My copium over how they probably won’t play raspberry monster at the miku expo I’m going to (rambles from the nightcord):
Also ig just generally trying to predict the Europe setlist but specifically the rotations.
So I really like raspberry monster. I was a fan in 2019 but just missed to ticket sales to the 2020 tour. It has however played recently in miku expo NA with an all new render, so I was hoping it’d come back. But it seems I’ve just missed it again, as it’s probably going to play in all the locations that it didn’t play in back in 2020. So I wanted to check if there was any possibility of them changing or mixing the rotations in anyway. So I went ahead and checked if theyd have reason to do this.
First I applied the rotating setlists to the locations of the Europe tour, starting with setlist A since the first rotation played in the first location in the last expo. Then I compared that to the setlist of 2020’s Europe expo to see if there were any more repeats. I already knew there was at least one change they’ll probably make since bring it on played everywhere in Europe 2020 so I don’t think it’ll come back.
They have probably planned this out very well, judging that every location that previously had raspberry monster doesn’t anymore, and the locations that missed out on it will probably now have it be played.
To clarify it’s not that I dislike culture either. I also would have preferred dream fever over kimagure, it’s pretty important to me too, it’s the last ever perfect I got on easy mode of project diva, apart from all the dlc songs ig.
As you can see I started counting how many changes were made so I could see if it was possible some of the rotating songs could be.
I’m pretty sure Odo or maybe even shinde shimau to wa will be the kagamine set for every location. Which means maybe we’ll get our own extra rotation for something else that previously wasn’t one? Or maybe even all new (not performed at miku expo before, such as odo) kagamine duet sets.
Also I forgot to mebtion but I’m pretty sure they’ll replace ohedo with cendrillon. Which means probably no el tangoista :(
Also also yeah I’ll make a seperate post about what they could change the daily rotations to (to be completely different songs each) at some point.
Also also also I no longer think they’ll replace 39 (I forgot they made an addition to it in this concert). Actually speaking of those additions, they’re why it’s so unlikely that the rotations will change, if they added new stuff why those songs away? They would had to add more stuff to more songs in order for it to be equal. There is hope in the fact that the mirai 2026 staging will probably be similar and add new backgrounds to lots of the songs.
Anyway. Then I went to check if the setlists had been performed equally throughout the locations.
See, the last miku expo had an equal distribution of setlists throughout the first three legs. NA had 24 concerts (every setlist version played 3 times, it’s just one if the times had the Spanish version of sharing the world insteaf of the English version, sane song and setlist though), Europe had 6 (every setlist played twice) and uhhhh guess I forgot to count Australasia damn it.
Also also also also it’s probably too late to mention/realise, but I don’t think I counted cochella and I think they did play like setlist a there-
Gotta see if there’s anymore repeats. And there were. We also can’t assume the Australia locations will be the same/have the same number if concerts so it’s still possible they manage to get all the setlists performed equally.
I was thinking they might start the Europe tour with America’s setlist B because the NA tour ended with setlist A, and in 2024 it ended with C so the cycle could restart, with the same thing happening when the Australian tour started. But the cycle hasn’t restarted in America.
I’d be happy getting setlist b instead of my obvious favourite setlist c due to the satisfaction of having worked this all out and kind of predicting it. Assuming the Kagamine set will just be one song now, this nearly works with the exception of Spain getting Raspberry Monster again. I like that idea. That if I can’t have my raspberry monster no one can. Maybe it could be replaced with Hibikase? I think that would work. It means there will still be many people missing out on raspberry monster but. Hibikase is also quite cool is it not. It hasn’t played anywhere else much and it’ll be easy to add additions to since it kind of already has them in some performances, but I also think of specifically what they did with it in 2021 eveb though we’ll probably never get anythibg likd that again
Then I’ll get to do this all again when miku expo 2028 rolls around and I’m picking between rotations of raspberry monster, hibikase and uhhh idk gehenna or something
Here are some things I recognise and can understand as a person who just figured out who Leadia was like five days ago:
Miku Expo Live - I’m guessing this is just about how the songs have been performed live? Wheeeyyyy, that’s my specialty!
Pjsk covers - yeah. Oddly I can’t think of one now.
Light Novels - thank the wiki
Album exclusive songs - everyone and their mother has album exclusive songs
TORMENT arc - hell yeah! Very excited to get into this one at some point. This will probably be my favourite part of Namari Hime
Chiquita’s DID - I was very happy when I found this out. I’ll probably be looking into Chiquita’s lore after Rouge and Noel’s.
Character real ages - idk what this is supposed to mean in the context of the iceberg but yeah I’ve seen that they have ages wowzers
Leadia’s outfit change - I’ve seen that she has two outfits if that counts? I didn’t know it had relevance tho
Funkbeat’s last name: isn’t it Huáng?
Unnamed Characters: again, everyone and their dog has unnamed characters.
Things I could have guessed: Funkbeat Vtuber videos (every vocaloid producer abd their dog and their mother has album Vtuber of one if their OCs. Usually), groove coaster maps and idolmaster songs, horny comments, Funkbeat has autism (yeah….), Funkbeat terminally ill (I think I’ve heard about this?), Cash Immortality (I knew someone was immortal) and Namari Hime is, nonfiction (unless this is saying it’s nonfiction in cannon which I’m also not surprised about, vocaloid songs tend to be about real experiences and emotions at the very least).
Things I didn’t know, couldn’t have guessed, and am pretty stoked about: Funkbeat asmr (WHAT LMAO), Funkbeat’s dead brother, UPCOMING RHYTHYM NOVEK VISUAK GAME WHAT YOOOOO HELL YEAH I was hoping there’d be a game or something like that (I was about to say Gohan should have a game and then went… wait a minute…), Lev is Lenin (who is Lenin? most surprising thing to me is that Lev isn’t potrayed by Len lol), la musette o clockwork and enter the xiaolong connection (I might have actually read something about this one?), Scottish Cash, Musette eats sand, demon real identity theories (THERE’S A DEMON??? This is what I get for not watching all the songs bro), Leadia is a replacement, Genya’s gun, TORMENT IS A METAPHOR FOR FUNKBEAT AND NOEL WHAT NO WAY YOOOOO (have you considered that Noel and Funkbeat migjt actually be a metaphor for torment instead ooo), entering daigensanland IRL??? YOOOOO, LEADIA IS SLOWLY POISONING THE CAST???? (I mean I suspected she was a detriment to them by taking stuff away from them but not that she was POISINGING them), every song is personalised (HOW???), PORTAL IN ALTON TOWERS???? AYOOOOOOO I WANNA GO THERE-
And then everything else on this is something I have no idea about. ‘Eye theory’ sounds very fun and ominous ooo
I should clarify I’m pretty sure the bottom layer was added on later to make it more meme-y like a spoof of other icebergs, and basically none if that part is cannon. Sorry if that was obvious lol. However I do want to go to Alton Towers now. And dear Funkbeat in the backrooms ily Funkbeat in the backrooms
thing with a tummy ache tries to understand namari hime lore on it’s personal discord
I’ll link all the websites I used at the bottom!
Here’s everything I put in my previous post to start with, if the single person in the western namari hime fandom is seeing this know that im getting into El Tango Egoista (and by extension some other lore because it’s going to perform) at magical mirai! I’m obviously very new to this, and am stuck with theorising for the most part since not much has been translated, as I’m sure you know. Also you should read the el tangoista part of that previous post I just linked if you wanna see my thoughts on nyanyanya’s music altogether, specifically el tangoista tho ofc, just because I presume there’s not much nyanyanya fandom content out there and maybe you guys are hungry lol.
And this is from the night before when I was first exposed to it, there’s lots that’s wrong and impossible to read here, these are just my notes and drafts. I also put ‘I’m guessing arc-Jormu is a place? Maybe the same as Kadoh-anna-ruk-A? Or it’s a specific part of it? I’m sure translating that map will help’. The map I was referring to was something I found here that I’ll probably use deepL translation on later:
So yeah I’m going to be listening and reading the lyrics to the boy and the priest, Selene tide, dizz you xxx it, Noel de figaro, milonga para hermana, sister sect rouge and el tango aventador. Probably in that order too. I’m not sure how long this’ll take me, but I’ll do and post about them one by one. I’m sure the fans will hate me for this, if you would really like me to listen to ALL OF THEM IN ORDER I’ll do make a poll or something hehe. I’m definitely getting into all of it. Just. Slowly. I’m the Harumaki Gohan guy alr I’ve already got another vocaloid producer to spend by days and nights theorising and crying about the sparce-ness of translated lore. Probably just the lore itself. I am very, very stupid and do not understand anything 🙃🔫
I’m thinking about listening to milonga para hermana sooner though because today I had an idea that some Rouge knows called Lila, who is extended upon(?) in this song is the somehow now the god that Noel’s trying to pray to, since they’re related. But no I have not listened to that song yet, and I think it will actually be about Rouge’s past or her seven autonomous doll friends or something. And Lila doesn’t look like a new god in the thumbnail. I think I got mixed up. Also, this song is a commission, I’m not sure if the lore (if it has any) of it existed beforehand or if nyanyanya just pulled some threads together to make a song connected to his sagas to help with song making inspiration or something. I don’t think milonga para hermana is considered that important to the series either. I’m not sure when I’ll listen to it, I don’t believe in the ideas I’ve put foreword below anymore enough to go check.
My problems are mostly related to whether Noel knows her identity or not, whether there’s more then one god of death, or if Rouge is the god of an opposing religion, or god like a devil, and also how on earth abyone can be a non believing nun AND a god of death in the first place, since I don’t believe it’s just because she’s widowed or something, maybe it’s because she’s too and can’t get any other job? How do they let her? Does she not enforce her opposing ideas in church? Does Noel just really like her? And is it possible there’s anything romantic between them? Idk their ages, or personalities tbh. I think I presume this because love makes people do strange things lol. And it’s called El Tango Egoista, and other things I’ve mentioned. But they just seem to hate each other so much in this song. Sorry, I’m pretty sure it’s a very stupid suggestion.
That is all, but there is more the come. Just checked the namari hime tag and you guys seem to be having so much fun! My fomo is kicking in lol. I love Philo, have I said that already? I’m impatient to listen to her songs! I’m just very busy-
Thank you for reading! If you wanna correct me you’re free to, but since I’m experiencing this in a really weird way I don’t know if it’ll help. I’d like to know overall where ya’ll get most of your information from though. It seems like you need to be able to speak Japanese? Or that theres this one prominent translator, but it seems theyre not on tumblr? Idk, but I’m right in saying none of the novels are available or translated online right? Depending on who you ask I guess they shouldn’t be and all I can do is deal with that lol. If there are any masterposts or something anywhere I’d love to see them!
