Why Melt is the Most Important Vocaloid Song

[@edsonkagami217]

Im really happy to see Someone talk about this.

[@marikuma88]

1.4k likes and no replies?

[@user-vy4sp1ne7x]

yes,melt is one of the legendary vocaloid song.

[@iwilldefenestrateyou]

woah, 0 replies, 3 years, and 1.3k likes

[@Tamanegi-P]

One of the legendary Vocaloid song.

[@jongyon7192p]

@@Tamanegi-P ...of all time.

[@Thebasicnoob409]

I tried looking up meltdown but I accidentally forgot the down

[@the7thresponse684]

I was 9 years old when my cousin made me listen to Melt. I'm 20 now, and it is still my absolute favourite Vocaloid song.

[@TraceLight]

Saaame. Oh please check out the song on my channel. Super rare

[@develrandomdankmemes7586]

cousins are great like that

[@redfaldas7524]

"Yes, the life that was born of the Melt sensation" -a line from Hachi's Sand Planet

[@sydneyd.5340]

oh fuck !!

[@marupruma1813]

HOLY SHIT???

[@corazonfeathers8116]

Another reason why I love Sand Planet/Suna no Wakusei is all the thought and care put into it by Hachi/Kenshi Yonezu

[@girstacobowl]

OH???? ON GOD????

[@corazonfeathers8116]

@@girstacobowl yeah! Sand Planet is FILLED with references to past Vocaloid songs.

[@RalseiSmokinAFatBlunt]

okay let me just say that especially for the time ryo/supercell STILL has some of the best tuning for miku out there

[@satoshikazami6958]

Mitchie M also is good

[@nannaeam]

he's undoubtedly the best w. miku imo he made the most iconic songs

[@thememeteamdream]

I love Supercell

[@Darien2016]

Very true

[@greeny.official]

ryo is j a banger producer in gen. i didnt know he was partially behind egoist n i love them (rip)

[@NoorquackerInd]

"No one could think they could capture this much emotion from a vocaloid song" Kikuo and Wowaka: *Allow us to introduce ourselves*

[@100M20o]

:(

[@mahogakko]

This comment hit me hard when I heard Kikuo and Wowaka in one comment (me 2 years ago was so unhinged omfg)

[@tisisonlytemporary]

im pretty sure he meant no one could at the time of 2007, i believe wowaka and kikuo started after melt was released. Not that I don't agree though.

[@5at5una]

not at 2007 tho... early vocalo song... is yeah.. very amateurish..

[@TheLibermania]

What about Neru as a Kagamine producer. Great one with lots of emotions.

[@sweetsryim]

honestly melt gives me a lotta emotions and i end up crying listening to it. i didnt when i was younger, just a love song but i got so so nostalgic when i listened in recent years. vocaloid has come really really far.

[@megalisa830bright6]

Aww! Awesome! 'Melt' was the first song by Miku that I ever listened to, and the first Vocaloid song for me to listen to in general! ^_^ It always makes me cry when I listen to it! It will always be special to me! :D

[@KazukiP]

Melt is genuinely quite an emotional song. Her tuning and just the lyrics is amazing. The fact it was made in 2007 when no one knew how to actually tune and just had very slow boring notes.

[@NakuruKouChannel]

yo why am i crying at vocaloid essay videos at 1am

[@imoutochan7672]

I really hope Vocaloid never dies, this is literally the only thing that makes me happy when I'm sad.

[@lakuronekobaka3951]

as long producters and fans keep creating new content, either song or fan art, and developpers keep giving updates to the voice bank, it wont die, honestly

[@joshvovk]

It's kinda already dying out

[@imoutochan7672]

@@joshvovk At all, there is a lot of stuff coming out, and 5 version.

