He Proposed With a Song at the Table Where They Had Their First Date.
Six years, one restaurant, and a custom song queued up between appetizers and dessert.
Marcus had the ring for two months. He had the restaurant reservation — the same Italian place in Brooklyn where they'd had their first date six years earlier. He had the speech written in his Notes app, revised seventeen times. The only thing he didn't have was the moment. The ring-and-a-speech proposal felt too expected. Too much like every proposal video he'd ever seen. He wanted something that would make her forget it was a proposal until it was already happening.
He found Song Tailor at 2 a.m. during a late-night search for "unique proposal ideas." He ordered Event Grade and wrote the brief like a love letter. How they met at a mutual friend's terrible house party — both hiding in the kitchen, both reaching for the same bottle of wine. Their first date at the Italian place, where she ordered the gnocchi and corrected his pronunciation. The trip to Lisbon where it rained the entire time and they didn't care. The way she says "interesting" when she means "I don't like this" and the way she laughs with her whole body, head thrown back, unguarded.
He asked for the song to build slowly — something that started quiet enough to play over dinner conversation and swelled into something unmistakable. He planned to press play between the gnocchi and the tiramisu, let the volume rise, and drop to one knee when the first chorus hit.
The producer called the next day. Event Grade: they wanted to confirm the pronunciation of her name (it's KAIT-lin, not KATE-lin) and whether the Lisbon rain story was meant to be funny or romantic. Marcus said both. The song arrived three days before the dinner.
How it landed
On the night, he pressed play a little earlier than planned — nerves. The song started softly under their conversation. She noticed around the forty-second mark. By the minute mark she had stopped eating. When the chorus hit — "I'd fly to Lisbon a hundred times if it rained every single day / as long as you're the one mispronouncing gnocchi on the way" — she knew. He knelt. She said yes before he finished asking. The couple at the next table recorded the whole thing. It has 2.3 million views on TikTok.
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Common questions
You might be wondering.
Can I get a custom song for my proposal?
Yes. Proposal songs are one of our most common orders. The brief is designed to capture the details that make your proposal unique — names, memories, inside jokes, and the emotional tone you want the song to carry. Delivery in as little as 36 hours on Premium.
How much does a custom song cost?
Quick Gift starts at $39 (72-hour delivery). Premium Keepsake is $89 and includes human producer review, one free revision, cover art, and the Premium Reveal experience. Event Grade starts at $149+ with priority production and unlimited revisions until it lands.
Will my song feel as personal as the stories on this page?
Yes — if you bring the details. The more specific you are (names, places, private jokes, shared memories), the more the song will feel like it could only be about your person. Premium and Event orders include a human producer who checks tone, pronunciation, and emotional fit.