I was gonna say I may not check that stuff out because of spoilers I don’t really think you can get spoiled for Namari Hime, at least I don’t think I can, I’ve read everything I can find online on wikis (so outside of most social media, which I think is what I’m missing out on). But also because I’m busy and evil and neurodiverse and crap
All my info came from the following websites! Great places to look, esp the first! https://namarihime.neocities.org/
Namari Hime Guide!
The story centers around Leadia, a princess doll made out of lead she lives a happy life, with the caveat that due to her lead eyes she can'
The "Kadoh-anna-ruk-A'" saga tells the stories of the Arka, the inhabitans of Kadoh-anna-ruk-A. Kadoh-anna-ruk-A is a steampunk country. In
Leadia is the main character of the series. A princess doll made out of lead, she lives a comfortable, happy life, with the caveat that due
Thank you again! I’m embarrassed aaahhhh I must look like an absolute cabbage-
Okay what I usually do is put them in order of what I think is least to most intetesting
Blue Fire - I wanted something more interesting for kaito and I’m annoyed I didn’t predict it
Hello new world - I already know this song and predicted it
Doping Dance - I’m pretty sure this’ll just be a run of the mill banger opener
Whatever that Meiko one is called - this one looks pretty interesting
Blooming in the mud - this one looks very interesting, it feels like a while since we’ve got a new miku ballad and a classic at that
I don’t want to die - that title and kagamine Len with a guitar is very interesting
Bad Shark - I like the sound of this one very much from what I’ve heard
El Tango Egoista - this one is just interesting and needs no further explanation (kaito and luka? Hello?)
Gehenna - I already know it’s peak
I’m still gonna listen and ig react to the ones I already know, the only one I really know the chorus to is Gehenna ofc
So we’re starting with kaito! It’s kaito time! Let’s a go!
Blue Fire:
- never really a fan of songs on the miku channel that get played live, like the songs themselves can be great but it’s not as cool to me when it’s a commission hehe
- I like the guitar and the high note at the end, I felt like the chorus would be more impactful at a higher octave too but I know why it’s not
- I found it funny when his superpack box art silhouette appeared with the others like no bro you’re not really part of the squad
- the visual to me was a falling star, going downward, made me think of kaito’s popularity shrinking in recent years and comparing that to how he started out as a failure. But there are MANY kaito songs like that
- I’ve heard other kaito songs by this Gohan that I’ve liked more too
- as for its performance, I don’t think he’ll have a special outfit (he doesn’t need one)
- but he might have a fire ball prop affect or something
- I don’t want this performance to outshine loading memories by the sane producer though, which I prefer, but that’s probably just because I’m more used to it
- I hope for a black background rather then a blue one but it’d be nice to have ashes flying around and maybe if he could be wind blown
- no microphone or stand, we die like kaito. He has fire instead
- I’ve only just realised that this is really funny after Vanish and Hiasobi last year. He’s harnessed the power of fire from miku after she burned down his house. Unfortunately now he is no longer a cross dresser in favour of being himself, kaito, just himself, kaito.
- I feel like this’ll either be the first or the last character solo
Next is luka! Hello New World:
- very vocaloid-y! And feels like such an amazing new horizon for luka
- love the trans/bisexual colours hehe
- I really love the tuning! I think I’ve seen many other songs tuned by the same person that all sound so good!
- a relatively uninteresting chorus that’s deconstructed as the song goes on it feels, I really love the bridge
- has a lot of potential! Could have a great animated MV like an anime opening
- i really love the sound affects and digital additions, that’s my favourite part
- luka with audience participation is great we don’t have a lot of that
- feels like Prisim and Ryuusei no pulse for Luka
- I hope those ribbons are in the performance, this is definitely one that needs to be wind blown too!
- idk how though, like if theyd be attached to the stage or if luka would hold onto them/one
- maybe luka will get a new outfit? I feel like she deserves it, and I’m not sure what from project diva x could go here, maybe the ai dee or ultimate one? Or after school mode? It’s always weird when a song previously performed has an outfit for a different song though, I hope for a new outfit like one in the MV using the new model. So far Meiko, Len and Kaito only have those right.
- I hope there’s a big sky behind her!
Now it’s doping dance, the first one here that I havent heard! Though I’m pretty sure I saw the thumbnail for it ages ago and just didn’t look into it haha. I’m pretty sure this’ll be the opener already!
- THIS IS AMAZING!!! THOSE HIGH NOTES??? Can’t believe I haven’t heard this sooner
- I seriously thought the bit after my the first high note was still Miku singing! Ig I’m stupid but for a moment I thought it’d be really cool to see her singing to what seems like an instrumental!
- I really love the tuning! I’ve gotta listen to more steaka!
- also the song feels way older then it actually is hehe
- so excited for those drums
- I really like this one I’m actually distracted thinking about all the cool ways they could do it live
- i feel it’ll be similar to a performance of Hibikase
- to have miku in the centre of the screen attached to wires going pulling her from all sides likd the MV… only issue is that she wouldn’t be able to dance, at least for most of the song, unless she breaks out!
- it’d also be really cool to see a varation of miku that’s all scruffy with her sleeves falling down and her hair and tie coming undone, that happening as the song progresses would be really cool too!
- an interesting thing about this is that it doesn’t at all fit the theme of the concert, I’m not sure how they’ll start it off if this is the opener, it could also work somewhere else… maybe we have another Buriki no dance situation?
- or it could glitch out and replicate what psi did in blooming! I wonder if the opener will go through the vocaloids at all here or if it’ll just play like it did in 2021 (I can’t remember if it’s done something like that in a concert since)
- this is such a great pick for the first mirai with advanced visuals, this’ll show them off right away!
- VERY VERY excited for this one
And now for the Meiko song, It’s called Salome! I’m intrigued…
- OOOOOOOOOO YOOOOOOOOOOOO
- YA’LL KNOW WHAT IM POPPING OFF ABOUT
- GO WATCH THE SONG GO WATCH THE SONG RIGHT NOW BEFORE I SPOIL IT
- THATS SOOOOOO GOOOOODDDD OUGHGHGHHH
- FILTHY FILTHY FILTHY MOON~!
- Y’know what I’m just gonna pretend nothing happened so I can talk about this song normally but BROOOOOOOOO—-
- DO DO DOUSHITE DODODODOUSHITE
- she’s like “what’re you freaking out about what” MEIKO YOU KNOWWWWW MEIKOOOOOO
- I really like this, unexpectedly Kikuo-esque! I never thought I’d see that in a live Meiko song!
- obsessed with that prechorus
- the tuning really fits! It reminds me of some other song(s) but I can’t for the life of me remember what
- whoever chose this new where to look and chose right boy I am so excited. And also a little scared…
- you can tell I’m an uneducated yeehaw white kid who has no idea whether this is appropriate or appropriation (I don’t think there should be a cross there? Or french?? And I don’t think it being a shameless and stupid mix of a bunch of cultures makes it better). My main issue is that it sort portrays other cultures as being violent because they think it looks cool. I don’t know how the concert will interpret this.
- I’ve heard people want to see Meiko wear the outfit, but to keep it as respectful as possible (and also kinda because I want the new outfit to go to luka, and we’ve already had a new Meiko outfit with the new model) I think the best thing to do is to have a Meiko outfit we’ve seen before (maybe Meiko v3 with a slight change, like no wrist bands or shoes) but with a filter, a sort of warm monochrome one that’s just black and pink and orange, sort of sepia. I feel like that’ll make it stand out enough from other Meiko songs best.
- I know I want to draw this song (that climax is really cool), I think I’ll try draw what it could look like live (including that little cameo of you know what hehe) and another cuter, one just of Meiko in the outfit. Also I’m sure it’s just the art style but I really like how it kinda looks like she’s got a vertical scar on her stomach? I really wanna draw that haha
- I have many ideas for this performance, beyond that.
- she needs a red sky behind her, maybe with a ruined city like in the MV, and of course a moon
- Idk at which points in the song exactly (I want her to get to dance standing up too) but I’d love to see her sitting down and suddenly rising upward on a platform like a mountain or something, like miku in Sentou Hatsune Miku, something that comes to point. And maybe she’ll go back down on it too. I’d love for her to have the headdress still blowing in the wind around her, maybe with that little rattail thing too.
- maybe she’ll start going back down as the song ends, with… something being revealed under the moon behind her…
- or maybe she’ll move the moon up idk.
- (to clarify AND ALSO HERES THE SPOILERS THIS IS WHAT YOU GET CUZ YOU DIDN’T WATCH THE SONG I don’t think theyll actually go with a full head and probably only just the silhouette of it YOMAU SILHOUETTE PREDICTED IT LMAO. It’d be epic if it had miku’s pigtails but that’s make it a bit easier to identify- maybe still visibly pigtails but just way shorter ones, closer to the MV. If it has little tendrils (veins? Blood? Bits of skin? Wires?) coming out if it’s neck like in the MV it’d be a REALLY FUN AND FREAKISH call back to doping dance where miku has wires coming out of her. Aw hell yeah)
- Tbf I really doubt they’ll go that far at this rate, they very often do Meiko dirty. They’ll probably just turn it into jazz…
- a head is all were asking for, but I know that’s A LOT for miku concerts and that there are children in the audience. But like after pokemiku it feels like anything could be possible.
- THEY WOULDNT HAVE PICKED THIS SONG AND REVEALED IT IN THE ALBUM ON THE FIRST MIRAI WITH CRAZY LED VISUALS IF THEY WERENT GOING TO GO CRAZY YKNOW
- theyd have to reveal the head wasn’t a real head or something. Make it a watermelon. Meiko’s new special item lol.
- I’ve gotta try talk about the song itself uh
- love that stupid xylophone(?). Kinda wanna draw/see her playing it
- I do want her to dance a bit and too pull a scream face/pose when the song screams
- but like bro I’ve been waiting for Meiko to sit down since hellfire (in fan concerts she had a throne during that song…. Then kaito officially stole it solely so he could manspread for like 30 seconds during call!!)
- no hold on WHAT IS that thing she’s got with her-? Is it a shield? A plate? Is that a gun? Sorry that’s not really abput the song is it I’m just being uneducated again
- IVE ONLY JUST REALISED AT THE VERY END MEIKO DOESNT HAVE A HEAD EITHER?? Vrgsyjjy IS THAT GONNA BE IN THE CONCERT TOO??? I’ve gotta stop okay no moving on
Next is blooming in the mud! Which I’ll be calling Deichuu ni saku from now on.
- Right I know Harry-P from bokura no let it be, a song I had liked with no idea of the name, I presume I just saved it because it seemed like a classic that I’d need to know.
