How to Write Songs About Specific Emotions
How to Write Songs About Cynicism
You want to write about being fed up without sounding like a broken record or a walking meme. Cynicism in music can be a deliciously sh...
How to Write Songs About Activism
You want your music to matter. You want people to sing with you at a rally. You want a line that makes someone share an Instagram story...
How to Write Songs About Self-love
You want a song that makes people feel seen by themselves. You want lines that sting and then soothe. You want melodies that can be hum...
How to Write Songs About Style
Style is louder than a headline. It tells a story before the first lyric lands. Your clothes, your walk, the coffee stain on your jacke...
How to Write Songs About Strength
You want a song that steels someone up and still sounds human. You want lines that land like a fist bump and melodies that let people b...
How to Write Songs About Destiny
Destiny sounds big. It smells like cinematic lighting and smells like smoke machines and it also looks like your ex on the subway at 2 ...
How to Write Songs About Outsider
You want a song that makes room for the person who never quite fit the club photo. You want lines that sting with truth and hug with em...
How to Write Songs About Trees
You could write a sad breakup song or a dumb party anthem. Or you could write a song about a tree and sound like you discovered the hum...
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 ...
How to Write Songs About Plot
You want a song that tells a story the same way a good TV episode hooks you. You want characters who feel alive. You want a plot that h...