Hotel Lobby AI: Put Your Duo in the Orange Booth

Two photos in, one Hotel Lobby clip out. Your cats, your dog and your best friend, or you and your partner take over the orange-booth performance, with the original song on top.

Add any photos
Pets, people or cartoons
Original song
No watermark

Start from:

Add a photo of each performer. The prompt calls the first photo Image 1 (left, starts the verse) and the second Image 2 (right); reword it to change who is who.

Image 1 is Pet A. Image 2 is Pet B. A vertical hip-hop music performance video starring two pets. Pet A from Image 1 sits upright on the LEFT and Pet B from Image 2 sits upright on the RIGHT, both whole body in frame, inside a seamless matte burnt-orange studio where the floor and back wall are the same orange. One black studio microphone hangs on a thin black cable from the top of the frame at the exact center, in the gap between them; it stays hanging the whole time and nobody holds it. Pet A leans toward the hanging microphone and raps with small paw gestures and a moving mouth while Pet B bobs its head to the beat; halfway through, Pet B leans in and takes over while Pet A sways along. Keep each pet's breed, fur color, markings and eye color exactly as in its reference image, and never swap their sides. One locked-off, centered wide shot with soft even front lighting, no cuts, no zoom, no text, no logos. No people. Audio: a punchy trap beat with two playful rap voices trading lines.

Sexually explicit (NSFW) content is strictly prohibited.

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Rendering takes about 40s. Finished clips land in History.

Example: Two cats in the booth·@therealmeowfia on TikTok

Hotel Lobby Videos People Are Posting

Three takes on the trend from TikTok. The cat duo is the most-played Hotel Lobby video so far.

Two cats in the booth

A black cat and a ginger cat trading the verse. 6.2M plays and 721K likes, the one that took the trend past the rap crowd.

@therealmeowfia on TikTok

Best friends

Two friends, two photos, one take. The most common way people do it, and 2.5M plays on this one.

@capcut.templates5031 on TikTok

A husband who agreed to one TikTok

Couples are the other half of the trend: one partner talked into it, both suddenly a rap duo.

@sldesigns1 on TikTok

What Is the Hotel Lobby AI Trend?

The Hotel Lobby trend takes one performance of the song "Hotel Lobby" by Quavo and Takeoff, filmed for COLORS in 2022 in front of a plain orange wall with a single hanging microphone, and swaps the two rappers for someone else. AI does the swap: you give it two photos and it re-renders the clip with them in place, copying every head nod and hand gesture.

It took off on TikTok in late September 2026. The first wave was celebrity pairs; what kept it going were the duos nobody expected, above all pets. Two cats rapping in the booth passed six million plays in a few days, and #hotellobbyaitrend has since been used on tens of millions of views.

The appeal is the contrast: the booth, the moves and the beat are always the same, so all the comedy comes from who is standing in it.

How to Make the Hotel Lobby AI Trend

1
Pick your duo
Two pets, two friends, you and your partner, or two cartoon characters. Choose who starts the verse and put them on the left.
2
Upload one photo of each
Clear, front-facing photos work best. For pets, a photo where the whole face and coat are visible.
3
Choose a length and create
Five seconds for the hook, ten for a full exchange, fifteen for the whole bit. The clip comes back with the original song, ready to post.

Hotel Lobby AI Prompts

The prompts the generator starts from. They work in any video generator that takes reference images, where Image 1 is the left performer and Image 2 the right.

Pets

People

Image 1 is Performer A. Image 2 is Performer B. A vertical hip-hop music performance video. Performer A from Image 1 stands full body on the LEFT and Performer B from Image 2 stands full body on the RIGHT, inside a seamless matte burnt-orange studio where the floor and back wall are the same orange. One black studio microphone hangs on a thin black cable from the top of the frame at the exact center, in the gap between them; it stays hanging the whole time and nobody holds it. Performer A leans toward the hanging microphone and raps a confident verse with relaxed hand gestures while Performer B nods along and reacts; halfway through, Performer B leans in and takes over the verse while Performer A grooves and hypes them up. Keep each performer's face, hair, outfit and body proportions exactly as in their reference image, and never swap their sides. One locked-off, centered wide shot with soft even front lighting, no cuts, no zoom, no text, no logos. No extra people. Audio: a punchy trap beat with both performers rapping in turn.

Cartoon characters

Image 1 is Character A. Image 2 is Character B. A vertical animated hip-hop music performance in the art style of the reference images. Character A from Image 1 stands full body on the LEFT and Character B from Image 2 stands full body on the RIGHT, inside a seamless matte burnt-orange studio where the floor and back wall are the same orange. One black studio microphone hangs on a thin black cable from the top of the frame at the exact center, in the gap between them; it stays hanging the whole time and nobody holds it. Character A leans toward the hanging microphone and raps a confident verse with expressive cartoon gestures while Character B nods along and reacts; halfway through, Character B leans in and takes over the verse while Character A grooves and hypes them up. Keep each character's design, colors, outfit and proportions exactly as in their reference image, and never swap their sides. One locked-off, centered wide shot with soft even front lighting, no cuts, no zoom, no text, no logos. No extra characters. Audio: a punchy trap beat with both characters rapping in turn.

Tips for a Better Hotel Lobby Video

Match the energy

Put the more expressive one on the right: the right performer gets the bigger second half.

Use full-face photos

Side profiles and sunglasses make the face drift. A straight-on photo holds through the whole clip.

Pets: one animal per photo

Crop out other pets and people, or the model may not know which one to use.

Keep the sound

Post with the clip’s own audio so it lands on the Hotel Lobby sound page with the rest of the trend.

Pricing

Each Hotel Lobby video costs credits by length: 5 seconds: 200 credits, 10 seconds: 400 credits, 15 seconds: 600 credits. The price is on the button before you start, and nothing else is added.

Credits come in packs, starting at 600 credits for $9.90. A render that fails is refunded automatically.

Use it responsibly

Only upload photos of yourself, of people who said yes, or of your own pets.
Do not use it to make someone look like they did something they did not.
Label the result as AI when you post it; TikTok and Instagram both have an AI-generated tag.
Do not put real public figures in the booth: celebrity versions are the ones platforms take down.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the Hotel Lobby AI trend?

A TikTok trend where two people, pets or characters replace Quavo and Takeoff in their 2022 "Hotel Lobby" performance in the orange booth, made by giving an AI video tool two photos.

How do I do the Hotel Lobby trend with AI?

Upload one photo for the left performer and one for the right, choose people, pets or cartoon, pick a length and press Create. The video comes back with the orange booth and the original song.

Can I make it with my cats or dogs?

Yes, that is the most popular version. Choose Pets and upload one clear photo of each animal; they perform standing upright, with paws for hands.

Is the original song in the video?

Yes. The song the trend uses is laid over the finished clip, so it plays the way the trend does.

How much does it cost?

By length: 5 seconds for 200 credits, 10 seconds for 400 credits, 15 seconds for 600 credits. Failed renders are refunded.

Can I use a CapCut template instead?

CapCut templates for the trend paste faces onto the original footage. The generator here renders the performers from your photos, so pets and cartoon characters work too, not only human faces.

What happens to the photos I upload?

They are stored in your account so you can reuse them, sent to the video model only for your render, and never shown to anyone else. You can delete them from your history at any time.