- I think I overall prefer that song musically but (and I read the lyrics for this one cause I feel like the lyrics to a ballad are important, especially in vocaloid. Also because there were subs in the upload and I wanted to check if they were accurate) and boy this one touches my heart (havent read the lyrics to the other one tho, I really should begin to properly understand songs I only know the music of like that, hoo£ post idea hehe)
- (trying to remember if this is the first HarryP song live because I doubt it? I feel like there’s one other that’s only been played once at an early magical mirai or something, maybe I’m mixing it up with that hachi song though)
- there’s a comment that’s like “why is no one talking about that final chorus” which I wholeheartedly feel, it’s really good, I’m pretty sure I’ll start crying.
- I love it when miku sings directly to you in emotional songs (why I like odds&ends so much), I can’t accept such kindness, though imagining it is enough to make me sob. It feels like this is a song I both need to sing to someone and have sung to me, though I really don’t deserve that.
- the reason why I put this higher than I’d usually put a ballad is that imagery right in the title, something beautiful through something unfortunate, gross almost, and how it’s still surviving.
- it also fits the theme the best, especially since it’s about beautiful and gorgeous lakes, something grimy and sad is way more realistic and I really like that it’s being shown.
- I feel like that’s why they picked this over bokura no let it be, despite that one being more classic and popular
- miku saying she’s human (she’s not) my heart…
- speaking of which I think this song got from a human cover, which is cool to see, I’m trying to think of other examples of live songs that have done the same
- taking it back to it’s vocaloid roots, reminds me of how they chose to do shoujo a to tribute Siinamota last year instead of Q which is what I and I think most people were expecting instead. That’s the only comparison I can think of rn.
- musically, I love how the verse goes into the prechorus, that “dake da” is almost unexpected, and the quiet muffled piano with this clicking beat before the drums come in is great
- intro reminds me of someday’z coming lol
- I wanna appreciate those held notes again before the finally chorus theure so excruciatingly tender
- and ohhhhh oh my god the ending bro, it’s like a fanfare that you’ll recognise deep inside your heart~
- this song is like the dreaming at the night of the meteor of this year
- reminds me a lot of uta no katachi wa nai keredo, it’s got that sort of nostalgia too it. Another one that feels like it was released ages ago. Letter song too.
- oh and I love how well this pairs with Gehenna, visually theure similarly, flowery and dirty, and self-hating, talking about the annoyance of breathing, needing to die
- I can already tell it’ll pair well with I don’t want to die too which is next ofc
- also dopping dance seemingly? I haven’t read the lyrics but the MV really makes it look like miku is in a downward spiral there too (doping is something to do with dugs so… maybe decapitation isnt too left field/grim to be featured according to sega and crypton-)
- Miku’s really not doing well in this concert, I feel like this’ll be her first song where she catches a break near the end of the concert, probably after Gehenna, maybe serving as the finale before the encore, or at least before Sora ni menjite since I doubt the theme will actually be the last song AGAIN lol. Miku has an umbrella in the main visual, so it’s possible the prophesied umbrella in this performance will be closed, anf turn into the one that acts as her microphone in Sora ni Menjite.
- since this song fits the theme so well u was wondering if it could kick off the concert like I was hoping meteor would, showing off a magical and mythical way for miku to enter (she could fly down with an umbrella like I hope she has in this song, like Mary Poppins <33 Mary Popping dance instead of doping dance haha)
- so speak about its performance, yes, a red umbrella, maybe she’ll look a little more blue then green too, or maybe she’ll have lost some of her outer clothes is doping dance and just be wearing a shirt and skirt to fit the simplicity of the song ooo~ I don’t actually believe that’ll be possible but it would be cool!
- she should probably close the umbrella too. She’s inside! Maybe that explains why she’s so unlucky this concert!
- as for visuals behind her it’d be nice to see water ripples behind her, like as an actual irl recording, that’d be neat.
- the ending is so beautiful that it should definitely have something special happen in it, maybe an outfit change for the next song (the theme?) or maybe just a smile, maybe she’ll make it rain or stop the rain or have petals come from her umbrella… glow or ripple away… idk
Next one is of course Len’s song, one that I’m sure will fit the themes of the previous song and Gehenna… I don’t want to die (that’s the name of the song) but I’ll be calling it Shinitakunai from now on:
- this is everything I hope for in a Len song, emotional, direct, not overshadowing Rin, where he’s bound the play guitar while still running around. Hell yeah. This is great.
- I like the lyrics too, I felt like I needed something to get my imagination going, but I don’t know if the translation I was reading was accurate. It’s another song that could be sung to me by a friend.
- I found Len’s voice boring at the start, but liked it as it went on, it fits the song, it sounds exactly like what Len typically sounds like which is great, and it delivers those higher notes perfectly
- I’m very happy a lesser known song is getting played, its lyrics carry it mostly
- go on emo Japanese boy go!
- I really like the violins in the bridge!
- shock horror it’s another one that sounds like a classic hehe
- I recognised the name Usagi3, didn’t remember it enough to associate it with Len
- there have been many more popular len songs by this producer but this one of the earliest I believe, which makes me think they’ve been working on it ever since
- very excited to see how they’ll do this one since it’s such a blank canvas, I expect it to be quite purple, maybe with a big sky, but I also like the idea that he’s cramped in his room
- reminds me a lot of mana from artiswitch! With the way she hides in her room playing guitar
- but I also really like him getting to be on a stage with all his feelings spilling out of his mouth like that
- maybe he’ll be running across a cityscape! With his guitar! That’d be cool but also quite funny-
- this is great :)))
Now for the one I was looking forward to the most, and that’s probably still the case- Rin’s song. By Niki! As in WAVE! I can tell this is gon be great. And sharks! I love sharks!
- after finally fully hearing it I was excited about this song getting played live I ran around my neighbourhood thrice and then fell asleep. THEN I DID ALL OF THAT AGAIN
- WARUI BITING SHARRRRRRRKUU
- LITERALLY EVERYTHING I COULD WANT FOR
- AND THEN THEY MADE IT BETTER? CUZ WAS THAT THE FREAKING JAWS SOUNDTRACK??
- if it’s not it’s surely supposed to replicate it, I hope they take it even further in the concert!
- I’m so obsessed with this
- I love adding higher notes in the chorus and going I DONT KNOW WHY-Y-Y-Y-A-A-A-I TEO EO WEWEWEWEW maybe I’ll cover it to show what I mean bht I doubt it. That’s the only thing that could make this song better, that and a longer jaws sample too
- I also read the lyrics because I was impatient but I’ll yap about that another time if necessary
- ITS SOOOO COOOOOL YOU DONT UNDERSTAND EVERYTIME I LISTEN YO WAVE I GET DISTRACTED IMAGINING HOW COOL IT WOULD BE PERFORMED LIVE AT A CONCERT ON THE LEVEL OF MIRAI
- LILY WOULD HAVE A BIG MOON STROBE LIGHT BEHIND HER WHERE SOMETIMES SHES ONLY SEEN AS A SILHOUETTE AND honestly meiko’s probably gonna steal that moon in this concert for Salome
- AND THIS IS OF COURSE SO MUCH LIKE WAVE!,!!! It’s perfect I must draw lily and rin together
- IT MET MY EXPECTATIONS AS SOON AS SHE SCREAMED BRO I LOVE THAT LITTLE SCREAM more vocaloid songs need adlibs like that
- AND THE TUNING OUGHGHFGH I LOVE HOW SHES KINDA DEEP AND MOST IMPORTANTLY THAT LOVELY AUTOTUBE FEEL OIYGHGHG
- WHERE HER VOICE GOES UP TO SING THE LAST CHORUS OOO
- IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT ONE NOTE SHE HAS IN ODO
- AND I LOVE THE REVERB AND THE AUDIBLE KKUU AT THE END OF THE SONG OUGHGHH
- Rin songs WILL NOT STOP HITTING THEYRE SO GOOODDDD I need to draw attention to this the last time Rin’s solo wasn’t the best out of the bunch was in like 2021 to me
- it makes me dance so much!!!
- my hopes for this performance are minimal, since the best thing to me is getting to hear this song live, but I REALLY REALLY HOPE they use the classic Rin model for this and not the new one
- and that they go all out with thay dance of course! Something like deep sea city underground would be perfect, shes gotta be fluid snd robot I feel
- and she NEEDS those crazy expressions!
- I want her to prowl and make her hands into claws whenever she says BITING SHARRRKKK that’s what I do as I dance to this song, even though sharks don’t have claws lol
- I ALSO HOPE SHE HAS FANGS OMGGGGG PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE SPIKY TEETH RIN PLEASE
- I’m pretty sure they now know a way to have the new models appear with the new funky camera angles while the old models perform on stage? I think that’s how it was with Maga Maga and genten? I’ll check, but i hope for something like that.
- I don’t think she needs a new outfit, also cuz the visual doesn’t look like Rin
- a weird thing about this song is it’s visual actually, it doesn’t make the song look like a classic at all which is okay but the song absolutely sounds like a classic, that’s probably why I want default Rin
- I’m bringing it up cuz I have no idea how theyll do the visuals of this performance, mostly with the lights and screens around the stage. I want blue, cuz that’s what the shark theming gives off, it matches Rin’s eyes, but it might therefore look too similar to shoujo a. But I think if it’s pink and stylish with chain and accessories, it’ll look like darling dance, and nothibg like the way the song sounds? Idk. I think the best thing to hope for is water and waves and ripples, maybe with a hot pink sky (day or night works) or with bits of pink in the water (like blood… explains why a shark is here hehe) maybe something like a digital pixel sea… oooooh… ooo like a waveform bar revealing a picture or acting as water…
- since this mirai will probably have added backgrounds for some songs I should predict something here, but honestly for this song to feel more classic I’ll be fine if there’s not really anything behind her. Maybe some cool spotlights. Like Len’s song I want it to feel like the vocaloid is performing at a gig a bit, Len’s song mostly
- I REALLY DO WANT AN EXTENDED BIT OF WHAT I PRESUME IS THE JAWS SAMPLE
- on an actual listen to the jaws soundtrack it is clearly not it but that doesn’t stop me from hoping
- I need to actually watch jaws and see what the shark is doing while that part plays
- I’m hoping the lights go all dark and we see Rin’s eyes glowing and illuminating herself, as she puts a fin on or her hair or makes a fish with her hands and creeps around the stage!
- so excited for this! That’s all I really have to say! WARUI BITING SHARRRRRKKUU!
