2:57 i think one reason they chose meiko is because she's often portrayed as being the closest niigo vocaloid to mizuki and specifically being associated with her complicated personal feelings, hence her being in idsmile also. lagtrain's meaning can be interpreted as struggling with the feeling of falling behind everyone else and being left behind, one of mizuki's fears. since it's something very personal and complicated for mizuki, meiko would fit well from a character relationship standpoint
this is such an interesting take on the way they choose vocaloids for covers!! if it's true then i'd love to see how they do that sort of decision making for other covers, and even if it isn't it's a really fun thing to think about! thank you for your comment!
Another thing about Heat Abnormality is that whenever the full version comes out, there is a possibility that one of the Niigo members do the low note (it will prob be Kaito tho and that is reasonable as it is very hard) if they actually do I will ascend.
0:25 my jaw dropped. i understand your frustration with the cover but i have such an attachment to it (leoni my fav group + rin my fav vs, i alr love the song, released to my bday) that i have to say smth. i think it was the best fit key for them without straining their vocals. what you can hope for is alt vocals, because trust they will save the cover for you. good day!!
definitely agree - i think a shiho cover especially would be incredible! i honestly don't think ttb is anywhere near being one of their worst covers, but it's at the bottom based on this year alone. thanks for commenting!!
I have to agree with your top pick. This cover has been an ear worm ever since it released (and the vocaloid version on TH-cam is also superb) still yet to full combo this on expert haha 😂
Niigo's cover on Heat Abnormal made me really obsessed with the song, and I'm dying to listen to the full version. Hopefully, it will be out sooner than later, like, Sega, we love it, give us what we want. Very glad that you put this on the first place, def deserved, niigo slayed
i cant believe how nearly ALL of the niigo covers so far have been in the top half of the list, but i'm not complaining at all!! thank you for commenting
VBS and nightcord are really doing well with their covers this year. i got blown away with heat abnormality and yoidore shirazu + so glad that kaito finally got a cover with nightcord too because samsa was such an amazing commission as well!!
my obsession with iyowa paying off as i see Heat Abnormality and living millenium in higher rankings. seriously Heat Abnormality is already good with Rei Adachi's transmitter vibe vocals and with KAITO's first Niigo cover im utterly impressed. I'm hoping for Last Moments and Apricot for niigo cuz its just fits them perfectly
one thing to note that iyowa songs tend to be such a banger. Kyukurarin and Thermal Anomaly are so good not to mention the remix iyowa made for Shoujo Rei. Seriously it's one of my favorite remix ever
hide and seek is so peak.. also the line distribution makes me cry!! honami getting the line "i wanted to be loved so i made a mistake and hid myself" and ihcika getting the line "i covered my painful wounds and i loved you, i loved you" AGHHHHHH
7:33 YES. I never knew nothing about the song before the cover but now it’s one of my favorites. WxS sounds SO good and I love the vibe. I can’t wait for the full version
I don’t mind key changes often because they sometimes sound good. (I personally love n25’s civer of Just Life as much as the OG. and while not a cover, Tsukasa’s NEO being a lower range really benefits his range). But changing TTB’s key works against them because the power is lost. My guess is they lowered it for the other girls cause Shiho and Ichi have the vocals to handle it (lost one’s weeping is unpopular but it really showcases their range/power). Saki I notice usually struggles and Honami can do a bit more but regardless, the key change just didn’t work here/
couldn't agree more on heat abnormal, it sounds so good, kanade and mafuyu's voices r soft while ena and mizuki r strong, kaito sounds good too I just love everything and the background is chef kiss.
the effort put into this video made it so pleasant to watch, even if i might not agree with some of your opinions. the format is very satisfying, keep up the amazing work!!
the fact that my two favourite covers of this year is last and first place is hilarious to me (I am definitely not biased when it comes to Toyko Teddy Bear)
0:42 they want to take care of the va's voices! They are capable of singing in the og key I think but it's a possibility it'll damage their voice so they avoid it
that's fair! i definitely wouldn't want them to sing in the original key, but i do think maybe bumping it up about 1 semitone could've been doable within the va's ranges. thank you for commenting!
