Opa Opa Opa Trend

Do the opa opa op trend from one selfie: you bounce to the sped-up Russian hook while your hair flies on every beat, copied from a real take of the trend.

  • No prompt
  • Song included
  • No filming
Example · Selfie bounce

PNG / JPG / WebP · up to 10 MB · at least 512px on the short side

0/1 photos

One selfie of one person, head to chest, facing the lens with hair down: your face, hair, clothes and room are what bounce in the video.

Video settings

No prompt needed. Only upload photos of yourself or people who agreed to be featured; celebrity photos and film stills aren't allowed.

What is the Opa Opa Opa trend?

The Opa Opa Opa trend, also called the opa opa op trend or the bounce hair trend, is a TikTok selfie format that took off in September 2026: you hold the phone at arm's length, frame yourself from head to chest and bounce on the spot to a sped-up Russian hook, “slysh ty zalip, opa opa op”, so your hair flies up and drops back on every beat.

Young woman with long light-brown hair and bangs mid-bounce in a front-camera selfie, her hair swinging across her chest

It asks for almost nothing: no steps to learn, just a phone, loose hair and a few small jumps on the beat. The pay-off is the hair, which swings out like jelly while the face sings along.

From Russian-speaking TikTok it spread to English and Korean feeds, then to K-pop fan edits and anime jump animations of characters like Hatsune Miku and Kasane Teto. App templates followed, promising the bounce from a single photo.

Who started the opa opa op trend?

  1. The sound most of the trend uses, a sped-up cut of the Russian hook, goes up on TikTok with a cosplay clip by @_nakanomiku03_05; that clip has about 5 million plays by November 6.

  2. Selfie bounces tagged #слышьтызалип pick up on Russian-speaking TikTok; an early one by @just_kiddlng reaches about 2.5 million plays.

  3. @sara02wolf posts her bounce captioned “This trend is so addicting”; by November 6 it has 17.8 million plays and 2.3 million likes.

  4. Promos for a CapCut “bouncy hair from one photo” template take off; one has 2.6 million plays by November 6.

  5. The sound is in about 69,000 TikTok videos; the newest posts are mostly template promos and anime jump edits.

Plays, likes and video counts read on TikTok and CapCut on November 6, 2026.

Opa Opa Opa song: Russian, Greek or Brazilian?

The trend's sound is a sped-up cut of “Ty zalip” (Ты залип), a Russian dance track by PAPAKLEY and DJ Shiza. Its hook, “Slysh, ty zalip? Opa, opa, op”, is slang for “Hey, you zoned out? Opa, opa, op”, and the lyrics barely go beyond that line, which is why it sticks. “Opa” on its own is an exclamation, a bit like “whoa” or “hop”; in Greek it is the cheer shouted at parties and dances. Searching the words also turns up Greek and Brazilian songs:

SongWhat it isThe “opa” you hearIs it the trend?
Ty zalip (Ты залип)PAPAKLEY and DJ ShizaRussian dance track, sped up“Slysh, ty zalip? Opa, opa, op”Yes: the TikTok sound
Opa Opaand other Greek songs called OpaGreek dance songs“Opa” in the titleNo: same word only
Mas Que NadaRio soundtrack versionBrazilian samba classicMisheard “oh aria aio, opa opa opa”No: a mishearing

The Opa Opa Opa jump, second by second

The template is one 11-second front-camera take with no cuts. The hair flies in two bursts of big bounces; in between come small hops and faces at the lens, and that contrast is what makes the jump read.

  1. Woman with long light-brown hair and bangs singing into a front-camera selfie, hair hanging straight10:00–0:01

    Sing to the lens

    Small hops on the spot, mouth moving with the hook, hair still hanging straight.

  2. The same woman with a round “o” mouth, her hair starting to lift off her shoulders20:01–0:02

    Wide mouth, then an “o”

    The mouth opens wide, then rounds into an “o” as the first big bounce starts to lift the hair.

  3. Long hair whipping across her chest mid-bounce, face centred in the selfie30:02–0:04

    Hair across the chest

    Two or three big bounces throw the hair out to the sides and across the chest while the face stays in the middle of the frame.

  4. Woman smiling at the camera between bounces, hair falling straight40:04–0:07

    Smile and small hops

    The bounce drops back to small hops with a smile; the hair falls straight, then the ends start to flick again.

