♪ how to write a song ♪
ฝัง
- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 มิ.ย. 2018
- here is a really reaaaalllly bordderlineeee uselessssss video of me trying to explain my songwriting process that i absoutely do not even understand myself so idk how to explain it to you but i tried my best.
to be honest, the best way to get good at songwriting is just by listening to CRAP TONS of music, really really listening to the patterns, and just by practicing a lot lot lot. the first few songs you write will make no sense. don't worry. it'll make a lot more sense five years down the road! don't! give! up! (unless songwriting just isn't something u wanna pursue heh then u can probably focus ur attention on things you like more ya know u do u).
anyways this video was confusing.
love ya!
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do you guys ever write a song at 3am and then the next morning you realize that you just copy and pasted gary come home from spongebob
are you ok? do you need help?
yes. literally yes.
Liisel Lillemägi no thanks and i know ur not askning me but no thanks
Dead lmao 😂😂😂😂
Liisel Lillemägi actually yes
"Hello, welcome to my bed."
Me: well that's probably the first and only time a boy will ever say that to me.
@@shannishanni5479 uhhhhh... what???!!!
@@wednesday9683 when youre pfp was a picture of you it was a good picture im not tryma be creepy sorry
As a lesbian I can agree lol
Omg you’re both an army and really attractive whaaaaat, hi I’m also a army and a multi fan, my name is Eliza and I’m pan (: fuck that was so unnecessary hhahaha
@―𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚍𝚞𝚜𝚝.𝚝𝚡𝚝 we're pan fans
AM I THE ONLY ONE THAT EXPERIENCES THAT ONE MOMENT WHERE YOU THOUGHT AND SANG A WHOLE AMAZING CHORUS BUT THE MOMENT YOU TRY TO WRITE DOWN THE WORDS YOU FORGET WHAT YOU JUST SANG AND- *P A I N.*
UGH that hurts like hell
PAINNNNN I’VE BEEN THERE TOO UGH
I've been through that pain once😂😂😂😂
LITERALLY
YES or i forget the tune of it after i write it down *sobbing*
conan it’s been 2 years why is “cup cup” not on spotify yet🙄
😭💀✋🏼
sayin
three and a half now 🙄
@@mouhiazeck 4 and half now 🤣🤣
Five now!!! 😭😭😭😭
A genius attempting to teach plebeians how to be geniuses
Haley Pham HEY GIRLY POP!
Haley Pham oh hey hakey
hi mom
HALEY
GIRLY POP
how to write a song: (by conan)
step 1: ...uh
step 2: and you’re done!
Kiera Goins LMAOOO
Kiera Goins, he explained it well
I’m Sorry But
people have different opinions and this could be a joke
Selena Hoang, yup, and I’m sating mine
a
My cup is filled tea
Cause coffee makes my throat itchy
I'll teach you how to write a song
I promise it won't be too long
Now let's all go cry together
Because I wish I was Heather
Great song
THAT WAS GOOOD
conan gray? i dont know him
@@lumorales6477 conan gray ?? i hardly know her
@@xdinaryseungmin3732 him
Him: I can't write a song
Crush culture, Heather, Generation Why: 👁️👄👁️
Lol
Conan: I don't know how to write a song
also Conan: writes "Heather"
I mean he did say it was based on a real life thing soo 😗✌
Also Conan: writes "maniac"
lol its cause this vid was made like 2 years before heather came out so he probably improved
@@ilovecatslolz *true*
Factsssss
title - “how to write a song”
conan - “i don’t really know”
Me in an essay
also conan - **writes heather**
@@sofiacampelo513 also Conan *writes way better songs then that overplayed shit*
@@makenziej8632 exactly
Little League, The Story, Checkmate and more are so much better than Heather
@@Tree_Forest every songs of Conan is amazing
Conan in 2018: I cAn'T dRiNk CoFfEe
Conan in 2020: 12TH COFFEE OF THE DAY ✌🏼
Im sorry this might be weird but my friend is a singer/ songwriter song of her songs went popular on tiktok and spotify (just to tell you she obviously can write a good song) but dude i wrote songs in a month like whenever i was free i made it a challenege for a month to write songs whenver i was free and so far i wrote 13 songs in the month and i have a studio in my basment so i have the software and instruments to make the melody and when i finished the songs i showed them to my friend acting like it was an album from an unkown artist and she said she LOVED the songs lol and she was so suprised when i told her i wrote them lolol
Good for you! I'm sure they sound amazing!
