I Put My Heart in This AI
YJ’s New Zealand street interview, with you taking the mic. A video with the real audio, not an AI cover.
I Put My Heart in This AI is the trend that puts you in YJ's viral street interview: asked which continent New Zealand is in, you glance at the phone, take the mic and perform. RapTwins makes it from one photo of an adult: 12 seconds, vertical 9:16, 480p to 1080p, with the real interview audio in the MP4 (not an AI cover), no watermark. Videos cost from 23 credits; a $5 trial covers one.
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Make your I Put My Heart in This AI video
1 · Pick a template
I put my heart in this AI: the original interview and an AI take
Two edits of the original street interview and one AI take with a different performer: the street, the phone, the mic handoff and the audio your video follows. Play with sound on to hear where the song comes in.
AI take: blue track jacket
Glances down at the phone, takes the mic, sings straight to the camera and ends with two palm-down gestures. With the interview audio.
12 s · with sound · vertical
Original interview, geography caption
The same street and question: a look at the phone, the mic grab, the song and the calm-down hand. With the interview audio.
12 s · with sound · vertical
Original interview, close crop
A tighter cut of the same moment, from the mic handoff to the last palm-down gesture. With the interview audio.
12 s · with sound · vertical
What is the “I put my heart in this” AI video?
It starts with a real interview, not with AI. Three steps got it to the AI trend:
| When | What happened | |
|---|---|---|
| YJ’s street interviews | From 2024 | YJ, a London rapper, is stopped by street interviewers and, instead of answering their questions, takes the mic and sings his own song, the one everyone now calls “I put my heart in this”. |
| The geography clip | 6 January 2025 | The version that took off: an interviewer asks which continent New Zealand is in, YJ looks down at the phone, takes the mic, sings, then presses his palm down twice as if to say “calm down”. It was posted with the caption “Me when I get asked a question in geography”. |
| The AI version | 2026 | The same 12 seconds redone from one photo, so the person who gets the question and takes the mic is you or a friend. This is what “I put my heart in this AI” means on video sites. |
The joke is the swap: a normal question, a serious face, then a song instead of an answer. The AI version keeps the question, the timing and the song, and only changes who is holding the mic.
Is I put my heart in this AI an AI cover, or a video of me taking the mic?
Search the phrase and you get both. On YouTube and music apps, “I put my heart in this AI” often means an AI version of the song: the audio re-made or re-sung by a generated voice. In short-video apps and AI video tools it means the interview clip with a new face. This page is the second one.
What you download is a video. Your photo becomes the person in the interview; the sound is the original interview audio, cut to the same 12 seconds and laid under your clip, so the question, the pause and the song land where they did in the real one. No voice is cloned, nothing is re-sung, and you cannot type new lyrics. If you want an AI cover of YJ’s song, this is not that tool; if you want to be the one who grabs the mic, it is.
What happens in the 12 seconds?
The template follows the original interview beat by beat. This is what your photo will do:
| Time | What happens | Worth checking |
|---|---|---|
| 0–3 s | The off-screen interviewer asks the question; you listen and glance down at the phone held in from the left. | Your face while looking down: the hardest angle for any photo. |
| 3–4 s | You reach over and take the mic. The phone stays with the interviewer. | One mic, one phone, fingers that stay fingers. |
| 4–10 s | Mic at your mouth, straight face, you perform to the camera with one free hand moving. | Mouth movements against the song. |
| 10–12 s | Two small palm-down presses with the free hand, mic still up. | The ending gesture people quote. |
The overcast street, the parked cars and the interviewer’s hands are the same in every video. The frame is vertical, with the interview in a wider band in the middle and soft fill above and below, as in the original post.
How do I make an I put my heart in this AI video from one photo?
11. Open the I Put My Heart in This template
The generator on this page opens on Meme remake with this template picked. The street, the question, the mic handoff, the 12 seconds and the 9:16 shape are fixed, so there is no prompt to write. It works in a phone browser; there is no app to install.
22. Upload one photo of an adult
One person, chest up, face sharp and lit evenly, no sunglasses and no hand over the mouth. You wear the clothes from your photo, glasses and hair included.
