breaking this blog out of me forgetting about it for a second to cry about wowaka because. man, i don’t think i really have a good idea how much his songs helped me out when i was young. i know a lot of people cite rolling girl as the reason they got through a lot when they were younger and i wholeheartedly agree it did nothing but good for me. i remember when i’d follow vocaloid cover artists and get ecstatic whenever they covered it too (and usually go and drop everything to listen to the covers in the process).
i remember hearing unknown mother goose the first time through fantastic youth covering it and being like “oh shit, this is wowaka, haven’t listened to his stuff in forever.” and then just went on a spree of listening to all the songs and laughing when i could recall the lyrics accurately despite the fact that the songs were in japanese and really fast-paced.
i dunno, this guy just made so much of my childhood and early teen years what they were. some of my first art is miku stuff based on his songs. my first attempt at animation was set to rolling girl. it’s just so heartbreaking that he’s gone now. i hope he rests in peace and makes some kickass beats with samfree and powapowa-p in heaven.
