How to Write Lyrics About Specific Emotions
How to Write Lyrics About Intelligence
Want to rap about smarts without sounding like a TED talk or a smug encyclopedia? Good. Intelligence is a juicy topic for songwriting. ...
How to Write Lyrics About Allies
Want to write a song that thanks the person who stood in a doorway with you when the world screamed? Good. Songs about allies can feel ...
How to Write Lyrics About Mental health
Your brain threw you a curveball and now you want to turn that mess into a line that slaps. Welcome. This guide helps you write lyrics ...
How to Write Lyrics About Anger
Want your anger to sound powerful and true instead of petulant and boring. Good. Anger is an emotion that either slaps the listener awa...
How to Write Lyrics About Naivety
Naivety is not a weakness on the page. Naivety is a lens. It can make a song feel tender, tragic, hilarious, or wildly unreliable. This...
How to Write Lyrics About Empathy
You want songs that feel like someone finally heard you. Songs that make listeners feel seen rather than preached at. Empathy is the se...
How to Write Lyrics About Change
You want a song about change that does not sound like a motivational poster read by a robot. You want lines that make people nod like t...
How to Write Lyrics About Celebration
You want a lyric that makes people grin, cry happy tears, and reach for their phone to share it. Celebration can be confetti loud or qu...
How to Write Lyrics About Disagreement
Arguments make visceral songs. They put two people in a room with too many feelings and not enough punctuation. A fight can be cinemati...
How to Write Lyrics About Vulnerability
You want to write a song where someone hears you and thinks I get you. You want lines that feel like a secret told in the kitchen at th...