What Happened at Miku Expo 2024

My first Miku Concert! Discussing Miku Expo 2024; the controversies, the screen, as well as my personal experience with the DC showing (and seeing my BFF in concert)
MUSIC BY Jake ▶ ‪@StephyTheYTber‬

[@Roflfox]

OMG the art with the little Miku ball I love it 😭😭😭💙💙 I'm so glad you had a great time, Miku Expo has been one of my fav things to look forward to since my first show in NYC and I'm SO glad it's back. And uh, sorry about the crowd hahaha, I was not expecting such an overwhelming response (I would not have survived if my friend wasn't there to help lmao), this whole community is so wonderful and kind and that's why I love it so much 💙

[@itzamedee]

Me and my friends spotted you from afar and were instantly mesmerized, I hope you got to relax after having a celebrity moment at the event and also were able to have fun!! :D

[@Zorai99]

@@Roflfox oh there you are

[@DrawnByDragonfly]

I saw you there too!! In the parking lot lol the suit was amazing. Thanks for the sticker!!!

[@Roflfox]

@@DrawnByDragonfly Thank you and you're welcome! 💙

[@Roflfox]

@@Zorai99 miku miku

[@ghostbiiie]

1:02 hatsune miku is NOT the first vocaloid! the first vocaloids were actually leon and lola, released in 2004, 3 years before miku was released!

[@Neptunespitbarsfrfr.]

i think she knows but i think she meant that as like she’s the first one to come into your mind when you think about vocaloids if yk what I mean

[@TsaqiifSharma2012]

Can't forget about KAITO and -MEIKO- that wine-addicted mommy figure.

[@Neptunespitbarsfrfr.]

@@TsaqiifSharma2012 so real

[@RandomNoob12346]

@@TsaqiifSharma2012KAITO is my son, trust.

[@wonderloid]

@@RandomNoob12346nuh uh kaito is fuugas son

[@CyberNoop]

$50 says miku was hiding inside of the fursuit

[@00-anonymous-00]

LMAO

[@user-xjdh183]

hello random verified person

[@sandycanfield1773]

Cybernoop! I love your videos! I’m subbed :D

[@nxghtfxlljace]

Eyyyy!!! It's Cyber Noop :3

[@Little_Aiden_egg]

Y.E.S

[@uchicken_]

"daughter of evil series" *absolutely explodes*

[@kaialuvss]

*cutely loses head*

[@TheRedGhost_]

​@@kaialuvss Allen-core

[@ItzEliixX]

*sets headphone and speakers at max volume*

[@kamishirodaze]

daughter chronicles 😔

[@OkamiLyra]

The rage hearing that put into me, man.

[@Sargentsnakeeyes]

Having spider man at a hatsune miku concert would be a genius marketing strategy

[@moistxmg]

Lol

[@animehair05silently88]

you can have! spider-miku!

[@Skillpion]

Miku has become real!

[@Gamersquirrelpro]

This s vid should have got over 1 mil views

[@theveryreal.GH0ST3D]

you're so underrated- the animation in this is so cool, how are you not more popular? :0 Also with miku expo 2024 she is coming to Australia, hope she is freed from the screen by then, regardless i would still be willing to sell organs to go.

[@Scarameowdanyan]

I really hope they go all out with it as it’s her first ever concert in australia

[@AngelicKitsunehehe]

I might be buying tickets to the Australia Miku Expo 2024! I hope I get to go!

[@yuki13977]

definitely hope so!! i have tickets to it

[@Thebutterflydancer]

Nope! The Chances of that happen is 90% bc crypon in a Interview saied that they are going to contiue with the led screen to the europe Austria and new Zealand tour.

