{"id":254964,"date":"2026-05-13T02:09:53","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T09:09:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/picsart.com\/blog\/?p=254964"},"modified":"2026-05-13T02:09:53","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T09:09:53","slug":"earphone-drawing-ig-story-trend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/picsart.com\/blog\/earphone-drawing-ig-story-trend\/","title":{"rendered":"Daily Trend Drop Vol. 30: &#8220;Earphone Drawing IG Story&#8221; &#8211; The Trend Where You Plug Your Photo Into a Song"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span id=\"A_photo_wired_into_a_music_sticker\">A photo wired into a music sticker.<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>A selfie. A music player floating beside it. Two thin drawn lines running from your ears to the player like earphone wires.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s the earphone drawing IG story trend. A cut-out of you sits on top of the Instagram music sticker, and a hand-drawn wire links the two. The song stops feeling pasted on. It looks plugged in. Creator <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DYKBK8gpHMm\/\" rel=\"nofollow noindex\">@simxmargo<\/a>\u00a0walked through the full edit on Instagram.<\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"What_is_the_earphone_drawing_IG_story_trend\">What is the earphone drawing IG story trend?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Three ingredients:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A photo &#8211; portrait, selfie, or candid.<\/li>\n<li>Instagram&#8217;s music sticker &#8211; the player with the song title and album art.<\/li>\n<li>A cut-out of the subject placed in front of the sticker, with thin drawn lines from the ears down to the player.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The cut-out makes the sticker read as part of the photo instead of stuck on top. The drawn wires close the loop. The music sticker stays Instagram-native. The cutout and wires are where Picsart sharpens the look.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DYKBK8gpHMm\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DYKBK8gpHMm\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by simone \u2661 (@simxmargo)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"Why_it_works\">Why it works<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The song is the caption.<\/strong> A track title carries more mood than a text overlay.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Layered depth.<\/strong> Subject in front, sticker behind, wires linking them &#8211; the eye reads it as 3D.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tappable.<\/strong> The IG music sticker lets viewers save the song with one tap.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Repeatable.<\/strong> New selfie, new song, same edit. Weeks of Stories from one template.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span id=\"How_to_make_it_with_Picsart\">How to make it with Picsart<\/span><\/h2>\n<h3>Step 1: Cut yourself out<\/h3>\n<p>Open <a href=\"https:\/\/picsart.com\/photo-editor\/\">Picsart Photo Editor<\/a>, upload your selfie, and tap Remove BG. The <a href=\"https:\/\/picsart.com\/background-remover\/\">Background Remover<\/a> cuts clean edges &#8211; especially around hair &#8211; way tighter than Instagram&#8217;s long-press cutout. Save as a transparent PNG.<\/p>\n<h3>Step 2: Draw the earphone wires<\/h3>\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/picsart.com\/photo-editor\/\">Picsart Photo Editor<\/a>, open the Draw tool. Pick a thin brush in white, black, or a color from the photo. Draw two short curved lines from the ears down toward where the music sticker will sit. The Draw tool keeps the strokes clean &#8211; way steadier than drawing freehand inside the IG Story app. Save the photo.<\/p>\n<h3>Step 3: Drop it into Instagram Stories<\/h3>\n<p>Upload the edited photo as your Story background. Tap the sticker tray, pick Music, search your song, and choose the compact player style.<\/p>\n<h3>Step 4: Position and post<\/h3>\n<p>Sit the music sticker where the wires end &#8211; under the ear or near the chest. The wires now connect the subject to the song. Post.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tips:<\/strong> Match the wire color to the photo&#8217;s tones. Keep the music sticker small. Pose with a hand near your ear &#8211; the wires sell harder when the gesture matches.<\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"Variations_worth_trying\">Variations worth trying<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Lyric line drop<\/strong> &#8211; skip the sticker, layer one lyric over the photo, draw the wires to the text.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Custom player<\/strong> &#8211; build a fake music card in <a href=\"https:\/\/picsart.com\/sticker-maker\/\">Sticker Maker<\/a> for full design control.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Doodle accessories<\/strong> &#8211; draw a tiny speaker or headphone cups so the wires have a destination.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Pet edition<\/strong> &#8211; cat or dog cutout with drawn earbuds and a song that fits.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Brand drop<\/strong> &#8211; product shot wired to a sticker playing the brand&#8217;s playlist. Drop the file into <a href=\"https:\/\/picsart.com\/templates\/instagram\/\">Instagram templates<\/a> to fast-track the layout.