And now for the song that I arguably should be the most excited for, because it’s NYANYANYA and also KAITO AND LUKA??? [THIS IS GONNA BE CRAZY] but tbf I have no idea what to expect I cannot remember what this song goes like from the preview I heard. I have a sneaking suspicion that it’ll somehow sound Spanish… I wonder why… see though song by this producer always bang EXTENSIVELY and UNREASONABLY hard but I don’t know if thatll still carry through in a duet. I only know funk beat, bibliotheca and a snippet of a Rin solo tbf, but still. All those songs make we want to explode into musical patterns and decorations on the ceiling, they’re so exciting to me, I only havent listened to that Rin solo fully because I’m afraid of what it’ll do to me bro. This is all exacerbated by the fact nyanyanya has obvious and presumably easy to understand lore (mostly because it’s all throughly on vocaloid wiki), which makes a vocaloid song a million times better. Imagine mothy but every song they put out is good, and their lore isn’t as extensive or complicated. That’s what nyanyanya is to me. I’m gonna get into them and their storylines as much as I can once I’m less busy and have wrapped my head around Harumaki Gohan, the woman he is, and their lore and characters. Maybe I think all nyanyanya’s works are better than they actually are because everytime I’ve found them theyve blown me away, and that’s only like, twice. Idk.
Needless to say, I’m very very interested in this song. Let’s all give it up for the iconic first ever Kailua performance, el tango Egoista!
- I could tell this song would exceed my expectations as it started
- ITS INCREDIBLE but also quite confusing
- the reason this post took so long to finish was due to the rabbit hole of namari Hime lore this song welcomed me into. I’ll make another post about my understanding of it so far, saying what songs I’m going to listen to in order to fully understand this song and it’s characters and a post breaking down what might be happening here, with my minimal knowledge lol.,
- to try summarise, namari hime is a story about a lead princess trying to find the “most important thing” so she can return the colour back to the world. In the process she meets many characters who give her different clues and opinions on how to do this.
- if you can’t already tell, the kaito in this song is not (the same kaito who plays) dr funk beat, one of the figures the lead princess meets. And one of the last ones is Sister Rouge, the luka in this song.
- she’s a death god (unknown how she became one) who pretends to be a nun to get other’s to believe in her (I think she’s trying to get people to believe in this idea of death being salvation and the ultimate goal in life, the best thing someone can do. She needs people to believe in this so she can reap their souls I think).
- all that farce is thrown away in this song though, I believe, where she has an altercation with Noel (the kaito in this song), who is a priest who believes in this all mighty death mentality (I think?) but also honesty, just as much. And he can tell that Rouge is not who she says she is.
- this song is almost like an argument with god itself about whether religion (especially one with such violent doctrines as that) is worth following.
- Noel thinks he can save Rouge by praying. I don’t really get this bit, he surely knows Rouge’s identity, but doesn’t ask her to reap him immediately, waits until the end
- (unless) it’s a commentary on how “normal” religion and are more death-obsessed one are generally the same, and have the same end goal
- I also like to interpret it as an argument with the need to die that the many people feel (very Gehenna again, wow) where the idea of death is laughing at you and calling you stupid and pathetic for wanting to die in the first place, and believing in such a thing
- I can’t tell if Rouge doesn’t actually want to Reap souls? Or idk maybe she just doesn’t want to kill Noel cuz they’re in love or something
- there’s a line where they say “punishment for your sins will be carved on you, if it’s god’s will, then I’ll do it myself” and for some reason to me that’s kinda romantic or even sexual.
- i feel like it’s not too out there to say the guy obsessed with a god (of death presumably) and a god of death would get together lol
- it’s probably just because there’s art in the MV where they’re dancing I think and Noel’s arm is covering Rouge’s chest which makes it look like censorship but I cannot tell if she has them out or not lol
- maybe it’s the kailuka agenda (finally back to what I’m actually supposed to be talking about here). But I also really like seeing this song predominantly as an argument, having that onstage is so cool, ignoring the chemistry of rivalries themselves and the tango music, the nature that it takes two to tango haha
- so i think it’s simply just a battle of religion, but actually one of the people is actually a god pretending to be a follower of its own faith
- oh yeah and of course at the end I think Noel just asks Rouge to kill (save, in his eyes) him
- the most important thing to him is honesty, and he’s good at telling when people are lying, but that might start being the case AFTER he finds out the truth about Rouge, and he learns it and begins to cherish it from his experience with her
- again, maybe he knows the truth all along but is so in love with Rouge that he ignores it lol. But that doesn’t explain why he’s so insistent he can save her. I wonder if he’s the one who convinced her to become a nun?
- I don’t know, I have much more to learn on both the songs of these two and the general series
- to clarify there’s three main sagas (the lead princess one, the kadoh-anna-ruk-A saga which explains the backstory of the characters and world of the lead princess, and the like dizz you xxx it saga which is also the backstories of the lead princess charscters but with more world building or something). I think there was a war. Noel was in it, so was funk beat, apparently and they were rivals? There was also a revolutionary war but I’m not sure if that war and this war are related or the same obe. Surely they must be? Also there’s another dang kaito in that story.
- there are indeed novels and old defunct websites and blog posts. Maybe a manga-thing. But they’re not translated
- I think I was right when I said its is less confusing then evillous but not my a large margin. It’s very inspired by it I think. But I prefer this one and might get into it fully (I really like the character Empress Philosophia but ofc my main goal now is learning about Rouge and Noel).
From my understanding, It’s like evillous but every single song is a banger, speaking of which!
- yes okay I will now finally get into my opinions of this song musically. You see, it’s just so DIFFICULT. Because this song is SO GOOD.
- I like it more then funk beat but not more then bibliotheca but I can’t tell.
- OBSESSED WITH THE STRINGS PREDOMINANTLY I feel like that’s what the other two were lacking (as if they could possibly lack anything) for me. ESPECIALLY THAT INSTRUMENTAL SOLO
- the chorus (the people singing in the background) in this one I’ve heard so far in a nyanyanya song! I’m obsessed with the chanting in German! And the call and repeat before the final chorus and-and the hey’s in those chorus like oughghfsf this is gonna be so perfect I’m so glad they’re doing it live it’s like the best audience participation segment ingrained in a song ever (it’s totally not I’m just really excited hehe)
- ALL THE LANGUAGES??? ENGLISH GERMAN ABD SPANISH??? When this comes to miku expo bro EL TANGOISTA WHEN I GET YOU—- I also love how most of the audience participation is in those languages!
- like tbf I sould ratger we get shinde shimau to wa in miku expo Europe but like. I have a big feeling we’ll get this abd that it’s more likely. Like it’s good but it doesn’t have the gender of the king if rock and that’s probably the only reason I don’t like it as much. Strange that I like bibliotheca more then dr funk beat cuz like funk beat has all the gender. But bibliotheca is reallly hot. Tbhaidkam.
- AND DONT EVEN GET ME STARTED ON THE TUNING BRO!!!!!!
- Luka especially, it’s like million dollar dreamer but clearer and louder and harsher. Kaito’s so great too! It’s just I’ve heard him sounding like this before. Ig I have with luka too but not to such an enraged and perfectly fine tuned extent with all those individual vocal expressions like when she says “wan-chan” and “chaban” I’m sooooo obsessed
- so good it’s sickening. I was so right when I said these songs make we want to decorate the ceiling with my insides after exploding because THESE SONGS ARE TOO GOOD
- I also really love the art!!! I think I’ll draw Noel and Rouge. I’m definitely gonna draw Philo at some point. But I am very busy, so who knows.
- oh yeah and those outfits bring me to my hopes for the performance!
- kaito has already had a new outfit for the new model in flyway, as well as a new outfit in his set the year before (call!! ofc), and I already hope luka gets a new outfit in hello new world (even though she doesn’t really need one) so I’m not sure if they’ll put the character designs of Noel and Rouge in a concert (I’m pretty sure they’ve never done that to OCs). I also doubt theyll want to give kaito long hair in an official capacity for the first time (I think) hehe.
- it’s just the new outfits in flyway make me believe they’ll give new outfits to many more duets. But maybe that’s because flyway’s outfits were obviously pretty easy to create and render. Also dr funk beat came out in an outfit from the start, I feel like this song wouldn’t be the same with their basic outfits, though it is the first and will probably stay as the only kailuka performance live. Maybe flyway was only given outfits to differentiate it from erase or zero? Maybe to make them look similar ages lol? Hidamari no setsuna and REALITY and even odo can look different to other duets between the sane characters because they all feature the new models, but does something like that even matter that much to crypton?
- assuming there will be outfits (hoping there will be) Kaito can’t wear requiem again because he is quite literally not the same guy as dr funk beat here. And Luka can’t wear silence (it’d be perfect for this, since she’s a nun) because it’s not in project diva X I believe/it’s not modelled the same. But I still hope over hope! It’s too good not to be included. If not though maybe she could wear villainess, but I think that’s be best for a solo that fits it more, I feel like they’re waiting for the oerfect opportunity with that module. I don’t think Luka’s elegance outfit would work (I’ll be sad that it wasn’t featured in Maga Maga instead too), I don’t want her to wear amour again, she’s not a witch, she’s not in the snow- actually wait no she is isn’t she (it says so in the MV I think). Hm. Idk it still doesn’t really fit. Nor does her quirky module,
- kaito could wear his quirky outfit (I feel like that could work better somewhere else, maybe it should have been tgere for vanish but idk), or his ultimate one, which would be quite funny, but the colours don’t really work again. And I don’t want him to wear his elegant one (the one he should have worn in vanish) because he’s already worn it (mikaboshi…. But it should have been vanish). Maybe his classical or cantarella one? I feel they would work well.
- nvm I just realised the cendrillion modules have appeared live I’m just a fake miku fan actually nvm LETS GOOOOO NUN LUKA LIVE
- that was akso how I realised that we’re probably more likely to get cendrillion instead of this at miku expo so Y’know what nvm
- as for the dance… well….. you’ll never guess this….. I hope they tango…
- I hope they stay relatively far from each other actually but get gradually closer until they tango in the instrumental and then go back to fight-dancing.
- its gotta be fun and aggressive and have great expressions. So yes I do want it to be without the new model
- not sure if I’ve said this already but I want them to utilise the furthest reaches of the stage as much as possible, since if the do want to play this at Miku Expo there will still be enough space to perform it. This goes for all songs but especially this one, since I think it needs the most dramatic dance of all. Now that the miku expo stage is so much bigger and brighter you can really spot the untouched spaces, it’s not that bad, but of course a big long dance is perfect!
- as for the potential backgrounds I don’t really want any tbh. I’d just like what is quite literally just the MV on the screen around the main one. And maybe snow fall when it needs it. Maybe thatll start to look gradually like ashes. And maybe there will be shadows swaying across them. And something to reveal luka/rouge’s true nature near the end.
