AI music video maker for Afrobeats and amapiano
Upload your song → see a 10-second preview of your music video
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Quick answer
Can AI make an Afrobeats music video from my song? Yes. Upload the track to Clipbeat: every lyric line gets its own scene, cuts follow the groove and the words appear on screen as they are sung. Describe the artist and the setting — a Lagos rooftop, a street party, a house party at night. After the $5 chorus preview you read the scene plan, then pay once: from $5 Standard, $19 Plus or $39 Premium.
Afrobeats and amapiano videos sell a feeling before they sell a story: sun on a rooftop, bright fabric, a crowd moving together, the artist in the middle of it all. Generic AI video tends to miss that. It drops the singer into a grey studio, cuts on random frames and forgets that the dancing is half the point.
Clipbeat starts from your recording. The vocal is transcribed with a timestamp on every word, every line becomes a planned scene, and the cuts are placed on the beat so the picture moves with the drums and the log-drum bass rather than against them. The artist you describe stays the same person from the first verse to the last chorus.
Real output · “Neon Crown”, hip-hop
Clipbeat at a glance
| Price per video | from $5 Standard, $19 Plus or $39 Premium — one-time, priced by song length; a 4-minute song is $14 Standard, $30 Plus or $69 Premium |
|---|---|
| Longer songs | Priced by length, up to 20 minutes; the exact price is shown before you pay |
| Before you pay | Your upload, the timed lyrics and your brief (who sings, the style, the places) — no card needed |
| Scene-by-scene plan | After the $5 chorus preview, before you pay for the full video |
| Chorus preview | A short lip-synced clip of your singer singing your chorus, included in the $5 credit pack |
| Subscription | None — nothing renews |
| Lip-sync | Plus, Premium and Pro (the singing shots follow your vocal) |
| Output | 1080p MP4 without a watermark, 16:9 or 9:16 (1:1 and 4:5 from the editor) |
| Upload | MP3, WAV, M4A, FLAC or AIFF, up to 500 MB |
| Lyrics | Transcribed automatically in 50+ languages, shown word by word, karaoke-style |
How it works
- STEP 1
Upload the track
Choose the final mix as MP3, WAV, FLAC, AIFF or M4A. Lyrics are transcribed with word-level timing.
- STEP 2
Correct the lyrics
Lines in Pidgin, Yoruba, Igbo, Zulu or another language next to English may need a few words fixed. Edit the transcript and the on-screen words follow.
- STEP 3
Describe the artist and the vibe
Say who sings, what they wear and where the video lives: a rooftop at golden hour, a market street, a beach party, a warm-lit house party.
- STEP 4
Read the scene plan, then pay once
After the chorus preview, check the planned scene for every line and change any of them. Then choose from $5 Standard, $19 Plus or $39 Premium.
A real example: “Move The Street”
A full afrobeats / afro-pop song made into a video with Clipbeat on Premium — 12 scenes, one for every lyric line, the same singer throughout and 1 lip-synced singing shots.
Cut on the groove
Afrobeats sits in a mid-tempo pocket where every cut either lands with the percussion or feels wrong. Clipbeat detects the beats of your track and places scene changes on them, so a hook that repeats four times can return to the same bright location while the verses travel through the city.
Amapiano is different again: long builds, a rolling log drum and dance breaks that need room. When a section is about movement rather than words, a full-body dance shot is allowed to stay on screen a little longer instead of being chopped into flashes, so the step can actually be seen.
A look that fits the sound
By default an Afrobeats song gets warm golden light, rich costume colours in gold, orange and green, and settings like a sunlit city rooftop or a neon-lit house party, with natural, accurately rendered skin tones. You can steer it anywhere with one sentence in the brief:
- Lagos or Accra daylight: rooftops, yellow buses, market streets, a crew on the corner.
- Amapiano night: a packed yard party, string lights, dancers in a circle.
- Afro-fusion romance: a beach at sunset, two people dancing slowly, linen and gold.
- Highlife warmth: a live band, palm-wine bar, wooden chairs and laughter.
- Luxury flex: a convertible on a coast road, a penthouse, slow camera moves.
Lip-sync on the hook
Plus ($19) lip-syncs your singer on the chorus (2–3 shots, your vocals); Premium ($39) lip-syncs up to 12 singing shots across the song, not every line. Standard ($5) has no lip-sync and carries the song with dance, story and city scenes instead. How many shots are lip-synced depends on the tier and the song: Standard has none, Plus lip-syncs 2–3 shots on the chorus, Premium up to 12 singing shots across the song, not every line.
A clear lead vocal gives the best mouth movement. Heavy stacked harmonies or a crowd chant on the hook make the voice harder to follow; if your stems are available, a cleaner vocal bounce helps.
Prices for an Afrobeats video
Each tier covers the whole song in 1080p without a watermark, with word-by-word lyrics on screen. You pay once for that song, with no subscription. Priced by song length: Standard from $5, Plus from $19, Premium from $39. Standard / Plus / Premium: a 2-minute song $5 / $20 / $39, a 4-minute song $14 / $30 / $69, a 6-minute song $21 / $39 / $100. Pro has its own length table from $100. Premium for songs over 10 minutes is on request — write to us from the Contact page. You see the exact price for your song before you pay.
- Standard (from $5) — the full song with a scene for every lyric line, full motion, word-by-word karaoke lyrics, 1080p without a watermark.
- Plus (from $19) — everything in Standard (full motion, a scene for every lyric line, word-by-word karaoke lyrics, 1080p without a watermark), plus your singer lip-syncing the chorus with your vocals (2–3 shots).
- Premium (from $39) — full motion with the best image and motion models, extra quality checks on every shot, and real lip-sync on up to 12 singing shots.
About the example
The video on this page is "Move The Street", an afrobeats / afro-pop demo song from our showcase: 1:35 long, 12 scenes, 8 of them tied to lyric lines and 1 lip-synced singing shot. The artist is an AI character and the song is a demo track — your own video follows your song, your lyrics and your brief.
Release it where your fans are
Make the 16:9 video for YouTube and export the hook in 9:16 from the same project for TikTok, Reels and Shorts, where Afrobeats records often break first. You can post straight to connected YouTube, TikTok and Instagram accounts from Studio.
Frequently asked questions
Does it understand Pidgin, Yoruba or Zulu lyrics?
The vocal is transcribed automatically, but lines outside English may come back with some words wrong. You can correct every word in the transcript before anything is made.
Can I be the artist in the video?
Yes. Choose "Me" and add a clear selfie, and you become the lead in every scene. Use only your own face or someone who clearly agreed — never another artist or a celebrity.
Which tier lip-syncs the singer?
Plus ($19) lip-syncs the chorus and Premium ($39) up to 12 singing shots across the song, not every line. Standard has no lip-sync.
Can it make an amapiano video with no vocals?
Yes. An instrumental track gets scenes cut to the beat, with no lyrics on screen and no lip-sync, at the same price.
Is there a subscription?
No. You pay once per video; the chorus preview comes with the $5 credit pack.
Make your Afrobeats video
Upload the track, preview the chorus and read the scene plan before you pay for the video. From $5 one-time.
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