Every known Suno metatag in one place — structure, vocals, dynamics, transitions, instruments, effects. Click any tag to copy it formatted with brackets, ready to paste into your lyrics.
Suno metatags are bracketed tokens like [Verse], [Chorus], [Whispered], or [Bass solo] that you place inside the lyrics field of Suno's Custom Mode. They tell the model how to structure your song and how each section should be performed.
Metatags are different from style descriptions. Style descriptions go in the style field at the top of Custom Mode (genre, mood, instrumentation). Metatags live inside the lyrics — and they are the most reliable way to control where verses begin, when a vocal whispers, or where a guitar solo enters.
The Suno community has discovered hundreds of working metatags through trial and error. This explorer collects every confirmed tag in one place, organized by category, with examples of how each is used inside a real lyric.
A complete annotated lyric using the most common metatag patterns. Copy this template and replace the placeholder lyrics.
[Intro] (soft synth pad, 8 bars) [Verse 1] First verse lyrics go here Set the scene, introduce the feeling Keep it conversational and grounded [Pre-Chorus] Build the tension here Lift the melody up [Chorus] The hook lands here This is the line you want stuck in their head Repeat the title or a simple anchor [Verse 2] Second verse adds new detail Or shifts the perspective [Chorus] Same hook, same anchor [Bridge - Quiet] (strip back the production) A quiet moment of reflection Fewer instruments, more space [Bass solo] [Final Chorus - Big] The hook returns at full volume Add a vocal harmony layer [Outro] (fade out, 8 bars)
All known Suno metatags are grouped into six categories — structure, vocal style, dynamics, transitions, instruments, and effects. Find the section you want to control.
Tap any tag to copy it formatted with brackets exactly the way Suno expects. No quotes, no escaping, just paste straight into your lyric.
Place the tag where the section should start in your lyrics field. Suno reads it as a directive and adjusts the structure or performance from that point.
Suno metatags are bracketed text tokens like [Verse], [Chorus], or [Whispered] that you put inside the lyrics field in Suno Custom Mode. They tell the model how to structure your song and how each section should be performed. Style descriptions (genre, mood, instrumentation) belong in the separate style field at the top of Custom Mode — metatags live inside the lyrics, on their own line, immediately before the section they apply to.
Most metatags work reliably — Suno's training data includes millions of structured songs labeled with section markers, so the model recognizes [Verse], [Chorus], [Bridge], and similar structural cues consistently. Vocal style tags like [Whispered] and [Aggressive shouting] work most of the time but can be inconsistent depending on the surrounding lyric content. Instrument cues like [Bass solo] work best when placed in their own paragraph, on a line by themselves, with no lyrics afterward. Made-up tags that don't match anything in the training data are typically ignored or treated as part of the lyric.
Style tags describe the overall sonic character of the whole track — genre, era, instrumentation, mood, production aesthetic. They go in the style field at the top of Custom Mode and shape every second of the generation. Structure tags (also called metatags or bracket tags) are placed inside the lyrics field and apply to specific sections of the song. [Verse] tells Suno where verse one starts; [Chorus] marks where the hook lands; [Bridge - Quiet] tells Suno to strip back the production for that section. Use both together — style tags set the macro feel, metatags control the structure and dynamics within it.
You can experiment, but the model only consistently recognizes tags that appear in its training data. The community has documented around 200 metatags that produce reliable results — these are the ones in this explorer. Tags constructed from common musical terminology often work even if they're not in the canonical list (for example [Slap bass] or [Female vocal harmony] tend to be interpreted correctly). Highly specific or unusual phrases — [The drummer is angry] — are likely to be ignored or rolled into the lyric as text. Stick to short, descriptive tags using standard music vocabulary.
The most reliable structural metatags are [Intro], [Verse] (numbered for clarity: [Verse 1], [Verse 2]), [Pre-Chorus], [Chorus], [Bridge], [Outro], and [End]. Modifying tags can refine each section: [Bridge - Quiet] for a stripped-back middle eight, [Final Chorus - Big] for a triumphant ending, [Instrumental break] for a guitar or synth solo gap. The most important rule: place each tag on its own line, immediately before the section it applies to, with a blank line above for clarity.
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