I Want Wings Glow Up: One Photo, Your Own Wings
“I want wings” is the glow-up meme of the autumn: a before photo with a cockroach on it and the line “Eww, squish it”, a butterfly flapping in the dark, then the glow-up with a butterfly and “Be gentle” — squashed as a caterpillar, worshipped as a butterfly. Pick a version below, add one photo, and the AI puts you in it, stickers, wings and sound included.
- 10 clips to remix
- One photo, one person
- Captions and butterflies kept
- No watermark
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TL;DR
At its peak · as of“I want wings” is the glow-up meme of autumn 2026: a before photo with a cockroach on it and “Eww, squish it”, a butterfly flapping in the dark, then the same person glowing up with a butterfly and “Be gentle”. The words are Griffith’s from Berserk — “in that case, I want wings” — and the joke is that nobody squashes a butterfly. It is at its peak in early November, with around 3,000 new videos a day.
- Original post
- The three-photo version that set the format: roach, butterfly, wings · @omikko12
- Sound
- original sound — sin — open it in TikTok and tap “Use this sound”.
- Also called
- in that case i want wings, eww squish it trend, be gentle butterfly, butterfly flying slow mo trend, i want wings trend, wings glow up, i want wings template, i want wings slideshow, angel wings ai, in that case i want wings meaning
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I Want Wings Glow Up Clips to Remix
Ten clips from the trend, the four that are the meme itself first: the bus selfie that ends in a screen of butterflies, the early “Ew ew squish it” lip-sync that started the joke, the CapCut template, and the night version. Then the wings end of it — a bathroom reveal, a hotel lobby, a parking garage, a runway, a praying angel and one “ew, stomp it” variant. Pick the one closest to what you want to post, and it becomes the reference for your own video, stickers and sound included.
Roach, butterflies, be gentle
@thats5urie on TikTokThe “Ew ew squish it” lip-sync
@unicorna1ice on TikTokThe CapCut template version
@babeteditz on TikTokThe bathroom wings reveal
@hiejoy on TikTok“Ew, stomp it” instead of squish it
@recreatelifee on TikTokThe night version
@bhxn.91 on TikTokPink wings on a runway
@saksvisuals on TikTokPraying, then an angel
@riizelia on TikTokThe hotel-lobby transition
@ergibardhollari on TikTokWings in a parking garage
@evitacouffa1ne on TikTokWhat Is the I Want Wings Glow Up Trend?
“I want wings” is the glow-up format built on one joke about a bug: a photo of yourself as the “before”, a cockroach sticker and “Eww, squish it” on it; a black screen with a butterfly flapping in slow motion; then the same person, glowing up, with a butterfly and “Be gentle”. Caterpillar, meet shoe; butterfly, meet hands.
The line is not from TikTok. In the non-canon chapter 83 of Berserk, Griffith meets the Idea of Evil and says “in that case, I want wings”; the anime edits of that scene are what the trend is scored to, and they were the first branch of it. @sin_alt’s edit, captioned “Careful what you wish for Griffith”, is the post the sound is attached to, and the Berserk edits of the same line are still among the biggest posts under it. The glow-up branch borrowed the sound and turned the wish into something a normal person can post: not “I want wings to become a god”, just “I want to be the version of myself you are gentle with”.
It is a slideshow, which is why it went everywhere. Three photos and no editing skill: the before, the butterfly, the after. The captions are the template, the sound carries the mood, and the only work is picking which of your own photos was the caterpillar. The cheaper versions swap “squish it” for “stomp it” and “Be gentle” for a flat “wings.”, and the CapCut template does the whole thing in three taps.
The other end of the trend is the wings themselves. People are now posting the after shot as a video instead of a photo: a bathroom mirror swipe that ends in a corset and real feathered wings, a hotel-lobby walk that turns into wings mid-clip, a parking-garage turn, a catwalk in pink wings. Some of those are costumes, some are AI — Vidu and Pollo both sell an angel-wings template now — and they all use the same sound, which is why the AI wings effect and the roach meme are the same trend from two directions.
The i want wings glow up maker on this page does the part you cannot film: pick one of the clips, add a photo, and the AI re-shoots that clip with you in it, keeping the roach, the butterfly, the captions and the wings. One photo is enough for the meme versions, because the before and the after are the same person anyway; the full-body reveals take a photo taken standing, and a photo of your cat can take the pet version.
