Vocaloids are voice synthesizers that people are able to use to digitally simulate a voice. The program uses a voice that someone provides to achieve this. Various producers use different vocaloids to make songs by writing the lyrics and music that the program should sing along to. One of the most popular vocaloids is Hatsune Miku.
These are some of my favorite vocaloids and some of my favorite songs they've produced. Some of the songs may only be found in one place, so they won't have a button for both Youtube and Spotify. Also not all of these songs will be originals. As vocaloids get less popular, it becomes a LOT harder to find original songs for them... I'm looking at you Gakupo...
She is the queen. World is her's.
Anyway, you probably know who Hatsune Miku is. I started listening to
vocaloid basically as soon as I had access to the internet. Miku has been
everywhere for a long time. Her voice is typically pretty high pitched, but
depending on the song and how she's tuned, she's pretty versatile.
It's hard to pick only a few of her songs to be my favorites, but I'll
try to keep it as brief as I can. I don't want this page to be only Miku.
Voice Provider: Saki Fujita
Favorite Songs:
Ok ok ok ok I KNOW that Teto is an UTAU and NOT a vocaloid but the concepts are
so similar that I don't care enough. I like Teto and I want to include her in
this page. I don't know Teto's full history, but I know that she was originally
made as an April Fools joke. She also apparently has a private vocaloid voicebank
which I believe is used for concerts she participates in, but it's not available
publicly.
Teto sounds very unique. A lot more robotic than vocaloids tend to sound (which,
again, is probably because she's not a vocaloid). I think Teto sounds the best when
paired up with another vocaloid, but she can still sound great on her own. I enjoy
the crunch.
Voice Provider: Mayo Oyamano
Favorite Songs:
Kagamine Rin and Len (whose names I constantly mix up and sometimes call
them Lin and Ren) are two vocaloids who have the same voice provider. They are
described as "two bodies sharing one soul" which I think is cool. Depending on
the song, they can also be portrayed as lovers (which I think is kind of weird
but to each their own) or siblings. Though some people get really mad if you
call them siblings so idk you can't really win ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.
While Rin and Len have a good amount of songs that are separate from each
other, I wanted to put them together on this page since it would feel kind of weird
for them to have their own separate sections when they're so intertwined. Some of the
songs I'll list here may only have one of them in it.
Voice Provider: Asami Shimoda
Favorite Songs:
Kaito is where things start to get tricky. He's one of the more popular
masculine vocaloids, but he's still not as popular as a lot of the
feminine vocaloids. This makes finding songs where he sings alone a little
difficult, especially when trying to find a song on both youtube and
spotify.
While Kaito is popular, he starts to bleed into the less mainstream
crowd. I find it's easier to find more niche vocaloid songs on youtube than
on spotify since on youtube you can post pretty freely, but on spotify you
can only upload so much before having to pay (I think I don't exactly know
how spotify works). I think it's also easier to find vocaloid songs on youtube
because a lot of songs have music videos that go with them and they tend to
be pretty important to understanding the story of the song.
Basically, vocaloid songs can be made by pretty much anyone, so for people
wanting to share their work, youtube is an easier place to go than spotify.
ANYWAY this is supposed to be about Kaito. While he isn't my number 1
favorite, he's a very solid option with a very unique voice. He sounds different
depending on if he's high or low pitch, and while I prefer when he's pitched low,
pitching him high is the more popular option.
Also Kaito's voice provider LOVES Kaito. He literally views him as his son.
He's very funny.
Voice Provider: Naoto Fūga
Favorite Songs:
GAKUPOOOOO!!!! MY FAVORITE ONE!!! YEEEAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!
Anyway, yeah it's that fuckin' time. Gakupo is my absolute favorite
vocaloid and god damn people do not use him enough. I have heard he's one of
the hardest vocaloids to tune, and he's also not owned by Crypton (which is the
company that owns Hatsune Miku and a lot of other popular vocaloids).
When people do use Gakupo, they tend to put him into pretty...
explicit songs.
So all of this is to say that being a Gakupo fan is excruciating and I do
not recommend it. If all of that has still not disuaded you from giving his
music a try, then welcome to hell :]!
I have loved Gakupo basically ever since I started listening to vocaloid.
I LOVE his voice, he sounds extremely unique, and also he's a funny purple
techno samurai! He's a comfort character for me. His personality depends on the
song he's in, as it is for most vocaloid, but he tends to either be really
goofy or very serious.
He's my very special boy. I love love love love love him. Forever. My
dancing samurai <3
Voice Provider: Gakuto Oshiro/Gackt Camui
Favorite Songs: