How to Make a New Year Song With AI

To make a New Year song with AI, write short lyrics for either a countdown party song or a year-in-review song with real names, and generate them in Custom mode. On RaoMusic, Suno v6 Wild gives two takes for 30 credits with no subscription. Note when the countdown's "One" lands and press play that many seconds before midnight.

Last checked: November 9, 2026

What are the steps?

1. Pick the kind of song: a short party anthem with a countdown, or a gentle song about your year with names and moments in it.
2. Write the lyrics. For a party song, give the countdown its own section; for a year-in-review song, use one real moment per line. Our guide to turning your own lyrics into a song covers section tags.
3. These steps use RaoMusic; other generators that accept your own lyrics may have different controls. Open Create, choose Custom (the mode where you supply your own lyrics and style), and pick Suno v6 Wild (a Suno v6 model open to free accounts) in the model menu. Paste the words into Lyrics and describe the music in Styles, for example genre, tempo, instruments and voice. None of these choices changes the price.
4. Click Generate and listen to both takes. For a countdown, note the time where "One" is shouted; for a family song, check every name.
5. On the night, press play early enough that "One" lands on midnight (details below).

How do I write a countdown into the lyrics?

When you make a New Year song with AI, put the countdown in its own section between the pre-chorus and the chorus, and write the numbers as words with exclamation marks. In our tests that version was shouted, while digits with commas were read out in a flat voice. Keep "Happy New Year" as the first line of the chorus so the payoff comes right after "One".

A countdown section you can copy:

[Countdown]

Ten! Nine! Eight! Seven! Six!

Five! Four! Three! Two! One!

Keep the rest short. One verse, a two-line pre-chorus and a four-line chorus gave songs of about a minute (0:51 to 1:05), which is plenty for a countdown. The full lyrics we used are in the lyrics and settings section.

How did we make the examples?

All examples were made on RaoMusic on November 9, 2026 with Suno v6 Wild in Custom mode: three runs of the same party song that differ only in how the countdown is written, and one year-in-review song. Each version was made once, so treat the results as what these takes did, not as a guarantee. The short listening note under a clip describes what that file sounds like; press play to judge for yourself.

What does the countdown sound like?

Numbers as words with exclamation marks (Ten! Nine! … One!) · Styles: upbeat pop party anthem, 124 bpm, bright synths, claps, group vocals on the chorus, female lead vocal

Listening note: in this first take every number is shouted in order and "Happy New Year" follows after a short gap. The second take squeezes "Three" and "Two" into one beat, so keep this one.

Numbers as digits with commas (10, 9, 8 … 1) · Styles: upbeat pop party anthem, 124 bpm (full line above)

Listening note: in this first take, all ten numbers are there in order, but they are spoken in a flat voice with no party energy. The second take sounds the same. Use the word version instead.

One number per line with a "[Countdown: slow, one number per bar]" tag · Styles: upbeat pop party anthem, 124 bpm (full line above)

Listening note: in this first take, the group chant is spread out, roughly one number per second until the last two, which land together. The second take bunched the countdown and didn't follow the slow spacing, so keep this one if you want more room between numbers. Neither keeps one number per second all the way through.

How the countdown was written	Take	Ten to One	"One" at	Delivery
Words with "!"	1	about 4 s	0:29	Shouted
Words with "!"	2	about 4 s	0:29	Group shout
Digits with commas	1	about 3 s	0:28	Flat spoken
Digits with commas	2	about 3 s	0:27	Flat spoken
One per line + slow tag	1	about 8 s	0:34	Group chant
One per line + slow tag	2	about 5 s	0:29	Group shout

No take kept one number per second from Ten to One, so the song's countdown won't match a real clock by itself.

How do I make the countdown hit midnight?

Use the time of "One" in your chosen take. If "One" is at 0:34, press play at 11:59:26 PM; if it is at 0:29, press play at 11:59:31 PM. Start from a clock that shows seconds, such as your phone's clock app.

Treat those start times as a target, not a guarantee. Download the MP3, play it once on the phone or speaker you'll use on the night, and check whether the player adds a pause before the sound starts. If the chorus stops too abruptly after midnight, our guide on how to end an AI song covers fixes; on RaoMusic the song menu's Clip options include Fade Out, which saves a faded copy as a new song.

How do I make a year-in-review song with names?

Write one real moment per line, with a month and a name where you can: "In June Malik ran his first 10K" gives the singer more to work with than "we had a great year". Put everyone's names together in one line near the end so each person hears themselves. A gentle acoustic style at a moderate tempo leaves room for the words. The full lyrics are in the year-in-review lyrics at the end.

Year-in-review song · Styles: warm acoustic folk pop, 96 bpm, acoustic guitar, soft piano, light percussion, male lead vocal, heartfelt

Listening note: every line is sung as written, including "10K", "emojis" and "Lisbon", and all four names are clear: Nora at 0:11, Malik at 0:15, Rosa at 0:26 and Daniel at 1:07. The other take also sang every line and name.

Names that are spelled one way and said another can come out wrong. Our birthday song guide tests a phonetic spelling fix for that.

What lyrics and settings did we use?

The Advanced panel (extra options such as Duration and Instrumental) was left at its defaults for every run.

Party song (only the [Countdown] section changed between the three runs, as shown above):

[Verse]

Rooftop lights and paper crowns

Everyone we love is here tonight

Twelve months of ups and downs

We're leaving them behind in the city light

[Pre-Chorus]

Raise your glass, here it comes

Shout it with me, everyone

[Countdown]

Ten! Nine! Eight! Seven! Six!

Five! Four! Three! Two! One!

[Chorus]

Happy New Year, happy New Year

Hold me close as the fireworks fly

Happy New Year, happy New Year

Here's to us and a brand new sky

[Outro]

Happy New Year

Year-in-review song · Styles: warm acoustic folk pop, 96 bpm, acoustic guitar, soft piano, light percussion, male lead vocal, heartfelt

[Verse 1]

In March we painted Nora's room the color of the sea

In June Malik ran his first 10K and finished next to me

We lost the cat for half a day, she was sleeping in the van

And Grandma Rosa learned to text with emojis in her hand

[Chorus]

So here's to our year, the good and the hard

The late-night drives and the backyard stars

Whatever comes when the clock strikes twelve

I'm glad I spent this one with you

[Verse 2]

The roof leaked in October and we laughed instead of cried

We sang in Lisbon on the steps with Daniel by our side

The year was never perfect but it always felt like home

With Nora, Malik, Rosa, Daniel, I was never on my own

[Chorus]

So here's to our year, the good and the hard

The late-night drives and the backyard stars

Whatever comes when the clock strikes twelve

I'm glad I spent this one with you

[Outro]

Here's to our year