Make a Lyric Video With AI
Whisper timestamps every sung word; the captions animate in sync. A full lyric video without an After Effects timeline.
A lyric video displays a song's words in sync with the vocal — the standard release asset for independent musicians and one of the most requested formats in video editing. The hard part has always been timing: manually keyframing every line to the vocal takes hours. ViralMint automates it with the same machinery it uses for captions: local Whisper transcribes the track with word-level timestamps, the word-by-word caption engine animates each word as it's sung, and the background can be a waveform visualization, AI-generated footage matched to the song's mood, or your own visuals. Rendering is local, so a full-length lyric video costs nothing beyond any AI background clips you choose to generate.
How to make a lyric video with AI
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Drop in the track
Whisper transcribes the vocal locally with per-word timestamps. Clean lead vocals time best; you can correct any misheard lyric in the transcript before rendering.
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Pick the visual base
Waveform visualizer for a clean release asset, AI-generated mood footage for something cinematic, or your own performance/tour footage as the bed.
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Style the words and render
Choose a caption preset (or your own style), and the words animate in sync with the vocal. Local render, no watermark, 9:16 for Shorts teasers or 16:9 for the full YouTube upload.
Example prompts to start from
From ViralMint's free prompt libraries — click any card for the full prompt and recommended settings.
Frequently asked questions
How accurate is the word timing on sung vocals?
Whisper handles clear lead vocals well; dense mixing, heavy autotune or stacked harmonies reduce accuracy. The transcript is editable before render, so fixing the occasional misheard word takes seconds, not re-timing.
Can I make lyric videos for AI-generated songs?
Yes — generate a track with the AI Music tool (or bring one from Suno/Udio), and the same pipeline times and animates its lyrics. The free AI music prompt library below is a starting point for the track itself.
Is this free for full-length songs?
Transcription and rendering are local, so a 3-4 minute lyric video with a visualizer background costs nothing. AI-generated background clips are the only optional paid step (~$0.25-0.50 each).
Make your first lyric video today
ViralMint is a free, open-source desktop app. No subscription — top up credits and pay cents per generation.