Lyric videos

Lyric video maker: what Melodious makes instead

Melodious does not put lyrics on screen today. It makes a music video from your song, with scenes planned against its structure and, if you want one, a singer lip-synced to your vocal. This page explains how lyric timing works and which tool to use for the words.

Make your music video

The short answer

Melodious does not make lyric videos with captions today. A lyric video puts a song's words on screen, timed to the vocal, and the tools that do it separate the vocal from the mix, derive word-level timings and align them onto lyrics you confirm. Melodious makes music videos instead: you talk the idea through with the Music Video Director, pick one of three ideas, approve a storyboard and then the video, and if the song has a singer the shots where they sing to camera can be lip-synced to your vocal. There is no free tier: plans start at $29 a month, and Starter makes a 30-second video with lip sync a month. If the words on screen are the whole job, use a dedicated lyric video tool.

How to get a lyric video, and where Melodious fits

Three steps from a finished song to a video with its words on screen, and what Melodious can do for the visuals.

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Get the lyrics and their timing
Write or paste your lyrics, then time them to the song. The lyric timestamp maker on this site turns lyrics you tap along to into an LRC or SRT file in your browser, and it makes no video.
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Put the words on screen with a lyric video tool
A dedicated lyric video tool lays the timed words over a background and exports the video. Check the lyrics it extracts before you export, because a mis-heard word is cheapest to fix at that point.
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Or make a music video with Melodious
If you want scenes made for your song rather than words over a background, upload the song to Melodious, talk it through with the director and approve the storyboard and the video at their price.

Uploading a song in Melodious to start a music video — Uploading audio in Melodious, the first step toward your music video.

What each monthly plan covers for a Melodious music video

Melodious makes music videos, not lyric videos. These rows are worked out from the plan allowances and the credit rate the studio uses.

What each monthly plan covers

Starter, $29 a month: 1,725 credits ≈ 1 min at 720p
Artist, $97 a month: 5,200 credits ≈ 3½ min at 720p
Label, $147 a month: 8,500 credits ≈ 5½ min at 720p

Lip-synced shots cost more than shots without singing, so a lip-synced video is shorter than these lengths. The exact price is on the card before each paid step.

Why timing is the whole game

A lyric video with the words a beat late reads as broken, even to viewers who could not tell you why. It is the one defect nobody forgives, and it is where a shortcut shows up. Asking a language model to estimate when each line is sung is cheap, and it drifts, worst on exactly the passages where drift is most visible, such as a dense rap verse or a busy bridge.

The better route is longer on purpose: separate the vocal from the mix, derive word timings from that isolated vocal, then align them onto the lyrics you have confirmed. The words move when the voice moves, which is the difference between a lyric video and a slideshow with text.

Which page do you need for lyrics on a video?

If you only need a timed lyric file, the lyric timestamp maker turns lyrics you tap along to into LRC or SRT in your browser, and it makes no video. If you do not have lyrics yet, the AI lyrics generator writes a draft. For a music video without words on screen, see the AI music video generator, and for the file side of things the audio to video and MP3 to video pages.

What a singer on screen does that captions do not

A lyric video shows the words. A music video with a singer shows the performance: in the shots where the singer sings to camera, the mouth follows your actual lyrics. Melodious plans those shots when your song has vocals, each of the three ideas names who sings, and the plan lets you keep lip sync on or turn it off. The wide shots and cutaways around them are not lip-synced.

The two are different jobs. If the viewer is meant to read along, use a lyric video tool. If the viewer is meant to watch a performance and a story, that is what the studio makes.

Check the lyrics before you export

Whichever tool puts the words on screen, read the extracted lyrics before you export. A rap verse with unusual slang, a name or a made-up word is where extraction is most likely to need a fix. The craft guides on making a lyric video and on making a lyric video for YouTube cover legibility, timing and the common mistakes.

What Melodious is not

It is not a lyric video maker and it does not put captions or lyrics on screen. It is not a template library. It is built for your own music, and it will not make a video from a track you do not have the rights to publish. Starter is made for 30-second videos at 720p, and a full-length song needs Artist, Label or extra credits.

See finished videos

The showcase shows videos made in the studio, and the reel is a short cut of what comes out. Both show the music videos Melodious makes.

What you get

Output	A music video: AI-generated scenes planned from your song, not a lyric video
Input	An MP3, WAV or other audio file of your finished song, up to 50 MB
Words on screen	No. Melodious does not put lyrics or captions on screen today
Singing	If the song has a singer, sung shots can be lip-synced; you can turn it off
Changes	Ask for a change to any shot in the chat; each one shows its price on a card first
Price	Starter $29 a month (a 30-second video with lip sync); Artist $97 a month (about 3 minutes without lip sync); cancel anytime
Skills needed	None. There is no timeline

Common questions

Does Melodious make lyric videos?

Not today. The studio makes music videos: you talk the idea through with the director, pick one of three ideas, approve a storyboard and then the video. It does not put captions or lyrics on screen. If the words on screen are the whole job, a dedicated lyric video tool is the right choice.

Can I make a lyric video without paying?

Not with Melodious. It does not make lyric videos, and nothing it makes is unpaid. A music video needs a plan, starting at Starter, $29 a month, and you see the exact price on a card before the storyboard and the video are made.

Is a lyric video generator the same as a template editor?

No. A template editor lets you drop lyrics onto a ready-made background and position the text yourself. A generator would also make the scenes behind the words. Melodious generates the scenes for your song, but it does not add the words.

How is the timing of a lyric video worked out?

Good tools take it from the audio, not from a guess. They separate the vocal from the mix, derive word-level timings from that vocal and align them onto the lyrics you confirm. A language model asked when each line happens drifts, and drift is the one thing viewers notice at once.

What if a tool mis-hears a word in my song?

Check the extracted lyrics before you export. A rap verse with slang, a name or a made-up word is where extraction most often needs a fix, and a mistake is cheapest to correct before the video is made.

What does Melodious make instead?

A music video built around your song: AI-generated scenes planned against its sections and tempo, with the same character throughout. If your song has a singer, the shots where they sing to camera can be lip-synced to your vocal. You can keep lip sync on or turn it off in the plan.

Can I make a lyric video from an MP3?

With a lyric video tool, yes: upload the MP3 or WAV, check the lyrics it extracts and pick a style. With Melodious you can upload an MP3 and get a music video, without on-screen words.

Do I need editing skills to make a music video with Melodious?

No. There is no timeline. You attach your song, answer the director's questions, pick an idea and approve the storyboard and the video. Changes are asked for in plain words in the chat.

Make a music video for your song

Upload your song, talk it through with the director and approve the storyboard and the video. Plans from $29 a month.