Happy birthday, Ava! Headphones on, then hit play.
Family12:01 AM
Aunt Bea: Ava, you've got me crying at midnight!
Step by step
How to send a birthday song on WhatsApp
Four ways, depending on who's getting it and how they like to listen. Mix and match: the video to the birthday person and the link to the family group chat, for example.
MP4
Happy birthday, Ava! Hit play.or as a document
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Option 1 · Vertical video
As a video, so they see the lyrics
The most direct way: the video plays right inside the chat, with your photos and the lyrics appearing in time with the song.
1Download the vertical video (MP4) to your phone.
2In the chat, tap attach and pick the video from your photos.
3Add your message and hit send.
What they get: a video that plays without leaving the conversation.
Videos get compressed when you send them. To keep full quality, attach it as a document instead: it arrives as a file and opens with one tap.
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Option 2 · Gift link
As a link, so it opens like a gift
The link opens their private gift page in their phone's browser: an opening animation, your photos, your message and the song playing.
1Copy the link to their gift page.
2Paste it into the chat, under your message.
3Send: it opens with one tap, nothing to download or install.
What they get: a preview that opens their gift, surprise included.
The option with the most surprise: they don't know what it is until they open it, and your photos and message are waiting inside.
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Option 3 · Audio only
Just the MP3, for headphones
If they're the type who listens without looking at the screen, on the commute or before bed, send just the audio.
1Save the MP3 to your phone.
2In the chat, attach it as audio or as a document.
3Send it and tell them to turn the volume up.
What they get: an audio file to play as many times as they like.
Good for someone with a weak signal or a phone that's nearly full: the MP3 is lighter than the video.
FamilyEveryone's listeningStatus
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Option 4 · Group or Status
To the family group chat or your Status
So everyone hears it at once: aunts, cousins, grandparents or the whole team at work, each on their own phone.
1Send it to the birthday person first, privately.
2A minute later, share the video or the link in the group.
3For your Status, use a short clip: the chorus with their name.
What they get: the whole family hears the same song at the same moment.
On Status, a short clip works best; keep the full link in the private chat for anyone who wants to hear the whole thing.
The countdown
How to have it ready at midnight
A WhatsApp birthday song takes minutes to make. What's worth preparing calmly is the sending, so that at midnight all you have to do is tap one button.
11:59 PMAll set
A few days before
Make the song and pick a version
Tell their story, hear both versions and tweak anything before you pay. That way you have room if something doesn't feel right.
The night before
Download everything to your phone
Save the video and the MP3, copy the gift link and write your message. Check that the video plays properly from your camera roll.
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Open the chat and line it all up
Attach the video or paste the link, with your message already typed. All that's left is to send.
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Send it, then share with the group
The birthday person first; a minute later, the family group chat. If you're together, play it out loud before they blow out the candles.
Far away
Their midnight, not yours
Grandma in Manila, a best friend in London? Check when the date flips there and set an alarm. Midnight their time gets noticed.
Can be scheduled
The gift email
WhatsApp is on you, in the moment. What you can schedule once you've paid is the gift email, for the day and time you choose: a backup in case you can't be there at that hour.
Is it today?
You can still make it
The lyrics take about a minute and both versions another minute or two. If you only just remembered, you can still send it tonight.
What to write
What to send along with the song
A personalized birthday song to send on WhatsApp lands better with two lines from you: something that says it's for their day and tells them to hit play. These six are our own examples, for you to adapt.
Three things that help
Their name in the first line, so they know it's theirs before they open it.
Say how to listen: with headphones, volume up, or with someone next to them.
No spoilers: don't give away what the song says.
JFor your partner
Jamie, it's midnight and I wanted to be the first thing in your day. Put your headphones on: this song is yours. Happy birthday.12:00 AM
MFor Mom
Happy birthday, Mom. I made you a song out of everything I never say out loud. Listen somewhere quiet, then call me.12:00 AM
TFor your best friend
Happy birthday, Tash. Twenty years of friendship wouldn't fit in a text, so it turned into a song. Hit play.12:00 AM
GFor Grandma, far away
Grandma, I can't hug you from here, so I sent you a song with your name in it. Turn it up so the whole house can hear.8:30 AM
FFor the family group chat
Happy birthday, Aunt Linda! We all chipped in on a song for you. Somebody please film her face when she plays it.12:01 AM
DFor a coworker
Happy birthday, Dev. From the whole team: a song about your afternoon coffee runs and your terrible puns. Lunch is on you today.9:00 AM
From their story to their song
What to choose so it sounds like their birthday
The form is short. What makes the song sound like them is what you put in the story.
On the form
Occasion
Birthday
Pick Birthday. If it's a milestone, 30, 50 or 60, mention it in the story.
Your relationship
Friend
Parent
Boyfriend / Girlfriend
Sibling
Child
Any relationship works: pick the one that fits.
Music genre
Pop
R&B
Country
Rock
Ballad
Reggaeton
A few genres from the form that people often pick for birthdays.
Mood
Festive
Happy
Danceable
Nostalgic
For a celebration, these four usually work.
Voice
Male voice
Female voice
Duet
Song language
English
Written and sung in English. For family back home, you can also pick Spanish, Portuguese or Italian.
