This guide shows you how to make a lyric video with your own song. You upload the song, check the lyrics, pick a style and download the video. Below you can see every lyric style moving, so you know what you get before you start.
You only need your song. These four things make the rest go faster.
MP3, WAV, FLAC, M4A or OGG, up to 50 MB. Use the final mix, not a demo. The lyrics are written from the vocal, so a clear vocal gives better lyrics.
You don't have to type them. But having them open helps you check names, slang and words in other languages.
Pick it before you upload: the chorus for a short video, the whole song for YouTube. The free plan takes up to 30 seconds, Creator up to 1 minute, Artist and Label the whole song.
Think of what fits the song: a night drive, rain, a city, your own footage. You can pick a clip from our library or upload yours.
The Video Editor in Escalium has four screens. You can go back to any of them before you download.
Drop in your song and you see its sound wave. Move the two handles to keep only the part you want. Play it to check where it starts and ends. Then choose the song's language, or leave it on automatic.
Escalium listens to the vocal and writes the lyrics for you. Each word already knows when it is sung. Play the part and read along. If a word is wrong, click it and type the right one. Its timing stays the same.
Choose one or more clips from the library, or upload your own. Then pick the lyric style, the font, the colours and where the words sit. The preview plays your song with the words moving, and can show the TikTok, Reels or Shorts buttons on top.
Escalium makes the video on your own computer or phone, so nothing waits in a queue. You get a vertical 9:16 video, ready for TikTok, Reels and Shorts. It is saved in your account, so you can make another version later.
The lyric style is how the words appear on screen. Escalium has 31. Here is each one with the same two sample lines, so you can compare them.
A few words at a time, appearing as they are sung. Works for almost any song.
The line stays on screen and the word being sung lights up.
One big word in the middle, right when it is sung. Good for fast rap.
Groups of words come in with a small bounce.
Each word flashes in and keeps a soft glow.
Two rows bent along an arch, the letters following the curve.
The full line shows and each word fills with colour as it is sung.
Thick letters with a dark outline. Easy to read on any clip.
The line fades in slowly and moves up a little. For calm songs.
One big word in capitals hits the screen. For loud hooks, drill and trap.
One word at a time, switching between your two colours.
Two capital words per row, stacked tight, the sung word in colour.
Thin letters with a glow, like a neon sign. Best on dark clips.
Small lowercase words that fade in, like a quiet subtitle.
The whole line shows and the sung word drops in from above.
A few words per row, made for handwritten fonts.
The letters of each word fall into place one by one.
Letters typed one by one with a blinking cursor. Good for spoken parts.
Each word goes from blurry to sharp as it is sung.
The line flies in from close up and settles in place.
Rows slide in from the left and the right, in turn.
The sung word lights up and gives a short shake. For hard beats.
Rows bend in a soft arc, with words appearing as they are sung.
Rows move like a slow wave the whole time.
A strong smile-shaped curve, with a small pulse on the sung word.
Short lines wrapped round a circle, like a sticker.
Bold words pop in, with a hit on every word.
Like a film subtitle: bold yellow letters with a black outline.
Light letters with a wide, soft glow that fade in slowly.
Shiny chrome capitals with a coloured glow, an early-2000s look.
Emojis pop out of the words as they are sung and float away.
Each preview was made with the Video Editor's own renderer, with the default font. In the editor you change the font, the colours, the size and the position.
Most people watch on a phone, and each line is on screen for a second or two. These settings in the Style step decide if people can read it.
Under the styles, you pick: word by word, 2 or 3 words, phrase by phrase or the whole sentence. It works with every style. For fast songs, fewer words is easier to follow.
Pick the large size and a thick font. Handwritten fonts look nice but are harder to read when they move. Keep them for slow songs.
White words on a bright, busy clip get lost. Turn up the darken slider, or pick a style with an outline, before you try new colours.
TikTok and Reels put the caption at the bottom and the buttons on the right. Put the lyrics in the middle or at the top. Turn on the app preview to check.
When nobody sings for a moment, the last line can stay on screen and fade out as the next one starts. Turn it off if you want the screen empty in the pauses.
The lyrics come out right for most songs. These are the cases where a minute of checking helps.
Click it and type the right word. The timing does not change, so fixing a word never breaks the sync.
Ask yourself if they belong on screen. Usually they don't. Delete them so the main line stays clean.
Set the main language of the song in step 1. Then read the lines in the other language carefully.
This happens with very quiet or very busy vocals. Type or paste the lyrics yourself and carry on.
10 to 30 seconds of the chorus or the best line, in vertical. It shows the song to people who have never heard it.
The whole song, usually in landscape, for YouTube. People search there for lyrics and come back to sing along.
A short video takes a few minutes: upload, check the lyrics, pick a style and download. A whole song takes longer, mostly because there are more words to read.
Yes. The free plan gives you 5 videos a month: 3 without watermark and 2 with it. You can use up to 30 seconds of each song. No card is needed.
No. Escalium writes them from the vocal and times every word. You only fix the words it got wrong. If it finds no lyrics, you type or paste them.
31 today, all shown on this page. You can change the font, the colours, the size and the place of the words in each one.
Yes. Upload your clip in the Style step, or drop a video of yours in the first step. It stays on your device. Only the sound of the part you pick is sent to write the lyrics.
Make the video as usual, then open it in the Advanced Video Editor. Your song, the timed lyrics and the clip open there as a project. Export it in 16:9, up to 4K on a Pro plan.
Use songs you own or have the right to promote, like your own releases. The same goes for any video you upload as a background.
Upload your song, check the words, pick one of the 31 styles and download it. Everything in this guide works on the free plan.
