Can i just say: I'm over the moon that Vocaloid is entering a renaissance period. And i genuinely think things can only get better from here.
Whether you love or hate Mesmerizer, (i love it personally) it did kind of ignite a huge wave of new Vocaloid content and subsequent trends for short form video platforms, which was INTEGRAL in getting the newer generations interested in Vocaloid. (That and proseka too to an extent)
For example, my kid sister knows who Miku is and likes her with almost no influence from me other than her occasionally seeing me draw her, because she knows her from all the content she gets online. There's no way its purely just a popularity resurgence from nostalgia because these are all mostly young people who have no nostalgia for old Vocaloid fandom and they're all consuming new trendy songs they see on TikTok and Shorts.
And as for the language barrier thing, i genuinely believe that once Miku V6 AI comes out, and Miku sub-sequentially gets much better English capabilities because of it, we're probably going to see such a complete wave of Miku content the likes of which we haven't seen in a very long time. Dare i say it might be the thing that makes Miku a serious contender in the West beyond purely being an otaku interest. And once the REST of the cryptonloids get on that same engine? Vocaloid as an engine might seriously become relevant again and reclaim its throne on top the vsynth industry and more. We might seriously be looking at a future where Hatsune Miku is a household name not just in Japan, but in the West too.
We are so freaking back.
Whether you love or hate Mesmerizer, (i love it personally) it did kind of ignite a huge wave of new Vocaloid content and subsequent trends for short form video platforms, which was INTEGRAL in getting the newer generations interested in Vocaloid. (That and proseka too to an extent)
For example, my kid sister knows who Miku is and likes her with almost no influence from me other than her occasionally seeing me draw her, because she knows her from all the content she gets online. There's no way its purely just a popularity resurgence from nostalgia because these are all mostly young people who have no nostalgia for old Vocaloid fandom and they're all consuming new trendy songs they see on TikTok and Shorts.
And as for the language barrier thing, i genuinely believe that once Miku V6 AI comes out, and Miku sub-sequentially gets much better English capabilities because of it, we're probably going to see such a complete wave of Miku content the likes of which we haven't seen in a very long time. Dare i say it might be the thing that makes Miku a serious contender in the West beyond purely being an otaku interest. And once the REST of the cryptonloids get on that same engine? Vocaloid as an engine might seriously become relevant again and reclaim its throne on top the vsynth industry and more. We might seriously be looking at a future where Hatsune Miku is a household name not just in Japan, but in the West too.
We are so freaking back.
