Three real briefs, three real songs
These were typed by people who never made an account, so they are as unpolished as briefs get. Listen to what each one returned before reading the advice below, because the advice is drawn from them.
The prompt that made it
“A bright indie-pop song about a bicycle ride along the river at sunrise, female vocal, handclaps”
One subject with a concrete image (a bicycle, a river, sunrise), one voice, one production detail. The song has all three and a chorus that stays on the image.
The prompt that made it
“i am feeling good relaxed .”
Five words and a full stop. The engine chose the genre (a soul ballad), the singer and the story. It is a good song; it is just not one anybody asked for. Short briefs hand the decisions to the machine.
The prompt that made it
“A melancholic acoustic breakup song, honest and raw, quiet verses and a soaring chorus”
The brief names a genre, a mood, a vocal quality and, crucially, a structure: quiet verses and a soaring chorus. The finished song follows that shape almost bar for bar. Structure words are the most under-used tool in the box.
What people type, and how long the songs come out
The median song saved on Tunely in the last 90 days is 2:46 long. The spread is wide, and most of it is decided by the brief rather than by luck.
| Finished length | Share of songs | What usually produced it |
|---|---|---|
| Under one minute | 16% | A few lines of pasted lyrics: the song is as long as the words you gave it. |
| One to two minutes | 13% | Short custom lyrics, or briefs that ask for a jingle or an intro. |
| Two to three minutes | 30% | A one-line description in Simple mode: the engine writes a normal verse-chorus-verse-chorus song. |
| Three to four minutes | 28% | A description with a story, or lyrics with three verses and a bridge. |
| Over four minutes | 14% | Long custom lyrics, or briefs that ask for an outro or a slow build. The cap is five minutes. |
Nineteen per cent of songs are instrumental, made with the Instrumental switch on. If you want no voice, use the switch rather than writing “no vocals” in the description; the switch is what the engine reads.
What goes in the sentence
Simple mode reads your description and nothing else; the pills under the box only add words to it. So every choice you care about has to be in that text, typed or tapped. A useful brief usually carries five things, in any order. You do not need all five, but each one you leave out is a decision the engine makes for you.
| You want to decide | Put this in the brief | Leave this out |
|---|---|---|
| The sound | A genre or two plain adjectives: “warm acoustic folk”, “dark synth-pop” | An artist's name: briefs naming a real artist are declined before generation |
| The voice | “female vocal”, “deep male voice”, “a duet”, “a choir”, “rap” | “a good singer” (every brief gets one) |
| The pace | “slow”, “upbeat”, “around 90 BPM”, “a slow build” | Nothing: with no pace word, the pace is the engine's choice |
| The instruments | One or two: “piano and strings”, “handclaps and guitar” | A long list: one or two instruments come through, eight blur into a generic mix |
| The story | One subject and one concrete detail: “a bicycle ride along the river at sunrise” | Abstract nouns only: “love, hope and dreams” produce lyrics about love, hope and dreams |
The description box takes up to 400 characters. Two lines is plenty; the third line is where people start contradicting themselves.
Simple mode or Custom mode
Both modes end in the same place: two finished takes with vocals, lyrics and a full arrangement. They differ in who writes the words.
| Simple | Custom | |
|---|---|---|
| You give it | A description of up to 400 characters | Your own lyrics, plus a style line |
| Who writes the lyrics | Tunely, from your description | You; the engine sings them as written |
| Control over structure | By describing it (“quiet verses, big chorus”) | Exact: section tags like [Verse] and [Chorus] are followed |
| Length | Follows the description; most come out 2:30 to 3:30 | Follows your lyrics: four lines is a 16-second song, three verses and a bridge is three minutes |
| Best for | A song from an idea, a gift, a mood | A poem you wrote, a jingle with exact words, a translation you already have |
What you get, and when
About thirty seconds after Create, the lyrics appear with a stream you can already listen to. The finished takes land two to four minutes later, two of them every time, on every plan, up to five minutes each. Listening and sharing are free and carry no watermark. Keeping the MP3 is a one-time $1.99 per song on the free plan and included on Pro and Ultra, which also add lossless WAV, stems, lyric files and a commercial-use licence with a certificate per song. A generation that fails is not charged; the credit comes back on its own.
Before you press Create
- The brief names a sound (a genre or two adjectives), a voice and a pace.
- It has one subject and one detail you could photograph.
- No artist names, no lyrics from an existing song: both are declined before generation.
- If you want no vocals, the Instrumental switch is on.
- If you pasted lyrics, they are at least eight lines, or you are fine with a short song.
Updated 2026-09-18