Can a 30th birthday song tease them a little?

Yes. Put the teasing in your lines and keep it affectionate, since parents may be in the room.

Is a song a good 30th birthday gift from a partner?

It is a strong one, because it shows you were paying attention all decade. Pair it with a dinner and play it there.

Can friends club together for a 30th birthday song?

Yes. One person types the brief, but collect a line from each friend first and pick the three that fit best together.

What if their thirtieth is a quiet one?

A slower acoustic or indie folk song suits a quiet dinner. Write about the small comforts of their life now rather than the big nights out.

30th birthday

Their twenties were four apartments, two career changes and one great friend group. Thirty deserves the recap.

A 30th birthday song about the decade they just finished

Thirty is the birthday people half dread and half celebrate. A song that looks back at their twenties, the apartments, the jobs, the friends who stuck, gives them a better way to mark it than another joke about getting old.

Hear the second a name lands

Siobhan, you're shining bright today

You wrote“She moved to Chicago at 22 with one suitcase and a cactus.”

The song singsSiobhan, you had one little suitcase and a cactus in hand.

From a real song made here: “Thirty Years of Siobhan”, for Siobhan, from what her younger sibling typed.

The moment you give it

The song runs through the decade: the move with one suitcase, the apartments, the jobs. Each verse gets a cheer from the friend who was there for that part.

GOODBYE TWENTIES · HELLO THIRTY · GOODBYE TWENTIES · HELLO THIRTY ·

Dirty thirty, rooftop, 10 pm · Rooftop, string lights, everyone who survived the decade

Start with one memory

Pick a question. The form opens with your first line already started.

A milestone birthday song from our samples

Written for a 40th rather than a 30th, upbeat pop, built from three everyday details.

Good Morning, Joaquin

for Joaquin · husband · Birthday · Upbeat pop

Joaquin turns 40 on Friday. He makes pancakes shaped like dinosaurs for the kids, runs the Brooklyn half marathon every spring, and still texts me good morning from the kitchen when I am upstairs.

1:55

Your Gentle Way

for Niamh · daughter · Birthday · Piano ballad

Niamh is turning eighteen. She learned to swim in the cold lake at Grandpa’s house, paints tiny watercolour foxes, and once talked a whole bus into singing happy birthday to a stranger.

1:55

What you get for $12.99

You hear it first, free. You pay once, only if you keep it.

Free preview: The first 60 seconds, ready in about two minutes after you enter your email. No card.
The song: The full song, about two minutes long, as an MP3 to download and keep.
Lyrics: Every line is on the preview page before you pay. Unlocking adds the lyric sheet, to print or save as a PDF.
Their link: A private link that plays the whole song without an account, with your name and a short note. Switch it off any time.
Photo video: Free: a vertical 9:16 photo video of your photos with the lyrics on screen, plus 15- and 30-second cuts. Made in your browser.
The name: Unusual name? Type how to say it (SEER-sha for Saoirse) and the singer says it that way.
Re-record: One free re-record per song: change a line, the style or the voice and record it again.
Name sung wrong?: After you pay, a free remake with the name fixed, once per song.
Languages: Sung in English, German, French, Spanish or Japanese.
Teaser: Before you pay, a 15-second teaser link that tells them a song is on its way.
For this song: Posting it? The 15-second cut fits an Instagram story and the 30-second cut a Reel, with the lyrics already on screen.
: Want a nudge next year? Opt in and we email you three weeks and one week before the date.

Their twenties, in five prompts

The habit they swore they would quit in their twenties and never did.
The first apartment and what was wrong with it.
The job they left, and the one they love now.
The friend who has been there since twenty-two.
The city, trip or move that changed them.
What they finally figured out by thirty.
The people who showed up for them this decade, and one thing each of them did.

For example

A partner writing for a thirtieth could type:

Ana moved to Chicago at 23 with two suitcases and a cactus named Steve.
She quit accounting last year to teach third grade and has never been happier.
Steve the cactus is still alive and has his own shelf.

Style and voice

Upbeat pop suits a party, acoustic pop suits a birthday breakfast in bed. If they love a genre, choose it: a country song for a thirtieth is a fine surprise for someone who grew up on it.

When to play it

At a brunch, if their friends are more mimosa than nightclub.
First thing in the morning, before the messages start.
At dinner, once the toasts are done.
As the opening song at the party.

Can I post it, and do I get the lyrics?

Yes to both. Once you keep the song, its page turns your photos from their twenties into a free vertical photo video with the lyrics on screen. The 15-second cut starts at the chorus and fits an Instagram story on the day; the 30-second cut suits a post or a Reel.

You can read every line on the preview page before paying, so you know exactly what their friends will hear. The lyric sheet comes with the full song: print it for the card, or save the PDF for a toast.