# Wipe Me Down AI Dance: Do the Viral Dance From One Photo

> The Wipe Me Down AI dance turns one full-body photo of you into a short clip of you doing the viral Wipe Me Down dance: a low, bouncy stomp with your hands flicking at the floor on the beat, a hop, then arms swinging side to side.

Canonical: https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/wipe-me-down-ai-dance
Updated: 2026-10-14
Published: 2026-10-14
Author: İrfan Şener (https://www.makeviral.ai/about)
Publisher: MakeViral (https://www.makeviral.ai)

The **Wipe Me Down AI dance** turns one full-body photo of you into a short clip of you doing the viral Wipe Me Down dance: a low, bouncy stomp with your hands flicking at the floor on the beat, a hop, then arms swinging side to side. You need one photo, and the clip comes with the song.

Knees low, hands flicking at the floor on every beat, a hop and a big grin. Add one full-body photo of you and get a 10-second clip of you doing the Wipe Me Down dance, with the song.

**Make it now:** [Make this video](https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/wipe-me-down-ai-dance/create). 1 photo · 10 s · 9:16 with sound · 40 credits, charged once · ready in a few minutes · no prompt to write.

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## What is the Wipe Me Down trend, and where did it start?

The dance is older than the AI trend. The Baltimore creator Carnell Nichols has danced his stomp to "Wipe Me Down", a 2007 rap song, on TikTok since at least June 2020, and he calls it the Carnell stomp. From 2023 his green-screen dance battles, where he out-dances people in other clips, took it to millions of views.

In summer 2026 the dance came back. On 17 August a creator from Myrtle Beach posted it in a kitchen with a friend: a lunge at the camera, a low bounce with the hands flicking at the floor, a jump, then the friend's turn. The clip had 12.4 million views and 1.8 million likes by 14 October. US Google searches for "wipe me down dance" rose from 590 in June to 1,300 in August.

From 28 September, CapCut AI templates turned one photo into the dance. A template post with a baby had 799,000 views and 24,900 shares by 14 October, and templates that swap new faces into the kitchen clip passed 650,000 views on 9 October.

### Wipe Me Down trend timeline

- **2020-06-13**: Carnell Nichols posts his Wipe Me Down dance with the tags #wipemedownchallenge and #teamcarnell; it has 1.8 million views by 14 October 2026. Source: [TikTok](https://www.tiktok.com/@trendsetterrrrrrr/video/6837641645840747782).
- **2023-08-08**: Carnell Nichols posts the green-screen dance battle he calls the one that "started it all"; it has 5.5 million views and 626,600 likes by 14 October 2026. Source: [TikTok](https://www.tiktok.com/@trendsetterrrrrrr/video/7265044517701799214).
- **2026-08-17**: A creator from Myrtle Beach posts the dance in a kitchen with a friend; the clip has 12.4 million views and 1.8 million likes by 14 October. Source: [TikTok](https://www.tiktok.com/@dadxander/video/7674858723910765854).
- **2026-09-14**: Carnell Nichols posts "I am the creator of this trend and dance it's called Carnell stomp"; it has 1.7 million views by 14 October. Source: [TikTok](https://www.tiktok.com/@trendsetterrrrrrr/video/7685411955250646303).
- **2026-09-28**: A CapCut AI template turns one photo into the dance; its most shared post, with a baby, has 799,000 views and 24,900 shares by 14 October.
- **2026-10-09**: Template posts that swap new faces into the kitchen clip pass 650,000 views. On 14 October the #wipemedown tag holds 24,949 videos and 743.5 million views.

## What the Wipe Me Down video looks like

Made from the prompts on this page. The people and pets are AI-made, not real persons, and the sound is original. Your result will differ from run to run.

- **Example 1** (14 s, 9:16 MP4 with sound): The original reel by @mattshort85: he put his own photo into an AI dance template and does the Wipe Me Down dance alone in front of his closet, with the low stomp, the floor flicks, a hop and a big grin. Human copies the moves of this reel. The team name on his jersey is blurred.
  - Video: https://www.makeviral.ai/media/templates/wipe-me-down-ai-dance/original-main-v2.mp4
  - Poster: https://www.makeviral.ai/media/templates/wipe-me-down-ai-dance/original-main-v1.jpg

## How to make the Wipe Me Down 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, head to toes. Take it with the camera or pick it from your library. Start here: https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/wipe-me-down-ai-dance/create
2. **Press Generate.** The button shows the price. Kling 3.0 Motion Control takes the moves of the Wipe Me Down clip and plays them with the one in your photo, in your photo's own scene, for about 10 seconds, with the reel's original sound. 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 your Library.

### 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.

Settings: 1 photo (you, head to toes) · kling-3-motion · 10 s · 720p · 9:16 · no sound · 40 credits in one tap.