- I’m also interested to see this musically! I hope it doesn’t take away any of the original elements of the song most of all though. I don’t think it could possibly be musically better than the original, that’s already peak, but dear god, we will see…
And now, my bias, my favourite… Gehenna:
- (also I wanna quickly mention here that it’s surprising how many songs in this concert have unnecessary crosses? I think this is the third…)
- It’s not surprising that the one song from this list that I already know continues to be my favourite, and I owe it to Gehenna, it’s helped me a lot
- I listen to the Mizuena version the most, I came to fully appreciate it during mizu 5, and I also just like their emotional vocals that miku can’t quite hit on her own. This will now be changing. I like the numb feeling miku gives this too, and the messed up piano notes aren’t as noticeable in the 25ji version, if they’re there at all. I will bring the emotions to my reaction of this person though of course. Though I have a fear I’ll be numb too.
- I feel I relate to everything in Gehenna’s lyrics, and kind of it’s visual as well.
- the aforementioned version was one of my go tos for pacing around the room when I wanted to cry. The ending always gets me, with the acknowledgment of the sadness that is being felt, and of course it’s final line
- I also love all the lyrics in the verse where the narrator quotes questions theyre being asked. The criticism is felt even if it’s unintentional, or supposed to be nice or helpful. And the disappointment of seeing what happened as you see people again. People you thought you would die before seeing. Having to disappoint them with my pathetic continued existence
- as well as the acknowledgment that literally no one wants to live too. That’s something I feel most people don’t realise
- “suffering is our only bond”
- but ah, don’t listen to me as if I know anything there. Don’t say anything, any one else.
- and of course the constant interpretations of what those final few lines mean
- it’s touching that there’s so many songs that say “I want to live” whether directly or indirectly in miku concerts
- I feel like they pick the ones that balance positivity or hope into their negative outlooks
- I know it’s deeper than that, being about the pain of living and how that isn’t really positivity, but at least it’s continuing to live rather then telling you to die
- its like the fact that if someone’s pain with doing that can be performed onstage by an iconic of the internet, there’s hope, and you should believe in that too
- sorry I can’t phrase any of this right I bet it sounds like emo nonsense. I wish I could pour my heart out. Maybe that reflects this song though. Idk
- I’ll make a separate post about how this mirai has a heavier focus on mental health than most before, at least to me. It might just be the visuals and the fact the theme is a ballad but like come on
- I forgot to mention that omce when I was particularily feeling this song, I made “gehenna wotaku” my discord status, and my girl ended up looking it up. She asked me if I was okay, and then asked that again when I still hadn’t changed it a while later. She doesn’t remember this, but boy, I do. I don’t actually change my status at all, and it was my first time just putting a song there, and it has remained my only tine doing that, strangely. I might change that, but I’m used to that space being filled with “wehenna wotaku” now, if there’s anything there at all
- “wireless” doping dance reference? Cuz she kinda had wires in that haha
- the Gehenna art shpuld get a figure
- also oto should draw it as hibiki I think. Maybe fb too. Or maybe I should draw such.
- ig this brings me to the potential visuals of the concert, starting with the outfit
- I’ve had MANY hopes for the performance of Gehenna, I often pretend to perform and lipsynch to songs when I pace around like I mentioned (I’m autistic coukd you tell). Ive gone through many ideas but could never settle on one, since the MV kinda diesnt give a lot to work with to me (which I do like ofc). The fact that it’s actually happening and I have to starting sifting through and rethinking my ideas but now framed as predictions is now crazy
- I’ve heard this song was done at a pjsk live, if only i knew what that performance looked like so I could have even more ideas for this one, of things that are likely to be repeated since it’s the people making those concerts
- when pretending to perform it myself again, id always act surprised in the intro and and such, like someone had walked in on me doing something harmful, that’s what the main visual for Gehenna gives off to me
- as much as I like it, I don’t they’ll try put miku in the outfit from the MV because it looks nothing like the way Miku’s depicted in concerts, and also tgere diesnt seem to be any clear ref for it.
- I’ve only just realised she has a monocle. I kinda hope miku performs with that now but it might make the song to silly
- nearly any elegant module would work, apart from ones we’ve already had, and I’m a bit cautious about specific song related modules performing for songs that are not the ones they usually were created for, but idk, sometimes it works
- it’d be also alright to see maybe a black and white normal miku for this, or one without the miku details like her arm warmers and boots, like what I mentioned in deichuu ni saku
- I was actually also thinking about miku playing the piano for at least parts of this song too. The main visual features the girl sitting down, so Miku cpuld match that. I want to see her play that piano weirdly in that section.
- but also I don’t want to see her play it. Because depending on where we see the piano from miku could perform hiding her hands snd arms and importantly wrists. To leave it up to interpretation
- I don’t think they’d dare put even faded scars on miku, but it’s right there in the visual, prominent.
- I’m thinking she’ll play a bit standing up too, and I do kinda wanna see her struggle around and across the stage like in ODDS&ENDS, so I’m not sure
- but the sound of the cutlery or glass breaking could be things falling or being knocked off the piano, the sound of the door closing could be the piano lid closing, mayve on her poor hands (owch) and she’ll remain stuck there, like how she’s stuck living
- though I was also thinking the door closing could be an actual door in a white sketchy location that miku will spend the performance in, with fish and little trinkets around, with it leading to a black background behind the white one (maybe I’m getting my hopes for this song mixed up with my hopes for a hypothetical binomi performance…) it’d mean that at the end of this performance miku would disappear through into a black void (which ig is just the usual stage tbh), but it’s still quite sad, scary and ominous. Maybe the sketch on white paper place she left would start break apart or getting scribbled over
- there’s a theme of drowning in this song, so I was wondering about her having her hair flow like it’s in the water like in Shinkai Shoujo, but I’m not sure, somehpw making miku look soggy would also be very cool
- I also really really want her to do the rolling girl pose at some point
- I’m not even sure what visuals could be around the stage, like bad shark I can’t really identify the colours, but I think Miku’s teal would still fit, maybe with red for blood and white for the background (but also since it’s a tribute to real people as the colours used in the band member intros, but also wowaka songs, which connects it to mental health almost automatically). Also definitely some pink, maybe since we have no purple, which is in the MV. Those would be best as the light stick colours too.
- that, ending with colours is probably the extent of my dreams here. This is one where the best thing about the performance is the fact it’s happening, and there’s not many ways it could be ruined, since I don’t think they’d dare try anything too bold. I love Gehenna. I feel this is a testament to how many people love it too. A song all about hate and suffering, it’s impressive, it’s our bond.
It’s to make a ranking of least excited for to most excited for! Ig it’s favourites, but I don’t wanna say a song is my least favourite they’re all very good.
Blue Fire - I still want sonetging more interesting fir kaoto vut this is better than I expected
Hello new world - fine and great, also better than I remembered
Shinitakunai - has a lot of potential
Deichuu ni saku - just really beautiful
Doping Dance - really exciting and fun
Salome - WILL MEIKO BEHEAD MIKU THO
Bad Shark - I just really like this song
El Tango Egoista - peak
Gehenna - peak that destroys me
Thanks for reading, I’m very tired and feel sick now, whoops.
MIKU EXPO 2026 NORTH AMERICA SETLIST THOUGHTS (and opinions) …
Btw I should say, I’m going to the Europe tour later this year and am somewhat trying to avoid footage and visual spoilers, as well as audio and what the renditions of the songs actually sound like, so I don’t know everything and my perspective might skewed. But here’s what I think of it, as someone who knows pretty much every song performed at a Miku Concert~ Sorry it took so long, I was also waiting for all the setlists to be revealed. Hidden below, for anyone trying to avoid spoilers!
- I can’t comment on the Into or Outro or band member intro for reasoms stated above, but from what I’ve seen they look soooooo gooooooddd 😭😭😭
- I’ve seen what CONNECT;COMMUNE, Kimagure Mercy, 2D dream fever, DECORATOR, caged flower and Koi wa Sensou’s new backdrops look like a little bit! (Though I’ve seen multiple for connect commune 😨) That’s also Kinda the order of how much I like them too. I bet 39’s will just be a big timer behind miku tbh and Raspberry Monster is highly intriguing me since it already kinda has a backdrop? If they put her in the bright Prodiva X Raspberry Monster land LIVE ON STAGE everyone’s eyes will burn. Also I’m surprised sweet magic didn’t get anything.
- I probably shouldn’t start off by complaining but I HAVE PROBLEMS. YOULL NEVER GUESS WHAT THEY ARE (They are Karma and Ego Rock Related) you know whAT screw this post. I’m making another post RIGHT NOWEdit: here it is
- however WHHEEEYYYYYYYY WANDERLAST MEGURINE LUKA DIES LIVE ONSTAGE WHEEYYYYYYYYY I’ll get into that
- I would also like to address the Mesmerizer in the room, or I suppose, the lack thereof. I think this means we will probably never get it live again, since I’m sure lots were hoping it’d be very weird to suddenly do it after revealing tgat it’s a possible performance and then not doing in the place that would love it most asap. Unless it’s taking them longer than expected to get permission, or maybe they’re just going to give it an an insane backdrop (basically the MV onstage), which they may also need channel’s permission for. I don’t think it’ll ever be possible though. Even so, I hope it performs at miku expo before mirai, and I also feel like we might see it in next years equivalent of BLOOMING, particularly if another Teto song is foreshadowed there, (or maybe just facade question somehow). I’ll throw out that I’d like it to be part of the encore in miku expo, but idk if enough people would stick around to see it, especially not knowing if it’d be there. I also wonder if they’d say explicitly if they could perform it/have Teto there, I think they should. But I doubt any of that is possible.
- speaking of the encore, I was surprised to see ODD&ENDS as the finale above connect commune, but I like that choice very much I have to admit! Mostly because theyd made connect commune so visually impressive. I’m not at all ungrateful tho! I presume they used the extended version of the ODDS&ENDS choreography that they used back in MM14 as the finale (the one on the albumin streaming services, with the really really long ending where she just runs around) ? I’m not sure though, since I presume there’s a speech after that (I hope she says the thing!), I know they haven’t made a new version with a new model of it at least (I would hate that), but I don’t know if theyve just re-recorded the end? Maybe there was a speech in the MM14 version and they’re just putting a different voiceover on it? That doesn’t feel possible? Idk. Oooo and, I’ve heard all of them appear at the end? But I’ve also seen a video showing all the silhouettes, so it might just be that? Voca wiki doesn’t say anything about a speech or the others appearing or any changes to ODDS&ENDS, and I feel like the finale will be different in the Europe tour (I’ll post about that ofc), so it might take me ages to find out, oh nuo
SETLIST:
Teo - yeaaaahhhhhh I should have expected that one, and as the opener, definitely when they remade it last year. I feel like this sets the theme of “we are once again honouring the fallen concert and giving you all the songs you should have gotten then” which must have felt so cool watching it happen, the stress of the song really tightens that too! Even if the reliance on EU 20 was a bit disappointing (Karma 😭 how I miss you). I guess I was also expecting something that fit the theme more? It’s a great pick tho. I wonder how blue the performance was. Kinda upset that this one didn’t get new effects or a new backdrop, I hope it did and just that voca wiki didn’t tell me lol.
