RIP=RELEASE

Song title Uploaded January 30, 2009, with 2,706,000+ Niconico views
 * "RIP=RELEASE"

Featuring Producers Links [edit]
 * Megurine Luka
 * minato (music, lyrics)
 * Shiina (illustration)
 * Niconico

BackgroundEdit
"RIP=RELEASE" is an answer song to Kagamine Len's song "SPICE!", another song by minato. It portrays how Luka knew she would get hurt, yet couldn't help being in love. It also shows a slight bit of obsession as she wants to "rip and release" his throat to obtain vengeance for what he has done to her.

"RIP=RELEASE" was uploaded just hours before the end of January 30, 2009, the day Luka was released. It reached one million views on May 10, 2009, at 14:22 hours Japan Time.[1] Additionally, it was the highest-scoring song on the Weekly Vocaloid Ranking in 2009, gaining that status when it earned 843,233 points during week 70 (February 2, 2009).[2][3]

This song is featured on the album Festiva! and the EXIT TUNES compilation album Vocalostar.

In January 2015, a short version of this song was used as a demo for Megurine Luka V4X. It used the English lyrics composed by Rockleetist and utilizes both of Luka's English vocals to demonstrate cross synthesis. It also showcased the growl feature in the demo.

The song was also commented on by Asakawa Yuu herself; she stated that Luka "really sounds like [her] real voice".[4]

Lyrics

 * Japanese lyrics
 * Approved English lyrics

Concerts
This song was featured in the following concerts.
 * MikuPa Live in Tokyo 2011
 * MikuPa Live in Sapporo 2011
 * MikuPa Live in Singapore 2011
 * MikuPa Live in Tokyo 2012
 * MikuPa Live in Hong Kong and Taiwan 2012
 * MikuPa Live in Kansai 2013

Games
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ReferencesEdit

 * 1) ↑ RIP=RELEASE Reaches One Million Views - Vocaloidism
 * 2) ↑ Vocaloid Ranking records - Vocaloidism Wiki
 * 3) ↑ Megurine Luka - MyAnimeList
 * 4) ↑ @Julia320: The voice tone of RIP=RELEASE is really sounds like my real voice.Not too high.That's why I like this song both in JP & ENG. #Luka #LukaV4X

External linksEdit

 * Illustration Source
 * Sheet music PDF
 * Off-vocal download
 * 初音ミク Wiki
 * Nico Nico Pedia
 * VocaDB
 * RIP=RELEASE — Vocaloid Lyrics Wiki