Timeline
@unicorna1ice films the earliest of these lip-syncs and pulls 416,100 plays; “Eww, squish it” is already a joke on its own.
@sin_alt posts the Berserk edit captioned “Careful what you wish for Griffith”, 629,200 plays — it becomes the sound the whole trend runs on.
@omikko12 replaces the anime frame with three photos — roach, butterflies, wings — and takes 5.2M plays and 630,000 likes in six days. The format is set.
It spreads past looksmaxxing: @outofpatttern’s fashion version hits 1.5M plays and @hari_doesitall’s 900,200.
@cstrox7’s Berserk edit of the same line takes 1.2M plays, so the anime edits and the glow-ups run side by side on one sound.
CapCut’s “Glow up trend” template is used 826 times on its first day, and the sound passes 44,900 videos.
How to Make an I Want Wings Glow Up Video
- 1
Pick which half of the trend you want
The meme clips carry the whole joke — roach, butterflies, “Be gentle”. The reveal clips are the wings arriving on camera, with no captions. If you want to post “I want wings” as a joke about yourself, take the meme; if you want the angel, take a reveal.
- 2
Add one photo, front on
The meme clips use the same photo for the before and the after, so pick the photo you would post anyway: face to the camera, good light, no sunglasses. For the full-body clips, a photo taken standing keeps the outfit and puts the wings on the right part of your back.
- 3
Generate it, then post it on the sound
The render comes back in a few minutes as a clean vertical MP4, the same length as the clip, with its captions and its sound already on it. Post it under the “original sound — sin” the trend runs on, and label it as AI.
Tips for a Better I Want Wings Glow Up Video
The captions are the meme, so do not add your own
Every clip on this page already has the roach, the butterfly and the line baked in, and the remix keeps them. Adding your own text on top is what makes these edits look wrong: the joke is the contrast between the two captions, and it only works once.
One photo is the point
The before and the after are the same face, so the meme is really a boast with a joke wrapped around it. If you want a real before-and-after — the old haircut, the bad phase — put that photo in the second slot and say in the box that Image 2 is the before shot; the model will use it for the first half of the clip.
Say the wings go behind the shoulders
Left alone, models grow wings out of the chest, or out of the ears, or turn them into moth wings. Write “two white feathered wings, attached at the shoulder blades, behind the body”: a wings glow up reads as angel only when the feathers are white and slightly translucent, and as a costume when they are grey.
Match the clip to how much of you it shows
The meme clips are head and shoulders, so a selfie is all they need. The garage and runway clips are full body and keep your outfit: a photo where you are standing, whole body in frame, gives the model something to keep. A photo cropped at the waist comes back with invented legs.
The pet version is the one people send on
A cat sitting in a sunlit room while two white wings unfold behind it is funnier than any human version, because the cat does not care. Use a photo where the whole animal is in frame and facing the camera, and say in the box that it stays on four legs.
Pricing
Each i want wings glow up video is one use (700 credits), at any length from 9 to 15 seconds — the length of the clip you picked.
A single use is $9.90; packs of 4 and 8 uses cost less per video, and a render that fails is refunded automatically.
Autopilot plans
Every month we turn the newest trends into meme videos and post them to your accounts. Each post is one of the plan’s videos, and any you make yourself come out of the same count. Cancel any time.
One-time video packs
Pay once and use them on any trend template, at any length. The credits never expire, and the other video tools can spend them too.
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.
- The clips on this page are other people’s posts, credited to their TikTok accounts. The wings and the roach are the meme; the face you put in it should be yours, or someone who said yes.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the i want wings glow up trend?
It is a before-and-after format: you with a cockroach sticker and “Eww, squish it”, then a butterfly flapping in the dark, then the same person glowing up under a butterfly and “Be gentle”. Nobody squashes a butterfly, so “I want wings” means “I want to be the version of me you are gentle with”.
Where does “in that case, I want wings” come from?
It is Griffith’s line from Berserk, in the non-canon chapter 83, where he meets the Idea of Evil and says “in that case, I want wings” as he chooses to ascend. The anime edits of that scene are what the trend is scored to, and the glow-up posts borrowed the sound and the wish.
What do “Eww, squish it” and “Be gentle” mean?
