25 song ideas for someone you love, ready to become real songs.

1. The first-message song. "Warm indie-pop love song about the first message I ever sent Maya and how she replied with a joke, acoustic guitar, male vocal, name in the chorus."
2. Anniversary. "Slow soul ballad for our third anniversary, about the tiny apartment with the broken heater and how we did not care, piano and strings, female vocal."
3. Long distance. "Dreamy synth-pop about the seven-hour time difference between us, counting down to a flight, soft female vocal, hopeful."
4. The apology. "Quiet acoustic song apologizing for last Tuesday, honest and unhurried, fingerpicked guitar, male vocal, no big chorus."
5. Proposal. "Cinematic pop ballad that ends with the question, building from piano to full band, her name is Elena, male vocal."
6. Sunday morning. "Lazy bossa nova about Sunday mornings with Sam and coffee and the cat, light female vocal, playful."
7. The road trip. "Upbeat folk-rock about our road trip through the mountains and the wrong turn we took on purpose, harmonies in the chorus."

8. Mother's song. "Gentle country ballad thanking my mother for the years she worked two jobs, steel guitar, warm male vocal, her name is Rosa."
9. Father's hands. "Folk song about my father's hands and everything they built, acoustic guitar and harmonica, plain and honest."
10. Grandmother's kitchen. "Soft jazz waltz about my grandmother's kitchen on Sundays and the recipe nobody wrote down, piano and brushes."
11. Retirement day. "Cheerful swing song for Dad's retirement party, listing the things he can finally do, big band feel."
12. Thank you from far away. "Acoustic pop about calling home every Sunday from another country, sung to my parents, warm and steady."

13. The best-friend anthem. "Punchy pop-punk song about fifteen years of friendship with Leo and the road trip that went wrong, shouted gang-vocal chorus."
14. Moving away. "Bittersweet indie song for a friend moving to another city, promising nothing changes, jangly guitars."
15. Wedding toast. "Funny country song to play at my best friend's wedding about how she finally found someone who laughs at her jokes, upbeat."
16. Recovery. "Gentle gospel-tinged song for a friend finishing chemo, about strength and Tuesdays, female vocal, hopeful."
17. Thirty. "Disco birthday song for Priya turning thirty, name in every chorus, brass and handclaps."

18. The lullaby with their name. "Soft lullaby for baby Noah with his name repeated gently, music box and soft piano, very slow."
19. First day of school. "Bright pop song about Ada's first day of school and how brave she was, kids' choir feel."
20. Bedtime adventure. "Playful folk song about a dragon who is afraid of the dark and a girl called Mia who helps him, storytelling verses."
21. Graduation. "Uplifting pop-rock song for my son's graduation about the kid who would not stop asking questions, name in the bridge."

22. The year that was. "Reflective indie-folk song about the year I moved cities alone and learned to cook, first person, calm."
23. Getting back up. "Confident hip-hop track about starting over at thirty-five, spoken verses, sung hook, my name is Deniz."
24. Running song. "Driving electronic pop for my morning runs, about the hill on Fifth Street I finally beat, 170 bpm."
25. Letter to future me. "Hopeful piano ballad addressed to me in ten years, listing what I hope is still true, female vocal."

The engine can write a love song in its sleep. What it cannot invent is the broken heater, the wrong turn, the recipe nobody wrote down. Every prompt above works because it carries one specific detail; that detail is what makes the person hearing it stop. So:

• Put the name in the prompt and say where you want it: chorus, bridge or first line. Names with unusual spellings can be written phonetically ("Shawn" for Sean) if the first take mispronounces them.
• One memory beats five compliments. "The night we got lost in Lisbon" outperforms "you are beautiful and kind" every time.
• Pick the genre they listen to, not the one you think fits love. A metalhead wants the metal love song.
• Write the chorus yourself if you can. Four lines you wrote, pasted into the lyric box with a [Chorus] tag, and let the engine write the verses around them. The lyric guide explains the tags.
• Generate twice, send once. Two takes from the same prompt are different songs; pick the one that made you feel something.

Your first song is free and needs no card. Send it as a link from your library, play it in the room, or put it under a video of the photos; the person it is about will not care which.