Hatsune Miku

Something interesting to share with you guys...
Have you heard of Hatsune Mika?

She is more than just an "anime" character. She is a singer. Really! She even had her own concert. You have to watch the following video. Omg, how did they even manage to visualise and make a virtual character dance??


People even cosplay her, no joke!


 

The name of the title and the character of the software was chosen by combining Hatsu (初, first), Ne (音, sound), and Miku (未来, future) thus meaning "the first sound from the future." -Vocaloid.Wikia

I knew about Hatsune Mika long ago but wasnt really interested. I mean, she's just a software program that is popular perhaps due to the face that YAMAHA designed for her. But after knowing that she has her own concert (in US too!!) i am highly interested to know why are people so obsessed with her to the point where they would buy tickets to see a computer generated doll and voice live. Hello, its computer generated. It sounds the same whether if its a live concert or in a CD.

So i googled and i found some answers.

To start off Hatsune Miku is a vocaloid. Simply to say, if you composed a piece of song and have no one to sing for you (or no instruments), you can buy vocaloid to choose a computer generated voice/instruments. Hatsune Miku is only the name of a voice.



One of the reasons why she is (or vocaloid in general) is so popular is because in Japan, there are many budding music composers. So they post their originals songs on a certain websites to share their pieces. And to record the songs, they use vocaloids. Hatsune Miku is one of the most frequently used voice. Ryo, a composer that got professional through such websites, composed Melt sung by Hatsune Miku.  Apparently, it was downloaded more than 4 million times. Not bad, considering that he was just an amateur at that point of time.



Below is also Melt but it is an actual person singing. Sounds nicer, i think!



And i guess preceisely its Japan, the people would be fascinated and amazed by the technology. Most importantly, Yamaha did not package vocaloid as a software only. They created and advertised it as a character. Which is why the name of the voices sound like real names. Hatsune Miku is obviously the most used/popular voice among other vocaloids. She even has become the face of vocaloids. In fact, she is considered as one of the most successful singers in Japan. Keychains, wallets, posters, movies etc.

For more indepth explanation, watch this news segment.




Shall end off with 2 more videos

HAHAHA, this song was written in the concept that Hatsune Miku was corrupted with virus and had to be deleted. Which is why the song sound so messed up and the title is The Disappearance of Hatsune Miku. I saw the translated lyrics... super duper long




This one even more funny. THE LYRICS... OMG.
Choose me! Choose me! Choose me! Choose me! NONONONONO!
Choose me! Choose me! I cannot choose one!
Anyway according to some people, the song is about a guy who already has a real life girlfriend but he somehow fell in love virtual girl so he has to choose between reality or fantasy. Please read the lyrics while i die laughing hahahahahaha!