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span id=\"Pick_a_song_Plug_in_Post\">Pick a song. Plug in. Post.<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Cut yourself out. Draw the wires. Let the music sticker close the loop.<\/p>\n<p>Open <a href=\"https:\/\/picsart.com\/photo-editor\/\">Picsart Photo Editor<\/a> and start the edit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A photo wired into a music sticker. A selfie. A music player floating beside it. Two thin drawn lines running from your ears to the player like earphone wires. That&#8217;s the earphone drawing IG story trend. A cut-out of you sits on top of the Instagram music sticker, and a hand-drawn wire links the two. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/picsart.com\/blog\/earphone-drawing-ig-story-trend\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Daily Trend Drop Vol. 30: &#8220;Earphone Drawing IG Story&#8221; &#8211; The Trend Where You Plug Your Photo Into a Song&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":146,"featured_media":254965,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_title":"Earphone Drawing IG Story Trend: The Edit, Step by Step","_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"The earphone drawing IG story trend wires a cut-out subject to Instagram's music sticker with hand-drawn earphone lines. Full Picsart workflow, step by step.","faq_show":false,"faq_enable_schema":false,"how_to_show":false,"how_to_show_on_single":false,"how_to_enable_schema":false,"how_to_is_upload":false,"faq_title":"","how_to_title":"","how_to_layout":"","how_to_cta_text":"","how_to_cta_url":"","how_to_image_alt":"","how_to_display_image":0,"faq_items":[],"how_to_steps":[],"prompt_box_show":false,"prompt_box_placeholder":"","prompt_box_deeplink":"","prompt_box_submit_label":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-254964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-trends","entry"],"acf":{"faq_show":false,"faq_title":"Frequently asked questions","faq_enable_schema":true,"faq_items":null,"how_to_show":false,"how_to_show_on_single":false,"how_to_title":"","how_to_layout":"default","how_to_steps":null,"how_to_enable_schema":true,"how_to_is_upload":true,"how_to_cta_text":"","how_to_cta_url":"https:\/\/picsart.com\/create\/editor","how_to_display_image":null,"how_to_image_alt":"","footer_banner_name":"Start your design in Picsart","footer_banner_link_":"\/","footer_banner_button_text_":"Get Started","prompt_box_show":false,"prompt_box_placeholder":"","prompt_box_deeplink":"https:\/\/picsart.com\/create\/editor?category=miniapps&app=com.picsart.aura","prompt_box_submit_label":"Create"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Earphone Drawing IG Story Trend: The Edit, Step by Step<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The earphone drawing IG story trend wires a cut-out subject to Instagram&#039;s music sticker with hand-drawn earphone lines. Full Picsart workflow, step by step.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/picsart.com\/blog\/earphone-drawing-ig-story-trend\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Earphone Drawing IG Story Trend: The Edit, Step by Step\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The earphone drawing IG story trend wires a cut-out subject to Instagram&#039;s music sticker with hand-drawn earphone lines. Full Picsart workflow, step by step.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/picsart.com\/blog\/earphone-drawing-ig-story-trend\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Picsart Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/picsart\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-05-13T09:09:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/cdnblog.picsart.com\/2026\/05\/earphone.webp\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1264\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"848\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/webp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Julia Tovmasyan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@PicsArtStudio\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@PicsArtStudio\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Julia Tovmasyan\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Earphone Drawing IG Story Trend: The Edit, Step by Step","description":"The earphone drawing IG story trend wires a cut-out subject to Instagram's music sticker with hand-drawn earphone lines. Full Picsart workflow, step by step.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/picsart.com\/blog\/earphone-drawing-ig-story-trend\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Earphone Drawing IG Story Trend: The Edit, Step by Step","og_description":"The earphone drawing IG story trend wires a cut-out subject to Instagram's music sticker with hand-drawn earphone lines. Full Picsart workflow, step by step.","og_url":"https:\/\/picsart.com\/blog\/earphone-drawing-ig-story-trend\/","og_site_name":"Picsart Blog","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/picsart","article_published_time":"2026-05-13T09:09:53+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1264,"height":848,"url":"https:\/\/cdnblog.picsart.com\/2026\/05\/earphone.webp","type":"image\/webp"}],"author":"Julia Tovmasyan","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@PicsArtStudio","twitter_site":"@PicsArtStudio","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Julia Tovmasyan","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/picsart.com\/blog\/earphone-drawing-ig-story-trend\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/picsart.com\/blog\/earphone-drawing-ig-story-trend\/"},"author":{"name":"Julia