How to Write Suno Prompts

The style-line formula

Example: modern trap, dark late-night vibe, melancholic mood, hard 808s, crisp hi-hats, atmospheric pads, emotional male vocals with light auto-tune, polished mix, 128 BPM

Five steps

1. Pick a subgenre — “future bass” beats “EDM”; “boom-bap” beats “hip-hop” alone.
2. Add mood + era — melancholic, uplifting, 1980s, noir, etc.
3. Name instruments — two to four concrete sounds.
4. Lock vocals + BPM — or say instrumental.
5. Add structure tags — see the meta tags guide.

Common mistakes

• Stuffing lyrics into the style field (keep lyrics separate).
• Too many conflicting genres in one line.
• No BPM — tempo ambiguity wastes generations.
• Changing five variables at once when iterating.