1 photo. One La Calabaza Dance video.

What this template does

The La Calabaza dance is the dancing cat meme of autumn 2026: three AI kittens stand on their hind legs on a roadside at night and dance in sync to Pumpky's "La Calabaza".

What is the La Calabaza Dance trend, and where did it start?

"La calabaza" is Spanish for "the pumpkin". The song is "LA CALABAZA (TINIEBLA Edit)", a fast guaracha-style track by the independent producer Pumpky; its hook shouts "la calabaza" again and again.

La Calabaza Dance trend timeline

• 2026년 여름The AI cat account @meowtakeover posts three AI kittens dancing in sync by a road. The clip reaches 107.4 million views.
• 2026년 여름@meowtakeover posts the trio again, in a cowboy hat and round glasses, dancing to Pumpky's "La Calabaza" on a roadside at night: 28.9 million views and 4.1 million likes by 16 October.
• 2026년 여름A green-screen copy of the kittens comes out; its sound is the one most La Calabaza videos use (253,400 videos by 16 October).
• 2026년 가을An AI version with three dachshunds in hats reaches 54.2 million views, the most viewed AI take of the trend.
• 최근 몇 주US Google searches for "la calabaza" reach 18,100 for September, up from 480 in July.
• 최근 몇 주#lacalabaza has 57,428 TikTok videos and 517 million views. Halloween is on 31 October.

Photo requirements for La Calabaza Dance

• Pet: a sharp photo with the whole animal in view and the face clear, in good light. Standing or sitting both work. The fur colors and markings of all three dancers come from this one photo, so no b…
• Cats or Dogs? Both work for any pet. Cats copies the kitten reel (small, round dancers); Dogs copies the dachshund reel, which fits a dog's longer body better.
• Human: stand up with your whole body in view, head to feet, and the face turned to the camera. The video keeps the place and the frame of your photo, so stand where you want to dance.
• No sunglasses, no mask and no beauty filter on a person; nobody else in the photo.
• This template is for adults and pets. Use a photo of your own pet, of yourself, or of an adult who agreed. Never a celebrity or a stranger.

Troubleshooting La Calabaza Dance

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• One of the three still looks like a reel kitten or dachshund — The prompt bans the reel's coats, but a pet with a similar coat can pull one back. Run it again with a sharp photo where the fur and mark
• The three copies do not match — Use a photo where the whole pet is in good light; a dark or blurry photo gives each copy its own guess.
• A paw looks like a hand — The prompt asks for real furry paws. Run it again, ideally with a photo where the paws are in view.

How La Calabaza Dance differs from common face-swap templates

Caption & hashtag ideas for La Calabaza Dance

• “La Calabaza Dance”
• Keep the AI label on
• Tag who has to go next
• Match a trending sound when you post

Hashtags that fit: #lacalabaza · #aivideo · #remixmeme · #aipet

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