Quick answer
Upload one or two photos to Starrd's Raindance template and it turns them into a 28-second, 12-shot romantic music video set to Dave and Tems' 'Raindance': golden hour on a wooden lake pier and a sandy beach, the singer (photo 1) singing to the camera in close-ups while the partner (photo 2) sits on the pier, leans in beside them on the sand and photographs them from the end of the dock, ending side by side at sunset. Everyone keeps their own face, hair and clothes; one photo plays both parts. Pets work too. Widescreen 16:9, 250 credits (about $12.50).
One or two photos in, and out comes your own "Raindance" music video: golden hour on a lake pier, one of you singing to the camera, the other behind the lens. Here's one made from two photos:
Raindance
One or two photos. A golden-hour music video for two on a lake pier and a beach, set to Dave & Tems. 28 seconds, widescreen.
What You Get
- 12 shots, cut on the music. Not one take: a real music-video edit, every cut landing where the original's does.
- The singer (photo 1) singing to the camera over the water: a finger pointed down the lens, a hand to the collarbone, a little hand heart, arms crossed for the long high note.
- The partner (photo 2) alone on the end of the pier, leaning in beside the singer on the sand, then kneeling with a camera to shoot them at the end of the dock.
- Golden hour all the way through, ending side by side on the beach at sunset.
- The song, so every line lands on the right shot.
- 28 seconds, widescreen 16:9, ready for YouTube, Reels and TikTok.
What the Trend Actually Is
"Raindance" is Dave's duet with Nigerian singer Tems, released in October 2025 as the only single from his third album, The Boy Who Played the Harp. It spread on TikTok over the winter and hit number one on the UK Singles Chart in January 2026, Dave's fourth number one and Tems' first. The official video, shot in Lagos, leans all the way into romance: a wedding reception and the two of them singing on a beach.
Couples picked up that mood: a soft-focus, golden-hour edit of two people, one singing Tems' part to the camera, the other just watching them, ending with a photoshoot on the pier.
Why it suits AI: the whole format is two people and a sunset. Your photos decide who the two people are: you and your partner, you and your best friend, or your two dogs.
One Photo or Two
- Two photos: photo 1 is the singer, photo 2 the partner behind the camera.
- One photo: the same subject plays both parts.
Pets Welcome
- Real animal movement. They sit on their haunches, tilt their heads, perk their ears and lean in, never standing around like people.
- The singer sings with its own mouth on every line.
- The partner shoots the photos with the camera held in its paws.
Use clear, well-lit photos where the faces are sharp. Your hairstyle comes with you too: if your hair is up in the photo, it stays up in every shot.
The Fastest Way
Raindance
One or two photos, the full 28-second golden-hour music video with the song. People and pets.
One or two photos, 250 credits (about $12.50), no prompt. The template holds the pier, the beach, the 12-shot edit, both performances and the song; your photos only decide who's in it. It renders on Seedance 2.5 at 480p, widescreen 16:9.
Build It Yourself
1. Turn the clip into a depth map. Crop it to 16:9, strip the audio, and run it through a depth-estimation model (we used Depth Anything V2). Normalise each shot separately so the close-ups keep the eyes, nose and jaw.
2. Clean up what the depth map gives away. It doesn't carry colours or faces, but it does carry outlines: the original singer's long hair and dress, the original partner's hair and collar. Blur those areas (the dress around the singer, the partner's whole outline) so your photos decide hair, clothes and build.
3. Make a character sheet. One image with both people from every angle: front, three-quarter, profile, back and a face close-up, each in their own clothes, lit by low golden sun on a pier.
A photorealistic 16:9 character reference sheet, two rows of the same two people seen from every angle. Top row: the subject from reference photo 1, full body from the front, three-quarter, side profile, from the back, and a tight face close-up. Bottom row: the subject from reference photo 2, the same five panels. Every panel lit by warm low late-afternoon sun, a soft blue lake behind, as if shot on a wooden pier. Same face, hair, build and clothes in every panel. No text.
4. Write the shot list, loosely. One line per shot with the shot window, the framing, the move and the lyric phrase. Don't timestamp every word: the depth video already carries the timing, and a text clock to the tenth of a second fights it and throws the lip-sync off.
5. Drive it with the depth map. Feed the sheet, both photos, the depth video and the shot list to a model that copies motion from a reference video (we recommend Seedance 2.5). Say the sheet and photos decide everything you can see, and the depth video decides only the shots, movement and timing, in full colour. Lay the song back on at the end.
Common Mistakes
Trusting the depth map with hair and clothes. Outlines leak: we got the original singer's fringe, her dress at the end of the pier and the original partner's slim build until those areas were blurred out.
Over-timing the lyrics. Word-by-word timestamps made the mouth chase the text instead of the music. Phrase-level lines sync better.
Letting hair down. If the photo has hair tied up, say it stays tied up in every shot, or the model drifts back to the original's loose hair.
FAQ
How many photos? One or two.
Does it work with my pet? Yes, as the singer, the partner, or both.
How long is it? 28 seconds, widescreen 16:9.
What does it cost? 250 credits, about $12.50.
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