H-el-ical aka Hikaru!!!

Wow wow wow thank you so much!!

im genuinely shocked Hikaru tried to hit those high notes, like in the chorus when she was melody and during the don’t believe in action bits — but it came out great (well, not accounting for the fact that there may have been studio magic).

Lmao kajiuran isn’t kaiiuran unless Yuriko is onboard holy crap

Is this the first official live video we have seen since H-el-iCal started??
 
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im genuinely shocked Hikaru tried to hit those high notes, like in the chorus when she was melody and during the don’t believe in action bits — but it came out great (well, not accounting for the fact that there may have been studio magic).
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Her voice sounded kinda muted like it was stuck in her nose. But at least she didn't crack hue. Though she should probably refrain from sing that high. It can't be healthy for her already injured voice.
She sounded fine in the verses, and kinda cute in the English phrases.
The other girl (Pray? or what is her name? hue) sounded fine in the verses, but damn did she sound ugly when singing the high notes in the refrain.

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Is this the first official live video we have seen since H-el-iCal started??
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She had a livestream last year. She sang Fly me to the moon and some other songs IIRC.
 
Did hikaru forgot her Kajiurago ? She could do them at least during the bridge instead of just moving around. I was disappointed the True girl got to sing more of the song, but overall it was a good performance but without the kajiurago it gets way too repeatitive. Im surprised it became kinda like a must song for such lives.
 
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So to commemorate 15,000 subscribers, Hikaru filmed a broadcast where she also had a bit of a mini-live. During it, she performed:

01. 空 (Sora)ー Look ahead
02. 千日紅 (Sen’ichiko)
03. Fili
04. Pulsation (English Version)

Tomorrow, she will upload a cover of Yoasobi’s 夜に駆ける (Yoru ni Kakeru) to her YouTube channel.

Link to Archived Stream (Live begins at 1:02:17): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qh0gi7WXxk8
Link to Yoru ni Kakeru video for tomorrow: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjhOR5lB6sQ
 
Loved the event, seeing a cheerful, lively Hikaru always improves my mood.

English version of pulsation was a big bow towards foreign fans, so I won't say a single bad word about it. Her english sounded very well, as expected.

Regarding 夜に駆ける - never knew the original before, extremely vocaloid-ish, not my cup of tea. I think pitching it down to suit Hikaru was a good idea, this, combined with Hi-chan's "dark" voice and her expressiveness make the song somewhat entartaining. I adore the "shinjite itai kedo shinjirenai koto [...]" part, She NAILED it.

Kinda wish they covered the instrumental as well, with a rearrangement of sorts - add some slap to this boring bassline to spice up things a little bit or somethig.

Still, I think it might eventually grow on me, it's catchy.
 
Well, there’s a lot of news to unpack right now, haha. Anyways, I’ll give the short version.

1: Hikaru collaborated with composer Feryquitous on a song for the game Duel Masters Plays. The song is titled [Re]Rise and the full version premiered on April 24th. (Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUEbEucoc0s)

2: She held a second YouTube Q&A event a couple days ago. (Link to it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5dYstbMPU0)

3: She’s launching her own fan-club! It is called Helixes. More information can be found at this link: (https://h-el-ical.com/fanclub/)

4: She will be holding a Birthday Event on July 2nd. I believe there’s a streaming option but I’m not completely sure. Fans have the chance to vote for their three favorite songs to be potentially performed.

GOOGLE FORM VOTING LINK: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfNSEAuEfEkfZ6_9O1BNpTUGmqjzUN0xkG7Kt3aCm9zA2OKQw/viewform

5: She’s been in the recording booth a lot lately. Nothing announced yet for sure, but take that statement as you will.

EDIT: Streaming option for the Birthday Event has been confirmed! Thank you, Michelle! Please check out her post below for more information regarding Fan-Club Registration.
 
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Yes, the birthday event will be streamed—more details to be announced at a later date.

And some notes regarding fan club registration:
  • need to initiate FC registration on mobile (or attempt device emulation on your desktop browser)
  • Hotmail/Outlook email addresses not allowed
  • must download app from JP app store
  • does not require inputting Japanese address, thankfully
  • uses Stripe to process payments—transaction will appear on credit card statement as St*crayon Inc.
  • newsletter content also translated in English and Chinese
 
@Atlas Star, Splendore, yolcu and Find your answer, let's see how many we're gonna get right :XD:

I completely forgot about this Gira Gira and only today gave it a try. However, I decided to check out the original beforehand.
I don't care much about the song at all, but I think the overall vocal delivery of Hikaru// might have been one of her best so far.

At 2:48 that sexy, hoarse MERA MERA almost knocked me out of my chair. Way to go, girl!
 
Hikaru’s mini-albums (ALL THREE) are now available on Spotify! And her first one includes the English version of Pulsation, alongside the original Japanese and the other songs!
 
It’s Hikaru’s Birthday, so here’s what her event track list was.

1: Disclose *Acoustic* (I voted for this so I am very happy! Even if it was a given. Also, congrats FJMaikeru!)
2: Alter-nate- *Acoustic*
3: 咲 -SHOW-
4: Spiranthes
5: 水 - Find Your Answer (Congrats, Atlas and Sania!)
6: 火 - One Step Forward
7: Existence *Acoustic*
8: 紡 -TSUMUGU-
9: (ENCORE) Happy Birthday

We also got a new song! It’s called ‘I Am Me’, and is composed by Saito Dai.

Link to new song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqIjTYXabrY
 
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