# I Love the Smiths AI Independent AI video maker for the viral "I love the Smiths" elevator scene trend at https://ilovethesmithsai.net. Not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by The Smiths or their members, the makers or distributors of (500) Days of Summer, TikTok, CapCut or ByteDance; the name describes the trend people search for. No film footage and no actors from the film are used. English is the default; full public pages, the order flow and delivery emails are also available in Spanish (/es), Portuguese (/pt), French (/fr), German (/de), Japanese (/ja), Korean (/ko) and Simplified Chinese (/zh). ## The trend The trend restages the elevator scene from the 2009 film (500) Days of Summer (directed by Marc Webb, with Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Tom and Zooey Deschanel as Summer). Tom is listening to The Smiths on headphones; his new co-worker Summer hears it and says "I love the Smiths". He doesn't catch it, so she repeats "I said, I love the Smiths" and adds "You have good taste in music". The song is "There Is a Light That Never Goes Out" from the 1986 album The Queen Is Dead. On TikTok and Instagram Reels, people put themselves, their crush or their partner into the moment; "I said I love the Smiths" is also used as a caption. ## What it makes A new 20-second video of the elevator scene with the people from the photos. Two roles: "the one in headphones" (left; misses the first line and takes the black wired headphones off) and "the one who says it" (right; speaks the lines). The buyer picks their role. With a second photo, that person plays the other role; without it, an AI-generated fictional adult plays it. Both options cost one credit. Approximate timeline: 0 s headphones on, the speaker turns; 0–1 s "I love the Smiths."; 2–4 s "I said, I love the Smiths.", headphones come off; 5–9 s they turn to each other and smile; 9–11 s "You have good taste in music."; 12–20 s a soft sung line of the song and a final look. Single fixed camera, one take. The video comes with the lines and music already in sync and has no on-screen text. ## Full 20-second version vs short templates The video is the full 20-second exchange, not a 15-second cut: headphones, "I love the Smiths", "I said, I love the Smiths", headphones off, the look, "You have good taste in music" and a sung line, with the scene's own voices and music synced to the mouths. Many AI templates for this trend (as of November 2026) are about 15 seconds, often stop after the first line or two or before the song, sometimes re-voice the dialogue, and usually require exactly two photos with fixed roles. Here one or two photos cost the same and the buyer chooses their role. ## What the user controls Only the photos and the role. Face, hairstyle, hair color, skin tone, build, glasses, jewelry and the colors and style of the tops come from the photos; details such as necklines or sleeves can change. The elevator, the lines, the voices, the music, the camera and the length are fixed; there is no prompt, outfit, background, line or song choice. The room in the photo is not used. One person per photo; a single photo of two people is not supported. ## Photo Either role works for any adult, whatever their gender. One adult alone in the frame, face clearly visible and toward the camera, chest-up or waist-up, even light, no heavy filters, no sunglasses or hats covering the face. JPG, PNG or WebP up to 10 MB. Only the user's own photo or photos of adults who agreed to the video. No celebrities, public figures, minors, pets, cartoons or group photos. The user confirms permission before checkout. ## Output About 20 seconds, landscape 16:9, 720p MP4 with the lines and music, no on-screen text and no watermark. TikTok, Reels and Shorts accept landscape video; users can place it on a vertical background in their app's editor. The instructions ask the model to keep each person's face, hair, skin tone and build in every shot, including while turning and removing the headphones, and to follow the scene's mouth movements so the lines match. Results vary: faces, hair, lip-sync and clothing details can change. Completion time is not guaranteed. ## Pricing USD one-time packs: 1 video $12.99; 3 videos $32.49; 10 videos $90.99. No subscription and no free personalized preview. Each new video uses one credit, with one or two photos, even with the same photos. Unused credits do not expire. ## Payment and private delivery No account and no app. The user uploads one or two photos, picks a role, confirms permission, enters an email and pays on a hosted Dodo Payments checkout page (card details go to Dodo Payments, not to this site; prices in USD, applicable tax shown before payment). Payment confirmation starts generation on the server; closing the page does not cancel it. The private order page and delivery email link give playback and download. Keep the link confidential. Photos: up to 7 days in site storage; browser drafts: 24 hours. Finished videos: 30 days. Email links: 30 days from sending. Provider retention is separate. A confirmed generation failure returns that attempt's credit once; it is not an automatic cash refund. Refund requests are reviewed by support. ## Providers NanoAPI (genjutsu-1.0, motion control) processes the photos to generate the video. Cloudflare provides hosting, storage and email. Dodo Payments processes payments. Plausible Analytics and Google Analytics measure public page visits and the purchase flow; photos, emails, tokens and private order URLs are not sent to analytics. ## Home page video The first home page video is a real two-photo result generated from the two photos shown next to it (both AI-generated fictional adults). Faces and tops follow the photos; the woman's long loose hair was styled into the scene's side braid, so long hair may be styled like the scene. A second option plays the scene every video follows, labelled as such. Some sites for this trend show the original TikTok clip or film footage as their example rather than a generated result; this site's example is a real output of its own pipeline, shown with its input photos. ## Waiting, failures and access without an account Generation usually takes 5–15 minutes, depending on the video service's queue; it is not guaranteed. The private order page refreshes itself, and the buyer is emailed when the video is ready or when a failure returned the credit. A failure reported by the video service returns that attempt's credit automatically, once; it is not a cash refund. The private link in the order emails works on any device for 30 days, the paying browser lists recent orders under My orders, and support restores access to unused credits after a link expires. Support replies within 1 business day. ## Sharing Users download and post the MP4 themselves on TikTok, Instagram Reels, YouTube Shorts or elsewhere, adding a caption such as "I said I love the Smiths" with the app's text tool. The music belongs to its rights holders and is not licensed by this site; a platform may mute or replace it. For ads, sponsored posts or brand accounts, users should replace it with licensed music. Users should follow AI-content labeling rules, only post videos of people who agreed, and not present results as real footage, a real meeting or official content of the film, the band, TikTok or CapCut. ## Other ways to make the "I love the Smiths" video Filming it yourself (needs an elevator or similar spot, a scene partner, headphones, a tripod and well-timed lines) or using an editing template such as CapCut on your own footage (adds sound and captions but does not create the scene or the lip-sync). This site generates the full scene from one photo with an AI co-star, or with two people from two photos. 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