# AI Headbop Video > Your family, friends or pets as a row of cut-out heads on black, bopping in time to the beat, big to small. - URL: https://soracai.com/ai-headbop - Canonical: https://soracai.com/ai-headbop - Model: Google Nano Banana 2 (Gemini image model) builds the start frame, then Kling 3.0 Omni (image-to-video with sound) - Type: video effect - Category: Portrait (https://soracai.com/effects/portrait) - Cost: 140 credits per run (packs from $0.99; pricing: https://soracai.com/pricing.md) - Inputs: Photo 1 (biggest head) – Head and shoulders, face to camera; Photo 2 (optional) (optional) – An adult or a pet, face to camera; Photo 3 (optional) (optional) – An adult or a pet, face to camera - Time: 1–3 minutes - Watermark: none - Example result: https://soracai.com/media/templates/ai-headbop/poster.avif - Updated: 2026-10-17 ## What is the AI Headbop Video? The AI headbop template makes the cut-out-heads animation everyone is posting, without cutting anything out by hand. Upload one to three photos of people or pets. The template cuts out each head at the neck, gives it a thin white sticker outline and lines them up in one row on a pure black background, biggest on the left and smallest on the right. Then the beat drops. The heads tilt and bounce left and right one beat apart, like a wave from big to small, then all together on the drop, with a little squash and stretch on every hit. The format took off at the end of September 2026, when a headbop of a "family" of fighter jets passed 2 million views. A CapCut headbop template with four meme cats passed a million, how-tos for making it with your own family passed half a million, and #headbop has hundreds of millions of views. Until now you had to cut every head out yourself in an editor. The template runs in two steps: an image model makes the sticker row from your photos, then a video model animates the bop to an original phonk beat. The clip is 5 seconds, vertical and watermark-free. ## One to three heads Photo 1 is required and becomes the biggest head. Photos 2 and 3 are optional; with one photo you get a single bopping head, with three you get the classic row. The image step keeps each face, hairstyle and fur exactly as in its photo, so the sticker heads look like the real people and pets. ## Why the background is black The trend's look is flat sticker heads on pure black, so the heads pop and the bop reads instantly. The template keeps that look and leaves out bodies and text, so you can add your own caption on top. ## How to use it 1. Open https://soracai.com/ai-headbop and upload the photos (Photo 1 (biggest head), Photo 2 (optional), Photo 3 (optional)). 2. Press Generate (140 credits, shown on the button before you run it). 3. Wait one to three minutes; the result is also saved to My Creations. 4. Download the MP4 without a watermark. Failed runs are refunded automatically. ## Examples - Example result: https://soracai.com/media/templates/ai-headbop/poster.avif ## This trend on Instagram & TikTok - @.carvaa (Trend video), TikTok, 2026-09-28: The fighter-jet “family” headbop. 2,026,113 views, 311,320 likes. Original: https://www.tiktok.com/@.carvaa/video/7690692396161453343 - @popo_hrtz (Trend video), TikTok, 2026-10-10: Four meme cats bopping. 1,078,209 views, 207,641 likes. Original: https://www.tiktok.com/@popo_hrtz/video/7695068569641422087 - @dshaun.abilene (Trend video), TikTok, 2026-10-04: Family headbop with your own photos. 523,736 views, 24,590 likes. Original: https://www.tiktok.com/@dshaun.abilene/video/7692913193223474446 ## Tips - Use head-and-shoulders photos with the face toward the camera. - Put the biggest person (or the boss of the family) in Photo 1; heads shrink from left to right. - Pets work well as the smallest head at the end of the row. - Use photos of adults and pets only; the site does not take photos of children. - Swap the beat for a trending phonk sound if you like; the bop is short and loops. ## Use cases - A family or friend-group post in the headbop trend. - A team or office intro clip. - A pet account post with your pets lined up by size. ## FAQ ### How do I make a headbop video? Upload one to three photos and press Generate. The template cuts out the heads, lines them up on black and animates the bop to a beat. ### Is it free? Video templates use paid credits. New accounts get free credits for photo templates only. The exact cost is shown on the Generate button before you confirm. ### Can I use pet photos? Yes. Dogs, cats and other pets work, on their own or next to people. ### Can I add more than three heads? Not in this version. Three heads keep each face big enough to recognise. ### Does the video have sound? Yes, an original phonk beat. You can mute it and add the trending sound. ### Is there a watermark? No watermark is added to the video. ### Where is my photo stored? Uploads are stored in Firebase Storage (Google Cloud) under your account so the run can happen and the result appears in Creations. They are not public, and you can email support to request deletion. 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