[@lakuronekobaka3951]

@@joshvovk maybe, but if you look around, you'll see new releases of new song and fan art and all, it's sure not as big as before, but there is enought peeps around to not let it die completly

[@TraceLight]

It’s definitely gained it’s own group of followers. Just about every successful band has this happen. They get really popular for a certain time then they get their own cult following after being in the main spotlight

[@BoughtByTheBlood]

I literally just listened to Melt for the 1st time before watching this video. I saw this video posted & wanted to see what all the fuss was about before I watched it. What a fantastic little song! I'm brand new to vocaloid, but I grew up in a musical family & have listened to music as an escape all my life. And, at the risk of sounding overly sentimental, Melt made me a little teary eyed. The sense of frustration & even loss, esp since that loss was self-inflicted cuz Miku was to shy & proud to even tell the guy she was in love with him, really hit me in the chest. I'm a super shy person who can totally relate to Miku's pain in this song. I can understand why Melt changed things in vocaloid. I completely forgot I was listening to a voice synthesizer & just heard a hurting person I can totally relate to. I get it!

[@genesiskun02]

Melt, man back in 6th/7th grade I was crazy for ryo. Wowaka may be the one who brought me back to vocaloid back in 2011, but ryo kept me grounded. I tried learning it on piano, though I have no musical bone in my body haha, I only got the intro right. Amazing video, my dude

[@TraceLight]

Rip Wowaka. Introduced me to rolling girl.

[@walnut_raisin2621]

I randomly found this video and I’m glad I did

[@gustvandenbroeck1162]

Same here.

[@Fanara23]

here too

[@fiveythefox3318]

Before I knew Miku sing I use to play fan-made dating simulators of her and loved the design. It wasn't till I heard Rolling girl on my KZbin recommends that I learner about this which changed a lot for me. During this time I was dealing with a lot of stuff and even had a toxic family member who would harass me for enjoying Vocaloid and saying "It's only for girls stop being a fag" so I never got into it till I was in high school during my finals. I wanted to hear Rolling girl so bad but my family member ruined it for me but I didn't care anymore so I just looked it up and found this song in particular. It hit me deep with the feels. I didn't understand what she was saying or how she felt but the lyrics crushed me speechless causing me to get into Vocaloid despite having a horrible person in my life to try and ruin it for me.

[@yorukaadams940]

That family member can go choke on Miku's celery.

[@derp33squid]

@@yorukaadams940 Seconded But doesn't she use a leek?

[@soaringaegis]

They can choke on both and I hope they're allergic and it triggers their ibs

[@Sleeepy23]

@@derp33squid it's supposed to be a leek but it was inspired my a meme of Orihime from Bleach when she was holding a sping onion! So I think it really should be a spring onion. True story man

[@atlaskanik]

Me, at eleven years old in 2019 getting into Vocaloid: *exists* People who listened to Vocaloid from the moment it was out thinking it was dying out in 2019: REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[@mutsuki_owo7393]

Oh my God I can so relate although I got into it in the summer of 2017 as a 10 year old and I’m so obsessed omg

[@jaeisdumb8990]

I got into it around 2013 lmao i was 7

[@orangemint6943]

I got into Vocaloid at 2017,9 years old.

[@luminacake588]

Same I got into Vocaloid late 2019,I was 12 and still am but I get nostalgic over stuff in the Vocaloid community I wasn't even there for xd

[@tianfeifei5976]

Wow so many 11-13 year olds

[@DarioVolaric]

Thank you. I really love this song. Can you do one for Odds & Ends? It also has a very interesting story to it.

[@ubnubmaster]

Hey Dario. Yeah i’ll definitively consider it. I’m actually making another video about Ryo right now though and the themes from that song definitively will come up. If I still think I have enough material left over that doesn’t overlap I’ll make a separate video for it

[@sillykyuu]

Can you do "Ai Kotoba"?

[@cjastrooo03]

First song I listened to Rolling Girl Second was Romeo and Cinderella Third one was Melt

[@TraceLight]

Mine was “Love Is war” The original was lost to the internet. I actually still have the original HD copy of it, not the redone version.

[@Star_Haku]

First one I listened to was popi0o

[@Grason20]

My first was senbonzakura

[@another-niko-pfp-holder]

my first was echo although i didn't know what a vocaloid was back then, i only came from undertale lmao

[@scylecs]

Since the first time I heard Melt in 2010, it has always been my all time favorite song

[@rinadoor5914]

listen it again 🎉

[@touji_01]

Thanks for the video, hearing about Vocaloid history really makes me appreciate it more.