Yes! I do sorry for the late reply, but yes 🥰
Thank youuu😍😍
*Post them please, I must hear them now*
@@randomthings3947 any links to ur music???
i miss when he used to make videos like these :(((
bro same😔😔
Same ;(
neva marie sameee
Yesss
SAME! :(
Everybody: ur talented HELP
Conan: guys I'm actually clueless
Outstanding move
@@nxt_even_chino7057 indeed
Literally thing everyone says that's good at something
This is the first time I’ve heard his voice- I thought it would be deeper... We- 💀
Wait why did I suddenly made a song about cup-
What’s filling in my cup?
Stomach full of butterflies
But my cup is filled with lies
But I’m falling for your eyes
And my heart is beating
what is this feeling ?
My baby I’m craving
all you want is me
to sit in your lap
baby I’m on a trap
in my cup in my cup...
Take a sip as your hands starts slip
As the cup touch my lips
with a cup of coffee
And whip cream on top
but you never stop Won’t stop
won’t stop won’t stop -
Oh what’s in My cup my cup ?
It’s Never What’s up what’s up
Then there’s always tea spilling
Now my cup keeps filling
But It’s always what’s under
Filled me up with wonder
but you leave for another
My cup my cup
now drink it up drink it up
And never stop never stop
It won’t stop it won’t stop..
in the morning with a cup of coffee
But it feels like a cup of tea
Baby You flow like water
Sweet like milk then get sour
Only Hold my hands
in one night stand
We only last for an hour -
It’s never what’s up what’s up what’s up?
Or what’s filling in my cup my cup my cup
Saying no but you never stop never stop
It won’t stop you keek drinking it up drink it up
It’s always what’s under
Feel me up with wonder
Then you leave me for another
In My cup my cup but you never stop...
Oof this sounds awesome
@@ms.rottenstrawberry1018 Ong thx lmao 😭💗
Can u sing
Wait this actually sounds pretty cool
LMAO THIS IS A MASTERPIECE
art begins a 0:00 you’re welcome
Thank you!!!😱
Omg thank u so much I can’t explain how much this means to me like your literally my favorite person thank you so much for this useful information I will carry this info to my grave god bless your soul 😭😭❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Gianna Tri calm down
hentai cord I’m good :,)
Gianna Tri good advice doe
"Idle town is my most popular song"
Heather: are you sure about that?
@@bejeweled2213 ik
@@bubbles-and-tea9166 not him ruining the joke💀
Maniac: am I a joke to you?
oVeRdrIvE iS
ummm nice one but the song heather came in 2020 right?🙃🤔😄
I find myself keep coming back to Conan’s old videos. It’s like a slice of happiness
Conan: there is really no right way to write a song but I wrote mine in shower-
Me in shower: okay now think
us: how do you write a song?
conan: ummm yes, cup cup
Lmao
“cup cup there’s a cup”
How about
Cup cup cup there is a cup cup cup...
Um yeah cup cup cup a little beautiful cup.
Pretty little cup beside a teapot
Well that doesn't make sense at all
There's a cup
why did this make me laugh so much 💀😂😂
“I dOnT kNoW hOw To WrItE sOnGs”
2 years later:
Writes Heather, goes viral
the fact this doesnt have any replies scares me...so here i am
@@nakiya_420 ikr 👁👄👁
Bahahahah yesss
heather is very good
@@nakiya_420 yeah
"who taught you to write songs?"
me: tate mcrae and conan gray.
yes and Cavetown
yesyesyes
i love how the beginning of this video is conan saying that coffee is bad for him and now he has multiple a day 🥰 self growth
is anyone else *f a s c i n a t e d* by the way Conan's coffee machine just throws the pod into the back ALL BY ITSELF? 🤔
or am i just really behind on the times haha
I felt the same... I have one of those old Italian stainless steel mini espresso machines (I thought that everyone else still uses them but apparently I was wrong), so am always really confused by all of these modern coffee machines...?
Same lol
exactly what i was thinking girl lol
fascinated* yEET
zoë ! Oops 😅
i can write lyrics but never melodies :/
sim wow i’m the complete opposite
I can write melodies but never lyrics :/
@@brooklynnjade250 you guys should collab then
KEEP TRYING BECAUSE I BELIEVE IN YOU AND IM SURE IT WILL SOUND GREAT ILY RANDOM STRANGER❤️🧡💛💚💓💗💖💘💓💓❤️💛💙💙💛🧡❤️❤️💜💞💞💗💖💖❣️💕
G Sings lol
🎶mosquitoes aren’t evil, they’re just misunderstood.🎶
11:42 : "didnt know that was hurting me"
*writes heather*
I can’t write a song without it sounding like another song anyone else get that?