murder case at the mansion of antiquarian books at #2 is so real. I don't really listen to the newer covers as much since I'm more of an ensekai player, but when I heard that cover for the first time I was MINDBLOWN. Didn't even realise it was wxs first cover with KAITO but oh my god they need more
My favorite cover from this year (so far) is Kibou no Tsuki, because since Fall of last year it has been in my top 5 favorite Vocaloid songs and still is, nothing in this year would be it for me except they add “phantom thief Kubozono never gets away” by PowaPowa, because they already added the other songs in my top 5 (Shun-ran, and Noushou Sakuretsu Girl)
While i don't really agree with Tokyo Teddy Bear being last (personally i would place it around 8th place) i really don't think it deserves the hate it gets. The cover kinda sounds mid in the beginning but i think it's pretty good during the middle part and great at the end. Heat abnormal being at 1st is very real tho. I have been addicted to that song ever since it came out and i really don't think it's recency bias at this point.
I agree with your thoughts on Tokyo Teddy Bear so much. We've been begging for this cover since the game's debut and this is what we get? I can't help but feel like we deserved better from Leo/need. It sucks that almost every high-energy song they cover flops (Hibana, Teo, Ghost Rule, Six Trillion, etc.) Leo/need was my favourite unit at one point and I still love them to bits but listening to Teddy Bear makes me want to "find a tougher pair of scissor to cut my face out."
I personally disagree with Tokyo teddy bears placement. I think the soft but really powerful key of it definitely works for this cover. And I don’t think Rin’s tuning is as bad as people say it is. And I loved the line distribution.
1:44 im sorry but im so tired of people saying that its mikus "tuning" when its literally her VOICEBANK. dont you realise how mikus voice changes w/ different producers? for example, giga and kikuo. both of their mikus sound different because of their VOICEBANK NOT their tuning. even if both of the producers have the same tuning, their voices will sound different because of their voicebanks.
i do understand where you're coming from! i still do think there ARE instances in this game where miku's nt voicebank has been used well - i know she has a whisper bank which actually sounds great and has been used in multiple sekai songs so far (lost and found, glow, etc.) and i really think that would've sounded much better! thanks for commenting!
Honestly I actually kinda liked Tokyo Teddy Bear, I think it gave the song a different, but interesting take on it, really giving it a more somber tone which I do feel like fits the lyrics surprisingly well.
that's why it's better to wait for Ichika's alt vocal. quite disappointed with the tokyo teddy bear cover because all the members sing and saki & honami's voices don't match the hard rock song except for ichika and shiho. Ichika is the main vocal here, she can do high notes but unfortunately his potential is limited because all the members are made like this
I have to agree, even though Ichika and Shiho sounded the best here, it seems as if they were somewhat held back. Like take a look at their cover of Tengaku which is hardcore as well, it had a key change but they still sounded amazing; the directions between here and there is like night and day (even Rin sounded stunning in Tengaku). I've absolutely no idea what happened here.
@@knui333 I don't know if it's because of fans demands that all members sing (you know there are lots of complaints silly like Ichika has too much line, Saki Honami and Shiho have to sing a lot bla bla bla) or the management is trash
@@noerhalizah3042 I think mostly the management is to blame here because most fans asked for Ichika, Shiho and Rin to sing this. And probably the fact that L/n had been getting duets before this came out added to the decision to make TTB a full unit cover.
WOW excellent taste!! i’m niigo biased so i’m of course quite happy with how they’ve placed haha but murder case is probably (possibly?) my favorite wxs cover at present so i’m equally pleased about its placement!!! would love to see more of this video format from you in the future! i see you don’t have a ton of ranking videos posted but they’re kind of My Strange Addiction and i’d be interested to see more of your opinions (:
i was genuinely shocked at how much i liked dame ningen da - i'm terrible at giving concrete numbers but i'd probably say somewhere between #9 and #6! thank you for your comment!
for lagtrain, my opinion on it is that it should have been kanade and ena because i think it woukd sound much better imo also meiko goes from sounding like miku to sounding like meiko and then sounding like luka which confuses me a bit. rin is better suited for it
i feel like meiko REALLY ruins a lot of songs, especially mmj covers. her voice and the way they tone it just stands out so much in a bad way. i hate all mmj covers with her in it and i just have a hatred for her voice in general ig because she doesn’t do the other groups justice either
this is so real!! i do feel like there are times where she can fit the song (phony, it's just life, pheles, etc.), but a lot of the time she doesn't fit at all. i really hope that either her nt voicebank improves or they start to use her v4x voicebank more! thanks for commenting!