  5. Woman tilting her head slightly with her hair swinging to one side50:07–0:09

    A tilt of the head

    A small head tilt swings the hair to one side before the last burst.

  6. Woman with her mouth open on the last bounce, hair fanning out below her shoulders60:09–0:10

    Last big bounce

    One more burst to the end of the take: mouth open, hair fanning out at the bottom of the frame.

How do you do the Opa Opa Opa trend without filming?

Filming it yourself takes a front camera at arm's length and take after take until the hair lands on the beat. Here one selfie stands in for all of that: the template brings the bounces, the head tilt, the handheld camera and the song.

  1. The template's framing: a young woman from head to chest, facing the lens with her long hair down

    Photo 1Your selfie

    You take the place of the woman in the template. Your face, hair and clothes, and the room behind you, are what bounce in the video, on her timing.

    • Hair down and visible to the chest: the more hair the photo shows, the bigger the bounce looks.
    • Head to chest and facing the lens, like a front-camera selfie, so the photo matches the template's close shot.

Selfies that bounce well

Works well

  • Woman with loose curly hair in a mustard sweater, chest up, smiling at the cameraLoose hair, down past the shoulders
  • Man with short grey hair in a navy sweater, chest up, facing the cameraShort hair works too: it springs up
  • Man in dark-rimmed glasses, chest up, facing the cameraGlasses can stay on

Avoid

  • Woman with her hair hidden under a grey beanie and a hoodie hood on a city streetHair in a bun, a hat or a hood
  • Selfie under a cartoon filter with cat ears, huge eyes and stickersCartoon filters: ears, big eyes, stickers
  • A person as a tiny figure on a distant hilltopFar-away or full-body shots
  • Two men side by side in one photo at a cafeTwo people in one photo

Your selfie does the jumping

  1. Add your selfie

    Tap the photo slot at the top of the page and pick a resolution.

  2. Click Generate

    The button shows the exact price in credits before anything is spent.

  3. Post it

    Download the MP4 and post it as it is, without stacking the TikTok sound on top.

A tidy, bright background reads best behind the flying hair.

Bounce hair trend: what your haircut does

The bounce is the same for everyone; what changes is how your hair answers it. Four looks, what each tends to do, and a caption to post with.

  • Young woman with very long straight chestnut hair taking a selfie in a cozy bedroom with fairy lights
    Long, straight

    The full jelly swing

    Caption: My hair has more rhythm than I do

    Long, straight hair moves as one sheet: it lifts on the big bounces and drops back flat, the look most posts of the trend have.

  • Laughing young woman with loose blonde curls taking a selfie in a bright kitchen with mint tiles
    Curls

    Springs that snap back

    Caption: Opa opa op, curls edition

    Curls stretch on the way up and spring back on the way down, so the shape changes on every hop; shoulder length or longer shows it best.

  • Young woman with a copper bob and blunt bangs taking a selfie in a mustard-yellow hallway
    Bob with bangs

    Quick flicks at the jaw

    Caption: Short hair, same opa

    A chin-length cut doesn't swing far, but the ends flick out and the bangs lift off the forehead on the big bounces.

  • Young man with tousled wavy hair and a curtain fringe taking a selfie on a balcony at dusk
    Guys' wavy hair

    The fringe takes off

    Caption: Got talked into the opa opa trend

    Medium, wavy hair on top lifts and drops with each bounce, which is enough to carry the trend when the hair stops at the neck.

Opa Opa Opa AI prompt: copy the bounce by hand

This page needs no prompt: the selfie and the template do it. To make the bounce yourself in a tool that takes a video reference, such as Seedance or Kling, the words decide which file gives the moves and which gives the person. Attach a clip of the bounce as @Video1 and your photo as @Image1, then paste one of these.

Reference clip

Prompt length 1246

Use @Video1 as the motion reference and @Image1 as the character. The person in @Image1 does the selfie bounce from @Video1 in the place @Image1 was taken: keep their face, hairstyle, hair color and length, clothes and background, and keep that light.

Copy the moves in @Video1's order and on its beats: small bounces while singing into the lens with the hair hanging straight; the mouth opening wide, then rounding into an "o" as the first big bounce starts; two or three big bounces that throw the hair out to the sides and across the chest; a calm stretch of smiling and small hops; a small head tilt that swings the hair to one side; one last big bounce with the mouth open and the hair fanning out at the bottom of the frame.