Alex Little me :/ No matter how hard I try the lyrics end up sounding similar to another song. Nevermind that I cant even make them rhyme
Ochako Uraraka lyrics definitely don’t have to rhyme
i always end up making lyrics and/or melodies that are almost exactly the same like the song i was inspired by. so annoying :(
Alex Little mix multiple songs, and no one would tell lol
Rubvn Q that’s a good idea 😂
Petition for conan to start making videos like these again
YESSSSS
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
*signs*
~signs name~
*insert signature*
Song I just made randomly:
I'm sitting here
Tryna do my homework
I'm looking round
And thinking my whole life has turned into a blur
I'm sitting here
Tryna do what supposed to
I'm looking round
And analyzing things how thing could have been different
How things could change
How my name
Will be forgotten
Why's there all this pain?
What am I even doing rn-
Aeyooo this on Spotify?? I LOVE ITT
song writing isn’t for everyone ❤
@@kirsteinluver 💀💀💀💀
Poetic 💅✨
@@kirsteinluver FOUL💀
Anyone else dreaming of their songs performing like Heather on the charts? Yeah me too.
same bestie
Every time I’m in the shower i come up with something i go “o wow that good I should remember that” THEN I NEVER REMEMBER IT . I need to start writing things down more often
I have a little whiteboard hung right outside my shower so when inspiration strikes in the shower, I can write it down
Hey Luna Omg lol that's such a simple and good idea
Ana Banana omg that exact thing happens to me and I get so annoyed lol
I do that. I literally jump out of the shower and write it down on my phone
Ana Banana same!
“How the music comes out of my face”
-Conan Gray
I do not care about writing songs at all, but him explaining his process is so precious.
So , I don't know *anything* about music at all as I've never been to a music class in my life (I'm 15 now) and don't have any instruments at home either , but I write lyrics , the thing is , when I get the first line or the chorus line or just any line into my brain (which no one knows how) , it already comes with a tune , like ,
"Why should I dream about
Something that'll never come true"
, These are the first two lines of one of my favourite songs I wrote and when I got those lyrics into my head , they didn't come as words but came as a song already with some sort of tune , from that tune and lyrics I just go on with the rest of the lyrics naturally coming into my head (but I struggle at the parts where the tune needs to be changed after a few lines of lyrics in that tune but somehow end up finishing it tho 👍) so...
Mine is a much more complicated case....
Now I can perform my fake world tour in the shower
Sweet sweet bts trash Lmao,I thought the same thing when I saw 'fake'.😂
Lmao
everything about this is a mood. like the text, the username, all of it
Am I the only one that doesn’t sing or listen to music while in the shower
100% Real*
"it always starts of with a little something that pops up in my head for some reason."
me: du du du du du du du, du du du... du du du du du du du, MAKING MY WAY DOWNTOWN-
😂😂
WALKING FAST FACES PASS AND IM HOME BOUND!
thank you for doing the right amount of du's
Kermit_ Btch DADADADADA DA DA
Vaitiare York 😂😂😂
1:35
"comes out of my face"
imma use this from now on
When his 'normal' voice actually sounds so good; 👁️👄👁️
conan:😐😑😦
conan’s hands:🤘🤝🤞✊👊👈🤛☝️👉✋
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True lol 😂
Me, an Italian: 👁👄👁
me, part deaf 👁👄👁
Lol😂
He’s like a cute, helpful Shakespeare
He IS THE cute helpful shakespeare
Anoushka Konnur .
*y u h s I s*
He is super cute UwU
PLS NEVER AT ALL COST NEVER DELETE YOUR BLOG VIDEOS!!! Like- you are one of the few recommendations on my TH-cam which make me smile. Others are literally sad playlists for your comfort characters (and it’s sad)
This is one of the best videos explaining the process I’ve ever seen! It’s extremely reassuring. I feel like I’ve actually always written songs, it’s just a matter of practicing, being more confident, and sticking to the process.
Caffeine tightens the vocal cords, thats why it makes your voice scratchy
omg this is why emma chamberlain sounds the way she does *shocking*
yeah and the dairy in it doesn't help either
xander yvette THANK YOU I was relating to him when he said it and wanted to know
I don't want to ruin this the comment has 666 likes
@@l0zz1em0zzi3 good thing I'm lactose intolerance lmao
“I think everyone makes songs in their heads”
Me: 👁👄👁
BYE NO
My head:
“. .”
@@tinastcyr8671 LMAO BYE
my head: no thoughts, head empty...
I have absolutely no lyrical talent whatsoever
the fact that I started watching this video and then an add pops us saying “do you want to know how to write a song?”, I’ve never seethes add before or watched any videos like this. Like come on TH-cam way to make it obvious.
