{"id":264865,"date":"2026-09-09T08:28:26","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T15:28:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/picsart.com\/blog\/?p=264865"},"modified":"2026-09-09T08:28:26","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T15:28:26","slug":"what-is-lyria-3-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/picsart.com\/blog\/what-is-lyria-3-5\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Lyria 3.5? The AI model that writes full songs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lyria 3.5 is the newest music generation model in Google DeepMind’s Lyria family, and it writes complete songs rather than loops. Give it one text prompt, or an image, and it returns a finished track that runs a couple of minutes. You get an intro that sets the mood, verses, a chorus that comes back, a bridge, and an ending that resolves. Vocals and lyrics are included by default, in the language you prompt in. It is live in the Picsart AI Playground<\/a>, alongside the rest of the Lyria family. You direct a track from the same prompt box you use for images and video.<\/p>\n

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What separates 3.5 from the clip generators is that it plans before it plays. It settles the arrangement first, deciding where the chorus lands and how the energy moves. Then it performs that plan as audio, at 44.1 kHz in stereo. Here are the controls that matter and what each one changes.<\/p>\n

Composition, not generation<\/span><\/h2>\n

Most AI music tools generate sound. Lyria 3.5 composes a song, and the difference shows up in the middle of the track.<\/p>\n

A short clip only has to establish a mood and hold it for thirty seconds. A two-minute song has to go somewhere. It needs contrast between a verse and a chorus, a moment that lifts, and a way back down. Lyria 3.5 maps those sections and their energy before any audio exists.<\/p>\n

So you can describe a song the way a musician would and the model will honor it. Ask it to open on unaccompanied piano, let the first verse arrive loud, cut everything dead for a beat, then bring the chorus in at full size. You get that shape. Ask it to hold the bridge, strip the band away, and start the next chorus on voices alone, and that is what returns.<\/p>\n

The Lyria family in Picsart<\/span><\/h2>\n

Three Lyria entries sit in the Playground model list, and they are built for different jobs. Lyria 3 Clip is the fast one, made for short clips, loops and previews from text and image prompts. Lyria 3 Pro handles extended music generation with vocals, up to 184 seconds. Lyria 3.5 is the full-length song generator, taking text and image prompts and returning a complete composition with vocals.<\/p>\n

Use them together by drafting on Clip and committing on 3.5, so the cheap pass absorbs your iterations.<\/p>\n

Direct the timeline second by second<\/span><\/h2>\n

The strongest control in Lyria 3.5 is the timestamped brief. Instead of describing a song in general, you write a timeline and the model builds to it.<\/p>\n

Bracket a time range, name the section, and say what happens in it. Instruments get told when to enter, lyrics when to arrive and stop, and the chorus can be pinned to a specific second. That is what makes the model usable for anything that has to sync to picture.<\/p>\n

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Timeline brief for a two-minute track<\/h3>\n\n
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[0:00 – 0:12] Intro: solo electric piano, soft room reverb, no drums. [0:12 – 0:40] Verse 1: brushed drums and upright bass enter. Warm female alto vocal, close and conversational, singing about leaving a city before sunrise. [0:40 – 1:05] Chorus: full band, bright horns, backing harmonies on the last line of each phrase. The lyrics turn hopeful. [1:05 – 1:30] Verse 2: same instrumentation as verse 1 plus a muted trumpet answering the vocal. [1:30 – 1:50] Bridge: everything drops except piano and voice, then the drums crash back in. [1:50 – 2:00] Outro: horns hold one chord and fade.<\/p>\n\n