I have seen the future. And, I don’t think I like it. It’s inevitable, I suppose, and there is tremendous potential and artistic possibilities, but it is a bit creepy.
Hatsune Miku
Hatsune Miku, Japan’s latest big pop star, is just a computer projection. She’s sexy, for sure. I used to think Betty Rubble was really hot, too. But it’s not real. There’s something very strange about 10,000 people paying 6,300 yen ($76, 58 euros) to stand in a stadium screaming and waving their plastic light sticks in the air for a computer generated image on stage.
She’s got super big animé eyes, long legs, a tight body, ridiculous, long, flowing, light blue hair. And the songs are apparently fan generated, so it’s like an arts project or a talent competition for song writers in the bland pop category. (although, in the future, this technology will invade all genres, and continue to gain in popularity as the technology improves and, just as talkies killed the silent stars, so eventually live rock acts on stage will seem as quaint as vaudeville.)
On the one hand, perhaps it’s really no different from going to a movie, because I’m sure all the fans are aware the person on stage isn’t real. Maybe I’m just being conservative, not being hip to all the latest technology, naturally resistant to modern trends. That happens at a certain age.
And, of course, the Japanese are always the ground breakers in stuff like this- robotics, on line games, living in a fantasy world. So, I suppose it’s inevitable and there’s an up side. The rock stars of the future will never cancel due to being too stoned, they will never get arrested for beating up their girlfriends and they will never die.
I still think it’s a little bit creepy.
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