A song for your best friend, for every hostel night you shared.
A personalised song for your best friend is an original song about your friendship: college days, hostel memories, inside jokes and the way they showed up when it mattered. Ishara writes it in Hinglish, Hindi, English or 6 more languages and delivers it in 24 hours to 5 days.
In Hinglish, Hindi, English & 6 moreReady in 3 to 5 days, or 24 hours with Studio
Free revisions on every song
Lyrics approval on The Serenade and Studio
Press play. Feel what they'll feel.
Real songs we've written for people just like yours. Yours will be entirely its own.
Sunflowers
Love song · English · 30 sec
For Papa, with love
Acoustic · Hindi · 30 sec
Happy Birthday, Maa
Birthday song · Punjabi · 30 sec
Your best friend knows your worst haircut, your 2 am crying phase and the real reason you left that group. Nobody else will ever hold that much of your story. A normal gift feels too small for that.
A song is not. Share the memories, the maggi nights and the stupid nicknames, and our songwriters write and produce something that sounds like your friendship. It works for a birthday, a farewell, a wedding send-off or a random Tuesday when you just want to say thank you.
What should a friendship song include?
Friendship songs live on inside jokes. Mention the exact things that would make a stranger say 'huh?' and make your friend laugh out loud. Then add one sincere line, because that is where it hits.
Our songwriters weave your stories into funny verses and a chorus built to be sung together at a party.
- Hostel or college memories: the canteen, the late-night maggi, the bunked lectures
- The nickname nobody else is allowed to use
- A day she or he saved you, or you saved them
- Road trips, exam stress, breakups you survived together
- Their habits: always late, always hungry, always has a plan that fails
- What you will miss, if they are leaving
When is a song the right gift for a friend?
A birthday is the obvious one, but friendship songs shine at turning points. A farewell when a friend moves to another city or country. A wedding send-off, when you are about to share them with someone else. A job or exam win. Or after a hard time, when words from you matter more than flowers.
If you are a group of friends, split the cost. Four friends sharing The Serenade at ₹799 each pay under ₹200, and the song comes from all of you. Name everyone in the song if you like.
Tell us how the two of you met and what the friendship has survived. Exams, breakups, job rejections, long silences and the calls that started with 'Are you free?' all belong in the song. These moments show that the friendship is more than good times.
How do you keep a friendship song from sounding forced?
Friends do not talk like greeting cards, and your song should not either. Use the words you actually say. If you call each other 'bhai' or 'bro' or 'pagal', tell us. We write in the same casual voice, so it feels like your group chat, not a speech.
Keep the balance light. Two or three funny verses and one sincere verse is a good mix. Name real places: the chai tapri outside college, the terrace, the exact hostel room number. These details are what make your friend say, 'How do they know this?'
If the friendship went through a rough patch and survived, say so. A line about the argument you both regret and the call that fixed it can be the one that makes them tear up.
How do you give it to them?
You get a private gift page with the player, MP3 download and lyrics, and the link reaches you on WhatsApp and email. Try these:
- Play it at the birthday party, at the cake moment, and watch the whole group scream the chorus
- Send it at midnight with the caption 'Sun, tere liye hai'
- Post the lyric video from the Studio song on a friend group chat
- Play it at the farewell dinner, then hand over the lyric sheet from The Serenade, with its QR code that plays the song
- Send it on a video call if you are in different cities
Which gift fits the plan?
The Note, ₹399, is one song in 5 days with 1 revision. The Serenade, ₹799, is the most loved: 3 days, 3 revisions and a print-ready lyric sheet with a QR code, with lyrics sent on WhatsApp for your OK before we produce the song.
Studio, ₹999, adds a lyric video for the group chat, a music video cut from your photos together and 5 revisions, and is delivered within 24 hours. Every song is about three minutes long.
Because the song is a private link, you can also send it to friends who live far away, so everyone hears it at the same moment.
Five minutes from you. A song for life.
- 1
Tell us about them
Five minutes on the form, or voice notes on WhatsApp. How you met, what you call them, the jokes only you two get. Hinglish is perfect.
- 2
We write it into a song
Our songwriters turn your story into lyrics, then compose, record and mix the song around their name. From The Serenade up, you approve the lyrics on WhatsApp before we produce the song.
- 3
Watch their face
The song lands on WhatsApp and email as a private gift page they can play, download and keep. Film the moment they hear their name.
One song. A lifetime of replays.
Every gift is a complete, original song of about 3 minutes, written and produced for them.
In Hinglish · Hindi · English · +6 more
The Note
₹399One original song, written from your story.
- Studio-quality MP3
- A private song page with the lyrics
The Serenade
₹799Their song, plus a lyric sheet they can frame and scan to play.
Everything in The Note, plus
- Lyrics on WhatsApp for your OK before we produce the song
- A print-ready lyric sheet with a QR code that plays the song
Studio
₹999Their song and your photos, cut into a music video where they're the main character.
Everything in The Serenade, plus
- A lyric video, the words on screen with the song, ready to post
- A music video cut from your photos, edited to the song and synced to the lyrics
- Delivered in 24 hours, only with Studio
Send 10 to 20 photos on WhatsApp after you order.
