Pet Rock Dance AI Trend

Upload one photo and your dog or cat headbangs to the trend's rock track like a metal fan, paws pumping, then grins into the camera in a close-up.

  • No prompt
  • Sound included
  • Your own room
Example · Headbang

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

0/1 photos

One photo of one pet, whole body or head to chest, face sharp and eyes open. A person works too.

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.

Headbanging dog or cat: the four moves your pet copies

The template runs 9.93 seconds in one continuous shot. Here is what your dog or cat does in each part, and the slip to look for in your result there.

  • Grey poodle in a black hoodie mid-headbang, its head whipped down into a blur of fur
    0–3 s

    Up on its hind legs, two hard headbangs

    Watch for: a smeared face on the fast whips

    Your pet stands up with its head thrown back and front paws out, then whips its head down toward the floor and back up, twice. These frames blur in the template too, so a soft face here is normal.

  • Poodle tossing its head to one side, ears flying, one front paw pushed out
    3–6.5 s

    Side-to-side head tosses, paws pumping

    Watch for: paws that look like hands

    The head flips left and right while both front paws pump in front of the chest like a fan at a show. Paws doing this hand-like work can come out finger-shaped.

  • Poodle hopping toward the camera on its hind legs with both front paws raised
    6.5–8 s

    A hop toward the camera, paws up

    Watch for: a stretched body as it rises

    It bounces toward the lens with both front paws raised, still nodding. A pet that sits or lies in your photo has to grow into this tall pose, which is where long bodies can stretch.

  • Close-up of the grey poodle grinning into the camera, its fluffy ears filling the frame
    8–9.93 s

    The grinning close-up

    Watch for: detail your photo never showed

    The camera pushes in until the face fills the top of the frame: mouth open in a grin, paws spread, head bobbing to the end. Everything in this close-up is drawn from your photo.

What is the Pet Rock Dance (Pet Metal Era) trend?

The Pet Rock Dance, also called Pet Metal Era, is a TikTok trend from November 2026 in which a pet stands up and headbangs to a rock track like a fan at a metal show, then grins into the camera; most versions are made with an AI template from one photo of the pet.

Four pets headbanging in their own places: a grey poodle in a black hoodie, a tuxedo cat on a bed, a black calf in a herd and a curly poodle at a car’s steering wheel

“Entering my metal era” is internet slang for starting a wild new phase, and owners use it as the caption for a pet they know as calm, sleepy or grumpy: “Koda has entered his metal era. The bed did not consent.” The rock in the name is the music, not the 1970s Pet Rock toy.

Headbanging dog GIFs and heavy metal cat memes have been around for years; this version uses your own pet and keeps it in its own place, from a bed to a barnyard to the driver's seat of a car.

When did the pet rock dance trend start?

  1. A Japanese account, @user2956667459210, posts an AI clip of a grey poodle in a black hoodie headbanging in a bright room, made with a CapCut AI template created earlier that day. Its sound becomes the trend’s sound.

  2. @kevin.clark76 posts a tuxedo cat headbanging on a bed, captioned “Koda has entered his metal era”; by 8 November it has 76,853 plays and 2,478 shares.

  3. @user2312450393252 posts a how-to for the template, and versions from US pet owners pile up from that day: dogs, cats, calves and horses.

  4. The template passes 35,500 uses, and the sound is in 5,489 TikTok videos.

Sources: TikTok posts and the sound’s page, the CapCut template page; counts read on 8 November 2026.

How to make the pet rock dance with your pet’s photo

There is nothing to write: the template already holds every move, the camera push-in and the sound. What decides the result is the one photo.

  1. Grey poodle in a black hoodie standing on its hind legs, front paws held out

    Photo 1Your pet

    Your pet takes the poodle’s place and headbangs in the room from your photo, with its own face, coat and markings.

    • Face sharp, eyes open: the last close-up is drawn from it
    • Only one animal in the frame

Photo checklist

Works well

  • Shiba Inu sitting and facing the camera, whole body in frameOne dog, cat or farm animal on its own
  • Smiling woman with curly hair, chest up, facing the cameraA person works too: one face, chest up

Avoid

  • A dog and a cat cuddled together in one photoTwo pets, or you holding your pet
  • Dim, blurry snapshot taken at nightDark or blurry shots
  • Selfie under a cartoon filter with cat ears and stickersFilters and stickers

Photo in, headbang out

  1. Upload your pet’s photo

    Tap the photo slot at the top of the page and pick one picture from your phone or computer.

  2. Click Generate

    The button shows the exact price before you spend any credits.

  3. Post it

    Download the MP4. The trend’s sound is already on it, so you can post it as it is.

Pose and framing for a pet headbang

The template’s poodle is up on its hind legs from the first frame, and the camera sits at its eye level. The closer your photo is to that, the less the model has to invent.

Gives a clean headbang

  1. Cocker spaniel puppy with long golden ears standing on all fours on a white background

    Standing or sitting up, whole body

    Legs, front paws and ears all in view.

  2. Black-and-white calf standing side-on with its head turned to the camera

    Big animals side-on

    Calves, horses and large dogs need the whole animal in the photo, from the ears to the hooves or paws.

  3. Ginger tabby cat sitting upright, photographed straight on at its eye level

    Shot at its eye level

    The template's camera sits at the poodle's eye level, so a photo from the same height needs the least reframing.

Leaves the model guessing

  1. Golden retriever asleep on its side on a rug, seen from above

    Lying flat, shot from above

    Your pet has to stand up at once and face the camera, so a pet stretched out on the floor has the furthest to go.

  2. Grey cat’s face filling the whole frame

    Face only

    With no legs or paws in the photo, the model makes up the body that stands and dances.

