How to Make the Phone on the Train AI Video From One Photo
The phone on the train trend step by step: which photo to use, what happens in the 30 seconds from the Paris platform to the Eiffel Tower view, the song and the price.
A phone taped to a metro window, someone singing to it on the platform, then a sprint after the train as it leaves with the phone. The Paris take of that joke ends with the phone riding over the Seine to the lit Eiffel Tower, and it is the most-liked version of the trend. Here is how to be the one singing and chasing the train, from one photo and without going near a real train.
1Upload a photo of you
JPG, PNG, WebP or HEIC · under 20 MB0/1 photos
Photos that work best
- Clear, waist up
- Screenshots, stickers
- Head only
- Too dark or blurry
- 30 s video
- 9:16, like the original
- Original song available
- No watermark
2Version
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Renders in about 5–10 minutes. We email you the link. Automatic refund if the photo is rejected or the render fails.
What is the phone on the train trend?
It is a 2026 reel joke: you stick your phone to a metro window, sing on the platform while it films you, then run after the train as it leaves with your phone. Musicians started it to promote their songs; the earliest clip known to us is from 8 June 2026, and in August singers in India and Russia taped phones to trains. On 26 August Ollie Muhl asked "Anyone seen a phone stuck to the train recently?" on the New York 7 train, and that caption named the trend. A Delhi Metro version passed 135 million views, and the Delhi Metro asked creators to stop.
By mid-September it had reached Munich, Toronto, London, Istanbul and Berlin, with the live "Training Season" by Dua Lipa as its sound. On 3 October 2026 Ollie Muhl took it to Paris metro Line 6 with a new ending, "Wait for the view". By 12 October that reel had 7 million likes and 89 million views on Instagram. The Phone on the Train template puts you into that Paris version: the platform, the train, the run and the view stay the same, and the singer is you.
How to make it
- Open the Phone on the Train template.
- Add one sharp photo of yourself, waist up or full body, with your face big and clear.
- Generate. Premium renders the whole 30-second clip.
- Download and post. The MP4 already has the live "Training Season" of the reel.
What happens in the video
- 0–4 s, on the platform: you sing to the camera with your phone and a strip of tape in hand.
- 4–10 s, tape it on: you tape the phone to the train window and grin at it.
- 10–16 s, the performance: you sing and dance on the platform, hand on the heart, while the phone films you from the train.
- 16–22 s, the chase: the doors close and you run after the train as it leaves with your phone.
- 22–30 s, wait for the view: the phone rides on through the city and over the Seine to the lit Eiffel Tower.
Your clothes
You perform in the clothes from your photo; your outfit replaces the black sweater and jeans of the reel. A costume works too, so wear the look you want on camera.
Photos that work best
- Face big and sharp. Waist up with your face in focus works best; the reel has big close-ups of the singer. A small face from across the room can come out looking like the man in the reel.
- Turned to the camera, in good light, no sunglasses and no filters.
- Only you in the photo. With two people in one photo the faces can get mixed.
- Use your own photo, not a stranger's or a public figure's.
What does it cost?
The video renders in Premium: 55 credits at 480p, 120 at 720p and 205 at 1080p. Without an account, one video starts at $9.99. No watermark, and failed renders are refunded automatically. The photos you upload are deleted 30 days after the video is made.