Make a music video with AI

Turn a track into a finished music video: get or generate the song, storyboard shots to the beat, generate visuals, then cut to the music in Sunra — plus the fast lyric-video shortcut.

A music video is visuals cut to a track. The trick isn't fancy shots — it's timing: changes that land on the beat. This recipe gets you from a song to a synced, postable video, and ends with a one-track shortcut for lyric videos.

Step 1 — Get the track

Use a song you have the rights to, or generate one in the audio studio with the AI music generator. Describe genre, mood, and tempo:

Dreamy synthwave, mid-tempo around 100 BPM, warm analog pads, nostalgic and cinematic. Instrumental.

See Music, sound effects & dialogue. Lock the track before you make visuals — every cut is timed to it.

Step 2 — Storyboard to the beat

Listen once and mark the structure: intro, verse, chorus, drop. Give each section a look and a recurring subject or motif so the video feels like one piece, not a slideshow. Aim for a shot every 2–4 seconds, with the biggest visual change on the chorus.

Step 3 — Generate the visuals

Make each shot in the video generator at your target ratio (16:9 for YouTube, 9:16 for Shorts/Reels). Keep a consistent palette and energy per section:

Neon-lit rain-slicked city street at night, slow dolly forward, reflections shimmering, moody synthwave aesthetic. 9:16, 4 seconds.

Seedance 2.0 is fast, vertical-first, and has audio-visual beat sync; Veo 3.1 gives the most deliberate camera moves for hero shots. See Choosing a model and the Image-to-video guide if you're animating stills or artwork.

Tip

Match a shot's motion to its section's energy. Slow push-ins for verses, faster cuts and bigger camera moves for the chorus — letting the *motion* follow the music is what sells the sync.

Step 4 — Cut to the music

Lay the track in Studio or Flow and trim each clip so its cut lands on a beat. Put your strongest visual on the hook. A few frames early or late is the difference between "made with AI" and "made well".

Step 5 — Export

Render at 1080p. Keep the original audio loud and clean — it's a *music* video, so the track is the star.

Common fixes

Problem	Try this
Cuts feel off the beat	Mark the song's structure first, then trim each clip so its cut lands on a beat
Sections look disconnected	Hold one palette and a recurring subject or motif per section
The chorus doesn't pop	Save your biggest visual change and fastest cuts for the chorus
The generated track is the wrong vibe	Re-prompt with a specific genre, BPM, and mood; keep it instrumental under a voice
Lyric text is hard to read	Use GPT Image 2 for crisp lyric and title cards

The shortcut: a lyric video

Want words on screen instead of a full shoot? Make a lyric video: generate one or two looping background visuals, then add the lyrics as on-screen text timed to the vocal. The image generator with GPT Image 2 renders crisp, legible type for title and lyric cards. It's the fastest music video to make and a great first project.