Somebody That I Used To Know AI Trend: The Painted Wall Duet

The Somebody That I Used To Know AI trend brings back one of the most recognizable music-video looks of the 2010s: two singers stand in front of a wall of flat geometric shapes in terracotta and beige, painted into it until only their faces stand out, one singing to the camera while the other sings back in profile. Upload a photo, add a friend or a second pet if you like, and this template paints you both into the wall for an 8-second duet.

The AI wave started on 1 October 2026, when @bellvtrix.ai posted two AI cats, a fluffy ginger and a Siamese, singing the duet in front of the patchwork wall. It passed 3 million views and 550,000 likes. Other AI duets followed with all kinds of characters, tutorials for the template reached 130,000 views by 3 November, and at Halloween the look jumped offline: @tauruspopstar17 and a friend painted their bodies and clothes into geometric costumes and filmed the duet twice, at 976,000 and 953,000 views on 30 and 31 October.

The template runs in two steps: an image model paints your subjects into the patchwork wall, then a video model plays 8 seconds of the duet with an original melody. The song title is only the name people search for: the clip uses no existing music. The trend videos on this page are credited to their creators; the poster image is AI-generated.