How to Generate Your First Original Track in Udio

Udio works a little differently from Suno: it generates a song in sections that you then extend and stitch into a full track, and it leans on a single prompt box combined with optional manual lyrics. This guide gets you from a new account to your first generated section, using your own words and a descriptive genre prompt so the output stays original.

What you need

• A free Udio account at udio.com
• A short set of original lyrics, or a topic for Udio to write them
• A genre and mood description, no artist names

Step 1: Open Create and choose Custom lyrics

Click Create. You will see a prompt box for the style and a Lyrics control with three choices: Auto-generated, Custom, and Instrumental. Pick Custom so you can paste your own lyrics. Auto lets Udio write the words, which is fine, but Custom keeps you fully in charge of the text.

Step 2: Write the style prompt as a comma list

Udio responds well to a short comma-separated list of descriptors. Lead with the genre, then add instruments, vocal character, and a mood word. Skip anything that names a real performer. A prompt like indie folk, fingerpicked acoustic guitar, warm male vocals, intimate is clear and original.

Step 3: Add your lyrics and tag the sections

Paste your own lyrics into the Custom box. Like Suno, Udio understands bracketed tags such as [Verse] and [Chorus], and you can add [Intro] or [Outro] to shape the arrangement. Because Udio builds short sections at a time, focus your first generation on the part you most want to hear, usually the chorus.

[Intro]

[Verse]
Porch light flickers on the gravel and the grass
Counting all the summers that I let go past

[Chorus]
And I would do it slower if I had it twice
Hold the ordinary like it came with a price

Step 4: Generate, then extend into a full song

Press Create to make the first section, then use Extend on the clip you like to add the next part, choosing whether the extension comes before or after. Repeat until you have intro, verses, chorus, and an outro. When the arrangement is complete, download the finished track.

Result: an original first section in your chosen genre, plus the workflow to extend it into a complete song built entirely from your own lyrics.