An Instagram Reels music video for your song
Upload your song → see a 10-second preview of your music video
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Quick answer
What is the easiest way to make a Reel for my song? Upload the song to Clipbeat and choose the 60-second vertical video: Clipbeat picks the strongest part of the song, builds a 9:16 video around it, and you pay $5 once. If you want the whole song, make a full music video (from $5 Standard, $19 Plus or $39 Premium) and export it in 9:16, or post it to a connected Instagram account from Studio.
On Instagram, a song lives or dies by the Reel. Followers see your release in their feed, strangers find it through the Reels tab, and other people can pick up your track for their own posts. A static cover with the audio underneath rarely stops anyone from scrolling; a moving, vertical clip with the words on screen does.
Clipbeat makes that vertical clip from your audio. You do not need footage, a camera or editing software: upload the song, and the scenes are generated from your lyrics, cut to the rhythm and framed for a phone. The words appear on screen as they are sung, which matters on a platform where many people watch with the sound low at first.
Real output · “Neon Crown”, hip-hop
Clipbeat at a glance
| Price per video | from $5 Standard, $19 Plus or $39 Premium — one-time, priced by song length; a 4-minute song is $14 Standard, $30 Plus or $69 Premium |
|---|---|
| Longer songs | Priced by length, up to 20 minutes; the exact price is shown before you pay |
| Before you pay | Your upload, the timed lyrics and your brief (who sings, the style, the places) — no card needed |
| Scene-by-scene plan | After the $5 chorus preview, before you pay for the full video |
| Chorus preview | A short lip-synced clip of your singer singing your chorus, included in the $5 credit pack |
| Subscription | None — nothing renews |
| Lip-sync | Plus, Premium and Pro (the singing shots follow your vocal) |
| Output | 1080p MP4 without a watermark, 16:9 or 9:16 (1:1 and 4:5 from the editor) |
| Upload | MP3, WAV, M4A, FLAC or AIFF, up to 500 MB |
| Lyrics | Transcribed automatically in 50+ languages, shown word by word, karaoke-style |
How it works
- STEP 1
Upload the track
Add the MP3 or WAV in Clipbeat Studio. Correct any lyric the transcript gets wrong.
- STEP 2
Choose your Reel
The 60-second vertical video builds itself around the best part of the song. For the whole track, plan the full music video and read its storyboard first.
- STEP 3
Pay once
$5 for the 60-second Reel, or from $5 Standard, $19 Plus or $39 Premium for the full song.
- STEP 4
Post it
Download the 9:16 file, or connect your Instagram account in Studio and publish from there.
A real example: “Move The Street”
A full afrobeats / afro-pop song made into a video with Clipbeat on Premium — 12 scenes, one for every lyric line, the same singer throughout and 1 lip-synced singing shots.
Which part of the song goes in the Reel
A Reel is usually the hook, the drop or the line people will quote. The 60-second video chooses the part of the song that stands best on its own, so you do not have to scrub through the track looking for a start point. If you make the full music video instead, you can export the section you want from the editor as its own vertical clip.
A release plan built on Reels
One Reel is a post; a series of Reels is a campaign. Because every clip comes from the same project, the singer and the look stay the same across posts, which helps followers recognise the song when it comes round again.
- A week before release: a short teaser with the opening line and the release date in your caption.
- Release day: the chorus Reel, plus the same clip shared to your story with a link to the song.
- The week after: a second Reel with a different verse, and the full video for anyone who wants more.
- On your profile: pin the best-performing Reel so new visitors hear the song first.
Made vertical, with readable lyrics
Instagram shows Reels full screen on a phone, with the caption, the audio label and the like and share buttons on top of the picture. A Clipbeat 9:16 video keeps the singer in the middle of the frame and places the karaoke lyrics where those overlays do not cover them, so the words are still readable in the feed and in the Reels tab.
Prices
The 60-second vertical video is $5 one-time. Full-song videos are paid once too: Standard ($5) has full motion and karaoke lyrics, Plus ($19) adds a lip-synced chorus, and Premium ($39) lip-syncs the singing shots across the song. Priced by song length: Standard from $5, Plus from $19, Premium from $39. Standard / Plus / Premium: a 2-minute song $5 / $20 / $39, a 4-minute song $14 / $30 / $69, a 6-minute song $21 / $39 / $100. Pro has its own length table from $100. Premium for songs over 10 minutes is on request — write to us from the Contact page. You see the exact price for your song before you pay.
About the example
The video on this page is "Move The Street", an afrobeats / afro-pop dance track from our showcase about a street party, 1:35 long, made into 12 scenes on Premium. It is shown in widescreen here; a song with that kind of energy is exactly what tends to work as a Reel, cut down to its hook and framed vertical.
Rights and labels
You need the rights to the music you post, and Instagram has its own rules on music and on labelling content made with AI; check its help pages before posting, as they change. Clipbeat videos are delivered without a watermark, so the Reel looks like your release, not an ad for a tool.
Frequently asked questions
Can I post directly to Instagram from Clipbeat?
Yes. Connect your Instagram account in Studio and publish from there, or download the file and post it from your phone.
What format is the Reel?
A vertical 9:16 MP4 with your song as the soundtrack, ready for Reels, and also usable on TikTok and YouTube Shorts.
Do I have to choose the clip myself?
Not for the 60-second video: it picks the strongest part of the song. With a full music video you can export any section yourself.
Does the singer lip-sync in the Reel?
On a full-song video, Plus ($19) lip-syncs the chorus and Premium ($39) the singing shots; Standard has no lip-sync.
How much is it?
$5 for the 60-second Reel, or from $5 Standard, $19 Plus or $39 Premium for the full song. One-time, no subscription.
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