They are the two halves of the joke. “Eww, squish it” is what people say about a cockroach — the before photo. “Be gentle” is what they say about a butterfly — the after photo. The transformation in between is the glow-up, and the point is that it is the same person both times.
What sound is the trend using?
TikTok’s “original sound — sin”, posted by @sin_alt with the caption “Careful what you wish for Griffith”; it is the sound the anime edits and the glow-ups both run on, with around 44,900 videos by the start of November. Search the sound name in TikTok or open its music page and hit “Use this sound”.
Is the i want wings glow up trend still going?
Yes, it is at its peak: the sound picks up around 3,000 new videos a day and CapCut’s “Glow up trend” template around 200 uses a day. Google is only just starting on it — roughly 14 searches a day — which is normal this early for a trend born on TikTok.
Do I need two photos for an i want wings glow up video?
No — one photo is what the format expects, because the before and the after are the same face and the joke is on you. For a real before-and-after, add the old photo as Image 2 and say so in the box; it takes the first half of the clip.
What photo works best for an i want wings glow up video?
Face to the camera, in good light, no sunglasses and no heavy filter — the model has to map your face onto the clip. Head and shoulders is enough for the meme clips; the wings reveals that show the whole body want a photo taken standing, so the outfit and the wings land in the right place.
Can I make one with my pet?
Yes, and it is the funniest version: the pet clip puts two white wings on a cat or a dog and lets it look at them. Use a clear photo of the whole animal, facing the camera, and say in the box that it stays on four legs.
What is the “butterfly flying slow mo” part?
It is the beat in the middle of the meme: a black screen with one butterfly opening and closing its wings in slow motion, between the roach and the glow-up. It is also how people search the trend, so it is baked into the clips on this page and into the prompt if you build the video somewhere else.
Is this the same as the AI angel wings effect?
They are two ends of one trend. The angel wings effect — Vidu, Pollo and insMind all sell one — makes a photo sprout wings, and that is what the reveal clips here are; the roach-and-butterfly meme is the same wish told as a joke. This page does both.
What length and price is an i want wings glow up video?
One video is one use, 700 credits, at any length from 9 to 15 seconds. A single use is $9.90, and packs of 4 and 8 cost less per video. Failed renders are refunded.
What is the I Want Wings Glow Up AI prompt?
The roach to butterfly, the meme itself prompt is in the AI Prompts section below. It starts: "Image 1 is the person, and the clip is the meme as it is posted: first the before shot, the same face looking at the camera with a cockroach sticker in the corner and the white line “Eww, squish it” over the frame, held for a beat with a small, unimpressed look; then a black screen with one butterfly flapping in slow motion, wings opening and closing; then the after shot, the same person with a butterfly sticker and the white line “Be gentle”, lit warmer, hair and clothes kept from the photo." Paste the rest into any AI video tool that accepts your photos.
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Pick a clip, add one photo, and post your own version while the sound is still adding 3,000 videos a day.
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I Want Wings Glow Up AI Prompt
The prompt behind the remix, for anyone building this in another tool: it works in any image-to-video model that takes your photo as a reference and a clip as @Video1. The three things that matter are the same everywhere — the stickers stay, the person in the before shot is the person in the after shot, and the wings grow behind the shoulders rather than over them.
Roach to butterfly, the meme itself
Image 1 is the person, and the clip is the meme as it is posted: first the before shot, the same face looking at the camera with a cockroach sticker in the corner and the white line “Eww, squish it” over the frame, held for a beat with a small, unimpressed look; then a black screen with one butterfly flapping in slow motion, wings opening and closing; then the after shot, the same person with a butterfly sticker and the white line “Be gentle”, lit warmer, hair and clothes kept from the photo. Keep every caption and sticker in the clip exactly as it is: the cockroach and “Eww, squish it” on the before shot, the butterfly and “Be gentle” on the after shot, and the butterfly flapping on the black screen between them. Keep the face, hair, skin tone, build and clothes of Image 1 exactly as in the photo, so the person is recognisable in every frame, and keep them the same person in the before shot and in the after shot. One continuous take, phone camera, the framing, the cuts and the camera move of the clip you picked, no extra text, no logos, no watermark. Audio: the clip’s own sound, the piano line and the quiet voice under it.
Other versions: White wings unfold behind you · The butterfly lands on you · Your cat or dog gets the wings