Next Chapter Dance (Hearts2Hearts): One Photo, Same Moves
The Next Chapter dance is the chorus routine from Hearts2Hearts’ first English single: hands up beside the face, arms thrown wide, one arm punched overhead, a wide bent-knee lunge. It went round TikTok as a cover — mirrored tutorials, whole classrooms, dance crews, idol cosplay. Pick the version below that looks most like your room, add a photo, and the AI puts you in the clip doing the same routine, with the song still under it.
- 14 versions to remix
- One photo, one dancer
- Keeps the Next Chapter sound
- No watermark
Sexually explicit (NSFW) content is strictly prohibited.
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Rendering takes about 7 min. Finished clips land in History.
TL;DR
At its peak · as ofThe Next Chapter dance is the chorus routine from Hearts2Hearts’ “Next Chapter”, the eight-member SM group’s first English single and a collaboration with the mobile game Arena of Valor. TikTok turned it into a cover trend: mirrored half-speed tutorials, whole classrooms, dance crews and cosplay groups rather than one fixed clip. It is at its peak — the sound is past 4,000 videos and still takes about a hundred a day two weeks after release.
- Original post
- Hearts2Hearts’ own post of the routine, the day the single came out · @hearts2hearts
- Sound
- Next Chapter — Hearts2Hearts — open it in TikTok and tap “Use this sound”.
- Also called
- next chapter hearts2hearts, hearts2hearts next chapter, hearts2hearts next chapter dance, next chapter dance tutorial, next chapter dance challenge, h2h next chapter dance
- Last updated
Next Chapter Dance Clips to Remix
Fourteen posts of the Next Chapter dance, from the group’s own clip on release day to a whole classroom in uniform and a five-person cosplay group. Some are solo in a bedroom, some are two dancers in a corridor, one is the live stage in Bangkok — pick the one closest to your room and your number of people, and it becomes the reference for your own video, with its own sound.
The group’s own post, release day
@hearts2hearts on TikTokThe biggest cover of the wave
@thisisnoteem on TikTokA whole classroom in uniform
@_hayyaamany on TikTokLearning it off the music video
@bingadancer on TikTokThe mirrored take
@danceverse000 on TikTokThe live stage in Bangkok
@slowmo_s2u on TikTokTwo of them, half a beat apart
@eunjeong_1007 on TikTokOne dancer, flat blue sky
@woniverse_club on TikTokThe wet alley at night
@manisaranghaejuseyo on TikTokA two-person crew take
@soultakers.crew on TikTokFive of them in yellow plaid
@lemon.idol.id on TikTokUnder the motorway at night
@heiz_0417 on TikTokA room lit turquoise
@itsangellica12l on TikTokThe porch version
@jacobs1journal on TikTokWhat Is the Next Chapter Dance?
The Next Chapter dance is the chorus routine from “Next Chapter”, the single Hearts2Hearts made with the mobile game Arena of Valor. Hands come up beside the face, the arms fling wide, one arm punches overhead, then a wide lunge and side steps on the same counts.
The song is the eight-member group’s first release sung in English, made for the game’s tenth anniversary: bright synth-pop, a bouncy hook, and a chorus built to be danced to. The video puts them in a pastel world, and the live debut came at the game’s esports final in Bangkok.
What turned it into a trend was that nobody posted one canonical clip and stopped. The covers split into formats almost at once: one person in front of curtains, a whole classroom with the desks pushed back, a dance studio with the video projected on the wall, and a mirrored, slowed version that everyone used to learn it. Then the crews and the cosplay groups arrived, and the stage fancams after the live show. The sound now stands past four thousand videos, adding roughly a hundred a day.
The Next Chapter dance maker on this page does the same thing from one photo: pick a version on the right, upload a picture of whoever should dance, and the AI re-shoots that clip with them in it — feet, lunge and all — keeping the routine and the sound of the version you picked.
Timeline
Hearts2Hearts post the routine on TikTok as the single comes out; the clip goes to 2M plays and is the one every cover answers.
The covers start the next day — a dance studio with the video projected on the wall, a two-person crew in a plaza — all inside 24 hours of release.
The two formats everyone copies land: a mirrored half-speed tutorial at 150K plays, and a whole classroom in uniform at 118K.
First live performance at the game’s tenth-anniversary final in Bangkok, and stage clips of the routine start going up the same night.
The biggest cover of the wave: one dancer in front of her curtains at 286.7K plays, more than any other cover so far.
Still going: the sound passes 4,000 videos and adds about 100-150 a day, with new covers and group takes coming in daily.
How to Make a Next Chapter Dance Video
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Pick the version to copy
Choose one of the clips on the right. A bedroom cover if you are on your own, the classroom if you can fill a room, the duo if there are two of you, the stage if you want the lights. They are all the Next Chapter dance, shot in different places, and the one you pick sets the framing, the camera and the sound.
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Add a full-body photo
One photo of the dancer, standing, whole body in frame if you have one — the routine lunges wide and every cover shows the feet. Two photos only for the duo clip, and for the pet version a clear picture of the animal’s face is what keeps its markings right.
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Create, then post it
The render comes back in a few minutes as a clean MP4 in the shape of the clip you picked, already carrying “Next Chapter”. Post it with the song and the caption everyone else uses.