[@undercoverbreadbug7729]

melt was the first vocaloid song i ever heard, it totally changed my life. i’m so happy to see you talk about it and give it the attention it deserves

[@juanmagg5909]

Melt hit me like a truck back in the day when I first heard it. I was a little guy about to enter highschool and in love. And Melt just was perfect for me at that moment. I even shread tears to this song. I did managed to confess to this chick and form a relationship with her even. I would like to say that after ten years I'm still with that chick and about to be married. But that would be lying. We broke up just a few months later. But I still love Melt. And will have a special place in my heart. Its far from being my favorite song. But everytime I hear it I sing with a passion no other song has made me sing before. And I come back to being that young preteen boy in love for a few minutes.

[@amysant7528]

I can not listen to Melt without crying. it’s one of my favorite songs of all time.

[@konpeito4427]

God, whenever I listen to melt I wanna cry kwjshdhsbevgd

[@vimalcurio]

I thought I was only wanted cry that's relieved you're here too

[@mel646]

Bro same Melt was the first vocaloid song I ever heard

[@fengy5629]

"should we praise melt as the greatest song ever made and ryo as a god?" wait, we weren't already doing that? "no, of course not" WAIT, WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE DOING THAT?

[@yukkurispee1773]

So Ryo Should Be Thanked By Crypton, Eh?

[@graceyang9022]

I was listening to Rin and Len’s cover of Electric Angel when this video popped back into my memory and I can totally agree about how the Diva-focused nature of early Vocaloid was a barrier. Like, yes there are people who like the original Electric Angel, but it honestly took the Kagamines cover in order for the song to reach wide popularity.

[@theactualrocketonin]

I didn’t even know that rin and len did a cover! What does he mean by the diva aspect? /gen

[@theactualrocketonin]

whoops idk how but it sent like 50 of the same reply

[@snafuet]

Thanks for the video, now I get it... Because what happened to me was exactly what you said in the video - I didn't get why is this so cool, since it sounded for me already common, but huh, there's story behind it!)

[@kittykat4570]

Me: *has never heard of melt* Also me: haha yea melt is great yea

[@endergirldragon]

Literally me

[@aunixylol]

Same

[@brauliozt8754]

Me who only played it once in Future Tone

[@astral2048]

Seriously? For me it's freaking nostalgic

[@kittykat4570]

Cynical Kazu I only listened to it once I got MegaMix but yea.

[@qk2168]

A lot of prominent songs back then was from ryo so in general imo, ryo was a substantial step to Vocaloids.

[@soulgin3682]

Melt is a very important song... World is mine: am I joke to you...

[@syizhar01]

Tell your world : hmm???

[@karolinakucharska3970]

miku (anamanaguchi): u wot mate

[@brauliozt8754]

Rolling Girl: (Sad rolling noises)

[@Angy_R]

Odds and ends: excuse me?

[@HERO_Pectoralist]

Well, those songs release way later than Melt. They're also important, yes, but Melt is the starting point of all the waves.

[@xXPastelCatsXx]

Melt is a top tier vocaloid song. I first heard it in 2016 and there was SOMETHING about the song that was strange, in a good way. Melt kinda gives me nostalgia for some reason and it makes me feel good. It's an amazing song.

[@bonnbienrellin8292]

stanning Vocaloid and respecting it since '07, yessir! World is Mine was the very first Vocaloid song I ever listened to because of Tinier Me :D

[@fegoracedia6080]

That site also had an influence to me on discovering vocaloid

[@NAANsoft]

Never mind if Melt is "just" a love song. It's damn good produced, the text is touching and I still gets warm and happy inside, when I hear it. So it works - which really is the secret.

[@yellsatyou]

Ryo is a powerful producer, early 2007, melt is what introduced them. Meanwhile some children met Miku through World is Mine! Ryo is a great producer.

[@evrenbasak6381]

its the first song i played on project diva and this song made me a lifeless rhtym game master. thank you ryo... and miku /j

[@leocelestial]

Sure Melt may be "just" a love song and it does feel a lot simpler compared to ryo's later works but i think what makes it hit is how universal it is. Sure it's sung from the girl's pov but most of us had that moment where you get to spend the day with the person you like, with the feeling of affection growing the more time you spend together, and yet unable to tell them how you really feel, in a sensation that can only be described as, well... melting.

