What Is the Drake Hotline Bling AI Trend?

The Drake Hotline Bling AI trend is an AI remake of the Hotline Bling music video: the same empty rooms glowing in changing colors, the same cuts and the same smooth, laid-back dance, but with someone else dancing. Creators put cartoon pairs, footballers, F1 drivers, couples and pets in Drake’s place, and on this site you can put in yourself, a friend, your partner or your pet from one or two photos.

Where the Hotline Bling AI Trend Came From

"Hotline Bling" is a Drake single from July 2015 that later landed on his 2016 album Views. Its music video, released in October 2015 and directed by Director X, shows Drake dancing alone in minimal rooms lit in shifting colors, a look many people compared to the light installations of artist James Turrell (Wikipedia, the Turrell comparison on YouTube). Stills from the video later became the well-known Drake meme.

The AI version is new. It went viral on Instagram, TikTok and YouTube Shorts in November 2026, with versions like SpongeBob and Patrick (@nekit_rkv on Instagram), and "how to make the Drake Hotline Bling AI trend" tutorials soon followed on TikTok.

Why Everyone Is Doing It

The joke is the contrast. Drake’s dance and slow phone-call gesture are deadly serious and smooth, so watching SpongeBob, a footballer or your dog do the exact same moves in the same glowing rooms is instantly funny. The video also has a built-in second part, so it works best as a pair:

• Cartoon duos like SpongeBob and Patrick or Masha and the Bear, one dancing and one crouching by the wall.
• Couples and best friends trading places from room to room.
• Pets doing the routine standing on their hind legs.
• Athletes and drivers in the most-shared fan edits.

What the AI Version Copies, and What Comes From Your Photo

Our generator follows a viral AI version of the trend shot by shot. Each cut is rendered on its own with your photo, then the shots are joined and the trend’s Hotline Bling soundtrack is kept.

From the trend:

• the empty single-color rooms whose light changes from shot to shot
• the loose, laid-back dance and the close-ups with the slow phone-call gesture
• the second dancer crouching, leaning on the wall and posing in other colored rooms
• the cuts, the 16:9 landscape frame (plus a vertical 9:16 version for TikTok, Reels and Shorts) and the soundtrack

From your photos:

• the face of each person or pet
• the clothes each one wears in their own photo (nobody gets Drake’s outfit)

The full 15 second version is the whole routine: 8 shots, 4 colored rooms for each dancer, ending on the phone-gesture close-up.

Make Your Own Version

Go to the generator on the homepage, add photo 1 for the main dancer and, if you like, photo 2 for the second dancer, then pick 6, 10 or 15 seconds. The video is usually ready in a few minutes. For tips on photos, lengths and posting, read how to make a Hotline Bling AI video.

Join the Trend Responsibly

• Use your own photo, or get permission before putting someone else in a video.
• Do not use photos of celebrities, politicians or other public figures.
• Label your clip as AI-generated when you post it.

Hotline Bling AI Trend FAQ

Is this the official Hotline Bling video or a Drake app? No. Hotline Bling AI is not affiliated with, endorsed or sponsored by Drake, OVO, Republic Records, Universal Music, Director X, James Turrell, TikTok, Instagram or YouTube. It’s a tool for making your own version of the fan trend.

What song is in the trend? "Hotline Bling" by Drake, released in 2015. Videos made here keep the trend’s Hotline Bling soundtrack.

When did the Hotline Bling AI trend start? The AI version went viral on Instagram, TikTok and YouTube Shorts in November 2026.

Do I need a partner to do it? No. With one photo, the same person plays both parts: the main dancer and the second dancer by the wall.

Can pets do the Hotline Bling dance? Yes. A pet stays a real animal and dances standing on its hind legs.