# Pray For Me Trend AI: The Slow Mo Dance and Run, From Your Photos > The pray for me trend is a dramatic slow-motion dance and run to a slowed "Pray For Me". Canonical: https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/pray-for-me-slow-mo-ai-trend Updated: 2026-10-25 Published: 2026-10-25 Author: MakeViral Team (https://www.makeviral.ai/about) Publisher: MakeViral (https://www.makeviral.ai) The **pray for me trend** is a dramatic slow-motion dance and run to a slowed "Pray For Me". You pray, you sway, you run past the camera like the hero of an action film. With one photo, MakeViral puts you into the dance; with two or three, your friends join the slow mo run. Add one photo and you do the pray for me slow mo dance in a bright room, with the song. Add two or three photos and your crew does the slow mo run past the camera, one by one. Also called: Pray for me slo mo, Who gon pray for me trend, Slowmo run trend, Pray for me challenge. **Make it now:** [Make this video](https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/pray-for-me-slow-mo-ai-trend/create). 1 photo · 14 s · 9:16 with sound · 213 credits, charged once · ready in up to several minutes · no prompt to write. Keyword: pray for me trend. Also answers: pray for me dance, pray for me tiktok, pray for me slow mo, pray for me dance challenge, pray for me tiktok dance, slow mo run trend, pray for me slow mo trend, pray for me tiktok trend, slow motion run trend, pray for me ai, pray for me trend ai, pray for me slow mo dance, pray for me dance trend, pray for me slowed, pray for me slow mo dance tutorial, pray for me choreography, slow mo trend tiktok, slow running trend, pray for me the weeknd tiktok, pray for me tiktok song, pray for me tiktok sound, pray for me slowed tiktok. ## What is the Pray For Me Slow Mo trend, and where did it start? The **pray for me dance** began on 30 August 2020, when the dancer @lesgetitrell posted a slow-motion routine to a slowed version of "Pray For Me" by The Weeknd and Kendrick Lamar as a tribute to the late actor Chadwick Boseman. It reached 14.5 million plays, and the sound "pray for me slo mo" stayed in use for years. In October 2026 the **pray for me tiktok** wave started. On 10 October @lesgetitrell posted a new take in a bright room (2.9 million plays), and groups of friends turned it into a slow mo run past the camera, one friend after another: @nadineeang's group on 14 October (5.5 million) and @kemanirae_'s group on 15 October (9.5 million), both crediting him for the dance. AI versions came within days: the first, on 13 October, put a new face into his room routine, and three-person AI templates followed on 21 October. By 25 October the sound had about 41,000 videos. ### Pray For Me Slow Mo trend timeline - **2020-08-30**: @lesgetitrell posts the slow-motion dance to a slowed "Pray For Me" as a tribute to Chadwick Boseman; it reaches 14.5 million plays. Source: [TikTok @lesgetitrell](https://www.tiktok.com/@lesgetitrell/video/6866606450672798982). - **2026-10-10**: @lesgetitrell posts a new take: he dances in a bright room, runs out and comes back past the window and the mirror (2.9 million plays). Source: [TikTok @lesgetitrell](https://www.tiktok.com/@lesgetitrell/video/7694846566082940173). - **2026-10-13**: The first AI version: @tinkz1way posts the room routine with a new face, marked as AI-generated on TikTok. Source: [TikTok @tinkz1way](https://www.tiktok.com/@tinkz1way/video/7696142236018396448). - **2026-10-14**: @nadineeang's group does the slow mo run past the camera at night and credits @lesgetitrell for the dance (5.5 million plays). Source: [TikTok @nadineeang](https://www.tiktok.com/@nadineeang/video/7696384429236751629). - **2026-10-15**: @kemanirae_'s "PT 2" group run gets 9.5 million plays; her behind-the-scenes clip of 23 October gets 7 million. Source: [TikTok @kemanirae_](https://www.tiktok.com/@kemanirae_/video/7696933942196325635). - **2026-10-21**: Three-person AI templates of the pray for me slow mo dance appear ("one spot left for you"), and a friends' run by @co20ate67 passes 1 million plays. Source: [TikTok @co20ate67](https://www.tiktok.com/@co20ate67/video/7699138198479408415). ## What the Pray For Me Slow Mo video looks like This clip is a creator's AI version of the trend, made with an AI template, not a MakeViral result. The