Popipo

Yep, What a Concept

Popipo by Hatsune Miku

Recommended by Sara

Okay, listen, this song is annoying and repetitive. BUT the concept here is actually really interesting.

From the Hatsune Miku wikipedia article: "Hatsune Miku...is a humanoid persona voiced by a singing synthesizer application developed by Crypton Future Media...Hatsune Miku has performed at her concerts onstage as an animated projection."

I chose to embed that particular video not because of the lyrics (you'll notice there's not a lot of substance there) but because it shows one of these concerts. How wild is it that people are going to go watch a hologram perform?

She may not be real, but she's made it.

Pharrell Williams remixed one of her songs (Last Night, Good Night). She has been on the Late Show with David Letterman, and she was even the opening act for one of Lady Gaga's world tours (x).

And all because the creators of Vocaloid (which was targeted towards musicians, to give them a medium to produce songs with electronically fabricated vocals) wanted to give the voices an avatar.

I didn't realize any of this was going on. Some musical subgenres, man. I tell ya.

Love or hate the song, I hope you've learned something new tonight.

Overview:

Genre:
Electronic Pop

Verdict:
About as fun as eating vegetables