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INTEREST: Hatsune Miku to Open For Lady Gaga

As engaging as it is, any speculation on how Miku will perform during the Lady Gaga concerts will depend on details of the contractual agreement between Gaga's representatives, CFM, and other relevant rights holders; as well as the relative degree of control each side attempts to hold over Miku's performance. Vocaloids present new types of rights issues that have been papered over to a certain extent in Japanese concerts, where there is a canon of audio tracks that her audience will demand to hear and established expectations over how Miku will be depicted visually. A Western audience will typically have no such expectations, and hence there is greater possibility for "original interpretation" (voicebank? character design?), new reportoire, and resulting wrangling/recrimination. I hope this does not happen, but it is unlikely that whatever performance results will leave all sides satisfied. Most Western reports I've seen don't mention (or deny) that there is an actual human behind Miku's voice, so I doubt anyone is asking Fujita Saki her opinion about any of this!