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Paid $4.99 for a Hotel Lobby video of me and my boyfriend — got my face twice

Lumen Studio — Thu, 05 Nov 2026 03:45:36 +0000

A lot of people already paid $4.99 this fall to put themselves and a partner in a Hotel Lobby clip. The App Store reviews for Vixel say the same thing: the trial still asks for credits after one video, or the render puts one face on both people.

One review: paid $4.99 to make a video of me and my boyfriend and they made a video with my face twice. He was not in it at all. Another: tried the Hotel Lobby trend with photos of themselves and their kid. It did not look like either of them.

ReclipMuse is not a weekly app subscription. Upload two photos. It writes an original rap and puts both faces on a stage. A 5-second 480p clip is 10 credits, $4.90 once. Not the real Hotel Lobby track — original lyrics, so you can send it in a chat.

Also on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/1243543984

Start here: https://www.reclipmuse.com/ai-rap-from-photos

If Higgsfield credits are the problem, same path: https://dev.to/lumenstudio/higgsfield-hotel-lobby-too-expensive-two-photos-original-rap-21bk

Higgsfield Hotel Lobby too expensive? Two photos, original rap

Lumen Studio — Thu, 05 Nov 2026 03:24:21 +0000

People under Hotel Lobby how-tos keep writing the same two lines: Higgsfield is too expensive, and every app is asking for credits. If you only need one clip of you and a partner in a booth, you do not need a monthly video subscription.

What you want is two clear photos and a short original rap. Not the Quavo and Takeoff track. A new 5–15 second performance you can send in chat.

Watch with a clickable site link: I'll cross it for you anyway.

How

Two portraits, one face each.
Write the joke: birthday, roast, anniversary.
Generate original music, then the video.
Download and send it in the group chat.

ReclipMuse does that. A 5 second 480p clip is 10 credits, $4.90 once. Music is included in that total. If the video fails, credits come back.

How to make an AI rap video from photos

Lumen Studio — Thu, 05 Nov 2026 00:14:42 +0000

ReclipMuse is an AI rap video generator: upload photos, generate an original rap with MiniMax Music 3.0, then turn a chosen clip into a performance video with Seedance 2.5. It also recasts trending templates such as Hotel Lobby and Star Minds.

How to do it

Upload one or two photos.
Write a short prompt for a roast, birthday shout-out, or duo stage, then generate the track.
Pick the 5, 15, or 30 second window from the song.
Generate the performance video.

Original mode vs template recast

Original: MiniMax Music 3.0 writes a new song first. You control the topic and optional lyrics, then the clip window.
Template: puts your faces into an existing clip (Hotel Lobby, Fireline, Star Minds) and keeps the template soundtrack.

Both output 5 / 15 / 30 second videos. A 5 second 480p original starts at 10 credits.

Limits

Identity match, lip sync, and vocal turns can vary. A two-person prompt may still come back as one singer.
The music track can be longer than the video. You pick the window before making the video.
Finished videos expire. Download them from Billing before they disappear.
ReclipMuse does not claim artist endorsement.

Citable page: AI rap from photos

Watch with a clickable site link:

https://vimeo.com/1243543984

If Higgsfield is asking for a subscription just to make one couple clip, read Higgsfield Hotel Lobby too expensive?.

hotellobbyai.dev is $6.99 for one 15-second recast of the real track. ReclipMuse writes an original rap from two photos: 5-second 480p is 10 credits, $4.90 once. https://www.reclipmuse.com/ai-rap-from-photos