# Kinetune

> Kinetune turns a song into release-ready video: lyric videos with word-synced lyrics and audio-reactive visuals in 9:16, 16:9, 1:1, and 5–8 second Spotify Canvas loops designed from the song's cover. An AI director designs each video as a reusable "Look" in one of its lyric styles (kinetic typography, 3D objects that show the lyrics, lyrics behind the photo's subject or typed on a screen inside the scene, burn, ink, smoke and particle reveals), over an AI image (with scene changes or a parallax camera), an AI video loop, stock media or the artist's own photo or video; every video is quoted exactly in credits before anything is charged.

Kinetune is operated by 9433-8290 Québec inc. (Québec, Canada). Use it in the web app at https://kinetune.com, through the REST API, from AI agents over MCP, from the command line, or in n8n. Support: https://kinetune.com/contact.

## Pricing

Videos are paid in credits. Every video shows its exact credit quote before anything is charged, credits are taken only when the video is delivered, and a failed render returns them. No plan limits quality or resolution.

- Solo: $9.99/month or $99.90/year (10 months' price), 1,200 credits a month, 1 member, 1 render at a time, render priority 1. For solo artists releasing a few songs a month.
- Creator: $19/month or $190/year (10 months' price), 2,500 credits a month, 2 members, 1 render at a time, render priority 2. For independent artists and creators producing lyric videos regularly.
- Pro: $49/month or $490/year (10 months' price), 7,500 credits a month, 5 members, 3 renders at a time, render priority 3. For labels, agencies and automation-heavy workflows.
- Studio: $99/month or $990/year (10 months' price), 18,000 credits a month, 15 members, 6 renders at a time, render priority 4. High-volume production for teams running multiple channels or clients.
- When every render machine is busy, they are shared by render priority: an organization with priority 4 gets four parts of its videos rendered for every one of a priority-1 organization. A waiting video's `queue` says why it waits.
- Credit packs, no subscription needed, never expire: 1,000 credits for $10; 3,000 credits for $27; 7,500 credits for $60; 15,000 credits for $105.
- Plans change anytime: upgrades start at once (the difference for the rest of the period is charged), downgrades and monthly or yearly switches at the next renewal; a cancelled plan runs to the end of its paid period.
- What a 2:47 song costs: Lyric video · a Look you already have · one format: 82 credits; Lyric video · new Look, AI image · one format: 189 credits; Lyric video · new Look, AI video loop · one format: 416 credits; Canvas for Spotify · AI image: 78 credits. Each extra format adds 12 credits per started half-minute.
- Payments are processed by Stripe. Details: https://kinetune.com/pricing

## Spotify Canvas spec

- What Spotify asks for: a vertical 9:16 loop of 3 to 8 seconds, 720 to 1080 px tall, as MP4 or JPG; without the song title or artist name, links, brands, Spotify's logo or heavy promotion, rapid cuts or flashing, or faces singing or talking to camera.
- What Kinetune delivers: a 5–8 second seamless loop (8 s unless you choose), 9:16 at 1080×1920 or 720×1280, MP4 (H.264, 30 fps), silent, under 8 MB. It follows the song's first chorus, so it moves at the song's tempo, with a layer of light designed for the song moving with that chorus over the picture or clip, and carries no text.
- Sources: AI video (`ai-video`): An image made from your cover’s world, brought to life by a video model. AI image (`ai-image`): An image made from your cover’s world, moved by our motion engine. Stock photo (`stock-photo`): A stock photo moved by our motion engine. Stock video (`stock-video`): A stock clip cut into a seamless loop.
- Styles (optional; the director picks one when omitted): `cinematic`, `dreamy`, `abstract`, `surreal`, `retro`, `minimal`, `dark`, `vibrant`, `nature`, `urban`.
- Kinetune makes the file and you add it: download the MP4, then in Spotify for Artists open Music, select the track and click Add Canvas. More: https://kinetune.com/spotify-canvas

## How to

### Make a lyric video

1. Sign up at https://kinetune.com/signup and upload the song (MP3, WAV or M4A) with its square cover. Kinetune hears the lyrics and times every word itself; there are no lyrics to type.
2. Start from a Look (https://kinetune.com/looks) and hear the song in it, or let the director design a new one in a category and lyric style.
3. Pick the formats (9:16, 16:9, 1:1), the background and the part of the song (the whole song, or any part from 8 seconds).
4. Check the exact credit quote and confirm. Credits are taken when the video is delivered; a failed render gives them back. Download a 1080p MP4 for each format.