Solo version copies the same routine with your face. - **Example 1** (10 s, 9:16 MP4 with sound): The first AI version of the trend, by @tinkz1way (13 October 2026): a new face does the slow mo dance in a bright room, prays, runs out of the frame and shows up again in the mirror and outside the window. The Solo version makes this from your photo. - Video: https://www.makeviral.ai/media/templates/pray-for-me-slow-mo-ai-trend/original-ai-v2.mp4 - Poster: https://www.makeviral.ai/media/templates/pray-for-me-slow-mo-ai-trend/original-ai-v1.jpg ## How to make the Pray For Me Slow Mo video on MakeViral Everything runs in the browser. No editing app, no watermark. ### The one-tap way (no prompt to write) 1. **Add your photo.** Press "Make yours" and add you (18+), face to the camera. Take it with the camera or pick it from your library. Start here: https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/pray-for-me-slow-mo-ai-trend/create 2. **Press Generate.** The button shows the price. Seedance 2.5 puts your photos into the Pray For Me slow mo trend clip and copies it shot by shot for 14 seconds, with the reel's original song. You write no prompt. 3. **Download or share.** The video is ready in up to several 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 prompt animates your own photo directly. To change it, copy it and edit it in AI Video. #### Variant: Solo Settings: 1 photo (you (18+), face to the camera) · Seedance 2.5 · 14 s · 720p · 9:16 · no sound · 213 credits in one tap. 1. The video prompt is filled in. Settings: Seedance 2.5, 14 s, 720p, 9:16, sound off. The video prompt: ```text Recreate the reference video [Video 1] shot for shot: one person dances alone in dramatic slow motion in a bright, empty living room with white walls, a dark wood floor, an arched doorway, a tall window with green bushes outside and a tall black-framed mirror on the wall, filmed by a phone on the floor that looks slightly up, with the same framing, timing and moves. The ONLY change: the young man with short black hair in the plain black T-shirt is now the person in [Image 1]. The dancer = 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). They wear the clothes from [Image 1]. NO short black hair and no plain black T-shirt unless [Image 1] shows them. The same real person in every frame, also when they are small and far away outside the window and in the mirror, so their friends recognize them at once. Never morph, never drift back to the original young man's face. Beats, matching the reference second by second, all in slow motion: 0-6.5 s: the dancer turns to the camera, sways, waves one hand, looks up with an emotional face and presses both palms together in prayer at the chest. 6.5-11 s: the dancer drops down out of the frame; the room stays empty while the same dancer runs past outside the window and shows up small in the mirror. 11-13.5 s: the dancer comes back up into the frame close to the camera, the face large and sharp, and dances on with small hand moves near the face. Exactly one dancer: the small figure outside the window and in the mirror is always that same dancer, never anyone else. One head only, on the dancer's shoulders; five fingers on each hand. No text, no captions, no logos, no watermark. ``` 2. Press Generate, then download the 9:16 MP4. One-tap version of this variant: https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/pray-for-me-slow-mo-ai-trend/create #### Variant: Duo Settings: 2 photos (you (18+), runs first + your friend (18+), runs second) · Seedance 2.5 · 10 s · 720p · 9:16 · with sound · 126 credits in one tap. 1. The video prompt is filled in. Settings: Seedance 2.5, 10 s, 720p, 9:16, sound on. The video prompt: ```text A viral "pray for me" slow mo run video of two friends, made from [Image 1] and [Image 2]: one continuous handheld phone shot at chest height, vertical 9:16, photorealistic, in dramatic slow motion at about a quarter of real speed, like heroes walking out in an action film. The place: a long covered outdoor walkway of a modern building at night, warm ceiling lights, square pillars, a smooth concrete floor and a dark sky beyond. Friend 1 is the one 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), and the hair and the clothes from [Image 1]. Friend 2 is the one 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), and the hair and the clothes from [Image 2]. Never blend their faces. Each face stays the same from the first frame to the last, so their friends recognize them at once. If an image shows an animal, that friend is that animal running upright, with its own face, fur and markings, not a person. Every run: the friend starts far away, runs toward the camera with wide, heavy arm swings and a serious, dramatic face, hair and clothes floating in the slow motion, and passes close to the lens, the face large and sharp for a moment. 