(1)Miku Hatsune - She is a virtual singer with a computer-synthesized voice.
A virtual singer, Miku Hatsune, is highly popular amongst young people. There are more than 600 movies of her which have been viewed over 100,000 times on nico-nico-douga (a video sharing website). Her CDs have placed her in the ranks of popular music.
A major newspaper company introduced her last month because of her rise in popularity.
The movies are in Japanese with English subtitles.
I am going to write about why she is so popular in this journal.
(2)A video sharing website has made her very popular.
First of all, there is a video sharing website(nico-nico-douga) where musicians can publish their original songs. If you access nico-nico-douga you can listen to many songs for free.
Musicians can get feedback for their songs immediately on nico-nico-douga. If a song is great, then it could win the praise of many listeners. This praise makes musicians want to compose new songs, and it is easy and inexpensive to compose and publish their songs on nico-nico-douga with the Miku Hatsune software.
Through nico-nico-douga and Miku Hatsune, some musicians have turned professional.
One example is the artist group called “supercell”. This group composed one of the most popular songs, “Melt”. “Melt” has been viewed more than 4 million times. 56,000 copies of their music album were sold in the first week after publication. This means it ranks 4th among Japan's popular music rankings.
Miku's original "メルト" with English lyric REDONE
(3)Many people support Vocaloid (Vocaloid is Miku's software name).
There are many communities which support vocaloids on the Internet. Some communities like the vocaloids themselves. Other communities like the composers, songs, and videos related to vocaloids.
Vocaloids fans make various contributions. Some make videos for their favorite songs. Some sing their favorite songs and make comments of support on nico-nico-douga.
Vocalids fans like this culture and want to contribute to it using their own skills. Some people like me write about them in English to support vocaloids.
One good example is “bpm”. This superb video made the song more attractive. More people know about “bpm” due to this music video. This song is one of my favorites.
(4) There are more than 10,000 original songs by her.
There are more than 10,000 original songs by her on the Internet as of MAY 2009.
New songs have continued to appear everyday. More than 10 songs on weekdays and more than 20 songs on weekends. Every time you access nico-nico douga, you will certainly find some new songs. you would be hard pressed to listen to every song by her.
There are many songs and various songs on nico-nico-douga. You can listen to songs which are not usually broadcast on TV. When you access nico-nico douga, you can find your favorite song as well.
One example is ”Saihate” which is my favorite this year. This song's theme is “death, sorrow, and prayer”. “Saihate” has been viewed more than 1 million times.
Some communities have made music chart videos features Miku-Hatsune. Weekly popular charts which is the most popular video series have been published every Tuesday and are viewed average 50,000 times each.These kind of videos can help you find new songs.
(5)This cute robot makes the world amusing.
I have listened to her songs since the autumn of 2007. The first song which fascinated me is “Hazimete no oto”. I started to notice the potential of this software after listening to this song. Her voice sounds somewhat artificial, and worse than a human voice. I am convinced that this software may change the course of music history,though.
Japanese love robots more than other people from other countries. I think that very popular robots like Astro Boy, Doraemon, Gundam, and Evangelion attract Japanese strongly. In Japan A.I. research is at the cutting edge of robotics. Now she is the same as these popular robots. This cute robot makes the world amusing.
I hope you can find songs you love sung by her on the Internet!
“Hazimete no oto” has been viewed more than 1 million times. Here is the video with English subtitles.
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Miku just rules the world and every Vocaloid. She is the best! <3
ReplyDeletei like rin and len better......
ReplyDeletebut putting tht aside:
shouldnt other vocaloids deserve attention more than miku? like meiko, for example.... she was the first japanese vocaloid (and her voice is pretty good), and dont forget about lola and leon, the very first vocaloids (ok i admit their voices arent tht good) but seriously guys- its kind of 'mean' to say miku is the best, cuz she isnt (not in everyones eyes)
let me explain it better than u good sir...
ReplyDeletewe're not talking about other vocaloid to?.. ho god..
the reason her ASS so popular is,
she's was the first vocaloid2 series of crypton like *everyone sees her 01 in the left shoulder* and it's was in the time that nnd needed new star besides touhou. 8/31/2007 her release and she's taken the position *the most popular vocaloid that ever made oh.. (and the other shadowed) even by her name u can understand that hatsune stand by(hatsu future,ne sound) this why crypton were smart called her future sound lol *she's not* she's was originally low quality and unrealistic vocaloid until append appears, and also even before her append there were amazing artists like ryo and more artist and composers that could make her sound very realstic and the more stuff... like sega and concerts
tell the truth miku not deserve that attention believe me any other different vocaloid in the past could replace her like if kagamine were created and released before her and if they were the first vocaloid series of crypton like hatsune rin and len lol... believe i don't wanna my dear rin and len called stupid hatsune..
p.s if u have problem with me and my grammar please don't rage it's good for your heath :D