{"id":16695,"date":"2024-11-25T14:38:12","date_gmt":"2024-11-25T13:38:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/25\/hatsune-miku-has-a-special-part-in-my-heart-the-16-year-old-pop-sensation-who-does-not-exist\/"},"modified":"2024-11-25T14:38:12","modified_gmt":"2024-11-25T13:38:12","slug":"hatsune-miku-has-a-special-part-in-my-heart-the-16-year-old-pop-sensation-who-does-not-exist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/25\/hatsune-miku-has-a-special-part-in-my-heart-the-16-year-old-pop-sensation-who-does-not-exist\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Hatsune Miku has a special part in my heart\u2019: the 16-year-old pop sensation who does not exist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Miku is a \u2018Vocaloid\u2019 \u2013 a holographic avatar that represents a digital bank of vocal samples \u2013 and performs sellout tours for thousands of very real mega-fans<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/newsletters\/2019\/oct\/18\/saved-for-later-sign-up-for-guardian-australias-culture-and-lifestyle-email?CMP=cvau_sfl\">Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Countless flowing green wigs risked spontaneous combustion on a 36-degree Melbourne evening as thousands of J-pop fans queued outside John Cain Arena on Friday night. But the heat was irrelevant to the night\u2019s headline pop attraction, Hatsune Miku. She can\u2019t sweat because she\u2019s a digital animation \u2013 a 16-year-old \u201cVocaloid\u201d virtual pop-star on her first Australian tour.<\/p>\n<p>Miku, as she\u2019s known to fans, is a 157cm-tall avatar of a teenage girl with green pigtails. She represents a digital bank of vocal samples created by the ominous-sounding Crypton Future Media using Yamaha\u2019s Vocaloid voice synthesiser technology. Users input lyrics and melodies which are \u201csung\u201d by the bank\u2019s sampled voice (Hatsune Miku is voiced by the actor Saki Fujita); some Vocaloid producers \u201ctune\u201d the software to be especially convincing, while others embrace its artificiality.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/newsletters\/2019\/oct\/18\/saved-for-later-sign-up-for-guardian-australias-culture-and-lifestyle-email?CMP=copyembed\">Sign up for the fun stuff with our rundown of must-reads, pop culture and tips for the weekend, every Saturday morning<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/music\/2024\/nov\/26\/hatsune-miku-john-cain-arena-melbourne-show-feature\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/3a33b7854efb18e21773ec32dc2f5b183149b0f3\/436_314_4441_2666\/master\/4441.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=0e8aa0af898f540becf84e701541af57\" title=\"\u2018Hatsune Miku has a special part in my heart\u2019: the 16-year-old pop sensation who does not exist\" \/>Miku is a \u2018Vocaloid\u2019 \u2013 a holographic avatar that represents a digital bank of vocal samples \u2013 and performs sellout tours for thousands of very real mega-fans<br \/>\nGet our weekend culture and lifestyle email<br \/>\nCountless flowing green wigs risked spontaneous combustion on a 36-degree Melbourne evening as thousands of J-pop fans queued outside John Cain Arena on Friday night. But the heat was irrelevant to the night\u2019s headline pop attraction, Hatsune Miku. She can\u2019t sweat because she\u2019s a digital animation \u2013 a 16-year-old \u201cVocaloid\u201d virtual pop-star on her first Australian tour.<br \/>\nMiku, as she\u2019s known to fans, is a 157cm-tall avatar of a teenage girl with green pigtails. She represents a digital bank of vocal samples created by the ominous-sounding Crypton Future Media using Yamaha\u2019s Vocaloid voice synthesiser technology. Users input lyrics and melodies which are \u201csung\u201d by the bank\u2019s sampled voice (Hatsune Miku is voiced by the actor Saki Fujita); some Vocaloid producers \u201ctune\u201d the software to be especially convincing, while others embrace its artificiality.<br \/>\nSign up for the fun stuff with our rundown of must-reads, pop culture and tips for the weekend, every Saturday morning Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Miku is a \u2018Vocaloid\u2019 \u2013 a holographic avatar that represents a digital bank of vocal samples \u2013 and performs sellout tours for thousands of very real mega-fans Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email Countless flowing green wigs risked spontaneous combustion on a 36-degree Melbourne evening as thousands of J-pop fans queued outside John Cain &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/25\/hatsune-miku-has-a-special-part-in-my-heart-the-16-year-old-pop-sensation-who-does-not-exist\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">\u2018Hatsune Miku has a special part in my heart\u2019: the 16-year-old pop sensation who does not exist<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":16696,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16695"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16695"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16695\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16696"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}