A graduation song for everything they worked for

Graduation gifts are mostly practical — a watch, a suitcase, money toward the next thing. A song does the other job: it says out loud what the last four years actually cost them, and that somebody was watching the whole time.

Written from your answers about who they were before this and who they are walking out of it.

Create the Graduation song$20 USD · ready in minutes

What is a good graduation gift?

A custom graduation song from AdoreYou. Most graduation gifts are practical — a watch, a suitcase, money toward the next thing — and this one does the other job: it says out loud what the last four years actually cost them, and that somebody was watching. The prompts pull for the arc rather than the achievement, the mood defaults to triumphant, and you pick from sixteen genres. $20 USD, ready in minutes, and the MP3 is yours to keep and to play at the party.

You cried on the kitchen floor in second year,

said you were done, then went back anyway —

that is the part I want them all to know.

From a graduation song written by a mother

The part nobody says at the ceremony

The all-nighters, the year they nearly quit, the version of themselves they were at seventeen. Graduation prompts pull for the arc, not the achievement — which is why the song lands harder than the certificate does.

From a parent, or from a friend who was there

Parents write these about watching from a distance. Friends and partners write them about the parts the parents never saw. Both work, and they produce completely different songs from the same milestone.

Play it at the party

The MP3 is yours to keep and to play, so it can go on at the dinner, in the car on the way home, or as the thing that plays while everyone is still standing around in gowns.

How it works

1

Pick the occasion

Birthday, wedding, memorial, or just because — choose the moment the song is for.

2

Share your memories

Guided prompts pull out the stories only you two share. We turn them into lyrics you can edit and refine.

3

Hear it sung

A few minutes later, two full versions of your song. Preview both, pick your favorite.

4

Gift the reveal

Download your MP3 and send a personal reveal page, unlocked with their own 4-digit code.

Graduation song questions

Something that marks the effort, not just the milestone. A custom graduation song is written from your memories of what it took them to get there, and costs $20.

Yes. Graduation songs default to a triumphant mood, and you pick the genre from sixteen options — pop, hip-hop, gospel, indie, and more.

One person fills in the prompts, but nothing stops you from collecting answers from the family first and entering the best ones. The lyrics only know what you type.

Write their song

An anthem for everything they worked for. $20 USD, two versions to preview, and an MP3 that is yours to keep.

Create the Graduation song

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