Turn artist interviews into clips people actually watch
A 40-minute interview has five or ten moments that can travel on their own: the story behind a song, a confession, a laugh, an announcement. TONTRIA finds them, frames the artist in vertical and adds captions.
1 credit = 1 minute of video processed. A 40-minute interview uses about 40 credits.
From a full interview to a week of clips
Paste the link or upload the interview
A YouTube stream, a radio session filmed in the studio, a press-day recording. The language is detected automatically.
Ask for the moments you want
Use the shortcuts — the story behind the song, the meaning of the song, a strong line, a funny moment, a release announcement — or write your own request.
Frame one or two people
“Viral – spoken” follows whoever is talking; split screen shows host and artist at once. If the artist plays live at the end, “viral – sung” handles that part.
Polish and post
Remove silences and filler words, check the captions, add an on-screen hook and copy the suggested titles, description and hashtags.
What makes an interview clip work
The artist in frame
A vertical crop that follows the face of whoever is talking, so the artist never ends up half out of the shot.
Captions for sound-off viewing
Karaoke, word by word, viral or phrase styles with the artist’s fonts and colors.
Stories, not fragments
Clips are built around complete ideas, with a clean start and end, 30 to 90 seconds by default.
Host and guest together
Split screen for back-and-forth moments where the reaction matters as much as the answer.
Tighter clips
Remove pauses and filler words from the transcript before exporting.
Text for every clip
A hook, three titles, a description and hashtags in the language of the interview.
Why interview clips are worth it for artists
Interviews are where people get to know the artist behind the song: where a lyric came from, what happened in the studio, the joke nobody expected. That is the content that turns a listener into a fan. But the full interview reaches only the people who sit through it. Cut into short clips, the same interview keeps working for weeks.
The demo on this page is a real clip from an interview on ¿Te Suena?, reframed to vertical with captions by TONTRIA.
The moments to look for
- The story behind a song: where it was written, who it is about, what almost didn’t make it.
- A strong line: an opinion or a phrase people will quote.
- A funny moment between host and artist.
- An announcement: a release date, a tour, a collaboration.
- A live moment: a verse sung in the studio, a cappella.
Press days and radio tours
On a press day an artist can give ten interviews in one afternoon. Each one has a couple of good moments, and together they are a month of content. Process every recording, ask for “the story behind the song” and “the release announcement”, and schedule the best clip of each across the release weeks. Labels can keep every artist’s captions and logo consistent with brand templates — see TONTRIA for labels.
The full method, from asking for the files to posting, is in how to turn an artist interview into clips.
Interview clips: questions
Which app turns an artist interview into short clips?
TONTRIA Clips. Paste the YouTube link or upload the interview: it finds the moments that stand on their own (the story behind a song, an announcement, a funny line), reframes the speaker to vertical 9:16 or shows host and artist in split screen, and adds captions you can edit. Up to 20 clips per video; a 40-minute interview uses about 40 credits. You get 30 credits to start, one time, no card needed (1 credit = 1 minute processed).
Can I clip an interview I gave to a radio station or a channel?
You need the right to use the recording. Many stations and channels are happy to share their files or allow clips with credit — ask them first, and credit them in the caption.
How many clips can I get from one interview?
You choose: up to 20 clips per video, with the length you set. In practice, a 30–40 minute interview usually has between five and ten moments that stand on their own.
How do I cut a long interview down to the best parts without rewatching it?
Let the transcript do the searching. TONTRIA transcribes the interview, suggests the moments that stand on their own and gives each one a label (story, strong line, funny moment) and a virality score, so you review the best first instead of scrubbing through an hour of video. If you already know what you want, ask for it: “the story behind the single”, “the tour announcement”. Then remove pauses and filler words from the transcript and fix any misheard name in the captions before exporting. The step-by-step guide to interview clips covers which moments to pick and how to post them.
What if the interview ends with a live song?
Ask for that moment too: the “viral – sung” edit keeps the singer in frame and the karaoke captions follow the lyrics.
Do the clips work without sound?
That is what the captions are for. Many people watch short videos muted, so every clip comes with animated captions you can edit.
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Paste the link and see which moments TONTRIA picks.
The free plan includes 30 credits to start, no card needed.