Create personalized “Year of the Fire Horse” musical tracks with Gemini

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Millions of people worldwide celebrate the Lunar New Year. It serves as a beautiful time for family reunions, traditional foods and honoring ancestors. As we welcome the "Year of the Fire Horse" in 2026, we want to help you connect with your loved ones in a uniquely creative way. Today, we're introducing a new experience inside the Gemini app that allows you to create and share highly personalized musical tracks to celebrate the Lunar New Year.

Share festive messages in a new way

With our newly released Lyria 3 model, this feature transforms the traditional greeting into a personalized, high-fidelity 30-second audio track complete with bespoke cover art.

Whether you want to create a Mandopop-Trap "hype song" for your reunion dinner with friends, a respectful Classical pop song for your elders or a lighthearted Luk Thung track to gently tease a sibling, the Gemini app offers a unique way to send festive messages.

Create your Gemini "Year of the Fire Horse" greeting

Creating a personalized musical gift is built entirely around a simple prompt in the Gemini app. Here's how you can get started:

• Look for the banner: Open your Gemini app and tap the "Try it" button on the time-limited Year of the Horse discovery banner located on the home screen. (The banner is available to Gemini app users in Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, South Korea, Vietnam, Philippines, Taiwan, Brunei and Mongolia until March 3, wrapping up alongside the traditional Lantern Festival.)
• Share the details: Gemini will prompt you to provide the recipient's name and a primary personal message.
• Add some personality: To make the song truly unique, you can provide specific details about the recipient's hobbies, quirks or other facts about them.
• Choose your genre: Select from diverse music styles like Rock, Ballad, Chinese Classical, R&B, Jazz, Mandopop-Trap or Luk Thung to match the recipient's musical taste.
• Preview and share: Gemini will synthesize your inputs into original lyrics, compose the audio track and generate custom "Year of the Fire Horse" cover art featuring traditional red and gold motifs. You can review it all directly within the chat interface.

Once your custom greeting is ready, you can export it with a single tap to major messaging platforms like WhatsApp, WeChat, KakaoTalk and iMessage.

If you prefer to generate the track manually, or if you're not in one of the regions where the discovery banner is available, you can simply copy and paste the following prompt directly into Gemini to start the experience:

"Sequentially ask me for the recipient's name and a personal message, then in a separate turn inquire about their hobbies or quirks and finally ask for a genre preference with examples and a language choice. Once all details are gathered, synthesize the information into original song lyrics, compose the audio track and generate "Lunar New Year - Year of the Horse" cover art, strictly adhering to traditional red and gold motifs and definitely include a dynamic horse imagery that reflects the recipient's personality."

• Gemini App