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The Smooth Criminal Dance AI trend in short
What it is: Two dancers in navy tank tops and wide light trousers on a paved path in front of a row of green trees, filmed from a phone on the ground, do the 15-second Smooth Criminal routine in sync: a hand at the neck, a lean and a kick, both hands up over the head, side glides and wide-stance arm shapes.
How to do it: Add a clear selfie on this page, see yourself in it free, then make the 15-second video. No app, no prompt.
Who to put in it: You and your best friend, finally doing the routine in sync, You and your sister or brother, You and your dance-class partner.
Popular Smooth Criminal Dance versions
The most-viewed versions so far. Tap one to watch it with sound.
The original: larosi.222 · Views read on 2 Nov 2026. Clips belong to their creators and link to the original post. Creators can ask us to remove a link.
What is the Smooth Criminal Dance AI trend?
How to make the Smooth Criminal dance AI video from one photo, with a free preview: pick "Just you" or "You and a friend", add one clear, front-facing photo per person and you get a free preview still of you in the routine in under a minute. If it looks like you, press Make my video: the video is 100 credits ($6.99), charged only when it's delivered. There's no prompt to write, no app to install and nothing to film, and it works in a phone browser. ChatGPT can't make this video itself; here you can. Our video is built on a TikTok duo by @larosi.222, posted on 16 Aug 2026: by 1 Nov 2026 it had 5.2M views and 77.7K likes.
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The Smooth Criminal dance is a 15-second routine on a remix of Michael Jackson's "Smooth Criminal", filmed from a phone on the ground. Copies credit the choreography to TikTok dancer @carlowrush ("dc @carlowrush"), whose 10 Jun 2026 take had 4.5M views by 1 Nov 2026. In the post our video uses, two dancers in navy tank tops and wide light trousers dance it in sync on a paved path in front of a row of trees: a hand at the neck, a lean and a kick, both hands up over the head, side glides and wide-stance arm-up poses.
With "Just you" you are the dancer on the right, and the dancer on the left stays as filmed. With "You and a friend", photo 1 is the dancer on the right and photo 2 the dancer on the left. Your video is the whole 15-second post with its own sound, vertical 9:16, ready for TikTok, Reels or Shorts: the path, the low phone camera, every move and its timing stay as filmed.
The song and the original
The trend dances to a remix of "Smooth Criminal" by Michael Jackson, from his 1987 album Bad, released as a single in 1988. The song tells the story of a woman named Annie attacked in her apartment, with the singer desperate to know if she has survived; its video, part of the film Moonwalker, made the white suit, the fedora and the forward lean famous. The TikTok routine borrows that sharp, staccato style in its hand flicks, kicks and freezes. Your video keeps the post's own sound, the remix as heard in it. To use another sound, add it in TikTok when you post.
Is the Smooth Criminal Dance trend still growing?
About 14M views across TikTok (likely 14M–81M), as of 1 Nov 2026. Estimated from the top posts.
Rising. The routine has spread on TikTok since June 2026, with big takes in June, August and September, and the first AI remake site added a template on 1 Nov 2026.
How to do the Smooth Criminal Dance trend: by hand or in one click
By hand: save the clip, trim it to the part people remake, give it and a photo to a video model that takes a reference image, check every shot for the original person, then put the sound back in an editor.
Here, in one click: add a photo for each person, see a free preview, then make the video. It keeps the clip’s own sound, and you pay only when it’s ready.
Smooth Criminal Dance mixes
- Just you
- You and a friend
Photo tips for Smooth Criminal Dance
- One person per photo, front-facing, in good light, eyes open: the dancers are filmed full length from the ground, so a sharp, close photo of your face gives the swap the most to work with.
- Your face keeps the expression in your photo, and your own hair comes with it at its own length.
- Just you: you are the dancer on the right (light grey trousers), nearest the phone at the start; the dancer on the left stays as filmed.
- With a friend: photo 1 is the dancer on the right, photo 2 the dancer on the left. You can swap who plays who before you make it.
Who to cast
- You and your best friend, finally doing the routine in sync
- You and your sister or brother
- You and your dance-class partner
- You and your partner
- Just you, nailing the Smooth Criminal routine
Smooth Criminal Dance FAQ
Is there a free Smooth Criminal Dance AI video generator?
You can preview yourself in the Smooth Criminal Dance scene free. The full video costs 100 credits, charged only when it's ready. Credits come in packs from $6.99 for 100 and work on any trend.
Which app makes the Smooth Criminal Dance AI video?
Creators use video models that take a reference photo. This page runs one for you, checks the faces and keeps the original sound, so there is nothing to download or edit.
How many photos do I need for Smooth Criminal Dance?
One clear photo per person you swap in. This trend has room for 2. Add up to 3 photos of each person for a closer likeness.
What happens to my photos?
They are stored privately, sent to the video model through short-lived links, never used for training, and deleted with your video after 30 days.
What is the Smooth Criminal dance trend?
A 15-second TikTok dance routine on a remix of Michael Jackson's "Smooth Criminal", filmed from a phone on the ground. Copies credit the choreography to @carlowrush; it's danced solo, in pairs and in groups, often tagged #smoothcriminal or #smoothcriminalchallenge.
How do I make the Smooth Criminal dance AI video with my face?
Pick Just you or You and a friend and add one clear, front-facing photo per person. You get a free preview still in under a minute. The 15-second video keeps the path, the low camera, every move and the post's own sound, and costs 100 credits ($6.99), charged only when it's delivered.
Is the Smooth Criminal dance AI video free?
The preview still is free. The video is 100 credits ($6.99), charged only when it's delivered, so if the preview doesn't look like you, you can stop there and pay nothing.
What song is the Smooth Criminal dance on?
A remix of "Smooth Criminal" by Michael Jackson, from the album Bad (1987). Your video keeps the remix exactly as it sounds in the post.
Is this the Michael Jackson Smooth Criminal AI dance or the MJ trend?
Yes, it's the same trend under different names: Smooth Criminal dance, Smooth Criminal challenge, MJ trend or Michael Jackson Smooth Criminal AI dance. You don't become Michael Jackson: you dance the TikTok routine with your own face.
Can I do it with a friend?
Yes. The post is a duo. Pick You and a friend: photo 1 is the dancer on the right, photo 2 the dancer on the left. A two-person video costs the same 100 credits as a solo one.
Who do I play in Just you?
The dancer on the right in light grey trousers, nearest the phone at the start. The dancer on the left stays as filmed.
Can ChatGPT make the Smooth Criminal dance video?
No. ChatGPT can describe the dance, but it can't put your face into the real clip. Here you can, from one photo, with a free preview first.
Do I have to learn the dance?
No. You don't film anything: the moves come from the real post and your face comes from your photo.
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