1. The video prompt is filled in. Settings: kling-3-motion, 10 s, 720p, 9:16, sound off. The video prompt:

   ```text
   One continuous single take, fixed camera, vertical video. Recreate the reference video exactly, but the dancer is the person from the reference image instead of the man: the same person with the same face, hair, skin tone, body and clothes, in the place from the reference image.
The person performs the man's stomp dance frame by frame with the same timing, on the beat: knees bent low, the bouncy stomp from foot to foot, the hands flicking down at the floor on every beat, the shoulders rocking, the two hops, the step toward the camera and the arms swinging out to one side and then the other. Big happy grin, full of energy.
No curly afro wig, no orange headband, no orange wristbands, no white basketball jersey with a number or a team name, no gray cargo shorts, no tattoos, no beard and no glasses unless the reference image shows them. No cuts, no text, no captions or logos on screen. Exactly one person, no extra people.
   ```

2. Press Generate, then download the 9:16 MP4.

One-tap version of this variant: https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/wipe-me-down-ai-dance/create

### Which photo works best?

Upload **one full-body photo of you**, standing. You do the dance in your photo's own place.

- **Head to toes in view.** The dance lives in the knees and feet, so the feet must be in the photo. A waist-up photo gives stiff or made-up legs.
- **Standing, facing the camera**, arms relaxed, with some floor around you and some space above your head for the hops.
- **One person, nobody else.** Crop out friends, pets and people in the background.
- **Good light, no blur.** Sunglasses, a hood or a cap low over the eyes make the face drift.
- **A vertical photo** gives a vertical clip. A kitchen or a living room with open floor looks closest to the viral clips.
- Use a photo of yourself, or of an adult who said yes.

## 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 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kling 3.0 Motion Control (this template) | 10 s, 720p, copies the moves of the trend clip, one tap | 40 |

Credits come with a plan; see [pricing](https://www.makeviral.ai/pricing). A failed video gives its credits back.

## What happens in the Wipe Me Down AI dance, beat by beat?

MakeViral takes the moves of a solo AI version of the dance and plays them with you, in your photo's own place. The camera stays where your photo was taken, and the clip is one continuous shot:

| Time | What you do |
|---|---|
| 0 to 1 s | You face the camera with bent knees and hop on the beat. |
| 1 to 5 s | The low stomp: you bounce from foot to foot, knees bent, hands flicking down at the floor, shoulders rocking. |
| 5 to 7 s | You step toward the camera and hop again, with a big grin. |
| 7 to 10 s | Your arms swing out to one side, then the other, while you keep the bounce. |

**How it works:** Kling 3.0 Motion Control copies the body moves of the trend clip, not the dancer in it. You keep your own face, hair and clothes. The clip is about 10 seconds at 720p in the frame of your photo, and the song goes back on after the run. The exact price shows on the Generate button before you spend anything. Every run is a new take, so results differ.

## Is it the same as the CapCut template?

It is the same dance, made a different way. The CapCut templates paste new faces into the two-man kitchen clip, so you end up in someone else's kitchen next to someone else, or they animate a baby photo. Here you get the solo: you alone, in your own place, with your own clothes, and no template link or CapCut account.

**Your baby instead?** Our [AI baby dance](https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/ai-baby-dance) is made for babies and toddlers, with baby proportions and its own two dances.

**Your pet?** We have not found an AI pet version of this dance yet, so there is no pet option here. For a dancing pet, try the [AI dancing pet video](https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/ai-dancing-dog-video).

**A friend's turn?** The viral clip ends with a friend jumping in. Make one clip per person from the same kind of photo and put them back to back in your editor.

## What goes wrong, and how do you fix it?

| Problem | Fix |
|---|---|
| The legs look stiff or the feet slide | Use a photo where you stand with your whole body in view, feet on the ground. Run it again. |
| An orange headband, wristbands, a basketball jersey or a curly wig show up | The dancer in the trend clip wears them. The prompt keeps your own clothes; run it again. |
| Your head or feet leave the frame in a hop | Use a photo with some space above your head and some floor below your feet. |
| The hands blur | Common in fast moves. A second run comes out different. |
| The clip ends a moment early | Motion Control sometimes stops a little before the end; the song fades out with it. |
| The model refuses the photo | Some photos get refused. The credits come back; try another photo. |

## Which caption and hashtags fit a Wipe Me Down AI dance?

**Caption ideas:** "Wipe me down", "When the DJ plays it at the cookout", "Practising for the family reunion", "Tag who taught you this". Or write your own. Commenters under the template posts ask for credit for Carnell Nichols, who made the stomp, so a tag for him is a nice touch.

**Hashtags:** #wipemedown is the big one, with 24,949 TikTok videos and 743.5 million views on 14 October 2026. #wipemedownchallenge had 3,415 videos and 39.2 million views the same day. Keep the platform's AI label on.

