[Hits Home] A Special Feature on Dark/Vent Vocaloid Songs

Don't tell clumsy lies.ive

Don't tell clumsy lies - Hatsune Miku

The repeating piano phrase, symphonic strings, and Hatsune Miku’s fragile vocals leave a strong impression.

It’s a track by the Vocaloid producer ive, released in 2019.

The lyrics, with their dark word choices—enough to make you think of a “night without a single light”—really pierce the heart.

Yet what comes through is a single-minded devotion to someone precious.

Fear and wistfulness intermingle, creating a unique atmosphere.

It’s a gloomy song that might make you cry before you even realize it.

Controlwotaku

Control / wotaku feat. Hatsune Miku

It’s a mature, dark piece with resonant, melodious piano phrases.

Composed by wotaku and released in 2020, the lyrics trace the protagonist’s inner darkness—feeling the pain of living, yet sensing a glimmer of hope somewhere in their body.

As you listen, a world like a grim fairy tale comes into view.

It’s a Vocaloid track where fear and beauty can be savored at the same time.

If you listen alone at night, it’s sure to pierce your heart.

Spiral RuboxSwitch

【Original Song】Spiral Luvox【IA】(Spiral-Luvox – Official Video)

You’re instantly drawn into the world of the song.

The fairy tale–like melody and eerie lyrics become irresistible.

The same motif repeats, but each time it makes my heart race, and the meaning of the title containing the word “spiral” feels like it pierces my heart.

“Luvox” is the name of a medication prescribed as an antidepressant.

Be My GuestAzari

Be My Guest

It makes you want to crank the volume to the max and feel that swelling, wobbling bassline! This piece is by Azari, a Vocaloid producer known for a dark musical style, released in 2022.

If you’ve heard this sound arrangement even once, you can instantly tell, “This is an Azari track!” Perhaps because the number of elements is kept minimal, each individual timbre really stands out.

And the youthful, innocent-sounding vocals suit the mood of the track perfectly.

What I want you to listen to isnekobōro

What I Want You to Hear by Nekoborō (Sasanomaly) feat. Hatsune Miku

It’s a Vocaloid “yami song” that skillfully expresses feelings of loneliness and restlessness, as if you have no place to belong.

If possible, I want you to listen to how I feel—even if you’re not facing me.

That kind of desperate cry comes through alongside a cute melody.

You can feel the hazy emotion of wanting to reach someone, yet being unable to.

Among yami songs, this one is relatively bright.

apopheniaBlack rabbit

Apophenia – Kasane Teto SV

A contemporary song that portrays the mind’s habit of finding meaning in random events.

Created by Kurosagi and released in October 2025.

Through motifs like fortune-telling, shooting stars, and black cats, it sings about a psychological state that links unrelated things with causality.

The work’s appeal lies in the contrast between the feeling of being dominated by anxiety due to excessive meaning-making and the heartfelt desire to be freed from it.

The precise tuning of Kasane Teto SV beautifully expresses the wavering of the heart—hesitation and indecision.

Be sure to listen to the version sung by Kurosagi themselves, too!

BADDIE BUDDY BUNNYSumia

【MV】BADDIE BUDDY BUNNY / Sumia feat. flower+Miku

Sumia’s “BADDIE BUDDY BUNNY” expresses a sticky, all-consuming kind of love.

In this track, flower sings the male part and Hatsune Miku sings the female part.

The song depicts a man and a woman, disillusioned with the world, becoming self-destructive yet still loving each other.

Its unique, dark, and bewitching aesthetic is a major draw.

The exhilarating, fast-paced sound can also be interpreted as portraying the duo’s reckless rampage.