Take only the moves, the timing and the camera from @Video1, never its person, her bangs, her brown top or her room: keep the front-camera framing from the top of the head to the chest, held at arm's length and bouncing with the body, in one continuous take, and keep @Video1's original song. The hair moves with every bounce and settles between them; if the hair in @Image1 is tied up, it stays tied up. The face stays in frame and sharp. No second person, no phone in the shot, no face filter, no text or logos.

What these prompts get right

  • Moves in order

    Listing the bounces as they happen puts the big hair throws where they fall in @Video1, not at random.

  • What to leave behind

    @Video1's bangs, brown top and room are named as things not to copy; otherwise they leak into your video.

  • The framing line

    “Top of the head to the chest, at arm's length” keeps the selfie look; without it many tools pull back to a wider shot where the hair barely shows.

What breaks the bounce

  • Only asking for bouncy hair

    “Make my hair bounce” with no motion clip gives a slow sway, not a bounce on each beat.

  • Asking for the song by name

    No tool can fetch “Ty zalip” from its title: it keeps @Video1's audio or makes its own.

  • Calling it a dance

    “Dance” makes many models add steps and arm moves; the trend is a bounce on the spot behind a held-out phone.

From vague to usable

Too vague

Make the girl in my photo do the opa opa opa trend with bouncy hair.

Works

Use @Video1 as the motion reference and @Image1 as the character: the person in @Image1 does @Video1's selfie bounce in their own room and clothes, framed head to chest at arm's length, the hair flying out on each big bounce, with @Video1's timing, camera and original song kept.

The short version names no file, so the tool guesses who moves and how; the fixed one says which file gives the moves and which gives the person.

Opa Opa Opa video specs: selfie, song and credits

Opa Opa Opa video specs: selfie, song and credits
Photos
1 selfie of one person
Photo files
PNG / JPG / WebP, up to 10 MB, at least 512 px on the short side
Length
10.87 seconds, one unbroken front-camera take
Frame
9:16, vertical
Resolution
720p or 1080p; 720p by default
Sound
The template's own song, the sped-up Ty zalip hook
Model
Kling 3.0 Motion Control
Credits
283 credits at 720p, 370 at 1080p
Visibility
Private on every plan: results stay out of the public gallery
If a run fails
The credits go back to your balance automatically

FAQ

Opa Opa Opa template questions

Is the Opa Opa Opa template free?+

No, each video costs credits, and the price depends on the resolution you pick. The Generate button shows the exact amount before anything is spent, and a new account gets 10 credits when it signs up.

Will the video look like me, and will my hair really fly?+

Mostly: your face, hair and clothes come from the photo, but two things can drift. Fast head tilts close to the lens can soften the face for a moment, and the hair can swing less than in the template, because it moves only the way the hair in your photo can (the haircut cards above show what each cut does). If either happens, generate again with a sharper photo from the checklist above.

Do I need TikTok or CapCut to make it?+

No. It runs in the browser: add a selfie here, download the MP4 and post it to TikTok, Reels, Shorts or anywhere else.

Is this the official or the CapCut Opa Opa Opa template?+

No. It is an Oeneo AI template with no link to CapCut, TikTok, PAPAKLEY, DJ Shiza or the creators whose posts spread the trend.

Can I swap in a different song?+

Not here: the sound is fixed with the template. To use another track, mute the clip in your editor or pick a different sound when you post.

Can my dog or cat do the Opa Opa Opa trend?+

No. The template copies a person's selfie bounce, head tilt and faces at the lens, and a pet photo does not map onto those moves reliably. Use a photo of a person.

Can I make the anime opa opa op version here?+

No. This template keeps your real face and hair. The anime jump edits in the trend are drawn in other apps; the anime prompt in the prompt section above is for tools that take a video reference.

Can the bounce video be longer or landscape?+

No. The length and the vertical frame follow the template take, so every video comes out the same. To bounce to a clip of your own, at its own length and shape, upload it to Motion Control.

Which hashtags go with the Opa Opa Opa trend?+

The trend's own tags are #opaopaopa, #bouncehairtrend and #slishtizalipopaopaopa, and Russian-speaking posts use #слышьтызалип.

One selfie

Make your Opa Opa Opa bounce hair video

A selfie in, a vertical bounce clip out, with your hair flying on the beat.