🔴2 hr LIVESTREAM UNCUT: Vocaloid Music Study with Vtuber/Vocaloid Composer Wunder Riku

Vocaloid Livestream — Timestamps

Intro & Setup

• 00:00 — Stream goes live, greetings, Riku joins

• 01:10 — Tim introduces Riku (Wonder Riku) as resident Vocaloid composer/VTuber

• 01:54 — Explains community-curated list + chat requests format

Song 1 — Ado "Odo / Sakura Biori" (feat. Hatsune Miku) — Tokyo National Stadium live

• 02:21 — Setup

• 02:25 — Song announced

• 03:07 — Song plays

• ~16:12 onward — Discussion of the Ado/Miku collab, Ado's origins as utaite, Niconico history, Sakura Blossom/Miku cultural meaning

• 20:32 — Wrapping up this one

Song 2 — Sinamota "Young Girl A"

• 24:58 — Transitioning to next

• 25:18 — Song announced

• 25:40 — Context on Sinamota (struggled with severe depression, titles like "Please Give Me a Red Pen" and "Healthy End")

• 26:20 — Song plays

• 30:48–35:00 — Discussion of vocaloid tuning, Moe aesthetic, emotional core of vocaloid music

Riku Interview Segment

• 36:02 — Tim invites Riku to introduce himself

• 36:16 — Riku's background: songwriter/producer, VTuber credits (Ironmouse, Gawr Gura, Hololive EN Myth), J-pop credits (King & Prince, Kid Phenomenon — Oricon #1), video games (Honkai Star Rail, Borderlands 4), Miku Expo 2026 honorable mention, Malta Eurovision national final

• 39:35 — "Let's check out something of yours"

Song 3 — Riku's "In Your World" (from Princess Miku: The Musical)

• 40:28 — Song title revealed

• 40:46 — Context on Princess Miku the Musical (co-written with Starlight Daryl, also wrote "Music Box of Fate" for Ironmouse)

• 42:07 — Concept explained: Miku's Disney-style "I Want" song

• 43:05 — Song plays

• 46:54 — Tim's reaction: "one of the most beautiful and confusing things I've ever listened to"

• 47:00–1:04:00 — Extended technical deep-dive: Riku's process (Melodyne pitch tracing, manual line-drawing, formant shifting, Miku V4 vs Synth V, English vs Japanese voice banks, Solid voice bank for belting, ~1–2 month production time)

Song 4 — 32ki "Mesmerizer" (Hatsune Miku + Kasane Teto)

• 1:03:07 — Chat spots it coming

• 1:05:22 — "This is a big one"

• 1:05:24 — Song announced — 2nd most popular vocaloid song of all time

• 1:06:53 — Song plays

• 1:11:55–1:19:00 — Discussion of Miku vs Teto voice differences, cosplay cultural impact

Song 5 — supercell "World Is Mine" (Hatsune Miku, 2010 live)

• 1:19:42 — Announced

• 1:20:07 — Context: "the song many people discovered Miku through"

• 1:22:08 — Song plays (the 2013 hologram live version)

Song 6 — VANE "Machine Love" (Kasane Teto, Synth V)

• 1:30:37 — Announced from community list

• 1:31:38 — Context: Synth V vs Vocaloid, Teto as April Fool's joke origin

• Plays through ~1:39:00

Song 7 — Wowaka "Unknown Mother-Goose" (Hatsune Miku)

• 1:41:47 — Announced

• 1:42:31 — Context on Wowaka (deceased, highly influential producer, Porter Robinson connection, own voice bank "Po Utah")

• 1:43:45 — Song plays

• 1:48:35 — "Such a unique emotional experience"

Song 8 — Kikuo "Hole-Dwelling" (Hatsune Miku)

• 1:54:29 — "Let's check one more"

• 1:55:07–1:56:07 — Deciding between two Kikuo tracks on list

• 1:56:14 — Song plays

• 2:06:28 — Discussion: Kikuo's uncompromising style, uneven phrase lengths

Wrap-up

• 2:09:22 — Closing discussion begins

• 2:11:06 — Goodbyes, Tim asks about Riku's game stream

• 2:11:14 — End