Hop Hop Hop AI Dance: Squash Your Friend, Then Get Squashed Back

Open this page, upload two photos (photo 1 starts far back, photo 2 starts at the camera) and press Generate. The model and prompt are already set up, so in about 3 minutes you get a 9-second vertical video of the two of you doing the squash and switch, with sound.

The Hop Hop Hop trend is a two-person TikTok gag: one person at the camera squashes a friend hopping far behind with a flat hand, then a hard cut switches their places and the friend squashes back. It took off with @gabilagaba's post on 18 October 2026.

0–2s, the photo 2 person dances at the camera while the photo 1 person hops far behind; 2–4s, a flat hand comes down on the beat and the far person squats as if squashed; around 4s, a hard cut switches them; 4–9s, the photo 1 person is now at the camera, pointing and squashing the photo 2 person in the back.

It's also called the gabi trend, the squash and swap trend, and the Her Boyfriend dance. Gabi comes from @gabilagaba, whose post made it go viral; Her Boyfriend is the English meaning of the song title.

It's "Её парень" ("Her Boyfriend") by the Russian artist Shluzov, released on 23 January 2026. TikTok uses a slowed-down version, and the template video comes with that sound.

Not completely. New accounts get 75 free credits, and one Hop Hop Hop AI Dance video takes 180. The one-time $4.99 trial pack (540 credits) covers three videos at about $1.66 each, with no subscription. The exact cost shows on the Generate button, and failed renders are refunded automatically.

About $1.66 for one video. That is 180 credits for a 9-second, 480p vertical clip with sound, ready in about 3 minutes.

Four reasons: both people look like their photos, it costs less, you get a clean video, and it's ready to post.

Looks like your friends: each person keeps their own face, hair and outfit, and nobody turns into the other after the switch. Our first two settings lost track of who was who after the cut; the template uses the one that worked, so you don't pay for retries.

Costs less: about $1.66 per video with a one-time $4.99 pack, no subscription, the lowest per-video price among the Hop Hop Hop generators whose prices we found.

Clean video: no watermark on any plan, free credits included, and if a render fails your credits come back automatically.

Ready to post: vertical, 9 seconds with sound, so it goes straight to TikTok, Reels or Shorts with no editing, dubbing or cropping.

Photo 1 is the person who starts far back and gets squashed first, then takes the camera after the cut. Photo 2 starts at the camera and does the first squash. To change who goes first, switch the two uploads.

Usually the two photos look too alike, so after the switch the model can't tell who is who. Use two people with clearly different outfits or hair, then run this template again.

Usually it's a face-only close-up: the person in the back is small and seen head to toe. Use a sharp knees-up or full-body photo of one person facing the camera, then run this template again.

No. Each person wears the clothes from their own photo; only the room, the moves and the sound come from the template.

No. It's a fan-made template, not affiliated with TikTok, Shluzov or the creators of the trend.

Your photos and videos stay in your account, so you can download them again from My Videos at any time. They are never used to train AI models and are not sold or shared, except with the video model provider that renders your clip.