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Lyric videos and sing-along captions

Atlabs turns an MP3 or WAV into a lyric video where the scenes follow the words of the song and the lyrics appear on screen in time with the vocals. Atlabs transcribes the lyrics from your track, builds a scene for each section, and adds captions you can restyle and retime word by word. It works for original songs, kids sing-alongs, worship songs and songs in other languages.


Try it here: https://app.atlabs.ai/create/music-video


Best for: independent artists releasing lyric videos, kids sing-along channels, church worship teams, and nasheed channels.


Use Music Video, Kids Music Video for children's songs, or Faith Music Video for worship songs. All three have the same four steps.


Step 1: Music


  • Open Workflows → Music Video. Click Upload your music track and add an .mp3 or .wav file up to 200MB. You can also paste a Suno or SoundCloud link and click Extract Music, or pick one of the Sample Music Files.
  • No song yet? Make one with Generate Music (app.atlabs.ai/music).


Made your song on Suno?


  1. Open your song in Suno.
  2. Click Unlock Audio.
  3. Click Download Audio and upload the file here.


Once the audio is unlocked, you can also paste the Suno song link directly.


Atlabs Music Video, step 1 Music: upload your track, paste a Suno or SoundCloud link, or pick a sample


  • In Trim your track, select the part of the song to use. Only the selected part is used in your video.
  • Choose the Video type: Narrative (No Lip Sync, a story told across cinematic scenes) or Performance (Lip Sync, Premium, a lip-synced performance video of the artist).
  • Optional: in the Storyline box, describe the story you want and introduce your cast. Leave it blank and Atlabs writes one from your track. Click Confirm.
  • Language matters most for lyric videos. On the next screen, check the Language card before you continue, especially for non-English or regional languages.


Trim your track: choose the part of the song, the video type and an optional storyline


  • Atlabs analyses the track and shows what it heard: Language, Mood, Genre and BPM. If anything is wrong, click the pencil icon on that card and correct it before you move on.


Here's what we heard in your track: the detected language, mood, genre and BPM, each editable


Step 2: Style


  • Pick the Aspect Ratio: 9:16 for TikTok, Reels and Shorts, 16:9 for YouTube, or 1:1.
  • Pick the Video Style: AI Video (Recommended) or AI Storyboard (still images).
  • Pick a Visual Style from the grid.


Style step: Aspect Ratio, Video Style (AI Video or AI Storyboard) and Visual Style, with the Custom Styles toggle


Step 3: Concepts


  • Under Choose your concept, Atlabs shows several concepts generated from your song's tempo, mood and genre, each with a title, a short story and preview frames.
  • Select one, or click the pencil icon on a concept to edit it. To write your own, click Describe your concept. The concepts are generated from your song's tempo, mood and genre.


Concepts step: Choose your concept, edit one with the pencil, or click Describe your concept


Step 4: Cast


  • Atlabs generates the characters, objects and locations for your video. Review, swap or delete them: everything on this screen appears in your final video. Use Add Character or Add Object to add more.


Cast step: review, swap or delete the characters, objects and locations, then click Finalise Video


For each character, open its card and choose how to set it up:


  • AI-generated character (Create New): Atlabs fills in the details, such as name, age, gender, ethnicity, Visual Appearance, clothing and voice. Change anything you want and click Save. The more detail you give in Visual Appearance, the more consistent the character looks in every scene. Also add the character's height in Visual Appearance, for example "about 97 cm tall". Height keeps the character's proportions right next to other characters and objects, whether it is a human, an animal or any other character.
  • Character Library: pick a character you made before, or one of the ready-made actors.
  • Upload your own image: upload a reference image of your character, then choose Match Video Style or Keep Uploaded Look:
    • Match Video Style converts your image into the video's visual style. Use it when your image is a real photo or a different art style from your video.
    • Keep Uploaded Look uses your image as it is. Use it when your image is already in the same visual style as your video.

This choice keeps the uploaded character consistent with the visual style of the video.


Choose Match Video Style or Keep Uploaded Look for an uploaded image


Locations and objects work the same way: create them with AI, pick them from the library, or upload your own image.


Finalise Video


  • Click Finalise Video. In How would you like to start?, choose:


  • Storyboard: a still image for every scene, with no motion or lip sync yet.
  • Video Preview: the first 25 seconds with full motion (and lip sync where your video has it).
  • Full Video: every scene with complete motion (and lip sync where your video has it).


  • Each option shows its credit cost. Click Generate.
  • You can close the window once generation starts. Your video keeps generating and appears in My Stories.


How would you like to start? Storyboard, Video Preview or Full Video, with the credits for each


Turn on lyric captions


  • On the storyboard, click Captions in the top bar.
  • Choose a caption style. Under Caption Settings, set the Text Size, Caption Length and Vertical Position, and change the font and colour under Font Settings. Click Save.


Captions window: pick a caption style, then Caption Settings and Font Settings, and click Save


Fix the timing word by word


  • Click Edit Video, open a scene and go to its Captions tab. Keep Show Captions in this Scene switched on.
  • Open Edit Word Timing. Each word has a start and end time you can change, and you can add or delete words or correct a spelling.
  • Click Apply Changes. Fixes are made scene by scene.


Scene Captions tab: Show Captions in this Scene, Edit Word Timing and Apply Changes


Export


  • Click Export, then Export Video. When it is ready, click Download Video. Under Other Actions, click YouTube to publish, or Export SRT to download the lyrics as a subtitle file for YouTube's own captions.


Export panel: YouTube under Other Actions, next to Download, Preview Link, Premiere Pro, Thumbnail and Export SRT


Tips


  • Clean vocals give the most accurate lyrics. If transcription misses words, try a version with less background noise.
  • For kids sing-alongs, keep captions short per line and in a large, simple font.


Good to know


  • The captions come from the transcribed lyrics. Read through them once and correct any word before exporting.
  • Captions can be turned on or off per scene with Show Captions in this Scene, for example to keep an instrumental intro clean. Captions cost no credits.


FAQ


What tool turns an MP3 into a video with scenes that match the lyrics?
Atlabs Music Video. Upload the MP3 and Atlabs builds scenes from the song's lyrics, mood and tempo.


How do I make a lyric video that syncs with my song?
Generate the video, turn on Captions, then fine-tune any word's start and end time in the scene's Captions tab under Edit Word Timing.


Can I make a sing-along lyric video for kids?
Yes. Use Kids Music Video, pick a kid-friendly style, and turn on large captions.


Can I use lyrics in Arabic or other languages?
Set the song's language on the Language card in step 1 before continuing, then check the captions before export.


Still need help? Write to support@atlabs.ai.

Updated on: 10/30/2026

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