Background[]
"ray" is a song by Japanese rock band BUMP OF CHICKEN. It was released in two versions; the first, solely featuring the band, was uploaded to YouTube on March 6, 2014. The band had used new approaches when developing the song's lyrics, melody and arrangement, and in an effort to present the song in a more unconventional and progressive way than usual; thus, six days later, an alternate version of the song featuring Hatsune Miku was released. It reached one million views within three days.
Crypton Future Media, Inc. created the system for filming and recording the song PV, and also built a new 3D model of Miku, titled the 14 Model. The music video was filmed in real time, without any CG added during post-production. Prior to the release of the song and PV, Crypton uploaded a making-of video to its HatsuneMiku channel. A second behind-the-scenes video was released on March 13.
Atsunori Toshi (A4A), the video director, had previously worked on Miku's footage for the VOCALOID opera "The End", in addition to a collaboration between Hatsune Miku and Louis Vuitton. Miku's tuning was carried out by kz, a veteran Vocaloid producer. kz has become infamous among some fan circles because of his heavy reliance on autotune and his general lack of tuning skills, but he was likely chosen for the project because he and Bump of Chicken are signed to the same label, Toy's Factory.
Documentary videos[]
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| Producers | Crypton Future Media
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| Categories | Documentary |
| Producers | Crypton Future Media
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| Categories | Documentary |
Succeeding Versions[]
| Featuring | Motoo Fujiwara
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| Producers | Bump of Chicken
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| Categories | human version |
| Description | A version of the song without Miku
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| Featuring | Hatsune Miku
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| Producers | Kz (livetune)
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| Categories | remix |
| Description | The last track of kz's album 「と」
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| Producers | Kisumi Reika, Tsukigami Hiyu, chloe, Hirakawa Moe, Ushitani Kotone (motion actor)
SOLID CUBE (motion capture) SEGA, Colorful Palette, Crypton Future Media, Inc. |
| Categories | Human Cover; Piapro Studio Cover; Original MV; In-game Content |
| Description | Featured in the game Project SEKAI Colorful Stage! feat. Hatsune Miku.
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| Featuring | Leo/need: Hatsune Miku, Hoshino Ichika (CV: Noguchi Ruriko)
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| Producers | sakinoji (illust), Ikumi (video)
SEGA, Colorful Palette, Crypton Future Media, Inc. |
| Categories | Human Cover; Piapro Studio Cover; Original MV; In-game Content |
| Description | Featured in the game Project SEKAI Colorful Stage! feat. Hatsune Miku. The full-length 2DMV was uploaded on October 12th, 2021.
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Lyrics[]
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| Japanese (日本語歌詞) | Romaji (ローマ字) |
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| お別れしたのはもっと | owakare shita nowa motto |
| 前の事だったような | maeno koto datta youna |
| 新しい光は封じ込めて | kanashii hikari wa fuuji komete |
| 踵磨り減らしたんだ | kakato suri herashitan da |
| uwo-oh | |
| 君といた時は見えた | kimi to ita tokiwa mieta |
| 今は見えなくなった | imawa mienaku natta |
