For a group-chat Rickroll, one selfie casts the singer and an optional second portrait casts the dancer in a ten-second, 720p vertical MP4. Examples are free to watch. Sign-up can give up to 3 credits, short of a take, and one take costs 146 credits (about $5.43 at the lowest monthly rate), with a moving watermark until your first purchase.
How to make a Rick Roll AI video
Choose a singer and, if you want a duet, a second person who has agreed to appear. The lead gets the first close-up at the microphone. The optional dancer starts behind the singer, shares the side steps under the arches and joins the final point at the camera. You can make the whole sequence without filming yourself dancing.
- Choose the singer. Upload one clear portrait for the lead. A second, separate portrait adds a backing dancer. Keep each face uncovered and include the shoulders and clothes you want to carry into the first shot.
- Start the ten-second take. Confirm permission, sign in and check the 146-credit quote. The studio, brick arches and fence are already set. Both the solo and the duet use the same settings.
- Check the cuts and save. Play the finished video through the coat change and the final point. Choose Download MP4 to keep the file on your device.
Rick Roll AI video examples
Look for the sideways sway at the mic, the coat swinging under the brick arches and the grin at the fence. Each clip below shows a different part of that visual joke. Their lengths and recordings vary. The generator makes a ten-second take with room sound and footsteps, so any music you hear in these clips is separate from your export.
14 s. A singer in mint green sways in the window light, turns under the arches and reappears by the fence.
9 s. A shoe taps below a microphone. The singer in a burgundy shirt swings his arms before a cut to a coat under blue arches.
15 s. A silver-haired man in a light jacket steps beneath blue arches, then leans close beside a sunlit fence.
Does a Rick Roll AI video face swap keep the original footage?
This version films new scenes around your face, hair and outfit. A face swap on the music video keeps the filmed body, camera movement and cuts. Here, the pictures are generated around three familiar cues. The lead stays at the microphone, wears a trench coat in the archway, then faces the lens at the fence. The exact steps and camera positions can vary.
| Time | Singer from photo 1 | Dancer from optional photo 2 |
|---|---|---|
| 0–3 s | Swings and snaps beside a chrome mic in a white window-lit studio. | Moves behind the lead on the left. |
| 3–6.5 s | Wears an open coat and steps sideways under the blue brick arches. | Dances beside the singer, on camera right. |
| 6.5–10 s | Points toward the camera and grins by a sunlit chain-link fence. | Joins the point on the same side as before. |
The seven-second version some people remember stays in the white studio for the shoe taps and fist pumps. If you have your own footage and need its exact shot order, use the motion transfer editor with that clip.
How do I download a Rick Roll AI video as an MP4?
Open the finished take in your signed-in browser and choose Download MP4 below the player. You can play the file before attaching it to a message. The download shows the same take you just watched and costs no extra credits. For the reveal, send the file as a video attachment so the recipient sees your face when playback starts.
What is a Rick Roll?
A Rickroll is a surprise reveal. Someone follows a link expecting one thing and gets Rick Astley’s “Never Gonna Give You Up” instead. The prank spread in 2007 using the 1987 music video. With a personal remake, the surprise is who appears when the camera cuts to the microphone. You can send the clip itself without disguising a link.
The white studio, brick arches and chain-link fence come from the official music video. The early link prank is documented in Know Your Meme’s history of Rickrolling.
Rick Roll AI video pricing and credits
One ten-second 720p MP4 costs 146 credits, about $5.43 at the lowest monthly credit rate. Adding a friend costs the same as filming the singer alone. The credit equivalent is the value of one take on that plan. If you start with an empty balance, the table shows the actual subscription and one-time purchases that cover a full video.
| Action | Cost or access |
|---|---|
| Watch the examples or choose photos | Free. No sign-in needed. |
| Generate and download one MP4 | Seedance-2.5 · 10 s · 720p · 9:16 · 146 credits (about $5.43 in Pro monthly credits). Downloads are included. |
| Free balance | Sign-up can give up to 3 credits, short of a take. Eligible credits already in your balance can pay for the video. |
| Start with zero credits | $9 Starter monthly for 240 credits, or $12 once for 220 credits. |
| Top up an existing balance | $5 adds 24 credits. You need at least 122 credits beforehand for this video. |
| Watermark | Accounts without a paid order get a moving watermark. A purchase unlocks the clean download of an existing video. |
| Failures and retakes | A failed generation refunds its credits. Another completed take costs another 146 credits. |
Where the remake can lose your likeness
Check two cuts before sharing. When the singer steps into the blue light, the shadow and new coat can change how the face reads. At the fence, look at the hand nearest the lens and whether the grin still resembles the photo. A clear, front-facing portrait with visible hair and shoulders gives the model more detail to carry between shots.
The singer can mouth along, but the tool has no lyric track to synchronize to. For a duet, use a separate portrait of each person. A group selfie gives the model two faces to choose from for the same role.
Last updated: 2026-11-07