@@nikoneed Meiko doesn't have a v4x, only a v3 but I agree lol. Honestly I just wished they didn't use the nts in general, I know it's because it's Crypton's new project and stuff but the v3 and v4x voicebanks just sound so much better... Like with Gekokujo, they used Rin v4x for her alt, I wish they would also do that with the main covers 😭
i was genuinely shocked at how much i liked dame ningen da - i'm terrible at giving concrete numbers but i'd probably say somewhere between #9 and #6! thank you for your comment!
thanks for the feedback! yeah i've seen a lot of youtubers who do this style of video use an AI voiceover, but i think i'll go back to just having text for whatever video i do next - it's also just a lot more hassle to do an ai voiceover than to not do one. thanks a lot for your comment!!
i love you being real about straight up saying "im just not into the song so the cover ranked low" like yes this is what i want to see! more subjectivity! we are here to have fun! i'd never heard netsu ijou before hearing the leak like a week before the song got into the game and ive legitimately never been more excited for a song to be released. like the moment i heard it i knew we were getting out of the empty sekai with this one
I love the way you rated every song that came out this year. I'm surprised your channel is so underrated. And Heat Abnormal in the #1 spot is so real. 😼
heat abnormal on 1st is sooo real
Ikr!!!
n25 kaito sounds good no matter what song it is
THE MV AND THE SONG ARE BOTH AMAZING DZGUICBDUBAUKCBISB
I didnt realise we got 2 kanaria songs so far this year
two iyowa songs too
ikr crazy
i really expect a kanaria commissioned song for a focus event at this point
3 now
@@ethriwalit should def be for an or any nightcord member
The way the text font changes to fit the themes/aesthetics of the songs is EVERYTHING. Such a well-done video!
Heat abnormality at first is so real 😍
2:57 i think one reason they chose meiko is because she's often portrayed as being the closest niigo vocaloid to mizuki and specifically being associated with her complicated personal feelings, hence her being in idsmile also. lagtrain's meaning can be interpreted as struggling with the feeling of falling behind everyone else and being left behind, one of mizuki's fears. since it's something very personal and complicated for mizuki, meiko would fit well from a character relationship standpoint
this is such an interesting take on the way they choose vocaloids for covers!! if it's true then i'd love to see how they do that sort of decision making for other covers, and even if it isn't it's a really fun thing to think about! thank you for your comment!
Another thing about Heat Abnormality is that whenever the full version comes out, there is a possibility that one of the Niigo members do the low note (it will prob be Kaito tho and that is reasonable as it is very hard) if they actually do I will ascend.
0:25 my jaw dropped. i understand your frustration with the cover but i have such an attachment to it (leoni my fav group + rin my fav vs, i alr love the song, released to my bday) that i have to say smth. i think it was the best fit key for them without straining their vocals. what you can hope for is alt vocals, because trust they will save the cover for you. good day!!
definitely agree - i think a shiho cover especially would be incredible! i honestly don't think ttb is anywhere near being one of their worst covers, but it's at the bottom based on this year alone. thanks for commenting!!
