For her birthday
A playlist proves you know her taste. A song with her name proves you know her.
A birthday song for your girlfriend that isn’t a playlist
A playlist says you know her taste. A song with her name and your story says you know her. Give us three lines about the two of you and hear the opening minute before you commit.
Hear the second a name lands
Theo, you are my favorite place to go
You wrote“Theo leaves sticky notes with terrible drawings on the bathroom mirror.”
The song singsYour sticky notes on the mirror make me smile
From a real song made here: “Our First Key”, for Theo, from what his girlfriend typed.
The moment you give it
She finds the tag on her bike on the way to work. The song mentions the sticky notes she leaves everywhere, and she's late because she stood on the sidewalk playing it twice.
Tied to her bike, 7:30 am
To: the girl with the terrible doodles
From: the one who saves every single one
Play before your first coffee.
Start with one memory
Pick a question. The form opens with your first line already started.
A love song made on this site
Written for a wife, but it shows how a few shared moments become a chorus with her name.
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.
Lines that work at any stage
If you have been together a few months, aim for wonder rather than history. If it has been a few years, you have inside jokes to spend.
- Where you met, and what you thought in the first five minutes.
- The first trip, even if it rained the whole time.
- Her order at your usual place.
- The show you only watch together.
- A thing she taught you to like.
- What you are looking forward to doing with her this year.
Keep it the right size
A birthday song should celebrate her, not propose to her. Leave words like forever and marriage out of your lines unless you mean them, because the lyrics follow your lead. If you are planning a proposal, that is a different song with its own page.
Picking a sound
A male voice makes it sound like you are singing to her, which is usually the point.
| If she likes | Pick |
|---|---|
| pop radio and dancing | Upbeat pop |
| singer-songwriters | Acoustic pop |
| slow jams | R&B / soul |
| coffee-shop playlists | Indie folk |
A worked example
For example, a boyfriend might send: we met at a friend’s barbecue when she beat me at cornhole twice; she drags me to the farmers market every Saturday and I pretend to mind; this year she is starting the job she interviewed for three times. The first line gives a funny scene, the second a habit, the third a reason to celebrate, which is all a two-minute song needs.
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Questions
Better than another candle.
Tell us where you met and hear the first minute of her song.