The fancy rotating three - OH HELL YEAH THIS IS WHERE IT GETS INTERESTING! ME WHEN A SETLIT ROTATES OOOOOOOO~ I really like this, the rotations of 24 were all just miku expo themes and contest winners, which was executed greatly with the songs they bunched together, but you can’t deny that THIS is way cooler. Not only a special rotating outfit set but a special backdrop set??? As the second song? It’s so good. Idk if I would have picked these three all together as if they’re entirely equivalent to each other, or if I would have put them with different rotations in their specific setlists (I was thinking Kimagure shpuld have been with darling dance or whatever but also I like the diversity of songs in each setlist? Idk), regardless, god these are so good. I’m definitely gonna draw them all together at some point 💖
Kimagure Mercy: I haven’t seen any of them but HANDS DOWN THE BEST VISUALLY, and the one I’ve seen the most footage of because of that probably. I’ve been dreaming of a Kimagure that looks like this for forever, just the MV in front of the audience. It’s so peak. If the rotations stay in EU, this is probably the one I’ll be seeing, and though 2D and raspberry are way more important to me and I’ll be very sad to miss them, i will enjoy this one because it looks so great. This Kimagure Mercy is what the gods intended Y’know.
2D Dream Fever: Very happy to see! So excited to see if they reference the special effect from prodiva for if you hit the rainbow notes in the new backdrop, thatll be what makes it better than Kimagure hehe. It looks just like the original MV from what I’ve seen as well. Very happy to see her return from BLOOMING too, and she goes so well after Teo with that same sort of stress.
Raspberry Monster: This is my favourite of the three, also the most theme-fitting, and I don’t have the slightest idea what they’ll do with it. The other two mimicked the original MVs but the additions to raspberry monster live that already exist don’t seem to follow that? I bet she’ll have the 6AM and 9AM behind her, I can’t remember if that was always in the live version aaaa- next up!
The Miku rotating three: two rotating sets together again! This time with a normal miku. These three are songs that Id want to see in any miku expo, I’m glad they used this space wisely. I suppose it would have been cool to have a different model for each song but we don’t have the old 3D one anymore and it’d be weird to put a classic with a bunch of newbies. It’s just… are they equivalent? I was thinking maybe they wanted three miku songs in different colours (culture can have red lights and darling dance can have pink) but solar system disco is too rainbow to me hehe. Also culture has special background addition (it always has) whereas the others domt as far as I’m aware? I hope they do, I’m just not sure where theyd be.
Culture: so good to see the culture shock song in miku expo once again!
Darling Dance: a BIG one for the Kairiki bear fans, I’m sure it’s a crowd pleaser. Just like culture, I suppose they could add something to the backgroud of it in the bridge. I’ll check if they did in Asia, but I don’t think so.
Taiyoukei Disco: as much as I’d love to hear jirai miku live in the last one, this one’s totally my favourite of the three. I hope the potential addition could be some paper nayutalianlings popping out from the side of the screen clapping and singing with the audience participation bits! It’s so iconic it’s a must, now that we have an LED screen, I’m surprised there wasn’t anything like that in Esper Esper in Pokemiku, but that’s probably because there’s a damn lot going on in Esper Esper-
This is where the audience greeting is! I hope she sounds very enthusiastic!
HIASOBI - helllll yeaahhhhh you gotta have a pink one in every concert, bonus that it’s camellia and pjsk related, but less people than I expected know of it from what I’ve seen. This should definitely come to EU (please). I hope everyone enjoyed miku on the floor 💖 I ALSO HOPE THEYVE GOT THAT BUMPY SWINGY SILLY BASS LIKE IN MIRAI 24 AW HELL YEAH 💖💖💖 such a banger of a song
World’s end dancehall - and this is the part where we get all confused, thinking ‘does this mean no rolling girl?’ And yes, it does mean no rolling girl ig. Great pick for a Miku and luka song tho? I mean none of the others are really like this one are they. And goodness it’s an incredible song. Also it’s better for me personally since I would not be able to handle watching rolling girl live (like my third favourite vocaloid song ever, even tho my second favourite is also in this setlist aaaa). I’ve seen clips of this one and GOD the stage design looks so good, remind me of the project diva MV (the good one). Edit: I realised maybe they did this instead of Rolling girl since they want to carry over the majority of this setlist to Europe, and rolling girl already played there in 2020? Idk I mean it’s probably the best Miku Luka song to choose. I feel like they should have done it during the 10th anniversary Tbf, it was one of the first ever songs to perform outside of Japan (I think) and did so with a god damn English version, which I’m sure we’ll never see again hehe.
Oh god TYQOON I’m gonna have to make another post I’m sorry (I’m not sorry). But to keep it short for this post, I just think it’s a strange choice considering Watashi no koi wa hellfire is RIGHT THERE and is VERY POPULAR. Nice to bring attention to a variety of Meiko song that I don’t feel many people know about tho.
OOOOOO ITS TIME FOR THE ROTATING KAGAMINE THREE~ : easy way to get all these songs that needed to be played in NA played hehe, I don’t think they’re exactly equal to eachother, esp Roki since it’s lacking a special outfit- but does anyone really care? Any kagamine duet will pop off because it’s both of the kagamines! We love those dudes! Theyve all got that audience participation. I know bring it on has added visuals (the words on screen at some parts), I think they added that to Roki in Asia last year, and 8HIT has a banger of an intro as well as Rin doing a cartwheel and new modules made solely for the performance, so I don’t think it needs anymore than that lol. I also love the variety of these three! I can’t pick a favourite haha. I also love the placement! Everyone would expect Kaito next or at least another solo but nope 💛
Rettou Joutou - I REALLY HOPE THEY BROUGHT BACK THE TRANSITION INTO THIS SONG ITS SO COOL
8HIT - I always love the Rainbow lights when they do this song, I hope the incredible staging delivers!
Roki - BOYS BE AMBITIOUS LIKE THIS OLDER MAN
Super Nuko ni narenkatta - HOLY UNEXPECTED?? MAFUMAFU?? maybe I should have seen this coming but I thought for a really long time I’d never see it in the west (Maybe because it’s not really a duet or a solo too?) I don’t really know this song very well for that reason! But god it’s a banger, I’m usually busy appreciating the dance and the Kagamine’s interactions (my favourite bit is where Len grabs onto Rin! I can’t wait to see that live, she’s so cute!) I really like their outfits here, but I always find it silly that they’re so obviously talking about being supercats while dressed as horses. My uma musume sister will love that. Also I’ve gotta say, I , personally, am fine with this as a/instead of Len solo, it’s very funny to me. And I love Rin so much, I’m happy to see more of her!
Sweet Magic: yayyyyyy! just really happy to have this song in the concert abput candy tbh, as well as it finally coming to NA. I should have predicted it as soon as the theme for this comcert was announced ig, but I was expecting them to do newer songs for the solos. I wonder if the band members will imitate Rin’s walk again (maybe they should tweak it so it looks a bit less controversial-). I love this song a lot, it’s pretty important to be, so I’m a bit sad that it’ll probably be replaced in the Europe tour (it’s already played there in 2020) but I’m excited to see what will take its spot! Something else classic? Something with another outfit?
Amazing Dolce: LETS GOOO????? hell yeah ANOTHER ONE I SHOULD HAVE EXPECTED WAY SOONER IG. GOOODDDDDDD I love this song, very important to me, I bet it’ll come to Europe too (I feel it also fits the steampunk vibe?). I have a feeling a lot of people either didn’t know this one, didn’t know the full version, or didn’t know it could be done live, so I’m glad it’s getting exposure! Everyone better know it as much more than just the song where Meiko shakes her tits. SO EXCITED about that btw lmao can’t wait to see what the audience does, I’m so happy it’s going around the world yoooooo this is crazy this is so epic. I’ll even let Rin wear the sane outfit twice in a row lol, honestly it’s pretty cool and smart like she was ready before the rest of them. Also I wanna remind you that it’s pronounced doll-chay <3 mwahaha
Caged flower: and suddenly kaito is here! Finally lol. I’m gonna yap about the additional flowers above the blue man in this song with my tyqoon issues aside first. I was wondering if it was to spread out the performance since I think the dance is intended for a smaller stage? I was also thinking it might be because Yomau silhouette (Meiko’s song from blooming, paralelling this one) had a new outfit as well as onscreen confetti, so they spruced this one up to make those two equal? I always assumed the made Yomau special in the first place to make up for whatever the hell kaito got during Call!! lol (a chair and an attitude ig, iykyk). Should we expect Yomau next in Europe then? It’s been done on a bigger(?) stage before so it’s possible, but they also might newly spruce up another Meiko song to make up for it. I hope they choose hellfire most of all!
As for caged flower itself, I’m pretty proud. I hope they didn’t just add those visuals because they were worried the song would be boring without them. It’s great, it’s nostalgic, it shows a type of Kaito song that is so integral to him and I’m glad he’s showing that around the world, its like in the spirit of Pane Dhira and Sennen no Dokusouku! Those would be good rotations for this in future legs of the tour, though I would love for this classic to go around the world and become the new (old) literacy, I’m hoping kaito doesn’t do the same song in every location AGAIN- but… it would be funny…. And this song is very cool… and they must have spruced it up for a reason…
Kamippoi na: FINALLY! Both for this song itself and for a PinocchioP song in NA, it had to be this one! I don’t know if I should have been surprised this wasn’t in 2024 (could have been perfect in place of vampire) but I’m glad it’s come at a better time lol. Certain they’d bring this to Europe too, since it’s so popular and kind of goes with europe’s theme to me? meaning Miku will say GOD IS DEAD in German in Germany- Very excited for the crowd during this one! I love PinoP!
Koi wa Sensou: holy MOLY UNEXPECTED! LIKE ACTUALLY SERIOUSLY WHAT? LOVE IS WAR OVER ROLLING GIRL???
Ngl I was kinda hoping they’d give this one the Hajimete no Koi treatment, and have miku perform the whole song clawing and climbing around a big loudspeaker platform like in the MV (after seeing what they did with happiness and peace of mind last year it seemed extremely possible) as well as bringing back the fakeout intro from one of her first concerts (where the song starts without her onscreen, mutes and suddenly plays war sirens before she comes in and does THE SCREAM). To see this song back now sadly crushes those dreams I feel, but it’s better that it returns in MIKU EXPO than any other old typical Miku concert. I’m thrilled, and maybe I should have seen it coming with the industrial background of the Europe Tour’s visuals, as well as the visuals of connect commune (loudspeaker platform architecture ig). I’m sure this’ll come to Europe.
