What is the 24K Magic AI Dance: The Cruise Deck Collar-Tug Dance From One Photo?
The 24K Magic AI dance is the cruise-deck dance trend of October and November 2026: someone grins, tugs their collar and dances alone across a sunny cruise ship deck while a friend watches from a corridor, frozen. Upload one photo and this template makes you the dancer; add a second photo and your friend is the one who watches.
The scene comes from the 2018 animated film Hotel Transylvania 3, where Dracula dances on a cruise deck to "24K Magic". It came back on TikTok on 11 October 2026, when a phone clip of it passed 6.7 million views. A day later an AI creator posted a live-action AI remake, shot for shot, with two real-looking young men on a real cruise deck: 5.1 million views, 958,000 likes and a long comment fight over whether it is AI or CGI. On 31 October an Argentine AI remake passed 900,000 views, a CapCut template for the dance went out, and "how I made the 24K Magic AI dance" tutorials followed the same day. Spanish speakers call it Dracula bailando en el crucero.
The template runs in two steps: an image model puts you on the deck in a sharp black suit with a popped collar, then a video model plays an 8-second solo funk dance with an original retro groove. The trend videos on this page are credited to their creators; the poster image is AI-generated.
What happens in the video
0-1.5 s: a close-up of you grinning and tugging your collar. 1.5-6 s: you dance alone across the cruise deck, shoulder pops, a knee pop, a slide and a spin, while your friend peeks out of the corridor. 6-8 s: a sharp final pose and a point at the camera.
Where did the 24K Magic dance trend come from?
It is a scene from Hotel Transylvania 3 (2018), where Dracula dances on the deck of a cruise ship to Bruno Mars' "24K Magic". The scene went viral again on TikTok in October 2026, and an AI live-action remake with two real-looking men turned it into an AI trend. This template keeps the setup, the deck, the collar tug and the solo dance, with your own face and an original groove.
Which photos to use
One adult per photo, head to toe if you can, face clear and toward the camera. Any background works: the ship and the suit come from the template. Use your own photo and one of a friend who said yes, never a celebrity or a stranger.