After listening to some of IA"s "pray for real" songs. 1st Place is really try cater to the mainstream western genre, e.g. hiphop, modern, rap and mixing english with japanese, than the usual vocaloid songs. it does not help that the composers and lyricist are "professionals" outside the vocaloid community who don't really use the standard vocaloid song style.
I don't hate it, modern hiphop style is common in other songs like Giga, his work Ready Steady is using a K-pop like beat.
I like it well enough not to complain about it, The direction will take some getting use to since I'm so used to vocaloid songs being it's own niche outside the mainstream, it's practically it's own genre. The songs can be sung by another human singer like Reol and I won't be surprised, but a vocaloid will have me taken back. I'll admit there are some ranges that can only work well by a human than a vocal synthesizer. I like "DIAMANTE" song the most since it show's IA's range in different style, soft japanese, singing in english and rapping, that one high note is annoying but then I remember I listen to Rolling girl, who have a higher range. I really wish that they credit the tuner, cause making IA rap in english smoothly and well enough that you can understand the words is very difficult and takes so much skill.
There are complains that this direction of music is butchering IA's brand image, like trying to pander to the mainstream audience than trying to be consistent with IA"s mysterious aura.
I don't hate it, modern hiphop style is common in other songs like Giga, his work Ready Steady is using a K-pop like beat.
I like it well enough not to complain about it, The direction will take some getting use to since I'm so used to vocaloid songs being it's own niche outside the mainstream, it's practically it's own genre. The songs can be sung by another human singer like Reol and I won't be surprised, but a vocaloid will have me taken back. I'll admit there are some ranges that can only work well by a human than a vocal synthesizer. I like "DIAMANTE" song the most since it show's IA's range in different style, soft japanese, singing in english and rapping, that one high note is annoying but then I remember I listen to Rolling girl, who have a higher range. I really wish that they credit the tuner, cause making IA rap in english smoothly and well enough that you can understand the words is very difficult and takes so much skill.
There are complains that this direction of music is butchering IA's brand image, like trying to pander to the mainstream audience than trying to be consistent with IA"s mysterious aura.