Miku Hatsune OPM - Kahit Kaibigan Lang

KAHIT KAIBIGAN LANG An OPM (Original Philippine Music) Composed and written by Vehnee Saturno Popularized and performed by April Boy Regino Arranged by Tito C. Cayamanda Rearranged and rendered by Orochi Herman Sung by Miku Hatsune (Hatsune Miku Dark) Language: Filipino (Tagalog) Illustrations used: Pixiv: wokada (552918), illust 9481903, pages 2, 3 & 5 tama_pete (754675), illust 25809994, page 7; illust 35470111, page 22 hayuki_04 (3924126), illust 25670708 kurausu (1919058), illust 36040819 chiri (1978247), illust 19622471 Originally intended as a birthday presentation for Miku, the demands to make it sound better delayed it several times, plus the fact that my usage of English Miku was faced with issues found by me and viewers alike. This built pressure to make my works more competitive, even for covers. For V3 works, Miku's Tagalog significantly improved, and her accented U's became much more tolerable to hear. In her take of April Boy Regino's piece, the inspiration for the panels was the fact there are factions of Kaito's pairing; The KaiMei pairing, between Kaito and Meiko, and the KaiMiku pairing, between Kaito and Miku. The song is about a person left behind in favor for someone else, and looking at least to restore the relationship, even as friends. The song is hard for Miku in the original pitch, so it had to be lowered to mitigate, if not prevent the "Granny Miku" syndrome that manifests in most Filipino vocalizations of Miku. It is increasingly difficult to find songs to give to Vocaloids to cover because like with real life artists, the song has to match the singer. The song affirms the fact that Miku can do a proper rendition of Filipino songs this time around. It took longer to make and to make it sound proper. I left the instrumental as it is, as it conveys the mood readily, given the type of lyrics that are there. The English translation is almost not a translation, but half-translation, half-interpretation, to convey the message more than giving a word-for-word translation. Production details can be viewed at http://boards.rotbrc.com/miku/res/32.html and files can be uploaded upon request.