Who is Japan’s biggest pop star? Without a doubt, it is Hatsune Miku, the 16-year-old hologram with fluorescent teal twintails. Surely you've heard of the virtual siren, dreamed up by Crypton Future Media's Hiroyuki Itoh in 2007 as a personified piece of music software--inspired by Japanese manga, science fiction, and a turquoise synthesizer keyboard--only to become an international idol, who was shot for Vogue's forthcoming Met Gala special issue in custom Givenchy couture. Itoh himself is no...
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Who is Japan’s biggest pop star? Without a doubt, it is Hatsune Miku, the 16-year-old hologram with fluorescent teal twintails. Surely you've heard of the virtual siren, dreamed up by Crypton Future Media's Hiroyuki Itoh in 2007 as a personified piece of music software--inspired by Japanese manga, science fiction, and a turquoise synthesizer keyboard--only to become an international idol, who was shot for Vogue's forthcoming Met Gala special issue in custom Givenchy couture. Itoh himself is no...
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