# Old Town Road AI Video: Ride the Red Convertible With a Friend > The Old Town Road AI video puts you and a friend into the red convertible scene of the 2019 "Old Town Road" music video: one of you sings in a candy shop, the other holds out a money bag, and you ride off together. Canonical: https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/old-town-road-ai-video Updated: 2026-11-12 Published: 2026-11-12 Author: MakeViral Team (https://www.makeviral.ai/about) Publisher: MakeViral (https://www.makeviral.ai) The **Old Town Road AI video** puts you and a friend into the red convertible scene of the 2019 "Old Town Road" music video: one of you sings in a candy shop, the other holds out a money bag, and you ride off together. You need two photos, one of each person. Add a photo of you and one of a friend. You sing in a candy shop in a black cowboy hat, your friend holds a money bag out of a red convertible, and you ride off together, in a 15-second vertical video with the song. Also called: Old Town Road AI, Old Town Road trend, Red convertible AI video, Old Town duo clip, Western roadshow. **Make it now:** [Make this video](https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/old-town-road-ai-video/create). 2 photos · 15 s · 9:16 with sound · 189 credits, charged once · ready in a few minutes · no prompt to write. Keyword: old town road ai video. Also answers: old town road music video, ai old town road, old town road ai trend, old town road meme, old town road tiktok trend, old town road car, old town road video, old town road challenge, old town road maserati, old town road remix, old town road official video, yeehaw challenge, old town road money bag, old town road ai generator, old town road ai prompt, old town road ai filter, lil nas x old town road, old town road billy ray cyrus, put yourself in a music video ai, ai music video from photo, old town road video clip, old town road cowboy. ## What is the Old Town Road trend, and where did it start? "Old Town Road" is the country-rap song Lil Nas X uploaded on 2 December 2018. It spread on TikTok as the yeehaw challenge, and the remix with Billy Ray Cyrus came out on 4 April 2019. The video followed in May 2019: in its best-known scene, Billy Ray Cyrus leans out of a red Maserati convertible with a white money bag, Lil Nas X sings in a black cowboy hat in a candy and ice cream shop, and the two ride off together. The official video on YouTube has 1.57 billion views (11 November 2026), and the song held number one in the US for a record 17 weeks. In November 2026 AI template sites turned that 15-second scene into a two-photo template: the first one we saw went up on 3 November, and four sites had it by 11 November, under names like Old Town Road AI, Old Town duo clip and Western roadshow. It is an early old town road AI trend: on 12 November we found no big wave of AI posts yet, and no old town road tiktok trend of AI versions (#oldtownroadai has 2 TikTok videos), while #oldtownroad has 260,637 videos and 3.5 billion views, most of them from 2019. ### Old Town Road trend timeline - **2018-12-02**: Lil Nas X uploads "Old Town Road", which spreads on TikTok in early 2019. Source: [Know Your Meme](https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/old-town-road). - **2019-04-04**: The remix with Billy Ray Cyrus comes out. Source: [Know Your Meme](https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/old-town-road). - **2019-05-17**: The "Official Movie" of the remix, with the red convertible scene, comes out on YouTube. Source: [Know Your Meme](https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/old-town-road). - **2019-07-19**: The official music video is posted on YouTube. It has 1.57 billion views by 11 November 2026. Source: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7qovpFAGrQ). - **2026-11-03**: The first AI template site offers the red convertible scene as a two-photo template. - **2026-11-11**: Four AI template sites have the scene, and a community preset of it has 63 likes. ## What the Old Town Road video looks like The example is the trend's template clip, a scene from the 2019 music video, so you can see what your video remakes. It is not a MakeViral result. Your video is a new 9:16 scene made by AI from your photos, with the same part of the song: the artists and the music video footage are not in it. - **Example 1** (15 s, 9:16 MP4 with sound): The trend's template clip: the red convertible scene from the official "Old Town Road (Remix)" video by Lil Nas X with Billy Ray Cyrus (YouTube, 2019, 1.57 billion views): the money bag out of the car, the song in the candy