  3. Cat curled into a ball on a blanket with its face hidden

    Curled up, face tucked away

    The stand-up and the close-up both need what a curled pet hides.

Pet Rock Dance prompt tutorial

This page needs no prompt: Motion Control reads the template, not text. To run the headbang in a reference-to-video tool such as Seedance or Kling instead, attach the template clip as @Video1 and your photo as @Image1; the prompt decides which file gives the moves and which gives the performer.

Reference clip

Prompt length 1216

Use @Video1 as the motion reference and @Image1 as the character. The animal in @Image1 performs @Video1's headbang in the place @Image1 was taken: keep its species, breed, face, eyes, ears, coat colours, markings and size, and keep that room and its light.

Copy the moves in @Video1's order and on its beats: it rises onto its hind legs with its head thrown back and both front paws out; two hard headbangs, the head whipping down toward the floor and back up, ears and fur flying; side-to-side head tosses while both front paws pump in front of the chest; a hop toward the camera with both front paws up, still nodding; then a big close-up, the face filling the top of the frame, mouth open in a grin, paws spread, the head bobbing until the clip ends.

Take only the moves, the timing and the camera from @Video1, never its grey poodle, the curly fur, the pink hair tie, the black hoodie or the white room: one fixed camera at the pet's eye level that pushes in for the close-up at the end, in one continuous take, and keep @Video1's original sound. Real animal anatomy: four legs, furry paws, never hands or fingers, one head. The face stays sharp in the close-up. No people, no second animal, no text or logos.

Spell these out

  • The moves in the template’s order

    Stand-up, headbangs, side tosses, hop, close-up: in this order the moves land on the beats of @Video1’s sound.

  • Name what stays out

    Name the grey poodle, the curly fur and the pink hair tie, or they creep into your pet.

  • The push-in at the end

    One fixed camera that moves in for the last seconds gives the grinning close-up the trend ends on.

Leave out of it

  • A request for new music

    Text cannot rebuild the trend’s track; ask to keep @Video1’s original sound instead.

  • A prompt with no anatomy line

    Without “furry paws, never hands”, the paw pumps are where fingers show up.

  • The template’s white room

    Describing it pulls your pet out of its own place; keep the room from @Image1.

A vague line and a working one

Too vague

Make my dog headbang to metal music like the pet rock dance trend.

Works

Use @Video1 as the motion reference and @Image1 as the character: the dog in @Image1 does @Video1's headbang in its own room, up on its hind legs, the head whipping down and up, paws pumping, a hop to the camera and a grinning close-up, with @Video1's timing, camera and original sound kept and real paws, never hands.

The working line names the two files, the moves in order and what stays the same; the full prompts in the tabs add what to leave behind.

What are the Pet Rock Dance AI specs and credit costs?

What are the Pet Rock Dance AI specs and credit costs?
Photos
1 photo
Photo files
PNG / JPG / WebP, up to 10 MB, at least 512 px on the short side
Length
9.93 seconds, the full length of the template
Frame
3:4, vertical
Resolution
720p or 1080p; 720p by default
Sound
The trend’s own sound, kept from the template
Model
Kling 3.0 Motion Control
Credits
259 credits at 720p, 338 at 1080p
Visibility
Not public: the video stays in your own creations
If a run fails
The credits go back to your balance automatically

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FAQ

Pet Rock Dance FAQ

Is the Pet Rock Dance AI free?+

No. Every headbang video costs credits; the price changes with the resolution you pick, and the Generate button shows the exact amount before you spend anything. New accounts get 10 credits when they sign up.

Can I make a headbanging cat or headbanging dog video?+

Yes. Dogs and cats work, and so do farm animals such as calves and horses. Your pet keeps its own face, coat and markings; a photo of it standing or sitting up gives the cleanest headbang (see the pose guide above).

What song is used in the pet rock dance?+

Your video keeps the sound from the trend’s first clip, the rock track the trend’s posts use. It comes with the template, so the headbangs land on its beats.

Can I do the pet rock dance myself?+

Yes. Upload one photo of yourself, chest up with your face clear, and you headbang in your own room instead of a pet.

Can my dog and I headbang together?+

No. One template drives one performer, so a photo of you holding your pet, or two pets side by side, gives one moving body and one still one, or the two blended together. Make one video each.

Will my pet wear the black hoodie?+

No. Motion Control copies moves, not clothes, so your pet headbangs in its own coat and in anything it wears in your photo. The prompt tutorial has a hoodie version for tools that take a prompt.

Why does my pet’s face look blurry or different?+

The headbangs are fast, and those frames blur in the template as well. The close-up at the end shows the face best; if it still does not look like your pet, use a closer, sharper photo with the eyes open and run it again.

Are pet rock dance videos real?+

No. The grey poodle that started it is AI, and most versions are made with an AI template from one still photo of a pet, which is how a sleepy cat ends up headbanging on its hind legs.

Is this the CapCut pet rock dance template?+

No. Oeneo AI is not CapCut and does not use its template. It runs in your browser: upload a photo on this page and generate, with no app to install.

Can I get a headbanging dog GIF?+

The result is an MP4 video with sound, which TikTok, Reels and Shorts play as it is. Any GIF converter can turn it into a GIF, without the sound.

Which hashtags go with a pet rock dance video?+

Tag it #petrockdancetrend and #petmetalera, plus a tag for your animal such as #headbangingcat. A caption in the “entered his metal era” style fits the joke.

Pet Metal Era

Start your pet’s metal era with a pet rock dance video

Upload one photo of your dog or cat and get a 10-second headbang with the trend's sound on it.

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