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The Turn the Lights Off AI trend in short
What it is: You're alone in your head on a packed, hazy dance floor: eyes shut, chin up, swaying, then both arms go up while the club moves around you.
How to do it: Add a clear selfie on this page, see yourself in it free, then make the 10-second video. No app, no prompt.
Who to put in it: You, after a long week, The friend who dances with their eyes shut, Your dog or cat.
Turn the Lights Off: posts and how-tos
- @kato_music · the song's own artist doing the meme, Instagram, 11 Dec 2025, 3M likes (read 18 Oct)
- Joyce Lin · an early test of free AI video tools on the "Jon Hamm dance loop", YouTube, 25 Dec 2025, 5,395 views (read 18 Oct)
- proBTdude · a face-swap how-to for the dance from the AI wave's first week, YouTube, 31 Dec 2025, 8,134 views (read 18 Oct)
- Сергій Дем'яненко · "Turn the Lights Off AI generated", a six-second AI take, YouTube, 11 Jan 2026, 1,790 views (read 18 Oct)
- Lord Leng559er · a version made in an AI photo app, set to a remix of the song, YouTube, 30 Jan 2026, 717 views (read 18 Oct)
- Starrd · a template how-to with the scene's beats and what goes wrong (the cigar, small faces), 2 Oct 2026
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What is the Turn the Lights Off AI trend?
The Turn the Lights Off AI video is the lost-in-the-music moment with you in it. On a dark, hazy, packed dance floor, you stand with your eyes shut and your chin up, swaying, then both arms rise slowly over your head while the club moves around you. It's named after the song the meme runs on: "Turn the Lights Off", a 2010 track by the Danish DJ Kato, sung by Jon Nørgaard.
The meme comes from a TV scene. In the Apple TV+ series Your Friends & Neighbors, Jon Hamm's character dances alone in a nightclub, eyes closed, arms up, completely gone; Apple TV posted it as a 23-second promo on 18 Mar 2025. Russian TikTokers turned it into a meme in October 2025, English-speaking TikTok picked it up in late November, and by mid-December the song had topped Spotify's Viral chart (Rolling Stone, 18 Dec 2025). Then came the AI twist: from late December people replaced Hamm with their own faces, their pets and characters (Know Your Meme), which is what searches like "turn the lights off ai video generator" are after. Searches for "turn the lights off ai" peaked in the week of 28 Dec 2025.
Here you add one photo of yourself, or of your dog or cat. You get a free preview still of you on the dance floor in about a minute, then the 10-second video in 1080p for 100 credits ($9.90). Your face, hair, facial hair, glasses and clothes come from your photo. It isn't the TV clip and you won't look like Jon Hamm: it's a generic club, built around you. The video comes with club ambience rather than Kato's song, so add the sound in TikTok when you post.
Is the Turn the Lights Off trend still growing?
Archive, still searched. The meme peaked in December 2025 and the AI swaps right after, with searches for "turn the lights off ai" highest in the week of 28 Dec 2025. In the four weeks to 10 Oct 2026 they averaged under 3% of that peak, with a small bump in early October around when new template pages went up. We found no new wave of AI remakes. What's left is people looking for a way to make one: on 18 Oct Google still completes "turn the lights off ai" with generator, video generator free, prompt, app and filter. This is a catch-up page, not a trending one.
How to do the Turn the Lights Off trend: by hand or in one click
By hand: put your photo into the scene with an image model, regenerate until the face looks like you, give that still to an image-to-video model with the moves written out, then check the face holds to the last frame.
Here, in one click: add a photo for each person, see a free preview still of you in the scene, then make the 1080p video from it. You pay only when it’s ready.
Turn the Lights Off mixes
- You
- Your pet: The pet sits upright on a plain high round stool in the middle of the dance floor, the whole animal from the photo with no clothes or accessories it isn't wearing in the photo. Its eyes go half closed, its head tips back and sways, and at about 3 s it sits up on its haunches and lifts both front paws: paws, never human hands. Blurred dancers around it have their hands up.
Photo tips for Turn the Lights Off
- One clear photo of you, face to the camera, big and sharp: the video opens on a close-up, so a far-away photo won't hold up.
- Wear what you'd dance in: your clothes from the photo come with you onto the floor.
