How to Write Songs About Specific Emotions
How to Write Songs About Breaking
You want a song that lands the first time a listener nods along in their car and says yes that feels true. Breaking is not one feeling....
How to Write Songs About Chorus
You want the chorus to hit like a mic drop. Whether you mean the chorus as the emotional center of the song or you want to write a song...
How to Write Songs About Chronicle
You want to turn time into a song. You want a track that reads like a page from a diary but hits like a stadium chant. Songs about chro...
How to Write Songs About Birds
Birds are tiny philosophers with wings and ridiculous attitudes. They are great at dramatic entrances. They will peck at your window at...
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 Disagreement
You want an argument the audience can feel without needing subtitles. You want a song that smells like a kitchen argument at 2 a.m. and...
How to Write Songs About Fantasy
You want to build a kingdom inside three minutes and make people care. You want lyrics that read like a page turner and melodies that f...
How to Write Songs About Construction
You want a song that sounds like a job site and a diary at the same time. You want imagery that clicks like a nail gun and a chorus tha...
How to Write Songs About Performance
You want a song that makes someone feel like they are standing in your shoes on stage. Whether that is sweaty palms in a dive bar, the ...
How to Write Songs About Paradox
Paradox in songwriting is emotional cheat code. You tell two truths that seem to cancel each other and the listener leans in. Contradic...