shop, then the ride. Shown: the middle of the wide clip in a vertical frame. - Video: https://www.makeviral.ai/media/templates/old-town-road-ai-video/original-tall-main-v2.mp4 - Poster: https://www.makeviral.ai/media/templates/old-town-road-ai-video/original-tall-main-v1.jpg - **Example 2** (15 s, 9:16 MP4 with sound): The same scene in its own wide frame, with the song. Your video is vertical and made from your photos. - Video: https://www.makeviral.ai/media/templates/old-town-road-ai-video/original-main-v2.mp4 - Poster: https://www.makeviral.ai/media/templates/old-town-road-ai-video/original-main-v1.jpg ## How to make the Old Town Road video on MakeViral Everything runs in the browser. No editing app, no watermark. ### The one-tap way (no prompt to write) 1. **Add the two photos.** Press "Make yours" and add the singer (you), face clear, then the friend with the money bag, face clear. Add them in this order, because the order decides who is who in the scene. Take them with the camera or pick them from your library. Start here: https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/old-town-road-ai-video/create 2. **Press Generate.** The button shows the price. Seedance 2.5 films the Old Town Road scene straight from your photos, with no in-between picture, for 15 seconds, with the trend's original song. You write no prompt. 3. **Download or share.** The video is ready in a few minutes as a 9:16 MP4. Download it, share it from your phone, or find it later in My videos. ### The by-hand way, with the exact prompts The one-tap flow runs this prompt for you. The video model takes your photos as references ([Image 1], [Image 2] in the order you add them) and films the scene straight from them, with no photo step first. AI Video takes one photo as the first frame, so it cannot run this prompt the same way: the prompt is here to read. #### Variant: Duo Settings: 2 photos (the singer (you), face clear + the friend with the money bag, face clear) · Seedance 2.5 · 15 s · 720p · 9:16 · no sound · 189 credits in one tap. 1. The video prompt is filled in. Settings: Seedance 2.5, 15 s, 720p, 9:16, sound off. The video prompt: ```text A sunny country-rap music video in four shots, cut on the beat: a shiny red convertible sports car with the top down and tan leather seats, on a sunny small-town street, warm afternoon sun, a glossy music-video look with soft film grain. Photorealistic live action, vertical 9:16. [Image 1] defines CHARACTER_A, the singer. Its full appearance comes only from that image. [Image 2] defines CHARACTER_B, the friend with the money bag, likewise. Keep both identities consistent. CHARACTER_A is the person in [Image 1], in every frame: copy the exact face from [Image 1] (the face shape, eye color and eye shape, eyebrows, nose, mouth, skin tone, age, hair color, hair length and hairstyle, and any beard, moustache, glasses or freckles), with the clothes from [Image 1] and a black wide-brimmed cowboy hat. CHARACTER_B is the person in [Image 2], in every frame: copy the exact face from [Image 2] (the face shape, eye color and eye shape, eyebrows, nose, mouth, skin tone, age, hair color, hair length and hairstyle, and any beard, moustache, glasses or freckles), with the clothes from [Image 2] and a white cowboy hat. Preserve each one's own head/body ratio and physique. If an image shows an animal, it stays that animal, sitting upright with its own face and fur and a small cowboy hat. Never swap identities, merge faces or borrow the other's clothing. Each face stays the same in every frame, so their friends recognize them at once. THE SHOTS: [0-3 s] SHOT 1, a low side shot along the red convertible rolling down the street: CHARACTER_B in the passenger seat, leaning toward the open side over the door, extending a big white canvas money bag printed with a large black dollar sign toward the camera, raising a hand near the head to tip the hat, a cool, confident gaze. CHARACTER_A at the wheel, partly in frame. [3-7.5 s] SHOT 2, a medium shot of CHARACTER_A in a colorful candy and ice cream shop with jars of sweets, giant ice cream cone decorations and pastel walls: singing straight to the camera, with speech rhythm, head turns, pointing, finger motions, animated two-hand gestures, smiles and body sway. [7.5-11.5 s] SHOT 3, closer on CHARACTER_A in the same shop, a slightly lower angle: still singing to the camera, a big confident grin, hands moving to the beat. [11.5-15 s] SHOT 4, the later overhead car shot, straight down into the red convertible from behind as it drives on: CHARACTER_A at the wheel on the left, singing and nodding; CHARACTER_B on the right holds