Suno prompt for "Cry Me a River" by Justin Timberlake
Timbaland's minimalist, beatbox-driven production featuring a signature vocal sample hook. Real tempo and key from published music data, plus a starter style field you can paste into Suno right now.
Starter Suno style prompt
Contemporary R&B, Pop, Hip-Hop, 74 BPM, G# minor, Moderate, brooding, and tense energy, Stuttering, syncopated, and sparse, relying on a heavy, dry kick and sharp, metallic percussion, Breathless, multi-tracked, and layered R&B delivery with a mix of falsetto and conversational, cynical phrasing, Timbaland's minimalist, beatbox-driven production featuring a signature vocal sample hook
What makes it sound like that
- Groove
- Stuttering, syncopated, and sparse, relying on a heavy, dry kick and sharp, metallic percussion
- Vocal
- Breathless, multi-tracked, and layered R&B delivery with a mix of falsetto and conversational, cynical phrasing
- Emotional arc
- Starts with cold, detached resentment, builds through rhythmic tension, and culminates in a cathartic, repetitive vocal release
Song structure
The starter prompt gets you close. The blueprint gets you there.
Full Style field under 1000 characters, bar-by-bar Lyrics field with section direction, exclusions and Suno v6 settings. Your first one is free, no card.
Decode "Cry Me a River" freeFAQ
What BPM and key is "Cry Me a River" by Justin Timberlake?
"Cry Me a River" by Justin Timberlake runs at 74 BPM in G# minor. Both values were sourced from published music data sites, not estimated.
How do I make a song like "Cry Me a River" by Justin Timberlake in Suno?
Put the tempo (74 BPM), key (G# minor) and genre stack (Contemporary R&B, Pop, Hip-Hop) at the front of Suno's Style field, then describe the groove and vocal delivery. Suno Prompt Machine builds the full Style and Lyrics fields from the track's real arrangement, with your first blueprint free.
What genre is "Cry Me a River" by Justin Timberlake?
"Cry Me a River" by Justin Timberlake is Contemporary R&B, with elements of Pop, Hip-Hop.
Can I copy Justin Timberlake's voice or lyrics in Suno?
No, and you shouldn't try. Naming artists in Suno is blocked. The working approach is to describe the sound in musical terms: tempo, key, groove, instrumentation and vocal style, then write original lyrics.