Melancholic Vocaloid songs: masterpieces that pierce the heart

Mia’s Doll ManorRen

Mia’s Doll Mansion – Ren feat. Seikai

It’s a piece that sings of the aching desire to breathe life into a doll.

Released by Ren in April 2024, it features Seikai from CeVIO.

If you’ve listened to “Doll’s Abyss,” it will resonate with you even more.

The creator’s feelings as they face a lifeless doll tighten the chest.

You can almost see the protagonist, earnestly speaking to the cold doll, rise behind your eyelids.

Crescent Moon Rider40mP ft. Hatsune Miku

[Eng Sub] [Hatsune Miku (40mP)] Crescent Moon Rider [Original]

From the exhilarating piano-and-strings intro, countless listeners find themselves drawn into a heartrending narrative world.

It’s a song that voices the protagonist’s prayer-like feelings: yearning to break free from the present, identifying with the crescent moon in the night sky, and racing toward the future.

Released in March 2010, the track was also included on King Records’ compilation album VL‑SCRAMBLE.

40mP’s pop yet delicate sound meshes perfectly with Hatsune Miku’s crystal-clear high tones.

When you’re frustrated by a reality that won’t go your way, or on nights when you need the courage to take a step forward, give it a listen—chances are it will spark the energy you need for tomorrow.

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remains / Screw-type feat. GUMI

“remains” by Neji-shiki was released in November 2024.

It was included on the album “ITSUKA RECORDS Compilation Album Vol.2,” distributed at THE VOC@LOiD M@STER 57.

The track was produced as a contribution to the cotton candy factory’s anniversary performance “Corcocoru.” Portraying two people from different worlds yearning for each other, it’s a heart-wrenching number that tightens your chest.

Please listen while letting your thoughts wander through the story.

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Runaway Boy and Lost Girl – cosMo@Bousou-P feat. GUMI

Known for a style that blends story-driven lyrics with rapid-fire melodies, this Vocaloid producer places a particular emphasis on the narrative in this work.

It’s the tale of a girl who gets lost while searching for a runaway boy.

What action does the girl take after recalling the sad past she had long forgotten…?

I couldn’t fully become it.kyiku

Couldn’t Become One / Cold-Catching Nursebot_Type T

This piece portrays the painfully honest cries of a heart struggling to become its ideal self.

Created by Vocaloid producer Kyiku and released in August 2025, it presents a dim, haunting world centered on the theme of “failed eclosion,” leaving a deep impression.

As the creator says they “wrote as honestly as possible,” the lyrics lay bare a soliloquy-like wavering of emotion, and the trembling sound design draws listeners into deep introspection.

On nights when you’re sunk in a helplessness you can’t shake, when you want to immerse yourself in music alone, this work is sure to stay close to you.

Singing in the pouring rainshigure

Singing in the Pouring Rain / Ame Uta-ru

“Singing in the Pouring Rain” is a work released by Shigure in November 2019.

It’s an original song written for the 10th-anniversary compilation album of Amau Utaeru, “EMERALD.” Its emotional, dramatic progression is captivating, giving the impression that feelings intensify as the song advances.

The lyrics, imbued with a sense of parting from a loved one, tighten the chest.

It’s a piece that makes you want to keep facing forward and moving on, even in the rain.

Eme’s BirdcageRen

Emerald Birdcage – Ren feat. Seikai

This song draws you into a beautiful yet deranged world where a beloved person is locked inside a cold birdcage.

It’s a work released by Vocaloid producer Ren in July 2025.

A dark-pop number with a waltz rhythm that lingers in your ears, it expresses the warped emotions of binding the one you love precisely because you love them, all through a dreamlike sound.

It’s frightening yet impossible to look away—that’s its allure.

Immerse yourself in this allegory-rich world.