Hip-Hop / West Coast · 2024

Not Like Us AI Dance Video Generator

Turn any photo into a Not Like Us AI dance video. Our AI maps the West Coast bounce energy of Kendrick Lamar's 2024 Mustard-produced anthem — the track that swept five Grammys, headlined the Super Bowl LIX halftime show, and turned the Kia Forum into a Juneteenth victory lap.

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Why Not Like Us went viral

Released through Interscope on May 4, 2024 — less than 20 hours after "Meet the Grahams" — Not Like Us debuted at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 (issue dated May 18, 2024) with 70 million first-week streams. It held the top spot for three weeks. Producer Mustard's Cali bounce instrumental made it instantly TikTok-portable; by mid-2024 the audio was soundtracking gym clips, sports celebrations, and crew-walk montages across the platform. Kendrick performed the song five consecutive times at The Pop Out: Ken & Friends at the Kia Forum on Juneteenth (June 19, 2024) — Dr. Dre opened it with the whispered "I see dead people" — and reprised it during the Super Bowl LIX halftime show in February 2025 and across the Grand National Tour (April–October 2025).

Cultural Note

At the 67th Grammy Awards (February 2, 2025) Not Like Us won all five of its nominations — Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Rap Performance, Best Rap Song, Best Music Video — tying the 5th Dimension's "Up, Up and Away" as the most-decorated single in Grammy history. Kendrick won Song of the Year as the songwriter; Mustard collected the three rap-category trophies. Kendrick dedicated his Record of the Year speech to Los Angeles by name — Compton, Watts, Long Beach, Inglewood, Palisades, Altadena — framing the track as a city-wide unity moment. NPR Music's Sheldon Pearce compared the closing tableau at the Pop Out to Art Kane's 1958 photograph "A Great Day in Harlem." At the Grammys, Kendrick wore a denim-on-denim outfit widely read as a Canadian tuxedo nod toward Toronto-born Drake — the only on-stage acknowledgement of the feud he never named in any of the acceptance speeches.

Tips for best results

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The track's swing is on Mustard's two-step Cali bounce — slightly bent knees and a relaxed weight shift in your source photo render the rolling bounce better than rigid upright poses
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West Coast-coded styling (Lakers purple-and-gold, Dodgers blue, vintage Raiders, oversized white tees) reads on-brand for the song's geographic identity — neutral office attire mutes the cultural reference the song is built on
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Group photos render well on this template because the Pop Out's viral imagery is a stage full of people on the same beat — clear faces and similar standing heights help the AI keep the ensemble in unison

Not Like Us AI Dance FAQ

How many Grammys did Not Like Us win?▼

Five — all five of its nominations at the 67th Grammy Awards on February 2, 2025: Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Rap Performance, Best Rap Song, and Best Music Video. It is tied with the 5th Dimension's "Up, Up and Away" as the most-awarded song in Grammy history.

Who produced Not Like Us?▼

Mustard (Dijon McFarlane). The Cali bounce on the instrumental is his signature production style — co-produced with Sounwave and Sean Momberger. Mustard collected the Best Rap Performance, Best Rap Song, and Best Music Video Grammys for the track in 2025.

What was the Pop Out concert at the Kia Forum?▼

The Pop Out: Ken & Friends — a one-off Kendrick Lamar concert held at the Kia Forum in Inglewood, California, on Juneteenth (June 19, 2024). Dr. Dre introduced Not Like Us by whispering "I see dead people"; Kendrick then performed the song five consecutive times to close the show, with West Coast figures including DeMar DeRozan and Russell Westbrook joining the stage for the final reprises.

Did Kendrick perform Not Like Us at the Super Bowl?▼

Yes. He headlined the Super Bowl LIX halftime show on February 9, 2025, in New Orleans, where Not Like Us was the climactic set piece — performed in front of a stadium crowd and the largest US halftime audience on record at the time.

Is the Not Like Us dance hard for the AI to generate?▼

Rated Easy. There's no fixed choreography to nail — the song's TikTok identity is the Mustard bounce groove rather than a step sequence. The AI renders a steady West Coast two-step with shoulder movement, which works cleanly on most photo inputs.

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