Vocaloid Highlights: July 2022
Who... aaam I?
This month, there were two Vocaloid-related events that warrant explaining. First was the IPPUN (One-Minute) GP, for songs that were only a minute long - so that's why you'll see a bunch of those in a row. Second, and far more major, was the Colorless Nameless Fest, in which people submitted songs anonymously with text-only videos, with the option to have their identity revealed later. I've given the names for those that were revealed, but a good number remain anonymous.
There were nearly 3000 songs in the Colorless Nameless Fest, and they were all made public at once. So while these highlights are significantly bigger than usual, there are still likely tons of good songs that I just didn't hear - plenty by well-known creators only made the rankings after the names were revealed. You can browse through all the songs here.
Stand-Outs
| Magora's Abacus | - IDONO KAWAZU |
| Leave Me Be. | - Nanahoshi |
| That Girl's Left-Handed | - EO |
| A Hysteric Night Comes | - Masu Takagi |
| Mandarin | - R Sound Design |
| Quixote | - Ahab |
| Reflex Boy | - Sauna |
| Social Studies Field Trip | - appy |
| The Summer You Lived | - Umikun |
| To the Protagonists of Books That Won't Sell | - Aotani |
| Theater | - Aiiro Nishimon |
| Absolute Strongest Illusion!! | - Gurihama T |
| ^ Post-event PV | |
| LMAO lol | - MoNo. |
| ^ Post-event PV | |
| Ritual Festival | - Aiiro Nishimon |
| ^ Post-event PV | |
| Harshly Here | - Tsuruzou |
| ^ Post-event PV | |
| Strange and Uncommon | - Meddmia |
| ^ Post-event PV | |
| Art | - Kashiko. |
| Stroke | - keisei |
| The Devil's March | - RED |
| Pink Monster | - Neiri |
| Burnout | - EZFG |
| ^ Post-event PV | |
| Non-Essential Meaning | - Chanmanji |
| Love Rag | - Rusino |
| ^ Post-event PV | |
| Talila (Turn It Up) | - daraku |
| ^ Post-event PV | |
| Colorless and Invisible Person | - Natsuki Aoya |
| ^ Post-event PV | |
| Education (Brainwashing) | - Murata Shiyuu |
| ^ Post-event PV | |
| Kaleido | - Yunosuke |
| Zombies | - DECO*27 |
Worth Your Time
Finally, "Answer" (originally titled as a blank space) was at the top of the rankings throughout the Colorless Nameless Fest, but was deleted by the organizers when it came to light that the artist had based it on the song "Gun Parts" by PEOPLE 1, which was deemed to be against the spirit of the event. The artist later reposted it normally, describing it as an homage.