[@joannamysluk8623]

Melt was also one of the songs that gave Otomachi Una her first taste of fame, that cover still remains one of the most iconic works featuring her. It's funny when you remember that Cillia only made it because it was so hot that she was melting. Literally. But, she did what she is known to do. That was taking an unpopular, new Vocaloid, make a cover with it and give it a warm welcome to the scene.

[@Tommyjoe577]

Yea Melt is absolutely beautiful ^^ Vocaloid wouldn’t be the same without it

[@hyunakiro]

I always cry whenever i listen to melt unexpectedly. It just always catches me off guard and i start feeling the feels... gawd vocaloid gives me so much nostalgia now...

[@amp-le4699]

I absolutely loved Melt the first time i listened to it and to this day i'm a little disappointed that most of my fellow Vocaloid-lover friends had no idea it existed until i told them, and even then, they didn't seem to like it as much as i did :v it's nice to see a video about it lol

[@glaceRaven]

Wow, I knew Melt was important, but I never knew by how much! It's not my favorite song either, but it makes me feel happy inside because of the sweet lyrics and emotion in the Vocals. Melt was truly the first megahit. (and it withstands the test of time more than, say, "World Is Mine", which was my first song)

[@user-ky9fe6ee5z]

It’s 2020 and melt is still a banger

[@Ren-of7oh]

This was one of my first vocaloid songs and It would always fill me with joy and unexplainable happiness I'd listen to it on my way to school and it would make my day everyday, now when I listen to it it makes me tear up Everytime because I get transported instantly to those times. Such an important song to me

[@starberri07]

AS SOON AS I SAW THE TITLE, I ALREADY LOVED THIS VIDEO. Melt is my first vocaloid song. *Nostalgia intensifies*

[@Cheezeeeee]

I first listened to Melt just last year (which I'm very thankful for) because of the game Project Sekai (Colorful Stage feat. Hatsune Miku, a gacha rhythm mobile game). I remember playing this while experiencing goosebumps on every second of the song, it was just so good. I didn't even know what the lyrics were, but it portrayed a warm, bittersweet and melancholic feeling. Never knew it was this popular. Lol. I really liked it, I love it.

[@kiiseki]

Melt was my very first Vocaloid song and I have such a distinct memory watching a Japanese news station cover Hatsune Miku/Vocaloid and the song that was playing on the streets was Melt!! It always brought back such great childhood memories and when I got to finally see one of the live concerts in 2018 I cried when they did Melt as the finally it was so good, thank you for reaffirming how Melt changed the game!!

[@memeguuy]

I listen to melt for the first time yesterday while playing diva f on an emulator and I’m in love truly amazing

[@FamilyGamesofc]

LA LA LA LA LA LA LA RA RA RA RA RA RA RA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA AAAAAAAAA

[@lakuronekobaka3951]

i like melt, it was one of the first song i've heard and it's heartwarming A pleasant surpise to hear about how it was the song that helped the comunity growing tho :O

[@k_netai]

I was about 5 or 6 when I got into Vocaloid. It's never went out of my head. Ever

[@gabbyv5164]

I got into vocaloid only a year ago and I discovered this song about a week ago before watching this. I loved it as soon as I heard it. For some reason it gives me feelings of faux nostalgia(a lot of older vocaloid songs give me that feeling for some reason) lol everyone’s like “this song is so nostalgic” and I’m just sitting here like... (OvO) “hey guys...I’m new here...”

[@starry-p]

i love this song, I wanna make my own video with my ocs for this song so bad.

[@woshiiakiiben6353]

1:00 . damn. different cases for me. i really like the roboticness of the voice on early vocaloid. most newer song right now didnt really attach to me tho.

[@danield8528]

This wasn’t even my first Vocaloid song. That honor belongs to Triple Baka when I was 16. But this song makes me feel nostalgic for some reason I can’t describe.

[@ilhanovic5219]

Actually thought that Spica 39 is one of the most important songs since it is in every Project Diva Game since it release

[@imapotato5084]

Melt was the first vocaloid song that made me cry. A robot should never have been able to capture as much emotion as it did but Ryo made it happen. Respect.

