A lyric video for YouTube

Start with the full song

1. Upload the finished audio. Check the supported audio files first.
2. Paste or auto-detect your lyrics. Check the words and repeated sections in Sync, then add your cover art.
3. Pick a style and preview it with the song. Widescreen gives the cover a slow cinematic treatment; Postscript puts quieter words in serif and script.

Make sure the words land

Listen to the first line after a pause and the change into each chorus, and adjust any word that lands early or late. Check a dense verse at phone size too, with a readable font and enough contrast against the artwork. The lyric timing guide walks through it.

Choose HD or 4K

The full video is a 16:9 MP4: HD is 1920 × 1080, 4K is 3840 × 2160. Both come with the same vertical clip, and a paid video has no watermark. 4K does not improve the audio or sharpen a small cover. Read HD or 4K if you are deciding.

Captions and your upload notes

The download includes SRT, VTT and LRC caption files, and the YouTube pack gives you a starting point for the title, description and chapters. Review both in your own voice. YouTube chapters need at least three timestamps from 00:00, each at least ten seconds long, so a short song may not have enough sections.

Give the upload a final look

1. Download the finished MP4 and play it through once.
2. Upload it to your channel with the title, description and any chapters.
3. Add the caption file, then check its timing against the upload.
4. Review the thumbnail and visibility before publishing.

The YouTube upload guide covers the handoff, and Your videos keeps your purchased files. lyrik doesn’t distribute your release. If your distributor manages Content ID for your recording, ask them how your channel’s uploads should be handled before you publish.