It sounds eerily like Taylor Swift. But it's AI made by a 21-year-old college student.

"Have you ever wondered why manhole covers are round instead of square? Or who invented the steamroller? Or why giant steel coils are transported on their sides instead of flat? Sure, you can do a simple Google search to find out. But what you really might need is a video set to an AI-generated song that sounds like Taylor Swift if she went through a messy breakup with construction equipment."

"Learning with Lyrics, which has an Instagram account with 900,000 followers and a TikTok account with 548,000 followers. I kept coming across these videos, so I did some investigating: I was surprised to find that a 21-year-old marketing major at California State University in Long Beach was behind the account. It's an illustration of what someone with an idea and access to off-the-shelf AI tools can make these days. It's pretty fascinating."

""I use AI to generate a detailed research brief on the topic at hand, then I personally verify everything to ensure my facts are 100% correct," he said. Then, that's where the catchy songs come in. He instructs Google's Gemini to create a rough draft of the lyrics. "The real work during the lyrics creation is the polish, where I rewrite all the hooks, simplify or reword complex"

A 21-year-old marketing major at California State University, Long Beach created Learning with Lyrics, an account that pairs AI-generated, Taylor Swift–style songs with explanations of how everyday objects are made. Launched in September, the Instagram account has about 900,000 followers and the TikTok account about 548,000 followers. Video subjects include manhole covers, steamrollers, vending machines, Post-it Notes, steel coil transport, and airplane contrails. The creator uses AI to generate detailed research briefs and to draft lyrics with Google's Gemini, then personally verifies facts and polishes hooks and wording before publishing the songs as short educational reels.

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