the money bag on the lap, smiling; both look up to the camera once. Then the car pulls away and leaves the empty sunny road. MOUTHS: no sound of its own; a country-rap song goes on afterwards, so the singing must be easy to see: the singer's clear lip movements in short sung phrases from 3 s to the end. PRIORITY: CHARACTER_A = [Image 1] and CHARACTER_B = [Image 2] > the actions and timing of the shots > scene continuity. Only these two people. Clear facial features, stable faces, no distortion. No dialogue throughout the entire video. No background music. No sunglasses on anyone. No car badge, no logo, no brand name, no text, no subtitles, no watermark, no extra limbs, no morphing. ``` 2. Press Generate, then download the 9:16 MP4. One-tap version of this variant: https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/old-town-road-ai-video/create #### Variant: Solo Settings: 1 photo (you, face clear) · Seedance 2.5 · 15 s · 720p · 9:16 · no sound · 189 credits in one tap. 1. The video prompt is filled in. Settings: Seedance 2.5, 15 s, 720p, 9:16, sound off. The video prompt: ```text A sunny country-rap music video in four shots, cut on the beat: a shiny red convertible sports car with the top down and tan leather seats, on a sunny small-town street, warm afternoon sun, a glossy music-video look with soft film grain. Photorealistic live action, vertical 9:16. [Image 1] defines CHARACTER_A, the singer. Its full appearance comes only from that image. Keep the identity consistent. CHARACTER_A is the person in [Image 1], in every frame: copy the exact face from [Image 1] (the face shape, eye color and eye shape, eyebrows, nose, mouth, skin tone, age, hair color, hair length and hairstyle, and any beard, moustache, glasses or freckles), with the clothes from [Image 1] and a black wide-brimmed cowboy hat. Preserve their own head/body ratio and physique. If [Image 1] shows an animal, that one is that animal sitting upright like a person, with its own face, fur and markings and a small cowboy hat, never a person. The face stays the same from the first frame to the last, so their friends recognize them at once. THE SHOTS: [0-3 s] SHOT 1, a low side shot along the red convertible as it rolls slowly down the street: CHARACTER_A sits at the wheel alone, leaning toward the open side over the door, extending a big white canvas money bag printed with a large black dollar sign toward the camera, raising a hand near the head to tip the hat, with a cool, confident gaze. [3-7.5 s] SHOT 2, a medium shot of CHARACTER_A in a colorful candy and ice cream shop with jars of sweets, giant ice cream cone decorations and pastel walls: CHARACTER_A sings straight to the camera, with speech rhythm, head turns, pointing, finger motions, animated two-hand gestures, smiles and body sway. [7.5-11.5 s] SHOT 3, a closer shot of CHARACTER_A in the same shop, from a slightly lower angle: still singing to the camera with a big confident grin, both hands moving to the beat, a small lean toward the lens. [11.5-15 s] SHOT 4, the later overhead car shot, looking straight down into the red convertible from behind as it drives down the sunny road: CHARACTER_A alone at the wheel, singing and nodding to the beat, the money bag on the empty passenger seat; a quick look up to the camera. At the end the car pulls away and leaves the empty sunny road. MOUTHS: no sound of its own; a country-rap song goes on afterwards, so the singing must be easy to see: the singer's clear lip movements in short sung phrases from 3 s to the end. Only this one person. Clear facial features, a stable face, no distortion, no deformation. No dialogue throughout the entire video. No background music. No sunglasses on anyone. No car badge, no logo, no brand name, no text, no subtitles, no watermark, no extra limbs, no morphing. ``` 2. Press Generate, then download the 9:16 MP4. One-tap version of this variant: https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/old-town-road-ai-video/create?variant=solo #### Variant: Pet Settings: 1 photo (your pet, face clear) · Seedance 2.5 · 15 s · 720p · 9:16 · no sound · 189 credits in one tap. 1. The video prompt is filled in. Settings: Seedance 2.5, 15 s, 720p, 9:16, sound off. The video prompt: ```text A sunny country-rap music video in four shots, cut on the beat: a shiny red convertible sports car with the top down and tan leather seats, on a sunny small-town street, warm afternoon sun, a glossy music-video look with soft film grain. Photorealistic live action, vertical 9:16. THE STAR is the pet in [Image 1], in every frame: the same species and breed, face, eyes, ears, muzzle, fur