Already have a rap recording and want a video starring you and a friend? Use Hotel Lobby AI to create a duet from your recording and photos, with settings for who leads and who supports.
Other starting points call for different tools. You might want a platform to write a new rap, animate an illustrated face, or transfer movement from a video. The comparison below helps you choose according to the material you want to bring.
If you are still choosing the words for a friend video, start with these funny rap lyrics for friends before deciding which generation workflow fits.
Written by the Hotel Lobby AI team. We compared our implementation and public settings with official product descriptions checked September 30, 2026. This is a guide to workflow fit; output quality and speed have not been benchmarked.
Which AI rap video generator fits your project?
| Your starting point | Tool to consider | Why consider it? |
|---|---|---|
| Your recording and photos of two people | Hotel Lobby AI | Create a duet using your recording, with settings for positions and lead/support roles |
| Photos and an idea for a new rap | Rap Duo | Generate a duet with an original rap and beat from a topic |
| A face image and an audio track | Hedra | Animate a portrait or illustrated character to supplied audio |
| Character images and a movement reference | Viggle | Use a motion template or uploaded video, with multi-character tools available |
A lyrics generator produces words, and a song generator produces a recording. These tools address the visual performance: who appears on screen and how they perform.
Hotel Lobby AI
- Bring: two portraits or a group photo, plus your own audio or video reference if needed.
- Best fit: a personal duet where you want to choose the people, their positions, and their lead/support roles.
- Key consideration: audio and video references use separate creation modes.
The built-in Hotel Lobby template provides an orange studio starting point. For a more personal brief, select your own recording or motion reference and prepare the performers around it. Generation costs are shown before submission.
Rap Duo
- Bring: photos of two people, or one photo containing both, and an optional topic.
- Best fit: a duet where the platform supplies an original rap and beat.
- Key consideration: its guide says uploaded audio and full lyrics are not supported.
Consider it for an idea such as a birthday rap about a friend when you want the platform to create the soundtrack. If you already have a particular recording, audio upload becomes a deciding requirement.
Hedra
- Bring: a face image and audio.
- Best fit: a portrait or illustrated character performing a recording.
- Key consideration: duration and available controls depend on the selected model.
Hedra's talking-photo page describes audio-driven animation for photographs, illustrations, and other face-based characters. It is relevant when your idea centers on an individual face delivering your recording. Its support for supplied audio means audio upload alone is not unique to Hotel Lobby AI.
Viggle
- Bring: character images and a motion template or reference video.
- Best fit: a performance built around a dance or gesture sequence you want to reuse.
- Key consideration: confirm support for any separate vocal synchronization your project needs.
Viggle documents reference-based motion and Multi-Track tools for multiple characters. Those are useful starting points when body movement defines your video. Transferring movement does not, by itself, establish that mouths will follow a different recording.
When to choose Hotel Lobby AI
You have recorded something personal
Imagine recording a birthday verse that includes your friend's name and an inside joke. You want those words and that delivery in the finished video.
In Hotel Lobby AI, choose Your own audio, upload the recording, and select the passage to use. That could be your own rap, a song, or a spoken message. You supply the part that makes the performance personal; the project settings let you decide who appears alongside it.
Choose this mode when you want to keep the lyrics and vocal delivery you have already recorded.
You know exactly which two people should appear
A family photo may contain the pair you want, along with several other people. Choose Use a group photo instead and position two selection frames over your performers. You can prepare them inside the tool without first exporting two separate portrait crops.
Then set their left/right positions and lead/support roles. For a birthday clip, you could put the guest of honor in the lead and yourself beside them. The practical benefit is being able to express that arrangement before submitting the video.
You have a performance you want to reference
Perhaps a particular gesture sequence is central to your idea. Choose Your own video, upload the reference, and select the section you want to use. Add instructions for each performer's actions or appearance.
For the familiar orange studio setup, start with the built-in Hotel Lobby mode. This choice lets you begin with a ready reference or bring the performance that inspired your project.
Hotel Lobby AI pricing and creative limits
Hotel Lobby AI shows the credit cost for your selected model, resolution, and duration. At the September 30 check:
- Standard, 720p, 12 seconds: 10 credits per submission.
- Single one-time pack: $9.90 for 10 credits.
- Duo Pack: $29 for 50 credits, covering five submissions at those standard settings.
Free preview is currently unavailable. Completed videos are charged, and generating another version uses more credits. See current pricing.
For planning the performance, keep two limits in mind. First, choose either the audio-reference or video-reference route; uploading your song does not automatically combine it with the template's choreography. Second, lead/support assignments guide generation but do not guarantee exact line-by-line vocal handoffs.
Watch the full result for facial consistency, mouth timing, and both performers' movements. Completed paid videos are available as MP4 downloads from My Videos, without the preview watermark. Download before the expiry date shown there.
FAQ
Can I use my own voice?
Yes. Upload a recording of yourself in Hotel Lobby AI's Your own audio mode. Your recording supplies the voice. This does not create a reusable voice clone that can read new text.
Can I add a different song after generating?
Changing the soundtrack afterward does not make existing mouth movements follow new words. If a particular recording matters, use it as the audio reference when preparing the generation.
Have your recording and two people in mind? Set up your duet in the AI Rap Generator.