Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-53539-20180531232550/@comment-30158224-20180601175553

So, i have said something like this before, but i think Korea doesn't really need Vocaloid because of the amount of idols. Like, why have a blank slate that can't interact with you, unless you yourself make that slate interact wit you (in which case you're interacting with yourself), in comparassion to an actual person that you can share feeeling with (in a way), no matter if the attidute that person portrairs is real or not?

Not only that but i think Korea has a stronger drama and reality culture than Japan, which gives it much more variety in entertainment. Not only that but, their idol culture is blooming and is much more interesting that Japan's, in my opinon (note that that doesn't mean it's great).

A teens dream/ideal jod would be an actor or an idol (and then there are idol actors that both act and perform), not "oh i wish i could do music in a way i can enjoy it , i know, i'll drop some of my money on this cute girl so that she can sing for me forever." or "i wish my music got some attention, i know, i'll get this Vocaloid thing that people like." which seem to be some of the reasons some producers got into producing Vocaloid music.

In short the recent Hallyus (Korean waves) are helping Korea get attention from the west, in fact some of the top 10 social artists are K-Pop idols, and because their entertainment has actual humans and not animated school girls they really don't have a need for anything like a Vocaloid. You could say that a vitrual artist and and an idol aren't any different, besides the obvious fact that one actually exists, but the thing is an idol has an personality and their songs don't change their personality or relationships with other idols.

As for Miku, "we" are pretty much blinded by "the #1 Princess in the world".... in all honesty i'm glad that, not just a small team of people, but a big part of the Chinese fandom realised that Miku isn't always good, which is more true than it should be, in my opinion.

Yeah, K-Pop kind of destroyed me, haha ^^;