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I used to listen to downloaded MP3s. But anymore I listen on YouTube because there's so much music that only gets posted there.

I'd be interested. Cool to have anything related to the event.

It has been several months since I posted the previous graph. I decided to check up on the trends again. (Miku is on the rise again!) The parameter "Hatsune Miku (Topic)" includes related searches such as variations on her name.

It's because only the good stuff is still around. All the mediocre and crappy stuff fell into obscurity or maybe even got deleted. Also, only good stuff got reposted from NicoNico to YouTube.

It would be so surreal to me if I saw Una or another Vocaloid on regular television. Something similar happened with one of my niche interests in the past, but I'm having trouble recalling what it was right now. There was one time at, like, 5:30 AM on a Sunday I was flipping through radio...

Looking at it, perhaps "remake" isn't the right term. What comes to mind for me is those cover versions of a song that change the genre, meter, and timbre so much that they're nearly unrecognizable. If you look in the dictionary, one of the definitions of "rendition" is: an interpretive...

Classifications of Derivative Works I've wanted to figure out the terms for different types and styles of derivative works. If you take an original song and change elements of it, what term best describes those changes? I made this table from my best estimation of what those terms would be...

(Image from Twitter) A look at the commemorative postcard from the Station Memo collaboration event!

FROM: GQ Magazine January 2020 Re: Miku at Coachella https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/hatsune-miku-coachella [It seriously breaks my heart that this was cancelled!] [All emphasis added by me] Hatsune Miku is the most exciting addition to Coachella’s 2020 line-up Hatsune Miku is...

Sometimes I wonder if it is about as specific as they can get. They show up for work with plans to enhance Luka. Change some things that don't sound quite right. Then, after ten hours of messing with audio equipment, editing samples, tweaking parameters, and adjusting algorithms they have...

Listening to them side-by-side the new version has more distinct backing and percussion. The sound is less "muddy" and the vocals are more enunciated. It leans more into a heavy electronica feel and is less industrial in its sound. (That is, industrial music uses many processed sound samples...

FROM: The Ranger, Amarillo College Newspaper February 2016 RE: Hatsune Miku Takes Over https://acranger.com/2016/02/11/hatsune-miku-takes-over/ You’re standing waiting for the performer to walk on stage. The band comes out and sets up, but no performer is in sight. A burst of magic dust and...

April 20th 2021 is Otomachi Una Talk Ex's 4th anniversary! (Image from Twitter)

There've been efforts to estimate the number of Hatsune Miku fans. My estimate was that there were two million people who would consider themselves "fans" and ten million who are aware of who she is. I wonder how many of the 3.9 million were existing fans, how many are recent/new fans, and how...

The Unapippigo! Is Heading Into Its Third Year of Operation! "Unapippigo!, which was scheduled until July 26, 2021; It has been decided that the service period will be extended for one year!" (Announcement) The Unapippigo! was one among several promotional vehicle wrap/makeovers for...

FROM: Washingtonian July 2018 RE: A Cartoon Character Is Performing at the Anthem. What’s the Deal With Hatsune Miku? https://www.washingtonian.com/2018/07/10/a-cartoon-character-is-performing-at-the-anthem-whats-the-deal-with-hatsune-miku/ This Japanese singer is so popular, she can play...

FROM: "VOGUE" May 2016 RE: Riccardo Tisci Gives Japan’s Biggest Virtual Virtuoso an Haute Couture Makeover https://www.vogue.com/article/riccardo-tisci-hatsune-miku-haute-couture-makeover-avatar A singing Japanese hologram named Hatsune Miku has been taking the pop-music world by...

I guess Una has handbag merch now: I couldn't find any context other than the tweet was tagged with "Vocaloid Street" which seems to be a fan convention.

There is a collaboration event with Otomachi Una and Station Memo, a mobile game where you collect virtual stamps from visiting any of over 9000 rail stations in Japan! Visiting all the stops on the Tenryu Hamanako Railway, where Una's train the Unapippigo! runs, and collecting the virtual...

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