My Workflow: Three Steps from “Character Setting” to “Song of Destiny”
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乌龟哥🐢 is an Algorithm Operations Engineer with the Algorithm Team. With a passion for enhancing user experience and addressing feedback, he is dedicated to refining our algorithms and services. His role involves collaborating with the team to implement innovative solutions that align with our users’ needs and expectations.
For writers and creators, the biggest wish is to make our characters “come to life”. We design their appearance, personality, and experiences, but it always feels like something is missing—until I thought that perhaps they also need a song that belongs to them. I tried using Tunee as my “world-building co-creator” to compose a “character theme song” for my virtual character, Anya, a post-apocalyptic scavenger. The result was that the AI not only wrote perfect lyrics but also understood the “musical Easter eggs” hidden in my words.
Step 1: Create a Detailed Character Profile
I didn’t just say, “Write me a song about the apocalypse.” Instead, I provided Tunee with an extremely detailed “character profile,” as if introducing the character to a top lyricist, to let it “get to know” Anya first.
My Prompt:
“Please create lyrics for my virtual character. Character Name: Anya. Identity: A lone scavenger in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. Personality: Appears cold and strong, but yearns for warmth inside. Signature Item: An old-world music box. Core Conflict: She must remain vigilant to survive, but this makes it hard for her to trust anyone, leaving her very lonely.”
This step is the foundation for success. Through this profile, the AI understood that Anya is not just a symbol but a complex individual full of contradictions.
Step 2: Set the “Narrative Scene” and Embed “Musical Easter Eggs”
With the character established, a specific story scene is needed to carry the emotions. At the same time, I secretly embedded a key musical keyword in my instructions.
My Prompt:
“This song is sung by Anya on a snowy night while hiding in an abandoned shelter, repairing her music box. The lyrics should express her nostalgia for the past civilized world, her confusion about the future, and a faint glimmer of hope. Please use a poetic language style, and the lyrics must include the keywords ‘rusty gears,’ ‘snowstorm,’ ‘faded photographs,’ and ‘echo.’”
The key part is that I embedded a “musical Easter egg”—the music box. This is not just an image in the lyrics; my true intention was for Tunee to capture this keyword in the subsequent music generation and actually incorporate the sound or melodic motif of the “music box” in the arrangement. This is a more advanced approach: using meta-tags in the lyrics to guide the arrangement.
Step 3: Receive a “Soul Song”
Tunee fully understood my intentions and generated a version of the lyrics that is simply perfect, filled with poetry and imagery. When I asked it to compose music based on these lyrics, the most surprising part came:
In the final product, I truly heard the clear, melodious sound of the music box, subtly present in the cold wasteland arrangement, just like the warmth and hope that have never faded from Anya’s heart.
This experience convinced me that Tunee’s lyric generation ability goes far beyond “rhyme” and “word piling.” It can deeply understand characters, scenes, and emotions, and accurately transform these elements into words. Even more powerful is its ability to build a bridge between lyrics and arrangement, turning the “Easter eggs” in the text into highlights in the music. For all creators, this is undoubtedly a powerful tool that can make your worldview more three-dimensional.