A custom song for a graduation

Cap, gown, and one gift that is not a check in a card.

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Graduation is the gift moment nobody gets right. They get a check, a laptop bag, a set of luggage, and a card from an aunt who signed it in the parking lot. Then they walk across a stage while a stranger reads their name out of a list, and that is supposedly the ceremony that marks four years or thirteen.

A custom graduation song does the thing the ceremony cannot. It uses their actual name in their actual story: the 3am semester, the coach, the major they switched, the parents in row nine who have been waiting for this since kindergarten. Play it at the party and the room will stop.

How to write your brief

Ideas to include

The years it took

The all nighters, the class they nearly failed, the year they almost quit. The road is the story, not the diploma.

The parents in the stands

For a mom or dad watching their kid cross the stage. Say what you have been holding in since the first day of school.

The road ahead

The job, the city, the leaving. A graduation song is half a look back and half a send off.

Perfect for

  • Parents giving their high school or college grad something real
  • Grandparents who have been waiting years for this day
  • A best friend or roommate marking the end of it
  • A partner sending them off to the next city

Tone ideas

  • Proud and cinematic, built for the walk across the stage
  • Funny and warm, roasting four years of chaos
  • Emotional and honest, from a parent to their grad
  • Anthemic and forward looking, aimed at what comes next

Message example

You did it, Maya. La Ritournelle turned four years of it, the good and the 3am parts, into a graduation song. Congratulations, and put this one on loud.

Brief examples

The years it took

Name: Maya. Bond: daughter, college graduate. Occasion: Graduation. Tone: proud and cinematic. Anecdote: switched majors twice and nearly quit in sophomore year, to adapt with a real memory. Delivery: played at the party. Indicative example, exact lyrics not promised.

The parents in the stands

Name: Isaiah. Bond: son, high school graduate. Occasion: Graduation. Tone: emotional and honest. Anecdote: parents who have not missed a single game in four years, to adapt with a real memory. Delivery: sent the morning of the ceremony. Indicative example, exact lyrics not promised.

How it works

You tell us

Share their name, the school, the major or the years, and the story only your family knows.

We compose

We write the lyrics for your review, then produce a fully sung, studio quality track.

You gift it

Play it at the party, or send it the morning of the ceremony.

Why La Ritournelle

Frequently asked questions

High school or college, does the song change?

Considerably. A high school song is mostly about leaving home and the parents watching. A college song is about what four years cost and where they go next. Tell us which and we write to it.

The ceremony is tomorrow. Can you still do it?

Yes. The song is ready in minutes once you send the brief, so a graduation tomorrow morning is entirely doable tonight.

Can it be funny rather than sentimental?

Yes, and at a party it often plays better. Give us the roommate stories and the class they nearly failed, and we keep it affectionate rather than mean.

Can the whole family contribute to it?

Yes. Collect everyone's memories into one brief and the song comes from all of you, which is usually stronger than four separate cards.

Other occasions

Starting kindergartenBirthday

Go further

Starting kindergarten songsSee where the road started, thirteen years before the stage.Songs for kidsExplore a playful song written around a child's own name.New baby songsGo all the way back, to a lullaby on a newborn's name.Birthday songsFind the version built for the party rather than the ceremony.

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