01 · The theme catalog
Theme rack.
Steal any.
A curated library of theme prompts written by commissioners, members, and our staff. Filter by vibe, era, or constraint. Clone one to your next round.
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Racks
02 · Staff picks this week
Themes the commissioners are cloning.
ROTATED MONDAY · 12:00
★ VIBE CHECKS
A song that sounds like rain
Sleepy ambient, literal Riders on the Storm, whatever rain means to you.
staff pickUSE THEME →
★ COVERS & RE-DOS
A cover better than the original
Defend it. Notes mandatory.
evergreenUSE THEME →
★ TIME MACHINE
Songs from a year you weren't alive
Submit your favorite track from a year before your birth.
starter promptUSE THEME →
03 · The whole rack
The whole rack.
Two-up on mobile, three-up on desktop. Filter by category above.
GRIDLISTCOMPACT
STORYTELLERS★ EVERGREEN
The track your parents played in the car
EVERGREENUSE →
CONSTRAINTS★ NEW
A song with no chorus
NEWUSE →
CONSTRAINTS★ TRENDING
4 chords, no more, no less
TRENDINGUSE →
STORYTELLERS★ STAFF PICK
A song that opens with a phone ringing
STAFF PICKUSE →
THE PETTY★ PARTY
Best song to wake up your roommate at 8 a.m.
PARTYUSE →
SOUNDTRACK★ EVERGREEN
A song you discovered in a movie credit scroll
EVERGREENUSE →
CONSTRAINTS★ TRENDING
Bring a song under 90 seconds
TRENDINGUSE →
THE PERSONAL★ NEW
The song you wish you'd submitted last week
NEWUSE →
STORYTELLERS★ PARTY
A song that should be at every wedding
PARTYUSE →
VIBE CHECKS★ EVERGREEN
Songs you can only listen to at night
EVERGREENUSE →
THE PETTY★ STAFF PICK
Best song from a band you'd hate to meet
STAFF PICKUSE →
STORYTELLERS★ EVERGREEN
A song that should be a national anthem
EVERGREENUSE →
GENRE CRASHERS★ TRENDING
A song in a language you don't speak
TRENDINGUSE →
CONSTRAINTS★ NEW
A song that is technically perfect
NEWUSE →
STORYTELLERS★ EVERGREEN
Songs about a place you've never been
EVERGREENUSE →
CONSTRAINTS★ STAFF PICK
A song that is one perfect sentence repeated
STAFF PICKUSE →
THE PETTY★ PARTY
Best song to lose a fight to
PARTYUSE →
TIME MACHINE★ EVERGREEN
A song from the year you turned 13
EVERGREENUSE →
Starter rack · more curated prompts coming online
04 · ✦ Theme generator
Run dry?
Ask the jukebox.
The AI co-pilot writes 5 themes in any voice you want — record store clerk, unhinged radio DJ, your in-laws. You edit, you ship. Theme attribution stays honest.
★ JUKEBOX · DRAFT 03
✦ AI-ASSISTED
> "5 themes for a music league of people in their late thirties, late autumn, slightly tired"
A song that makes a long Sunday feel okayEDIT
✓The track you put on at 4 p.m. with the kettle onEDIT
A song from a record you bought usedEDIT
Best opening 30 seconds of any trackEDIT
A song that's aged better than you haveEDIT
★ AI ATTRIBUTION SHOWN TO YOUR LEAGUE
05 · Got a banger?
Submit your own theme.
We curate weekly. Best submissions land in the featured row with your handle attached forever.
SUBMIT A THEME →06 · Got a good one?
Submit a theme.
Pin it to the wall.
Pin it to the wall.
Our curators read every submission. Best ones make staff picks. We credit you on the card and keep attribution attached when another league reuses it.
★ NEW THEME · DRAFT
A song you'd play to defend your hometown.
Brief: hometown means whatever you want it to mean — the town, the apartment, the dorm. Notes welcome.
BY · @YOUSUBMIT →