https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTAC8EdfDgs (Kuraisu to Ringu by nekobolo x IA)

this is a song i've listened to many times since middle school. i have cried to it at least a few times, but have become numb to it because of how many times i've heard it. near the end though, i re-realized just how beautiful IA's voice is. no wonder she was used so much in the past. was never a fan of hers much, but now i think she encapsulates what sounds so great about an artificial voice.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k72z-KMabXQ (Girl Who Tends to Look Downcast by colloid x Hatsune Miku)

another song i have listened to many times since middle school, and cried to at least a few times. i had also become numb to it, but something "panged" in my heart all of a sudden and i realized that i felt connected to it somehow, by sound alone. i thought "what if i could make music like this someday," and something hit me. specifically, "what if i wrote this as one of my characters." a year or two ago i had started a playlist because of this song called "what death feels like (or out of this world)." i wonder if i've ever had a feeling like this for a song before. probably and i just don't remember. it hit me, and i felt like i could make something too. i wonder if i'll lose this feeling. just gotta keep driving and listening to music. ...also, i'm always surprised by how unpopular this song is.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0FkUJJqcvU (Re:Re: cover by Mato)

this surprised me. when it started playing i didn't recognize it at all. i thought it was an ad, but it sounded too good to be one. so i thought "i hope this ad doesn't end." i slowly started to realize what song it was. i didn't recognize it since i hadn't listened to this song in years, not to mention i only ever listened to the TV-size version. imagine my surprise when len started singing too... beautiful song. BEAUTIFUL guitar. reacting to a song blind without even seeing the title is so cool, but it's kinda hard to make that happen organically.

hearing these three songs in a row by coincidence is almost too good to be true.