0-3.5 s: Friend 1 runs toward the camera and passes the lens on the left. 3.5-7 s: Friend 2 runs toward the camera and passes the lens on the right, one hand reaching out to the lens. 7-10 s: both step back into the frame side by side, close to the lens, from the waist up, Friend 1 on the left and Friend 2 on the right; they press their palms together, then cross their arms over the chest, look into the lens with a straight face and then burst out laughing. Audio: a slow, emotional hip-hop beat with a deep bass and soft choir pads, slowed down, and a soft swish as each friend passes. No singing, no spoken words. Exactly two people, both grown adults. Nobody falls or gets hurt. One head each, five fingers on each hand. No text, no captions, no logos, no watermark, no app interface. ``` 2. Press Generate, then download the 9:16 MP4. One-tap version of this variant: https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/pray-for-me-slow-mo-ai-trend/create?variant=duo #### Variant: Trio Settings: 3 photos (you (18+), runs first + friend 2 (18+), runs second + friend 3 (18+), runs third) · Seedance 2.5 · 10 s · 720p · 9:16 · with sound · 126 credits in one tap. 1. The video prompt is filled in. Settings: Seedance 2.5, 10 s, 720p, 9:16, sound on. The video prompt: ```text A viral "pray for me" slow mo run video of three friends, made from [Image 1], [Image 2] and [Image 3]: one continuous handheld phone shot at chest height, vertical 9:16, photorealistic, in dramatic slow motion at about a quarter of real speed, like heroes walking out in an action film. The place: a long covered outdoor walkway of a modern building at night, warm ceiling lights, square pillars, a smooth concrete floor and a dark sky beyond. Friend 1 is the one 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), and the hair and the clothes from [Image 1]. Friend 2 is the one in [Image 2]: 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), and the hair and the clothes from [Image 2]. Friend 3 is the one in [Image 3]: copy the exact face from [Image 3] (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), and the hair and the clothes from [Image 3]. Never blend their faces. Each face stays the same from the first frame to the last, so their friends recognize them at once. If an image shows an animal, that friend is that animal running upright, with its own face, fur and markings, not a person. Every run: the friend starts far away, runs toward the camera with wide, heavy arm swings and a serious, dramatic face, hair and clothes floating in the slow motion, and passes close to the lens, the face large and sharp for a moment. 0-2.5 s: Friend 1 runs toward the camera and passes the lens on the left. 2.5-5 s: Friend 2 runs toward the camera and passes the lens on the right. 5-7.5 s: Friend 3 runs toward the camera and passes the lens on the left, one hand reaching out to the lens. 7.5-10 s: all three step back into the frame side by side, close to the lens, from the waist up, Friend 1 in the middle, Friend 2 on the left, Friend 3 on the right; they press their palms together, then cross their arms over the chest, look into the lens with a straight face and then burst out laughing. Audio: a slow, emotional hip-hop beat with a deep bass and soft choir pads, slowed down, and a soft swish as each friend passes. No singing, no spoken words. Exactly three people, all grown adults. Nobody falls or gets hurt. One head each, five fingers on each hand. No text, no captions, no logos, no watermark, no app interface. ``` 2. Press Generate, then download the 9:16 MP4. One-tap version of this variant: https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/pray-for-me-slow-mo-ai-trend/create?variant=trio ### Which photo works best? **Solo:** one clear photo of you, face to the camera, from