LISA Crab Dance AI
OriginalOriginal dance by @marina_kdance on TikTok, with its original sound (tap for sound). Your video puts the person in your photo into these moves, with the same music.
Poo Neep E-Pi (ปูหนีบอีปิ), Pon Jantapon (พร จันทพร)
Your photo
1 person or pet. Full body works best.
Crab Dance1 credit1 credit · ready in a few minutes
The crab dance is the Thai party dance LISA of BLACKPINK made famous: crab-claw hands, little knee bounces and side sways, done with a dead-serious poker face to the Thai song "Poo Neep E-Pi". Upload one photo of a person and AI Dance makes them do the crab dance in an 11-second video, with the song on, ready in a few minutes.
Crab Dance key facts
Updated
- Song: "Poo Neep E-Pi" by Pon Jantapon (Thai luk thung).
- Made famous by LISA on Knowing Bros, October 2020 (100M+ YouTube views).
- Clip: @marina_kdance, 2024-06-19.
- Takes one photo of one person, full body works best.
- Video: 11 seconds, 9:16 MP4, made for TikTok, Reels and Shorts.
- Cost: 1 credit per video. A failed video gives its credits back.
- Ready in a few minutes. Videos have no watermark.
What is the Crab Dance trend?
The crab dance comes from Thailand, where it goes with the luk thung song "Poo Neep E-Pi" by Pon Jantapon, a funny song about a girl pinched by a crab. In October 2020 LISA taught it to the cast of the Korean variety show Knowing Bros, keeping a blank face the whole time. The clip went viral, the #crabdancechallenge filled TikTok, people did it in train stations and food courts, and the Knowing Bros video passed 100 million YouTube views in February 2022, the show's most viewed clip.
LISA brought it back live at her Singapore fan meetup in November 2024: a fan's video of it has 15.4 million TikTok views. In 2025 and 2026 the dance got a second life as an AI trend, with pets doing the crab claws (an AI cat version passed 800,000 views, a Kling AI monkey 1.3 million), and in November 2026 two AI video tools added LISA crab dance templates.
The clip on this page is the mirrored dance cover by @marina_kdance from June 19, 2024 (469,000 views): one dancer, full body, in a bright studio, with the song. The original post is a split screen with the TV clip on top, so that top part is cropped out. On AI Dance, the template copies her moves onto your own photo: your face, clothes and background stay, and your body follows the routine.
The moves
She starts with her feet apart and her hands curled into crab claws in front of her chest, then opens and closes them to the beat. She bends her knees in small bounces, sways her hips from side to side and swings the claws out to one side and back. She turns her body left and right with the claws snapping, steps in and out, and keeps a straight, serious face the whole time.
How to make the Crab Dance video
Everything runs in your browser. No editing app and nothing to film.
Step 1: Add your photo
Upload one clear photo of you or a friend, facing the camera, as much of the body in the frame as you can.
Step 2: Tap Make my video
The Crab Dance dance costs 1 credit. The AI copies the moves onto your photo while you wait, about a few minutes.
Step 3: Download and post
You get a 11 second 9:16 MP4. It comes with the dance's music. Post it on TikTok, Reels or Shorts, and swap the sound inside the app if you like.
Best photo for Crab Dance
The photo decides most of the result. These tips are for this dance.
Works well
- Use a full-body photo, head to shoes: the knee bounces and side steps need your legs in frame.
- Keep a straight face in the photo if you can: the poker face is the joke of this dance.
- Stand facing the camera with your arms a little away from your body, so the claw hands have room.
- A plain wall or a bright room works best; busy backgrounds can blur during the sways.
- One person per photo. The AI animates the biggest person in the frame.
Gives weak results
- Group photos, or a second person cut off at the edge
- Faces turned away, covered or in deep shadow
- Blurry or very dark photos
- Heavy filters, stickers or text on the photo
Post it on TikTok, Reels or Shorts
- Your video comes with "Poo Neep E-Pi" from the original clip. On TikTok you can also pick the song "ปูหนีบอีปิ" by พร จันทพร when you post, so your video shows on its sound page.
- Keep the caption deadpan: "did I keep my poker face?" is how most crab dance posts get comments.
- Make one of you and one of a friend from separate photos and post them side by side, like the fan covers.
- Use the tags people search for: #crabdance, #lisacrabdance and #crabdancechallenge.
Add Poo Neep E-Pi (ปูหนีบอีปิ) by Pon Jantapon (พร จันทพร) from the sound library of the app you post to, so your video uses the official track.
Crab Dance trend timeline
LISA teaches the Thai crab dance on Knowing Bros with a straight face; the clip spreads worldwide. Source
A public crab dance in a Singapore MRT station passes 1 million TikTok views as the #crabdancechallenge grows. Source
The Knowing Bros crab dance clip passes 100 million YouTube views, a record for the show. Source
@marina_kdance posts her mirrored cover, the clip on this page. Source
A fan's video of LISA doing the crab dance live at her Singapore fan meetup reaches 15.4M views. Source
An AI cat crab dance passes 800K views and starts the pet version of the trend. Source
A Kling AI monkey crab dance passes 1.3M views. Source
Crab Dance questions
What is the LISA crab dance?
A Thai party dance with crab-claw hands, knee bounces and side sways, done with a straight face. LISA of BLACKPINK taught it on the Korean show Knowing Bros in October 2020 and it became a TikTok challenge.
What song is the crab dance?
"Poo Neep E-Pi" (ปูหนีบอีปิ) by the Thai singer Pon Jantapon (พร จันทพร), a luk thung song about a girl pinched by a crab.
Why does everyone keep a straight face?
That is the joke. LISA did the whole dance with a blank poker face on Knowing Bros, and keeping it while doing silly crab claws is what makes the clips funny.
Can I make the LISA crab dance AI video from a photo?
Yes. Upload one full-body photo and AI Dance moves your body through the crab dance, with the song in the video. You do not need to learn the moves.
Is the Crab Dance AI dance free?
No, Crab Dance costs 1 credit per video, but you can earn a free video by inviting friends. Invite 3 friends with your link. When 3 friends join with Google sign-in, you get a free video (1 credit), up to 10 times. Credit packs start at $4.49 for 3 credits, and the weekly plan is $7.99 for 8 credits a week.
How long is the Crab Dance video, and how long does it take?
The video is about 11 seconds long, in 9:16 MP4 for TikTok, Reels and Shorts. It is ready in a few minutes, and it also appears in My videos, so you can leave the page.
Who made the dance video on this page?
The clip is from a TikTok dance cover by @marina_kdance of June 19, 2024, shown with its original sound and a link to the post. Your own video is made by AI from your photo.
Does my video have the music?
Yes, your video comes with "Poo Neep E-Pi" from the original clip. When you post on TikTok you can also pick the song so your video shows up on its sound page.
Make your Crab Dance video
One photo, 1 credit, ready in a few minutes.
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