I have to agree with your top pick. This cover has been an ear worm ever since it released (and the vocaloid version on TH-cam is also superb) still yet to full combo this on expert haha 😂
THERE IS NO A PJSK BAD COVER IN 2024!!! they improved so much! My personal fav is kuu ni naru :)
Niigo's cover on Heat Abnormal made me really obsessed with the song, and I'm dying to listen to the full version. Hopefully, it will be out sooner than later, like, Sega, we love it, give us what we want. Very glad that you put this on the first place, def deserved, niigo slayed
i cant believe how nearly ALL of the niigo covers so far have been in the top half of the list, but i'm not complaining at all!! thank you for commenting
I like how Meiko not only fits unaware drunkard in vocals but also in character
MURDER CASE BEING 2ND IS SO BASEEDDD IT'S SUCH A GOOD COVER OF AN ALTEADY GREAT SONG!!
imo dokuzu should be higher, but all of the songs above it are really good too so it's like /shrug not even sure what to replace it with LOL
VALID RANKINGS !! the covers this year are really good overall
(7:14 the jab at the KING cover ??😭)
VBS and nightcord are really doing well with their covers this year. i got blown away with heat abnormality and yoidore shirazu + so glad that kaito finally got a cover with nightcord too because samsa was such an amazing commission as well!!
the top pick is absolutely on point its gorgeous
My smile faded when I saw teddy bear
it sucks
i love this ranking sm
my obsession with iyowa paying off as i see Heat Abnormality and living millenium in higher rankings. seriously Heat Abnormality is already good with Rei Adachi's transmitter vibe vocals and with KAITO's first Niigo cover im utterly impressed. I'm hoping for Last Moments and Apricot for niigo cuz its just fits them perfectly
one thing to note that iyowa songs tend to be such a banger. Kyukurarin and Thermal Anomaly are so good not to mention the remix iyowa made for Shoujo Rei. Seriously it's one of my favorite remix ever
YOU ARE SO TRUE FOR THIS I LOVE IYOWA SO MUCH i hope for a wxs cover of goodbye jackpot or mmj maybe
How you edited this video is so well done. I am so touched with how you laid out your opinions of each songs❤
I love the fonts you used for the song titles!
hide and seek is so peak.. also the line distribution makes me cry!! honami getting the line "i wanted to be loved so i made a mistake and hid myself" and ihcika getting the line "i covered my painful wounds and i loved you, i loved you" AGHHHHHH
LITERALLY as i was making this ranking i was taken aback by how good hide and seek was??? aggghhh so good thanks for commenting
7:33 YES. I never knew nothing about the song before the cover but now it’s one of my favorites. WxS sounds SO good and I love the vibe. I can’t wait for the full version
Finally someone who appreciates Murder case😭😭💓
I absolutely love your editing style!!!!
I don’t mind key changes often because they sometimes sound good. (I personally love n25’s civer of Just Life as much as the OG. and while not a cover, Tsukasa’s NEO being a lower range really benefits his range).
But changing TTB’s key works against them because the power is lost. My guess is they lowered it for the other girls cause Shiho and Ichi have the vocals to handle it (lost one’s weeping is unpopular but it really showcases their range/power). Saki I notice usually struggles and Honami can do a bit more but regardless, the key change just didn’t work here/
couldn't agree more on heat abnormal, it sounds so good, kanade and mafuyu's voices r soft while ena and mizuki r strong, kaito sounds good too I just love everything and the background is chef kiss.
peak abnormal my love!!!! thanks for commenting
the effort put into this video made it so pleasant to watch, even if i might not agree with some of your opinions. the format is very satisfying, keep up the amazing work!!
the fact that my two favourite covers of this year is last and first place is hilarious to me (I am definitely not biased when it comes to Toyko Teddy Bear)
this is so terribly valid ily
0:42 they want to take care of the va's voices! They are capable of singing in the og key I think but it's a possibility it'll damage their voice so they avoid it
that's fair! i definitely wouldn't want them to sing in the original key, but i do think maybe bumping it up about 1 semitone could've been doable within the va's ranges. thank you for commenting!
murder case at the mansion of antiquarian books at #2 is so real. I don't really listen to the newer covers as much since I'm more of an ensekai player, but when I heard that cover for the first time I was MINDBLOWN. Didn't even realise it was wxs first cover with KAITO but oh my god they need more
1:06 Before osmanthus was added to pjsekai, I was already addicted to Ado's version, which actually has more views than flower's
i knew heat abnormal inspired this, its definitely my favorite sekai cover ever oh my god. they all sound ethereal
My favorite cover from this year (so far) is Kibou no Tsuki, because since Fall of last year it has been in my top 5 favorite Vocaloid songs and still is, nothing in this year would be it for me except they add “phantom thief Kubozono never gets away” by PowaPowa, because they already added the other songs in my top 5 (Shun-ran, and Noushou Sakuretsu Girl)
While i don't really agree with Tokyo Teddy Bear being last (personally i would place it around 8th place) i really don't think it deserves the hate it gets. The cover kinda sounds mid in the beginning but i think it's pretty good during the middle part and great at the end. Heat abnormal being at 1st is very real tho. I have been addicted to that song ever since it came out and i really don't think it's recency bias at this point.
