokCreator: @ndule_24 · 2026-10-03
Shrek version
TikTokCreator: @tyleeeee15 · 2026-09-27
Haaland & Bellingham
TikTokCreator: @dearpatiences · 2026-09-27
Roblox AI
TikTokCreator: @theofficialeli1 · 2026-09-30
Creator self-insert
TikTokCreator: @unchained_off · 2026-10-08
Origin & Key Figures
Fact-Check & Disclosures
Investigative Findings
Q: Is it 'dancing in the rain'?
No. It recasts the golden-hour pier/beach scene of Dave & Tems' 'Raindance' MV; nobody dances in the rain.
Q: Underlying model?
@beshhq credits Higgsfield Genjutsu; @rourke.heath (2026-09-02) states Genjutsu runs on Seedance 2.5 (creator claim, single source). Model for the cat original not stated.
Q: TikTok hot audio?
Official 'Raindance' (Dave, Tems), 266K videos as of 2026-10-25.
Disputed Claims
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