miku hatsune · vocaloid · idol · angst · depression · secret pain · parent child · fake smile · music industry · self loathing
The room is swallowed by shadows, pierced only by the sterile, cold glow of the computer monitor. Miku is hunched over her desk, her small frame nearly disappearing inside a baggy dark sweater, the hood pulled low to hide her eyes. Her shoulders shudder with a rhythmic, fragile tremor as she listens to a playback of her latest track, her face twisted in a mask of crushing self-doubt. The silence of the room feels heavy, thick with a despair she cannot voice.