[@sorashirogane7039]

Melt was one of the songs that introduced me to Vocaloid,alongside Rainbow Girl. It was an animation of the first few lyrics and chorus. Now here i am,a fan of Vocaloid and Melt is probably one of my top favourite Vocaloid songs

[@juromori]

Wow...your videos are just amazing!! Você tem um fã brasileiro.

[@jorb5994]

call me a pussy but whenever I listen to melt i get overwhelmed with emotion and start tearing up. there's just something about it that breaks me

[@dacasman]

I remember the first time I heard melt. It instantly changed me. Before that I only listened to emo type bands like My Chemical Romance, The Used, Chiodos, Taking Back Sunday etc. It was like a switch flipped in my brain. It may some pretty weird but I honestly can't think of a bigger turning point in my life when it comes to who I am as a person. My hobbies, interests and personality. Perhaps some other Vocaloid or Jpop song would have had the same impact on me eventually, but Melt was the one that did it.

[@Ren-of7oh]

This is exactly what happened to me I was super emo and bland, but when I heard matryoshka and fell down the vocaloid rabbit hole I got so much happier and inspired with all the awesome music videos and stories told in them. Everytime I listened to it I'd feel like I could do anything. Now that I'm 21 they make me relive that burst of happiness and wonder I had when I was 10. I still like emo songs but I'd take vocaloid over them any day.

[@chenbenoweth1525]

Just because Melt isn't the best vocaloid song of all time doesn't make Ryo any less of a GOD. Everything that man makes is a banger

[@MarcusFenixKO]

How does melt make you feel? IT DOESNT MATTER HOW IT MAKES YOU FEEL.

[@ShersterQ]

My first Vocaloid songs were Ievan Polkka, Triple Baka, World is Mine, Po Pi Po and Love is War (which was my favourite), so around 2008 or 2009. I knew and enjoyed Melt, but had no idea it was that important... it must be tho, I think they still play it on concerts.

[@mr.lonely1459]

World is mine is what introduced me into vocaloid. Meltdown is what made me love it even more.

[@KnoxForReals]

2:04 >Hachi is on that list Tfw the song singlehandedly changed course of human history ong

[@Lunaxandra]

YES! I agree!! MELT was the first Vocaloid song I ever heard and it really brought me into the world of vocaloid, utaite, other cover artists, all different kinds of genre. I fell in love with Melt and also Halyosy's cover of it !!

[@kucingboredproject5519]

Supercell ft miku - "Line" have a good vibes too, even the remix. But i am agree melt is always on my fav list for many years, and it isnt change until today.

[@bbharu]

10 years ago i was obsessed with world is mine and world's end dancehall. never heard this song until now but it's actuallu good?

[@cet3423]

It’s really cool to hear this stuff, I would’ve never known how important melt was

[@reiinon]

life is temporary, miku is forever.

[@GG-671]

Im rly glad that Vocaloid is continuing to exist and improve until today even as late as I am to the party. Here’s to hoping to see more innovations and creativity from this community✨✨

[@pokettomonsta]

Man i just found your channel, and it's a hidden gem 💎, i love it

[@neonit5970]

First song I listened to was Ievan Pollka Second one was Anamaguchi-Miku Third one was World is Mine I only discovered Melt 1 month after becoming a vocaloid fan

[@callaliaevergreen1364]

Finally!! Melt was my first song introducing me to Vocaloid! I was so drawn by the song's cute vocals and how it told a story, unlike most songs that I knew. And I fell in love with Vocaloid ever since.

[@darkxangexlkiss1]

I ALWAYS get gousebumps when i listen to melt. Its my favorite song.

[@laura79613]

Melt is so so catchy😃, i don't think i ever heard it when i was younger, i was a casual listener so i only mostly remember world is mine and black rock shooter

[@AnimeGalxoxo]

My first vocaloid song was Secret Police and I loved vocaloid since then. I thought the song was so cool sounding and the lyrics are so true. Them po pos be out there 😂

[@XxSukiDaisukiXx]

i cant even listen to melt without crying because its That important. without it, the thing i love most wouldn't exist the same way

[@hydrosamachurl325]

ryo is like the björk of vocaloid

[@totallynottori5835]

Lol I’m probably one of the only people introduced by Ievan Polkka and liked it

[@philippeschmaltz4796]

I used to have a classmate when I was in high school that used to sing that song a lot. That fricking girl was hella annoying but she introduced me to vocaloid so I gotta be thankful lol

[@bauerattila2898]

Well my first vocaloid song was also levan polkan... and that got me into vocaloid for some reason...