[@sparrowhawkstation]

The first released VOCALOIDs would be LEON and LOLA , Miku is seventh ; good job on video

[@dr.ducttape2161]

Came to comment this

[@Hinata_11037]

@@dr.ducttape2161 Same :( I also wanted to comment when she said "daughter of evil series" *cries in evilious chronicles*

[@theanonymousme6015]

​​@Hinata_11037 Evillious Chronicles is THE series that gets misunderstood especially pride arc 😭🙏

[@Hinata_11037]

@@theanonymousme6015 REAL

[@Doggie-wl5et]

And teto isn't a vocaloid, she's a UTAU

[@jobersi10]

Underrated channel onggg. Hope you become the next “JadenAnimations” channel. So good art and editing!! :3

[@k1ttip4wz]

6:41 not the miku pigeon😭😭😭✋

[@Mikawesley]

"Poor guy, he had zero rizz" made me laugh really hard

[@DrawnByDragonfly]

I was at the DC show!! This was my 2nd Miku Concert as i went to Miku Expo in 2018 in DC too. I was in the Ribbon Girl Miku cosplay and my best friend was dressed as Kaito. I handed out pins of my art! Such a great video about vocaloid, ive been a fan for 9+ years and it this does the experience justice. We loved the concert so much!!!

[@fmeraz37]

After witnessing a true hologram concert in both Miku Expo 2016 and 2018, you'd never wanna go back. Trust me, you guys got absolutely bamboozled out of a magical experience with that LED tv switcharoo. But if you ever get the chance to go to one, I highly suggest getting a seat or standing room as centered as possible when it comes to the viewing angle. Even better if it's a center-balcony seat.

[@paradoxzee6834]

I went only this year and I totally feel bamboozled. You can totally see where the screen ends, yes they tried to hide it with lights and fog but it didn't end. Also people who were in the back told they could not see it well. I waited 10 years to be on a Miku concert, I bought the ticket in the first few mins it went on sale, and to cheap out like that was a disappointment.

[@fmeraz37]

@paradoxzee6834 Yeah holographic Miku looks so much more fluid and better in person. Even KZbin videos of recorded hologram concerts don't do it justice since it becomes "flattened" due to the lacking depth perceptic experience of actually viewing it with two eyeballs. Plus with a hologram, the light is being continuously projected onto the glass by multiple moving, flowing cones of beams, as opposed to a TV screen that's like... a flat sheet of unmoving diodes.. 60fps... Crunchyroll literally just played a YT video for the audience and raked in the cash. I feel second-hand infuriated on your behalf man. Hope you catch a real one.

[@d4c_reznor470]

10:57 performer here. Some encores are pre planned but we’ll leave the stage beforehand to give the audience a chance to come out. Heck at Sonic Symphony the performers even told us to chant “Chili dogs” to bring them back

[@Fewklara]

All miku expos have encore

[@RandomNoob12346]

0:15 I love my homosexual son, KAITO. (And my other son, Len. Also Gakupo x KAITO, trust me guys frfr) I like that my parents support my vocaloid addiction and got me a Sakura miku figure, a miku keychain, a miku youtooz figure, another miku figure, another miku figure, a small adorable len figure, and a rin nendoroid(?)

[@MidnightSonnet]

Holy hell, you just brought me WAAAAAYYYY back with that pairing! 🤯 I know I'm as old as your parents, but damn, I'd completely forgotten about that ship. I was never into Vocaloid, but that pairing caught my attention way back when. :) glad to see the pairing is still alive and well all these years later.

[@RandomNoob12346]

@@MidnightSonnet YEAH‼️‼️‼️ it’s my favorite tbh. :3

[@jadestuffs]

i dont know that much about vocaloids and stuff, and barely even know any songs about miku/vocaloids.. but watching this and Jaden Animation's vids on miku concerts is pretty interesting (someone like this in a month and ill update and say whether im obsessed now)

[@jusschilIin]

You obsessed yet🤑

[@jadestuffs]

@@jusschilIin i been listening to more songs so maybe

[@YakuTa-dn3gr]

Fact check: Miku wasn't the first vocaloid. It was actaully a vocaloid called LEON, who was released for vocaloid 1, or the VOCALOID engine back in 2004, while Miku was released for the Vocaloid*2* engine in 2007. Just wanted to point that out, I didn't want to annoy people.

[@UmejiTheTanuki2763]

FUN FACT the first Japanese vocaloid was meiko who was made in 2004 so she turns 20 this year

[@zoomie497]

such an underrated channel, only 8.5 k subs? you deserve more

[@z0eshi]

I just saw Miku Expo in London and fully fell in love with the music, I cried my eyes out at a few songs, especially Unknown Mother Goose. I love this video, really explains things at the start super well, really well put together :3

[@D4wgH4us]

I was at that DC concert too! Flat-screen aside, I was just glad that I got to go. It was awesome seeing that kind of turnout and all the cosplay and excitement. Also loved the line on the dock and everyone waving to the people on the ship as it departed.

