Kotaku

Remembering A Vocaloid Legend Behind Some Of The Best Hatsune Miku Songs

It’s taken some time for the news to hit overseas, but Wowaka, an internationally acclaimed producer of Vocaloid music, including songs such as “Rolling Girl,” “Unhappy Refrain,” and “World’s End ...
Billboard

Yuri Kuriyama on the Vocaloid Songs That Shaped Him & The Appeal of the Vocaloid Scene

The VOCALOID Collection ~2023 Spring~, one of the biggest events in the Vocaloid scene, will be held from March 18 to March 21. By Billboard Japan The VOCALOID Collection, also known as VocaColle, is ...
Digital Trends

‘Vocaloids’ aren’t characters, they’re instruments changing the way music is made

Who is Hatsune Miku? Well, she’s not really a “who” at all. She’s not a person, or a team of people. Or even an animated front for a real singer, like Gorillaz. She’s a piece of vocal software that ...
Nippon

Hatsune Miku: Digital Face of a Twenty-First Century Music Revolution

The “Vocalo P” are transforming the Japanese music scene. Vocalo P refers to producers who use Vocaloid singing-synthesis software to create music and upload it to the internet. Long a subcultural ...