I can’t comment much on the visuals behind Miku, trying to to spoiler myself, but it’s just a bunch of static speakers right? I wish they were bigger and that miku could interact with them (a remake of the performance). Still it’s better than nothing, and it’s what this song deserves. I know they won’t bring back that epic intro or do the full song either :( but if they somehow and for some reason do don’t spoil me hehe. Dang I’m getting my hopes too high. I’ve already seen that she doesn’t wear the punk outfit. I don’t see why she couldn’t have though? I think the new background behind her still should have worked with that.
They could have brought back anything else from the Giving’s day Era concerts, unfortunately I’m not as versed in those as I’d like to be so I can’t give examples, but I will once I am! I doubt any of them are as iconic as Love is war though. I’m not that against having two Ryo songs in the same concert again either, it makes the surprise of ODDS&ENDS at the end even more unexpected, and beautiful <3
Tsugihagi staccato: another happily unexpected one! I never expected patchwork staccato to be done live in the first place. After it played in Asia I should have known it’d go worldwide haha. I’m excited to see the glowstick colours along with what the crowd does too. I wonder what the rendition is like this time. It’s a good classic to include and also a great time to calm down after love is war, though I might have put it somewhere else. It’s pretty important to me, not as much as the others, but it might make me she’d a tear, if I’m not swept away by how simplistically beautiful this song is. I bet everyone will love it!
Room for a fantasy: I’ve already made a post with my general opinions on this song, I can say it’s grown on me a bit since then. This is the first song in the concert with new choreography too, as the first new song in the concert ig so that’s obvious but anyway. I’ll love the performance because of that regardless. I don’t even know what model it’s using (compare this to when MCLS live happened, I got spoiled for that more than anything else!). I expect it to be the most recent one (making it the first Miku Expo contest winner to use that one I believe?) but I would love to see the main prodiva x one, it’d make it feel like it’s on the same rank as the older ones, which I would like because it reminds me most of those (ig because it’s in English and sounds just like typical miku English songs hehe. Also because it’s producer has been in this fandom for long time, so I believe it’s what they’d want to). I’m also interested to see if it has any cool effects like ten thousand stars and blue star had! With all their new capabilities demonstrated by connect commune and all the other new songs, I’d be surprised not to see something like that! I just don’t what specifically they’d go for… I just hope it’s something!
the three rotating Lukas - This is a rare time where character’s solo set rotates! And I think Luka is the best pick for such. Can’t say the same about the songs themselves… wanderlast is so incredible, not just because this is its debut, honestly I think they should have played it at every location. But Someday’z coming deserves going to America a lot too, it’s showstopping. And then there’s a song that I just can’t get myself to really care about as much as I should, Never Die. Maybe it’s because its performance is decently bland from what I’ve seen. None of these can be seen as equal. They also bring starkly different energy to me. I’m surprised they didn’t go with Interviewer or No Logic, they’re classics and haven’t been done in NA. I’m not sure if those exact rotation will come to Europe since we already had Never Die in 2020. I’d love to see Hello new world and batsubyou, but I think theyll just replace Never Die with something else. And wouldn’t it be funny if it were Maga Maga…
Someday’z coming: If these three come to Europe this is the one I’ll be seeing as my comcert is the first location, this performance shook me when I first saw it, so it’d be nice to relive that. I could honestly cry to this one live. I’m excited to see the rendition (I wonder if they’ll keep the strings), the lights/visuals, and how everyone reacts to what looks like Luka giving us the middle finger before headbanging.
Never Die: probably one of the songs in miku live that I’m least familiar with, I wasnt expecting it.
Wanderlast: obviously the best one of the bunch. It doesn’t feel like it’s designed to ever actually play live, so I’m interested to see how it’ll work and what the crowd will think. Especially when she dies(?) (idk the lore) and the song ends abruptly 💖 I wonder how she’ll leave the stage… it’s so great that it’s finally performed, esp considering the anniversary version of it came out recently, closer to this miku expo than any other I believe. Fitting!
Drop pop Candy: CALLED IT! YEEEEESSSSSSSS HAHAHAHAHAAA. I’ve already seen people making undertale jokes. God that must have been an experience. And bro IMAGINE if we got this and Karma in the same concert… I love the dance for this one, I’m excited to see what the crowd does, and the visuals and lighting. I’m pretty sure this will come to Europe, unless it’s replaced by El Tango Egoista, with the following song being replaced by a Rin and Miku song? Idk how theyll work around give the loids equal screen time considering Supercat esp lol. But yeah. Perfect song for this concert, I think I’ve said before I bet they picked this as the theme to do this song.
Ohedo Julia Night: WHEEEEYYYYYYY BANGER ALERT. This must have looked so fun, I didn’t predict it but I really should have. They had to do a Mitchie M song. I don’t think this’ll come back to Europe, but I also have no clue what could replace it. Very excited to see footage. I also quite like the placement on this concert, the visual intro and outro going into the screen popping off for the band member introduction is pretty smart too, also as from now on all the songs feel like finale numbers kinda.
(Moment of silence for the band member introduction that I’m sure is amazing but I can’t see/hear it because of spoilers… and a moment of appreciation for the amazing band themselves!)
M@GICAL⭐️CURE! LOVE💖SHOT! - doing this after the band member intro is such a good move! I’ve seen that the lighting during the miku miku beam bit is amazing too, it’s all green! Unfortunately this isn’t exactly my over hopeful hopes for MCLS this year, and doing it after Making Room for a fantasy really makes MRFAF look dull in comparison I fear. But this is still great! I’m happy it came back in the first place, it’s a necessity. I wonder if this’ll be the last Miku Expo world tour it’ll be in fpr a while, and even if it will go to Asia again next year, considering the lack of past miku expo related songs in this concert. This is the only one I’m pretty sure! I’ve got to love it for being there in the first place, EVSN while missing all it’s old friends 😭
And now for my least favourite song in the setlist, Catch the Wave.
Mostly just out of confusion why the hell this song was done in the first place, and also at EVERY LOCATION nonetheless (also because I’m terrible at perfecting its chart in prodiva lol) I was expecting it to be replaced with sekai and something else? Sekai would have been a much better choice? People care way more about pjsk than prodiva? Is there anything memorable or important about its performance?
This, with 39 and maybe even ODDS&ENDS later, as well as Yume Yume a while a go in BLOOMING, (but mostly this) could be hinting towards the return of project diva… which is extremely unlikely but it’s also the only way I like this choice in the setlist. I mean, maybe it’s refreshing to some to hear now after a while? Maybe it’s celebrating Mega Mix on pc?
Most likely, it’s that a song about a world tour (the PV in prodiva) is actually going on a world tour. Which is cool ig. But it doesn’t make me lose all my hatred for this song because I’m a sweaty gamer who can’t perfect it somehow, even though it’s a relatively easy song. But also like, sekai is RIGHT THERE. And sekai means WORLD Y’know.
If only they added a cool backgroud and visuals mirroring the prodiva MV… that would have made it cool… I’ll have to see if they doing anything with the screens around the main one ig.
shake it! - QUITE POSSIBLY THE BEST WAY TO BRING BACK MY ENTHUSIASM AWWW HELL YEAH. I don’t know where to even begin, I mean we all knew it was coming, it was probably the most hoped-for song for miku expo ever and I’m so glad it’s finally possible. It’s crazy to imagine a world where this was always going to be exclusive to mirai. I’m so excited to see the visuals and the crowd and the instrumentals! I wonder if there will be a mirrorball! I even want confetti lol but that’s not gonna be the case. This is so good it could be the finale to me! I know all the lyrics to this one! I’ve cried to it a lot too, I think it is indeed one of my biggest dreams to see this live. Safe to say it’s definitely going around the world (idk if I’ve clarified but wgen I say this I mean that it’s coming to Europe as well, potentially Australasia and China and rest of Asia if the specific song hasn’t already played there, silly clarification ig but I don’t like saying ‘world’ when it’s not really around the world fully is it :(),This could be the the next tell your world even, though I’m sure after this round it’s going to have a big break in performing. Love you, shake it! I’m gonna cheer with orange! 🧡🩵💛 though I’ve thought about starting with green and changing as they sing their solos, then turning off and going back to orange asap. I think Rin deserves more love in that song hehe.
39 - a strange but appreciated pick indeed! I never actually expected to be hearing this one live. As I said, it’s the only one where I don’t know the background additions, but I bet it’ll be a timer, like in project diva. Maybe the colour or background will change when the timer hits 3:39 (the end of the song). I know quite a lot of the lyrics to this one too. It’s just hard for it to shine next to shake it! But I’m still excited to see what they do with it since it’s unexpected as I said. Tbf I can’t be sure if it’ll cone to Europe, but it should be, idk what could replace it and why if theyve made a new backgroud. Maybe it’ll be earlier on like Lucky Orb last Europe Expo? Idk. I’m surprised to find it never played in Thunderbolt or Blooming too. I would have preferred one of those theme songs personally, I’d love to hear Overflower, since I feel like the Japan tours I still technically Miku Expos. Sorry, unrelated. Lots of songs I associate with Project Diva here btw, I think I’ve already said that ahhh sorry.
OMG HERE IT IS YEAH I’ve gotta yap about the second speech here because I’ve been spoiled for it! Here’s the video I saw: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/KKasscm7oyI
I saw the thumbnail expecting to for it to be a performance of a song, I’ve seen pretty much all dances so I figured it wouldn’t be much of a spoiler, boy was I wrong.
Turns out to be in the middle of the speech! Dang! But I really want to hear that stupid phone as the blasphemy that interrupted Hatsune Miku WHILE she’s speaking. And alright here’s the part where I am silly because I know there are way more important things to comment to (aforementioned phone moment) BUT LIKE. MIKU. SHE SAID SOMETHING LIKE “every connection is special, from the ones that go way back, to the ones that were made here today!” AND I JUST WANNA- LIKE-
HATSUNE MIKU CARES ABOUT THE NEWGENS?? POSITIVELY??
This just in: Hatsune Miku says ITS OKAY to go to a vocaloid concert even if you don’t know crap about vocaloid!
I know it’s probably not intentional but vocaloid is one of the biggest fandoms known to have this old gen vs newgen debate. A lot of this setlists panders towards to old gen over the newgen too, but that’s possibly because it doesn’t seem crypton are interested adding songs that already have a fanbase into the live dimension, like, if they were going to do Rabbit Hole they would have done it already. So I hope Miku saying this didn’t cause anyone to bat an eye. Almost like she’s mediating, she says they’re all as important as eachother! And I just think that’s pretty neat. I also wonder if it was because there’s been quite a lot of really young fans attending Miku Expo as of late, more than ever I feel, which I have mixed feelings on.
