Vocaloid — JROCK NEWS

Interview with the creator of Hatsune Miku, Hiroyuki Itoh

11 March 2019

The virtual idol Hatsune Miku recently held her first European tour back in December 2018. We took this opportunity to speak with the man behind this fantastic phenomena, Hiroyuki Itoh (伊藤博之), CEO of Crypton Fu...

Report: Hatsune Miku’s sold-out show in London captivates massive crowd!

NBT

5 March 2019

Reviews, Vocaloid

Back in December 2018, Miku Expo took place in Europe for the first time ever and was held in three locations: Paris, France; Cologne, Germany; and London, U.K. We at JROCK NEWS were lucky to attend the mesmeri...

WagakkiBand’s “Senbonzakura” hits 100 million views

NBT

2 March 2019

Doujin, Music Video, Vocaloid

Today, the eight-piece unit WagakkiBand finally hit their 100 million views milestone on the music video, Senbonzakura (Thousand Cherry Blossoms)! The video was uploaded five years ago on YouTube, in 2014, and ...

Hatsune Miku to perform live in Europe 2018!

NBT

6 May 2018

Tour, Vocaloid

For the first time ever, Hatsune Miku will finally make her appearance for live concerts in Europe! The announcement revealed Hatsune Miku's three destinations for December 2018, among them we find Paris, Franc...

KAMIJO teases album “Sang” with audio previews and more

Nexus

14 March 2018

Releases, Videos, Vocaloid

As the release date of Sang approaches, KAMIJO treats us to an audio preview of the songs from the upcoming album. It will be released on March 21, coming in three impressive editions. It releases the same day ...

KAMIJO and Moi-même-Moitié collaborate with Hatsune Miku

Nexus

18 January 2018

Releases, Vocaloid

Lovers of Vocaloid and visual kei alike, rejoice! KAMIJO (Versailles Philharmonic Quintet) and Mana (Moi dix Mois) are both collaborating with the Vocaloid idol Hatsune Miku for a two-week-long event Hatsune Mi...

Utsu-P promises the heaviest, most violent, and loudest Vocaloid album to date with “GALAPAGOS”!

NBT

5 August 2017

Doujin, Releases, Vocaloid

Music producer Utsu-P is switching gears back to some Vocaloid work after being quite active with his other band THE OHAYOGAZAIMAS. GALAPAGOS, the new fifth upcoming Vocaloid album Utsu-P is bringing through hi...

Lycaon’s former drummer Eve collaborates with Yuuki in the remastered “Gekkai Midarebotan”

NBT

11 February 2016

Doujin, Music Video, Vocaloid

Former members of Lycaon are back together for the collaboration Gekkai Midarebotan! A song with a metal-wagakki nature to it.

The New Vocaloid “ONE” Sounds Just Like a Real Human!

NBT

22 August 2015

Music Video, Releases, Vocaloid

Some insanely realistic synthetic vocals was recently showed off in the new music video pygmalion, a song composed by the vocaloid producer out of survice (no, that's not a typo). The song features vocals provi...

Wagakki Band Reveals Stunning New Music Video “Akatsukino Ito”!

NBT

1 August 2015

Anime, Music Video, News, Releases, Videos, Vocaloid

Wagakki Band surprises us with a new stunning looking music video "Akatsukino Ito"! (more…)...

Gero Released a New Album Called “Zero”

NBT

10 July 2015

Doujin, Releases, Vocaloid

Third album release from the utaite Gero has recently been released which surprisingly is called "Zero". After previously naming his first album "one", and his second album "SECOND", why isn't his third album n...

WagakkiBand Announces Second Album “Yasou Emaki”

NBT

19 June 2015

Anime, Releases, Vocaloid

WagakkiBand has finally announced their second full length album, to be titled "Yasou Emaki". This will be the band's first full length album to include originally composed work! To make the release even more s...

NBT 2014: Top Albums & Singles

NBT

29 December 2014

News, Vocaloid

Like our staff member Shmilly I would also like to round off the year by looking back at the releases from the precious year of 2014. I will however keep it short and dense compiling down everything into one s...

hide – Co GAL (short ver.)

NBT

9 December 2014

Music Video, News, Videos, Vocaloid

In our last post on hide we revealed his latest music video "Co GAL" in somewhat terrible quality, but now we're greeted with the official releases of the music video, although only a short version. The SHM CD ...