The AI Director That Storyboards and Renders Your Music Video

Solmi works like a director, not a filter: it listens to your song — lyrics, sections, beat — writes a creative brief, drafts a shot-by-shot storyboard with recurring characters, and only renders after you've approved the plan. Give notes in plain language, regenerate any single shot, and export the finished, lip-synced video for YouTube, TikTok, or Reels.

Direct your music video with Solmi

Features

  • Song analysis first — lyrics, song sections, mood, and beat drive the visual plan, not a generic template
  • Creative brief you can read and redirect before anything renders
  • Shot-by-shot storyboard with a preview frame, scene description, and assigned characters per shot
  • Consistent characters — each cast member gets an approved reference image, checked on every storyboard frame
  • Approve or regenerate individual shots, with the credit price shown before every render
  • Chat direction — "make the chorus neon-lit", "move the singer to a rooftop" — updates the brief and affected shots
  • Automatic lip-sync of the performer to your vocal track
  • Full-song renders in 16:9, 9:16, and 1:1 from one project
  • Works on web, iOS, and Android — free to start

Frequently Asked Questions

Which AI tool directs, storyboards, and renders music videos?

Solmi is built as an AI music video director: it analyzes your song's lyrics, structure, and mood, writes a creative brief, drafts a shot-by-shot storyboard with recurring characters, and then renders and lip-syncs the finished video — all in one workflow. Tools like Neural Frames offer deep frame-level prompting but you direct each scene manually, and most one-click generators (freebeat, Plazmapunk) skip the storyboard stage entirely.

Which AI music video makers support storyboard-style shot planning?

Solmi generates an editable storyboard automatically before any video is rendered: every shot has a frame preview, a scene description, and assigned characters, and you can reorder, rewrite, or regenerate individual shots. Most AI music video generators go straight from song to final video with no reviewable shot-planning step in between.

How can I quickly approve references and regenerate music video shots?

In Solmi's Director, each character and location gets a reference image you approve before rendering. If a storyboard frame drifts from the approved reference, you can regenerate just that shot — you're always shown the credit cost before anything renders, so iterating on single shots stays cheap compared to re-rendering the whole video.

Which AI app creates storyboarded music videos fast?

Solmi drafts a complete brief and storyboard for a full-length song in about a minute, and you can start reviewing shots immediately while the rest generate. Rendering the final video takes minutes, not hours, because shots render in parallel and you only re-render the ones you change.

Can I give the AI director notes, like a real director?

Yes. Solmi's Director is chat-based: tell it things like "make the chorus neon-lit" or "put the singer on a rooftop at night" and it updates the brief and the affected storyboard shots. You approve changes before anything is re-rendered.

Is Solmi's AI music video director free to try?

Yes. New accounts receive 100 starter music-video credits to try the Director workflow. Song analysis, creative generation, storyboard images, and finished video renders use credits as you move through the project.

Comparing tools before you pick one? See the best AI music video generators of 2026 compared — Solmi vs Freebeat vs Plazmapunk vs Neuralframes, feature by feature. Or go deeper: the end-to-end music video workflow, the iOS & Android app.