honestly? mostly a lot of assorted vocaloid songs... making music's been frustrating for me lately, but it at least has rekindled my love of trawling youtube for this stuff.

i'll link some below! not all of these are strictly vocaloid, but i use it here as an umbrella term.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HPJ7eUvU4o maiki p does it again with this one!!! miku sounds so interesting and cute here... her design is really sexy in the MV, and kind of reminds me of dmitri. i managed to find a translation of the song, too, and the lyrics are brutal! maiki p actually did a version of this with their real voice, but i prefer miku's vocals.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F38EuG2dAyM this one's so cute and strange and funny. i've really loved watching the aesthetics of the genre evolve over the years. i love the interjections of various samples, and how everything is mixed... so thwump-y! i have no idea what the lyrics mean--google translate and deepL were both largely unhelpful--but i could listen to this all day.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chSjybsg9UY this one is zundamon, so technically not vocaloid. but i found the MV's visuals irresistible, everything looks like it'd taste like sherbet. and the song itself is so aggressively adorable... it's like it's bludgeoning me over the head with how cute it is... T__T

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Or5lCqWyYE8 another zundamon. this one is just... insane, in every sense of the word. i love how her outfit is constantly falling off her shoulders, for normal reasons, but the visual/audio gags are also incredibly fun. i can't get this chorus out of my head, it's addictive! and the bit halfway through, where her voice distorts is... well. i think it's sexy. LOL

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2y6t8q3GCLs finally... another not-vocaloid song. i'm really digging this artist's works! but i especially adore this MV, it's highly inspired. the comparative accessibility of synthesized vocals can result in some absolutely stunning and inventive work, and this is no exception.

i'm always grateful for opportunities to talk about the things i like. thanks! ^^