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about this song
The vocals on this song were programmed using Vocaloid voice synthesis software. Some credits list the vocalist as Elisa Pierce, the bass player of Midnight Meridian but Elisa is really just a 3D animated character that appears on two Midnight Meridian videos including the video for this song "Closer".
why this is interesting
This album merits attention for its thoughtful engagement with digital identity and synthetic performance. Rather than treating Vocaloid synthesis as a novelty, Midnight Meridian integrates it into a cohesive artistic vision that explores the blurred boundaries between human and machine musicianship. The decision to present Elisa Pierce—an animated character credited as both bassist and vocalist—raises genuine questions about authorship, presence, and what we accept as authentic musical collaboration. The craft lies not in technical showmanship but in how deliberately the album constructs this ambiguity, using digital voices as a lens to examine contemporary anxieties about creativity and artifice. It's work that demands engagement with its conceptual framework rather than passive