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Holidays
The long drive home, the songpyeon on the table, the parents who wait by the gate — a Chuseok song with your family's names, sung with real vocals.
Make this songYour first song is free — no card needed.
The date changes from country to country and from year to year — here it is where you are.
| 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Korea | September 25 | September 15 | October 3 |
Chuseok is Korea's harvest holiday and its great homecoming: millions of people sit for hours on the expressway to reach their parents' town, families fold half-moon songpyeon together, honour their ancestors at the charye table and visit the graves. Underneath the gift sets of pears and Spam, it is a holiday of thanks — to the ones who came before, and to the parents who are still waiting at home.
A song says the thank-you that is hard to say out loud at the table. Tell us about your parents or grandparents, the hometown, what your family cooks and laughs about. The lyrics are written from those details and sung with real vocals — in Korean, English or both — in about a minute. Play it when everyone has finally sat down, or send it if you cannot make the trip this year.
Acoustic, K-pop · 2:42
“A warm acoustic Chuseok song in Korean for my grandmother, Halmeoni, in Andong. Every year the whole family drives five hours to her house; she starts folding songpyeon the night before and always says mine are the ugliest. She raised four children on a small apple orchard. Thank her for the early mornings and the persimmons she saves for us, and put Halmeoni and I'm home tonight in the chorus.”
What you call them: Eomma and Appa, Halmeoni and Harabeoji, or Mom and Dad in a Korean-American family. The words sound like home.
The journey: the traffic, the KTX seats booked a month ahead, the rest-stop snacks, the moment the hometown comes into view.
Songpyeon night — who folds them neatly, who makes them lumpy, the old saying that a pretty songpyeon means a pretty daughter.
The full harvest moon, and the wish everyone makes under it.
Your grandmother's hands, the persimmon tree, the jeon frying all afternoon — one sensory detail is worth a whole verse.
The thank-you you never say in person: for the farm, the shop, the years of early mornings that paid for your life.
If you cannot go home this year, say so, and promise the next visit.
Halmeoni, the moon is full and bright,
the road was long, but I'm home tonight,
your hands in the dough, the rice cakes in rows —
thank you for everything nobody knows.
For parents and grandparents, a warm acoustic ballad or a soft piano song in Korean usually lands best; many older listeners love the swing of trot, so ask for that if your father sings it in the car. For siblings and cousins, a cheerful K-pop track about the drive home and the family arguments makes everyone laugh. Keep the tone respectful around the memorial rites: the song is about gratitude and togetherness, not a joke at the ancestors' table or at the graves.
Names, memories, the mood you want. Skip anything you like.
Lyrics, melody, vocals and cover art — composed around your answers.
Download the MP3, share the link, or play it right there.
Yes. Korean is one of more than 40 languages the songs are sung in. You can describe the song in English and have it sung in Korean, or ask for a mix of both.
Yes — write them in the description exactly as you say them, along with names and the hometown, and they go into the lyrics.
Send the song as a gift page sealed until the day you choose, or share a link that plays in any browser. You can also download the MP3 and play it on a video call.
Keep it for after the charye and the grave visit, when the table is cleared and the family relaxes. A song of thanks to parents or grandparents suits that moment; the rites themselves stay as your family keeps them.
Yes, a new account's first song is free with no card. After that, songs use credits from a subscription or a one-off pack.
Tell it who it’s for and what happened. We’ll handle the rest.