Two friends
Two friends take a role each: he gets the first close-up, she gets the second, and each dances behind the other.
Small Town Boy AI Video Generator
Star in the Smalltown Boy AI dance with a friend, your partner or two pets. One of you screams along in a close-up while the other dances behind, then you trade places. Add a photo for each role, or just one, and get a 10-second vertical video with the original song. One video is $9.90, no subscription.
More templates
Same idea, other viral clips. One photo per person.
Small Town Boy AI video examples
The same 10 seconds, once starring two friends and once two dogs.
Two dogs
A bulldog takes the first close-up and a bichon in a yellow vest takes the second.
- Set to Bronski Beat's "Smalltown Boy" (1984)
- AI versions spread on TikTok in October 2026
What is the Smalltown Boy AI trend?
The Smalltown Boy AI trend is a short dance video set to Bronski Beat's 1984 song "Smalltown Boy". Two people take turns in front of a wooden fence: one leans into the camera, screaming along with both hands on their head, while the other dances behind them, and then they trade places.
The dance started with real people filming it on TikTok. In October 2026 AI versions spread, first with two cats doing the moves, then with dogs, movie characters and anyone people had a photo of. People search for it as "small town boy AI" too; it is the same trend.
The version on this site is a 10-second cut of the clip: the first close-up, the second close-up and the dancing behind each one, with the song kept. You choose who plays each part: two people or two pets.
What each Smalltown Boy video includes
- Clip
- 10 seconds
- Both close-ups and the dancing behind them, ready to post.
- Format
- 9:16 MP4 at 720p
- Vertical, with the original song.
- Roles
- 1 or 2, people or pets
- One photo per role. Leave a role empty and the original dancer stays in it.
- Packs
- 1, 2, 4 or 9 videos
- 600 credits per video.
How to make a Small Town Boy AI video
- 1
Decide who screams first
Whoever goes in "Screams first" gets the opening close-up. Want the other order? Put the photos the other way round.
- 2
Upload a front-facing photo per role
One person or one pet per photo, facing the camera, with the whole face visible. Use only yourself or adults who agreed to be in it.
- 3
Generate and collect it from My videos
Start the video and close the tab if you like. It shows up in My videos when it is ready and stays there for 30 days to download or send as a link.
Who to do the Smalltown Boy dance with
The clip is two dancers taking turns, so it works with anyone you would scream a song with.
You and your bestie
The classic version: you take the first close-up, they take the second, and each of you dances behind the other.
Your cats or dogs
Pets are made to stand up on their hind legs and dance the routine with their paws, like the AI cat videos that made the trend blow up.
You and your boyfriend or girlfriend
Post it as your couple video, or send it to them with no warning.
You and a parent
The song came out in 1984. Put a parent who remembers it in one role and yourself in the other.
One finished clip vs. a dance generated from a prompt
This site starts from the Smalltown Boy clip itself and puts you in it, instead of generating a new dance around your photos each time.
| A new dance made from a prompt | This site (the finished clip) | |
|---|---|---|
| What the AI makes | A new dance the AI invents from your photos | You, placed into the finished Smalltown Boy clip |
| The moves | Different from one try to the next | Follows the same close-ups and dancing each time |
| The song | Depends on the tool; you may have to add it yourself | The trend's original song, already in the video |
| What you write | A prompt | Nothing, just add photos |
Photos that make both close-ups look right
Each role is drawn from one photo, so a sharp, front-facing shot is what makes the close-ups look like you, or your pet. For a pet, pick a photo where its face is toward the camera and nothing covers it.
Works best
Face the camera
Even light
Head and shoulders in frame
Avoid
Group photos
Sunglasses or masks
Side profile
Posting it on TikTok, Reels and Shorts
- 1
Made for vertical feeds
The video is 9:16, so it fills the screen on TikTok, Reels and Shorts.
- 2
Say Smalltown Boy in the caption
"Smalltown Boy AI" or #smalltownboy tells people which trend they are about to watch.
- 3
Tag your co-star
Tag the person you made it with so their friends see it too.
- 4
Turn on the AI-generated tag
TikTok and Instagram both have an AI-generated label; switch it on when you post.
Packs for your Smalltown Boy videos
Pay once for a pack of credits and use them whenever you like. No monthly plan, and if a video fails, you get its credits back.
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Small Town Boy AI questions
It is the AI version of the Smalltown Boy dance trend: two dancers take turns screaming along to the song in a close-up while the other dances behind. On this site you add a photo for each role and star in a finished 10-second clip.
"Smalltown Boy" by Bronski Beat, released in 1984. Your video keeps the song from the trend's clip.
Scroll up to the generator and add a clear photo for the one who screams first, the one who screams second, or both. Tick the box confirming everyone in the photos agreed, and press Generate video. When it is ready, download it from My videos; it is kept there for 30 days.
Yes. Use a photo of your pet in a role and it stands up on its hind legs for the routine: in its close-up it leans in, mouth open, with both paws on its head, just like the human version. One pet per photo, with its face toward the camera.
Yes. Fill only one role and the other part stays as the original dancer from the TikTok clip.
No. Each role takes its own photo with one face in it, so crop a photo of the two of you into two pictures, one per person.
It is a 10-second cut of the trend clip that keeps both close-ups, the dancing behind each one and the song.
Whoever is in "Screams first". The other role dances in the background and then gets the second close-up.
10 seconds, as a 9:16 MP4 at 720p, with the song.
Each video uses 600 credits, whether you fill one role or both. $9.90 makes one video, $17.90 makes two, $29.90 makes four and $59.90 makes nine.
No. Videos come from a one-time credit pack, starting at $9.90 for one video, with no subscription. The small sign-up bonus doesn't cover a video. If a video fails, its credits go back to your balance.
It almost always comes down to the photo. Try one where the face is sharp, toward the camera and evenly lit, with no sunglasses, cap or second person, and generate again. A second try costs the same as a new video; only failed videos are refunded automatically.
No. There is no template to find, no prompt to write and nothing to install: add the photos on this page, in your browser on a phone or a computer, and generate.
No. This site is not affiliated with Bronski Beat or the song's rights holders.
No. Each photo has to be you, your own pet, or an adult who said yes to being in the video. Public figures and anyone under 18 are not allowed.
Yes. Only you can see it in My videos, unless you share its link; anyone with the link can watch it. The video and the photos you uploaded are deleted about 30 days after you make it.