#ia yukari duet

[mimiso-soup]

Because the song was released today, I need to talk about one of my favourite Vocaloid duet ever. If my friends don't associate me with this song, then I'm clearly doing something wrong. /hj

The song? 'Ice breaker' by NejishikiP featuring Yuzuki Yukari & IA, which is now 5 years old!!

Gonna be rambling a lot, so more under the cut! It's going to mostly be about my feelings towards the song itself and my personal interpretation of its meaning! It's stupidly long because there's just so many things I love about this song so sorry in advance dfgfnhfg

Firstly, my feelings towards 'Ice breaker' overall!

While this wasn't my first Nejishiki song I listened to, after finding his channel, I quickly became invested in Nejishiki's music for a number of 5 things:

Nejishiki mainly uses Yuzuki Yukari, one of my favourite Vocal Synths of all time.

He also uses IA, another Vocal Synth I love.

His songs are mainly composed on the jazzier side, specifically jazz fusion and electro swing. I heavily lean towards jazz music, which, combined with Yukari, is meant for jazz music, this means automatic interest for me.

When it comes to duets, he often uses YukaIA. I am a huge YukaIA shipper.

One of his main themes in his music is yuri. And I fucking love yuri.

And before anyone tries to prove me wrong about Nejishiki shipping YukaIA, I need you all to know that this is in the description in English.

I'm not musically talented to really talk about the musical aspects of the song. But just listening to it, there's something that just sounds like "desire", which I feel fits the song well.

Secondly, my personal interpretation of the song.

I don't know any Japanese and I have to heavily rely on translations (the ones on Youtube and the one on the Wiki are somewhat different, but I'll be referencing to both). I also tend to miss notable details in the MV (which is a shame because I really enjoy Danjou Sora's MVs), so there might be a lot of things that I could be missing about the song's meaning. (As I'm writing this, I'm going back and forth between typing and watching the MV.)

How I see this song, I always knew that YukaIA love each other here. But it's not exactly what's considered a "typical" romantic relationship. From they are portrayed in the song, they seem to have a "friends with benefits" type of relationship where they only see each other for. Specific reasons. But with the lyrics, it feels like that they want more than that. They want to actually be together and date without just being together for sex.

The title seems to add to that. An 'ice breaker' is often referred to a thing where people do activities (play games, starting a conversation, etc) so it can "break the tension" between people. It is also a drink. In the song, it seems to refer to the drink with the Wiki translated line of 'Your tears fall into the glass and become a bittersweet cocktail of sorrow' but I think it refers to both. It feels that YukaIA haven't exactly "broken the ice" between them and with the lines 'when will we see each other again? weeping and crying', they only see each other for one purpose.

One of my favourite details in the MV is the line 'mousou wa kumo no ito' at 1:24 and 3:34, which roughly translates to 'delusion is a spiderweb'. In those moments, a thin thread snaps as if to say "the thin thread holding onto reality is broken easily".

I'm not the best as these kinds of things, so I could be wrong about these things. If anyone has any interpretations about the song, please let me know!

Overall, please, please, please listen to the original! It just recently reached a million views last year (and last year, I listened to this song at least 100 times a day to help get it there /hj), it's criminally underated. There are so many human covers that are more popular than it, and while human vocals aren't bad (I listen to utaites as much as I listen to Vocal Synth music on a daily basis!) It's the kind of song where there will be hundreds of covers, but the original itself isn't popular. And as someone who cherishes the original, it's quite saddening. So please, listen to this song as many times possible today!

Sorry, this is such a messy rambling that I wish was more organized and more well written. I have so many feelings for this song and I'm not the best with these kinds of things. (maybe I'll clean this up in the future fdgfndbg)

[red-dyed-sarumane]

yukari songs...

