Oh hey it's actually Friday this ti- I mean it's always been Friday never missed a week ~don't look at my post history~
For this one I'd like to mention again that these songs are chosen by shuffling my big unorganized youtube playlist and picking the first 5 that come up, which can cause some emotional whiplash (especially today)(and because last time someone thanked me for curating the list, which I did not).
1: Siinamota - Toriaezu Anataga Inakunarumaeni (TW: suicide)
I really like it, but I like every one of his songs so that doesn't mean much. This one's from his post mortem album "故に。". This album has quite a few songs where he sings himself, and although I haven't looked up the meaning of the lyrics yet, the name of the album implies that its songs are about the reasons for his suicide. For this song specifically, the transition from Miku's voice to his own seems to me like he's finally found his voice in the form of a suicide note, like the only way he could truly express himself was through death, which paints an incredibly depressive picture.
2: Amala - Daidaidaidaidaikirai
I honestly don't like most SynthV (and other AI-) Voicebanks because I think they have too much emotion in their standard tuning which causes them to often not quite fit the song they're in (not rarely because the producer simply got lazy with their tuning upon encountering a voicebank that sounds natural without any work (looking at you Kiichi. His old songs at least had vibes with the default vocaloid tuning sounding inhuman and mysterious, but his latest album just sounds bad in my opinion. \rant) and often sound significantly different from the original (not in this case, Teto still sounds like Teto), but Amala did an incredibly good job tuning both Teto and Miku for this song, especially in the refrain. This is not a genre I listen to often so I don't really have much to say besides that I really like the melody and the animation for the MV is amazing, so good job to Amala and Kurayami Mayoi (animator).
I think Neru is the master of making Vocarock with "stupid" but also relatable lyrics (although he also has a decent amount of more serious songs). Not much else to say here; A lot of his songs are similar to this and there's nothing I can think of that makes this one stand out among the rest, which is all very good.
I had a phase a few months ago where I really liked his songs but I don't know if I listened to them too much or if my taste just changed since them but nowadays I find them a bit boring. They all kind of follow the same formula, which may sound similar to what I said about Neru, but I think it's worse with Harumakigohan. His tuning is also pretty polarizing since it's pretty high pitched and nasal (just pulling the gender factor all the way down in the editor), and he has stated before that he focuses more on the narrative and the visuals than the music in his songs which may also be a factor in this. I still like his MVs though
5: syudou - Bitter Choco Decoration
Love this one. I don't know why, but low-pitched monotonous Miku always piques my interest, and combined with syudou's complex instrumentals it just always makes for a great song. I think my brain's empty for today because I really can't think of anything more to say about it, so I'll leave it at that before I start writing bullshit again.
See you next Friday! ~(surely I'll be able to keep my schedule twice in a row, right?)~
