# Pimpwalk Entrance AI Trend: Strut Through the Door Your Friend Holds > From one photo, your friend holds the shop door open, grooving, and you strut in low and slow in a 1970s velvet-jacket look: the viral pimpwalk entrance, hold-the-door trend. - URL: https://soracai.com/ai-pimpwalk-entrance - Canonical: https://soracai.com/ai-pimpwalk-entrance - Model: Google Nano Banana 2 (Gemini image model) builds the start frame, then Google Gemini Omni Flash 1.1 (reference images to video with sound) - Type: video effect - Category: Retro (https://soracai.com/effects/retro) - Cost: 140 credits per run (packs from $0.99; pricing: https://soracai.com/pricing.md) - Inputs: Your photo – One adult, head to toe if you can, face clear and toward the camera. You are the one who struts in.; The friend who holds the door (optional) (optional) – One adult who agreed to it, face clear. Leave empty and a grooving stranger holds the door. - Time: 1–3 minutes - Watermark: none - Example result: https://soracai.com/media/templates/ai-pimpwalk-entrance/poster.avif - Updated: 2026-11-04 ## What is the Pimpwalk Entrance AI Trend: Strut Through the Door Your Friend Holds? The pimpwalk entrance is the hold-the-door trend of late October and November 2026: a friend pulls a shop door wide open and grooves, and you strut through it in an exaggerated low, slow, leaning-back walk, totally serious. Upload one photo and this template makes you the one who walks in; add a friend's photo and they hold the door. It started on 17 October 2026 with a real clip by @mrdanielkimchi of a man in a shiny suit and fedora strutting through a shop door a friend holds open; its sound carries the whole trend. On 25 October the AI creator @mrmiltonfrost posted an AI version with a 1970s dandy walking into a burger shop at night, "Walked in looking for a burger. Walked out with a restraining order", which passed 590,000 views. From 31 October it became a CapCut template: the #pimpwalktrend tag started that day, and "how to make the pimpwalk entrance hold the door trend" tutorials passed 433,000 and 359,000 views within two days, often as "pimpwalk into barbershop". The template runs in two steps: an image model puts you in a 70s velvet-jacket look at the shop door, then a video model plays the 8-second strut with an original funk groove. The trend videos on this page are credited to their creators; the poster image is AI-generated. ## What happens in the video 0-2 s: your friend pulls the door open and grooves. 2-6 s: you strut in low and slow, leaning back, one shoulder dipping with each step. 6-8 s: you straighten up, fix your collar and you both nod at the camera. ## What is the pimpwalk entrance trend? It is a hold-the-door entrance: one person opens the door and grooves, the other walks through with an over-the-top 1970s strut. It began with a real clip on 17 October 2026, an AI creator turned it into a 70s character skit, and CapCut templates spread it from 31 October. This template keeps the setup with your own face and an original groove. ## Which photos to use One adult per photo, head to toe if you can, face clear and toward the camera. Any background works: the shop and the 70s outfit come from the template. Use your own photo and one of a friend who said yes, never a celebrity or a stranger. ## How to use it 1. Open https://soracai.com/ai-pimpwalk-entrance and upload the photos (Your photo, The friend who holds the door (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-pimpwalk-entrance/poster.avif ## This trend on Instagram & TikTok - @mrmiltonfrost (Trend video), TikTok, 2026-10-25: “Walked in looking for a burger”: the AI version, 590K. 590,324 views, 27,900 likes. Original: https://www.tiktok.com/@mrmiltonfrost/video/7700543964641889550 - @thegurst (Trend video), TikTok, 2026-10-30: The golden armour entrance: 190K. 189,705 views, 9,735 likes. Original: https://www.tiktok.com/@thegurst/video/7702275785721203982 - @mrdanielkimchi (Trend video), TikTok, 2026-10-17: The original door scene: 54K. 53,818 views, 3,384 likes. Original: https://www.tiktok.com/@mrdanielkimchi/video/7697523715256388877 ## Tips - Use a head-to-toe photo: the joke is the whole-body strut. - Add your friend's photo so they are the one holding the door. - Caption it "walked in like" or "pimpwalk into the barbershop". - Add the trending door-scene sound in TikTok when you post; the clip comes with an original funk groove. - Keep a straight face in your photo; the more serious you look, the funnier the walk. ## Use cases - Your own pimpwalk entrance without filming at a shop door. - A duo post with your best friend as the door holder. - A grand-entrance clip for a birthday, a new job or a barbershop visit. ## FAQ ### How do I make the pimpwalk entrance video with AI? Upload one clear photo of yourself (and one of a friend, if you like) and press Generate. You get an 8-second vertical clip of you strutting in through the door your friend holds open. ### 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 my friend hold the door? Yes. Add their photo in the second box. Leave it empty and a grooving stranger holds the door. ### Does the video have sound? Yes: an original 1970s funk groove, footsteps and a door chime, with no existing song. Add the trending sound in TikTok when you post. ### Is this the same as the CapCut pimpwalk template? It is the same trend, made from one photo on the web: no CapCut account or template link. ### Is this affiliated with TikTok, CapCut or the creators of the trend? No. Soracai is not affiliated with TikTok, CapCut, @mrdanielkimchi, @mrmiltonfrost or any creator shown on this page. "Pimpwalk entrance" is the name of the trend, used because that is what people search for. ### 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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