Tips for a Better Next Chapter Dance Video
Give it a full-body photo
The routine reads from the legs: the wide lunge and the side steps are half of it. A photo cropped at the waist still works, but the render has to guess the legs, and the lunge is where that shows.
Match the clip to your room
A bedroom cover in a bedroom photo keeps the light consistent, and a Next Chapter dance video made in the same room as the photo is the one that least looks stitched together. The classroom and the stage already have their own crowd, so there the AI only has to get your face and outfit right.
The classroom version is the one that travels
Whole-room covers are why this trend is bigger than a single dancer: the joke is that thirty people in uniform all know the same chorus. If you have a class, a team or a group chat, pick that clip and put every face in it.
Two people cast properly
The duo clip wants one photo per dancer, and the prompt says which is which. Put the person who would actually lead first — the one half a beat ahead is the one the AI copies the timing from.
Pricing
Each Next Chapter dance video is one use (700 credits), at 15 seconds — the length of the cover 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.
- “Next Chapter” is Hearts2Hearts’ single with Arena of Valor, released through SM Entertainment; the choreography and the song belong to them. These are fan remixes made for fun, not an official video from the group, the label or the game.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Next Chapter dance?
It is the chorus routine from “Next Chapter”, the Hearts2Hearts single made with the mobile game Arena of Valor. Both hands come up beside the face, the arms fling wide, one arm punches overhead, then a wide bent-knee lunge and side steps on the beat — the same counts whether one person is doing it or a whole classroom is.
What song is the Next Chapter dance to?
“Next Chapter” by Hearts2Hearts, their first single sung in English, released in October 2026 with a music video. It is synth-pop with a bouncy hook and a chorus built for choreography, and the TikTok posts use the track itself so the audio always matches.
Who is Hearts2Hearts?
An eight-member girl group from SM Entertainment — JIWOO, CARMEN, YUHA, STELLA, JUUN, A-NA, IAN and YE-ON — who debuted in 2025. Their fandom is S2U, which is why the covers are tagged #s2u and #h2h as often as #nextchapter.
Is Next Chapter a Hearts2Hearts song or an Arena of Valor song?
A Hearts2Hearts song, made with Arena of Valor. The mobile game commissioned it for its tenth anniversary, the group sings it, SM Entertainment released it, and the music video puts the members inside the game’s world. The choreography is theirs, not the game’s.
How do you do the Next Chapter dance?
Five beats, then a repeat: hands up beside the face, arms thrown wide, one arm high overhead, a wide lunge with the knees bent, then side steps with the shoulders rolling. The covers all hit those on the same counts, so once you have the five you can join any version of it.
Why are the videos mirrored or slowed down?
Because that is how people learn a K-pop chorus. You flip the routine left to right, copy it in a mirror, then flip your own recording back and the moves read the right way round; slowing it to half speed gives you time to place each count. The mirrored half-speed tutorial of this routine is one of the biggest posts in the trend.
Where can I learn the Next Chapter dance?
Search “next chapter dance tutorial” on TikTok: there is a mirrored tutorial slowed to half speed that most of the later covers credit, plus step-by-step breakdowns of the chorus. Learning it yourself is free; this page is for making a video of it from a photo without dancing it at all.
Can I do it with two people or a whole group?
Yes. The duo clip takes two photos, one per dancer, and the classroom and cosplay clips put your photo in front of a room or a group following along. Pick the clip with the number of people you want in it — the routine itself does not change.
Can my pet do the Next Chapter dance?
Yes — upload a photo of the animal and the pet version puts it upright on its hind legs doing the same arms-wide section and lunges. Use a picture where it faces the camera, and say in the prompt that it keeps its markings, or the render invents new ones.
Is this the “next chapter dance” from graduation posts?
No. “Next chapter” is a phrase in a lot of graduation and line-dance videos, and there is a separate “next episode dance” trend too. This page is about the K-pop routine: Hearts2Hearts’ “Next Chapter”, the one tagged #h2h, #s2u and #hearts2hearts.
What length and price is a Next Chapter dance video?
One video is one use, 700 credits, at 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 Next Chapter Dance AI prompt?
The bedroom, curtains behind you prompt is in the AI Prompts section below. It starts: "Image 1 is the Dancer." Paste the rest into any AI video tool that accepts your photos.
Your Turn To Dance The Chorus
Pick a cover, add one photo, and post your Next Chapter dance while the sound is still adding a hundred videos a day.
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Next Chapter Dance AI Prompt
The prompt behind the Next Chapter dance 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. Name the routine move by move — models otherwise smooth a K-pop chorus into a slow sway — and say the feet stay in frame, because the lunge is the part that gets cropped.
Bedroom, curtains behind you
Image 1 is the Dancer. The clip is one continuous take in a bedroom in the evening: a phone propped on a shelf at hip height, a curtain and a white wall behind, warm lamp light from the left. The person from Image 1 runs both hands up beside the face, the arms flung wide open, one arm punched high overhead, the wide bent-knee lunge, and the side steps with the shoulders rolling on the beat, then holds the last pose and glances at the lens. Keep the dancer's face, hair, skin tone, build and outfit exactly as in their photo. One continuous take, phone camera, full body in frame with the feet in shot, no text, no captions, no logos, no watermark. Audio: the "Next Chapter" synth-pop beat with Hearts2Hearts' vocal over it.
Other versions: The whole classroom · Two of you in a concrete corridor · Your cat or dog dancing · Stage lights and the full costume