# Tying My Shoes Meme AI: Strangers Drop Cash in Your Cup > From one photo of you (or your pet), you crouch on a park path to tie your shoe, passers-by take your drink cup for a tip cup and drop bills in it, and you switch to a huge grin: the viral "tie my shoes" money meme, starring you. - URL: https://soracai.com/ai-tying-shoes-meme - Canonical: https://soracai.com/ai-tying-shoes-meme - 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: Transform (https://soracai.com/effects/transform) - Cost: 140 credits per run (packs from $0.99; pricing: https://soracai.com/pricing.md) - Inputs: Your photo or your pet – One adult, full body or down to the knees, face clear, or your own pet with the whole body in view. - Time: 1–3 minutes - Watermark: none - Example result: https://soracai.com/media/templates/ai-tying-shoes-meme/poster.avif - Updated: 2026-11-14 ## What is the Tying My Shoes Meme AI: Strangers Drop Cash in Your Cup? The tying my shoes meme is the fastest career change on the internet: a guy puts his drink cup down on a park path and crouches to tie his shoe, people walking past think it is a tip cup and drop bills in it, and he switches to a huge grin and sits down behind the cup. Upload one photo of yourself or your pet and this template puts you on the path. The clip comes from the New York creator @jaywicwya, filmed with the phone low on a park path. Copies went around from July 2026 as "Tie my shoes gone wrong" and "When you're just trying to tie your shoes", and on 20 July a compilation by @brightvibes89 opened with it under the French caption "the fastest career change in history"; it passed 1.6 million views. In November it turned into an AI trend: creators kept the park, the low camera and the passers-by and swapped only the man. On 11 November @merkurianin posted a black cat version crediting the original, and it passed 1.4 million views in two days. The template runs in two steps: an image model puts you (or your pet) crouched on the park path next to the cup, then a video model plays 8 seconds of the passers-by dropping cash and your grin, with an original funky beat. The trend videos on this page are credited to their creators; the poster image is AI-generated. ## What happens in the video 0-3 s: you crouch to tie your sneaker and a passer-by drops a bill in your cup. 3-6 s: two more bills land and you slowly start to grin. 6-8 s: you sit down behind the cup like a street performer, beaming at the camera. ## Can I use my cat or dog? Yes. Upload a pet photo and the template keeps its species, fur colour and markings; your pet crouches by the cup like the black cat in the viral remix. ## Which photo to use One adult, full body or down to the knees, face clear, or one pet with the whole body in view. Use your own photo or one of someone who said yes, never a celebrity, a stranger or a child. ## How to use it 1. Open https://soracai.com/ai-tying-shoes-meme and upload a photo (Your photo or your pet). 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-tying-shoes-meme/poster.avif ## This trend on Instagram & TikTok - @brightvibes89 (Trend video), TikTok, 2026-07-20: The original by @jaywicwya: “the fastest career change in history”. 1,604,137 views, 54,635 likes. Original: https://www.tiktok.com/@brightvibes89/video/7664431710586637582 - @merkurianin (Trend video), TikTok, 2026-11-11: The black cat remix: 1.4M in two days. 1,400,124 views, 135,553 likes. Original: https://www.tiktok.com/@merkurianin/video/7706831636708461831 ## Tips - Use a full-body photo, standing or sitting, face clear and in good light. - Pets are the trend's favourite twist: a cat or dog tying its shoes gets the biggest laughs. - Caption it "when you're just trying to tie your shoes" or "fastest career change in history". - Add the trending sound in TikTok when you post; the clip comes with its own original beat. - Credit the original creator in your caption, as the remixes do. ## Use cases - Putting yourself or your pet in the viral tie my shoes money clip. - A funny post about side hustles, payday or being broke. - Joining the tying shoes meme without CapCut. ## FAQ ### How do I make the tying my shoes meme with AI? Upload one photo of you or your pet and press Generate. You get an 8-second vertical clip of you tying your shoe while strangers drop cash in your cup. ### 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. ### Is the money real? No. Everything in the clip is AI-made, including the passers-by and the banknotes. Tell people it is AI when you share it. ### Is this affiliated with the creators of the trend? No. Soracai is not affiliated with @jaywicwya, @merkurianin, CapCut, TikTok or any creator shown on this page. "Tying my shoes meme" 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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