[Hits Home] A Special Feature on Dark/Vent Vocaloid Songs
A huge number of Vocaloid songs are available online.
New tracks are constantly being created around themes like emotions, scenery, seasons, and events.
Among them, there are also many pieces known as “yami songs” (dark or depressive songs).
I bet quite a few people like that kind of music.
You might listen when you want something to empathize with your feelings, or play them when you want to think deeply and intensely.
So in this article, we’ll be introducing plenty of Vocaloid yami songs!
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[Hits You Hard] Vocaloid Yami (Dark/Mentally Ailing) Song Special (41–50)
I’m a good girl.namiguru
This piece portrays the pain of a child striving to meet their parents’ expectations.
It’s a song by Namigure, released in November 2025, created as part of the Yuka Satoishi compilation project.
Focusing on a mother–daughter relationship with the theme of “self-sacrifice,” it depicts a daily life where lessons take priority over friendships, and even a perfect score is dismissed as “only natural.” Through repeated questioning, the girl’s earnest struggle comes into sharp relief.
Notably different from the artist’s usually bright style, it drew attention as a bold new direction.
I still want to live.Eight
This song is striking for its emotionally rich band sound.
Created by Vocaloid producer Eight and released in February 2025, it features a soundscape rooted in post-rock.
The lyrics delicately portray the relationship between “I” and “you,” and the emotions embedded within them are truly stirring.
It’s nostalgic yet introspective.
When you’re carrying feelings you can’t tell anyone, this track will be there to stay close to your heart.
to liveMizuno Atsu
Like the title, it’s straightforward—a piece that reflects feelings many, especially younger generations, are likely to have.
It’s a song by Atsu Mizuno, who also works as a singer-songwriter, released in 2021.
The track is composed solely of KAFU’s vocals, piano, and strings, yet its clarity and depth are astounding—you feel as if you’re being drawn into the sound as you listen.
And the lyrics are something you can relate to if you feel afraid of tomorrow coming.
This is surely the kind of music that will sit right beside you.
Non-breath ObligePinokio P
A profoundly moving work that cuts deep into the heart.
This song by multi-creator PinocchioP was released in 2021.
Its lyrical worldview centers on “breath,” and the sound arrangement spotlights one of the elements that shapes vocal performance—the “breath” itself.
Everything comes together as one and washes over our ears.
Despite its soft sonic image, there’s a palpable tension that makes your heart race for reasons you can’t quite place.
It’s included on the fifth album, Love, released the same year, so be sure to check it out if you want the recording.
post-mortem carehaiiro nemuri
A song by Nemuri Haiiro titled with a word that means the procedure of preparing one’s appearance after death.
It was released in December 2025.
This approximately 1-minute-45-second piece features the UTAU voicebank Nurse-robo_Type T.
It portrays a perverse psychology: a rejection of ever hearing that spoiled, needy voice again, an attachment that still can’t let go, and a self that can only stay intact by offloading pain onto the other.
The vocal, where mechanical coldness and fragility coexist, alternately illuminates images of bodily pain and clinical, cold procedures.
Please experience its dark, decadent world.
The Religion of Solitudesyudou
“The Religion of Loneliness” by syudou, released on February 3, 2020.
It’s a song themed around misfortune, perfectly fitting the mold of a dark, emotionally heavy Vocaloid track.
The lyrics carry a strong message, allowing for a variety of interpretations the more you think about their meaning.
The song speeds up partway through, and there’s even a section where the words are sung letter by letter in English—pure syudou, brimming with emotion and creativity.
The sensation of being dragged into a deep swamp feels like a kind of religion born from the song itself.
Immerse yourself fully in its unique worldview.
ProposalNaisho no piasu
Naisho no Pierce, a Vocaloid producer who debuted in 2021.
The most memorable work in which he achieved his first entry into the Hall of Fame is “Proposal.” This song conveys deep affection.
However, instead of depicting love straightforwardly, it expresses the jealousy and suffering born from love.
It’s a bit frightening, isn’t it? The piece uses KAFU, and by blurring certain pronunciations and the like, it achieves an expressive vocal performance.
Thanks to that, you can keenly feel the darker emotions.
