[Refreshing] A Special Feature on Vocaloid Summer Songs [Nostalgia]

Summer and Trianglegomen nasai ga ienakute

Summer and Triangle / Kagamine Rin

A song by the Vocaloid producer Known for “Finding Knots” and “Spring Is Blooming,” Gomennasai ga Ienakute, released in August 2024.

Its minimal four-on-the-floor beat and Kagamine Rin’s clear, transparent vocals create a pleasantly polished sound.

The lyrics carefully depict the poignancy of summer’s end.

With its simultaneous sense of coolness and loneliness, this track is perfect for when you’re in a sentimental mood.

I hate summer.Asai Umi

I Hate Summer / Otomachi Una

A piercing piano rock song that portrays the complex emotions of summer.

It’s a track by Vocaloid producer Asai Umi, released in August 2019, and included on the first mini-album “It Was a Boring Life.” The lyrical world, with its story-like line—“I hate summer because it inevitably makes me remember someone precious who’s gone”—really hits home.

The fast-paced arrangement seems to embody the feelings that overflow.

I think it especially resonates when you listen to it in summer, when you’re tormented by loneliness.

late summeryukopi

late summer

It’s a lyrical song that expresses the heartache that tightens your chest at summer’s end.

Composed by Yukopi, known for “Gale All Back,” it was released in February 2025.

The gentle timbre of the piano and the dramatic strings convey the bittersweetness of late summer, stirring deep emotions.

Its worldview evokes nostalgia for memories that have passed and times you can’t return to, making it perfect for those who want to sink into a nostalgic mood.

Time machine1640mP

[Hatsune Miku (1640m)] Time Machine [Original]

A collaborative song by 40mP, known for weaving a unique worldview, and 164, famed for “Ama no Jaku.” The build-up right before the chorus conveys a heartrending emotion that makes your chest tighten.

Listening to it while watching the scenery flow by on a train might let you enjoy the song’s world even more.

Lingering Lantern FireworksOrangestar

[Hatsune Miku] Zan'to Fireworks [Original] with Chinese Subtitles

From a subdued opening to a guitar phrase that overflows with emotion.

This song is by Orangestar, a Vocaloid producer known for creating numerous summer tunes.

In 2015, the Japanese version was released on YouTube, and the English version on Niconico.

The lyrics capture the bittersweet feelings of two people who won’t be able to meet once summer ends.

In August, reckoning with the mistakes we maderēshia

August, Checking the Answers to the Mistakes We Made / Kazehiki

It’s a song that pierces the heart with the wistfulness of summer’s end and the longing for something precious that’s been lost.

Created by Reishia and released in August 2024, it uses the whispery voice of the UTAU voicebank KAZEHIKI to delicately portray the mindset of a protagonist burdened by past mistakes and regrets.

The lyrics capture the blinding brightness felt in sweltering heat and the complexity of youth struggling with the gap between ideals and reality, resonating with each listener’s own summer memories.

The sound arrangement, infused with elements of electronica, is another compelling draw.

Why not give it a listen when summer loneliness washes over you?

August, you are.Epoch

August, you are. / Hatsune Miku

A song that paints bittersweet memories, with the delicate tones of the guitar seeping into the heart.

Created by the Vocaloid producer Epoch, also known for works like “Somnium,” and released in August 2021.

It’s a rock number packed with overflowing emotions for cherished people we can no longer meet, and for the summer days that have passed.

The resonant, emotional sound captivates both ears and heart.

Before you know it, you find yourself listening as if it were your own story.