| 透明な彗星をボンヤリと | toomeina suisei wo bon'yari to |
| でもそれだけ探している | demo sore dake sagashite iru |
| しょっちゅう唄を歌ったよ | shocchu uta wo utatta yo |
| その時だけのメロディーを | sono toki dake no merodii wo |
| 寂しくなんか無かったよ | sabishiku nanka katta yo |
| ちゃんと寂しくなれたから | chanto sabishiku nareta kara |
| yeah | |
| いつまでどこまでなんて | itsumade dokomade nante |
| 正常か異常かなんて | seijo ka ijo ka nante |
| 考える暇も無いほど | kangaeru hima mo nai hodo |
| 歩くのは大変だ | arukuno wa taihen da |
| 悲しいほうがずっと良いよ | kanashii houga zutto iiyo |
| 誤魔化して笑ってくよ | gomakashite waratteku yo |
| 大丈夫だあの痛みは | daijobu da ano itami wa |
| 忘れたって消えやしない | wasuretatte kie ya shinai |
| 理想で作った道を | risou de tsukutta michi o |
| 現実が塗り替えてくよ | genjitsu ga nuri kaeteku yo |
| 思い出はその奇跡の上で | omoide wa sono kiseki no ue de |
| 輝きになって残ってる | kagayaki ni natte nokotteru |
| uwo-oh | |
| お別れしたのはなんで | owakare shita no wa nande |
| 何の為だったんだろな | nan no tame dattan darou na |
| 悲しい光が僕の影を | kanashii hikari ga boku no kage o |
| 前に長く伸ばしてる | mae ni nagaku no bashiteru |
| 時々熱が出るよ | tokidoki netsu ga deru yo |
| 時間あるとき眠るよ | jikan ga aru toki nemuru yo |
| 夢だと分かるその中で | yume da to wakaru sono naka de |
| 君と会ってからまた行こう | kimi to atte kara matta ikou |
| yeah | |
| 晴天とは程遠い | seiten to wa hodo tooi |
| 終わらない暗闇にも | owaranai kurayami ni mo |
| 星を思い浮かべたなら | hoshi o omoi yukabeta nara |
| すぐ銀河の中だ | sugu ginga no naka da |
| あまり泣かなくなっても | amari naka naku natte mo |
| 靴を新しくしても | kutsu o atariku shite mo |
| 大丈夫だあの痛みは | daijoubu da ano itami wa |
| 忘れたって消えやしない | wasuretatte kie ya shinai |
| 伝えたかったことがきっと | tsutaetakatta koto ga kitto |
| あったんだろうな | attan darou na |
| 恐らくありきたりなんだろうけど | osoraku arikitari nandarou kedo |
| こんなにも… | konna nimo |
| お別れした事は | owakare shita koto wa |
| 出会った事と繋がっている | deatta koto to tsunagatte iru |
| あの透明な彗星は | ano toumeina suisei wa |
| 透明だから無くならない | toumei dakara nakunaranai |
| 丸バツ三角どれかなんて | maru batsu sankaku doreka nante |
| 皆と比べてどうかなんて | minna to kurabete douka nante |
| 確かめる間もないほど | tashikameru ma mo nai hodo |
| 生きるのは最高だ | ikiru no wa saikou da |
| あまり泣かなくなっても | amari nakanaku natte mo |
| 誤魔化して笑ってくよ | gowakashite waratteku yo |
| 大丈夫だあの痛みは | daijoubu da ano itami wa |
| 忘れたって消えやしない | wasuretatte kie ya shinai |
| 大丈夫だこの光の | daijoubu da kono hikari no |
| 始まりには… | hajimari ni wa… |
| 君がいる | kimi ga iru |
Derivatives[]
| Featuring | Johnny Saito, Sayaka, Migiwa Takezawa
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| Producers | Goose house
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| Categories | Human Cover, Arrangement |
| Featuring | |
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| Producers | Nobusawa Osamu (illust), Natsume Senshuu (mixing), yksb [KAZE Lab] (video), Kurumi Moyo (instrumentals)
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| Categories | Human Cover |
| Producers | 63maou
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| Categories | Arrangement |
Gallery[]
Other media appearances[]
Concerts[]
- The original version of this song is featured in the BUMP OF CHICKEN WILLPOLIS 2014 tour concert.
- A version of this song, similar to the original version, featuring only Miku's vocals was featured in the Hatsune Miku Magical Mirai 2016 concert.
Video games[]
This song is featured in Project SEKAI COLORFUL STAGE! feat. Hatsune Miku (Virtual singer version by Hatsune Miku; SEKAI version by Leo/need and Hatsune Miku).
External links[]
Official[]
Official song pageArchived official version (2014-3-26)- MaouScore - Sheet music
- iTunes JP
- Tokyo Girls Update - Android Diva "Hatsune Miku" Joins Popular Rock Band "BUMP OF CHICKEN"
- Crypton Future Media - News release