[@D4wgH4us]

Dang, that's me in the teal beanie at 7:21 haha. Also glad that you mentioned the Miku furry. Definitely an unexpected but welcome highlight. They were out here getting picture with anyone who asked. Even the people just walking by on the street. Just good vibes.

[@sai-tc7wv]

Vocaloid6 actually is AI, but still not the scummy internet scraping thieving kind. It uses machine learning from the vocal samples (which are still paid for from the voice provider as always) to generate more realistic sounding vocals, whereas previous versions of Vocaloid were simply concatenative (using only a vocal recording of the specific kana). Miku isn't actually the first Vocaloid, that would be Leon and Lola for Vocaloid1. Kaito and Meiko actually came before Miku as well, also releasing for vocaloid1. Miku, Rin and Len, Luka, and Gumi's first voicebanks released for Vocaloid2.

[@jan_Eten]

so like synthv?

[@sai-tc7wv]

@@jan_Eten basically yes

[@pixelizedgirl]

woahh this artsyle is so cool and its such high quality

[@karanok1oku]

im going soon because it finally came to australia, i will be going there as their best friend because they are real and i talk to them every day

[@KarinaMiranda-zq1or]

this video almost made me tear up i love vocaloid i love miku i hope i can go to a concert one day, and I'm glad you had fun!!!

[@emipistefi]

wow i came down to comment and noticed this video only has 300 views??? im so suprised because thr quality was so high!! The narration and visuals are so good I definitely expected you to have at least over 100k subscribes...anyways amazing work!!! Great video, glad I found you, I'll definitely go binge all your videos now ^^

[@_.Lix._]

AAAAH I love this artstyle so much, I loved every second of this video, I am 100% subscribing

[@nova7938]

This video made me smile and honestly brightened my day. Concerts have a way to bring out community and its incredible

[@NeeveeBoogerBurger]

OMG UR LEN AND RIN DRAWING AT THE BEGINNING WAS SO CUTE OMGGGGGG

[@moonzikoko]

0:39 Ah yes, my favourite vocaloid, Ai Hoshino

[@COACenterofArt-u3h]

I went to Miku Expo 2024 in DC. I have listened to Miku since I was 10 (yes, I found Miku at the tender age of 10) and listened to her all throughout middle school. I fricking loved the concert!

[@jamarthedancingdemon3961]

5:52 That version of her is my favorite.

[@jamarthedancingdemon3961]

Garfield

[@lieutenant_lucky_rocks]

I was hoping someone would cover the DC one! I had a great time. It was also my first DC trip, I went to the Smithsonian and everything. Subscribed!

[@itzamedee]

DC showing was the best showing fs bc we were there !!!!

[@KlinxKreations]

I live next to dc, sometimes I forget it’s a vacation type place for others 😭

[@KlinxKreations]

Oh yeah hi again!! I just realized when I went to the Cavetown mother mother concert, I also did the connect four on the boat dock!

[@MidnightSonnet]

Seeing you kids enjoy conversations at the same age i did way back when Vocaloid was created is so surreal. Seeing a whole new generation experiencing a very old world (conventions, cosplay, old anime, old concepts, etc) for the first time is so humbling, yet also depressing because it reminds me of my more youthful, energetic days. 😅😭 I used to cosplay and go to local conventions every single year from 2004 to 2013. Life got in the way after that, so i only went sparingly. My advice to anime fans in their teens and 20s: enjoy every single damn moment of this. You have the energy and drive to do all these things. Go to conventions, meetups, concerts, cosplay, make friends that are fellow dorks (a term of endearment I've used for decades), buy merch, learn to sew your own cosplay, and just have the best damn time. Time will move way too fast. One day you're 23, the next you're 42. 😵‍💫 Time needs to effing stop! I'm glad you enjoyed your trip. :) very cheap of the staff to use such a small screen. You could barely see the characters. Shout-out to my fellow millennials who were at AX in 2011 where Miku had her first US convert. It was a giant mess, but definitely memorable.