2018 - can't drink coffee cause it makes him nervous
(2021-2022) -Posts coffee pictures every single day~~
Step one: believe in it, and sing it all day long
Step two: just roll with it
*and that's how you write a song*
Norwayy❤❤
Ok Im not even joking ive just written the same comment and then i saw yours and now im sad ):
KPop In A Bottle haha i was thinking that too
Yeeeesss, was waiting for someone to comment this!!
he's eurovisions precious boy, he could have taken anything and still do good... it was terrible though ahahah
I JUST WROTE A SONG ABOUT HATING THE GEESE
LET ME HEAR
just a pekin duck 🦆
LMAO
I wrote a song called 'Lightning McQueen inspired me to commit crimes', so I cant judge you.
surprisingly surviving I’m... intrigued?
reading has been really helpful for my songwriting. you’re unconsciously expanding your vocabulary, it’s amazing.
This has by far been the best video explaining song writing. I feel inspired, encouraged and excited to write my own songs!
the original cup song is quaking
Lol yes
"It spills out of my face" -Conan Gray (BEST WORDS EVER TO SPILL OUT OF CONANS FACE)
They sure are
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My watching this at 2am in 2023 cause why not watch a Conan Gray video from 5 years ago?
so real
title - “how to write a song”
conan - “i don’t really know”
Also conan: writes Heather
What've you done to me, you crazy man? I'm 65 and because of this ^ I've written my first song. Suppose I'd better sing it quick, before I turn into a fossil.
😂
this comment is so awesome
This made my dark soul a little happier
Bruh-
Aww this is so cute
"Cup cup, there's a cup"~Conan Gray my senior quote
thank you sm. I read so much stuff about song writing and your video was a completely different perspective and it helped so much! Thank you sm you beautiful soul
I needed to hear this tbh. I have been trying to work on songwriting and you are super inspiring and thank you for posting this. Your music is incredible and u are such an inspiration.
um why isnt "cup cup" on spotify yet?
I was thinking that too
Cup cup there’s a cup!
So I wrote a song, without actually writing it down and remembering the tune-
I forgot it now-
Happens to me all the time. 😔✌🏼
luv i do the same thing
😔✊ me too my guy
happens to me all the time ugh that sucks
Oh relatable 🥺💜
i relate to this dude so much and i still watch this to get inspired to write because he literally talks from my soul
when i was watching this i never thought i'll be able to write songs... now i've uploaded my first original song 😭 he is such an inspiration and actually this video helps me so much 😭 thanks conan... i love uuuu
When I was in 6th grade I wanted to be a rapper and listened to alot of rap and wrote alot of rap and now I can’t write normal songs because it turns into a rap
Cod Lak FELT THAT
Fuck help same
@Brodi Foote LMAO NOOO
Brodi Foote MISS LAWAN MISS LAWAN
Then you could just stick to rap
ur coffee machine throwing the pod by itself is my inspiration tbh
Ana IM SO CONFUSED
The coffee machine throwing the pod is more active than I've been the entire year...
i wrote 6 albums for fun when i was 9 and now i struggle to remember what a refrain is.
omgg cone ur amazing!! u literally cleared my thoughts, and all u said is truly relatable (at least to me). sometimes I take my guitar thinking like "yup, i’m going to write something rly dope” and then i end up failing miserably, or writing something that looks like any other song but something i’d actually write?? it's just so frustrating, and, as you said, we end up being limited by chord progressions.
My cup, my cup
Say what’s up
To my cup, to my cup
YES I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO THOUGHT OF THAT YESSS
I think I’m a bit too enthusiastic lol
glee..? lmao. artie and brittany
I literally just choked on my tea reading this oh my god
hello fellow gleek
Conan: I don't know how to write a song
Also Conan: Wrote, Crush Culture, Heather, Maniac etc etc etc
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Might wanna add people watching now!
Checkmate,Wish You Were Sober and Overdrive, Telepath and Memories too
People watching
also jigsaw
hey Conan! just wanted you to know that I watched this almost two years ago and I now write my own songs and am looking into recording. thank you so much for being the best role model
his room is very aesthetic i love it
he should do a "write a song with me" video. i feel like it would be cool if artists kind of took us with them on their song writing journey....if that makes sense?? lol
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Yessssss
Yeah
Yea
i love that idea!!
I’ll literally just start singing like
🎵 I need to do the dishes🎵
There’s a bowl in the siiink that’s been there for 2 dayyyyys🎵
It’s so random lol
LMAO yes
lmao why did i read this and start singing along to it
Lexi Thevenin fuck me too🤣
It’s beautiful
why is this so nostalgic?