the waist up or full body, in good light. Your clothes from the photo carry into the video, so wear what you want to dance in. **Duo and Trio:** one photo per friend, one person in each photo. Photo 1 runs first and stands in the middle at the end, photo 2 runs second, photo 3 runs third. Faces should be sharp and big: each friend passes close to the camera in slow motion, and a far or blurry photo makes a weaker likeness. Adults only (18+). No sunglasses, no hats that hide the face, no group photos in one slot. ## 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) | 14 s, 720p, copies the trend clip, one tap | 213 | Credits come with a plan; see [pricing](https://www.makeviral.ai/pricing). A failed video gives its credits back. ## What each version makes | | Solo (default) | Duo | Trio | |---|---|---|---| | Photos | 1: you | 2: you and a friend | 3: you and two friends | | What happens | You do the pray for me slow mo dance in a bright room: you look up, press your palms together, sway, run out of the frame, show up small outside the window and in the mirror, and come back close to the camera | The slow mo run: you run past the camera in slow motion, then your friend does, then you both step back in, press your palms together, cross your arms and look into the lens | The same slow mo run with three friends, one after another, then all three side by side in front of the lens | | How it is made | Your face goes into @lesgetitrell's own 10 October 2026 take, shot for shot | Made straight from your photos, with no reel and no in-between picture | The same as Duo | | Length | 14 s | 10 s | 10 s | | Sound | The slowed "Pray For Me" from the reel, put back on after the run; you can turn it off | A slow, emotional beat made with the video, not the song | The same as Duo | **Solo** is the pray for me slow mo dance as the dance creator does it, and the shape of the first AI version. **Duo** and **Trio** are the slow motion run trend as the friend groups post it: everyone gets a big slow-motion close-up as they pass the lens. The videos come from top-quality AI video models, including Seedance 2.5. The exact price shows on the Generate button before you spend anything. ## The slow mo run trend, step by step The slow mo run trend on TikTok has one simple rule: move as if the world is in slow motion. In the group version each friend starts far from the phone, runs toward it with wide, heavy arm swings and a serious face, and passes the lens on one side; the next friend follows. The joke is the drama: a hallway, a parking lot or a kitchen becomes an action film. The original pray for me choreography adds the prayer hands, the look up, the hand on the chest and the arms crossed over the chest at the end. That is why people search for a pray for me slow mo dance tutorial: the real thing takes many takes ("after many retakes", "I fell doing this"). The AI version skips the retakes: you add photos, and the slow motion, the timing and the camera come out right the first time. Every run is a new take, so results differ. ## The song and how to post it The sound is a slowed "Pray For Me" by The Weeknd and Kendrick Lamar, the "pray for me slo mo" sound on TikTok (about 41,000 videos by 25 October 2026). People search it as the pray for me tiktok song, the pray for me tiktok sound, pray for me slowed and pray for me slowed tiktok, or pray for me the weeknd tiktok. - **Solo** comes with the slowed song from @lesgetitrell's reel, on the same seconds the video is cut to. You can turn it off on the result screen. - **Duo** and **Trio** come with a slow beat made with the video, not the song: add the "pray for me slo mo" sound on TikTok when you post. The song belongs to its owners, and MakeViral gives you no rights to it; check the platform's music rules before you use the clip in an ad or a paid post. **Hashtags:** #prayforme (309,393 videos on 25 October 2026), #slowmorun (269,197) and #slowmo. Keep the platform's AI label on, and credit @lesgetitrell for the dance like the trend does ("DC: @lesgetitrell"). More hero walks and friend clips: the [explosion walk](https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/ai-explosion-walk-trend), the [Gangnam Style trio](https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/gangnam-style-ai-dance) or the [Mi Chico crew