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[CrankyJay]

When you peel away the animu, Miku is honestly pretty fascinating. Its the democratization of popular music and pop stars. Imagine if anybody could create a Katy Perry sing. Imagine if anybody could create a Kanye West song. I think vocaloid type stuff stands a chance of succeeding in the US if you build the character around our culture instead of importing a very Japanese character.

So is there a real voice behind this character or is it computer generated?

 

[Aquamarine]

What's the target audience for this?

Vita owners.

 

[WhiskeyDiver]

Eh...will not watch. I am honestly not interested in watching.

 

[ActStriker]

Never forget

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E15PE7iGT0U

 

[JordanN]

Cool. This could open up Gorillaz doing an interview.

"Anime" is just the modern day umbrella term for "creepy Japanese crap"

 

[Pinko Marx]

Miku isn't anime.

Yeah she is.

 

[Yuuichi]

I'll just drop this here
http://youtu.be/LnWbv00SO1M

Almost spot on, except for the part where miku is mostly a product of fan work.

 

[makingmusic476]

Agreed. It doesn't take a genious to figure out tonight won't end well. I think vocaloid is the defining musical technology of the era but it's still a very strange concept.

Yeah, and that's why I think they should concentrate less on pushing Miku, the "pop star", and more on pushing the actual music and the premise of vocaloid.

I've found tons of awesome trance tracks built around Hatsune Miku on YouTube, and vocaloid's strength is its ability to be easily incorporated into the projects of thousands of indie artists.

It wasn't until I had some music I liked basically forced upon me, encouraging me to search for more on my own, that the overall idea clicked.

 

[Korigama]

So is there a real voice behind this character or is it computer generated?

Computer-generated, a synthesizer engine called Vocaloid.

 

[Zhao_Yun]

Computer-generated, a synthesizer engine called Vocaloid.

They use recordings of real people's voices as base though.

 

[Pinko Marx]

Is she going to perform in English at least?

 

[Korigama]

They use recordings of real people's voices as base though.

Indeed.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saki_Fujita

 

[sonikokaruto]

we're just missing the family marts

 

[Pop-O-Matic]

Is she going to perform in English at least?

It'll be English with a bunch of Japanese words an average American an Anime nerd would know thrown in there.

 

[BobTheFork]

Sounds like Dave is almost done and he wants people to switch to Jimmy Fallon.

 

[Nickle]

It's going to hurt to watch.

 

[koryuken]

Stop trying to make Hatsune Miku happen in the US. She's not gonna happen.

Unless the US suddenly embraces JPop (not going to happen), please stahp with this Miku shit.

PS. I saw Miku on buses around Seattle...

 

[Aquamarine]

It's going to hurt to watch.

"Look at this crazy, new-fangled sensation from Asia that all the kids are into!"

"Wow, that sure was something, wasn't it!"


I can just imagine him now.

 

[RurouniZel]

RurouniZel pls

 

[Lunar15]

Dave's probably into this stuff and is just getting all of his weird likes out before the show's over.

Yeah, that's it.

 

[Infinite]

Yeah she is.

She's a vocaloid character.

 

[faridmon]

Guys, its not Anime, Its Vocaloid. Totally Different!

Anime will never be mainstream you nerds!

 

[Tom Nook]

Can't wait for Letterman's reaction.

(assuming Letterman doesn't know Miku is not a real person)

Letterman: Please welcome Hatsune Miku

*outcomes Miku on TV screen*

Miku: Kon'nichiwa!

Letterman: 0_O I want to retire now!

 

[Joeku]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWsyp-R61Y0

 

[Eusis]

Can't wait for Letterman reaction.

Assuming Letterman doesn't know Miku is not a real person.

Letterman: Please welcome Hatsune Miku

*outcomes Miku on TV screen*

Miku: Kon'nichiwa!

Letterman: 0_O I want to retire now!

I'd be there immediately if that was a bit more literal and had Colbert immediately step in and handle the interview.

