They’re beautiful and they express so many things. However, fans such as AishaSZ on YouTube have a different opinion and an interesting perspective about the message of the piece.ĪishaSZ comments, “I love this song for the mere lyrics. As I previously mentioned, many feel disgusted reading the lyrics of the song and are too disturbed to listen to it again. Its name is “I’m Sorry, I’m Sorry,” and as you can guess, it is a very controversial piece. One of Kikuo’s songs follows the story of a young girl who is sexually abused by her father. Some feel that his songs are simply just disgusting and nauseating, while others argue that Kikuo is shedding light on certain sickening yet real topics that are rarely discussed in public. The lyrics of his songs discuss dark and sensitive topics ranging from loneliness to abuse, which some of his listeners can relate to. Kikuo’s style of music is generally described as creepy and unsettling. However, as soon as you take a look at what Hatsune Miku has to say, the music is a far stretch from what you probably expected. So, what is so special about Kikuo’s music? Without reading the English translation of the lyrics (for those that don’t understand Japanese), his songs may seem like upbeat Japanese pop music that’s fun to dance to. As you can guess, all of his songs are in Japanese, but if you take a look at one of his music videos on YouTube, English subtitles are available for western listeners to read. Not much is known about the artist himself, other than the fact that he is a Japanese male.

Kikuo makes music primarily on Vocaloid and mostly uses Japanese virtual pop idol Hatsune Miku’s voice for his songs. If you aren’t that great at singing but want to create a song, or if you want to use a celebrity’s voice for your song, Vocaloid is a program that you could use. It’s essentially using a person’s words from a recording to make music with certain syllables and added tones. The program uses synthesizing technology to combine the recorded vocals with the inputted lyrics and tunes, creating new and unique songs. However, I discovered that he doesn’t use his own voice for his music he uses Vocaloid, a singing voice synthesizer software that allows users to create lyrics and melodies with recorded vocals of a real person, who are generally singers or voice actors. Listening to his music for the first time, I assumed he was a woman because his songs use female vocals.

His unique style and lyrics quickly caught my attention, and I realized that I came across a music genre unlike anything I had heard before it’s similar to Japanese pop, but underneath the bright and cheery vocals lies a dark and twisted undertone that gives listeners chills.

I didn’t know anything about this artist either until about three months ago when I stumbled upon his music on YouTube. For many of you, Kikuo is most likely a musician you have never heard of before.

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