How to Write Songs About Specific Emotions
How to Write Songs About Loneliness
You want a song that does more than say lonely. You want a song that puts the listener in the room where the loneliness happened. You w...
How to Write Songs About Individuality
You want a song that smells like you. Not like a brand marketing you, not like a playlist algorithm, and not like a nostalgic throwback...
How to Write Songs About Support
You want a song that feels like a hand on a cold shoulder and a text that reads I got you at 3 a.m. Support songs are the ones people g...
How to Write Songs About Viewpoint
Viewpoint is the secret actor in every song. It tells the audience who is talking, where we stand in the room, and which parts of the s...
How to Write Songs About Confrontation
You want the room to feel it when the chorus drops. You want the listener to squirm, nod, laugh, or start texting an ex in the middle o...
How to Write Songs About Judgment
You want a song that pinches the truth and then makes the listener laugh or wince or both. Songs about judgment live in that weird pock...
How to Write Songs About Competition
Want to write a song that slaps so hard your rival will consider changing careers? Good. Competition songs are a deliciously selfish ar...
How to Write Songs About Battle
You want a song that feels like armor and a torch at the same time. Whether you are writing about literal combat or the kind of fight t...
How to Write Songs About Rights
You want your music to matter and not just sound sincere on Instagram. You want a lyric that punches through the noise, a melody that p...
How to Write Songs About Collaboration
Collaboration is messy and magical. You will laugh. You will argue about a single syllable as if it is a national emergency. You will m...