MATA SETSUNAI SEKAI WO IKIRU'S SATSUGAI....... BELOVED. i love the softness of yukari and the whole concept of killing going beyond just the murder u might immediately think of & i love the train crossing bells & pretty noises & whatevers in the background in some parts that (to me) is reminiscent of dragging a rubber eraser across a desk really fast, but tasteful & musically. also holy shit does yukari go High Pitch in places. love it. (also. just for u. this produced almost exclusively uses yukari & has a wide style range i recommend checking out their other works if u have time)

idk how to choose a fave from sheeno mirin so i'll just go with osint. maybe its cheating since its not Just yukari but she has her solo part & i like & thats what matters.

also really like ika musume hunter's rentica. yukari ia duet..... the songs sweet & the art is SO cute what more do i need.

and seleP's story teller. its neat & fun. to me.

[kafus]

hrmmm le vocaloid ask game... let's go with yukari

LET'S GOOO i wanted to talk about yukari

this isn't related to the ask but i wanted to say i own yukari's hoodie in real life. it's not the highest quality but i got it when i was 14 and it's a precious article of clothing for me. somehow despite being 23 now i still fit in it. i had to talk about this before i started talking about yukari i'm sorry. i can't find a picture of it rn and it's downstairs and i don't wanna get up but let it be knownJSDFKSFD ANYWAYS

favorite song: i died to someone's song/誰かの歌で僕が死ぬ by 36g! it is not the most polished vocaloid song, far from it, and it's rough around the edges but i got really attached to it when i was younger and for some reason it's just never left me. i love its roughness and awkwardness in full (honorable mention to cruel and pure by nejishiki because i am all about that mirror image shit babey!! and dueting two different software voicebanks of the same character is so cool)

ships: this sounds random but hear me out. flower. but specifically flower talk. why you may ask, do i ship flower talk and yukari (the vocaloid). WELL. there's this artist i used to be OBSESSED with (they dont draw vsynth that much anymore but their new art is still great!) and they drew this image of yukari and flower talk and that's it. sold immediately. i have never looked back i would die for them. this image still makes me so emotional FUCK AHHHSDFJfsdk

in childhood i shipped yukari with IA and mayu (sometimes as a poly, sometimes separately) and i still really like those ships too :]

favorite part of design: i genuinely think yukari (her original vocaloid design) has like. one of the best designs out of any vsynth period. there's just something about her man it's so good. obvious choice but my fav part is the hoodie. love the ears lmao

random headcanon: yukari doesn't smile often to the point where it's like. a privilege to have yukari smile around you. she's insecure about it and just naturally doesn't smile often in the first place so if she smiles at something you say or do, she probably really trusts you and is in a Really good mood

[hypsynth-ceo]

Profile: Inner-Outer Space

Group Name: Inner-Outer Space

Division: Shibuya

Color: Pink

Symbol: Currently Undecided

Hand Sign: Currently Undecided

Group Songs Playlist

Duets Playlist

Leader: IA

Stage Name: FIRST BREATH

Summon: IA × Guitar magazine Electric Guitar (likely based on the Edwards E-FV-LTD)

Lyric Ability: Currently Undecided

Quote: "The real world is much smaller than the imaginary." - The Dawn of Day, Friedrich Nietzsche

Voice Provider: LIA

Company: 1st PLACE Co., Ltd.

Release Date: January 27

Western Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Age: 16

Height: 155cm (5'1)

Second Member: SF-A2 miki

Stage Name: St4r-Ch1ld

Summon: Currently Undecided

Lyric Ability: Currently Undecided

Quote: "The optimist sees the doughnut, the pessimist sees the hole." - Oscar Wilde

Voice Provider: Miki Furukawa

Company: HEARTFAST

Release Date: December 4

Western Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Age: Unknown

Height: Unknown

Third Member: Yukari Yuzuki

Stage Name: Tune Rabbit

Summon: Currently Undecided

Lyric Ability: Currently Undecided

Quote: "A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives." - Jackie Robinson

Voice Provider: Chihiro Ishiguro

Company: Vocalomakets

Release Date: December 22

Western Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Age: 18

Height: 159cm (5'3)

[spacecelery]

merps replied to your post: HEY WAIT LUKA AND IA IS SUCH A GOOD DUET WHAT THE...

in the similar way IA and Yukari are good together

thats cause theyre married

[chulacabra]

What are 10 things you'd like to fix in your favorite video games?

