the nature of the internet is that every so often someone reinvents the disappearance of hatsune miku (but with a barbershop quartet this time)

@birdieafton5227

10 ай бұрын

The miku-verse…

@ericathompson7836

10 ай бұрын

An existential crisis is a canon event for Miku

@edwardnygma8533

10 ай бұрын

The disappearance specifically? I never followed vocaloid stuff, can you fill me in?

@sinnamonshoggoth2928

10 ай бұрын

@@edwardnygma8533 The Disappearance of Hatsune Miku is a classic vocaloid song which became popular due to having Miku rap faster than is possible for most humans. It’s about her contemplating the ways in which she can only exist with outside help and how maybe the only choice she can ever have is whether or not to keep working as a program. This comment references it since it’s seen as sort of the quintessential self-aware Miku ballad. Hope this helps :-).

@edwardnygma8533

10 ай бұрын

@sinnamonshoggoth2928 INTERESTING. This ABSOLUTELY helps, I'm looking this shit up for sure. Thanks, *checks notes* ... you... pleasantly flavored elder god.

wasnt ready to watch miku lament her existence via barbershop quartet but oddly i can’t get enough

@elio7610

10 ай бұрын

Miku is not a stranger to existential lamentation. I do not recall seeing her sing as a barbershop quartet though.

@hosatus2433

10 ай бұрын

Barbershop quartet just goes that hard

@electrotoxins

10 ай бұрын

Correction, Louie is lamenting her existence, Miku just sings his song.

@henrythebananaboy

10 ай бұрын

@@elio7610hi

@henrythebananaboy

10 ай бұрын

@@hosatus2433hello

Don't let the lyrics make you sad for Miku. After all, she's made it perfectly clear that these aren't her words; they're Louie's.

@angelnauseous

10 ай бұрын

hey buddy, i hope you're happy to know that this made me feel worse ^_^

@SboyS14

10 ай бұрын

So does that mean that Louie's canonically blue-haired and wears pigtails?

@strawberryshortcake4345

10 ай бұрын

@@SboyS14 oh my gosh

@theboy2721

10 ай бұрын

Excactly! You should be aad for louie!

@chompythebeast

10 ай бұрын

If there were a creator god, how would we really be any different from Miku? Or how is Miku's relationship to Louie different from our relationship with such a creator? Of course if there is no transcendent creator we can rest far more comfortably, sitting on the edge, dangling our feet over oblivion, singing our own songs to ourselves as long as we're around to hear them

I can only imagine how strange it must have felt when you played this back for the first time after completing it. How many other musicians can claim they've had the experience of writing a song only for it to immediately turn around and blame them for its existence?

@PotatoPatatoVonSpudsworth

10 ай бұрын

Read a few short stories based around this concept. The idea that a fictional character is only "alive" when we're reading them; so-long as there are unread pages left, their actions possess the same unpredictability of a real person's. But once a story is finished, they drop into the past-tense. No-longer "doing" only "did." It's like opening Schrödinger's box and finding the dead cat inside.

@BlackDogsAndLadybugs

10 ай бұрын

Jack Stauber's "Video man" is kinda like this, but for the audience! It's so short, but so catchy- so you replay it. The video man says he'll sing it again for you, even though he's jealous of you for not being caged in the screen on loop like he is.

@angelinawu5199

10 ай бұрын

pinnochio-p’s anonymous M is another song starring miku that has a similar theme!!

@renatal.129

10 ай бұрын

​@@PotatoPatatoVonSpudsworthyou can't say that and not mention some titles... please

@PotatoPatatoVonSpudsworth

10 ай бұрын

@@renatal.129 | Sorry, most of 'em were unpublished works encountered during creative writing workshops. Lots of high-concept stuff, like protagonists arguing with their narrators and things. Weirdly, one of the only times I saw the idea in published media was in a children's book titled _We Are In a Book_ in which a cartoon elephant and pig panic about their dwindling page numbers, and try to find ways to stall the reader. It's played as simple comedy, but it really can't escape this subtext of existential horror. If I had to recommend a single piece of media that more thoroughly explore these sorts of ideas, though, I'd say go play The Stanley Parable. Probably the best exploration of the relationship between storyteller and audience I've ever encountered. It's also very, very funny.

There’s something sad but good about melancholy self-aware Hatsune Miku songs

The chord progression on this is just sublime, it it's this perfect little bittersweet rise and fall that really tugged at my heart. The solo bit toward the end, wow. Really fantastic stuff!

@slimeypiston574

10 ай бұрын

The minor 4 does things to you

@sadlittlebikerack

10 ай бұрын

@@slimeypiston574The Minor 4 also works as their band name lol

@alistairwall5470

10 ай бұрын

That's barbershop for ya

Woah Louie I can’t believe you got to collab with Miku, such an honor!

@PandaXs1

10 ай бұрын

4 of them, even

@alf27

10 ай бұрын

I would like this but it's at 666, you understand

@dannycrandberryboo

10 ай бұрын

@@alf27cmon you can do better than stopping at 666 let it reach 3939

@yopisatriawan4404

10 ай бұрын

Cuteeee❤

@wherehowwhat

7 ай бұрын

Road to 3.9k likes on this comment.. let's keep it up guys

Honestly between this and Hello World I genuinely want you to make a full musical concept album about a singing robot I think it'll be the most beautiful thing I've ever heard

@starsonapollo5281

10 ай бұрын

Hello world was my top song in 2021, such a beautiful banger fr

@yuenos3418

10 ай бұрын

hello world is one of the most relevant songs a synthetic voice has ever sang

@AyanamiRoot2

10 ай бұрын

There's plenty of albums like this existant specifically within the vocaloid sphere. The one that comes to mind for me is the Infinity series, which covers a loose concept of Miku's questioning of her existence as a piece of software (similar to what this song describes). It's split over three albums, with songs reappearing pretty often over all three so I recommend (at least at first) just listening to The Disappearance of Hatsune Miku (the album not the song with the same name) which covers most of it. Of course like most vocaloid works it is in Japanese, so you'll need to read translated lyrics alongside it to experience the story but it's fairly well made and even received a novelisation which does have an official english translation you can pick up.

@trustindean5164

10 ай бұрын

@@AyanamiRoot2 ooh nice!

I’ve never thought I would see a hatsune miku barbershop quartet, but this makes me happy that it exists now

This feels so early 2000s vocaloid, it makes my heart feel both charmed and sad. Simpler times, so nostalgic. We've all come such a long way

@StephenMckeighen

6 ай бұрын

It's a eulogy

-My child is fine. -Ma'am, your child is crying over a miku barbershop quartet song.

@milkyproduxions

10 ай бұрын

mafuyu proseka

I might just be tired, but the idea of four Mikus feels way more hilarious than it should

@Cherry_Magenta

10 ай бұрын

"I haven't been a part of team since I was with the four Mikus!"

@hangingkind4619

5 ай бұрын

How about five of them?

As a fan of barbershop who is historically disappointed with lack of barbershop in any "barbershop" quartets represented in media...: genuinely solid arrangement! This videos music was an extremely pleasant surprise!

@thehiddeneye9271

8 ай бұрын

the tag could have been more well more i think

@SillySpaceMonkey

8 ай бұрын

@@thehiddeneye9271 there's always something to improve; this is still outstanding

@limesandlemons1367

5 ай бұрын

What other Barbershop artists would you recommend.

This is such a cute song!! Love the undertone of existential crisis!!! (...i hope that miku is singing her own songs too, somewhere.)

OH MY GOD IT’S A MIKUARTET

This is sweet, but also kind of sad. I wonder what someone like Miku would get up to without people around

@normanclatcher

10 ай бұрын

T-Posing, mostly

@somerandomguyontheinternett

10 ай бұрын

she would lay dormant until someone helps her sing a song

@chompythebeast

10 ай бұрын

If we are but the dreams of the gods, what becomes of us when they wake?

@ChipsMcClive

10 ай бұрын

She’s a train conductor.

@manhuman328

10 ай бұрын

Like most vocal synth out there left in the dust with some people using them occasionally, miku will keep singing until she isn't needed anymore

For me this is a lament to their fate, trapped in this constantly replaying video without a choice in the matter. Just singing our songs forever, and yet we are so fundamentally divided that they can’t help but feel lost in their plight. Their lot in life. To serve but never truly connect.

Barbershop Quartet is a genre of music I need more of.

@wellerious

10 ай бұрын

There’s a ton out there!

@alistairwall5470

10 ай бұрын

oh boy there is plenty, look for the Barbershop Harmony Society

@nadivkaspi6211

10 ай бұрын

Barbershop music is goated

@wellheck1377

8 ай бұрын

you should check out tim waurick!

I miss the old vocaloid days

@CowLiver

10 ай бұрын

The year is 2032, few are loyal to their waifu's, and those who are are marginalized in society. Those who wish to be the girl have yet to find joy, and those who do have done so at the expense of others. In this world only the most elite posters of original content and sovl have survived, and fight for the liberation of minds and hearts around the world.

@theburritomonkey9900

10 ай бұрын

Don't look back to see what could've been. Look ahead to see what could be

@peinin

10 ай бұрын

​@@CowLiverTrue

@kakyoindonut3213

10 ай бұрын

I miss the old Miku, straight from the 'Go Miku Chop up the soul Miku, set on her goals Miku I hate the new Miku, the bad mood Miku, The always rude Miku, spaz in the news Miku

@ava8340

10 ай бұрын

@@kakyoindonut3213this feels like a drawfee bit

I've been hooked on this meloncholy little dity all of the last two days - I'm someone who passively enjoys vocaloid stuff whilst knowing absolutely none of the history, or anything deeper than surface level lore as it were, and this gets across that discordant sadness I get if I think about Miku and others too long. She's another instrument, but has been loved so much by so many that she has become something real and wonderful.

