Vocaloid Song Recs and More!

A curated intro to the depths of Vocaloid Music! I want to introduce niche pieces to those who might not find them on their own! https://www.tiktok.com/@vocaloidrecs

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Carol of the NEW! Ones feat. Satoishi Yuka by Fujiwara Hagane

Have you heard about our NEW lord and saviour, Magical Girl Saotishi Yuka?!

Yuka is a 17yo girl who's scared to grow up. She's a shy girl who hides in the back corner of the classroom reading niche novels, but she can also transform into a magical girl! However, this magical girl is a little strange as her power makes people love her and her mental age is significantly reduced when transformed, making her very naive and innocent. She has two variations: Bud (non-transformed, normal girl) and Blossom (transformed, magical girl). Her Sword is named, Dada-chan, who can take on the form of an adult man. He also has a voice bank as he is the male variation of Yuka's voice.

This work is part of a debut compiled album to promote the UTAU project, Satoishi Yuka (里石ユカ). Each piece is a chapter exploring different themes on "Love", this one had the theme of "Dominating Love" (支配的愛). Where Yuka, using her magical girl powers, makes the people love and worship her, until she takes over the whole country! The song is catchy and the MV depicts her basically becoming an all-powerful god in a warped, eldritch way. It's so good~! You can view the whole compilation album in this Youtube Playlist.

Aside from the compilation album, Satoishi Yuka is a solo production by Kuroiwa Shuuta (黒岩秀太) who is the voice provider, character designer, illustrator, and general producer of the project. She is free to use as an UTAU vocal synth for non-commercial use. There is a VOICEVOX product in the works. More information via the official website can be found below.

Yuka's Website Pages (JP ONLY) Homepage Profile and Character Information Download (Voice Bank Files to be imported into OpenUTAU) Terms of Service (Rules for Use) Official Compilation Album Information

Other Links Official Satoishi Yuka Youtube Channel Official Satoishi Yuka X(formerly Twitter) Account The producer, Kuroiwa's X(formerly Twitter) Account

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Scroll Zombie feat. Kasane Teto by Stitch

A cute upbeat but chill Teto song about being a social media addict, but this time it's about being comforted and finding solace in your little screen. :3

The lyrics are a fun Japanese-English mashup. It's so fun and I'd argue one step removed from being a pure ear worm on the fact that it's got such a chill vibe. The MV also very kindly reinforces the lyrics too.

I know I've personally come across a lot of songs about dopamine/SNS/screen addiction lately, but this one's a nice palate cleanser with how comforting it is. It feels like I'm enjoying a chill, rainy day inside after being over stimulated by unbridled sunlight the days before.

The MV already has English subs btw! Please enjoy!

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雨良 Amala - ADAM feat. Yi Xi

名前のない感情の正体 / The identity of a feeling without a name 議題のない惨状の将来 / The future of a disaster without debate そのままアダムになって / Do as Adam would and 何色にも染まらないように / Don't let yourself be dyed in their colours

Probably my favourite song to come out of the recent Winter Vocaloid Collection 2026 Event. Love u VocaKore, always feeding me so well.

I feel like most people's point of reference for Yi Xi's voice bank is Butcher Vanity, and this is a great counterpoint to it. It's very pop-y (this is Amala who gave us Daidaidaidaikirai y'all) but also ballad-y. I absolutely LOVE the message in the lyrics thought it felt like a pep talk, it feels reassuring...it's got that rebellious je-ne-sais-quoi that I'm a sucker for. :3c

Please Enjoy <3

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@vocaloidcurated posted a top faves inspired by a reddit post...and I love an excuse to ramble about my faves. So these are songs I've put on repeat many times!

MEIKO: 番凩 - hinayukki It's a duet with KAITO, but it's one of the more impressionable MEIKO songs. I love hinayukki's sound, traditional and epic story-based songs mainly using either KAITO or MEIKO with beautiful tuning in a more traditional singing style. 焔姫 is also a banger featuring MEIKO, my most beloved song from them though is 忘時人 featuring KAITO.

KAITO: 七色世界 - カイミュP Discovered this song on NND back when in 2012 as that was when I was first trying to find new vocaloid songs on NND after working through all the stuff I could find on Youtube back then. I'm a SUCKER for songs about the singer's inner world coming to life with colour, like Qualia by HachiP.

Hatsune Miku: Boss Death - 磯P Also an oldie that I ADORE. Originally posted in 2008 but I think I probably discovered it around 2009/2010 and was just SMITTEN. The hero has saved the world, now she's a liability- all she wants is to retire in the mountains, but the world won't let her rest. GOD. ITS SO EDGY AND SO GOOD.

Kagamine Rin: 新人類 - まらしぃ＆じんさん Oh-Oh-Ah-Ah, shinjinrui is just an anthem fr. I keep thinking it's been around since long before 2023.

