Lyric styles
34 ways to move the words of your song. A style decides how the lyrics come in and leave, how the sung word stands out, how the picture answers the beat and how it is finished. Every Look is made in one of them and keeps its moves, with its own picture, colours and type.
Some are kinetic typography that fills the frame. Some are 3D: a turntable, a retro TV, a cube, a boombox, a phone. Some put the words behind the person in the picture or on a screen inside it, and some burn them in, blow them away as smoke or bleed them in like ink. Open one to watch it play on a song.
Showcase
Lines · Cover first
The release is the hero: cover, title and artist, with a karaoke line under them.
Block stack
Stacked block
Words build into a bold justified block; short words grow huge.
Punch
Word by word
One huge word at a time, hitting on the beat, with the line underneath.
Depth scatter
Scattered in depth
Words float in at different depths and sharpen into focus.
Neon
Lines
Glowing tube-light lyrics with a spectrum glowing below.
Terminal
Typed out
Lyrics typed out line by line on a glowing screen, with a cursor.
Cinematic
Lines
Elegant titles that breathe in and out of focus between cinema bars.
Player
Scrolling sheet
A music-app lyric sheet that scrolls with the song, with cover and progress bar.
Lo-fi
Lines
Soft words drifting up over grain and dust, with a quiet progress bar.
Zine
Stacked block
Raw stacked type with grit, RGB hits and scratches.
Glitch
Lines
Digital lyrics that tear, split and flicker with the beat.
Pop art
Stacked block
Chunky words that bounce in with hard shadows and highlighter boxes.
Dreamy
Scrolling sheet
A soft lyric sheet that drifts through haze and light leaks.
Chrome
Stacked block
Polished metal lyrics that flip into place.
Visualizer
Subtitle line
The cover inside a circular spectrum, lyrics beneath it.
Minimal
Lines
Clean centred lines; the sung word lights up.
Outline
Lines
Hollow letters that fill in as each word is sung.
Messages
Chat bubbles
Each line arrives as a chat message, typed as it is sung.
Vinyl
Lines · 3D
Your cover spinning on a 3D turntable, the lyrics beside it.
Album
Subtitle line · 3D
Your cover floating in 3D over its reflection, lyrics beneath.
Retro TV
Typed out · 3D
A 3D CRT television typing your lyrics on its glowing screen.
Cube
Lines · 3D
Each line printed on a face of a 3D cube that turns with the song.
Boombox
Typed out · 3D
A 3D boombox whose display scrolls your lyrics while the tape turns.
Phone
Chat bubbles · 3D
Your lyrics arriving as messages on a 3D phone.
Glass
Lines · 3D
Iridescent glass shapes drifting over your lyrics and bending them.
Embers
Lines
Lines burn in from glowing edges and burn away to ash.
Ink
Lines
Words bleed in like ink in water, then wash away.
Smoke
Lines
Lyrics form out of smoke and drift away.
Stardust
Lines
Each line swarms together out of glowing particles and blows away.
Drip
Lines
Chromatic letters that smear and drip down, splitting on the beat.
Rainy window
Lines
Lyrics behind a window streaked with rain.
On screen
Typed out
Your lyrics typed on a screen inside the scene: a phone, a monitor, a billboard.
Behind
Stacked block
Giant words stacked behind the subject of your photo, the subject standing in front of them.
Big type
Stacked block
Giant gradient words stacking up, with a spectrum along the floor.