- Glasses stay if you wear them in the photo; take off sunglasses and hats.
- Nothing in your mouth or hands, and one person in the photo.
- For your pet, one sharp photo of the whole animal, face to the camera, in good light.
Who to cast
- You, after a long week
- The friend who dances with their eyes shut
- Your dog or cat
Turn the Lights Off FAQ
Is there a free Turn the Lights Off AI video generator?
You can preview yourself in the Turn the Lights Off scene free. The full 1080p video costs 100 credits, charged only when it's ready. Credits come in packs from $9.90 for 100 and work on any trend.
Which app makes the Turn the Lights Off AI video?
Creators put their photo into the scene with an image model, then animate it with an image-to-video model. This page does both for you from one photo: a free preview still first, then the video.
How many photos do I need for Turn the Lights Off?
One clear, front-facing photo per person (or pet). This template has room for 2. Add up to 3 photos of each 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 Turn the Lights Off AI trend?
An AI video of you lost in the music on a packed dance floor: eyes shut, chin up, swaying, then both arms up while the club moves around you. It copies the feeling of Jon Hamm's club dance from Your Friends & Neighbors, the meme set to Kato's "Turn the Lights Off", with your own face in it.
Is there a free Turn the Lights Off AI video generator?
The preview is free here: add a photo and see a still of yourself on the dance floor in about a minute. The 10-second video is 100 credits ($9.90), in 1080p. Several tutorials promise free tools; we haven't checked what those charge.
Is there a Turn the Lights Off AI prompt?
The prompt pages describe a club close-up: eyes slowly closing, a small head tilt, coloured light crossing the face and a slow push-in. Copies of the real TV clip use the footage as a motion reference instead. Here you don't write a prompt: you add one photo and the scene is built around you.
Is there a Turn the Lights Off AI filter or app?
It isn't a live camera filter. It's a one-photo video template: Starrd has had one since 2 Oct 2026, prompt pages exist on Media.io, and this page makes it in the browser. Add a photo, check the free preview, then make the video.
Will I look like Jon Hamm?
No. Your face, hair, glasses and clothes come from your photo, and the club is a generic one, not the show's set. We don't make videos of Jon Hamm or anyone else's likeness, so searches for a Jon Hamm AI video generator end with you on the dance floor, not him.
Can I do Turn the Lights Off with my dog or cat?
Yes. Pick the pet version and add one clear photo: your pet sits upright on a stool in the middle of the dance floor, tips its head back with its eyes half closed, sways, then lifts both front paws. The whole animal comes from your photo.
What song is the Turn the Lights Off trend?
"Turn the Lights Off" by the Danish DJ Kato featuring Jon Nørgaard, released on 1 Jan 2010 and itself a cover of DJ Jose's 2007 track. The meme sent it to No. 1 on Spotify's Viral chart in December 2025. Your video doesn't include it: add the sound in TikTok when you post.
What show is the Jon Hamm dancing scene from?
The Apple TV+ series Your Friends & Neighbors, season 1, episode 8, "When Did We Become These People?". Hamm plays Andrew "Coop" Cooper, and Apple TV posted the club moment as a promo on 18 Mar 2025 (Know Your Meme).
What does the Turn the Lights Off trend mean?
It's the feeling of losing yourself completely. On Russian TikTok in October 2025 it meant dancing through the pain; in English it became pure joy, the moment something small makes you feel like the man on that dance floor.
What photo works best?
One sharp, well-lit photo of you facing the camera, with your face big in the frame, because the video opens on a close-up. Nothing in your mouth or hands, nobody else in the photo. Adults only: we never make babies or children, so the baby versions Google suggests aren't something we make.
How long is the Turn the Lights Off video?
Ten seconds, vertical, in 1080p: the eyes closing, the arms going up and the drift back to the full dance floor. The TV take people know runs about 19 to 23 seconds, so if you want it longer, loop it in your editor.
Is the Turn the Lights Off trend over?
Yes, as a wave. It peaked in December 2025 and searches for "turn the lights off ai" averaged under 3% of that peak in the four weeks to 10 Oct 2026. People still search for ways to make one, though: Google completes it with generator, prompt, app and filter on 18 Oct.
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