Kagamine Len: Ego Renegade Boy - FLAVOR FOLEY Honestly, I'm not a super big Len fan. Most of my favourite songs that feature him are duo or groups...and I wanted to try and find a solo song...and THEN I REMEMBERED THIS BANGER THAT RELEASED RECENTLY. LFG FLAVOR FOLEY GOATS IN THE EN SCENE WOOHOO!! I'm actually so grateful I've gotten to see the EN vocaloid producer scene BOOM. So many people who also grew up on Vocaloid now have the skills and money to produce their own works and it's so amazing to see. <3

Megurine Luka: トエト (TOETO) - Travolta Omg. Editing my post cause I forgot to put Toeto in here. She's hiding so well in her little cat hat that she even escaped me!! D:

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Have to Run Fast / Hatsune Miku & Ui by Chinami SatoP

マジで、マジでヤバいって… / For real, this is for real- it's fking insane マジで、マジでヤバいって… / For real, this is for real- it's fking insane 目の色どころか形を変えて / Every part except eye colour changed すぐ目の前に迫りくる追手 / The pursuer is looming right around the corner どっちへ？こっちへ？それとも極限？/ Which way? This way? Or is that a dead end? 血眼で探す生への道程 / Desperately searching for a way to survive

A SCP-esque Horror piece featuring Miku as a researcher fleeing from a recently created monster in the labs.

An electronic song featuring synth and bass as well as samples of dial tones. Most of the sound is bit-crushed in a way like you'd hear over an older phone. The MV presents the monster (feat. Ui's voice bank) reminds me of Slender man and FNAF, the creepypasta and nostalgic horror that really hit it big in the early 2010s.

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DOPA-MIN by Komedawara

頭を開いて快楽を注げ / Open my head and pour the pleasure in 我々はドーパ民だから / Because we are Dopa-min* 刺激が欲しい / We want thrill やる気はいらない / We don't need a will 寝転んで画面をスワイプ / Swipe the screen while laying down 心満たして / Fill your mind 頭空にして / Empty your head 我々はドーパ民だから / Because we are Dopa-min* 刺激が欲しい / We want thrill 快楽を貪れ / Endlessly indulging in pleasure

*Dopa-min is a wordplay on Dopamine and Dopa+民/MIN (the word for peoples), Dopa-people. The Dopamine people. But it's just read as Dopamine.

An absolute ear worm. Similar theme as Brainrot by Tokyo Manaka but high energy reflecting the song's core theme of having a Screen Addiction.

The MV really reinforces the lyrics between the breaks where the character is going through withdrawal and as they get a higher high on the dopamine from their phone's screen.

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White Crow by 悠ぺぇ/Yupe

『“Why ignore me? I'm special." That's just your delusion. I’ll prove my existence, I’m a white crow.』

Yupe is a new Japanese Vocaloid Producer who started last year, and I'm absolutely obsessed with their works so far. 蝮の卵 (Mamushi no Tamago/Viper's Egg) is an absolute ear worm, but White Crow quickly became my own personal anthem last Fall.

The producer describes it in the description of focusing on themes like desire for recognition, inferiority complex, and self-hate in a Dark, Aggressive Electro Vocaloid song.

There's a lot of fantastic Teto growls and vocal fry done with the tuning. The lyrics sound like someone mocking the wannabes who never make it while also voicing their own aspirations- an optimistic dreamer at heart with the mind of a cynical realist. I was drawn in by the alternative sounds (vocal fry, dynamic synthetic instrumentation, Teto, the punk MV aesthetics) and ended up relating so much to the lyrics that I probably listened to it on repeat for a few hours a week for a while.

Please give Yupe your encouragement if you like their music!

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Resuming Activity

HOI HOI~

I had a lot of life™️happen since I was last posting and lately I've found my groove back a bit. So I hope to start bringing some more recommendations here! This started with a tiktok acc, with the tumblr blog being a place to catalogue. But I don't think I will continue with the tiktok account unless I hit some kind of translating/editing god-flow state.

I really, really want to share more amazing music that non-JP users may not find or help make JP-only pieces more accessible to non-JP users.

I've loved Vocaloid since 2009, so it's a major passion of mine. Learning Japanese enabled me to try my hand at translation. Now I am living in Japan for the time being, so hopefully I can bring a more complete picture to my translation and help explain more cultural nuances when possible.

I say that last bit in part because of recent Vocaloid music using heavy slang or highly abstract lyrics that result in poor translation attempts by fans relying on only Machine Translation Tools who don't have strong enough comprehension yet to either contextualize properly for an English Translation or get hung up on a concept as if it's more important to the rest of the lyrics than it is (which imo is a VERY relatable experience going between high context to low context languages).