[@mooreanonumbers]

Seeing the recent Vocaloid revival feels a bit surreal to me too because when I got into it around 10 years ago I had a big late to the party feel.

[@MidnightSonnet]

@@mooreanonumbers oh god, the fomo back in those days were so damn real. If you got into an anime two months after its release, the fandom and cosplaying characters from it were pretty much dead. 😅 It happened to me often and it was disheartening not seeing a fandom for a series I just got into, lol. Nowadays, fandoms never seem to die, at least for new/longstanding properties. I can think of a ton of old anime series that don't have a large dedicated fandom anymore. Kinda sad, but it is what it is.

[@PearlDoezStuff]

number one thing on my bucket list was and still is to go to a vocaloid concert 😻

[@ahirukaizaa]

I still remember watching this video while it had like 900 views and going “oh yeah this video is gonna blow up later” and i was right

[@ImTorryTF2]

Super underrated btw my favorite song from Miku was Catch the wave

[@DaUTF]

OH OH OH I WENT TO THE DC ONE TOO!!! I was on the GA floor and cosplaying as Death Should Not Have Taken Thee Len! But even while i was waiting in the GA line, i had a nice time talking to other fellow vocaloid fans for a few hours before the show started! (Also i totally didnt cry to Tell Your World during the part where the ribbons fell from the sky)

[@DaUTF]

Also your video is really high quality and I love your art style! I’m definitely subscribing!

[@LUXIN516]

I saw you!! I wish I said hi

[@rukr.]

How do you not have a million subscribers?? This looks amazing!!!

[@eggertime]

Stage setup crew for the Austin show here. The LED Panel display while disappointing, appears to be logistical choice. Glass is heavy, Fragile, and different sizes plus backups are required. the projectors are massively expensive (talking lenses alone of $3k). I expect the LED screen to stay in the future as they are easier to transport and repair. And honestly, once Clear LED Panels reach the same level as this we should see the return of the lack of black void we saw here.

[@LUXIN516]

I was at DC as well! It was my first time going to a Miku concert as well as my first time in DC!! I was in GA and saw me and my mom when you showed the pit (my hair was bright purple at the time so that def helped)! I’m so glad that you had as much fun as I did!!!

[@megared3207]

I was at Miku Expo DC! It has brought me back into vocaloid fandom and was an amazing show!

[@bunnybenadryl]

TJHIS IS SO UNDERRATED OMG

[@delta5599]

Just found your channel and wow, I went to the same concert! Granted I live close to DC ^^”

[@plooomb_]

omg this is great !!!!!! genuinely phenomenal work :DD

[@itzamedee]

Thank you so much !!! here's to hopefully more :D

[@That_1_cool_guy]

Yay itzamedee Uploaded 🎉🎉

[@targetonthebullseye]

when I saw my birthday pop up on the counter I got whiplash AHSHEJWJEV I LOVE YOUR ART AND ANIMATION STYLE BY THE WAY!!! SO CLEAN

[@lovelykettle]

YOOOOO! I WAS YOUR 5.2K SUB :3 i absolutely love this story and i love miku and especially watching story time animators!! gahhhhh I love your channel!! 🩵

[@TakoyakiDonuts]

This is such a great recap of your experience. I loved the show this year. The chaos from fans, the Elmo cult my Bf accidentally started and lasted throughout the tour, Digital Stars and my tiny Banana Miku plush making it into one of the official photos, The setlist! I never forgot Toronto 2016 and I'll never forget Toronto 2024 either. I should prob finish that iceberg.

[@sbplankton_1999]

Welcome back, itzamedee! And it's been 3 month ago.

[@itzamedee]

Thank you sbplankton my lost loyal viewer . I will make it 5 months next time

[@sbplankton_1999]

@@itzamedee You welcome!

[@Cactoony]

10:00 you can't get anything past me

[@itzamedee]

Unfortunately my disgrace was seen by one. And therefore seen by all...

[@MokiLotl]

loved the video! your story telling, and art is very good and entertaining! :D also miku my beloved

[@Ebun2548]

AHHH i'm already so excited, i'm gonna go to my first Miku concert in November, it's gonna be so awesome!!! Miku Expo Düsseldorf here i come!!!!!!

