Project links (use these as your reference)

🎧 The Song (Suno): https://suno.com/s/jVw97jfQ6hRuS7pO

📘 Book Product Page: https://jackrighteous.com/products/indefensible-an-evidence-based-audit-of-donald-trump

🗞️ Book Release Article: https://jackrighteous.com/blogs/jack-righteous-updates/indefensible-january-6-trump-audit

🧰 Full Training Bundle: https://jackrighteous.com/products/bee-righteous-suno-v5-complete-training-bundle

Why this article exists (for Suno creators)

Most AI music advice starts with genre tags. That’s backwards. If you want a track that feels authored—like it has a point—you start upstream: research, narrative, stance, and artist identity. Then you let Suno translate that into voice, cadence, and sound design.

The Indefensible song is a clean example of the method: long-form analysis → compressed lyrical thesis → Suno prompt built around identity and intent. Even if your topic is totally different (fiction, history, personal story, world-building), the workflow holds.

Step 1: Use AI to build the record first

Before writing lyrics, use ChatGPT (or a comparable tool) to gather and structure your source material. Don’t ask for “lyrics” yet. Ask for the building blocks:

• Timeline (what happened, in order)
• Key claims and counterclaims
• Patterns (repeated behaviors, repeated tactics)
• What the listener must feel first (tone + stakes)

The moment you have a structured argument or story arc, you can turn it into a song—without turning it into a messy info-dump.

Step 2: Define the “artist profile notes”

Suno outputs improve when you define who is speaking. For Indefensible, the artist profile notes were defined before the lyrics:

• Voice: controlled pressure, not chaos
• Perspective: observer, documenting patterns
• Energy curve: builds by sections, no random mood flips
• Priority: clarity of delivery over melodic showboating

Those notes become the “meta layer” you feed Suno, so the model interprets your lyrics through your identity—not through generic defaults.

Step 3: Add meta tags inside the lyrics prompt

As of Jan 2026, inline guidance (meta tags / direction notes) is one of the most reliable ways to control delivery: articulation, aggression, dynamics, call-response behavior, and pacing. Use them as short constraints, not essays.

[meta: articulation=clear | delivery=controlled | energy=building]
[meta: cadence=double_time | emphasis=downbeats | adlibs=light]
[meta: hook=chant_ready | crowd_response=on | punchlines=high]
    

This is how you keep a track from drifting into “vibes.” You’re telling Suno how to perform, not just what genre to imitate.

Step 4: Convert research into lyrics by compression

You do not want your lyrics to explain everything. You want them to carry the thesis. The way to do that is compression:

• Turn timelines into a few sharp images
• Turn patterns into repeated phrases
• Turn debates into contrast (what they claim vs what the record shows)
• Use hooks to stamp the core verdict

This is where ChatGPT shines: ask it to compress, tighten, intensify, and preserve meaning without turning it into a lecture.

Step 5: Tune the style-of-music prompt to match intent

Genre tags alone aren’t enough. Your style prompt should reflect your thesis and your delivery constraints. When you want pressure and clarity, build the prompt around:

• Rhythm: consistent drive, minimal filler
• Low end: controlled weight, not muddy chaos
• Vocals: articulation prioritized over effects
• Dynamics: sections escalate intentionally

The objective is repeatable: give Suno a story with an identity, then give it a sound world that matches that identity.

Step 6: Iterate with one change at a time

The fastest way to burn credits is random regeneration. The fastest way to improve outputs is controlled iteration:

• Pass A: tighten delivery and pacing
• Pass B: adjust hook chant-ability
• Pass C: increase contrast in verses

Use your song as a bridge (text → audio → video)

The track becomes your bridge into deeper content. In this project, the song supports the book and the release article—and the next phase is turning chapter cover art into a promo video set to the track.

Listen to the song: https://suno.com/s/jVw97jfQ6hRuS7pO

Read the book: Indefensible — free PDF  |  Release article: Announcement + context

Reference example: finished YouTube execution

This is a completed example of how you can pair music with visuals for promotion and storytelling:

If you want the full system: the complete training bundle

If you want a full workflow instead of piecing everything together manually, this bundle is built to support creators using Suno: prompt systems, training, structure, and repeatable methods you can apply to any topic or story.

Training bundle: Bee Righteous Suno V5 Complete Training Bundle