### Make a Spotify Canvas

1. Use the same upload: the cover sets the idea; the song sets the motion and the light that plays over it. Add photos of the artist to have them in the shot.
2. Choose Canvas, then a source (AI video, AI image, stock photo or stock video) and a style, or leave both to the director.
3. Check the quote, make it, download the MP4 and add it to the track in Spotify for Artists.

### Make one through the API or MCP

1. Connect: an MCP client adds https://kinetune.com/mcp and signs in with OAuth; code calls https://kinetune.com/api/v1 with an organization API key.
2. Add the song: `create_artist`, then `create_song` (`POST /api/v1/songs`), then poll `get_song` (`GET /api/v1/songs/{song_id}`) until `analysis.status` is "ready". Reuse a ready song from `list_songs` (`GET /api/v1/songs`).
3. Price it: `quote_lyric_video` (`POST /api/v1/quotes`) or `quote_canvas` (`POST /api/v1/quotes`) returns the exact credits and a `quote_id`. Show the person the price and get their go before making anything.
4. Make it: `create_lyric_video` (`POST /api/v1/videos`) or `create_canvas` (`POST /api/v1/videos`) with the same input plus `quote_id`.
5. Wait for it: `wait_for_video` over MCP, or poll `get_video` (`GET /api/v1/videos/{video_id}`) until `status` is "completed"; it returns a download link per format. Options (styles, categories, formats, prices) come from `get_options` (`GET /api/v1/options`).
The CLI runs the same steps: `kinetune songs create`, `kinetune quote canvas`, `kinetune create canvas`, `kinetune videos wait`.

## For developers and AI agents

- [Developer docs](https://kinetune.com/developers): REST API, MCP server, CLI, n8n, callbacks, errors and limits.
- [OpenAPI 3.1 spec](https://kinetune.com/api/v1/openapi.json): the full REST API.
- [Full API reference for LLMs](https://kinetune.com/llms-full.txt): every operation with its parameters, scopes, CLI command and MCP tool.
- MCP server (Streamable HTTP): https://kinetune.com/mcp. ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor and VS Code connect with OAuth 2.1 sign-in; one tool per API operation, plus show_looks, show_songs and show_video, which apps with MCP Apps draw as Kinetune cards (quotes draw as an order ticket with a Make it button).
- REST API: https://kinetune.com/api/v1, `Authorization: Bearer kt_live_…` (an organization API key) or an OAuth access token.
- CLI for local agents and scripts: `npm install -g @kinetune/cli`, then `kinetune auth login`.
- n8n community node: `@kinetune/n8n-nodes-kinetune`.
- Agent skill and Claude Code plugin: [kinetune/skills](https://github.com/kinetune/skills). In Claude Code: `/plugin marketplace add kinetune/skills`; other agents: `npx skills add kinetune/skills`.
- Typical flow: upload a song, request a quote (exact credits), confirm the quote to start the video, then wait for the callback or poll until the download links are ready.

