A birthday rap about the year they were born

What you tell us

• Their name, and the year they were born. Month and day if you know them.
• Where they were born: the US, the UK, Canada or Australia. The verses use that country’s news from that year.
• Up to three things they love, a catchphrase or a memory. Pick what is fun; you do not have to fill everything.
• Who it is from, and a style: boom-bap, 90s West Coast, trap, Afrobeats rap or R&B rap. Male or female voice.
• One photo of them for the background of the lyric video.

What is in the video

1. 1A title card with their name and the song title.
2. 2Their photo behind the words, moving with the beat.
3. 3Every word on screen as it is sung; the hook in big letters.
4. 4Nine by sixteen, ready for TikTok, Reels and the family group chat.

You get both versions of the song as MP3 and a lyric video of each: 9:16, 720p, about 90 seconds. The video downloads on a computer for now; on a phone you can watch it and save the songs.

The year facts are real

Every event in the lyrics comes from a list of facts for that year, each one checked against Wikipedia. The lyrics cannot add events or numbers of their own.

You read the full lyrics before you pay: two free drafts a day, and you can edit any line yourself.