When His 3-Year-Old Started Telling Stories, This Dad Made Them Into Songs – And They’re Adorably Catchy

<div><img src="https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/6903e38e180000c6610400fa.jpg?ops=scalefit_630_noupscale" alt="Stephen Spencer" data-caption="Stephen Spencer" data-credit-link-back="" data-credit="Stephen Spencer / Instagram" />Stephen Spencer</div><div class="content-list-component text"><p>A music lecturer has been turning his daughter’s made-up stories into songs – and with lyrics like “there was a purple bear princess”, flawless vocals, and the catchiest beats, it’s gone down an absolute storm online.</p><p style="font-weight:400"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/_stephenspencer" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Stephen Spencer</a> said he’s been turning his daughter’s words into music ever since she could talk – but only informally. He would sing things back to her, making up melodies from whatever she said. </p><p>The dad, who works as a Lecturer in Music at Hunter College, New York City, told HuffPost UK: “As a songwriter and music theory professor, I’m drawn to unusual phrases that land with a fun rhythm or have a hook hidden in them, and my daughter seems to have an endless supply of them.</p><p>“At some point I said: ‘Why not try to turn these musical moments into ‘real’ songs?’”</p><p>And we’re glad he did. One of his songs is about a <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DQU609GlBc-/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">“happy mouse” who woke up and “needed breaktist”</a> – specifically, “he wants a crunchy thing and a chewy thing and something sweet”.</p><p>Another – my personal favourite – is about a “little woman who liked wigglin’ so much”.</p></div><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/reel/DP4sqJGDVLP/?utm_source=