In the story, tell us
1
Their name or nickname
What the family calls them. If it can be read two ways, tell us how to say it.
2
How old they're turning and how their year went
A birthday song for an adult can mention the new job, the move across the country or the grandbaby who just arrived.
3
Two or three things only you two know
Sunday barbecues, the thing they always say, the song they blast in the car.
What you download for the chat
Vertical lyric video (MP4)
To send as a video or as a document.
Link to their gift page and QR code
With your photos, your message and an opening animation.
MP3 audio
For headphones or the car.
Lyrics PDF
To print or send separately.
Schedulable gift email
Arrives on the day and at the time you pick.
Hear one first
What a song made here sounds like
Two real orders, both sung in English. Maya's is exactly what you're after: a birthday song her best friend gave her for her 30th.
One's for a birthday; the other, for a wedding anniversary.
Celebrate You, Maya
Written for Maya, for her 30th, from her best friend
Pop
Happy
Male voice
Maya's song0:00 / 2:48
Pop
Ordinary Days
Written for Emma, from Daniel, her husband of ten years
Ballad
Romantic
Female voice
Ordinary Days0:00 / 4:24
Ballad
Both are real orders; the names you hear were written by the people who ordered them.
Sent in the chat
People who sent it on WhatsApp
Some at midnight; others at whatever time it was for Grandma.
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Mom's 60th, in Buenos Aires
Sent it at 11 my time, midnight hers in Buenos Aires, then dropped it in the family group. Dad played it out loud in the kitchen and Mom laughed and cried at once.
Valeria C.Miami, FL
“His sister in London · 6:00 PM
She's six hours ahead, so I sent it at 6 p.m. from my desk and it landed right at her midnight. She answered with a twelve-minute voice note.
Ryan K.Chicago, IL
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Abuela in Guadalajara
My abuela doesn't open links, so I sent her the video. My aunt sent back a photo: her and my grandpa on the patio, playing it three times in a row.
Marisol R.San Antonio, TX
“The document trick · 12:00 AM
First time I sent it as a video and the lyrics looked a bit soft. Sent it again as a document and it came through sharp, every word easy to read.
Tom H.Manchester, UK
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Office birthday
Five of us made it together and posted it in the team chat before our morning meeting. She hid her face, then asked for the link to send to her mom.
Danielle W.Atlanta, GA
“Remembered that night · 9:40 PM
I remembered his birthday at 8 at night. By 9:30 I had both versions, picked the country one, and he had it before the day was over.
Kevin L.Seattle, WA
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My sister's 40th
We were on her balcony waiting for midnight. I sent the link without a word, and when she heard her name in the chorus she hugged me so hard I almost dropped my phone.
Natalie G.Brooklyn, NY
“On my Status · 12:05 AM
Put the chorus on my Status and the full link in Dad's chat. Cousins in Pune were replying before he even woke up, and now it's his ringtone.
Priya S.Jersey City, NJ
How it works
From their story to your chat in four steps
You bring the details; we take care of the rest.
Step 1
Tell us who's celebrating
Their name, your relationship and the Birthday occasion; in the story, how their year went and your little details.
Step 2
Hear two versions
AI writes the lyrics in about a minute; a minute or two later, two full songs arrive with a light watermark.
Step 3
Tweak before you pay
More R&B, less ballad? Change the genre, the mood or a line and generate again. Rounds are limited, and the page shows how many you have left.
Step 4
Download and send
When you pay, you download the video, the MP3 and the PDF, and get the link to their gift. The WhatsApp part is yours, when the clock hits twelve.
Price
One song for their birthday, one payment
You pay once, after hearing both full versions. Your downloads for the chat unlock right away.
Yes. When you pay, you download a vertical lyric video (MP4) and the MP3, and you get the private link to their gift page. All three send on WhatsApp like any file or link. We don't send WhatsApp messages ourselves: you send it, from your own phone.
Will it be ready in time if their birthday is today?
Usually, yes. The lyrics take about a minute and both full versions arrive a minute or two later; downloads unlock as soon as you pay. If it's gotten late, schedule the gift email for tomorrow morning and send the WhatsApp when you wake up.
Does it look good on a phone?
Yes. The video is vertical, made for a phone screen, with their photo and big lyrics. Sent as a video it gets compressed a little; sent as a document it keeps its original quality. The gift page is built to open in a phone's browser too.
Can I send it to a group or post it on my Status?
Yes. Send the video or the link to the group; on Status, a short clip works best, like the chorus with their name. We suggest sending it to the birthday person first, so they don't hear about it from someone else.
Does it include their name?
Yes. You type their name or nickname and the lyrics use it. If it can be read two ways, tell us in the story how to pronounce it.
Yes. You hear both full versions and can change the lyrics, the genre, the mood or the voice and generate again, within a limited number of rounds the page shows you. After you pay, the song can't be changed, and in general there are no refunds.
Does it work for kids too?
Yes. Pick the Birthday occasion and the matching relationship, such as Child, and tell us in the story how old they're turning and what they love. For little ones, the Happy and Festive moods usually work well.
Can it be R&B, country or reggaeton?
Yes: they're among the genres on the form, along with pop, rock and ballad. Pick one and the mood you want. We don't imitate real singers or use lyrics from existing songs.
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