The song that they perform is called “Nechusho No!No!” feat. Hatsune Miku and MEIKO, produced by Mitchie M! In the music video, they teach viewers about heat strokes and how to avoid them during the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics as part of the beyond 2020 program. They even do so in the fashion of News 39, something we haven’t seen in more than four years!
— Mitchie M@ ใใฅใผใขใซใใ 11/6็บๅฃฒ๏ผ (@_MitchieM) January 24, 2020
Miku and MEIKO are also joined by VTubers YuNi,Fuji Aoi, and Mirai Akari for the news interview portions. What may surprise some viewers is that Ichika Hoshino from the band Leo/need in Project SEKAI Colorful Stage! feat. Hatsune Miku appears in the video, too! Below, you can see a tweet from the official Project SEKAI twitter account pointing out that very fact!
The Chinese doujin group known as ่ๅฎ ๅนปๆณ / Mรฉngzhรกi Huร nxiวng has announced new VOCALOID-related products in the works. Revealed products so far include new albums and keychains for Medium 5 singer Stardust, the whole Vsinger cast, and even the Piapro characters, as well as pleasant surprises like Zhanyin Lorra!
Album FM40.4
The first major product to come from ่ๅฎ ๅนปๆณ will be the Stardust compilation album known as “FM40.4,” releasing on March 30, 2020. Quadimension previously teased the existence of the upcoming CD by publishing a certain Weibo post of a Stardust pin, featuring a brand new design for the starry vocalist. After several days of waiting, we can finally take a look at the finished project!
Finally, there is another album being called ็พไธ่ฑ็ / Bวiwร n Huฤ Wรกng (King of One Million Flowers) in the works. Little is known about it besides the following illustration, which is a striking one indeed.
In the video, there are also eight works of gorgeous fan art that were uploaded on POPPRO, where they were then selected to be included in the video. And the best thing is, it’s not only Miku who’s there, but the whole gang of Piapro characters are there to greet us!
But there’s way more! About halfway through the video, a POPPRO gift box is revealed for the first time! Here’s what’s inside:
Hatsune Miku Red Envelops bearing ๅๅคQYS3’s design.
Hatsune Miku Cheers Cups
Hatsune Miku Coasters
It’s been mentioned in this post on the official POPPRO Weibo that this gift box will soon be released on Miku’s TMALL page. Stay tuned for more info on this!
And as for the rest of the video, we’re treated to the sight of fans expressing their love for Miku through their comments and hopes for the new year! We hope everyone enjoys watching!
— Mitchie M@ ใใฅใผใขใซใใ 11/6็บๅฃฒ๏ผ (@_MitchieM) January 22, 2020
“At the Bilibili New Year’s Celebration on January 24, my new song ไนฐไนฐไนฐ (mai mai mai) will be played! ๅ ้ใตใใฆ / Kasoku Sato‘s 3D Hatsune Miku model will be featured in the music video, sporting a futuristic Chinese style outfit, and director Tatsuro Ogata will be giving us another super high-quality spectacle to enjoy! Look forward to it!! ^^”
The song title ไนฐไนฐไนฐ (mai mai mai) means “buy buy buy” in Chinese, and suggests excited and aggressive shopping. Michie M’s official blog suggests that the song will have a shopping theme to it.
January 24, 2020 is right on Chinese New Year’s eve, and that is when the annual Bilibili New Year’s Celebration will be streamed live online with Michie M’s new song being part of the lineup! Furthermore, the music video director, Tatsuro Ogata, is no stranger to working with the famed VOCALOID producer, making the videos for several of Mitchie M’s songs like Birthday Song for Miku and ใถใใชใใขใคใง / Burenai Ai de. Mitchie M sings high praises for Ogata and Kasoku Sato’s works, and promises that their latest project together will deliver another high-quality video!
Below, you can see Ogata’s own tweets about the project.
“On Friday at 7:30 pm during a livestream of Bilibili’s largest video festival, Mitchie M’s new song ไนฐไนฐไนฐ will be revealed! I was given the honor of making its music video. You can see a bit of it in this teaser video. Look forward to it!”
“This will be the first video in five and a half years featuring Michie M @_MitchieM‘s song, Kasoku Miku @ksk_st, and my @llcheesell music video work since ใใถใใชใใขใคใง / Burenai Ai deใ…“
“The Bilibili New Year’s Celebration coincides with Chinese New Year and is watched by tons of people, so I’m excited to see its debut, too๐๐”
“Also, I aimed to create this video with a very different ‘gap’ from the norm, so I hope everyone looks forward to seeing that as well. Thanks to the hard work of everyone on the team, we were able to bring that vision to life…๐“
“The video is set to air at 7:30 pm on the 24th at the Bilibili New Year’s Celebration! They’ll be revealing lots of other original video works and fan videos one after the other~“
— Mitchie M@ ใใฅใผใขใซใใ 11/6็บๅฃฒ๏ผ (@_MitchieM) January 22, 2020
“My personal first impression from watching this music video, featuring a Miku absolutely brimming with a futuristic vibe, was ‘Now THIS is the Miku that I wanted to see!'”
