Pray For Me Slow Mo Dance: You and Your Friends in the Slow-Motion Trend
Phone on the floor, one friend at a time floating past the lens in slow motion with the most dramatic face they have, then the whole group walking up together on "who gon pray for me". That is the pray for me slow mo dance, the slow mo trend all over TikTok. Pick a take, upload a photo of each friend, and AI puts your group into it, with the song. No rehearsal, no fifth take.
- 20 pray for me slow mo dance takes
- Up to 3 friends per video
- Keeps the song
- No watermark
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TL;DR
At its peak · as ofThe pray for me slow mo dance is a group video: the phone stays still and friends cross the frame one by one in exaggerated slow motion, pulling the most dramatic faces they can, to a slowed cut of “Pray For Me”. Dancer Trell made the sound in 2020; friend groups revived it in September 2026 because anyone can do it and nobody keeps a straight face. It is at its peak, with hundreds of new videos on the sound every day.
- Original post
- Trell’s 2020 slow-motion freestyle for Chadwick Boseman, where the sound comes from · @lesgetitrell
- Sound
- pray for me slo mo — open it in TikTok and tap “Use this sound”.
- Also called
- Pray for me slow mo trend, Slow mo run, Slow motion walk trend, Slow mo trend
- Last updated
Pray For Me Slow Mo Dance Takes to Remix
Every take is the same idea, a fixed phone and friends crossing it one by one in slow motion, so the difference is who and where: school hallways and libraries, parking lots at night, a dance team, cheerleaders after the game, a couple, two sisters in pajamas, a Japanese dance crew on a rooftop, an AI version with a pickle and a wooden figure, and Trell’s 2020 original that the sound comes from. Pick the one closest to your group and it becomes the reference for your pray for me slow mo dance video.
A school hallway crew
@kemanirae_ on TikTokThe original, Trell in 2020
@lesgetitrell on TikTokOutside a store at night
@liyahbri_lifestyle on TikTokOutside the school at night
@nadineeang on TikTokA couple in a parking lot
@amazingcutegirl5000 on TikTokAgainst a red wall
@more.dejankat on TikTokAn AI version in a hotel room
@christybacon19 on TikTokA dark parking lot
@taylor.leahy on TikTokThree guys in a parking garage
@n0ah260 on TikTokBrothers in the hallway at home
@angelfades4 on TikTokA city street at night
@asabasics on TikTokIn the school library
@ddaizyyyy on TikTokAn empty warehouse
@user722511232 on TikTokTwo in pajamas
@dano.mall on TikTokA dance crew on a rooftop
@atrass_sekaiichi on TikTokA dance team in the studio
@kennedy_mil18 on TikTokCheerleaders after the game
@danya..119 on TikTokA whole dance team
@co20ate67 on TikTokTeammates in the sun
@j0v4nn111 on TikTokFriends in a living room
@prinzabate on TikTokWhat Is the Pray For Me Slow Mo Dance?
The pray for me slow mo dance (also searched as the pray for me slow mo trend, the slow motion walk or the slow mo run) is a TikTok group video: a phone propped up in a hallway, a parking lot or a studio, and friends who cross the frame one at a time in exaggerated slow motion, reaching for the lens, spinning, flipping their hair, holding their heart with the most pained face they can make, before the whole group walks up to the camera at the end. Nobody films in slow motion. They move slowly themselves, which is why the takes are so funny, and why so many are captioned "I can’t take us serious".
The sound is "pray for me slo mo", a slowed-down cut of "Pray For Me" by The Weeknd and Kendrick Lamar from Black Panther: The Album, whose hook asks "who gon pray for me". Bay Area dancer Trell (@lesgetitrell) posted it in August 2020 with a slow-motion freestyle in memory of Chadwick Boseman, the Black Panther star who had died the day before. That video passed 2.7 million likes, and many takes still credit him with "dc: @lesgetitrell".
Six years later, friend groups turned it into the slow mo run. A parking-lot take and a school hallway take set it off, and the sound is now on tens of thousands of videos. A pray for me slow mo dance AI video takes any of those takes and swaps the people for you and your friends, so you keep the place, the slow motion and the song.
Timeline
Trell (@lesgetitrell) posts a slow-motion freestyle for Chadwick Boseman on “pray for me slo mo”: 2.7M likes.
@liyahbri_lifestyle and friends cross a store parking lot at night, “I can’t take us serious”: 1.4M likes, and the group version takes off.
@kemanirae_’s school hallway take becomes the biggest of all: 12.7M plays, 2.4M likes.
Her behind-the-scenes follow-up passes 11.5M plays, and how-to posts multiply.
The sound is on 46,600 videos, up about 800 a day over the past week.
How to Make a Pray For Me Slow Mo Dance Video with AI
- 1
Pick a take
Choose the reference on the right: a school hallway, a parking lot at night, a dance team, a couple, Trell’s solo original. The AI copies its slow motion, poses and timing beat for beat.
- 2
Upload your friends
One photo per person, in the order they should come into frame: the first photo is the first friend to float past the camera, the second the next one. One photo works too: you replace the first person and the rest stay.
- 3
Create and post
Your pray for me slow mo dance video keeps the slowed "Pray For Me" from the take you picked, so it lands on the same sound as the rest of the trend when you post it.