33. Pick a model and resolution, then make it
Seedance 2.0 Mini at 480p is the default and the cheapest. Seedance 2.0 Fast, Seedance 2.0, Seedance 2.5 and MiniMax H3 are in the list for steadier faces and up to 1080p. The price is on the button. Download the MP4 with the interview audio and post it.
How much does an I put my heart in this AI video cost, and is there a watermark?
It is paid in credits, and the price shows before you make it. It depends on the model and the resolution; the 12-second interview is billed along with your 12 seconds. Credits come from a one-time $5 trial (73 credits) or a plan from $9 a month (240 credits), see pricing.
| Model | 480p | 720p | 1080p |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seedance 2.0 Mini (default) | 23 | 48 | — |
| Seedance 2.0 Fast | 48 | 104 | — |
| Seedance 2.0 | 81 | 174 | 436 |
| Seedance 2.5 | 117 | 262 | 645 |
| MiniMax H3 | — | 116 (768p) | 185 (2K) |
Every download is a 9:16 MP4 with the interview audio and no watermark. A video that fails is refunded in full, so a retry only costs what the new video costs. A finished video you just don’t like is not refunded, so start on the default to check your photo.
What can’t I put my heart in this AI do?
Change the question or the song
The interviewer always asks the geography question and the song is always YJ’s, because both come from the original audio. For your own words over a beat, use the AI rap video generator.
Make an AI cover or sing in your voice
Nothing is re-sung. The sound is the interview recording; your mouth is animated to it, and the lip sync is close rather than exact.
Put more than one person in
The interview has one performer, so the template takes one adult photo. Friends each make their own video.
Promise a perfect face when looking down
The first three seconds look down at the phone, so a soft or side-on photo shows there first. Hands around the mic are the other weak spot: a hand that merges with the mic is a model mistake, not your photo. Some photos are refused by the video model’s safety check; those videos are refunded.
Use anyone’s photo
Only adults who agreed to be in the video: no minors, celebrities or strangers, and not YJ himself.
Which I put my heart in this AI generator should I use?
These are the tools ChatGPT and search results point to for this trend. Figures are what each one publishes on its own pages, as of October 2026.
| What you get | Price | Free | Watermark | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MakeViral | One photo, a 12-second remake of the interview with its audio | 183 credits per video; the smallest pack that covers one is $39.99 for 450 credits | No: new accounts start with 0 credits | None |
| Vismuse | One photo (JPG, PNG or WebP); length and sound not published | Not published on the template page | 50 credits on the free plan, listed for images | Not published |
| GetFaceSwap | Swaps only the face on a clip you upload yourself | Not published | One video face swap a day without signing up | Not published |
| RapTwins | One photo, 12 s, 9:16, 480p to 1080p, the interview audio in the MP4 | 23 to 645 credits; $5 trial | Not at the moment | None |
A face swap keeps the original performer’s body, hair and tracksuit; a template like this one redraws the whole person from your photo. Want another mic moment? Check One Check Two is a sound check on stage.
I Put My Heart in This AI FAQ
Can I change the interviewer’s question?
Not in this template. The question, the pause and the song are the original interview audio, so the clip always asks about New Zealand. To joke about another subject, put your own caption on the video when you post it.
Is there a CapCut template for I put my heart in this?
CapCut templates for the trend edit footage you already have: they add text, cuts or effects to a clip you supply. None of them draws you into the interview from a photo. For that you need an AI video template like the generator on this page.
Is the I put my heart in this AI video free, and is there a watermark?
Not at the moment: every video is paid in credits, from 23 credits (Seedance 2.0 Mini, 480p). The one-time $5 trial pack (73 credits) covers it without a subscription. Downloads never have a watermark, and failed videos are refunded.
Can my friends and I each make our own version for the group chat?
Yes. Each video takes one photo, so make one per friend, with their permission. Every version keeps the same question and song, which is what makes them work side by side.
Will it copy YJ’s face or tracksuit instead of my glasses and hair?
It shouldn’t. The motion guide the model follows has no face, hair or clothes of its own; your photo is the only source for those, glasses included. If a result drifts, try a sharper, front-facing photo or a higher model before anything else.
Can I post it to TikTok with the interview audio?
For personal posts, yes: the MP4 carries the audio, and TikTok, Instagram and YouTube may match it to the trend sound. Buying credits does not include rights to YJ’s song or the interview, so a sponsored post or an ad needs permission from the rights holders.
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