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Make an anniversary mixtape

A mixtape was the original love letter with a tracklist. For an anniversary it works better than anything you can wrap: ten or twenty songs that are the two of you, in order, with a note on each saying why.

When

One year or thirty. Also the anniversary of a first date, a first apartment, or the day you knew.

What to put on it

  • ♪Your song. If you don't have one yet, the first track is your chance to pick it.
  • ♪A song from the first trip you took together.
  • ♪The song that was playing during an ordinary moment you still think about.
  • ♪One song from the hard year, and a note about getting through it.
  • ♪A song about the next ten years.

The letter

Say the thing you say in your head when they leave the room. Sign it with the date.

How it works

  1. 1. Name the tape. “For Dad.” “Road trip ’26.” “Songs I couldn’t say out loud.” The title is the cover, so say what it is.
  2. 2. Add the songs, up to 20. Search any song, tap to add. Write a liner note on each one if you want: why this song, why them, why now. The notes are the gift.
  3. 3. Write the letter. Every tape has a J-card, the fold-out card in a cassette case. Yours holds a letter only they will read, in your words, signed by you.
  4. 4. Flip it to a secret link and send. One link, sendable by text, email, or carrier pigeon screenshot. It is never on your profile and search engines cannot find it. Only the person holding the link can open it.

They open it like a letter: your title, your note, then the songs in your order. Every track plays a 30-second preview, and one tap opens it in their own player. No app, no account needed to listen. When they're done they can send a thanks back, or make you a whole tape in return.

Order matters here. End on the song you'd want playing at the end.

Start this tape, always free

About ten minutes. No app to install.

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