 

[studyguy]

When are they gonna interview the Tupac hologram?

 

[Kid Ska]

man oh man

 

[sonikokaruto]

it's gonna be the song of the miku expo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRc_Vz6kEjc

 

[Celegus]

This can't end well.

 

[Valhelm]

What if it's Tupac!?

 

[Greenzxy]

Got to make sure my popcorn is ready.

 

[Ferrio]

With such great hits as "Vegetable Juice"

Now, drink it! You like it, don't you? Vegetable juice
I've decided. I've decided just now.
So drink it! My vegetable juice
It costs 200 yen

 

[brickface]

Gorillaz?

 

[Maxim726X]

http://www.latimesmagazine.com/2012/06/i-sing-the-body-electric.html

Interesting.

By the way, now I know where I've seen the name before... The Vita game. I always thought it was based off of an animu. Now I know.

With such great hits as "Vegetable Juice"

This is fucking Shakespearean compared to the garbage that gets passed as pop in this country today

 

[LeleSocho]

With such great hits as "Vegetable Juice"

Yeah that's the only thing i can manage to listen by Miku because the tune is catchy (also because it barely lasts two minutes)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0-2lzA7_Cg

 

[ShaoranWright]

I like the idea behind the character as represented in this google chrome spot, but I'd like to see it not that concentrated on Miku.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xExy_FCC0PA

 

[Pop On Arrival]

I'm truly baffled by how popular this awful sounding vocaloid has become. I mean sure, it was cute for a few youtube videos, but can someone explain to me how this is so popular? I see this weird shit in car commercials and now Letterman? The fuck.

 

[Koppai]

“She doesn’t have an attitude,” he says. “She never asks, only gives, and we know that when the curtain closes, she’s not off at some nightclub snorting cocaine or being arrested for DUI.”

Omg someone photoshop Miku doing the opposite of the above lol. I love Miku she is fun and interesting character. Can't wait for DIVA F 2nd

 

[Discotheque]

Damn I wish they did split camera feed of the performance and letterman's face during this

 

[Veritigo_X]

Gorillaz?

First thing I thought of, but it is a little different since the Gorillaz characters were covers for actual artists such as Damon Albarn. As far as I can tell, Hatsune Miku is completely computer generated (including vocals). Their performances had a screen that covered the artists performing with CG representations of the band up front.

 

[Moonkid]

Welcome to tha future, keen to see how it goes down.

 

[muteki]

“She doesn’t have an attitude,” he says. “She never asks, only gives, and we know that when the curtain closes, she’s not off at some nightclub snorting cocaine or being arrested for DUI.”

Omg someone photoshop Miku doing the opposite of the above lol. I love Miku she is fun and interesting character. Can't wait for DIVA F 2nd

This and worse has existed for quite some some.

 

[Pop-O-Matic]

“She doesn’t have an attitude,” he says. “She never asks, only gives, and we know that when the curtain closes, she’s not off at some nightclub snorting cocaine or being arrested for DUI.”

Then she's already doomed. Half the fun of pop musicians is watching their spirals of self destruction.

 

[8 X 11 Printer Paper]

As long as they don't make her perform Sadistic Music Factory it shouldn't end bad.

 

[chicagocubsfan]

Next stop Super Bowl halftime show.

 

[Fantomex]

I shall watch this.

 

[dani_dc]

Miku is a pretty interesting look into a possiblen (partial) future music, going to be interesting to see her in Letterman.

Personally I didn't care much for vocaloid songs until I got Project Diva f, it was weird at first but I eventually put 60 hours on it and I quire enjoy it now.

 

[Sho_Nuff82]

Gorillaz?

The Gorillaz are actually a collection of talented musicians, singers, and rappers.

 

[MMarston]

This going to be a huge mistake.

Spoiler

And I'll love every minute of it.

 

[HypnoDarkrai]

8:35pm PDT on CBS? I'll try to watch it!