Musician pens beautiful tribute song that tells son "I love you" in over 500 languages

A devoted dad used his musical skills to create the ultimate birthday gift for his son – a song that tells him “I love you” in 521 different languages.

Philip Halloun (Denmark) broke the record for most languages featured on a music single with a beautiful tribute to his son William.

The 41-year-old speaks Danish, English, Arabic, and a bit of Hebrew, French and Chinese, and used various tools to do the translations for the hundreds of other languages.

521 isn’t a random number either – it references William’s birthday on 21 May, and the song “I Love You” marked his first birthday.

Musician and creative entrepreneur Philip smashed the previous record of 398, set by by Suneet Haran (India) in 2024.

Philip, who is expecting his second child with wife Dina, said: “I wanted [his birthday gift] to be something that showed devotion.

“And setting a goal to achieve, no matter how hard it would seem, for him to remember forever.

“The melody on the guitar is a little piece I wrote for him before he was born, and I used to play it for him always before and after he was born.”

Philip has been writing and producing music for 20 years and has written songs for artists from all over the world, in many different languages.

But that doesn’t mean this project was an easy one.

“The most difficult part was making sure the pronunciation of all the languages was correct and recording them all to sound fluid and harmonious,” Philip said.

“As the lyrics of the song is ‘I love you’ in all the languages of the world, my message to him is that I will always love him no matter what, in every language.”

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Philip said that while the song is dedicated to William, it’s also for people all over the world who need to hear the words “I love you”.

He said: “I wish for the song and the record to serve as a manifesting mantra, to bring love into the hearts of those who need it the most.

“It feels great [to break the record], I grew up reading the Guinness World Records books with my brother and it's an honour to be part of the legacy.”