In Project Diva X I’d very much like to remove the fact that modules and gifts are random drops because that fucking sucks and I hate it.

In DRv3 I’d tone down the murders and executions so they aren’t stupid gorey

In DRv3 I’d want the plot and some of the characters improved

In DRv3 I’d remove the character Tsumugi Shirogane

In Future Tone I would own the game and be able to play it

In Project Mirai I’d change the song selection a bit because it’s really mediocre overall

in the Project Diva/Future Tone series I’d love to see Yuzuki Yukari duets in them like Gumi gets, but I think we’d get IA before we’d get Yukari. :’c (Though Yukari would be after IA I think)

In Harvest Moon/Story of Seasons I’d like  better attention span so I could actually get through more than one year in the game

In Rune Factory WE’D GET A RUNE FACTORY 5

In Code:Realize Van Helsing would be a more compelling character

[voca-song-a-day]

Today's featured song is: "Unknown Unknowns" by Team Kamiuta feat. Yuzuki Yukari & IA! (cw: nudity, and video contains flashing imagery)

[voca-song-a-day]

Today's featured song is: "Noble Rose" by Nejishiki feat. Yuzuki Yukari & IA!

[voca-song-a-day]

Last year, I did a little end of the year recap of what the most featured Vocaloids and Producers on this blog were, and so here's one for this past year, too!

Since the last one was the first ever one I did, I just posted the overall numbers for this blog; this time, I'll be doing a top 10 Vocaloids and list of all producers with 3+ songs featured for 2024 specifically, and then you can check under the read more to see an update of the all time rankings for all vocal synths, and the 15 overall most featured producers on this blog so far (including ties).

Here are the lists for 2024, counting all songs posted from Jan 1 2024 through yesterday (December 31st)!

(The number next to each name is how many songs I posted featuring them in 2024, including solos, duets, group songs, etc)

(2024) PRODUCERS:

CircusP- 7

Madoi, Nejishiki, Niru Kajitsu, Inabakumori- 5

Mothy, Sasakureuk, Kikuo- 4

GHOST, Hynome, Iyowa, John, KIRA, KurageP, MachigeritaP, Nem, Niki, nyanyannyan, PinocchioP, r-906, Re:nG, Shigotoshite, SLAVE VVR, UtsuP- 3

(2024) VOCAL SYNTHS:

Hatsune Miku- 99

KAITO- 32

Flower- 31

GUMI- 26

Kagamine Rin- 20

Megurine Luka- 16

Kasane Teto- 15

IA- 14

Kaai Yuki- 12

Otomachi Una, Kagamine Len- 11

And the overall numbers for this blog so far:

(ALL TIME) TOP 15 PRODUCERS:

A name in bold indicates that producer moved up at least one spot from where they were on the top 15 list in 2023

A name in italics indicates the producer is new to the top 15 in 2024 (i.e. was not in the top 15 by the end of 2023)

The numbers next to each name (+#) are the amount of songs they were featured in on this blog in 2024, the numbers at the end of the row are the overall total number of featured songs

CircusP (+7)- 32

PinocchioP (+3)- 30

DECO*27 (+2)- 23

40meterP (+1)- 21

GigaP (+1)- 19

Neru (+1), Hitoshizuku & Yama (+2)- 18

Rerulili (+1), Niki (+3)- 16

MikitoP (+1), Re:nG (+3)- 15

GHOST (+3), KIRA (+3), KurageP (+3)- 13

Nayutalien (+0), MachigeritaP (+3), Mothy (+4), Sasakureuk (+4)- 12

*Luna (+1), MARETU (+1), UtsuP (+3), Kikuo (+4), Nejishiki (+5), Niru Kajitsu (+5)- 11

