For your girlfriend
You've sent her a hundred songs that made you think of her. None of them were about her.
A song for your girlfriend: a classic, or one about her
A song for a girlfriend works when it sounds like the two of you, not like a greeting card. Give us the first date, the joke only she gets and what you would say if you were braver, and the chorus is built around her name.
Hear the second a name lands
Theo, you are my favorite place to go
You wrote“Our first date was a picnic in a thunderstorm, and we ate soggy sandwiches in his car.”
The song singsEating soggy sandwiches, Theo, with you
From a real song made here: “Our First Key”, for Theo, from what his girlfriend typed.
The moment you give it
She's on the couch at her place, half watching something. The song starts, she sits up at her own name, and the next message you get is a row of crying faces and a voice note you can't make out.
Thursday, 10:47 pm
ok this one is actually about you
Read
wait. is that my name???
Start with one memory
Pick a question. The form opens with your first line already started.
Love songs for a girlfriend
If you want a song she already knows, start here. If you want one that mentions the first date and her laugh, make it below.
| Song | Artist | Good for |
|---|---|---|
| Just the Way You Are | Bruno Mars | Telling her she is perfect as she is |
| Perfect | Ed Sheeran | A slow dance in the living room |
| Adore You | Harry Styles | Light, giddy and new |
| Your Song | Elton John | Simple, sincere and classic |
| Wonderful Tonight | Eric Clapton | Getting ready for a night out |
| I'm Yours | Jason Mraz | Easygoing and sunny |
| Die a Happy Man | Thomas Rhett | Country fans in love |
| Lover | Taylor Swift | A long-term, cozy kind of love |
Closest sample: a love song for a partner
Made for a wife, but the shape is the same for a girlfriend: shared moments and her name in every chorus.
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
- It stays a surprise: the preview goes only to your email, and nothing reaches them until you send the link.
Details that make it hers
- The first date, including the part that went wrong.
- A nickname, and the story of how she got it.
- The playlist, show or snack you two always end up sharing.
- Something small she did that told you this was getting serious.
- A plan you have made together, even a silly one.
Keep it light or go deep
New relationships often suit an upbeat pop song with a teasing verse and a sincere chorus. If you have been together a few years, an acoustic or R&B track gives room for something more serious.
You set the tone by what you write: playful lines make a playful song, honest lines make a tender one. Mixing the two, two jokes and one confession, is often the sweet spot.
For example
Three lines a boyfriend might type:
- Our first date was mini golf and she beat me by eleven strokes.
- She calls me Bean because I fell asleep in a coffee shop on our second date.
- I want her to know I'd pick her in any city, in any year.
Ways to give it
Play it on a drive with no explanation and wait for her to notice her own name. Or use it as the soundtrack to a short slideshow of your photos from this year, then hand her the MP3 so she can replay it on her own.
If you are not sure where things are heading
You do not need to promise forever in a song. Write about what is true today: what you like about her, what made you laugh this month, what you are looking forward to next. Honest and present-tense beats grand and premature.