Drake Hotline Bling Dance AI

What is the Hotline Bling dance AI trend?

The Hotline Bling dance AI trend is a run of AI videos that copy one part of the music video. Drake is alone in a red puffer and a white T-shirt, dancing in empty rooms that each glow one color. He waves a hand, puts a finger to his lips, turns a shoulder, points to the side and bends low.

The AI versions keep the rooms and the moves and swap in someone else. People search for it in a few ways: "hotline bling ai trend", "drake hotline bling ai" or "drake red puffer dance". It's all the same clip.

Since about 8 November 2026, TikTok and Instagram have filled up with tutorials called "how to make the Hotline Bling AI trend". On 12 November 2026 we counted 28 AI versions from 26 creators posted on TikTok in one day, plus 27 how-to tutorials and 8 CapCut templates.

Is this the real Hotline Bling video?

Yes. Our Hotline Bling template is cut from Drake's official music video on YouTube, from 0:48.6 to 1:02.6. Same rooms, same light, same cuts, and the video's own sound. Only the man in the red puffer changes.

Not every site does it this way. Some make a new room that looks like the set and add their own beat instead of the song. That's fine if you only want the look. With the real footage and sound, people know it's Hotline Bling from the first second.

What song is Hotline Bling?

"Hotline Bling" is a song by Drake. It came out as a single on 31 July 2015 and later became a bonus track on his 2016 album Views. The beat is built on a sample of Timmy Thomas's 1972 song "Why Can't We Live Together".

The song is about an ex who used to call him late at night and has moved on. It peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 on the chart dated 24 October 2015. In February 2017 it won two Grammys: Best Rap Song and Best Rap/Sung Performance.

Hotline Bling timeline

31 July 2015: Drake puts out "Hotline Bling" as a single.

19 October 2015: the music video, directed by Director X, comes out on Apple Music.

October 2015: people cut Drake's dance into Vines and lay other songs over it. Within a week it's one of the big memes of the year.

24 October 2015: the song reaches No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100.

26 October 2015: the video goes up on YouTube.

February 2017: the song wins two Grammys.

From about 8 November 2026: AI versions and "how to make" tutorials take off on TikTok and Instagram.

12 November 2026: the YouTube video has 2,163,619,637 views.

The Hotline Bling template, shot by shot

Our Hotline Bling template is 14 seconds of the official video, 16:9 landscape, with the original sound. We pulled frames to time each shot. It cuts back and forth between Drake and the dancers in silhouette, nine shots in all.

0 to about 1 s: Drake against a pale blue wall turning lilac. He waves it off with one flat hand.

About 1 to 2.7 s: dancers in black silhouette in front of a glowing green and blue window.

About 2.7 to 4.6 s: a pink close-up. He puts a finger to his lips, wags it and turns away.

About 4.6 to 6 s: silhouettes against magenta.

About 6 to 8 s: pink again, wider. He turns his shoulder, sways and points out to the side.

About 8 to 9.8 s: silhouettes against a yellow and blue window.

About 9.8 to 11.5 s: a pale grey room. He bends low, sweeps a hand and comes back up.

About 11.5 to 12.4 s: silhouettes against green.

About 12.4 s to the end: a close-up against pale grey-blue, a hand by his mouth, swaying.

The 7-second cut runs from the pink close-up to the yellow silhouettes: the finger to the lips, the shoulder turn and the side point. It leaves out the opening wave, the bend and the last close-up.

Who plays which role

There's one role: the man in the red puffer jacket and white T-shirt. Your photo replaces him in all five of his shots. Your face and hair come from the photo, and you wear the same red puffer.

The dancers in the silhouette shots always stay as they are. They're solid black shapes, so there's no face to swap. Anyone can take the red puffer role, a man or a woman.

What we saw when we tested it

We tested the Hotline Bling Dance template with AI-made sample faces on 12 November 2026. A man did the full 14 seconds and a woman did the 7-second cut, and both came out right the first time. Their own face and hair stayed on in all of Drake's shots: the pink close-up with the finger to the lips, the turn away from the camera, the bend and the last close-up. The silhouette shots stayed exactly as in the video.

How people play the Hotline Bling trend

People have copied this dance since the week the video came out. In October 2015 they cut it into Vines and laid other songs over it, and Drake always seemed to be on the beat. Two stills from the video, one of Drake turning away with a hand up, also became the two-panel "no / yes" Drake meme, often called Drakeposting.

The 2026 wave is mostly AI. People put their own face, a friend or a pet into the red puffer, often with CapCut templates linked from TikTok tutorials. Instagram has the same tutorials.

Our site doesn't allow photos of celebrities, public figures or children. So the version you make here is you or an adult who said yes.

Hotline Bling Dance AI vs Jump on the Trend, MakeViral and other sites

Jump on the Trend uses the same 14 seconds of the real video, with the original sound, in 16:9. You add one photo, or up to three for a closer likeness. It shows you a free preview image first, then makes the video for $6.99 (100 credits), charged only when it's delivered. It says that takes 10 to 20 minutes. It also lets you keep your own outfit instead of the red puffer.

MakeViral doesn't use the music video. It makes a new room in the same style from your photo and adds its own slow R&B beat, not Drake's song. On 12 November 2026 its version for people made 10 seconds, with a 15-second option, in vertical 9:16 at 720p, for 126 credits. By its credit packs that's about $8.60 to $12.60 a video, and the smallest pack that covers one is $13.99 for 150 credits. Its pet version is 56 credits.

If you want a vertical video, MakeViral is the better pick: it's 9:16, and ours is 16:9 like the music video. Both are 720p. If you want a free look before you pay, Jump on the Trend has that.

CapCut is where many TikTok tutorials send you, through "Try this template" links. We counted 8 CapCut templates on 12 November 2026 and didn't check what they cost. If you already edit in CapCut, that's the easy route.

TrendTemplate uses 14 seconds of the official video with its sound, from one photo, with no subscription: the 7-second cut for 5 credits or the full 14 seconds for 15 credits, at 720p. We are not affiliated with Jump on the Trend, MakeViral, CapCut, Drake, OVO, Republic Records, Cash Money or Director X.

Pets aren't on for this one yet

We tried a golden retriever twice on 12 November 2026. The dog looked great in Drake's shots, red puffer and all. But both times the model also put the dog into a silhouette dancer shot, where nobody in a red puffer appears, and once it changed that room's colors. So this template takes people only for now. If you want your pet in a meme, the Christmas Pajama Dance and Hey Boo templates take pet photos.

Photos that work

Most of Drake's shots are close or waist-up, so your face fills a big part of the frame. That helps the likeness, and it also shows every blur. Use one sharp, front-facing photo with even light, no sunglasses and nobody else in it.

He turns away and bends down a few times, so the side and top of your head show. Your hair comes from the photo, so pick one where it looks the way you want. The red puffer and white T-shirt come from the clip.

7 seconds or the full 14

The 7-second cut is the middle of the clip, from the pink close-up with the finger to the lips through the shoulder turn and the side point, for 5 credits. The full 14 seconds adds the opening wave, the bend in the grey room and the last close-up, for 15 credits.

Both lengths are made in one go. We lay the original sound back over the finished clip.

The 7-second cut is 5 credits, which the Try pack (USD 4.99) covers. The full 14 seconds is 15 credits, which the Single pack (USD 9.99) covers.

The video is 16:9 landscape like the music video, at 720p, with the sound already on it. TikTok and Reels show it with bars above and below. You can leave the page while it renders. It shows up in My videos, and you download it as an MP4.