JesusP (+0), HoneyWorks (+0), Kairiki Bear (+1), Jin (+1), OSTER Project (+1), PeperonP (+2), EZFG (+2)- 10

HachiojiP (+0)- 9

EmpathP (+0), Reol (+0), Mitchie M (+0), Hachi (+0), MASA (+1), Hiiragi Kirai (+1), q*left (+1), UtataP & Tory Hitsuji (+1), Kanaria (+1), Kemu (+1), Otetsu (+2), YurryCanon (+2), Inabakumori (+5)- 8

Tohma (+0), WhiteFlame (+0), Matsubi (+1), Last Note (+1), NatsuP (+1), CosMo (+2), KEI (+2), Shu-tP (+2), Nem (+3), nyanyannya (+3)- 7

(ALL TIME) VOCAL SYNTHS:

A name in bold indicates that vocal synth moved up at least one spot from where they were on the overall list in 2023

A name in italics indicates the singer is new to the list in 2024 (i.e. had not been featured at all yet by the end of 2023)

The numbers next to each name (+#) are the amount of songs they were featured in on this blog in 2024 (singers new to the list do not have this number, as it will usually be whatever overall number they are featured next to), the numbers at the end of the row are the overall total number of featured songs

Hatsune Miku (+99)- 487

Kagamine Rin (+20)- 165

GUMI (+26)- 162

Kagamine Len (+11)- 131

KAITO (+32)- 101

Flower (+31)- 95

Megurine Luka (+16)- 83

IA (+14)- 75

MEIKO (+10)- 44

Yuzuki Yukari (+5)- 26

Kamui Gakupo (+3), Otomachi Una (+11)- 25

MAYU (+2), Kaai Yuki (+12)- 21

Luo Tianyi (+1), Fukase (+3)- 19

Lily (+3)- 16

Kasane Teto- 15

VY2 (+2), Meika Hime (+3), MAIKA (+3)- 14

SeeU (+3)- 13

Nekomura Iroha (+2), Meika Mikoto (+4)- 12

UNI (+3), KAFU*- 11

Xin Hua (+1), Oliver (+1), Xingchen (+2), Aoki Lapis (+4)- 10

VY1 (+1), Dex (+2), YANHE (+2)- 9

Yuezheng Ling (+1), Yohioloid (+2), SF-A2 Miki (+3)- 8

Rana (+1), Sonika (+1), Kizuna Akari (+2)- 7

Utatane Piko (+1), Merli (+1), Miriam (+1), Hiyama Kiyoteru (+4)- 6

Tone Rion (+1), Cyber Diva (+1), Galaco (+1), Kokone (+1), Lumi (+1), Yuezheng Longya (+1), Koharu Rikka- 5

CUL (+0), Daina (+0), Kyo (+0), Haruno Sora (+1), Anon (+1), Kanon (+1), Clara (+1), Macne Nana (+1), Ruby (+1), Sweet Ann (+1), Yuu (+1), Yumemi Nemu (+1), Zhiyu Moke (+1), Adachi Rei, SEKAI- 4

Mew (+0), Mo Qingxian (+0), Prima (+0), Wil (+0), Chika (+1), Tohoku Zunko (+1), Zundamon, Yamine Renri*- 3

ARSLOID (+0), Leon (+0), Lola (+0), Mirai Komachi (+0), Sachiko (+0), Bruno (+1), Haiyi, ONE*- 2

Azuki (+0), Cyber Songman (+0), Gachapoid (+0), Tonio (+0), Asane Ema, Po-uta, Utane Uta, Gekiyaku, COKO, Tsurumaki Maki, Chis-A, Shikoku Metan, HARU, Hanakuma Chifuyu, Saki, Eleanor Forte, KIRUNE, RIME, Makimiya Fuuki**,HAM**- 1

*2024 was the first year that I featured non-Vocaloid specific solos, but a few non-Vocaloid vsynths appeared in duets or group numbers previously, so their 2024-specific numbers are: KAFU (+9 this year, 11 total), Yamine Renri (+2 this year, 3 total), ONE (+1 this year, 2 total)

**Ham and Makimiya Fuuki didn't appear in any songs posted in 2024, but did appear on duets in a previous year, and were not included on the list until now due to being non-Vocaloid synths

[voca-song-a-day]

Hey everyone! So recently I've been going back through my posts in order to make a better ordered list for myself of what songs I've already featured, and because of that, I also started putting together some information about what Vocaloids and Producers have been featured on this blog the most so far! It was fun putting this together, so I figured I'd post the information as a little end-of-the year style thing!

