A custom song for Valentine's Day

The one Valentine's gift that cannot be bought in a checkout aisle on February 13th.

Lyrics you review and approve · 7,99 € · ready in minutes

Every February the same three options show up: flowers that die by the weekend, a box of chocolates, and a card with someone else's poem printed inside it. A custom Valentine's Day song is the opposite of all that. It uses your names, your first date, the argument you now laugh about, the thing they say every morning that you would miss immediately if it stopped.

It works whether you have been together six months or sixteen years, and it works over distance, which matters more than people admit. Send the link at 7am, play it in the car, cue it up when the plates are cleared. It costs less than dinner and it is still around next February, and the one after that.

How to write your brief

Ideas to include

The origin story

Where you met, what they were wearing, who texted first, and the moment you knew this one was different.

The unglamorous stuff

The Sunday routines, the way they load the dishwasher wrong, the running joke only the two of you understand. Specific beats poetic every time.

The long distance Valentine

Different cities, different time zones, counting down to the next visit. A song lands where a bouquet cannot.

Perfect for

  • A partner who insists they do not want anything
  • A boyfriend or girlfriend in the first year, when the pressure is highest
  • A spouse who has already been given every gift on the list
  • Someone you are dating long distance and cannot see on the night

Tone ideas

  • Warm and romantic, slow and close
  • Funny and affectionate, teasing them the way you actually do
  • Indie and understated, for someone allergic to schmaltz
  • Old school soul, big voiced and completely unembarrassed

Message example

Happy Valentine's Day, Sarah. I could not find a card that said any of this, so I had La Ritournelle put it in a song instead. Headphones on.

Brief examples

The origin story

Name: Sarah. Bond: girlfriend of two years. Occasion: Valentine's Day. Tone: warm and romantic. Anecdote: met at a friend's terrible housewarming and left together to find real food, to adapt with a real memory. Delivery: sent as a link on the morning of. Indicative example, exact lyrics not promised.

The unglamorous stuff

Name: Danny. Bond: husband of eleven years. Occasion: Valentine's Day. Tone: funny and affectionate. Anecdote: he has made the same burnt pancakes every Sunday since 2015, to adapt with a real memory. Delivery: played over dinner at home. Indicative example, exact lyrics not promised.

The long distance Valentine

Name: Priya. Bond: partner, currently five time zones away. Occasion: Valentine's Day. Tone: indie and understated. Anecdote: they fall asleep on video calls most nights, to adapt with a real memory. Delivery: sent to land at her breakfast, not yours. Indicative example, exact lyrics not promised.

How it works

You tell us

Their name, how you met, the details nobody else would know, and whether you want romantic, funny, or somewhere in between.

We compose

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

You gift it

Text the link on the morning of, play it over dinner, or save it for the drive home.

Why La Ritournelle

Frequently asked questions

It is Valentine's Day today. Am I too late?

No. The whole thing runs in minutes. Write the brief now, approve the lyrics, and you can have the song ready before dinner tonight.

We have only been together a few months. Is a song too much?

Not if you set the tone. Ask for something light and funny rather than a grand declaration, and it reads as thoughtful instead of intense. You control that in the brief.

Can it be funny instead of romantic?

Yes, and for a lot of couples that lands harder. Tell us to tease them and we keep it affectionate. The joke is with them, never at them.

Can I send it if we are apart on the night?

That is one of the best uses for it. You get a shareable link and an MP3, so a song can arrive anywhere a text can, on time, in their headphones.

Other occasions

Go further

Ready to write their song?

Tell us the story, we handle the rest. Your song is ready in minutes.

✨ Create my song for 7,99 €