colors, fur length and markings as in [Image 1], with the natural body volume and proportions of that animal: never flattened, squashed, stretched or merged with anything. Its owner recognizes it at once. It wears only a small black cowboy hat, and it keeps its own animal face, teeth and tongue: only its mouth moves like a singer. THE SHOTS: [0-3 s] SHOT 1, a low side shot along the red convertible as it rolls slowly down the street: the pet sits upright at the wheel, front paws on the wheel, then leans toward the open side over the door with a big white canvas money bag printed with a large black dollar sign beside it, a cool, confident look at the camera. [3-7.5 s] SHOT 2, a medium shot of the pet sitting upright on the counter of a colorful candy and ice cream shop with jars of sweets, giant ice cream cone decorations and pastel walls: it sings straight to the camera, its mouth opening and closing to the beat, with head turns and one raised front paw. [7.5-11.5 s] SHOT 3, a closer shot of the pet in the same shop, from a slightly lower angle: still singing to the camera, a proud happy face, a small lean toward the lens. [11.5-15 s] SHOT 4, the later overhead car shot, looking straight down into the red convertible from behind as it drives down the sunny road: the pet alone at the wheel, nodding to the beat, the money bag on the empty passenger seat; a quick look up to the camera. At the end the car pulls away and leaves the empty sunny road. MOUTHS: no sound of its own; a country-rap song goes on afterwards, so the singing must be easy to see: the pet's mouth opens and closes in short sung phrases from 3 s to the end. Exactly one animal and no people. One head, four legs and one tail, no human hands, no human body, no clothes except the small hat. Avoid a cartoon look or a plush toy. No dialogue throughout the entire video. No background music. No sunglasses on anyone. No car badge, no logo, no brand name, no text, no subtitles, no watermark, no extra limbs, no morphing. ``` 2. Press Generate, then download the 9:16 MP4. One-tap version of this variant: https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/old-town-road-ai-video/create?variant=pet ### Which photo works best? The **Duo** version uses **two photos**: photo 1 is the singer, photo 2 is the friend with the money bag. Swap them to swap the roles. - **Clear, sharp faces** that look at the camera, in good light. A photo from the chest up works best: the singer gets big close-ups in the candy shop. - **No sunglasses and no cap.** The video adds a cowboy hat: a black one for the singer and a white one for the friend. Your clothes come from your photo. - **One person per photo.** Crop a group photo first. - Use your own photo or one of an adult friend who said yes. Never a celebrity or a stranger. For **Solo**, one photo of you. For **Pet**, one photo of your dog or cat, its face clear and sharp. ## How many credits does it cost? You pay per video in credits, and the create page shows the exact price on the Generate button before you spend anything. The one-tap price covers the scene photo and the video, charged once. The cheaper models are there if you run the prompts by hand in AI Video. | Video model | Settings | Credits | | --- | --- | --- | | Seedance 2.5 (this template) | 15 s, 720p, straight from your photos, one tap | 189 | Credits come with a plan; see [pricing](https://www.makeviral.ai/pricing). A failed video gives its credits back. ## Three versions: Duo, Solo and Pet Pick the version on the create page. Each makes a 15-second vertical Old Town Road AI video with the song. | Version | Photos | What happens | |---|---|---| | **Duo** | 2 | Your friend leans out of the red convertible with the money bag, you sing in the candy shop, then you drive and your friend rides along with the bag. The scene of the music video, with you two. | | **Solo** | 1 | You hold the money bag out of the car, sing in the candy shop and drive off alone, the bag on the seat next to you. | | **Pet** | 1 | Your dog or cat drives the red convertible in a little black cowboy hat, sings in the candy shop and rolls off with the money bag. | Top-quality AI video models, including Seedance 2.5, make the scene straight from your photos, with no in-between picture, so the faces stay close to the photos. The video is silent at first, and then the song goes on: the same part of "Old Town Road (Remix)" as in the trend clip. You can turn it off on the result screen. The exact price shows on the Generate button before you spend anything. ## What happens in the video, shot by shot? The video follows the four shots of the trend clip, in