MIKU EXPO 2021 Updates: New Visuals, ‘Highlight’ Music Video, Digital Stars 2021
MIKU EXPO 2021 will be taking place in June, and there have been a lot of developments in the fully online Miku event! Read on for a recap of all the recent announcements on what fans can loo forward to!
New Visual
First, a brand new, gorgeous sub-visual for MIKU EXPO 2021 by ryota was revealed last week! This one shows Miku in a different pose but wearing the same globe-themed outfit, looking like she’s in the middle of a live concert! We bet seeing this must’ve gotten you excited for the real show!
Kickstarter Crowdfunding Conclusion
The Kickstarter campaign to fund MIKU EXPO 2021 has concluded with a whopping ￥61,265,492 JPY raised by 3,588 generous backers!
That means every single goal and stretch goal has been met, so the concert will have a grand total of 16 songs, including “Thousand Little Voices” by Vault Kid & Flanger Moose, the winning entry of the MIKU EXPO 2021 song contest, and Miku will be getting an original outfit in the accompanying outfit design contest!
>For a recap on the crowdfunding campaign, see our previous article!
Highlight Music Video
For the past month, fans got to enjoy the lyric video for the MIKU EXPO 2021 theme song, Highlight by KIRA.
And in case you haven’t already fallen in love with the song, we are now graced with a splendid music video for it featuring artwork by Ekkoberry and animation work by Riguruma! Talk about a truly international collaborative effort!
The music video follows the MIKU EXPO 2021 image of a “globe” which Miku holds in her hands at times in the video. It also shows the locations of each of the artists involved: KIRA from Germany, Ekkoberry from New Zealand, Riguruma from Russia, and Miku from Japan! This song and music video truly go to show how MIKU EXPO is something we can share and enjoy across many borders, something which isn’t usually possible in terms of Miku-centered concerts up til recently!
For the first time we will have a major event every fan can witness.
Sub Events
And finally, the sub events of MIKU EXPO 2021 have been revealed! Find their page here!
Hatsune Miku Digital Stars 2021 Online
Digital Stars is returning as an online club sub event of MIKU EXPO 2021! Expect special and tons of awesome music to enjoy!
The main visual has even been revealed! The artist behind it is つなこ / Tsunako!
But that’s not all! Hobby Stock has already confirmed that they will be making a 1/7 scale figure of the Digital Stars 2021 main visual! Stay tuned for more detailed announcements!
#MIKU WORLD GALLERY
Fans may remember the #MikuWorldGallery hashtag campaign on Twitter in which artists from all over the world would share their unique illustrations of Miku on social media. Now the actual Miku World Gallery will be a sub event of MIKU EXPO 2021, showcasing the artwork submitted online as an interactive online gallery! Stay tuned for details on this event as well!
LET’S PAINT 3.0
The MYMIKU model painting workshop is returning with the latest version of LET’S PAINT! Use your smartphone or tablet to paint a little Miku 3D models in any way that you like, then take pictures of and show them to the world! More details to come!
Merchandise Visuals
Of course, what’s a Miku event without official merchandise? MIKU EXPO 2021 will also have its own event-exclusive goods for fans to purchase!
While we don’t yet know what kind of merchandise will be made, we have been shown the illustrations of the piapro characters that they will be using!
Illustration by Sandra:
Illustration by Tigera:
Cute illustrations, aren’t they? We can’t wait to see what the official MIKU EXPO 2021 merchandise will look like with them!
That concludes the recent updates for MIKU EXPO 2021, but expect a lot more to be made leading up to the big show in June!
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