BTS SWIM Dance Challenge: How to Make Your Own Video
From V's Dive to a Five-Person Dance
V posted a 15-second TikTok on March 26, 2026 — said "Swim, Swim" into the camera, climbed onto a chair, and launched himself toward the lens on the lyric "I just wanna dive." The video hit 6.9 million views and 5.85 million likes within hours. ARMY and everyone else started posting their own SWIM dives: onto beds, off couches, across kitchen counters. CORTIS filmed a deadpan group version in their practice room — all five members lining up, saying "Swim, Swim," and diving in sequence — which became one of the most-viewed third-party entries.
The BTS Swim Dance template on Summrs uses the five-person group choreography. Upload up to five photos and the AI places your group into the dance with the SWIM audio.
How to Make the BTS Swim Dance AI Video
- Open the BTS Swim Dance template on Summrs.
- Upload the centre dancer — this person leads the formation and gets the most screen time.
- Add up to four more dancers — one photo per dancer. Upload order determines position.
- Pick your quality — 720p or 480p.
- Generate. Vertical 9:16, about 20 seconds, with the song.
If you upload fewer than five photos, only that many dancers get swapped. The rest stay exactly as filmed — no photo gets reused for two dancers.
SWIM Dance Tutorial vs. AI Dance Challenge
There are two ways to post a SWIM challenge video. One is learning the choreography — there are step-by-step tutorials on YouTube with hundreds of thousands of views, plus the official BTS dance practice. That takes time, space, and a group willing to rehearse.
The other is uploading photos and letting the AI do the dancing. You skip the choreo entirely. Each person's face, hair, and outfit appear on the dancers in the 20-second clip, performing the full routine to the SWIM audio. The result is the same format — a group performing the SWIM dance — but nobody has to learn a single step.
Both show up in the same feeds. The AI version is how most friend groups, offices, and birthday surprises get made, because coordinating five people to learn and film a dance is harder than uploading five photos.
Who Goes Where
The centre dancer (Photo 1) gets the most camera time and leads the choreography. The other four flank the formation and appear in every group shot.
If you are making this for a friend group, put whoever the video is about in centre. For ARMY friend groups, centre is the bias slot. For everyone else, centre is the person you are roasting, surprising, or celebrating.
Photos That Work Best for Five People
Five separate people in overlapping choreography means the AI has to track each identity through formation changes. Help it out:
- Different hair and outfits — five people in similar dark hair and dark clothes will blend. Contrasting colors and lengths give the model more separation.
- Face and upper body visible — each photo should show at least half the body. The model anchors identity from face AND clothing.
- Consistent lighting — mixing indoor and outdoor photos creates mismatched skin tones.
Output is 9:16 vertical, ready for TikTok, Reels, and Shorts. The full formation fits the vertical frame since the source was shot in portrait.
For more K-pop group dance templates — ATEEZ BAD 3-person choreography, TXT Stick With You 5-person, A2O LITE duo dance, and more AI face swap video templates.
FAQ
How many photos do I need? At least one (the centre dancer), up to five. Fewer photos means fewer dancers get swapped.
What song is it? SWIM from BTS's album ARIRANG, released March 2026.
Is it the BTS dance practice or V's dive? Neither. The template uses the five-person group choreography — not V's solo TikTok dive and not the official seven-member BTS practice video.
Does the audio play? Yes. The SWIM track plays throughout the 20-second video.
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