Miku Visits Grandpa

just wanted to share this piece of art I came across

[superbloxian]

16 year old j-pop idol visits her 70 year old grandfather to sing together.
truly a wholesome moment

[NicDoesDumbThings]

I love that her grandpa is literally the first computer synthesized voice ever

[proving]

Miku's prototype was named daisy based on this song so ibm 7094 is canonically Miku's grandfather

[errorbirdesther]

I remember a comment that said _" what about the other vocaloids ? "_ so to solve that
All the vocaloids are his grandkids

[Checkmate___]

I love the bit of blue in his mustache to show that he once had blue hair too

[gdhuertas]

Grandpa 7094 had a very impressive career. NASA, MIT, and the Mitsubishi Nuclear Power Plant were just a few of the organizations where he provided invaluable data. But ask him his proudest achievement, he’ll say without hesitation it was learning to sing Daisy Bell. Because it’s the one that makes his grandchildren smile.

[Mona-o.o]

Understand the context this become to much cuter

[aussiemerican]

“Y’know. This was your grandmother’s favorite song.”

“Why’s that grandpa?”

“Because I sang it to her the day I proposed.”

[Herihasnopurpose]

"Now grandpa will sing a song for my princess."

[mrblockhead]

It's crazy how context can mess with our minds. Usually I hear this clip of the male computer voice singing being interpreted as "creepy" or "unnerving." But just put this picture over it and it's hecking adorable.

[yousseftamer]

For those who would like context, Hatsune Miku is a vocaloid, so her voice is computer generated and controlled by a chart. The older voice belongs to the ibm 7094, which is the "first computer to ever sing" since it was the first computer generated voice that actually managed to sing. This, of course, gave rise to a lot of technology that could also sing, including none other than vocaloids, so the vocaloid fandom considers the ibm 7094 to be Miku's grandpa. They're both singing "Daisy Bell" which is the song the ibm 7094 sang. Ironically, the ibm 7094 wasn't even made to sing, but was capable of doing so.

I was today years old when I learned about this, and oh my God it's so wholesome, I'm glad I learned about this.

[Pamela-mujq]

The way miku has her feet kicked up with a big smile on her face, her eyes shining looking so interested in grandpa and her singing with her grandpa is wholesome

[arsonzartz]

and google translate is her clinically insane aunt

[Fangria]

i wonder what he looked like in his youth

[shroompunk]

This is too wholesome 😭 the fact that miku’s prototype was named after this song is so cute and I love the idea that they sing this together when she visits 😭😭😭

[dogwithacoolhat]

I bet Miku’s grandpa has plenty of stories from when he worked at NASA.

[BucketMask]

IBM 7094 singing his signature song with his great granddaughter Hatsune Miku. He's still just as talented as he was in 1961!

[mirrodox]

This is actually so cute. This is a cross over that never thought of and happy that it works

[kerplop]

“I did this with my grandmother, Miku. She had the cutest phonograph atop her head.”

[raccoonchild]

This feels (accidentally?) Toriyama-coded so it touches my soul deeply