The preview shows Win William's original social video; the three examples below are third-party AI adaptations, not results made with this tool. The original video is the dance reference; your subject's appearance and movement can vary.
Make your phone-dance video in four steps
Pick one recognizable subject
Choose a photo of one person or animal with a clear face or head. A relaxed portrait or a pet standing in good light is a useful starting point. Leave room around the subject rather than using a tight crop that cuts through ears, hair or paws. You don't need to hold a phone in the photo.
Upload and check the photo
Upload a JPG, PNG or WebP up to 20 MiB, then check the thumbnail before continuing. If several people or pets are visible, choose a different photo with only the intended dancer. Sign in when you're ready to create. The tool uses a fixed dance, so there is no prompt to write or choreography to select.
Start your dance
Sign in and start the dance. The template sets the scene, sequence and soundtrack, so you can focus on your chosen subject. Submit once and follow the progress message while your video is prepared. You can leave the page while it is being made.
Watch the whole dance and save
Play the finished video with sound, including the close-up, unfolding screen and final dance. Check that your subject remains recognizable as the shot opens up. Save the MP4 when you're happy with it. Listen to the downloaded copy before sharing, especially if you plan to trim the opening or add captions.
What makes the iPhone Kupi dance funny?
The setup looks almost ordinary: someone in a warmly lit hotel room brings a phone toward the camera as if they have something important to show you. Then the screen unfolds, the device becomes an oversized prop, and the performer steps back into full-body view. After a sway with the device, the phone goes into the air and the restrained presentation gives way to bouncing steps and sweeping arms. That change of mood is the joke. It isn't simply a portrait moving to a beat; the dance has a recognizable opening, an escalating prop gag and a release at the end.
The words come from the Russian song Базовый минимум by SABI and MIA BOYKA. Айфон купи means buy an iPhone, so showing a phone while the refrain plays gives the action an immediate connection to the music. The hotel-room version associated with Win William turns that short phrase into a visual performance. You don't need to understand every line to follow the screen reveal or the increasingly enthusiastic dance. The original clip in the preview at the top shows those gestures in context, including the pause before the performer moves away from the camera.
Replacing the performer changes the humor without needing a new storyline. Your normally serious portrait can become the person making a huge fuss about a new device; a cat or dog can make the same presentation even more absurd. The photograph supplies the subject, not a recording of that subject actually dancing. For an animal, expect an imagined upright performance with adapted paws and poses rather than natural four-legged movement. A familiar face or distinctive coat pattern matters more to the joke than a complicated background or an elaborate starting outfit.
Some people spell it iPhone koopi dance; it's the same phone-and-music routine. Before choosing a photo, watch the opening and the toss rather than judging only a single dance frame. Those moments explain what the template is trying to recreate. This page keeps that fixed routine instead of asking you to describe it from scratch. The aim is a recognizable interpretation of the phone gag with your chosen subject, not a promise that every finger, device shape or step will match the reference exactly.
A man in a blue suit and glasses performs the phone dance in a third-party AI adaptation.
Choose a photo that still reads during the screen reveal
Start with the face or animal's head. Look for visible eyes, a readable outline and even light across the features you want to recognize. For a person, a front-facing or gently turned portrait is easier to understand than a distant profile. For a pet, keep ears, muzzle and distinctive markings inside the frame. Avoid a hand, toy or heavy shadow covering the face. The opening places the phone close to the performer, so a photo that already hides important features gives you less useful identity detail to carry into that moment.
A half-body or full-body photo provides more context for posture and clothing. You don't need to pose in a hotel, wear the reference outfit or photograph yourself with a folding phone. The dance supplies its own setting and props. Choose a simple background when you can, and remove distractions by taking another photo rather than editing until the subject looks different. A sharp original is preferable to a heavily filtered screenshot. If you crop a group photo, make sure another person's face or a second animal isn't still visible at the edge.
For animals, think about both recognition and the movement you want to see. A standing dog with its whole head visible gives a different starting impression from a cat curled into a small ball. Either can be playful, but the result needs to invent an upright body and ways to hold the screen. Don't cover paws with a blanket or crop through every limb if you have a clearer alternative. Keep unusual markings visible: a white chest, striped forehead or contrasting ears may be the details that make the dancer feel like your pet after the camera pulls back.
After uploading, use the preview as a final subject check. Confirm that you selected the right photo and that the face is large enough to read. If the preview shows the wrong person or a blurred animal, replace it before spending credits. There is one photo slot and one performer. The older-woman example beside this section illustrates how a different subject changes the same phone presentation without needing a new scene or a rewritten joke.
An older woman takes over the phone presentation in an AI adaptation.
Review the phone toss, then share your version
Watch the completed clip from beginning to end before deciding whether to post it. Start with the face during the phone close-up, then follow the hands or paws as the screen opens. At the toss, check whether the device moves continuously rather than suddenly appearing somewhere else. Once the performer steps back, look at the head, body outline and feet together. A convincing still doesn't tell you whether identity and motion remain consistent across fifteen seconds. Fast movements, small fingers and changing screen shapes are useful places to pay particular attention.
The supplied music is included in the saved video, so you don't have to add a track just to hear the routine. Keep a copy of the downloaded MP4 before experimenting with another song or an alternate edit. Replacing audio can change the timing of the reveal and the phone toss even when the pictures stay the same. If you use a platform's own music picker, preview the full sequence against your chosen section. Music being present in the download does not by itself grant commercial music rights, especially for an advertisement or a sponsored post.
The file is vertical 9:16 at 720p, suited to a phone-screen composition without adding landscape borders. Place any caption away from the performer's face and the device's path. The first close-up is part of the setup, so don't cover the phone with a large title card that explains the punchline before it happens. A short personal caption can do more than a long explanation of the technology. Make the AI nature clear when a viewer could otherwise mistake the clip for a real performance, particularly when you use another person's photo with their permission.
For a cover image, look for a moment when the dancer's face is visible and the phone is easy to recognize. The biggest screen reveal can work inside the video yet hide too much of the subject in a still. Compare a close-up with a frame just after the performer steps back. Keep the full routine in your first edit: cutting straight to the dance loses the phone presentation that sets up the joke. If you shorten it later, watch the opening and ending together so the toss still leads naturally into the celebration.
A man performs the hotel-room phone dance in an AI adaptation.