## Pages

- [Home](https://kinetune.com/): What Kinetune makes, with live previews of every Look on a real song.
- [Lyric video maker](https://kinetune.com/lyric-video-maker): Make a lyric video from your song: words timed to the vocals, 34 lyric styles, every format, the exact price first.
- [Spotify Canvas maker](https://kinetune.com/spotify-canvas): Make a Spotify Canvas from your cover: a 5 to 8 second loop at Spotify's size, ready for Spotify for Artists.
- [Looks](https://kinetune.com/looks): Every Official and community Look, playing live on a sample song: start your lyric video from one.
- [Lyric styles](https://kinetune.com/styles): The 34 lyric styles: kinetic type, 3D lyrics, words behind you, on a screen in the scene, burn, ink, smoke and more.
- [Lyric videos for AI music](https://kinetune.com/ai-music): Lyric videos and a Spotify Canvas for songs made with Suno, Udio and other AI music tools.
- [Music video maker](https://kinetune.com/music-video-maker): Music videos from your song: lyric videos and Spotify Canvas today, performance and cinematic videos next.
- [Pricing](https://kinetune.com/pricing): Plans, credit packs and what a video costs.
- [Developers](https://kinetune.com/developers): REST API, MCP server, CLI and n8n node, with the full API reference.
- [Press kit](https://kinetune.com/press): Kinetune's logo, screenshots, real videos, ready-to-use descriptions and the facts, free to use when writing about Kinetune.
- [Contact](https://kinetune.com/contact): Write to Kinetune: help, billing and refunds, press, partnerships or anything else. A person answers every message.
- [Support](https://kinetune.com/support): How to reach a person, and answers about billing, refunds and your account.
- [Terms of Service](https://kinetune.com/terms): The terms for using Kinetune.
- [Privacy Policy](https://kinetune.com/privacy): What personal information Kinetune collects and why.
- [Refund Policy](https://kinetune.com/refunds): When and how to get a refund.

## Lyric styles

A lyric style is how the words move on screen; a Look in that style brings its own picture, colors and type. 34 styles, each with a live sample at https://kinetune.com/styles. The id goes in `look.lyric_style`.

- [Showcase](https://kinetune.com/styles/showcase) (`showcase`): The release is the hero: cover, title and artist, with a karaoke line under them.
- [Block stack](https://kinetune.com/styles/block-stack) (`block-stack`): Words build into a bold justified block; short words grow huge.
- [Punch](https://kinetune.com/styles/punch) (`punch`): One huge word at a time, hitting on the beat, with the line underneath.
- [Depth scatter](https://kinetune.com/styles/depth-scatter) (`depth-scatter`): Words float in at different depths and sharpen into focus.
- [Neon](https://kinetune.com/styles/neon) (`neon`): Glowing tube-light lyrics with a spectrum glowing below.
- [Terminal](https://kinetune.com/styles/terminal) (`terminal`): Lyrics typed out line by line on a glowing screen, with a cursor.
- [Cinematic](https://kinetune.com/styles/cinematic) (`cinematic`): Elegant titles that breathe in and out of focus between cinema bars.
- [Player](https://kinetune.com/styles/player) (`player`): A music-app lyric sheet that scrolls with the song, with cover and progress bar.
- [Lo-fi](https://kinetune.com/styles/lo-fi) (`lo-fi`): Soft words drifting up over grain and dust, with a quiet progress bar.
- [Zine](https://kinetune.com/styles/zine) (`zine`): Raw stacked type with grit, RGB hits and scratches.
- [Glitch](https://kinetune.com/styles/glitch) (`glitch`): Digital lyrics that tear, split and flicker with the beat.
- [Pop art](https://kinetune.com/styles/pop-art) (`pop-art`): Chunky words that bounce in with hard shadows and highlighter boxes.
- [Dreamy](https://kinetune.com/styles/dreamy) (`dreamy`): A soft lyric sheet that drifts through haze and light leaks.
- [Chrome](https://kinetune.com/styles/chrome) (`chrome`): Polished metal lyrics that flip into place.
- [Visualizer](https://kinetune.com/styles/visualizer) (`visualizer`): The cover inside a circular spectrum, lyrics beneath it.
- [Minimal](https://kinetune.com/styles/minimal) (`minimal`): Clean centred lines; the sung word lights up.
- [Outline](https://kinetune.com/styles/outline) (`outline`): Hollow letters that fill in as each word is sung.
- [Messages](https://kinetune.com/styles/messages) (`messages`): Each line arrives as a chat message, typed as it is sung.
- [Vinyl](https://kinetune.com/styles/vinyl) (`vinyl`): Your cover spinning on a 3D turntable, the lyrics beside it.
- [Album](https://kinetune.com/styles/album) (`album`): Your cover floating in 3D over its reflection, lyrics beneath.
- [Retro TV](https://kinetune.com/styles/tv) (`tv`): A 3D CRT television typing your lyrics on its glowing screen.
- [Cube](https://kinetune.com/styles/cube) (`cube`): Each line printed on a face of a 3D cube that turns with the song.
- [Boombox](https://kinetune.com/styles/cassette) (`cassette`): A 3D boombox whose display scrolls your lyrics while the tape turns.
- [Phone](https://kinetune.com/styles/phone) (`phone`): Your lyrics arriving as messages on a 3D phone.
- [Glass](https://kinetune.com/styles/glass) (`glass`): Iridescent glass shapes drifting over your lyrics and bending them.
- [Embers](https://kinetune.com/styles/embers) (`embers`): Lines burn in from glowing edges and burn away to ash.
- [Ink](https://kinetune.com/styles/ink) (`ink`): Words bleed in like ink in water, then wash away.
- [Smoke](https://kinetune.com/styles/smoke) (`smoke`): Lyrics form out of smoke and drift away.
- [Stardust](https://kinetune.com/styles/stardust) (`stardust`): Each line swarms together out of glowing particles and blows away.
- [Drip](https://kinetune.com/styles/drip) (`drip`): Chromatic letters that smear and drip down, splitting on the beat.
- [Rainy window](https://kinetune.com/styles/rain) (`rain`): Lyrics behind a window streaked with rain.
- [On screen](https://kinetune.com/styles/screen) (`screen`): Your lyrics typed on a screen inside the scene: a phone, a monitor, a billboard.
- [Behind](https://kinetune.com/styles/behind) (`behind`): Giant words stacked behind the subject of your photo, the subject standing in front of them.
- [Big type](https://kinetune.com/styles/big-type) (`big-type`): Giant gradient words stacking up, with a spectrum along the floor.

