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<h3 class="blog-title">Miku Expo</h3>
- <h3 class="datestamp">25/01/2025</h3>
+ <h3 class="datestamp">26/01/2025</h3>
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<p>I've been thinking again about Miku Expo recently.</p>
Gorillaz' dress rehearse for their Glastonbury set in like,
2010, and that was genuinely insane.
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+ <p>
+ But obvs that was insane because it was so small, like. 30
+ people, maybe? Lou Reed was sat behind me asleep until he was
+ needed, lol. But Miku was a big gig, in Wembley Arena, with
+ hundreds if not thousands of people there. Yet it still felt
+ really revelatory?
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ It was just kinda surreal. The opening song of the set was
+ Anamanaguchi's Miku, a favourite of tiktokers. I'm a longtime
+ guchi fan, pre-Endless Fantasy, and I've seen them all three
+ times they've done a UK tour. And all three times they've played
+ tiny little venues; the Bodega in Nottingham holds maybe 200
+ people max?
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ And to see that track performed by Miku at a venue orders of
+ magnitude bigger than anything Anamanaguchi have played here
+ was, frankly, utterly surreal. I loved it! I mean, I loved the
+ whole set, it was amazing to see artists like Kira, synthion and
+ SAWTOWNE get represented alongside the classic big hitter
+ vocaloid producers.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ We went in cosplay, too! First gig I've been to in cosplay,
+ probably reasonably, but again a lovely choice because so did so
+ many other people! I think this was helped by MCM being the same
+ weekend so plenty of people came straight from the con in
+ cosplay.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ I was Magical Mirai 2023 Miku! Just cause the wig is bananaramas
+ big. It was a good choice honestly, super comfortable
+ streetwear, and while the wig was unwieldy it was honestly
+ really fun to dance around in. I mean it ended up fucked,
+ obviously, sweat + dancing + close proximity to a million other
+ people tends to fuck up a wig something fierce. Cat was
+ <i>The Vampire</i> Miku too and so got insanely excited when
+ that was second on the set list, lol.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ But, yeah. Just a kinda insane experience that I really loved. I
+ am so excited for the next time Miku comes to the UK!! Next time
+ I'm getting tickets Avery and Asa.
+ </p>
+ <a href="../img/entries/miku.jpg">
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+ src="../img/entries/miku.jpg"
+ alt="A photo of Athene and Cat in cosplay at Miku Expo London."
+ />
+ </a>
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