Music #4

For the VIRTUAL music movement, I chose Hatsune Miku because she's a virtual star or a digital avatar, but technically she's a vocal synthesizer called a Vocaloid, developed by a Japanese software company Crypton Future Media. The character appears as a 16 year-old girl with pig tails and her name translates as "the first sound of the future" which might let people believe she will lead to revolution in the music industry. Also, Miku performs live songs that was created by a thriving global community, with tens of thousands of songs featuring her voice uploaded since 2007. Slightly, she's a representation of the evolution of digital music technology, crowdsourcing, and creative collaboration. Being a virtual star, she can do amazing things that her counterparts can't do, like exploding in a shower of light.

Also, here a video link of Hatsun Miku doing a live performance at Lady Gaga's Artpop Ball concert. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKRTKs2U1f0