Quick answer
Starrd's I Need A Girl Dance template turns two photos into the viral 'I Need A Girl' street dance challenge. Photo 1 stands on the left and lip-syncs the spoken intro of 'I Need a Girl (Part Two)' ('Hold up, hold up… hit him with part two, son'), turning to their partner mid-line; photo 2 stands on the right, deadpan, then throws a peace sign up high. The beat drops at 2.5 seconds and you both dance the routine side by side, laughing, in one continuous handheld phone shot in a night-time parking lot with street lamps and a crowd hanging out behind you. Everyone keeps their own face, hair and outfit, and pets dance upright with real paws. The original sound is muxed on top. 15 seconds, vertical 9:16, Seedance 2.5, 480p, 150 credits (about $7.50).
The same dance, any subject — tap one to make it with your photo.
Two photos in, and out comes you and a friend (or your dog) doing the viral I Need A Girl dance challenge: one of you calls it in, the other throws a peace sign, and the beat drops into the dance. Here it is:
I Need A Girl Dance
Two photos. One of you says the 'hold up, hold up' intro, the other throws a peace sign, then you both dance it out in a parking lot at night. 15 seconds.
What You Get
- The intro, lip-synced. Photo 1 says "Hold up, hold up… hit him with part two, son" to the camera on the original timing, turning to their partner mid-line.
- The peace sign. Photo 2 stays deadpan through the intro, then throws a peace sign up high and breaks into a grin.
- The dance, on the beat. The beat drops at 2.5 seconds and you both dance side by side at about 103 BPM, every arm swing and bounce where the original's lands.
- The street vibe. A parking lot at night, street lamps, a crowd hanging out behind you, one handheld phone shot.
- Your own outfits. Faces, hair and the clothes from your photos, not the original's hoodies and caps.
- People or pets. A dog dances upright with real paws.
- 15 seconds, vertical 9:16, with the original sound, ready for TikTok, Reels and Shorts.
What the Video Actually Is
@westcada posted the clip with a friend on October 25, 2026, captioned as part two of a dance challenge. It passed 1.8 million plays, 226,000 likes and 24,000 saves in about a week. Two friends in hoodies with caps pulled over their hoods stand shoulder to shoulder in a parking lot at night while someone films them on a phone. The sound opens with the spoken intro of "I Need a Girl (Part Two)": one of them says it straight to the camera and turns to the other mid-line; the other stays cool, throws a peace sign, and they both dance as the instrumental kicks in.
Why it suits AI: it's a two-person challenge that only lands if both of you commit, on the same night, in the same place. Two photos solve that, and the lip-synced intro is the part people can't fake by just dancing to the sound.
The 15 Seconds, Beat by Beat
| Time | Photo 1 (left) | Photo 2 (right) |
|---|---|---|
| 0:00 | Says "Hold up, hold up" to the camera | Deadpan, mouth shut |
| 0.6s | Touches the chin | Deadpan |
| 0.9s | Turns in profile to face photo 2, still talking | Looks at the camera |
| 1.2s | Back to the camera: "hit him with part two, son" | Deadpan |
| 2.2s | Grins at the camera | Throws a peace sign up high |
| 2.5s | The beat drops: both swing their forearms across toward each other | Breaks into a big grin |
| 2.5–15s | Dancing side by side on the beat (a bar every 2.33 seconds), laughing at the camera | Dancing, grinning |
Your Look
- Your own faces and outfits. Nobody gets the original's hoodies, caps or puffer jacket.
- Your own sides. Photo 1 always says the intro on the left; photo 2 always throws the peace sign on the right.
- Your own mouths. Only photo 1 talks, and only during the intro.
Put whoever is the better talker in slot 1: they're the one who says the intro. A clear photo where the mouth isn't covered gives the cleanest lip sync.
The Fastest Way
I Need A Girl Dance
Two photos, the intro lip-synced, the peace sign and the dance on the beat, with the original sound.
Two photos, 150 credits (about $7.50), no prompt. It renders on Seedance 2.5 at 480p, vertical 9:16, 15 seconds.
Build It Yourself
1. Turn the clip into a depth map. Run it through a depth-estimation model (Depth Anything V2 works). Smooth the caps into plain domes and blur the glasses, so the original performers' caps never show up on you. Keep the original song inside the depth video: the model needs to hear the intro to time photo 1's mouth.
2. Make one storyboard sheet of six moments. The intro to the camera, the turn to the partner, the peace sign, the beat drop, a low bounce and a laugh toward the lens, generated from both photos in a parking lot at night, with a depth-map sheet of the original poses as a layout guide.
A photorealistic still from a handheld phone video filmed at night in an open parking lot, street lamps far behind, two friends from the waist up lit by the phone's light: the person from reference image 2 on the right throws a peace sign high above their head with a grin starting, while the person from reference image 1 on the left grins at the lens, each wearing exactly the clothes from their own photo. A touch of phone-camera noise. No text.
3. Drive it with the depth map and the song. Feed the sheet, both photos and the depth video to a model that copies motion from a reference video (we recommend Seedance 2.5). Then write what it can't read from a depth map: who stands on which side, exactly when photo 1's mouth talks (and that it stops at 2.6 seconds), that photo 2's mouth stays shut, and the facial reactions. Render it and lay the original audio back on at the end.
Common Mistakes
Leaving the caps in the depth map. A cap brim reads clearly in a depth map, especially when a head turns in profile, and the model puts it on you. Smooth every cap into a plain dome first.
No song in the driver. With a silent depth video, the model guesses when the intro is said, and the mouth drifts off the words by up to a second.
Both mouths talking. Without saying that only photo 1 talks and only during the intro, the model has both of you mouthing the line, and keeps you talking through the dance.
Ignoring the photobomber. In the original, a third person leans into the frame at 15.6 seconds. Stop before that, or a stranger's face walks into your video.
FAQ
How many photos? Exactly two: photo 1 on the left says the intro, photo 2 on the right throws the peace sign.
How long is it? 15 seconds, vertical 9:16.
What does it cost? 150 credits, about $7.50.
Can a pet do it? Yes, upright on its hind legs with real paws.
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