Very exciting news! We can’t wait to watch it either come this Friday, January 24! The show will begin at 7:30 pm (CST) and you can expect ไนฐไนฐไนฐ to be shown sometime between 8:50 and 9:10 PM!
On January 27, 2020, the special livestream celebrating IA’s 8th anniversary and ONE’s 5th anniversary will be aired on the IA & ONE Official Broadcast channel!
They will also be presenting the DJ DANTZ remix of Conqueror, the 2020 anniversary song, the hot topics of 2020, and much more! Look forward to a full overview!
The livestream is now over, but here are some pics of what Chihiro Ishiguro revealed for Yuzuki Yukari Mฮผ! Please note that all of these are still under development and are subject to change.
New T-shirt reward in the crowdfunding campaign, designed by LESS Kitayama
New design for Yuzuki Yukari Mฮผ, being called “Mฮผ White”
Yuzuki Yukari Mฮผ’s 3D model
Yuzuki Yukari’s voice provider, Chihiro Ishiguro, has been extremely active lately. Ever since starting CHIHILAB! and the very successful Yuzuki Yukari Mฮผ project, she has been guest collaborating with many projects like #C.O.M.P.A.S.S., PC Koubou and more! She has also been interacting with her fans through Twitter a lot, giving them tweet and retweet challenges for the chance to receive prizes from her!
We at VocaSphere even took part in one recent New Year’s challenge, visiting the Kanda Shrine to snap and tweet a picture of the Yuzuki Yukari Mฮผ ema that she hung there to win some CHIHILAB! stickers and photos!
For those who are wondering, the whole ’17 years old’ shtick is referring to how she lives her life, not her age, something that she learned from Kikuko Inoue!
— ็ณ้ปๅๅฐ@ใใใญใผใบ๐น๐งช (@chihiro_ishi) January 21, 2020
๐ธANNOUNCEMENT๐ธ
During my birthday livestream on January 25 at 8pm, I’ll be doing something I’ve always wanted to do! Maybe some of you probably already know…? I’ll be playing C.O.M.P.A.S.S.!!(หoฬถฬถฬทแดoฬถฬถฬท`)๐
Everyone, prepare your monitors! Furthermore, there’s be a lucky bag drawing๐ธ and new info on#็ตๆใใใMฮผ!
— ็ณ้ปๅๅฐ@ใใใญใผใบ๐น๐งช (@chihiro_ishi) January 6, 2020
And in yet another tweet in which she reveals the second stretch goal for the Yuzuki Yukari Mฮผ crowdfunder, Ishiguro-san teases the possibility of revealing the new outfit design for Yukari Mฮผ!
With all the Snow Miku excitement going on, one mustn’t forget about Rabbit Yukine and his own collaboration projects! Announced recently was the Rabbit Yukine Presents Happy Belly Journal (ใฉใใใใปใฆใญใpresentsๅนธใๆบ่ น็ด่ก / Rabbit Yukine presents Shiawase Manpuku Kikou) campaign in which you can get exclusive stickers of Snow Miku’s pet bunny by dining or shopping at participating restaurants and stores!
— ใฉใใใใๅ ฌๅผใใฆใญใ (@rabbityukine) January 16, 2020
Collaboration Period
February 4 through February 29
โปStickers available only while supplies last
Participating Locations
The following restaurants and shops will be carrying their own respective Yukine sticker that you can get by simply dining in and then saying “Yukine sutikkaa kudasai (ใฆใญใในใใใซใผใใ ใใ)” to the cashier when it comes time to pay.
Stickers that have had their designs revealed are shown below.
The Sapporo Snow Festival is drawing closer and closer and that means more and more Snow Miku 2020 goods and events! Here’s a compilation of the recent announcements from companies collaborating with Snow Miku 2020.
Seven different pedometers will be available this time around: One featuring the official Snow Miku 2020 artwork and the other six featuring the Snow Miku 2020 sub-visual by ใชใบ /Rizu.
The voiced scale is also making a comeback this year so if you missed it last time, be sure to grab it this time around. You can find voice samples and more information on the scale here (website is in Japanese).
You’ll also be able to find one of Hokkaido’s favorite drinks adorned with Miku as well as their mascot, Ribbon-chan, wearing Snow Miku’s original outfit!
More Information
For more information, be sure to check out the official goods list on the Snow Miku 2020 website. And as always, be sure to stay tuned to VocaSphere for more Snow Miku news!
Luo Tianyi has announced another new collaboration with Whisper health and beauty for the year 2020! Check out the new outfit design by TID for the collab!
On Whisper’s official Bilibili channel, there is now a video that features Tianyi and four other ladies who are serving as delegates of the Whisper collaboration.
Scroll down to the below pictured section where you can enter your wish for the year 2020 by clicking on the left side where it says “ไธๅๅ ฅๆฌง.” A Bilibili account is required, which you can register for here.
And from among the streaming comments, the delegates will be choosing one whose author will receive special Whisper x Bilibili collaboration prizes! You can visit the page every day until January 24 for a chance to enter the prize drawing.
The CCTV New Year’s Gala 2020 will air on January 23 at 7:30 PM (CST) on CCTV-3 and CCTV-1! Be sure to also keep an eye on the CCTV YouTube channel for a possible upload!
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