This dad turned his toddler’s stories into songs — and the internet is obsessed
A music professor started turning his daughter’s off-the-cuff stories into songs, and the internet didn’t expect to feel this much.
A three-year-old just might be the internet’s newest songwriting prodigy. Her dad, Steven Spencer, a music professor in New York, started recording the off-the-cuff stories she tells at home, and somehow, those raw, chaotic lines turned into songs people can’t stop listening to. From a wiggling woman to a “regular rabbit,” her imagination is unpredictable, funny, and strangely moving, and Spencer’s recordings capture it all without editing a word.
The story
Steven Spencer is a composer and music professor at Hunter College who, like a lot of people in his field, was already experimenting with writing and recording music at home. Things changed a bit when his three-year-old daughter started telling him stories, and instead of half-listening, he hit record. One of the first was about a “wiggling woman.” No structure, just the kind of stream-of-consciousness storytelling that only makes sense if you’re three. Spencer didn’t clean it up or reinterpret it. He used her words exactly as she said them and built a song around it.
That decision is what makes all of this work. Since then, he’s kept the same approach. Whatever she says becomes the lyrics. If she pauses, the song pauses. If it doesn’t make sense, it stays that way. “Regular Rabbit,” for example, came from her discovering the word regular and applying it to everything, like her phone, her dinner, and her parents. It’s repetitive, a little chaotic, and completely logical from her perspective.
Another track, “Little Tall Prince,” leans into that same contradiction-heavy language kids use without thinking twice. It struck a chord with the internet because the songs aren’t trying to be clever; they’re just accurate to how she sees things right now. Spencer has said part of the motivation is simple… these moments don’t last. The way a three-year-old talks, the way they connect ideas changes fast.
Recording it turns something temporary into something you can actually come back to. The videos have pulled in millions of views, and he’s started releasing tracks on streaming platforms because people keep coming back to them. Clips from Spencer’s daughter even capture that same unfiltered humor, just like those kids who were asked to explain what their dads do for work.
Reactions
The comments are where this really takes shape. At a surface level, people are there for the novelty. Lines like “He grew up and became a Short King” or “Shout out to all my gluten-free queens” are funny in a way that feels completely natural. But that’s not why people stay. One of the top comments gets straight to it: “I’m going to be so sad when she learns proper verb conjugation.”
This has more to do with the fact that this version of her, this way of thinking, has an expiration date. Then you start seeing the shift. “This line healed something in me: ‘Everything all fell down, but he picked it up.’” and, “Without a shred of irony, I feel like this song is going to get me through a future hard time.”
There’s also a noticeable tone in the comment sections themselves. People keep pointing it out, “This comments section is one of my favorite places on the internet.” and “All the good souls connect here—we just appreciate pure, beautiful vibes.” There are no arguments, no cynicism or negative comments, just people reacting to something that feels genuine.
Why this matters
Most content now is filtered, written, edited, optimized, and reworked until it performs well. Even when it’s meant to feel “real,” there’s usually a layer of intention behind it. This has none of that. A three-year-old says something slightly off, slightly repetitive, and completely honest, and it resonates harder than most things designed to be meaningful. Spencer’s approach is a great example of how much fun it is being a girl-dad.
That contrast is the whole point. There’s also something more specific here when you look at it from a fatherhood angle. Spencer simply paid attention, took what his daughter was saying seriously, and decided it was worth preserving, and that’s it.
At some point, his daughter will grow out of this phase, the language will clean up, the logic will make more sense, and the stories will change. But these recordings won’t. They’ll stay exactly as they are. Messy, funny, slightly off, and completely specific to who she was at that age. That’s what people are actually connecting to. Not just the creativity, but the fact that someone thought to keep it.
