Fuck you I know some of you have also relapsed back in your Nico Nico Dougahttps://utaite.fandom.com/wiki/NicoNicoDouga/utaitehttps://utaite.fandom.com/wiki/Utaite/vocaloidhttps://vocaloid.fandom.com/wiki/VocaloidWiki phase. Leaving Touhou MADshttps://knowyourmeme.com/memes/mad and Gachimuchihttps://knowyourmeme.com/memes/people/billyherringtongachimuchi as a future topic of discussion the effect of vocaloid is bizarre if you think about it. Scene: Youre in middleschool and somehow find yourself enjoying flash animation/MMD videos of some bluehaired anime girl with no semblance of English anywhere But its probably weirder not to enjoy the Hatsune Miku rabbithole than to. Though I myself didnt warm up to this voice synthesizer genre initially my initial impression concluding it nothing more than an instance of uncanny valleyhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncannyvalley. Something like this I guess?https://www..com/watch?v=rLyAwdCOmI But the real shtick with vocaloid isnt exactly the music itself but its universal creativity. From one voice synthesizer application spawned a hotchpotch of talented producershttps://vocaloid.fandom.com/wiki/Producer with unique styles MVs with varying themes and emotional tones a cast of other vocaloid and even fanmade vocaloid characters a multimedia projecthttps://kagerouproject.fandom.com/wiki/KagerouProject the massive otaku culture birthed from this genrethis bluehaired girl rather drew up a monstrous storm in the online sphere and its aftermath is still present as ever. 520https://c.tenor.com/Q2aA1wWjlXkAAAAd/getrealfridaynightfunkin.gif Newbies and veteran fans alike a first glance at MitchieM is enough to sniff out his exemplary manipulation and tuning of Mikus voice with tender realism. While vocaloid may conjure the uncanny valley image I mentioned earlier MitchieM disregards it with minute care in giving Miku humanlike quality in her short breaths of pauses and a warm timbre that eases up the synthesizer nature of it all. I recommend checking out a few songs off his The Greatest Idolhttps://open.spotify.com/album/6vcfg5AQ5Yu31SnUHWVkLV album to get the gist. Though I tend to levitate towards poprock and metalcore producers like Jinhttps://vocadb.net/Ar/552 and Yuyoyuppehttps://vocadb.net/Ar/6 Chinese water torture wouldnt be able to make me claim that MitchieMs dancepop isnt overly contagious and catchy. And COVID19 would have met its match had Viva Happy been a tangible pandemic. Other than Po pi po that is https://www..com/watch?v=mco3UX9SqDA Its a baribari tune Baribari a Japanese onomatopoeia roughly translating along the lines of working hard and being active Viva Happy establishes itself as a cheerup chant. It may come off a bit factious with its goofy character animation and Mikus moe adlibs always following the rather sullen lyrics addressing those sad and down and alone at the moment but rather than stewing in downcast it attempts to communicate to the audience to brush off their troubles and look where the grass is greener. Common Sense is a slang that adults use As if the bright colors and flashy visuals didnt make it clear Viva Happy sells itself to a younger audience. As the lyrics suggest perhaps those troubled by tense interpersonal matters comparisons to others and lethargic sense of self. Though this all could just as easily apply to said adults as well. The main Miku model acts as a loose audience selfinsert with the video following her clutzy tripsandfalls and her mediations consisting of her cheerful dancing and other Miku models reassuring her. Well I dont mean this all to sound like an exceptionally written societal critique foisted inside the epileptic visual bubble that Viva Happy is. Every night I cry and talk to myself I wouldnt exactly refute someone whod voice that Viva Happy is a denpahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denpasong song with how nonsensical the lyrics can be accompanied by its deliriously catchy tune. Though the song seems to be an intent to address the audiences worries it simultaneously feels like Mikus own problems hidden under that agenda. Then again I did claim that the main Miku acts as a selfinsert so its not outrageously inconsistent with the narrative. I suppose Viva Happy is Miku projecting her own problems onto the audience and assuring both herself and us that itll all be alright with some selflovin. Of course Viva Happy wouldnt be Viva Happy without its congenial visuals done by cort. Carrying flamboyant kinetic color palettes and typography that put Studio SHAFT to shame and warrant a preliminary epilepsy trigger warning the entire video is wellsuited to MitchieMs just as colorful magnus opus and its pice de rsistance is corts meritorious dance animation. At a time where janky character animation and MMD models were still a common sight Viva Happy was one of the astonishing exceptions with its finerthanwine sillierthangeese dance choreography almost on the same plane as the Hare Hare Yukaihttps://www..com/watch?v=x2iKC0C32g. The remainder of the MMD features moderately less kinetic animation with Mikus clutzy antics with colorful transitions background colors and framing acting as occasional stagehands to give them a boost. Despite the silliness of the MMD it doesnt take away from the impressive effort put in both Mikus realistic tuning and kinetic animation. Hachune Mikuhttps://knowyourmeme.com/memes/hachunemiku FTW https://i.ur.com/85OeULf.mp4 You know MitchieM isnt my alltime favorite producer I consider myself more a devotee of the Gumihttps://vocaloid.fandom.com/wiki/GUMI sector and I classify myself more as someone being nostalgic about vocaloid rather than a hardcore vocaloid fan but that doesnt deny Viva Happy of being one hell of an MMD. All in all this was a surprisingly entertaining way to pass the time during my inbetween class break.