a vertical frame. | Time | Shot | |---|---| | 0-3 s | A low side shot along the red convertible: the friend leans over the door and holds out a white money bag with a big dollar sign, then tips the hat. | | 3-7.5 s | The singer in a colorful candy and ice cream shop sings to the camera, with pointing, two-hand gestures and a big smile. | | 7.5-11.5 s | Closer on the singer, still singing, hands moving to the beat. | | 11.5-15 s | Straight down from above: the two of you ride in the convertible, the singer at the wheel, the friend with the money bag, then the car rolls away down the road. | The old town road car in your video is a red convertible sports car with tan leather seats. The 2019 video used a red Maserati; your video shows no badge and no logo. ## Is this the Old Town Road challenge? Not quite. The **old town road challenge** of 2019, also called the **yeehaw challenge**, was a TikTok transformation: you sip "yee yee juice" and turn into a cowboy on the beat drop. On 12 November 2026, #oldtownroadchallenge has 13,692 TikTok videos. The 2026 trend is different: it remakes the old town road video clip itself, the red convertible scene with the money bag, with your own faces. The cowboy look stays: the singer wears a black cowboy hat and the friend a white one. People post it as an old town road meme with a friend or a partner, and with a pet as a cowboy pet video. The big tag is #oldtownroad. ## What goes wrong, and how do you fix it? | Problem | Fix | |---|---| | A face does not look like the photo | Use a sharp, front-facing photo in good light, with no sunglasses, then run it again. | | The two of you switch places | Check the photo order: photo 1 sings and drives, photo 2 holds the money bag. | | The money bag is with the wrong person | Run it again. | | The lips do not match every word | The song goes on after the video, so the lips follow its rhythm, not every word. | | Your pet loses the hat | Run it again. Every run is a new take. | | The run fails | Some photos get refused. The credits come back; try another photo. | ## Old Town Road trend questions ### What is the Old Town Road AI video? It is an AI video trend from November 2026 that remakes the red convertible scene of the "Old Town Road" music video with your own faces: one person sings in a candy shop, the other holds a money bag out of a red convertible, and both ride off together. You need two photos. ### How do I make the Old Town Road AI video? Press "Create your own", pick Duo, add your photo as photo 1 and a friend's as photo 2, and press Generate. The button shows the price first. You get a 15-second vertical video in My videos, with the song. You write no AI prompt. ### Is this the real Old Town Road music video? No. It is a new scene that AI makes from your photos, in the style of the old town road music video: the red convertible, the money bag, the candy shop and the cowboy hats. Lil Nas X, Billy Ray Cyrus and the official video footage are not in it. The example on this page is the original scene, so you can compare. ### Does the video have the Old Town Road song? Yes. The video gets the same 15 seconds of "Old Town Road (Remix)" as the trend clip, put on after the video is made. You can turn the song off on the result screen. The lips follow the rhythm of the song, not every word. ### Is the Old Town Road Maserati in my video? Not the real one. The 2019 video uses a red Maserati convertible. Your video shows a red convertible sports car with tan leather seats and no badge or logo, because the AI makes a new car, not a copy of a real model. ### Can I make it alone, or with my pet? Yes. The Solo version needs one photo: you hold out the money bag, sing in the shop and drive off alone. The Pet version needs one photo of your dog or cat: it drives the red convertible in a little cowboy hat and sings in the candy shop. ### What is the old town road meme? The song became a meme on TikTok in 2019 with the yeehaw challenge, and the lines "I'm gonna take my horse to the old town road" are still a caption for anything country. The 2026 old town road trend is the AI remake of the music video's convertible scene. ### Is there an Old Town Road AI filter or generator? Not as a TikTok filter. On TikTok and other apps the remake is a template on AI sites. This page is an old town road AI generator for that one scene: add your photos, press Generate, and get the video. There is no app to install and no AI old town road prompt to write. ### Which prompt does this template use? No creator has shared a prompt for this trend. The prompt starts from the one an AI template site uses for the same scene: who is who, the money bag, the gestures in the shop and the ride from above, rewritten for a new vertical scene made from your photos. It names no artist, no song and no car brand. ### Can I put myself in a music video with AI? Yes, in this one. Put yourself in a music video scene with AI from one photo or two: this template is an AI music video from a photo of you (and one of a friend), made as the Old Town Road convertible scene with the song on it. ### How long is the video? 