How Much Do You Actually Have to Write?

Not much. A few honest lines are enough. Tuneliq is a personalized song gift: you write down what you want to say to someone, and it turns your words into a one-of-a-kind song. You just hand it a sentence or two of the real thing, and the app drafts lyrics you then edit.

So what's the minimum?

A sentence or two. You don't need a page, and you don't need it polished. You pick who the song is for and what the occasion is, say a partner's tenth anniversary or a mom you don't thank enough, and then write one true thing you'd say if the words came easy. Something like "you waited up for me every night that year" is plenty. That one line is enough for the app to build around, because it's specific and it's yours. Length isn't what makes a song personal. The detail is.

Do I have to write it well?

No. You're writing a note here, closer to a text you'd send someone you love than to a poem or a song. Greeting cards hand you words a stranger wrote; here the words start with you, even if it's just a rough, plain sentence. You don't count syllables or hunt for a rhyme. And if you sit down and nothing comes, start smaller: picking the relationship and the occasion already gives the draft something to work with, and one plain detail, the road trip or the year that was hard, is enough of a seed. Leave your sentence clumsy if it's clumsy. You say the real thing, and the app turns it into lyrics you can shape.

What does Tuneliq do with the few lines I give it?

It drafts a full set of lyrics from them, so you never face a blank page. That draft is just a starting point you'll rework. Every line is yours to change, and you can hand the whole thing back with a note and let the AI rewrite it from your feedback. That editing is where the few lines become yours: the AI might write "through the years we grew," and you swap in "since that apartment on Third Street," because that's the detail only you have. Once the words read like you, Tuneliq composes the melody, the backing, and an AI-sung vocal to carry them. This is the honest part: the AI is the band, and you bring the words. A finished song usually runs two to three minutes. Most people spend their time reworking the lines the draft already gave them.

Can I add more than words?

You can, but you don't have to, and neither adds to the writing. There's an optional spoken intro in your own voice, and you can work in any of eight languages, including the other person's first one — each has its own walkthrough. On your end it's still just a few lines of your own words. Everything past that, the app handles.

How do I know a few lines is enough?

Listen to real ones before you start. The app's inspiration gallery has actual songs that grew out of what people wrote, sorted by occasion and relationship. There's a Mother's Day song called "Wrong Words" and a Father's Day one called "Windows Down," and an anniversary one called "Two A.M." Each grew out of one short, honest thing someone knew they wanted to say, no polished poem required, and that's the one part the app can't do for you.

The way to find out how little you have to write is to write one line to someone and watch what the app makes of it. Tuneliq is on the App Store and Google Play.