How do I add the Shaking Head sound so it lines up?
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Short answer
Our video follows the first 7 seconds of the @baller213465 cat clip, which starts the trending sound at 0 seconds. Open that clip in TikTok, tap its sound, choose Use this sound and keep it starting at 0 seconds: the first stare lands where it does in the cat clip. The sound itself is not in our video.
How to add the sound and the caption
- Download your video, or the silent version, from My videos.
- Open the @baller213465 clip in TikTok, tap the sound name (“original sound I.d.k NAME”) and choose Use this sound.
- Upload your video and keep the sound starting at 0 seconds.
- Add your own caption as text on top. Our video has no text.
- Turn the video's own audio down to 0 if you want only the original sound.
Why the sound is not included
Songs and sounds on TikTok belong to their owners. Our video carries new AI-made music that can include made-up vocals, and you add the sound you want inside TikTok, where it is licensed.
How to add the original sound in TikTok
Our videos come with an AI-made original soundtrack. To use the trending sound instead, add it inside TikTok when you post: that also puts your video on the sound's page, where people following the trend look. You can also download a silent version from My videos and put the original sound on that.
- Open this clip in TikTok: our video follows it. Tap the sound name at the bottom, then tap Use this sound.
- Tap Upload and pick the video you downloaded from us.
- Open Volume and turn the video's own sound down to 0, or download the silent version from My videos.
- To line up the beat, use the scissors (trim) to start the sound from 0 seconds, then post.
Need to move where the sound starts? This short video shows how to trim it.
Video: How To Trim Sound On TikTok 2026 (Very Easy) by Software Solutions on YouTube
Questions people ask
Which sound lines up best?
The sound of the @baller213465 clip, because our video follows that clip's timing from 0 seconds.
The sound is longer than my video. Does that matter?
No. The cat clip runs about 10 seconds and ours 7, so trim the sound at the end of your video.
Does the preview line up too?
No. The 5-second preview runs faster. Only the 7-second video follows the full timing.
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