In September an AI-made character called Jean Phil, a deadpan Frenchman with a blond bob, a handlebar moustache and a brown houndstooth suit, took over TikTok and Instagram. The clip that turned into a format is a short full-body dance set to “Gang Gang”: a lean, a few loose steps, a point at the camera and a hand-on-hip finish. Within days people were dropping themselves, their friends and their pets into it.
This template makes that version from a single photo. The model replaces the dancer with whoever is in your picture and keeps everything that makes the clip work: the timing, the moves, the plain studio backdrop and the song.
You choose the outfit. Keep what you are wearing in your photo, so a cream sweater and wide jeans stay a cream sweater and wide jeans, or switch to the brown houndstooth suit for the full Jean Phil look. Pets get the same treatment: your dog comes back as an upright, suited-up version of itself, dancing on its hind legs.
The result is a 12-second vertical clip with sound, ready for a story, a reply or a group chat without editing. Use a clear, well-lit photo, ideally full body, and only use pictures of people who are happy to star in it.
For who Jean Phil is, how the dance goes and what broke while we built this template, read our guide: The Jean Phil dance.