How to Write Lyrics About Specific Emotions
How to Write Lyrics About Critique
Critique is messy, personal, and gold for songwriting. Whether someone told you your voice is thin, a producer said your chorus is bori...
How to Write Lyrics About Satire
You want to be funny and savage without sounding like a mean clown. Satire in song is tricky because music makes people feel first and ...
How to Write Lyrics About Structure
You want to write a song that talks about songwriting without sounding like a textbook read by a robot. You want lyric lines that are c...
How to Write Lyrics About Play
You want a song that smells like laughter and sticky fingers. You want lines that feel mischievous without sounding childish. You want ...
How to Write Lyrics About Love
Love songs are easy to feel and hard to write without sounding like a Hallmark card from a sad vending machine. You want something that...
How to Write Lyrics About Culture
Culture is the juice that makes a song taste like where you come from. Whether you want to celebrate a neighborhood, call out an injust...
How to Write Lyrics About Insecurity
You want your listeners to feel seen when they hear your song. You want lines that crack open and do not sound like advice from a self ...
How to Write Lyrics About Detail
You want lyrics that feel like someone living inside a movie of your song. You want lines that make listeners nod and say I was there t...
How to Write Lyrics About Judgment
Judgment makes great fuel for a song. It is sharp, honest, and often funny when you are brave enough to look at the mirror and the grou...
How to Write Lyrics About Collaboration
Collaboration is messy. Collaboration is magical. Collaboration is the reason half your best lines show up in a group chat at 2 a.m. Wr...