The clip comes with the song, so it is ready to post. You can turn the sound off on the result screen and pick a sound when you post instead. The song belongs to its owners, and MakeViral gives you no rights to it. Music rules differ from platform to platform, so check them before you use the clip in an ad or a paid post.

## Wipe Me Down trend questions

### What is the Wipe Me Down AI dance trend?

It is a TikTok trend where one photo becomes a short AI clip of the person doing the Wipe Me Down dance: a low, bouncy stomp with the hands flicking at the floor, a hop and a big grin. CapCut AI templates for it spread from 28 September 2026, after a real kitchen version of the dance went viral in August; that clip had 12.4 million views by 14 October.

### Who made the Wipe Me Down dance?

The Baltimore creator Carnell Nichols, who calls it the Carnell stomp. He has danced it to the song on TikTok since at least June 2020, and on 14 September 2026 he posted that he is the creator of the trend and the dance. The viral kitchen version of 17 August 2026 brought it back.

### How do I make the Wipe Me Down dance with AI?

Press "Create your own" on this page and add one full-body photo of yourself, standing. Press Generate; the button shows the price first. You get a clip of about 10 seconds with the song. You write no prompt, and the video waits in your Library when it is ready.

### Is it the same as the CapCut template?

It is the same dance, made a different way. The CapCut templates paste new faces into a two-man kitchen clip or animate a baby photo. Here, Kling 3.0 Motion Control plays the moves with you, in your own photo's place, so you need no CapCut account and no template link.

### Can my baby or my pet do the Wipe Me Down dance?

Not on this page. It is made for one grown-up, full-body photo. For a baby, the AI baby dance template has its own baby dances with baby proportions. We have not found an AI pet version of this dance yet; the AI dancing pet video makes your pet dance in another way.

### Where does the background of the video come from?

From your photo. Kling 3.0 Motion Control keeps the place of your photo and only takes the moves of the trend clip. So a kitchen or a living room with some open floor looks closest to the viral clips.

### What song is in the Wipe Me Down AI dance?

The trend's own sound: the same seconds of the 2007 rap song "Wipe Me Down" that play under the trend clips, put back on after the run. You can turn it off on the result screen. The song belongs to its owners, and MakeViral gives you no rights to it.

### What prompt does the Wipe Me Down AI dance use?

No creator shared one: the viral versions come from closed CapCut templates, and no caption, comment or how-to we found shows a prompt. This template uses a short motion prompt of our own for Kling 3.0 Motion Control that names the moves and keeps your own face and clothes. You write no prompt yourself.

### Whose video is the example on this page?

It is the original AI reel by the TikTok creator @mattshort85, posted on 12 October 2026: he put his own photo into an AI dance template and does the dance alone. It is his clip, not a MakeViral result, and the Human version copies its moves. We blurred the team name on his jersey. When users make their own clips and let us show them, they will appear here too.

### Is the dancing real?

No. The dance is made with AI from one still photo, and you never did these moves. Keep the AI label on when you post it.

### How long is the video and what format is it?

About 10 seconds, sometimes a moment shorter, as an MP4 at 720p with the song. The clip keeps the frame of your photo, so a vertical photo gives a vertical 9:16 clip for TikTok, Reels or Shorts. There is no watermark.

## Other AI video templates and tools

- [AI Baby Dance: Turn One Baby Photo Into the Viral Dance](https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/ai-baby-dance): Wait until your baby starts dancing: hands on the head, a hand on the hip, "talk to the hand" and stop palms, all on the beat. One photo of your baby in, a 10-second clip with the trend's sound out.
- [Keep On Steppin AI Dance: Do the Viral Steps From One Photo](https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/keep-on-steppin-ai-dance): Strut to the front, footwork on the beat, a lean and a turn, the way the leader of the line does it in the original clip. Add one full-body photo of you and get a short clip of you dancing it, with the song.
- [Hawak Mo Ang Beat AI Dance: Do the Viral Filipino Dance From One Photo](https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/hawak-mo-ang-beat-ai-dance): One fist pumped high, the other hand behind your head, chest hits and a side lunge, all on the beat. Add one photo of you and get a 12-second clip of you doing the Hawak Mo Ang Beat dance, with the song.
- [AI TikTok Video](https://www.makeviral.ai/tools/ai-tiktok-video-generator): Eight native TikTok formats, one prompt or product URL, a finished 9:16 video with captions burned in.
- [AI Reels](https://www.makeviral.ai/tools/ai-reels-generator): Pick a format, give it a topic or a product link, and get a finished vertical reel with voice and captions. Nothing to film, nothing to edit.
- [AI photo generator](https://www.makeviral.ai/ai-photo-generator)
- [All AI video templates](https://www.makeviral.ai/templates)

## Make your own Wipe Me Down video

Add one photo and press Generate. No prompt to write. 40 credits, charged once.

[Make this video](https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/wipe-me-down-ai-dance/create)