Valentine’s Day
He acts unbothered by Valentine's Day. He will replay this four times the second you leave the room.
A Valentine’s song for your boyfriend that he can’t pretend to ignore
Plenty of guys act unbothered by Valentine’s Day and then replay the song four times when you leave the room. Write three lines about him and hear the opening before you decide.
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
You send it and leave for the gym on purpose. When you get back, he's on the couch pretending to watch TV, and his phone is still on the song.
February 14, 6:02 pm
happy valentines. no flowers. better.
Read
ok I played it 4 times. dont tell anyone
Start with one memory
Pick a question. The form opens with your first line already started.
A real Valentine's song for a boyfriend
"Our First Key" was written by a girlfriend for Theo: soggy sandwiches on a first date, his doodled sticky notes, and the keys to their first place.
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
- Want a nudge next year? Opt in and we email you three weeks and one week before the date.
- It stays a surprise: the preview goes only to your email, and nothing reaches them until you send the link.
What to write about him
- The way he looks at you when he thinks you are not watching.
- His terrible singing in the car, and the song he ruins.
- What he did the first time you were sick.
- The sport, game or hobby he explains to you at length.
- The moment you stopped pretending to be cool about him.
- A plan for the two of you this year.
Give him something to laugh at
Men often deflect a sincere gift with a joke, so beat him to it. One funny line about his habits lets him laugh in the first verse, and the chorus can be completely sincere.
Picking the sound
A female voice makes it sound like it comes from you, which is the usual pick for a boyfriend.
| If he’s into | Try |
|---|---|
| hip-hop | Hip-hop / rap |
| R&B | R&B / soul |
| country and trucks | Country |
| indie bands | Indie folk |
| whatever is on the radio | Upbeat pop |
For example
A girlfriend might write: he learned to cook my grandma’s soup from a voice note; he still cannot parallel park and blames the car; he is the first person I want to tell about everything. The soup line says he tries, the parking line says you tease him, and the last line is a chorus waiting to happen.
More song ideas
Questions
Unbothered until the chorus.
Write three lines about him and hear how his song starts.