Raindance AI is the AI video trend that took off on TikTok and Instagram Reels in late September 2026. People put themselves and someone else into a 28-second scene from the official music video for "Raindance" by Dave featuring Tems.
At sunset, one person sits at the end of a wooden pier as the other walks up. The other sings to the camera by the water, and the two sit together on the sand. One takes the other's picture on the pier, the singer hugs their own arms and holds a long note, and they end side by side on the sand watching the waves at sunset. There is no dance in it: Raindance is the name of the song.
The song Raindance came out on October 23, 2025, as the fifth track on Dave's third album, The Boy Who Played the Harp. It reached No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart in January 2026, Dave's fourth No. 1 single and Tems' first. The music video came out on January 9, 2026, directed by Nathan James Tettey and filmed in Lagos, Nigeria, with more than 277 million views on YouTube.
Couples make these videos most of all, along with best friends and pet owners. One of the first Raindance AI videos, posted on September 25, 2026, starred two cats as the couple. The video that made the trend take off appeared on TikTok on September 26, 2026, and drew 4.6 million views. Each video starts from that music video scene and changes only the people, so the camera, the cuts, the light and the mouth movements stay.
Seadanse makes the full 28-second video from one or two photos, complete with the original song in 4:3 at 480p or 720p. You pay $9.90 for one 720p video, with no subscription and no sign-up.