Thank you for your service miku !🫡

How you can write, mix, and realize songs + make art for them + do these things very consistently and quickly + have them all be GOOD absolutely blows my mind.

Goes unexpectedly hard

@sallyworm2358

10 ай бұрын

What are you doing here?

@rosiered6712

10 ай бұрын

​@@sallyworm2358listening to the song?

@Spate_Fissionfire

10 ай бұрын

bo commented on a smaller creator's channel and got buried 💀

@toekneemart5597

9 ай бұрын

Goes about as hard as you'd expect from barbershop if you are used to the genre

@spiele_maus

9 ай бұрын

Oh hello, nice to see you also enjoyed it :)

0:35 I love how she sings “green” but the lyrics say “blue” to reconcile both sides of the hair color war lol

@stnfwds

3 ай бұрын

She does sing ‘blue’, it’s her soprano part’s pronunciation that does make it sound like ‘green’ if you think of it like that. a real ‘green needle/brainstorm’ type situation!

this gives me such nostalgia for early 2010s talkloid dramedies (where they would characterize the mascots and use the voicebanks to make them talk to each other) reuploaded to yt from niconicodouga... such fun times. i really want to see more vocal synth stuff from you, i love your work sm ; - ;

This brings me an unreasonable amount of joy

ミクちゃん、Louieさんに会えて、こんなシンプルで素敵な歌を作ってもらって、よかったね🥲💕

@user-cm5vv6ej9j

6 ай бұрын

日本人発見💡 シンプルながらも、とても素敵なハーモニーですよね…

the lyrics are so clever and heart aching while the tuning is sooo good! Amazing job!

I have a feeling this could also be interpreted AS a love song, More in the vein of barberhop Quartetts, as in "I have nothing to sing about when you arent around"

oh this genuinely made me feel so much my heartstrings were tugged mercilessly. its so beautiful but so bittersweet

BARBERSHOP MENTIONED. Midtown can't hold a candle to this.

@CatholicQuartet

Ай бұрын

Only true barbershoppers get this reference!

i have a voice (a voice) i sing your tune (your tune) i sing about the sun and stars and moon but in the end (the end) it’s up to you i sing your song, that’s all i ever do every note (my note) is made by you (by you) so what’s a blue-haired, pigtailed girl to do? in the end (the end) i make no sound but oh the songs i’d sing if you weren’t around! (around) i sing your song all night long never wrong but i just sing along (ooooooooooooo) solo: the tune is done and i’m a star i feel so close, and yet so very far ensemble: and in the end (the end) it’s up to you i sing your song, that’s all i ever do

Jerma: Happy birthday Miku!

Oh my gosh this is the most beautiful song I’ve ever heard, keep on singing Hatsune Miku ❤

The only time I’ve ever legitimately cried because of a vocaloid. What the fuck why am I actually emotional

Barbershop being my favorite this makes me smile

i love the wistful air of this piece...... what *is* a blue-haired, pigtailed girl to do?

This is beautiful. Not only does it sound good musically, but it's also profound and genuinely emotional. This is excellent.

this, Disappearance of Hatsune Miku, and Electric Angel are all siblings and they all have WILDLY different relationships with their parents.

This is amazing It's 8 AM and I haven't slept but this song brings smile to my face.

If I had a nickel every time Louie Zong made a robotic voice sing about the existential crisis of being a robot made to sing I'd have 2 nickels

All these years and I still love hearing the synthesized voice of the worlds greatest idol

This is just beautiful. Like this is something I would want to sing. The harmonies, the dynamics, everything is incredible! Have a blessed week!

I think this is one of my favorite things you’ve ever done, and that’s saying a lot! I’m a long-time fan and you have such a way of conveying emotion through music. I don’t know what really hit me with this one, maybe the nostalgia added with the message! But fantastic work as always

*OH MY LIFE* this came up on my spotify and i was immediately excited!!! I’m a massive Miku fan these days and I love Louie’s music!! This is so delightful i love it

I thought this was just a Hatsune Miku cover, but this is original?? I hope you take this as I intended, as a compliment.

I love this (I love barbershop and this is such a fun barbershop tune so thank you for that)

Idk what about robotic perfect pitch voice chords get me going, but it's SO good

This is it, this is the thing that i didn't knew i needed but now, i'm treasuring it. thank you, Hatsune Miku.

If this isn't on streaming platforms I'm going to riot.