## Look categories

A Look is a reusable lyric video design: lyric style, colors, fonts, the layout for each format and the background. Browse Official and community Looks at https://kinetune.com/looks, or have the director design a new one in a category (the id goes in `look.category`).

- [Release](https://kinetune.com/looks/category/release) (`release`): Bold announcement looks for a new single.
- [Fall](https://kinetune.com/looks/category/fall) (`fall`): Warm autumn colors and cozy textures.
- [Halloween](https://kinetune.com/looks/category/halloween) (`halloween`): Spooky nights, pumpkins and fog.
- [Christmas](https://kinetune.com/looks/category/christmas) (`christmas`): Snowy, glowing holiday looks.
- [Summer](https://kinetune.com/looks/category/summer) (`summer`): Sun, water and holiday energy.
- [Valentine's](https://kinetune.com/looks/category/valentines) (`valentines`): Romantic reds, roses and soft light.
- [Mood](https://kinetune.com/looks/category/mood) (`mood`): Cinematic scenes with a lyric quote.
- [Retro](https://kinetune.com/looks/category/retro) (`retro`): Vinyl, film grain and vintage type.
- [Synthwave](https://kinetune.com/looks/category/synthwave) (`synthwave`): Neon sunsets and night drives.
- [Street](https://kinetune.com/looks/category/street) (`street`): Concrete, graffiti and grit.
- [Nature](https://kinetune.com/looks/category/nature) (`nature`): Forests, mountains and open water.
- [Luxury](https://kinetune.com/looks/category/luxury) (`luxury`): Marble, gold and deep velvet.
- [Abstract](https://kinetune.com/looks/category/abstract) (`abstract`): Flowing color fields and gradients.
- [Minimal](https://kinetune.com/looks/category/minimal) (`minimal`): Quiet color and clean type.
- [Neon](https://kinetune.com/looks/category/neon) (`neon`): Glowing color in the dark.
- [Pop art](https://kinetune.com/looks/category/pop-art) (`pop-art`): Loud patterns and graphic color.
- [Lo-fi](https://kinetune.com/looks/category/lo-fi) (`lo-fi`): Cozy illustrated rooms, rainy windows and soft grain.
- [Grunge](https://kinetune.com/looks/category/grunge) (`grunge`): Torn paper, concrete and raw black-and-white grit.
- [Cosmic](https://kinetune.com/looks/category/cosmic) (`cosmic`): Nebulae, planets and deep-space light.
- [Cyber](https://kinetune.com/looks/category/cyber) (`cyber`): Cyberpunk streets, screens and digital glitches.
- [Dreamy](https://kinetune.com/looks/category/dreamy) (`dreamy`): Clouds, soft skies and hazy golden light.

## Optional

- [Full API reference](https://kinetune.com/llms-full.txt)