Disclosure: we make Bad Times AI, one of the four tools below. Everything about the other three comes from their own public pages, checked on October 12, 2026 — prices and features change, so check before you buy.
The BAD TIMES trend — a person or pet having an over-the-top argument with the camera, lip-syncing Imael Angel's song — has a handful of one-photo generators. They look alike from the outside, but they make the video in three very different ways, and that decides how close your clip gets to the original.
The short answer
- Closest to the original moves, pick the length and model: Bad Times AI
- Full 30-second take at a low price per video (if you buy a big pack): Starrd
- Edit the routine yourself in plain English: Kavel
- Try it free before paying: Fuzana
Side-by-side comparison
| Bad Times AI | Starrd | Kavel | Fuzana | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| How the moves are made | Depth map of the original take | Motion copied from the original clip | Text prompt; your photo is the first frame | Audio-driven lip sync, no motion reference |
| AI model | Seedance 2.0 Mini, 2.0 Fast or 2.5 (you pick) | Seedance 2.5 | Seedance 2.0 Mini by default (Fast, 2.0 and 2.5 optional) | Not stated |
| Length | 10, 15, 20 or 30 s | 30 s | 12 s | 5, 10 or 15 s |
| Quality | 480p, 720p, 1080p | Not stated | 480p or 720p | Full HD in its editor |
| Bad Times song in the video | Yes | Lip-synced lines | No — its own dance track; add the sound in TikTok | No — its own original vocal; add the sound in TikTok |
| Price of one video | From about $1.65 (10 s); 30 s about $12–15 | About $8–12.50 for 30 s | $9.99 per clip, or less on a subscription | About $8–15 per clip |
| Free option | No | 20 welcome credits (not enough for a video) | Weekly check-in credits | Free preview |
How each tool makes the video
Motion from the original (Bad Times AI, Starrd)
Both start from the real BAD TIMES take, so the timing and the beats — head in hands, the hand on the hip, the "hold on" palms, the lunge at the lens — line up with the clip people already know. Bad Times AI uses a depth map of the original: it carries only movement and camera, never the original performer's face or outfit, and your photo supplies the look and the room. The trade-off with this approach is cost: the provider bills the reference clip as well as the output.
Text prompt from a first frame (Kavel)
Kavel uses your photo as the first frame and describes the routine in a prompt, which you can rewrite. It's flexible and cheap to run, but the AI improvises the moves, so the result is a Bad Times-style argument rather than a beat-for-beat recreation. Clips are 12 seconds and come back with their own dance track.
Audio-driven lip sync (Fuzana)
Fuzana syncs your pet's mouth syllable by syllable to a vocal track — its own original hook, not the Imael Angel recording. The mouth movement is the most exact of the four, but the body doesn't follow the original routine, and once you swap in the real song on TikTok the lip sync no longer matches.
What one video really costs
Credits make prices hard to compare, so here is each tool's price for one video in US dollars:
- Bad Times AI: credits cost about $0.41–0.50 each. A 10-second Budget video is 4 credits (about $1.65–2), a 15-second Balanced video 12 credits (about $5–6), the full 30 seconds on Seedance 2.5 at 480p 30 credits (about $12–15). Each account's first full 480p video is 20 credits.
- Starrd: the template is 250 credits; packs run from $4.99 for 100 credits to $49.99 for 1,500, so one video is about $8.33–12.48.
- Kavel: $9.99 for one 12-second clip without a plan; on its yearly plans the 430 credits a clip uses cost roughly $1.50–3.
- Fuzana: a 15-second clip is 25 credits; packs run from $14.99 for 25 credits to $117 for 300, so about $9.75–15.
Which one should you use?
- You want it to look like the real trend: a motion-from-the-original tool — Bad Times AI or Starrd.
- You want a short clip for a few dollars: Bad Times AI's 10- or 15-second options.
- You want the whole 30 seconds and will buy a large pack: Starrd is cheaper per video; Bad Times AI lets you pick 1080p and gives the first full video for 20 credits.
- You want to change the routine: Kavel.
- You only want to see if your pet photo works: Fuzana's free preview.
Whatever you use: pick a clear, well-lit photo of one pet or one person facing the camera, label the video as AI when you post, and add the official "BAD TIMES" sound from TikTok's library if your tool doesn't include it.