A song game
with stakes.
Cut Club is a season-based music game you play with your friends. A theme drops, everyone submits one song, you listen and vote, and a winner gets revealed. Repeat every round until someone takes the season.
Hosts play every round too — they just set the stage first.
The whole game
in one loop.
Every matchup runs the same rhythm.
- 01
Theme drops
A theme goes live and everyone gets notified.
- 02
Submit a cut
Each player picks one song and defends it.
- 03
Listen & vote
Listen to every cut, then vote.
- 04
Reveal & recap
Winner, standings, and receipts for the group chat.
Two ways in.
Someone has to start the club — that's the host. Everyone else just joins and plays. Not sure? If a friend sent you a link, you're a player.
Get your first
matchup going.
A club is your group's home; a season is a run of matchups inside it. You only set these up once — don't overthink them.
- 01
Sign up and create your club
Make a free account, then create a club and give it a name. Pick your club's timezone so every deadline is clear for the whole group.
- 02
Start with the free trial season
The fastest first game is the free trial: 2 matchups, blind mode, unlimited players, no payment. Want a full run instead? The season wizard sets up 8–12 matchups.
- 03
Pick a source and set your themes
Each season uses one music source — YouTube or Spotify. Write your own themes or generate ideas with the built-in suggestions.
- 04
Invite your friends
Send email invites or share your club link. Anyone who joins the club can join the season.
- 05
Drop matchup one
Publish, and matchup #1 opens on schedule. Everyone — you included — submits a song and the season is live.
Your first game is free. No credit card required.
How to play
a matchup.
Got an invite? You're in the right place. Here's the whole loop, start to finish.
Join the club
Open the invite email or the club link a friend sent you, then sign in or make a free account. You'll pick a display name and your timezone.
Join the season
Inside the club, open the active season and join it. (Some seasons charge $1.50 per player — you'll see that before you commit.)
Wait for the theme to drop
When a matchup opens you'll get notified. Every deadline shows in both club time and your local time.
Submit one song.
Paste one link from the season's source (YouTube or Spotify) and add an optional note to defend your pick. One cut per matchup — make it count.
Listen, then vote.
Once submissions close, listen to every cut in the feed and spend your ballot — points pool by default. One rule: you have to submit a cut to vote in that matchup.
See who won.
Voting closes and results reveal: the winning cut, full standings, and who submitted what. React and argue in the comments, then do it all again next round.
Themes that
start fights.
The theme is the whole game. The weirder the theme, the better the picks — the obvious banger rarely wins. A few to get you going:
Easy wins
Great for round one.
- Your guilty pleasure anthem
- A song you'd never play at a wedding
- The greatest opening 10 seconds
Discovery
Reward the deep cut.
- A song under 100k plays
- Best track in a language you don't speak
- A cover better than the original
Chaos
For clubs that argue.
- Something your parents would hate
- A track that sounds like the color blue
- The most unhinged key change
Personal
Vulnerability is a power move.
- The song that made you who you are
- Your 2 a.m. song
- A track tied to a specific memory
Get the app.
The Cut Club app for iOS and Android is the fastest way to play. Get push notifications the moment a matchup opens, and submit, listen, vote, react, and comment in a few taps.
Push alerts
Never miss a deadline or result.
Fast play
Submit, listen, and vote in taps.
Also playable at playcutclub.com
Ready in minutes.
- Sign up and create or join a club
- Join the active season
- Submit one song when the theme drops
- Listen to every cut, then cast your ballot
- Watch the winner get revealed
Play your first game for free. No credit card required.