Have you ever just like walk or having a moment on the car and just randomly made a song and it sounded really good but you haven't write it down so now you've forgotten it???
"I don't know how it comes out of my face" LMAOOOO 😂
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now i can write a song about how much i love you
oof same
Quality content
🏳️🌈❤️🌈
Uwu so sweet
1:04 this is why Emma chamberlains voice is always gone
woah u rly just did that
omg
LMAOAOOA
April Flint lmaooooo
Y. E. S
How to write a song : have trauma
Fr 😂
@@Macaroni624I DONT HAVE ENOUGH TRAUMA FOR THIS 😭😭
his energy is so comforting
Conan: coffee makes me super jittery and super nervous for no reason
Me: *so does my anxiety-*
coffee actually makes anxiety worse....so it makes sense...idk
@@leviag6924 Not always. It helps me 🤷♂️
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It's the other way round for me. First I make the words, then the tunes come. Like I have a certain thing that I wanna write or talk about, or describe, and I sort of start writing about it, a little like I'm writing a poem. Then I start singing what I've written out in different ways until I've found what suits it.
BarknoorZ I do this as well! I wouldn't say I'm a writer more than a musician or vise versa, BUT I'm a jazz musician. A woodwind player. My musicality in playing is focused on expressing things without words.
So when it comes to songwriting with lyrics and ukulele, I lean toward the writing. My writing is like a poetic extension of my abstract emotions that I need to express in words. So I'll write up, when inspiration strikes, about something that hits me and then either with it or later I'll find how I want it to be sung and then I add chords and stuff. Because chord progressions and such aren't my forte, I'm no crazy innovater there.
So there's to different kinds of music with me, I guess, and the lyrical kind is built in lyrics
same and like sometimes as I write it the melody just comes
Same I write poems then put them with chords and tunes that I’ve already written down
same here
Thats literally the exact same thing i do
This is so aesthetically pleasing
I love your prospective, I never would have thought of song writing like that.
I spent 75% of the video going “awww” like I was looking at a corgi but conan is cuter
ava grace bitch me too 😂
Love ur profile pic! Can't wait for season 6 😬😬
Ikr? I heard hunk gets more screen time 💛👌
ava grace he better
ava grace Technically, they're more like _pchew, pchew, pchew._
i tried to record my voice like you said and now i'm cringing
I have never related so much in my life smh
LMAOO me too lol
Same like I listen and I'm like hm not too bad but 10 minutes later I listen again and ew
Hehe I learnt this fact: your voice sounds different to your own ears so i blame my cringy singing on that
same tho
you said this video won't be helpful, but it is one of the most helpful video in my entire life
i always thought that i have to learn something in certain way to write a song or to do whatever
but, after watching this video, my perspective has completely changed
and i could see what is important
conan isn't likely to see my comment, but i really thank you
i love u 🥰😍
This video was actually very helpful, thank you so much, this is such a great inspiration for a young song writer like me. : D
I never finish writing my songs lol. usually I write the first verse and the chorus (with the melody) but then I kinda stop and take a step back idk, and when I come back the day after I just hate what I made or I get very inspired on a whole new different song lol
Lizy KIM same
this is me omg
BIG MOOD
Its crazy right?
Same
My vocal teacher told me that coffee dries out me heckin vocal chords so for those of you wondering, its not you, its the coffee.
dont drink coffee if you're gonna record something.
Cishetfloorer IKR I had a scull of my mums coffee as a joke / dare and my voice was fucked up ALL DAY baha
Finally someone that makes SENSE about songwriting. Thank you
Definitely gonna go back here if I could (just if I could 🤞🏼) write a song one of these days or shall I say future days. I love your talent so much, Cone! ♥️
this video called me untalented in 10 different keys
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Yes
"it kinda just flew out of my head and into my phone"
i love this sentence
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We need to protect this man at all costs he's too pure
the editing on this is the best editing ive ever seen
Today i figured i can transform my poem (i write poems without rhymes) into a song, and it turned out pretty good. I recommend that method
Newt i do this too!
I'm trying that right now (that's why I'm watching this video :))
I have problems to put the chords. It seems I need to know some musical theory, because people say that some chords are for some notes and viceversa xd
love your profile piccc
aly saaame
*runs to the piano*
Nina this should be my senior quote lmfao
Saaameee
*runs to piano even though I can’t play it*
*smashes keys cuz i dont know how to play*
i watched this video a few years ago and i didn’t find it helpful but i just watched it again and it helped me so much more now that i understand because how how much i’ve grown over the years and i relate so much to this whole video
Your smol hand wave just made my day thanks🌼