I agree with your thoughts on Tokyo Teddy Bear so much. We've been begging for this cover since the game's debut and this is what we get? I can't help but feel like we deserved better from Leo/need. It sucks that almost every high-energy song they cover flops (Hibana, Teo, Ghost Rule, Six Trillion, etc.) Leo/need was my favourite unit at one point and I still love them to bits but listening to Teddy Bear makes me want to "find a tougher pair of scissor to cut my face out."
I personally disagree with Tokyo teddy bears placement. I think the soft but really powerful key of it definitely works for this cover. And I don’t think Rin’s tuning is as bad as people say it is. And I loved the line distribution.
Shiho:
E AA SOU VBS COVER IS SOOOO GOOD THANK YOU I LOVE HOW EVERYONE SOUNDS
1:44 im sorry but im so tired of people saying that its mikus "tuning" when its literally her VOICEBANK. dont you realise how mikus voice changes w/ different producers? for example, giga and kikuo. both of their mikus sound different because of their VOICEBANK NOT their tuning. even if both of the producers have the same tuning, their voices will sound different because of their voicebanks.
i do understand where you're coming from! i still do think there ARE instances in this game where miku's nt voicebank has been used well - i know she has a whisper bank which actually sounds great and has been used in multiple sekai songs so far (lost and found, glow, etc.) and i really think that would've sounded much better! thanks for commenting!
iyowa having the best songs is so real >B3
Honestly I actually kinda liked Tokyo Teddy Bear, I think it gave the song a different, but interesting take on it, really giving it a more somber tone which I do feel like fits the lyrics surprisingly well.
Winterosy CODED RHAHHHHHHhHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
anyways I love this list but TTB is still amazing to me IDRC about the pitch thing
SOMEONE ACTUALLY PICKED UP ON IT OMG 😭 😭 and that's real!!
that's why it's better to wait for Ichika's alt vocal. quite disappointed with the tokyo teddy bear cover because all the members sing and saki & honami's voices don't match the hard rock song except for ichika and shiho. Ichika is the main vocal here, she can do high notes but unfortunately his potential is limited because all the members are made like this
I have to agree, even though Ichika and Shiho sounded the best here, it seems as if they were somewhat held back. Like take a look at their cover of Tengaku which is hardcore as well, it had a key change but they still sounded amazing; the directions between here and there is like night and day (even Rin sounded stunning in Tengaku). I've absolutely no idea what happened here.
@@knui333 I don't know if it's because of fans demands that all members sing (you know there are lots of complaints silly like Ichika has too much line, Saki Honami and Shiho have to sing a lot bla bla bla) or the management is trash
@@noerhalizah3042 I think mostly the management is to blame here because most fans asked for Ichika, Shiho and Rin to sing this. And probably the fact that L/n had been getting duets before this came out added to the decision to make TTB a full unit cover.
I agree but personally I think saki and Honami nailed the lines they did get, although this would be better as just a rin/ichishiho cover
wait, has an alt vocal of ichika tokyo teddy bear been confirmed?
I CANNOT AGREE MORE ON TOP 3
My favorite cover is easily Envy Baby! (I think a lot of that comes from the fact it was added on my birthday!
Love this video !
Yess! 7:58 Finally someone acknowledges this masterpiece
WOW excellent taste!! i’m niigo biased so i’m of course quite happy with how they’ve placed haha but murder case is probably (possibly?) my favorite wxs cover at present so i’m equally pleased about its placement!!!
would love to see more of this video format from you in the future! i see you don’t have a ton of ranking videos posted but they’re kind of My Strange Addiction and i’d be interested to see more of your opinions (:
MY STRANGE ADDICTION 😭thank you so much for the feedback!!
