How to Create Amazing Music Videos with AI: Step-by-Step Guide

Introduction

What if you could make an entire music video completely with AI, and it took just 5 hours to make? Imagine using tools that are 100% free and tapping into a huge market for AI-generated works. AI is improving year by year, and we have no idea what the industry will look like in a year. It can be really game-changing, but for now, let's see what we can actually do and create with AI.

To create a music video, we'll need:

Lyrics
Music
Footage for the video
Some extra elements like voiceovers or effects

First, we need an idea. After a long period of thinking, I finally found my idea for the music video. I could have used ChatGPT to brainstorm, but I didn't—for reasons unknown. Nonetheless, here's a detailed step-by-step guide on how I created a music video using AI.

Generating Lyrics

The first step in creating a music video is getting the lyrics for the song. Not wanting to spend days thinking about lyrics, I used ChatGPT to write a song about a girl and a dragon who are friends and both die at the end. I know it's dramatic, but I love drama.

Generating Music

Once I had the lyrics, it was time to generate the music. I used LA’s AI, which allows you to generate up to 15 songs per month with the free plan. I wanted an epic song with a female voice, so I used the prompt: "very sad song with female voice slow tempo epic genre." LALAL.AI generated two songs, and I could download the vocals and instruments separately. The quality was quite impressive.

Generating Footage

With the lyrics and music ready, it was time to generate the footage for the music video. I used Hyper, a free AI tool that can provide realistic or stylized footage for your videos. It's quite fast and also promotes your generated video on their website after review.

To generate the footage:

Visit Hyper's blog website.
Refer to the “Prompts 101” page that teaches you how to write a good prompt for your video.
Copy these lines and provide the structure to ChatGPT.
Ask ChatGPT to write separate scene prompts with the entire story structure, ensuring that every scene prompt is independent.

Each footage generation took about 5 minutes, and I could regenerate footage if I didn’t like the first one. It took about 3 hours to generate all the footage, and I thoroughly enjoyed working with Hyper.

Editing the Footage and Music

Next, we needed to edit the footage and music. I used CapCut for this task. It didn't require extensive editing—just putting the generated footage together, adding music, and maybe some transition effects. I decided to be a bit more creative and added my footage to CapCut, then used 11 Labs to generate some additional elements for the video. The entire editing process took 2 hours.

Conclusion

Working with AI for this project was exciting, and I enjoyed the process. However, I remain cautious when using AI, as I've had a few mistakes in the past and don’t want to repeat them. Here's the final result—let me know what you think in the comments!

Keywords

AI Music Video
ChatGPT
LALAL.AI
Hyper AI Tool
Music Video Editing
CapCut
AI-generated music
AI video generation
Video editing software

FAQ

Q1: What AI tools did you use to generate the lyrics for the song?

A1: I used ChatGPT to generate the lyrics.

Q2: What platform did you use to create the music?

A2: I used LA’s AI, which allows for generating up to 15 songs per month on the free plan.

Q3: How did you generate the footage for the music video?

A3: I used Hyper, a free AI tool that provides realistic or stylized footage.

Q4: How long did it take to generate all the footage?

A4: It took about 3 hours to generate all the footage.

Q5: What editing software did you use to put the footage and music together?

A5: I used CapCut for editing the footage and music.

Q6: Is it necessary to manually write prompts for scene generation?

A6: You can refer to Hyper's "Prompts 101" page and use ChatGPT to write scene prompts based on the provided structure.

Q7: Did the entire process take less than 5 hours?

A7: Yes, generating the music, footage, and editing took around 5 hours in total.

Q8: Are these AI tools free to use?

A8: Yes, the tools mentioned, such as ChatGPT, LALAL.AI, Hyper, and CapCut, offer free plans or are completely free to use.

Feel free to reach out in the comments if you have any further questions or feedback on the music video!