Some of the exact numbers may be sliiiightly off, but they should be pretty close. And the numbers here are up to date through the song posted today (December 31st).

I'm hoping to start doing this as an annual thing, with updates to the rankings at the end of the year.

Also: as a quick secondary update- I have decided that this blog will start to feature songs using vocal synths of any kind, not just Vocaloid-specific songs. I still intend for Vocaloid characters to make up the majority of songs featured here (and I currently have a long queue lined up that still has only Vocaloids in it), but I will start to add other synths into the mix, and song suggestions are now open for solos featuring non-Vocaloid synths!

Anyway, without further ado: the rankings!

VOCALOIDS

By Vocaloid Name: # of songs they're featured in

(note that this isn't just counting number of solos- it also includes duets, trios, and group songs that that Vocaloid shares with others)

The 15 most featured are in bold!

Hatsune Miku: 388

Kagamine Rin: 145

GUMI: 136

Kagamine Len: 120

KAITO: 69

Megurine Luka: 67

Flower: 64

IA: 61

Meiko: 34

Kamui Gakupo: 22

Yuzuki Yukari: 21

MAYU: 19

Luo Tianyi: 18

Fukase: 16

Otomachi Una: 14

Lily: 13

VY2: 12

Meika Hime, MAIKA: 11

Nekomura Iroha, SeeU: 10

Kaai Yuki, Xin Hua, Oliver: 9 

Meika Mikoto, UNI, VY1, Xingchen/Stardust: 8 

DEX, YANHE, Yuezheng Ling: 7

Aoki Lapis, Rana, Sonika, Yohioloid: 6

Utatane Piko, Merli, Avanna, Kizuna Akari, Miriam, SF-A2 Miki: 5

Tone Rion, CUL, Cyber Diva, DAINA, Galaco, Kokone, Lumi, Kyo, Yuezheng Longya: 4

Haruno Sora, Anon, Kanon, Clara, Macne Nana, Mew, Mo Qingxian, Prima, Ruby, Sweet Ann, Wil, Yuu, Yumemi Nemu, Zhiyu Moke: 3

Hiyama Kiyoteru, ARSLOID, Leon, Lola, Chika, Mirai Komachi, Sachiko, Tohoku Zunko: 2

Azuki, Bruno, Cyber Songman, Gachapoid, Tonio: 1

PRODUCERS

Also by name: # of songs by them featured

(there's a LOT of producers with only one or two songs featured, so I've shorted this list to just the top 15, including ties)

PinocchioP: 27

CircusP: 25

DECO*27: 21

40meterP: 20

GigaP: 18

Neru: 17

Hitoshizuku & Yama: 16

Rerulili: 15

MikitoP: 14

Niki: 13

Nayutalien, Re:nG: 12

JesusP, GHOST, *Luna, KIRA, MARETU, KurageP, HoneyWorks: 10

Kairiki Bear, Jin, HachiojiP, MachigeritaP, OSTER Project: 9

Sasakureuk, UtsuP, PeperonP, EmpathP, EZFG, Reol, Mitchie M, Hachi, Mothy: 8

Hiiragi Kirai, Tohma, q*left, UtataP & Tory Hitsuji, Kikuo, WhiteFlame, Kanaria, Kemu: 7

[voca-song-a-day]

Today’s featured song is: “Aria Dirge of the World” by Kyoton-P feat. IA and Yuzuki Yukari!