A birthday song they'll replay all year
Cards get read once. A song with their name, their stories and their people in it gets played at the party, sent to the group chat, and kept.
From A$39 · Hear two versions before you pay · Usually ready in 3–8 minutes
Everyone at the party will sing the same eight bars everyone sings. What nobody else can give them is a song that knows which bus they missed on their first day, what they were obsessed with this year, and the phrase they say so often it has become a family catchphrase. That is what a personalised birthday song is: not "happy birthday" with a name dropped in, but three minutes written from your story, with their name in the chorus and the people who love them in the verses.
You tell the story in plain sentences — the wizard asks the right questions — read the lyrics, change any line, and hear two full recordings before you decide which one to keep. It is ready the same evening, arrives as a link they can play anywhere, and comes with an MP3 to keep. Most people play it at the table with the cake; the group chat does the rest.
Hear one first
What a birthday song sounds like
Thirty Candles for Leo
Birthday PopForty Looks Ridiculous On You
PopA Shoebox Labelled Staff
Folk PopMet you on the pitch ten years ago
Five-a-side nights, we'd never slow
You made me laugh from day one
Best mate since the game begun
Thirty looks good on you, Leo
Don't ever change, that's my plea
You drove four hours through the night
Brought me soup, showed me right
Every line came from a story someone typed in. Yours will read like this — with their name, their details, in the genre you choose.
Ideas
Birthday song ideas
What actually goes in one. Pick a couple — the song only needs two or three true things to stand on.
The year in review
What they took up, gave up, finally finished or nearly didn't. A birthday song that names the actual year beats one about birthdays in general.
The story everyone tells about them
Every family has one. Put it in the second verse and watch the table react when the chorus comes round.
Their people, by name
Kids, siblings, the dog, the friend who has been there since primary school. Names are what make a song sound like it was written for one person, because it was.
A milestone number, or not
Thirty, forty, seventy — the number can be the hook, or it can stay out entirely. Your call; you approve every line before it's sung.
What you wish for their next year
The one thing you hope happens for them. A birthday song that ends looking forward is the one they replay in six months.
Pick a direction
Choose the tone, we'll set the dials
Each option starts the wizard with the occasion, genre and mood already selected — you just tell the story.
What to write
Story prompts that make it theirs
You don't need to be a writer — answer two or three of these in plain sentences and the lyrics will do the rest.
- The story everyone tells about them at dinner
- What they were obsessed with this year
- The thing they always say — word for word
- What you hope the next year brings them
How it works
Making a birthday song, start to finish
Step 1
Tell the story
Answer a few questions about them in plain sentences — the story prompts above are a start. Pick a genre, a voice and a mood, or take one of the birthday tones.
Step 2
Read the lyrics
The words come back first. Change any line, swap a name, cut a verse — nothing is sung until you've said yes to every word.
Step 3
Hear it, then choose
Two full recordings of your approved lyrics, usually within 3–8 minutes, each about two minutes (one to three, depending on how much you write). Hear the first minute of both free; pay A$39 for the one you keep. It arrives as a gift page and an MP3.
The full price list, what each tier includes and who owns the song are on the pricing page.
Who it's for
A birthday song for…
Each of these pages has its own prompts, tones and a sample written for that relationship.
Questions
Birthday questions
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