[@pixiulis]

Wait is there another concert or sum or is it not done cuz im not caught up

[@MewMira]

​@@pixiulisThere are two Miku Expos still coming up, one for Europe and one for Australia.

[@PeaceF0rY0urMind]

AHHHH I LOVE THIS I'm going to a Miku concert in Paris I think next month and I'm so excited (a little middle schooler here, been a fan of the Vocaloids for a long time) ^^

[@ace_exsists]

WOAHH i rlly love ur style for vids keep up the good work!

[@ashboehnlein8326]

I tear up too when I see the crowd at concerts. Feels so amazing to finally belong

[@autumnyxv]

This inspired me to make my own video like this when I go to miku expo for Australia later in the year!!! You’re super underrated too omg???? Remember me when you have 1 million subs 🙏🙏🙏

[@MezzoForteAural]

Loved this vlog! Thanks for sharing was a fun watch and very funny. When I heard that shade thrown on the pigeon bro I think I hurt something laughing.

[@manicp1xiedreamgirl]

this is so cool!!! im going to the miku expo in australia, (specifically queensland) with VIP tickets and this video helped me to know what it will be like!! also your channel looks cool so new sub :3

[@ThatHawksSimp]

You guys might get a slightly different experience (lucky) since it seems like Crunchyroll doesn’t have any part in the Oceania concerts! It’s not mentioned on that part of the website and it doesn’t say “powered by Crunchyroll” on the promotional images unlike USA and Europe

[@mskittygemma]

Miku was not the first Vocaloid. LEON and LOLA were and they were released over 20 years ago with English speaking voicebanks. Miku has 01 on her arm because she is the first VOCALOID to be developed by Crypton. (Which is why her code name is CV-01)

[@mkdoss]

Super weird seeing how shit my fit was in a KZbin video 😭 I’m glad you had fun too! It was amazing!

[@WonLuna]

Okay woah this is amazing

[@DormziWasHere]

omg just found you channel, im gonna binge watch your videos lmao! also

[@TheRedGhost_]

"Daughter of Evil series" physically pained me 😭😭 11:56 ARIA MOMIMO 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@sparkusclark6176]

This was awesome to listen to and wtach. Thanks for taking the time and effort to share!

[@PurplePuff69]

Just to let you know, Hatsune Miku wasn’t the first VOCALOID. Leon and Lola were!

[@gabselise9704]

Finially, a new KZbinr I can obsess over 🥰

[@miilkz]

Really surprised at how underrated you are! This is really well made ^_^

[@Kintinn]

OMG I WENT TO THE MIKU EXPO TO AND I WAS SO SAD AND KINDA WEIRDED OUT BY THE FACT THAT THERE WAS A SCREEN TO SHOW MIKU😭😭😭

[@GargoyleDragon]

Just got back from my own first Miku concert! It was so much fun! As a broad shoulder-ed fella, I felt really bad for bumping into my concert mates, but they were really understanding. Luckily, I got the hologram Miku and that does make a decent difference. Hopefully you get to see that some day!

[@thorticus1047]

Duuuude yes! I was at the Washington dc show! I am so happy to hear you all talk about it! This whole video has been an ispy game for me and my friends+

[@TheOtakuArtist]

I got recommended this video, enjoyed it and went to sub and I'm so surprised - I thought you were gonna be one of those 1 million sub storytime animator channels - you deserve so many more subs!! great video, looking forward to more from ya!

[@tozuko_72]

This is really well animated❗️ ur so underrated and i bet ur gonna be a big youtuber in the future

[@TimeMaster131]

Miku Expo is coming to Australia for the first time in ever in November. I'm PRAYING they got their shit together. Im still going because this'll probably be my only chance to see a miku concert but fucking hell they better have fixed it.

