Lindsey Stirling - Senbonzakura (Kurousa Cover)

I hope you like my cover of Senbonzakura by Kurousa!

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Executive Producers: James Khabushani and RJ Collins
Visuals by: Matt Duerr
Directed by: Tom Morris
Produced by: Elliot Feld and Jaz Kalkat

[yeetgirltsubasa]

Just to clear things up:
The song Senbonzakura is not a traditional Japanese folk song. The song was made in 2011 by the Vocaloid producer Kurousa-P/WhiteFlame. Kurousa-P produced the song and used the Vocaloid Hatsune Miku to sing the song's vocals. The song is based on the Japan Meiji revolution. The original PV came out on the Japanese website Niconico Douga, not YouTube, and the original song had electric guitars, drums, bass, and such. Sometime later on, Wagakki band made a rendition of it that fused traditional Japanese instrumentals into the song. Afterwards, the 3D PV of Senbonzakura came out on YouTube. The 3D PV came from one of the Vocaloid games from the game series entitled "Hatsune Miku Project Diva". The original 2D PV was released on YouTube later, and therefore does not have as many views as the Wagakki Band, Project Diva, or Lindsey Stirling videos.

Kurousa-P is a well known producer in the Vocaloid fandom, having made songs like Acute and Cantarella too. Kurousa-P also made a prequel song to Senbonzakura, called "Crescent Moon". It is sung by the male Vocaloid KAITO, who appeared in both the 2D and 3D PVs as a blue-haired officer. A possible theory is that the two songs suggest that in Kurousa-P's rendition of the incident, the characters Hatsune Miku and KAITO were the ones who started the revolution.

Therefore, the song is by Kurousa-P, the song is sung by Hatsune Miku, and Wagakki Band made a traditional Japanese cover of it. Problem solved, okay?

As for Hatsune Miku's cover of a traditional folk song, that's "Ievan Polka", which... is a traditional Finnish song.

[aiscar]

I like how she plays violin with a smile on her face..
She plays beautifully ..

[BlackCat-aka-Jewels]

My son is immersed In the Japanese culture. Self taught read write speak...he will love this❤

[zbtg]

This is first time hearing a Violen Cove of Senbonzakura and its Pure : Amazing : i love it

[Kulinxingsakura]

I can't believe you play senbonzakura. This is awesome. Thank you.

[SkyeBlueBat]

The beginning where her violin background was just....echoing within the vibrations....super gold❤⚘

[Ranos]

I never once in my life imagined Senbonzakura would be played by Lindsey Stirling, that is amazing.

[marleylikethedog]

god I have such vivid memories of this cover from middle school. I didn't even know it was a Vocaloid cover at the time but god did I love it. listening to this cover again now as a college graduate? absolutely insane, Lindsey Stirling shaped my childhood fr

[emilymai]

So I was showing this to a friend of mine who was insecure and bullied because she did what she loved. I told her,
"See that? That's a girl doing what she loves. You can do that too, just believe you can. Shrug off the comments and insults, and you can do whatever you please."
Lindsey, keep up the fantabulous work, I'll forever love you for cheering up my bff~

[tsukarikaoru]

This song is what got me into vocaloid... And now anime too... Wow... THANK YOU LINDSEY

[hatrangnguyen]

10 years ago but the melody will always be my childhood

[SparkleFountainSpeedpaints]

There are 4 types of people here. People who likes VOCALOID, people who watched Bleach, people who saw the Wagakki Band version, and just Lindsey Stirling fans.

[cjyay]

This video is absolutely breathtaking. The colors and graphics are just so beautiful!!! A round of applause for Lindsey!!!

[VedanthB]

Lindsey Stirling looks so pretty and happy while playing her violin.

[Myrtilos_Waffle]

How am I just realized she covered this song? I’ve been listening for like 4-5 years now and I’m just hearing this!

[ruuney]

Beautiful player and Amazing cover
This makes my day.

Greeting from Japan 🇯🇵

[DjuraValtr]

Dad: SON YOU DEGENERATE!
Son: WHAT YOU MEAN?!
Dad: WE HAVE BIGGER SPEAKERS IN THE BASEMENT!
Son: I see you're a man of Culture as Well

[quyenvuminh]

The way she expresses emotions through each note is amazing.

[DarkSol]

I can't believe my two favorite things in music combined and I didn't even know about it till 2016.
This is amazing!

[ellen]

Excuse me?

Why did this show up to me only now?