Stephen Spencer

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.

Stephen Spencer 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.

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.

“At some point I said: ‘Why not try to turn these musical moments into ‘real’ songs?’”

And we’re glad he did. One of his songs is about a “happy mouse” who woke up and “needed breaktist” – specifically, “he wants a crunchy thing and a chewy thing and something sweet”.

Another – my personal favourite – is about a “little woman who liked wigglin’ so much”.