[@mooreanonumbers]

Thanks for the vid. I really wanted to go to the Miku Expo for the first time of my life this year, but after finding out about the screen I decided I probably can't justify the high costs involved. I understand why live music has become so expensive over the past couple decades but at the same time, high costs mean higher expectation and it is quite hard to accept blatant cost cutting measures that significantly impact the experience, like this one. Ultimately Miku Expo also uses artificial scarcity to drive up ticket prices, something that pretty much any live act touring the world can't do the same way, because, well... the scarcity of a Taylor Swift is a very real thing. You could maybe justify this before with holograms bringing a significant technical limitation, but this goes away when you establish that widely used tech like LED screens is acceptable. I think Kikuo doing a world tour on his own in parallel is an interesting development, especially as his kind of music is unlikely to be featured in something like Miku Expo. Vocaloid is in a weird situation where there's a high backlog of highly popular songs that never get played in public settings.

[@N1GHT...]

i saw this video randomly while going through youtube on my tv and thought i would be interested i can 100% see this girl being the new jaydenanimations love the art style keep it up i even logged into my laptop just to comment this lol 💙

[@ObliviousMrMonkey]

Dang I had no idea there was a miku expo in DC! Probably explains the mountains of cosplayers I saw on the street lol

[@The.Real.Strudl]

Woah haven't even finished the first 30 seconds but damn this animation is so good

[@Xunaru-64]

This video is really well made! I love your art I would just like to say that you called hatsune miku anime near the start. ~rage~

[@rin.cosplays]

I was at the DC show too! I was one of those vips who camped in line for a very… very long time. It was my first show too and It was so fun!! I’m glad a lot of us got to go have fun!

[@complexplacebo]

I’m so sad my first vocaloid experience was this big tv. I’m excited I got to see her this year either way! I wish I had the full experience. I was super excited to see the hologram

[@cb96513]

The code on receipt comment made me laugh cause it’s so common place to me now as someone who lives in a city but was def a WHAT moment when I first encountered it

[@thepurpleledian3248]

I haven’t gone to a Miku show (yet) but I shared this type of experience with the Sonic Symphony, and being in a music show with so many fans of the same thing is truly magical 🙏

[@gorkipork4112]

Gosh... I'm looking so forward to Düsseldorf

[@Gorgueous]

REMEMBER ME WHEN YOUR FAMOUSS!! Your videos r so good and I love your art style & animation!

[@JordiVANIS]

i'm going to one in november and i'm so excited omg!

[@mikusartrs]

0:32 mesmerizer

[@alexskywalker5478]

Thank you for sharing Gumi appreciation. Shes my fave 😊 ever since I was 14, im 27 now

[@doegirl]

I was also there for the DC show, the live band killed it!

[@miwans]

Great video!!! just found your channel and really liked your content :D

[@XY-MUSIC1]

Shes Underrated vary Underrated.

[@seanG0318]

The video ended when my phone was at 39%, truly a miku moment

[@paunchyturtle5358]

I brought my dad to the show in Detroit, then a buddy of mine to the show in Chicago, and then a different buddy to a show in Toronto. And it was worth it every time.

[@BurntSushi.]

I really liked this video I'm honestly starting to get more into vocaloid, but idk where to start

[@alexwest9015]

I was at the Portland show, and even though we were all disappointed about the tiny screen, we all had a really good time. The band was amazing, the other fans were all really chill and kind people (one girl gave me earplugs because the show was so loud it was killing my ears, thank you beautiful stranger!!), and I also teared up with joy at seeing Miku and the rest of the Vocaloids I loved live. I absolute do not regret going, and I would totally go again and bring my own earplugs this time!!

[@dreamytwinstars]

I LOVEEE miku sm and seeing videos like this make me so happy!!! I also went to Miku Expo pretty close to her, and I was soo happy and I had a blast

[@tomanystars-]

OMG OMG UR SO UNDERRATED😍😍😍

[@Aaa12-]

I had a similar experience when I went to Sonic symphony one of the greatest experiences of my life

[@BudderShnarfGaming]

i’m addicted to your art style

[@jamarthedancingdemon3961]

0:24 SONIC X IS SO EPIC

[@idiacy]

this years miku expo was my first concert ever, and when i was waiting for it to start i told my friend “i hope theres a deco song thats all i ask.” AND WHEN VAMPIRE STARTED I WANTED TO CRY OH MY GOD… im a HUGEEEE deco*27 nerd and despite the screen, i had a blast. also, i loved the zombies reference. fav deco song of all time. new subscriber, keep up the banger content :3

[@DonutCat-nk9od]

I’m so exited to go to miku expo in London this year :D