Personalized video gift, set to a song about them
A personalized video gift turns your photos into a short film set to an original song written about one person and one story. Pick a style, add your photos and the details, and watch the whole video before you pay.
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The families and photos in these samples are made up.
“Every Version of You”
“Built It Yourself”
“Six Is Gonna Be Amazing”
“Porch Light On”
“Daddy's Porch”
“Final Whistle”
“Mama's Roses”
“All of My Days”
“Still My Girl from Bay Ridge”
“Player One at Forty”
“Same Moon Over Vienna”
“Mom's Garden”
“Kyoto in April”
“Every Beat Says You”
“Dance Floor Since '94”
“Slow Dance in the Rain”
“The Number Nine Bus”
“Our First Lap Around the Sun”
“The Man in the Sharp Suit”
“Eighteen and Loud”
“The Haunted Garage”
“Dead on the Dance Floor”
“Another Year at Our Table”
“Ten, Nine, Eight”
“Since the Sandbox”
“Beach Week”
“Same Beach Every Summer”
“Ten Springs in Tokyo”
“Queen of the Floor”
“Eighty Years of Grace”
“Save Me a Seat by the Water”
“Brightest House on the Block”
“Snowed In on Maple Hill”
“Seven Fishes and a Snowfall”
“Home by the Fire”
“Candles on the Snow”
“Christmas Eve at Grandma Bea's”
How a personalized video gift is made
Tell us about them
The nickname, the places, the line they always say. We write the lyrics and you can edit them.
Hear two full versions free
Keep the one you love. It’s the same song you’d give on its own as a personalized song gift.
Add photos and pick a style
Or none, with Songbook. Watch the whole video in your browser before you pay to download it in HD.
Choose your video style
Memory Lane 22 styles
Framed photos float in a themed world while one continuous camera glides from photo to photo on the beat.
Show the 22 Memory Lane samples
Silver Screen 5 styles
Cut like a film: letterbox, film stock, opening titles, lyrics set beside the photos and end credits.
Show the 5 Silver Screen samples
Songbook 10 styles
A lyric video: the song’s own words, animated as they are sung, over a living scene. No photos needed.
Show the 10 Songbook samples
A video gift for every occasion
Birthdays
A birthday video that plays like a music video of their life, not a pile of photos. The song is written about them, so it can name the first bike, the arcade and the dance floor. Our samples run from ukulele pop for a sixth birthday to 80s synth-pop at forty and disco at seventy.
Watch the 7 birthday samples Birthday songs50th birthday gift
Love & anniversaries
Your own story, told back to them in a song they have never heard: the bus you met on, the flat above the bakery, the dog who came with the house. It works from a first year to a sixtieth, for Valentine’s Day, and for a love lived across two time zones.
Watch the 8 love samples Anniversary songs25th anniversary giftFirst anniversary gift
Weddings & engagements
A first-dance-length song about the two of you, with the photos from the first date to the proposal. Play it at the reception or send it to the family who couldn’t travel. For an engagement, it can be the way you tell everyone, or even the way you ask.
Christmas
A family Christmas film with its own carol, swing number or rock-and-roll stomp: the tree lot, the lights, the gingerbread house that fell in, the kitchen on Christmas Eve. Make it for parents who have everything, for grandparents far away, or to play on the television after dinner.
Watch the 6 Christmas samples Christmas songsChristmas gift for parentsPersonalized Christmas song
Halloween & New Year
Holidays have their own range, from a rockabilly song about the haunted garage a family builds for the street every October to a rooftop countdown with friends who have seen in ten New Years together. They are made for a group chat on the night itself, and they work as lyric videos with no photos at all.
Watch the 4 holiday samples Halloween songsNew Year’s Eve songs
Retirement, graduation & homecoming
The video a whole room watches at the party: thirty-two years of team photos for a coach who is retiring, a degree finished after a hundred library nights, a parent home from deployment. A song about what they did, played on the big screen while the people in the photos stand right there.
Watch the 3 milestone samples Retirement songsGraduation songs
Mom, Dad & friends
For the person who says they want nothing: a mom among her roses, a dad on his porch, the best friend from the sandbox, the cousins on the same beach every summer. If the good photos are scattered across old phones, choose a Songbook style: it needs no photos, only the song.
Watch the 6 family and friends samples Mother’s Day songsFather’s Day songsFriendship songs
In memory
A tribute song with their photos, from the early years to the last ones, to play at a memorial or to share with family who live far away. It is calm and unhurried, and you can watch the whole video before deciding anything. Take the time you need with the details.
Personalized video gift vs a slideshow, a group video or a celebrity message
| Gift | What they hear | What it’s made from | Your effort |
|---|---|---|---|
| Photo slideshow with music | A song everyone knows, which social apps may mute | Your photos | You build it in an app |
| Group video card | Clips from friends | Everyone’s recordings | You collect them |
| Celebrity video message | A famous person saying hello | A request form | None, but it isn’t their story |
| Songilingy video gift | An original song about them | Your story, details and photos | Tell the story, add photos |
What it costs
- Their song$29.99 to keepFree to start · two full versions free
- The video$24.99 in HDWatch the whole preview free
- Or Yearly$219.99Every song, all year, music videos included · one payment · never renews (fair use applies)
Prices in US dollars.
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How do I make a song with my photos?
Start with the song: tell us about them, read and edit the lyrics, and hear two full versions free. Keep the one you love. Then, in your dashboard, pick a video style, add your photos, watch the whole video and download it in HD.
How much does a personalized video gift cost?
The song is $29.99 to keep, after two full versions free. The video is $24.99 to download in HD, after you watch the whole preview free. Yearly, $219.99 for 12 months, includes songs and music videos and never renews (fair use applies).
How long is the video?
As long as the song: our samples run from 2:30 to 4:06, with an opening title and end credits.
How many photos do I need?
About 20 to 30 good photos is plenty (our samples use 24 to 27). You can add up to 30 for each minute of the song. Songbook styles need none.
Can I get a video without photos?
Yes. Songbook has 10 lyric-video styles: the song’s own words animated over a themed scene, at the same price.
How is it different from a photo slideshow with music?
A slideshow puts your photos over a song everyone already knows. Here the song is written about the person, and the video is cut to its beat, with the lyrics on screen and an opening title made for them.
Can I share it?
Yes. You download an MP4 to send, post or play on a big screen at the party.
Can I get a refund?
Purchases are final, because you hear your full song and watch your whole video before you pay. If something went wrong on our side, contact us and we’ll put it right.