Media, Technology, and the brilliance of Hatsune Miku Intro I remember being eight years old and my mom telling me there was a computer-generated Japanese singer. I couldn’t believe that was true so I looked up Hatsune Miku on the internet and thus my love of Japanese culture and music was born. I’m thrilled to be working on my own study that involves discussing Hatsune Miku in terms of her creation, her impact on Japanese pop culture, and the integration of technology into our current music and entertainment system. She has ascended to an incredible level of fame and has had an immense impact on fans of all ages; she has even been dubbed the queen of the “radically collaborative future in pop music” (Zoladz). For my paper, I selected a variety of sources that I believe will help me explain and analyze why Hatsune Miku’s presence is crucial in the modern age. On August 31st, 2007, this was the day that the very first Hatsune Miku software was available to be sold. Hatsune Miku was created by Crypton Future Media which was based on Yamaha’s Vocaloid 2 singing-synthesis technology; this allowed for amateur musicians to create music on their personal computers and upload it to the Internet. I am writing this paper as a graduating senior with a major in Asian Languages and Cultures, with an emphasis on Japanese. This culture and language have enriched my life greatly and I wish to write a few words in Japanese about Miku and her impact on global culture:初音 世界で、はとて人気のあ歌手です。８歳の時に、私は動画見した。の力はずっ