What is the Ramalama trend?
The Ramalama trend is a TikTok Halloween costume walk set to Róisín Murphy's 2005 song “Ramalama (Bang Bang)”. The camera starts low on someone's shoes as they walk toward it, then tilts up on the beat to reveal their whole costume. It first took off at Halloween 2025 and is back for October 2026.
The short version
- The song: “Ramalama (Bang Bang)” by Róisín Murphy, from her first solo album Ruby Blue (2005).
- The format: shoes and legs walking toward a low camera, a tilt-up on the hook, the full costume revealed.
- When: walking versions from summer 2025, costume reveals from October 2025; back in October 2026, with about 430,700 TikTok videos using the sound in early October.
- Róisín Murphy joined the trend herself in October 2025.
Where it came from
The song is 20 years old: Róisín Murphy released “Ramalama (Bang Bang)” in 2005 on Ruby Blue, made with the producer Matthew Herbert. It had a TikTok moment before, in 2023, when people ran at a mirror and lip-synced it. The walking format appeared in summer 2025, the earliest recorded example in late July, and in early October 2025 creators turned it into a Halloween costume reveal. RouteNote's write-up does not name the first creator.
This October it came back at full size. One of the most-liked posts, Natalie Reynolds' “Did we win this trend?” from October 4, 2026, shows her Other Mother costume and has about 9.6 million likes; SwaggyCucumber's October 2025 version has about 13.1 million.
The most-liked Ramalama walks on TikTok
These are the creators’ own TikTok videos, played in TikTok’s player, not ours; Ramalama AI is not affiliated with them. Likes as of October 20, 2026.
How to do the Ramalama trend
- Put the phone on the ground or have a friend hold it at ankle height, pointing at you from a few steps away.
- Start the “Ramalama (Bang Bang)” sound and walk slowly toward the camera, so only your shoes and legs are in frame.
- On the hook, tilt the phone up to show the whole costume and finish on a pose or a look into the lens.
No friend, no costume, or no time? Make it from your photo with Ramalama AI: pick a costume (one each, if you like) and a place, and the AI makes the low walk, the reveal and the dance, move for move.
Filmed or AI: how to tell
Many Ramalama clips this year are AI-made from a photo. Tells to look for: the street is spotless and empty, the light too even, the costume has no wrinkles or loose threads, and the walk and the tilt-up are smoother than a hand-held phone. Good AI versions keep the face; weaker ones change it between the walk and the reveal.
AI Ramalama videos
The clips below were made with Ramalama AI from photos of made-up people and an AI-made cat. They are AI renders, not filmed footage.
AI renders made with Ramalama AI from photos of made-up people and an AI-made cat, not filmed footage
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Questions
What song is the Ramalama trend?
“Ramalama (Bang Bang)” by the Irish singer Róisín Murphy, released in 2005 on her album Ruby Blue.
Who started the Ramalama trend?
Nobody is credited. The walking format appeared on TikTok in summer 2025 and became a Halloween costume reveal in October 2025; Róisín Murphy joined in that month.
Is it the same as RamaLama, the AI tool?
No. RamaLama is Red Hat's open-source tool for running AI models in containers. The Ramalama trend is the TikTok costume walk; Ramalama AI (this site) makes that walk from a photo and is not affiliated with Red Hat.
Can I do the Ramalama trend without filming?
Yes. With a photo of you (or up to three friends, or your pets), Ramalama AI makes the low walk, the tilt-up reveal and the moves in the costumes and the place you pick; you add the sound in TikTok.
Ramalama AI is an independent fan tool, not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by Róisín Murphy, her labels, TikTok or Red Hat. Videos are AI-generated.