How to Write Songs About Specific Emotions
How to Write Songs About Dialogue
Conversations are emotional cheat codes. A single line of dialogue can reveal entire histories, unspoken resentments, or the exact mome...
How to Write Songs About Endings
You want an ending that lands like someone finally saying the thing everyone already knew. You want lyrics that make your listener nod,...
How to Write Songs About Symmetry
You want a song that feels inevitable and a little creepy in the best way. Symmetry is a tool that makes music feel tidy and mysterious...
How to Write Songs About Storytelling
Story songs are the songs that make people text their friends with one line, that sit in the back of your head like a guilty pleasure, ...
How to Write Songs About Travel
You want tracks that smell like jet fuel and cheap coffee even when played at home. You want verses that put a backpack on the listener...
How to Write Songs About Connection
You want a song that grabs someone by the lonely part of their brain and convinces it that it is not alone. You want lyrics that read l...
How to Write Songs About Bridge
Yes, the bridge is the moment your song either becomes legendary or politely fades into a playlist loop. The bridge can lift the story,...
How to Write Songs About Heritage
You want a song about your roots or someone else’s roots that actually matters. You want to avoid sounding like a college paper or a to...
How to Write Songs About Old vs. New
You want a song that feels like a Polaroid shoved into a smartphone camera roll. You want the listener to feel the weight of what used ...
How to Write Songs About Addiction
Trigger warning: This article contains frank discussion of substance use and self harm. If you are in crisis please reach out to local ...