Melting Goldfish - Those Liable to Dissolve in Thoughtĭedicated to the Lives Support Songs Won’t Saveįinally, this song (titled as a blank space) was at the top of the rankings throughout the Colorless Nameless Fest, but was deleted by the organizers when it came to light that the artist had based it on an existing song, which was deemed to be against the spirit of the event. Shigetaka Kur*ta is Watching From the Window Song That’s Only A Minute Yet Has A Really Long Intro and that makes me so incredibly happy every time I stop to think about her.
so even as miku gets more and more attention as the years go by, and people eventually forget or just don’t recognize that she’s just software you can buy, the fact remains that everyone recognizes her because of love. and this isnt even going into the fanartists and animators who drew and animated because they loved miku and her songs just that much.Īll the figures and concerts and rhythm games would not have been possible without companies realizing she’s gotten all that love and attention without a huge official push for her for her first couple years. producers like Mitchie-M and wowaka used miku in new, striking ways that were huge departures from the likes of supercell and kz. these songs convinced and inspired other producers down the line that there was a way for their music to spread without being singers themselves and that using Vocaloids was entirely viable. and that music was shared more and more because people just really liked listening to them. Songs like “Melt” from ryo and “Packaged” from kz were posted just because these producers wanted to share what they created with the world. all this couldn’t have been possible without online producers like ryo of supercell and EGOIST fame, cosMo, OSTER project, and kz simply putting their songs on niconico where everyone can watch and listen to the music videos for free, without the huge help of the marketing that miku gets today. Today she gets cameos, collaborations, and sometimes actual voiced lines in anime and games, actual rhythm games featuring her and the other piapro 6, she’s the face of GoodSmile racing (and was very temporarily the face of Domino’s Pizza in America, even), dozens of figures are made for her every year, there’s how her songs have been the foundation for multiple multi-media franchises and IPs like Black Rock Shooter and KagePro, and she among other virtual singers get to hold actual physical concerts people attend to see her “live.”īut the way she spread and has become an online cultural fixture is almost entirely dependent on genuine effort from online communities and what I can’t help but describe as love. and normally she’d be left at just that like the vocaloids preceding her like MEIKO, KAITO, LEON, LOLA, among others. she and the other vocaloids (actual tm) are all voice synthesis software with some art attached for the sake of packaging and (at first) rudimentary marketing and anyone that has bought her can make her say/sing anything. The thing about hatsune miku is that she is quite literally a product you can buy. Komachi and the Happiness and Peace of Mind Committee.Gumi and Len (old post but it’s still basically canon lol).Citizens of Sapporo, Pt.1 (Kiyoteru, Sonika, Nana, Al, Piko) (contains art but is also a lot of lore).