Thanks for reading my rambles. Hopefully, I'll be around as much as I hope I can be. (pray for no A03 Author type curse)

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31 years old

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"KAFU | Zundamon | Curry Udon | ASMR | VOLUME WARNING!"

「可不￤ずんだもん￤カレーうどん￤ASMR￤音量注意」

I absolutely adore this bit from ぬぬぬぬぬぬぬぬぬぬぬぬぬ so I translated it to share it with friends. Homie recommended I share it here! Please enjoy!

Zundamon and White KAFU are in a Curry Udon bath on the train. Very romantic lol

Pretty sure it was inspired by KAFU-chan's Curry Udon Mania Song (可不ちゃんのカレーうどん狂騒曲) by Minami no Minami.

Original Video below!

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wait wait put your favorite vocal synth songs that you don't necessarily know if people would know in the tags (any level of popularity dw too much about it), the kind you can't stop replaying. what would you tell people to go listen to right now.

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i think every vocaloid fan should have at least one unknown/underrated producer they're obsessed with. it's good for the ecosystem

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And we're back to recommending songs for a bit, starting with the burn-out anthem!

Override featuring Kasane Teto by Yoshida Yasei This guy's made some great bangers before, so I'm happy this up-beat one is getting noticed!!

tldr "I was born in the rough end of town. But I'm gonna make the best of life despite all its pitfalls!"

I highly recommend 零度(Raid) featuring Kaai Yuki by Yoshida as well!! It's...uh....a whole lot darker than this one, but it's got amazing bass.

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Galleria feat. Flower

by Hiiragi Kirai

I was too late. Now the gallery is empty and I waste away in dreams of what should have been.

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Mrs. Pumpkin's Comical Dream

by Hachi-P featuring Hatsune Miku

A classic vocaloid song about Halloween for Halloween!!

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衝動 / Impulse

by suni featuring Hatsune Miku

Holding in all your feelings until you reach the impetus, and you feel the urge to burst. It turned into an impulse.

Full Japanese and Rough English Lyrics (Below)

3 2 1 迫られる Question Yes or Yes でさあ答えだして 四畳半揺れる理性におしおきだ

3, 2, 1, I've been drawing up a Question. Yes or Yes, well, it's time to answer. It's punishment for the reason a 4.5 Tatami room shakes

閉鎖的心臓息が詰まりそうだ 天井超える妄想抑えきれないよ!! 絶対服従 喜怒哀楽の哀 もうやってらんない!! 込み上げるさ feelin!! feelin!!

A closed off heart feels like it's choking. Uncontainable delusions that go through the roof! Absolute obedience, the grief of human emotions Geez, I really don't want it to happen! It's rising up and up, this feeling! Feeling!

衝動 衝動 響け声よ 繰り返す 脳内戦争邪魔するなよ 衝動 衝動 この気持ちを味わうさ 誰も止められない

The impulse, impulse. A voice echoes. Again and Again. The mind is at war, and it's dragging me down. The impulse, impulse. Relishing in this feeling, No one can stop me.

攻防戦 無条件な非常線 アンダーグラウンド 非合法な冒険 惨憺たる未来に救いはない いない いない ばあ

In Battle, Unconditional Cordons Underground, Unlawful Adventure There's no saving a miserable enough future. There's none. There's none. Boo.

Good Morning!! 思考 Shaking!! このステージ まじで Boring!! アンチテーゼ 掲げ Fighting!! 喰らえ Punch!! 集団就寝 We are Resistance 喜怒哀楽の怒 怖くないわけないけど抑えきれないよ

Good morning! Thoughts shaking! This stage is seriously boring! An Antithesis, hoist it up, fight on! Take a punch! The Masses retiring. We are Resistance. The anger of human emotions. There's no way it isn't scary, but it's uncontainable.

衝動 衝動（喜ばせたい） 衝動 衝動（怒りよ今） 衝動 衝動（哀しくはないわけじゃない） 衝動 衝動（楽しくいたい） 光よ

The impulse, impulse. (I want to please.) The impulse, impulse. (I'm angry now.) The impulse, impulse. (It doesn't mean I'm not sad.) The impulse, impulse. (I want to have fun.) The light!

衝動 衝動 踊れ心よ 繰り返す 脳内絶頂狂いそうだよ 衝動 衝動 今変わるのなら いざ騒ぎ出せ 衝動

The impulse, impulse. My heart's dancing! Again and again. The mind's at it's limit, I feel like I'm insane! The impulse, impulse. If it's not changed now, Well, I'll go berserk. The impulse.

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Apple Dot Com

by Pinocchio-P featuring Hatsune Miku

Rotting away, day by day. Blow your money on microtransactions. Feel like a burden while you waste away. Feeling like just breathing or enjoying anything while unemployed is a crime.

tl;dr this song's a vibe.