Choose StudioEvery song includes free revisions. If we ever miss the delivery time we promised, your song is free.
Weddings, sangeet, 25th anniversaries or songs for your team? Ask on WhatsApp →
Free revisions. Free if we're late.
Every gift includes revisions to the words, the melody or the voice. And if we ever miss the delivery time we promised, your song is free. About 3 minutes of music, written only for them.
Loved by gift-givers across India and the world.
The moment they press play is the moment they realise how much you mean it.
“He says he doesn’t want anything, every single year. I played it at 12 sharp on a video call and he went quiet for a full minute. Then asked me to play it again. And again.”
“I’m terrible with words and she knows it. I gave them our 2 am Maggi, her ‘bas paanch minute’ and our one Goa trip. She made it her ringtone. Not complaining.”
“Mumma is not a crier. She cried. Then she called my mausi and played it on speaker. The lyric sheet with the QR code is stuck on the fridge now, so every guest gets a demo.”
“The lyrics came on WhatsApp for my OK the next evening. I changed one line about our first trip to Pondy and they fixed it within the hour. The final song was beautiful.”
“My brother lives in Toronto now and the rakhi wouldn’t reach in time, so I sent this. He replied with a voice note that was mostly sniffing. Best rakhi ever, honestly.”
“Six months of time zones and missed calls, and somehow it all fit in three minutes. He plays it on the metro to office. I know because he sends me screenshots.”
“We played it at the sangeet as a surprise for Meera’s parents. Her dad, who has never danced in public, stood up. We have it on video. Worth every rupee.”
“We had a bad fight and I didn’t know how to start talking again. Sent this with a two line message. She called in ten minutes. A song doesn’t fix everything, but it opened the door.”
“We put in his old Bajaj scooter, his terrible jokes and how he still calls me ‘beta ji’. Everyone was in tears by the second verse. He has made his whole walking group listen to it.”
“Took Studio because I’d left it to the night before. Sent 15 photos on WhatsApp and the next evening I had the song and a music video of us. Felt like a trailer of our relationship.”
“My best friend moved to Berlin. The song has our hostel days, the 3 am chai runs and the bike that never started. He plays it when he misses home. I play it when I miss him.”
“Fifteen years married and he still gets shy when I say I love you. Now I don’t say it, I just play the song. He pretends to be annoyed and hums it all day.”
“He had it playing in the background when he proposed and I didn’t realise it was about us at first. Then I heard my nickname. That’s when I lost it.”
“Made it in Punjabi for my Bebe. She doesn’t use a phone, so my cousin played it on the TV. She clapped along and then asked who told them about her garden.”
“Ordering from Dubai felt risky but it was easy. Filled the form in five minutes and got updates on WhatsApp the whole way. My husband now thinks I’m very romantic. Let him.”
“Was skeptical about paying for a song. Then the first verse had the exact chai stall where we met. Took The Serenade, framed the lyric sheet and gave it with the song.”
“Asked for one change in the chorus and they did it without any fuss. Mummy plays it every morning with her chai now. Papa is jealous and wants his own.”
“Mum and Dad’s 30th. I’m in London, they’re in Vadodara. We played it on a family video call. Dad tried to act cool and failed. Mum asked for the lyrics printed, so the QR sheet was perfect.”
Best friend: your questions, answered
Something else on your mind? Ask a real person on WhatsApp. We reply within a few hours, every day.
Ask on WhatsAppWhat is a unique gift for my best friend's birthday?
A personalised song about your friendship. It carries your inside jokes and memories, and arrives digitally in 24 hours to 5 days. If the birthday is tomorrow, the Studio song is delivered within 24 hours.
Can I make the song funny?
Yes. Many friendship songs are comedic with one honest line near the end. Tell us the tone you want, and our songwriters adjust the humour and the heart.
Can a group of friends order together?
Yes. Share the cost and tell us everyone's names and the group's memories. The song can be from all of you.
Is it a good farewell gift for a friend moving away?
Very. A song is easy to carry, easy to replay when they feel homesick, and it works across time zones through a private link on WhatsApp.
Can the song be in Hinglish?
Yes, and for friends it is the natural choice. We also write in Hindi, English, Punjabi, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu, Marathi and Gujarati, plus other languages on request.
What if the lyrics miss the mark?
Ask for a revision, 1 to 5 depending on the gift. We keep revising until it is right, and if we miss the delivery time we promised, your song is free (full refund).
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Ishara's songwriters write an original song of about 3 minutes from your story and produce it as a finished track, in Hinglish, Hindi, English or 6 more Indian languages, delivered on WhatsApp and email in 24 hours to 5 days.
Jo keh nahi paate, woh gaa dete hain.
What you can't say, we sing it for you.
Five minutes of your story today. A song with their name in it, written by our songwriters, theirs to keep.
In Hinglish, Hindi, English & 6 moreReady in 3 to 5 days, or 24 hours with Studio
Free revisions on every song · free if we're late