To give your partner a love song in your own voice, choose "your song", record about a minute of yourself singing so Tera Studio can learn your voice, and upload a recording of the song. It comes back sung in your voice with the original music, and you can send it with a short note as a song-card video. You don't have to be a singer: the tune and timing come from the original recording.

Key takeaways

  • Choose the song with a story: your first dance, the song from your first road trip, the one you both sing badly in the car.
  • Pick a recording by a singer with a range like yours. A love song sung far above or below your natural voice sounds less like you.
  • Record about 1 minute of your own singing (2 is better) when you're alone and the room is quiet.
  • Valentine's Day 2027 is a Sunday. Make it the weekend before.
  • Hearing your first 2 songs is free; to send the full file you need a plan, from $8.99 for a month.

Why it works

Flowers say you remembered the date. A song in your voice says something harder: you were willing to be a little embarrassing for them. People who would never sing in front of their partner can do it this way, and it lands because it's unmistakably you.

It's also unusually good for long-distance couples. A song arrives instantly, it can be replayed, and hearing a familiar voice does more than another text.

Step 1 — Choose the song

A few questions that usually find the right one:

  • What was playing on your first date, at your wedding, or in the car on your first trip?
  • Which song does your partner say reminds them of you?
  • Which song do you two quote at each other?

If nothing has a story, pick the love song they play most. "Our song" beats the biggest ballad on the chart.

Then check the recording itself:

  • One lead singer. Duets swap voices every few lines and come out muddled. If your song is a duet, look for a solo cover.
  • A range close to yours. Tera Studio keeps the notes the original singer sang. If you're a low voice and the song is a soaring soprano ballad, your voice gets stretched to places it never goes, and it sounds less like you. A recording by someone with a similar range sounds more natural. The free vocal range test tells you where you sit, and the key changer lets you hear a song higher or lower.
  • Clear words. If the original singer mumbles, your version mumbles too.

Use a recording you have permission to transform. Keep a gift like this between the two of you rather than posting it publicly.

Step 2 — Record yourself

The recording teaches Tera Studio your voice. It doesn't have to be the love song, and it doesn't have to be good.

  • Sing anything you know for about 1 minute; 2 minutes of varied singing is better.
  • Wait until you're alone. A recording you feel self-conscious about tends to be whispered, and whispering is harder to recognize.
  • Quiet room, no music playing, phone a hand's width from your mouth.

Step 3 — Make it

Upload the song, choose the whole thing or just the part you want (up to 5 minutes), and start. The first song takes about 20 minutes because your voice is learned first. Listen once on headphones. If something is off, tap Needs work and remake it free from a longer recording.

Pick the part with care. A verse and a chorus, around 90 seconds, often hits harder than the full four minutes.

Five ways to give it that aren't cheesy

  1. Play it, don't forward it. Hand them your headphones in the morning and say "I made you something."
  2. The midnight message. Send the song-card video at 12:00 on February 14, with one line: "I can't sing. I did anyway."
  3. In the card. Put the file on a private Drive or iCloud link and print a small QR code inside a handwritten card.
  4. On the drive to dinner. Queue it in the car. Don't say anything until it ends.
  5. Under the photos. Use it as the soundtrack for a slideshow of your year together.

Whatever you choose, tell them how you made it. "I recorded myself and used AI to put my voice on our song" is part of the gift, not a confession.

Current price and limits

Every new account can make and hear 2 whole songs free, once per account, each up to 4 minutes, with no card. Downloads need a paid plan. Starter is $8.99 a month for 30 finished minutes (about 7 songs) and Creator is $19.99 a month for 90 minutes, or $89.99 and $189.99 paid yearly. Both include WAV and song-card video downloads, one guided correction per song and free re-downloads. Minutes refresh monthly without rollover. You can cancel the renewal anytime. Prices show in your currency where available; pricing and Stripe checkout confirm the total before you pay. See the refund policy.

Frequently asked questions

Will my partner be able to tell it's AI? Possibly, especially if they listen closely on headphones. It sounds like your voice singing well, which is different from your voice singing live. Tell them how you made it; it's the effort they'll remember.

Our song is in Spanish (or French, or Korean). Does that work? Yes. The words come from the original recording, so any language works if the singer is clear.

Can we both be on it, as a duet? Each account has one private voice, and duets convert less cleanly. Each of you can make your own version, or you can each pick a song for the other.

What if they find out before Valentine's Day? Your voice and songs are private to your account, and nobody else can open them. Just don't leave it playing on the speaker.

Can I make one for a friend instead? Of course. A song for a best friend works the same way. The only rule is that the voice must be yours.

Make your Valentine's song. Your first 2 songs are free to make and hear.