[@totallynottori5835]

Scrap Duelist yeah I got into the song from just dance and then in 2019 I found it again and I got into Vocaloid

[@crispychichen]

This song definitely reminded me of Fruitgear Aero era, a future we would we really imagined, giving newfound hope

[@albacruz5222]

Melt was my 7th grade love song. I seem to cry a bit when hearing it it was such an important part of my life

[@youtubenoaceptanombreconfu2884]

Melt is actually one of the only 2007 Vocaloid songs I like...And I don't say the only one because I don't really know the year most of the old old vocaloid songs I like came out lol.

[@temmieterror1053]

Wait- Melt is my favorite vocaloid song wth 😅 and it helped people, that makes me really happy 💙

[@KoeSeer]

Melt is probably an archaic song of an era people still trying to understand Vocaloid compared to say Ghost City Tokyo, but to be honest, that's like comparing a 19th century steam car engine to 2024 sports EV car.

[@Wenxin39]

This is the first song I hear from her and it changed my way of listening to music and I got hooked to Vocaloid.

[@NovanoirEcho]

Its the first song i listened in vocaloid (or i should say played in project diva 2 on psp) Then it sprouted me into really liking vocaloid :P

[@Asdayasman]

My first Voc@loid song was Miracle Paint by OSTER Project, thanks to 4chan's /f/ board. What a long time ago that seems now.

[@beaccino]

Melt is such a beautiful song it makes me sad and nostalgic for some reason despite it being such a happy song...

[@gumi4304]

Odds and ends The disappearance of hatsune miku 39 deco*27 I'll miku miku you for reals Melt battle

[@cliptrashbin2389]

Sega led me on a downward track to vocaloid. I'm gonna show how it started Daytona usa Sega rally Dreamcast Pso Pso2 The vocaloid concert in pso2 Project diva megamix Those bastards got me good

[@richcast66]

Melt made me discover vocaloid too. It also maybe helped influence the creation of Kizuna Ai, which gave birth to vtubers. And who knows what after that. So the importance of melt can’t be understated.

[@seribusakura9021]

Agree with you. Although World is Mine is the most popular song I guess, Back then I feel it's a bit annoying (now I understand and it's very good song) Melt however give me that "wow" sense still it's like a novelty but it's greatly demonstrate how dynamic Vocaloid voice could be and for that reason I should be thankful this song is exist because as for me is the song that hook me up is Yellow 初音ミク by kz livetune one of the VocaloP that said to be inspired by the Melt. For anyone who not yet listen please check it out the song have a catchy upbeat and warm lyric.

[@tsvdpSG889]

This song comes from the album "supercell", the first one of Ryo and supercell, that is in my opinion the very best Vocaloid album of all time. From the same album you can also get "just" World is Mine, Black Rock Shooter, When the first love ends, Love is War, Heartbreaker, so it is THE Vocaloid masterpiece.

[@nightshrine4257]

Can u make a video about Senbonzakura? Tho it's not as popular in a vocaloid fan's perspective I find it very hard to find someone who has never heard of the melody Through Utaites, remixs, Pianos, violins, Nightcore I think it's the song that every country agree it's Iconic. It's like how in League of Legends people don't know a single thing about the game but has heard of the name "Faker" before I think Senbonzakura is that song of Vocaloid

[@ltknn]

I think we can agree that Melt is the Vocaloid National Anthem

[@RaincoatDoge]

po pi po will allways be my number 1 song

[@KevinTheDunce]

Could say it MELTED down the barriers... ha ha haaaa right, ill see myself out now

[@randomperson1714]

61 weeks is about 15 months, so for over a year. A YEAR. Melt was in the top 30.

[@youryaoidealer7129]

Ryo supercell is a legend