What Is the I Love The Smiths AI Trend?

The “I love the Smiths” trend recreates the elevator scene from the 2009 film (500) Days of Summer. In the AI version, uploaded photos play the listener in headphones and the speaker who says the line, repeats it and walks out. As a TikTok meme, it’s about awkward attempts to bond over shared taste. The I Love The Smiths AI version re-creates that scene from two photos, so you and someone else play the two people in the elevator.

Where “I Love the Smiths” Comes From

In the film, it happens on Day 4 of the story. Tom is in the office elevator with his headphones on, playing “There Is a Light That Never Goes Out” by The Smiths. Summer hears it leaking out and tells him she loves the band.

On TikTok it has come back in waves. View counts below are as of November 10, 2026:

• February 2, 2024: Searchlight Pictures, the film’s studio, posted the scene with the caption “I LOVE THE SMITHS”. It has 5.7 million views.
• July 20, 2025: a film edit by @akssoxn reached 2.2 million views.
• September 30, 2026: a film edit by @michael.5456 reached 1.6 million views.
• October 22, 2026: a park-bench remake by @hanan.selini reached 774,100 views.
• Early November 2026: AI video makers added the elevator scene as a two-photo template.

What Does “I Love the Smiths” Mean?

The appeal is in the delivery. Someone reaches out over a band, the other person doesn’t hear, and the line has to be said again, louder, which makes it twice as exposed. People use it for shared taste, “I love X” jokes and meet-cutes, and cast a crush, a friend, a partner, a parent or a pet.

What Is the Talking Elevator Video Trend on TikTok and Reels?

If the video has one person in headphones and another saying “I love the Smiths”, it’s the elevator scene trend from (500) Days of Summer. This site recreates that scene from uploaded photos with AI-generated English voices. Other talking elevator videos may use a different scene or template.

How the AI Version Works

What comes from the scene:

• A warm, wood-paneled elevator, filmed in one continuous shot
• The big headphones, which the video adds for you
• The beats: “I love the Smiths”, “Sorry?”, “I said, I love the Smiths”, the doors opening, the walkout, the frozen listener

What comes from your photos:

• Photo 1 is the listener, on the left, who stays in the elevator
• Photo 2 is the one who speaks, on the right, and walks out
• Faces and clothes carry over from each photo

The scene is re-created by AI from a written description, so the backdrop can vary a little from run to run and it won’t match the film exactly. The sound is AI-generated too: two voices saying the lines in English, a quiet elevator hum and faint music leaking from the headphones. It isn’t the film’s audio or the Smiths’ recording.

Make Your Own

Add your photos in the generator on the homepage, or read how to make an I Love The Smiths AI video for photo tips and lengths.

Join the Trend Responsibly

• Use your own photo, or get permission from anyone else you put in a video.
• Everyone pictured must be 18 or older. Pets are fine.
• Don’t use photos of celebrities or public figures. The model refuses them.
• Label your clip as AI-generated when you post it.

Questions About the Trend

What movie is “I love the Smiths” from? (500) Days of Summer, released in 2009. The line comes in the office elevator scene.

What song is in the scene? “There Is a Light That Never Goes Out” by The Smiths. To use it in your post, add it from the TikTok or Reels sound library.

Is this site connected to the film or the band? No. This site is not affiliated with the film (500) Days of Summer, Searchlight Pictures, The Smiths or anyone in them.

Do I have to use two people? No. Leave photo 2 empty and photo 1 plays both parts, like twins.