dance](https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/mi-chico-dance-ai-trend). ## Pray For Me Slow Mo trend questions ### What is the pray for me trend? It is a TikTok dance trend where people move in dramatic slow motion to a slowed "Pray For Me" by The Weeknd and Kendrick Lamar. The dancer @lesgetitrell made the routine in August 2020; in October 2026 friend groups turned it into a slow mo run past the camera, one after another, and the pray for me tiktok trend took off again. ### Who made the pray for me dance challenge? The dancer @lesgetitrell, on 30 August 2020, as a tribute to Chadwick Boseman (14.5 million plays). The 2026 posts still credit him with "DC: @lesgetitrell" (dance credit). He posted a new take on 10 October 2026, and that room routine is the one our Solo version copies. ### Is there a pray for me AI version? Yes. The pray for me trend AI versions put a new face into the dance from one photo; the first one we found came out on 13 October 2026, and three-person templates followed on 21 October. On MakeViral, Solo puts you into @lesgetitrell's room routine, and Duo and Trio make the slow mo run of your group straight from your photos. Search "pray for me ai" and you find the same idea. ### How do I do the pray for me tiktok dance without retakes? Press "Create your own", pick Solo, Duo or Trio, and add 1, 2 or 3 photos (photo 1 is you). Press Generate; the button shows the price first. The AI does the slow motion, the run and the camera, so nobody has to practice the pray for me tiktok dance or fall on the floor. ### Is the pray for me slow mo trend the same as the slow motion run trend? Yes, mostly. The pray for me slow mo trend is the slow motion run trend done to the slowed "Pray For Me" sound, often with the prayer hands and the crossed arms from the original dance. Some posts use other sounds for the slow mo trend tiktok runs; the slow running trend and the slow mo run trend are other names for the same idea. ### Can I do it alone? Yes. Solo needs one photo: you do the whole pray for me dance alone, like the dance creator does in his own videos, including the run out of the frame and the comeback past the window and the mirror. Solo posts joke that the trend is "lowkey hard without a crew": with one photo you need no crew. ### Does the video have the song? Solo does: the slowed song from the reel goes back on after the run, and you can turn it off. Duo and Trio come with a slow beat made with the video, so pick the "pray for me slo mo" sound on TikTok when you post. ### Can I use photos of kids? No. This template is for adults (18+). Upload photos of adults only. ### Which AI model makes it? Top-quality AI video models, including Seedance 2.5. In Solo the AI puts your face into the reel itself, shot for shot, vertical 9:16 at 720p, and the reel's song goes back on. Duo and Trio are made straight from your photos, vertical, 10 seconds. MakeViral picks the model for each run. ## Other AI video templates and tools - [AI Explosion Walk Trend: Walking Away From Explosion, Starring You](https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/ai-explosion-walk-trend): Night, an empty highway, you on the center line. You light a fuse, walk toward the camera, open your jacket, and a giant fireball goes off behind you. You never look back. It is an AI video, not a real explosion. - [Gangnam Style Dance AI: Put Your Face in the Viral Trio Reel](https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/gangnam-style-ai-dance): Three friends, one selfie camera, a sunset street in Seoul: the 2026 Gangnam Style trend, where each friend gets a solo to the chorus. Add one photo to take the middle, or bring one or two friends. - [Mi Chico Dance: Do the Trend From Your Photo](https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/mi-chico-dance-ai-trend): Hands up by the head, arm rolls, chest brushes and hip sways: the viral Mi Chico dance. Add one photo of you or your pet, two photos for a duo, or three for a crew on a rooftop, and get the clip ready to post. - [AI photo generator](https://www.makeviral.ai/ai-photo-generator) - [All AI video templates](https://www.makeviral.ai/templates) ## Make your own Pray For Me Slow Mo video Add one photo and press Generate. No prompt to write. 213 credits, charged once. 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