Short answer: to do the Burning Bridges AI trend, upload one clear photo of yourself to getburningbridgesai.com, keep the Chandelier party scene and press Make. Two to five minutes later you get a 12-second, 9:16 HD clip in which you step out of a packed, chandelier-lit dining room with a silver cup, point at the guests, wave at the camera, straighten your collar and raise a flat hand over your eyes to scan the room. Then add the "Burning Bridges" sound in TikTok or Instagram, turn your clip's own beat down, switch on the AI label and post. A standard clip is 10 credits, which is $9.99 for one video.
What do you need before you start?
Three things, and none of them is a party.
- One good photo of yourself. One adult, facing the camera in even light, chest-up or waist-up, hands empty, nobody else in frame. The model copies what it can see, so a soft or crowded photo gives you a face that doesn't look like you. JPG, PNG or WebP up to 10 MB.
- A Google account or an email address, to sign in.
- TikTok or Instagram, because the trend sound is added there, not in the generator.
For two people, have a second photo ready with one person in it — not a photo of the two of you together.
How do you make the video?
- Open the generator. Everything happens on the homepage, in your phone or desktop browser. There is no app to install.
- Pick who's partying. Solo takes one photo. Duo takes two photos, one person each, and you step out of the crowd together. Pets takes one or two photos of a dog or a cat, which gets a bow tie and a silver cup of its own.
- Upload the photo and tick the consent box. With two photos, the first slot steps out first and the second joins in.
- Choose the party. Chandelier party is the trend's own room: wood panelling, crystal chandeliers, candles and glasses down a long table. Penthouse party puts the crowd in front of windows over a city skyline; Rooftop party moves it outside under warm string lights. Video settings cover the model, the length (5–15 seconds, up to 30 on Ultra), the quality (up to 1080p) and the format (9:16, 16:9 or 1:1).
- Press Make. The button shows the credit cost first: a standard 12-second 720p clip is 10 credits, which is one video. Sign in, pay, and the render starts.
Renders usually finish in two to five minutes, and you can close the page — the clip waits under My videos.
What do you get?
- A 12-second MP4, 9:16 by default, 720p on the standard model, with no watermark on any paid video.
- One handheld take with four beats in order: step out with the silver cup, wave at the camera, straighten the collar, hand flat over the eyes to scan the room. That last look is the part people recognise.
- Your own outfit, carried over from the photo.
- Sound included: a quiet original hip-hop beat with party chatter and clinking glasses, mixed low on purpose. It's our own music, not the song — the low mix leaves room for the trend sound on top.
- Automatic refunds if a render fails.
How do you add the Burning Bridges sound in TikTok?
- Save the MP4 and start a new TikTok post with it.
- Tap Add sound and search Burning Bridges. Pick the one the trend videos are using — tap to check before you confirm.
- Trim it so the part everyone knows lands on the hand-over-the-eyes look at the end.
- Open the volume mixer and pull Original sound down to zero, so the trend sound carries the video instead of our beat.
- Switch on the AI-generated content label, caption it and post. Instagram Reels works the same way through the music icon.
Which photos work, and which don't?
| Works | Doesn't |
|---|---|
| One adult, facing the camera, whole face in frame | Group photos, or two people in one photo |
| Even indoor light or soft daylight | Hard backlight, dark rooms, heavy grain |
| Chest-up or waist-up framing | Full-body shots where the face is tiny |
| A plain phone selfie | Filters, screenshots, watermarked images |
Photos of children, celebrities and public figures are blocked by the safety check, and a blocked photo costs nothing — the credits are refunded.
Tips that make the clip land
- Wear a collar if you can. The collar-straighten beat only reads when there is a collar to straighten.
- Keep your hands empty in the photo. The silver cup is added for you; a phone or a drink fights with it.
- Go vertical and 12 seconds for your first try: the length the trend is cut to, and the cheapest sharp setting.
- Post the pet version too. A dog or cat doing the look with a paw gets more replies than it has any right to.
What does it cost? (October 2026)
Every video here is paid, because each render costs real money. One video is $9.99, with no subscription needed. Packs are 5 videos for $29, 35 for $99, 90 for $199 and 300 for $499, and credits never expire. If you post weekly, plans start at $29.90 a month for about 10 videos, and yearly plans bring a video down to about $1. Current numbers are on pricing.