I Love the Smiths AI: Your Own Elevator Meet-Cute

Open this page, upload two photos (the person in headphones first, the one who says the line second) and press Generate. You get a 15-second elevator scene with sound; ours was ready in about 5 minutes.

The I Love the Smiths trend recreates the elevator scene from (500) Days of Summer (2009), where Summer hears The Smiths in Tom's headphones and says "I love the Smiths." TikTok users have used it for years as a music-taste meet-cute, and in November 2026 it became a two-photo AI template.

0–2s, the first person stands in headphones looking away while the second glances over and smiles; 2–4s, the first person pulls the headphones down around their neck; 4–9s, they turn and look at each other while the second person talks with a small hand gesture; 9–15s, both smile, the second looks down shyly, then looks up and says the line.

It's also called the 500 Days of Summer elevator scene, the Tom and Summer meme and "I said I love the Smiths." Those are the names used in TikTok searches and captions.

The song in the film's elevator scene is "There Is a Light That Never Goes Out" by The Smiths, from the 1986 album The Queen Is Dead.

Photo 1 is the listener, who starts in headphones and takes them off. Photo 2 is the person who turns, smiles and says the line. Your photos don't need headphones; the scene adds them.

Two separate photos work best. If you only have a couple selfie, crop each person into their own photo first, so the two faces don't mix.

Usually it's a group photo, a side profile, sunglasses or a heavy filter. Use one sharp, front-facing photo per person in even light, then run this template again.

Not completely. New accounts get 75 free credits, and one I Love the Smiths AI video takes 300. The $5.99 trial pack (540 credits) covers one video at about $3.33, leaving 240 credits in your account. The exact cost shows on the Generate button, and failed renders are refunded automatically.

About $3.33 for one video with the trial pack, or about $3.00 on the Lite plan. That is 300 credits for a 15-second, 480p widescreen clip with sound; ours rendered in about 5 minutes.

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

Looks like you: each person keeps their own face, hair and outfit, and the headphones come off at the right moment. We tested this setup until it worked on the first run, so you don't spend credits on retries.

Costs less: about $3.33 per video with a one-time trial pack and no subscription.

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

Ready to post: 15 seconds with sound, so it goes straight to TikTok, Reels or Shorts with no editing or dubbing.

No. It's a fan-made template, not affiliated with (500) Days of Summer, its studio or The Smiths. Only upload photos of yourself or people who agreed to be in the video.

A caption like "how we actually met" or "I said I love the Smiths" works; mention it's AI and add #ilovethesmiths and #500daysofsummer. If the platform mutes the sound, pick a licensed track in the app.

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.