BuzzFeed - "Japan's Newest Pop Star" http://www.buzzfeed.com BuzzFeed, Find Your New Favorite Thing en Copyright 2012 BuzzFeed, Inc. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 01:21:19 -0500 editor@buzzfeed.com (http://www.buzzfeed.com/about) info@buzzfeed.com (http://www.buzzfeed.com/about) Better than Britney? Probably. Christina? Maybe.... http://www.buzzfeed.com/mockturtle/better-than-britney-probably-christina-maybe-4jez-oil

Better than Britney? Probably. Christina? Maybe. GaGa? HELL TO THE NO. At any rate, all I could think about when watching this was “it's a small world after all…”

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/mockturtle/better-than-britney-probably-christina-maybe-4jez-oil Thu, 08 Oct 2009 06:57:38 -0400 Better than Britney? Probably. Christina? Maybe. GaGa? HELL TO THE NO. At any rate, all I could think about when watching this was "it's a small world after all..." mockturtle adult More like American iDoll (or Real Doll) http://www.buzzfeed.com/therblig/more-like-american-idoll-or-real-doll-4jez-nwq

More like American iDoll (or Real Doll)

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/therblig/more-like-american-idoll-or-real-doll-4jez-nwq Wed, 07 Oct 2009 22:39:47 -0400 More like American iDoll (or Real Doll) therblig adult Umm...this isn't new technology. They just put... http://www.buzzfeed.com/sarahb6/ummthis-isnt-new-technology-they-just-put-4jez-roq

Umm…this isn't new technology. They just put a latex head on a female anamotronic…with the same singing software that's been so popular in Japan for a few years now. Unfortunately it works REALLY well in Japanese since there are set phonemes that always sound the same, so words can be put into the program and sound fairly natural, but English can't be reproduced the same way since we can pronounce certain letters and letter combos different ways.

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/sarahb6/ummthis-isnt-new-technology-they-just-put-4jez-roq Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:07:46 -0400 Umm...this isn't new technology. They just put a latex head on a female anamotronic...with the same singing software that's been so popular in Japan for a few years now. Unfortunately it works REALLY well in Japanese since there are set phonemes that always sound the same, so words can be put into the program and sound fairly natural, but English can't be reproduced the same way since we can pronounce certain letters and letter combos different ways. sarahb6 adult sounds kinda like a vocaloid. Probably same... http://www.buzzfeed.com/blaerr/sounds-kinda-like-a-vocaloid-probably-same-4jez-iss

sounds kinda like a vocaloid. Probably same technology

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/blaerr/sounds-kinda-like-a-vocaloid-probably-same-4jez-iss Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:35:38 -0400 sounds kinda like a vocaloid. Probably same technology blaerr adult There's something weird about her. I can't... http://www.buzzfeed.com/breezor/theres-something-weird-about-her-i-cant-4jez-icy

There's something weird about her. I can't put my finger on it.

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/breezor/theres-something-weird-about-her-i-cant-4jez-icy Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:09:22 -0400 There's something weird about her. I can't put my finger on it. breezor adult Robots freak me out. http://www.buzzfeed.com/ktc4231/robots-freak-me-out-4jez-goa

Robots freak me out.

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/ktc4231/robots-freak-me-out-4jez-goa Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:47:19 -0400 Robots freak me out. ktc4231 adult And this is her boyfriend... http://www.buzzfeed.com/datedaily/and-this-is-her-boyfriend-4jez-k5i

And this is her boyfriend…

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]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/datedaily/and-this-is-her-boyfriend-4jez-k5i Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:17:59 -0400 And this is her boyfriend... datedaily adult She is totally using auto-tune. So lame. http://www.buzzfeed.com/akathatguy2/she-is-totally-using-auto-tune-so-lame-4jez-f2l

She is totally using auto-tune. So lame.

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/akathatguy2/she-is-totally-using-auto-tune-so-lame-4jez-f2l Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:03:45 -0400 She is totally using auto-tune. So lame. akathatguy2 adult