How to Make the Hotel Lobby AI Video With Two Photos

The Hotel Lobby trend comes from a performance of the song "Hotel Lobby" by Quavo and Takeoff: one locked-off shot of a saturated orange room, a single vintage microphone hanging in the middle, and two performers trading verses on either side of it. The AI trend recasts those two performers as anyone: best friends, couples, siblings, a parent and a kid, or a person and their cat.

Hotel Lobby AI does it from two photos. Every lean, gesture and mouthed line stays where it is in the original, and the original audio stays underneath. Because the camera never moves, all attention is on the two performers, which is why the recast reads so cleanly and why the meme works with almost any pair.

1. 1

   Open Hotel Lobby AI

   Go to the Hotel Lobby AI page and sign in.

2. 2

   Upload the left performer

   In the first box, add the person or pet who should stand on the left of the mic (replacing the striped shirt).

3. 3

   Upload the right performer

   In the second box, add the one who should stand on the right (replacing the orange shirt).

4. 4

   Generate

   Click Generate. The video is 720p, 16:9, 15 seconds, and costs 700 credits at 720p. You can close the tab while it renders.

5. 5

   Download and post

   Download the MP4 and post it to TikTok, Instagram Reels or YouTube Shorts.

The first photo stands on the left, the second on the right. The still under each upload box shows the performer it replaces.

Each performer wears the outfit from their own photo, so the striped and orange shirts of the original are replaced as well.

Yes, and it's one of the most popular versions. Cats, dogs and other pets work well, and you can mix one person and one pet or use two pets. The pet takes over the performer's place at the mic and moves with the same timing.

• Use a photo where the pet's face fills a good part of the frame and faces the camera.
• Sharp, not mid-motion. A blurry tail is fine; a blurry face isn't.
• Good light, so dark fur keeps its detail.

• Two separate photos, one subject each. Not one group photo.
• Face clearly visible and lit, front-facing.
• Chest up or waist up is ideal: the shot shows both performers from roughly the waist up.
• No sunglasses or heavy filters, unless you want them in the video.
• JPG, PNG or WebP, at least 341 px on each side and under 20 MB.

Hotel Lobby AI isn't a camera filter. A filter adds effects on top of your live camera; this generates a new video in which your two subjects replace the original performers completely, face, hair, body and outfit. You don't film anything: you upload two photos, download the finished MP4, and post it like any other clip.