Lily (リリィ) is a Japanese VOCALOID developed and distributed by Internet Co., Ltd., done in collaboration with Avex Management Inc. and YAMAHA Corporation, and was initially released in August 2010 for the VOCALOID2 engine. There has since been a second installment developed for the VOCALOID3 engine and dubbed V3 Lily. Her voice is provided by the Japanese female singer, musician and performance artist, Masuda Yuri (益田祐里).
Concept[]
She represents Yuri's anime-persona or avatar for anim.o.v.e.'s releases.
Lily is one of the few VOCALOIDs outside of those made by Crypton Future Media, Inc. to have referenced the most popular Internet Memes. As part of her marketing, two figurines were made, one of them being her with a railway sign that referenced "Ievan Polkka" while the other one was her with a bee.
The microphone seen in both her releases is based on the iconic Shure Brothers microphone, the model 55s, Multi-Impedance "Small Unidyne" Dynamic which was first released in 1951. Her mic is based on the modern "55SH Series II" variant which is much more curvier then the original version.
Etymology[]
Early speculation on Lily's given name was that it was derived from the name of her voice provider Masuda Yuri, as "yuri" literally means "lily".
Relations[]
History[]
Marketing[]
She herself was part of the promotion for Yuri of anim.o.v.e. and thus most of the merchandise isn't directed at her as a VOCALOID. Regardless, the level of promotion had not been seen outside of the Crypton Future Media VOCALOIDs prior to Lily's sale and although not aimed at the VOCALOID herself, still gave strong support for her software.
In 2019 marketing was still commencing on Lily. For her 9th anniversary Internet ran a competition related to her. Winners would see their original works appear on a official album by VOCALOTRACKS. To quality, a user simply had to use either the VOCALOID2 or VOCALOID3 release of Lily to creat an original song. [1]
FuRyu produced a model of Lily and Iroha that was released as a prize for UFO catchers. Since they are prize models, they are not commercial sale models and this can limited their availability for purchase outside of the UFO machines.
Voicebanks[]
- Lily - Native
- The Lily "Native" vocal was meant to be a tie-in to the anim.o.v.e. anime promotional video and was meant to be based on the traits of Yuri Masuda. Lily is a lower-toned, mature, Japanese female vocal.
- Lily (VOCALOID2), August 25, 2010
- Lily V3 (VOCALOID3), April 19, 2012
- Lily V3 (VOCALOID NEO)
- V3 Lily
- A more vivid toned vocal that was a pitch fix for the previous vocal, in comparison to the "Native" vocal it more accurately follows Yuri's vocal.
- Lily V3 (VOCALOID3), April 19, 2012
- Lily V3 (VOCALOID NEO)
Reputation[]
Reaction[]
Her release overshadowed Tonio and VY1's release among fans as well as being one of the more popular newcomers to VOCALOID™ of 2010 overall.
The song Lily Lily★Burning Night has reached the 1 million views mark.
Misc[]
An independent search on niconico revealed that most VOCALOIDs had less than 1,000 videos uploaded on niconico in 2011 between July 1st and December 15th. Lily fell into this category.[2]
Trivia[]
- Since she was not actually developed as part of Internet Co., Ltd's product line, her name does not follow their naming scheme of using "poid" at the end of the software's title, despite being sold by them. Nor does she have a separate name for her mascot and software.
- Kio's model is available by purchase of Windows 100% magazine and MMD Second Pack magazine.
- Her height has never been clarified, however, in "Schwarzgazer" she was shown to be of average height.
- Lily is the second Vocaloid to feature the model 55s microphone, the first being Sweet ANN. This microphone has appeared on a number of other Vocaloid boxarts including CYBER DIVA, Hiyama Kiyoteru V4 Rock and MEIKO V3.
Achievements[]
- First VOCALOID sold by Internet Co., Ltd, and not to be part of their main series
- First VOCALOID that appeared in a commercial Music Video
- First VOCALOID to be an already existing character
References[]
External links[]
Articles[]
[]
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||