15 seconds, vertical 9:16, at 720p, the same length as the trend clip. A run takes 5 to 15 minutes, and the video waits in My videos when it is ready. ### Does it cost credits? Yes. The create page shows the exact price on the Generate button before you spend anything. If a video fails, the credits come back. ### Are my photos private? Yes. MakeViral does not post your photos or the result anywhere or show them to other users. The video goes to your private My videos page, and you can delete it there at any time. ## Other AI video templates and tools - [White Chicks Car Scene AI: Sing A Thousand Miles With a Friend](https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/white-chicks-ai-trend): One of you drives at night and belts out the song with full emotion. The other holds a tiny dog and gets more and more annoyed. Put your two faces in the car, or your pet at the wheel. - [Convertible Coffee Drive AI: Coffee, Top Down, You at the Wheel](https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/convertible-coffee-drive-ai-trend): Add one photo. You drive an open-top convertible with red leather seats through a city of glass towers, lift your takeaway coffee, take a sip and chat with your hands, filmed low from the passenger seat. Or put your dog at the wheel. - [Hit the Road Dude: Be the Private Property Meme Driver](https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/hit-the-road-dude-ai-trend): "State? This? It ain't. Hit the road, dude. This ain't no state property. This is private property." Add one photo, and you, your dog or your cat play the grumpy pickup driver from the viral clip, with the original audio. - [AI photo generator](https://www.makeviral.ai/ai-photo-generator) - [All AI video templates](https://www.makeviral.ai/templates) ## New AI video trends this week - [Jensen Huang AI Video: Take the Wheel Next to the Nvidia CEO](https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/jensen-huang-ai-video): The car clip that started the Jensen Huang AI memes, with you at the wheel. Add one photo, and you (or your pet) drive the Nvidia CEO in his black leather jacket, with the clip's own sound. - [Cat Shower AI: Dodge the Water, Dive Under the Blanket](https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/cat-shower-ai-trend): The cat scoops the water, pours it over its head and leans away so not one drop hits it. Then it shivers and runs to bed. Add one photo, and you or your pet take the cat's place, with the trend's own sound. - [Tying My Shoes Meme: Put Yourself Behind the Tip Cup](https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/tying-shoes-money-ai-trend): You put your cup down to tie your shoe, and people start dropping cash in it. Add one photo, and you or your pet star in the viral clip, grin and all, with its original sound. - [MobLand Dance AI: Do Paul's Dance From One Photo](https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/mobland-paul-dance-ai): Lean in to the camera, step back, then the knee lifts, the little kicks, the shrugs and the hand flicks, with a straight face that keeps breaking into a grin. Add one photo of you or your pet and get the 10 second clip with the music. - [Bad Aim Edit AI Trend: Miss the Target, Then Own the Office](https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/bad-aim-edit-ai-trend): You try archery in a grass field and miss the flying target badly. Then a hard cut: a cool black and white office edit in black fight gloves, with a mug, a shh and a walk out the door. Add one photo of you or your pet. - [Favorite Rumors About Us AI: Do the Couple Rumors Trend From Two Photos](https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/favorite-rumors-about-us-ai-trend): Two of you stand side by side while the rumors pop up one by one, and whoever the rumor is true for breaks into a goofy dance on the beat. Add two photos and get the clip with the rumor captions and the sound. ## Make your own Old Town Road video Add two photos and press Generate. No prompt to write. 189 credits, charged once. [Make this video](https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/old-town-road-ai-video/create)