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“The Boy and the Magical Robot”, composed by 40mP, sung by Chano

Okay listen. This song’s story spoke to me.

Given its title, I guessed it was an anime opening. But then I found the original music video with subtitles.

Three minutes later, I was sobbing.

The lyrics are autobiographical: as a kid, 40mP was too shy to sing in front of others. But then he discovered vocaloid software, and though it didn’t sound perfect, it let him make music. Hence, a vocaloid song about vocaloid software itself.

And that’s why I like computers.

In the ’80s, desktop publishing enabled anyone to write a book. In the ’90s, desktop video-editing enabled anyone to make a movie.

Here, without vocaloid software, this song simply wouldn’t exist, nor would the remakes and even dance choreography based on it.

Computers enabled all this creativity, and that warms my heart.

Do check out the lyrics, and the real-life story behind the song—they’re poetic. No other song has inspired me like this, so I must declare this my favorite song ever. 🩵