♪ (upbeat jazz intro) ♪
♪ (Miku sings in Japanese) ♪
- What?
- What the heck?
- Is that like a hologram or something?
- Is this a PlayStation game? This has to be a PlayStation game.
- I'm really, really confused.
- Are those like actual people, like cheering for her?
- People go to see that?
But she's not even real!
- Is this like the Japanese cartoon version of Britney Spears?
- She's pretty.
- That is nuts!
- Get the lighter out.
- I almost can't believe it that the people are coming to this.
(crowd cheers)
- This has destroyed my mind!
- (children) Question time!
- (React) So can you describe what you just saw?
- It was like a concert-type thingy.
- And then they just like put the anime character on the stage.
- She kind of seemed like a Pokemon.
- Singing a really weird song in, I think, Japanese.
- (babbles) And then everybody was like yeah, woo!
- (React) Did the crowd seem to be liking it?
- Yeah!
- Yeah, a lot, they were into it. They had glow sticks and everything.
- Yeah man, rock on!
- Support our leader! Da-da-dah!
- Oh my gosh! It's an animation!
Oh my gosh, I'm gonna faint!
- (React) Did you like the song? - Yeah!
- Cute.
- I thought it was very catchy.
- I liked the beat and the rhythm.
- I liked the tune, but I don't know what she was saying.
- I didn't understand it. I don't speak Japanese!
Some people think I'm Japanese, but I'm not Japanese!
- (React) So why would they use an animated girl,
instead of a real girl?
- It'd be funner to see an animation doing it,
than like a normal human,
we'd just be like aw, we've seen that before.
- Maybe the girl singing had a good voice,
but maybe she wasn't pretty?
- The singer's ugly. She's obviously ugly or something.
- (React) So who was singing? Do you know her name?
- No.
- I don't know that one.
- It's not even a person. (laughs)
It's a girl from Final Fantasy.
- (React) And what did you think of her singing voice?
- I thought it was good.
- I thought it was pretty nice.
- I thought it was good, it was like a little squeaky,
chipmunk-y a little bit.
- It was a high pitch like this.
- Auto-tuned to death.
- It made my ears hurt.
- (crowd) Aw! - (kid) Cute!
- (React) So her voice actually is computer generated,
using a computer program.
- Okay.
- Whoa!
- How does a computer generated do that,
I don't understand that at all.
- That's how they made Nyan Cat!
- (React) So what do you think about that?
- Awesome.
- I think that's really cool.
- Whoever made that is a genius.
- So the computer's singing, and people like it.
Robots are gonna take over the world pretty soon.
What is going on?
- (React) So to give you some more information,
her name is Hatsune Miku. - Hatsune Miku.
- (React) And she's a big pop star in Japan.
So what do you think about a popular music act
not being a real person?
- That's amazing, like, that's ingenious.
- I guess the cool thing is
that people have the imagination to do that.
- It's like people who auto-tune their voices,
but this has gone to a whole nother level.
They're auto-tuning their life!
- I don't know, I think people should actually sing!
Not let the computer sing!
- What happened to the good, old fashioned rock and roll?
- Machines shouldn't be pop stars! Just no, just no!
- (React) Let's talk about the benefits.
What are the benefits of having a singer that isn't real?
- Maybe you can make money
and not give any of the money to the fake singer?
- They would never die. They would always sound the same.
- You don't have to worry about like public scenes and stuff.
Like Hannah Montana.
She was great, and then she started acting like a hooker.
- Projections can't get drunk, and they can't get addicted
to stuff that I'm not going to say.
- (React) What are bad things about a cartoon singer?
- Well, you don't get to meet her.
- Try to hug her, and nobody,
it's like zzzt, like that. (laughs)
- What if something happened, like a power outage?
Everything went dark, including the singer.
- They're kind of taking like a spot
that could be filled by a human.
- I'm sorry to all those singers out there,
you're gonna get replaced.
- Lady Gaga's gonna be gone!
Jay Sean's gonna be gone!
- Every pop star has to stay, even the real ones have to stay!
- (React) So if you were to find out
that your favorite singer, or your favorite band
was all computer generated, would that change how you view them?
- I don't recognize that question.
- That would be terrible.
- I would probably cry.
- I might not like them anymore.
- I think it would ruin it a little bit for me,
but I would still buy their music.
Somebody had to make that music.
So technically, they have a talent too.
- I would be creeped out,
and I probably would never listen to them again.
It's like when you have a crush on a cartoon character,
it just doesn't work.
- (React) Now knowing that this type of technology can exist,
what do you think could be coming next?
- Robot nannies. I have this feeling.
- Terminator, dude. Terminator.
- Dragon Ball Z and Naruto like fights in real life.
- Anything could come next.
Computer generated puppies, for all we know.
- (React) So are you now fan of Hatsune Miku?
- Yes!
- Yes.
- If I like their music, then I like them.
- No! - No.
- Just a little bit.
- You can't be a fan of it, I mean, it doesn't exist!
- She's not real!
Why could I be a fan of her if she's not real?
- I'm done, she's not a real person, this isn't real music.
I don't wanna listen to it any more.
- Thank you so much for watching!
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- Bye. - Bye!
- I promise you, I'm real, I'm real!
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