“she’s … hatsune miku,” he says. has he ever imagined a backstory for her? a home, a family, a life before vocaloid? “no,” he says, as though the pointlessness of that should be obvious. “just age, height, weight—and outfits.” in fact, it would be pointless; itoh knew...
This is essentially how 22-year-old singer Ado (born 2002) became the voice of Gen Z. Late in 2020 amid the stresses of the COVID-19 pandemic, she burst onto the J-pop scene with "Useewa," a rock-centric track composed by Vocaloid producer Syudou whose title translates, roughly, to...
Popular vocaloids like Hatsune Miku were only given age and design. Why? Because Vocaloid is supposed to help people reach a wider audience without using their voice. Alternatively, you could make your character into an UTAUloid, because on UTAU it's possible to make an actual voicebank usin...