A custom song for prom

The one thing from prom night that is not a photo on somebody's front lawn.

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Prom gets planned for months and remembered through four hundred pictures taken in the same driveway. The dress, the corsage, the promposal that took a whole marching band, the group chat arguing about the limo. Then it is over, and what is left is a printed photo in a cardboard frame.

A custom prom song is the piece that survives the night. Their name, their date, the friends in the car, the theme nobody understood, the slow one at the end. Send it the morning of and it plays on the way there. Send it after and it becomes the thing that year sounds like.

How to write your brief

Ideas to include

The promposal story

How they asked, or how they got asked. The poster, the fake out, the twenty people filming from behind a car.

The whole group going together

The friends in the pictures, the pileup in one house, the person who is always somehow late. Prom is rarely about two people.

Senior year, ending

Prom is the last big night before everything scatters. Say the part nobody says out loud in the driveway photos.

Perfect for

  • Parents marking their kid's senior prom
  • A date who wants to arrive with something nobody else brought
  • A friend group pooling for one song about all of them
  • An older sibling who remembers exactly what this night is

Tone ideas

  • Big and cinematic, made for the drive there
  • Funny and roasting, aimed at the group chat
  • Slow and romantic, for the last dance
  • Bittersweet and nostalgic, senior year running out

Message example

Have the best night, Riley. La Ritournelle turned the promposal, the limo argument, and this entire senior year into an actual prom song. Play it in the car on the way there.

Brief examples

The promposal story

Name: Riley. Bond: date. Occasion: Prom. Tone: funny and warm. Anecdote: asked with a poster held up by six friends in the cafeteria and nearly passed out, to adapt with a real memory. Delivery: sent the morning of. Indicative example, exact lyrics not promised.

The whole group going together

Name: the Lincoln High crew. Bond: eight friends, one party bus. Occasion: Prom. Tone: big and cinematic. Anecdote: three hours of pictures on the same lawn and somebody still missed the bus, to adapt with a real memory. Delivery: dropped in the group chat. Indicative example, exact lyrics not promised.

Senior year, ending

Name: Marcus. Bond: son. Occasion: Prom. Tone: bittersweet and nostalgic. Anecdote: his mother has watched the same driveway since kindergarten pictures, to adapt with a real memory. Delivery: played at home before he left. Indicative example, exact lyrics not promised.

How it works

You tell us

Their name, the date, the friends, the theme, and whether you want funny or romantic.

We compose

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

You gift it

Send it the morning of, play it in the car, or drop it in the group chat at midnight.

Why La Ritournelle

Frequently asked questions

Prom is tomorrow and I forgot. Is that a problem?

No. Prom gets planned for six months and the gift gets decided the night before, which is normal. Write the brief tonight and the song is ready to play in the car tomorrow.

Can it be for the whole group instead of one couple?

Yes, and it often lands better. Put everyone's name and one detail each into the brief and it becomes the song the whole car sings on the way there.

Can it be funny without embarrassing them?

Yes. Roasting the limo argument or the promposal disaster is affectionate. Tell us what is off limits in the brief and it stays off limits.

Is this a US thing only?

It is built around American prom, but UK school proms have the same shape now: the ask, the pictures, the year ending. The brief is yours, so the details come from your night.

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