A practical guide to prompts, styles, modes, and models in Suno — with examples, templates, and common mistakes.
Simple is best for fast starts: you describe the idea and generate. Custom is better when structure, your own lyrics, style control, and more predictable output matter.
Best for sketches, testing ideas, finding a vibe, and fast generations from one short description.
Use it when you want to insert your own lyrics, set style more precisely, and shape the track more intentionally around genre, mood, and vocal delivery.
A strong prompt usually combines genre, mood, energy, tempo, instruments, and vocal type. Avoid being too abstract — a few concrete anchors work better than one vague phrase.
Each element of the formula adds precision and reduces randomness in the output
Genre + mood + tempo/energy + instruments + vocal + language/scene. Example: “Emotional indie pop, 92 BPM, soft piano, atmospheric synths, female vocal, late-night city vibe.”
The style field is not just a tag list. Mix genre, sonic texture, delivery, and mood: for example dreamy synth-pop, warm analog pads, punchy drums, intimate female vocal.
Melancholic synthwave-pop, 95 BPM, neon, night rain, deep female vocal, thick bass, cinematic atmosphere.
Make a beautiful song. This is too generic and leaves too much randomness to the model.
If you write your own lyrics, keep a clear structure such as [Verse], [Chorus], [Bridge]. Avoid overly long lines — short rhythmic phrases usually sing better.
Use section tags like [Verse], [Chorus], [Bridge] in Custom Mode to control structure
V5.5 is the best default choice for expression and vocals. V5 is also a strong modern option. V4.5 is useful when you want a different generation character or more genre-blending experiments.
V5.5 is the recommended default — start here unless you have a reason to switch
Catchy modern pop, bright chorus, female vocal, upbeat drums, radio-ready production.
Aggressive modern rap, punchy 808s, dark synths, confident male vocal, club energy.
Emotional alternative rock, driving guitars, live drums, powerful vocal, anthemic chorus.
Epic cinematic soundtrack, rising strings, deep percussion, dramatic tension, trailer mood.
Lo-fi instrumental, warm keys, mellow drums, soft texture, late-night focus mood.
It is rarely perfect on the first try. First find the direction, then refine the style, lyrics, and mood. This workflow usually gives better results than trying to fit everything into one overloaded prompt.
Open Studio and try it