The original Popstar music video is already a face swap.

Drake gets a voicemail from DJ Khaled begging him to shoot the video. Drake does not want to do it. So he calls Justin Bieber, who spends the next eight minutes lip-syncing Drake's lyrics in a mansion — fur coats, champagne, backup dancers, pop-art self-portraits, Hailey Bieber and their dog at the end. The whole thing is a joke about one person standing in for another.

That is exactly what the AI version does. Except instead of Bieber standing in for Drake, you are standing in for Bieber standing in for Drake.

Make yours here.

Three Steps

1. Open the template — Drake Popstar on Summrs
2. Upload one photo — clear face, upper body, even lighting
3. Generate and download — no watermark

One photo. That is it. The video handles the rest — the staircase entrance, the party, the outfit changes, all of it.

What You Get

The Popstar video is not a stage performance or a studio session. It is an eight-minute short film set in a mansion, directed by Director X (the same person who directed Drake's "Hotline Bling"). Here is what the AI version puts you into:

The entrance. Walking down a staircase with a champagne bottle, security trailing behind. This is the opening shot that every "Lil [Your Name]" edit starts with.

The party. Backup dancers, outfit changes, people everywhere. The mansion is the set — living rooms, hallways, balconies. The lighting shifts between warm interiors and strobed party sequences.

The wardrobe. Fur coats, satin loungewear, diamond chains. Whatever you are wearing in your upload stays, but the energy of the original wardrobe carries through the movement and framing.

The portraits. Bieber walks past pop-art portraits of himself in the original. The AI keeps the visual but it is your face in the frame — including on the wall art.

The ending. The dream sequence — waking up next to Hailey, walking the dog, Drake calling. The full arc of the video plays out.

Why This One Is Everywhere Right Now

Neymar posted his version today — captioned "Lil Ney," face-swapped into the Bieber role, wearing a Brazil training vest. Gabigol commented "Real trapper." Neymar replied "Próximo feat é noix." CNN Brasil covered it. That post is going to send this trend across every platform in the next 48 hours.

But the trend works even without the Neymar bump because the original video's concept maps perfectly onto face-swap AI. The premise of the video is literally "someone else does the video for Drake." Every person who makes one is extending the joke. You are not just putting your face on a random music video — you are participating in the original bit.

The "Lil [Name]" caption format is part of it. Neymar used "Lil Ney." People are using "Lil [their name]" or their friends' names. It gives the post a built-in caption and a built-in joke without having to explain anything.

Photo Tips

Upper body, not full body. The Popstar video has frequent close-ups and medium shots inside the mansion. A cropped photo from the chest up gives the AI more face data for those tighter frames.

Lighting matters more here than in studio templates. The mansion interior has warm, mixed lighting — lamps, chandeliers, strobes during the party scenes. A photo taken in natural or warm indoor light blends better than a flash-lit or outdoor photo.

Clothing is secondary. The original outfits (fur, satin, chains) do most of the visual work through the video's framing and movement. Your upload's clothing appears but does not need to match the aesthetic — the mansion does the heavy lifting.

Related

• Drake Popstar AI Video Generator — Landing page for the template
• How to Make the Laugh Now Cry Later Drake AI Video — Another Drake music video template
• AI Face Swap Video — General face swap for any video