Tips for a Better Pray For Me Slow Mo Dance Video
Order the photos like the entrances
Photos fill the people in the order they come into frame. Want your loudest friend to open it? Put their photo first, and pick a take where the first person to cross does the biggest move.
Head-to-toe photos
The pray for me slow mo dance is all strides, reaches and spins, framed full body. A standing photo from head to feet gives the AI the outfit and proportions; a selfie leaves it guessing.
Match the size of the group
A couple take for two photos, a hallway take for three. Bigger groups work too: everyone without a photo stays as in the take, so your three friends end up walking out with the original crew.
Overact on purpose
The best pray for me slow mo dance takes are the least serious ones. Pick a reference with big faces and hair flips if you want the funny version, or Trell’s original if you want the moving one.
Pricing
Each pray for me slow mo dance video is one use (700 credits), whether you pick 15 seconds. The price is on the button before you start, and nothing else is added.
A single use is $9.90; packs of 4 and 8 uses, or a monthly plan that posts trend videos to your accounts for you, cost less per video. 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.
- Use photos of yourself and of friends who have agreed to be in the video.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the pray for me slow mo dance?
A TikTok group video from autumn 2026: friends cross a fixed phone one at a time in exaggerated slow motion with dramatic faces, then walk up together at the end, to a slowed "Pray For Me" by The Weeknd and Kendrick Lamar. AI can put your group into it from a photo of each friend.
What does pray for me slow mo mean? Is it a song or a trend?
Both. "pray for me slo mo" is the sound on TikTok, a slowed-down cut of "Pray For Me" by The Weeknd and Kendrick Lamar from Black Panther: The Album (2018). The line everyone acts out is "who gon pray for me". The trend is the slow-motion group video people film to it. It is not the gospel song "Pray For Me" that also trends on TikTok as lyric videos.
Who started the pray for me slow mo dance?
The sound comes from dancer Trell (@lesgetitrell), who posted a slow-motion freestyle to it on 29 August 2020 in memory of Chadwick Boseman. The group slow mo run on it took off in September and October 2026; takes often credit him with "dc: @lesgetitrell".
Why is pray for me slow mo trending?
Because it is funny and anyone can do it: no steps to learn, just a phone, a few friends and the most dramatic slow-motion face you can pull. Two takes with over a million likes each in September and October 2026 set it off, and by late October about 800 new videos a day were using the sound.
Is it filmed in slow motion?
No. The camera records at normal speed and the people move slowly on purpose, which is the joke. The AI keeps that: the slow movement comes from the take you pick, and the video plays at normal speed with the song.
How do you do the pray for me slow mo trend?
Prop the phone up in an empty hallway or parking lot, start the "pray for me slo mo" sound, and have each friend cross the frame one by one in slow motion, then all walk up together at the end. To skip the takes and the rehearsal, upload a photo of each friend here and AI puts your group into a finished take.
How many friends can be in it?
A pray for me slow mo dance video takes up to three photos; they replace the first three people to come into frame. Anyone without a photo stays as in the take, so larger groups still work.
Can I do it alone or with my boyfriend or girlfriend?
Yes. For a couple pray for me slow mo dance, pick the couple take and upload two photos, or Trell’s original and upload one for a solo slow-motion freestyle.
Does it work with pets?
Yes. Upload pet photos and pick any pray for me slow mo dance take: your dog or cat crosses the frame in slow motion in place of a friend. Full-body pet photos work best.
Is this a CapCut template?
No. The "PRAY FOR ME DANCE" CapCut template slows down and cuts a clip you film. Here you film nothing: AI renders each friend from their photo inside the take you choose, slow motion included.
What is the Pray For Me Slow Mo Dance AI prompt?
The school hallway prompt is in the AI Prompts section below. It starts: "Image 1, Image 2 and Image 3 are the Friends." Paste the rest into any AI video tool that accepts your photos.
Who Gon Pray For You?
Pick a take, add your friends, and post your pray for me slow mo dance while the trend is everywhere.
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Pray For Me Slow Mo Dance AI Prompts
The prompts behind every pray for me slow mo dance video: the remix prompt that swaps the people in a take, and five text prompts for the open generator (a school hallway, a parking lot at night, a couple, a solo like the original, pets). They describe the slow-motion run step by step, so they work in any image-to-video model that takes your photos as Image 1, Image 2 and Image 3.
School hallway
Image 1, Image 2 and Image 3 are the Friends. A vertical phone video, full bodies in frame, the camera fixed and never moving, crisp and real. Everyone moves at real slow-motion pace, smooth and floaty, while the camera itself plays at normal speed. No text, no captions, no logos. In an empty school hallway with cinder-block walls and bright ceiling lights, the three people from the images perform the pray for me slow mo run: the phone stands still at chest height in an empty space; one at a time, each person comes into frame moving in exaggerated slow motion, as if the film had been slowed down, leaning into a stride, reaching a hand toward the lens, spinning, flipping their hair, a hand on the heart and a dramatic, pained face mouthing "who gon pray for me", then drifts out of frame for the next one; at the end the whole group walks up to the camera together, the one from Image 1 first, then Image 2, then Image 3, in hoodies and sweats. Keep each person’s face, hairstyle, skin tone and build exactly as in their image and never swap them. Audio: a slowed-down, reverb-heavy hip-hop track with a male voice asking "who gon pray for me", no dialogue.
Other versions: Parking lot at night · Couple · Solo, like the original · Pets