Heat Abnormal is peak, and the 3D MV is the best in the game
With lagtrain if u listen enough that isn't even meiko, they tuned so badly it sounds like miku
sorry i laughed so hard when i saw tokyo teddy bear as the lowest
dame ningen da just got added to the game so im curious how would you rank it among these covers? personally, i loved it!! they all sound so cute
i was genuinely shocked at how much i liked dame ningen da - i'm terrible at giving concrete numbers but i'd probably say somewhere between #9 and #6! thank you for your comment!
@@nikoneed you're welcome! also thanks for replying :D
for lagtrain, my opinion on it is that it should have been kanade and ena because i think it woukd sound much better imo also meiko goes from sounding like miku to sounding like meiko and then sounding like luka which confuses me a bit. rin is better suited for it
and you ate except i'd trade kyoufuu al back and marshall maximizer
Honestly, I feel like mmj should've gotten ochame kinnou (I've been praying for mmj fukkireta since synth v teto came out), but wxs did very well
what app do you use to edit ?
noooo not Tokyo teddy bear being the last one 😭 even though it’s so bland and not as agressive the chorus ate so hard in my opinon it’s overhated
i feel like meiko REALLY ruins a lot of songs, especially mmj covers. her voice and the way they tone it just stands out so much in a bad way. i hate all mmj covers with her in it and i just have a hatred for her voice in general ig because she doesn’t do the other groups justice either
this is so real!! i do feel like there are times where she can fit the song (phony, it's just life, pheles, etc.), but a lot of the time she doesn't fit at all. i really hope that either her nt voicebank improves or they start to use her v4x voicebank more! thanks for commenting!
@@nikoneed Meiko doesn't have a v4x, only a v3 but I agree lol. Honestly I just wished they didn't use the nts in general, I know it's because it's Crypton's new project and stuff but the v3 and v4x voicebanks just sound so much better... Like with Gekokujo, they used Rin v4x for her alt, I wish they would also do that with the main covers 😭
nice editing
hey, we got recently dame ringen da! with more more jump where do yo rank this cover ?
i was genuinely shocked at how much i liked dame ningen da - i'm terrible at giving concrete numbers but i'd probably say somewhere between #9 and #6! thank you for your comment!
But I love Tokyo teddy bear 😢
I’d prob put Tokyo teddy bear at 16 or 15
Yoidore shirazu being above lagtrain is insane lmao that crap is unlistenable 😭
I love this video sm
Good video, but the voice gets pretty grating over time, would recommend not using a voiceover next time
thanks for the feedback! yeah i've seen a lot of youtubers who do this style of video use an AI voiceover, but i think i'll go back to just having text for whatever video i do next - it's also just a lot more hassle to do an ai voiceover than to not do one. thanks a lot for your comment!!
i love you being real about straight up saying "im just not into the song so the cover ranked low" like yes this is what i want to see! more subjectivity! we are here to have fun! i'd never heard netsu ijou before hearing the leak like a week before the song got into the game and ive legitimately never been more excited for a song to be released. like the moment i heard it i knew we were getting out of the empty sekai with this one
ALSO YEAH KOHANE SOUNDS ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE IN EH AA SOU THANK YOU!
Heat abnormal is almost too good🫡
Omg I'm actually agreeing with many your ranking list and using reasonable explanations
You so real for the iyowa cover ratings
REAL iyowa is gen like my favorite vocaloid producer so i'm incredibly biased 😭😭 thank you for commenting!!
Please teach the ai how to pronounce the names 😭
YOU NEVER LISTENED TO UNAWARE DRUNKARD BEFORE???
nightcord solos
I love the way you rated every song that came out this year. I'm surprised your channel is so underrated. And Heat Abnormal in the #1 spot is so real. 😼
Dont keep the ia voice pliiiiiiis
NEVER rate again...
I honestly didn't even like the original heat abnormality but I love the cover
HUGESEE WWW FOR LIVING MILLENNIUM !!!!! its phenomenal 🥹🥹🥹 definitely in wxs too 5 covers over all !!!!!