CG Japanese pop star makes her U.S. debut in July

[terry78]

http://www.thenational.ae/news/worl...u-hatsune-takes-japanese-music-scene-by-storm

Get your tickets before that **** sells out.

 

[Timstuff]

The tech behind these live "performances" is quite impressive, however the implications of people going to see a "live" performance by a cartoon character with a synthetic voice is actually kind of depressing. Before, companies like Disney manufactured stars by recruiting them out of junior high and autotuning the crap out of their voices, but now the middleman has been completely removed.

 

[Harls]

...I don't get it.

 

[Timstuff]

...I don't get it.

"A fool and his money are easily parted." What's not to get?

 

[Harls]

I suppose. It sounds like it'll be short lived to me. But I guess the thought behind it is kinda cool.

 

[twylight]

Vocaloid's are a big thing in China/Japan/Korea, I doubt anyone's livelihood is going to be damaged by them. Disney's not going to stop recruiting it's fresh, faced prepubescents because of them. Especially since they were created to promote the Vocaloid software which is used by music artists. They're just fun little mascots, much like Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck, but CGI and much nicer to look at with better voices. It's 'silly', yet that doesn't stop people from seeing things like 'Disney on Ice'.

 

[Bubonic]

Wasn't there a movie like this?
Where there was this famous person that wasn't even real?

 

[Jager X]

Wasn't there a movie like this?
Where there was this famous person that wasn't even real?

S1mone

 

[Bubonic]

^^thanks, that's the one.

 

[MessiahDecoy123]

What pop stars aren't as equally manufactured?

 

[Wolfwood]

I suppose. It sounds like it'll be short lived to me. But I guess the thought behind it is kinda cool.

I doubt, the fanbase is huge enough to support it.

God, my-ex was heavily into vocaloids. She would cosplay as Miku at Anime Expo all the time. I guess one blessing of her cheating on me is that I wont have to go to one of these concerts now lol.

 

[the_ultimate_evil]

sorry thats just mentally fubared

 

[Harls]

Oh, I wasn't aware of the large fanbase. I've only ever seen these -- what did you call them, "vocaloids?" -- in sci-fi movies. Interesting.

 

[kane9321]

oh those whacky japanese

 

[Angry Monkey]

This person can't even sing. She is just a computerized voice...

 

[Sundancer]

This person can't even sing. She is just a computerized voice...

Your logic is flawed because she is not a person.

 

[terry78]

Your logic is flawed because she is not a person.

Or she actually is and we're all the CG creations.

 

[Mrs. Sawyer]

...I don't get it.

It's Japan. No one ever understand what they do.

In Japan, a man married a video game character, a kissing machine is invented, and now this.

 

[Timstuff]

Without Vocaloid, we would not have Poptart Cat.

 

[amazingfantasy15]

It's Japan. No one ever understand what they do.

In Japan, a man married a video game character, a kissing machine is invented, and now this.

Yup, I doubt this will even register in America.

 

[Erzengel]

I can't wait until we can have sex with holographic projections.

 

[TheDreamMaster]

I can't wait until we can have sex with holographic projections.

Hahaha, indeed.

Seriously though, if they could fine tune the voices and update the models every few years, we could get new singles from "The Beatles" or "Michael Jackson". Sure it wouldn't really be them and would be a cheap cash-in that might disrepect their name and image, but you never know what people might be willing to pay for.