I don’t really care much for the argument on either side, I prefer old gen songs, but I joined the fandom in 2019 idrk where that puts me. But I wouldn’t be surprised if this was crypton’s tiny little way of acknowledging one of the (unfortunately) biggest parts of vocaloid culture at the moment. A sentence comparing the two. Very interesting. It also fits the theme of connect commune pretty well too, going beyond time and space Y’know, but that’s obvious, like yeah it would, it’s the speech before connect commune.
Unnecessary ramble over, I know I want to break down this speech and any possible deeper meaning behind what they chose to make Miku say around the world when I’ve been to my concert and can hear it properly. Of course, that is not at all the most interesting part of the MC, though. This is akin to when her microphone broke at KODO! It’s pretty major! The second ever time Miku’s words have been interrupted I’m pretty sure! I am, of course, talking about that darn telephone.
As the speech goes on, I heard that vibration, and the angry reaction of the crowd that followed it but BOY I cANT EXPRESS TO YOU HOW MY HEART JUMPED WHEN THE GIRL HERSELF HATSUNE MIKU REACTED TOO IT TOO.
I THOUGHT IT WAS THE PHONE OF THE PERSON RECORDING??? HOLY IMMERSION???
“Did y’all hear that? :3” DOES THE POPE POOP IN THE WOODS, MIKU?
She’s so cute, I’m gonna die. Hatsune Miku, not the pope.
I clicked off the video right away. As there are ENDLESS OPPORTUNITIES and NONE OF THEM ARE LIKELY but I still want to IMAGINE them ANYWAY. I am very excited over who Miku (presumably) got this call/notification from. How will they play this bit??? What if it’s Teto lmao (it’s not). IS THERE GONNA BE A GIANT NOTIFICATION ON THE SCREEN OR ON THE SCREEN ABOVE HER? Will she use HER HEADSET AGAIN FINALLY?? Will miku get out her PHONE? Will it be SCARLETT JOHANSSON???
I mean even if it’s just supposed to be someone from the audience I can still imagine that it’s Teto or Scarlett Johansson or the pope Y’know. It’ll most likely be nothing, but second most likely is the other cryptonloids. I’d love to hear them, and in the song itself too. Maybe even say them with the power of WINDOWS like I mentioned in that post. I’ve heard that they all appear at the end and I’ve seen footage of just their silhouettes and that’s probably all it is (there’s also decorator ig) but I can hope!
I’m also predominantly VERY EXCITED for how this bit will play into CONNECT COMMUNE which DOES have a vibration sound at the start AND an OUTFIT to change into ANDD confirmed background visuals which I’m only 83% sure is just the MV behind her. I wonder if it’s even just one vibration? Will it continue until the start of the song, will it build up until the intro starts and then it all quiets again to be like how it was before but now with a “Hi there! It’s Miku :3 can we connect?”? Or will it go straight into “Hi there! It’s Miku :3 can we connect?” But then how will she change outfits???
With that sort of said and vaugely done, it brings us perfectly into the theme of this concert, and THE most exciting performance so far!
CONNECT:COMMUNE - I’ve already made a post about my hopes and dreams for this performance, but I have to say I like what I’ve seen with the visuals so far, I’m very impressed. The only issue is Miku having a visible mouth ig lol. I’ve seen pictures that look just like the MV, pictures tgat don’t, and pictures where the screen behind her is just black as normal. My biggest hope is that she pops out from the side of a window like clippy! I can’t say much more about it than the telephone bit and that I know it has visuals because I haven’t seen it of course. I’m also very excited for it musically! Both with how it starts and if it incorporates the vibration, and with how it’ll end, and how Miku will say goodbye and how there will be a musical flourish as usual. I wonder if there will be something on the screen saying last song again or if Miku will tell us or what. It’ll be cool to see a dance or pose that references all the key visuals for every leg of the tour, even the Asia and Australasia ones there might be that we haven’t seen yet!
Since I’m pretty sure the MV is behind her, I wonder if this sets a record for all Miku Expo themes in the future to have a special, potentially 3D animated MV to do the same! I really hope to see artists like STANN.co and Vippori! I suppose they don’t have to be 3D either, which opens us to even more possibilities. I also want to say I hope for this to only be the case for the Main theme, and not the random separate theme that I exoect Asia to get. If they get a new outfit and song specific to them I think they don’t get to have a new MV behind Miku, but the previous theme of all the other legs (America, Europe and Australasia) play. I think this is a good way to make all the tours equal.
Also, having visuals/Miku in outfits that she doesn’t have to perform in might allow for even crazier outfits, but more importantly to me, different builds and body types, and maybe even skin colours! since the Miku doesn’t need to perform at all, she’s not confined to needing to look like the cannon miku. This could be very exciting! Very unlikely though :( .
The last thing I can say about this performance is its placement in the setlist. This is the second time in a row that the theme for a specific concert isnt used as the actual finale for the concert, after the encore. Idk if it really is that Connect Commune doesn’t feel enough like a finale song (which I mentioned in my post. It’s interesting if the commissioned themes are requested to be good for the finale and whether it’s up to the producer with how they make the song sound, it feels like the theme was last used as the last song in BLOOMING which was a while back- sorry that’s all unrelated and I’m getting sidetracked) if this will continue, or what.
What follows this is Artifact (I should have segwayed when talking about Asia theme songs whoops) which everyone should have been expecting to play anyway, it’s strange that they chose to make it seem like it wouldn’t play at all, but i supoose gives you something in the encore that you know you can wait for. Using it in such a big place twice really emphases the unexpected importance of it, and kinda makes other/previous themes pale in comparison :(((. But it’s still a banger, and if it wasn’t in this concert I WOULD have rioted.
Artifact - whoops I’ve said pretty much everything about this song that I can already. Uhhhh excited to see the crowd and the band and the visuals! I wonder how it’ll differ from its last performance. And how the band will build up an intro during the encore of course!
DECORATOR - I often find this pick a little funny, since it’s continuously used as the “oh my god they’re all onstage together song” and theyve still been doing it frequently despite there being many other songs now where they’re all onstage. It’s cool that they get to use the surprise of it in different locations where they previously never would have been able to before, I don’t know if they ever thought they’d be having full sized stages at Miku Expo. And yeah, if any song was gonna show them all together around the world, it’d be this one. It’s also a pretty good encore song, like it’s sort of emotional and chill, like an after party type song. Idk what I mean. Cyan Blue has the sane feeling to me. I know a lotof the lyrics too! I’ll definitely be singing along.
As for the new visuals, when I told my dad about the cityscape (using an example for the changes made to certain songs) he suggested that there could be different cityscapes for different locations, which I don’t expect to ever see, but it would have been a really cool idea, and is now a missed opportunity. It could also explain why on Earth they put a city in front of decorator specifically? (Since they were already definitely doing decorator) They could have somehow imitated the project diva MV, and intergalactic bound for instance deserves a city way more. Im not complaining though, it’s just a bit funny.
I haven’t seen them properly, in fact I can’t even remember if they’re there while it’s just miku, I wouldn’t be surprised, it’s a way to keep the song intetesting while everyone’s waiting for the others.
I wonder if Asia will miss out on these cool visuals since they had DECORATOR last time without them… hmmm
I’ve just had a fun idea about cheering for this song, specifically the light stick colours. Maybe I’ll record it and post it hehe. I wonder if I’ll see people confused on why it’s just Miku and changing when they think the others will appear (at around the same times they do in project diva), or if people will start off the song repping the favourites because they know whats coming. I also wonder if anyone will go for white because they can’t pick a favourite haha.
And now, for my second favourite vocaloid song ever…. ODDS&ENDS…
I don’t actually have much to say on this that I’ve not already said, other than that I am devastated that it’s probably not coming to Europe, since it performed there in 2020, even though it probably will come to Australasia and Asia (though maybe only as a daily? Idk) afterward. The only reason I like Kokoro more than this one is because without that I wouldn’t be into vocaloid. But I feel like without this song I wouldn’t even be alive. I’m crying thinking about it now…
To be fair, with my last experience at Miku Expo I’m kind of glad, I couldn’t get myself to cry, which isn’t right as someone who’s as big of a Miku fan and specifically a Miku concert fan as me. If I don’t cry at this song, especially seeing it LIVE, I’ll be the most numb person ever and completely unsalvagable. But like. I will also probably just be very dehydrated (again). And if I do cry, it’ll probably turn into sobbing and I have no idea how I’ll be able to go home after that. Esp since it’s the finale (the perfect finale, might I add) and thdn Hatsune Miku and her friends will just GO and not be able to comfort me but it’s okay ig they’ll need to be comforting Eachother after such a song, mostly miku. I will not be able to handle Miku saying she’s worthless right there in front of me live. It’s like how I’m glad they didn’t play Kokoro in Europe when they played it in the leg (Australasia) directly after.
This is a different version of ODDS&ENDS, it might even be new and updated, so who knows… I’ve got many ideas for what could replace it though, dw, they might be posted in a main post or in a seperate general post predicting the Europe set. Boy, I have many ideas…
One of the best things about this song is how you can hear people start to sob as soon as it plays in live recordings, and how most of the comments in most of the uploads are about how this song has saved people. I thank it with my life.
ODDS&ENDS - SOBBING
Also yeah uh forgot to mention to project diva ops next to each other isn’t that crazy. Sekiranun and Kocchi Muite anyone?
Uh and then there’s the mysterious ending that I dont know anythibg about ooooo. Idk if I’m gonna say goodbye to them each as their spirits zoom off (to Brussels) like I usually do. Then I will (hopefully) cry, regardless if ODDS&ENDS was there. Then connect commune will probably start playing and I’ll go HI THERE! ITS MIKU :3 CAN WE CONNECT? And it’ll be funny and all will be Miku (adj) with the world.
That was My MIKU EXPO 2026 NORTH AMERICA AND ALSO A BIT OF CANADA review
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Sorry it took so long
Sorry I posted it when I hadn’t even finished my review of the first song
still thinking about what freebies to make for the Miku Expo. I'm in Europe, so I have many months in advance to work on something. I thought about making trading cards based on paintings from my country featuring the cryptons, but I'm not sure if that's something people would enjou. I want to make something that makes people happy, something that they can see after many years and be like "oh yeah! that was a great day!"
but I don't know...
I feel like button pins and stickers couldn't give you that, but trading cards may not be the best idea either.
What would YOU like to receive for free if you went to a concert?
i produced+designed+illustrated (top rows) + animated (bottom row) a bunch of new stuff for the digital live ver. of the FLAVOR FOLEY Digital Stars set from MIKU EXPO! please check it out!