Tovmasyan","@id":"https:\/\/picsart.com\/blog\/ja\/#\/schema\/person\/1d43c492101d14fb4d627278bd879267"},"headline":"Daily Trend Drop Vol. 30: &#8220;Earphone Drawing IG Story&#8221; &#8211; The Trend Where You Plug Your Photo Into a Song","datePublished":"2026-05-13T09:09:53+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/picsart.com\/blog\/earphone-drawing-ig-story-trend\/"},"wordCount":574,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/picsart.com\/blog\/ja\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/picsart.com\/blog\/earphone-drawing-ig-story-trend\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/cdnblog.picsart.com\/2026\/05\/earphone.webp","articleSection":["Trends"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/picsart.com\/blog\/earphone-drawing-ig-story-trend\/","url":"https:\/\/picsart.com\/blog\/earphone-drawing-ig-story-trend\/","name":"Earphone Drawing IG Story Trend: The Edit, Step by Step","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/picsart.com\/blog\/ja\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/picsart.com\/blog\/earphone-drawing-ig-story-trend\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/picsart.com\/blog\/earphone-drawing-ig-story-trend\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/cdnblog.picsart.com\/2026\/05\/earphone.webp","datePublished":"2026-05-13T09:09:53+00:00","description":"The earphone drawing IG story trend wires a cut-out subject to Instagram's music sticker with hand-drawn earphone lines. Full Picsart workflow, step by step.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/picsart.com\/blog\/earphone-drawing-ig-story-trend\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/picsart.com\/blog\/earphone-drawing-ig-story-trend\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/picsart.com\/blog\/earphone-drawing-ig-story-trend\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/cdnblog.picsart.com\/2026\/05\/earphone.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/cdnblog.picsart.com\/2026\/05\/earphone.webp","width":1264,"height":848},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/picsart.com\/blog\/earphone-drawing-ig-story-trend\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/picsart.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Daily Trend Drop Vol. 30: &#8220;Earphone Drawing IG Story&#8221; &#8211; The Trend Where You Plug Your Photo Into a Song"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/picsart.com\/blog\/ja\/#website","url":"https:\/\/picsart.com\/blog\/ja\/","name":"Picsart Blog","description":"Keep up with the latest news in photo editing, digital photography, and art trends.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/picsart.com\/blog\/ja\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/picsart.com\/blog\/ja\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/picsart.com\/blog\/ja\/#organization","name":"PicsArt Inc.","url":"https:\/\/picsart.com\/blog\/ja\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/picsart.com\/blog\/ja\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/cdnblog.picsart.com\/2016\/02\/PicsArt-logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/cdnblog.picsart.com\/2016\/02\/PicsArt-logo.png","width":195,"height":43,"caption":"PicsArt Inc."},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/picsart.com\/blog\/ja\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/picsart","https:\/\/x.com\/PicsArtStudio","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/picsart","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/picsart-photo-studio","https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/picsart"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/picsart.com\/blog\/ja\/#\/schema\/person\/1d43c492101d14fb4d627278bd879267","name":"Julia Tovmasyan","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/picsart.com\/blog\/ja\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/cdnblog.picsart.com\/2026\/03\/3285C16C-FD87-4868-A2F0-04B6A0815CE1-150x150.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/cdnblog.picsart.com\/2026\/03\/3285C16C-FD87-4868-A2F0-04B6A0815CE1-150x150.jpg","caption":"Julia Tovmasyan"}}]}},"featured_image":{"url":"https:\/\/cdnblog.picsart.com\/2026\/05\/earphone.webp","dimensions":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/picsart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254964","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/picsart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/picsart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/picsart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/146"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/picsart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=254964"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/picsart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254964\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":254987,"href":"https:\/\/picsart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254964\/revisions\/254987"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/picsart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/254965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/picsart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=254964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/picsart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=254964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/picsart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=254964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}