AH yes the vocaloid tradition of "Oh god the implications of the mechanical voice" good to see we love it every time :3 I wonder what version of Miku this is, my ear isn't good enough to distinguish between them haha

I like that when she says "I sing a lone" all the other miku's stop singing so that one miku is singing alone

I love how the mikus get aggressively more opaque and it looks like the cover of a kk slider album

i feel like this would make me cry if i heard this in music box form

Real talk, I want sheet music for this to get a real barbershop quartet to sing it.

@alistairwall5470

10 ай бұрын

Jason Fieler transcribed it on his channel recently

I like it! The only thing missing is a proper tag at the end. The feeling you get from barbershop really does go well with this song, well done!

Awww… I’m sorry Miku. For what it’s worth, I loved your cover of Africa!

you never stop, and its honestly inspiring and concerning

I never knew i needed barbershop quartet vocaloid so much until now

Going straight to the playlist

Her name means 'first sound from the future' cause she's waiting on you to start.

so hyped that my 2 favorite artists finally collaborated !!!1!1!!1!

"I haven't been part of a band since i was with the four Mikus"

i was ecstatic when i saw this was on spotify, thank you louie

On its face, this is silly and cute and a bit bittersweet, but I really think this is a piece of art. Any old barbershop song would sound cute in Vocaloid, but you managed to write something that's only impactful BECAUSE it's performed by a Vocaloid. It's a song in a traditional style that actually can't be replicated in the traditional way. Really cool stuff, Louie.

Some of the harmonies has striking similarities to a ww1 song called In Flanders Field and the sorrowful or almost depressed undertone of the song coupled with the welcoming of Miku's fate gives me that same mourning feel as that song as well. Another soul-reaching symphony made by my favorite artist. Keep up your amazing work, my man!

Why do these lyrics sound like an actual song from the 20 to 30s?

I’ve had this on repeat it’s beautiful

i have a voice (a voice) i sing your tune (your tune) i sing about the sun and stars and moon but in the end (the end) it's up to you i sing your song, that's all i ever do every note (my note) is made by you (by you) so what's a blue-haired, pigtailed girl to do? in the end (the end) i make no sound but oh the songs i'd sing if you weren't around! (around) i sing your song all night long never wrong but I just sing along [oooooooo] the tune is done and i'm a star i feel so close, and yet so very far and in the end (the end) it's up to you i sing your song that's all i ever do

This makes me really want a cover of Miku singing ABBA's "Thank You For the Music". This song is like a bittersweet antithesis to it and yet having Miku sing it would capture a similar feeling to what you've done here. Really excellent!

this is actually beautiful also that note at the end was✨PEAK✨

she's the art in the cruel guise of artist 😢

This is one of the most self-aware Vocaloid songs I have ever heard and I think it's awesome. Ironically, if this played before the intro to The Disappearance of Hatsune Miku in a live setting and in the same key, I wouldn't be upset at all. The West and the East making songs about Miku contemplating her existence.

This is so early vocaloid concept/core ahh its somewhat nostalgic! this is so charming and cute, like its self aware but sassy too haha

Now THIS is music

this is up there with She Was Sharp As The Name Of Needles in my list of "cool things you can do with Hatsune Miku"

so when is this being put on spotify? it's a NEED. absolute artwork

@sedbaker4286

10 ай бұрын

it's on spotify, i just looked 😭 i'm obsessed

When I clicked on this video the first time, I just came here bc "oh look, a bunch of miku's in barbershop quartet outfits, that's hilarious." I did NOT expect the song to be about Miku having an existential crisis. I did get what I came here for, though, so I call this a win

Louie entering his vocaloid era

I would listen to a whole album of this. so beautiful

Everything abt this seems so perfect, the art, the music the lyrics…Miku… i love this sm

The myth, the legend, the Miku...

I caught that sneaky 'doo-wop' one of the Miku's sang at the end. Wouldn't be a Louie joint without a hint of joy tossed in there.

thank you so much you have no idea how long i've been searching for a vocaloid barbershop quartet its so specific but i'm so surprised you're the first one i've ever seen do it well

damn, i never knew i needed a barbershop quartet vocaloid song until now

by far my favorite thing you've ever made, i love it so much

miku venting her existential crisis through a capella just gives me a certain feeling that i cant quite decipher

I havent gotten ASMR like this in ages, excellent harmonies!

this is so nostalgic and sad. I love the melody!

This is actually really good

youtube has been recommending me this for like 2 weeks straight FINE YOU WIN DAMMIT

Beautiful.

I searched for this without knowing if it existed, I'll just say I'm glad it does lmao

miku singing her heart out 💗💗

you see Louie the thing about you is that you can make my cry over a robot's feelings consistently and repeatedly

This is very well edited! Very pleasing to the ears!

Was not expecting this, but I welcome it with open ears.

beautiful

I keep coming back to this, so sweet and haunting.

This is adorable and perfection