Ado

Ado is a female who began her activities on January 10, 2017 at the age of 14. In late 2020, she exploded onto the music scene with her debut release of "Usseewa" at just 17 years old. As of May 2024, it has over 340 million views on YouTube, and over 187 million plays on Spotify. Since then, Ado has been garnering lots of attention when releasing new covers or original music and she also releases albums of her covered songs as well.
From the release of big-hit singles like "Show" to the globe trotting "Uta no Uta" One Piece: Film RED soundtrack/album, Ado has only risen since her smash hit "Usseewa". 
Ado has a versatile voice and is able to add power to it. Her vocals, with a dark cool timbre, usually give off an angsty vibe, as of a rebellious teenager especially in some of her original and cover songs like "Readymade" and "Crime & Punishment," where she best utilizes it. 
She uses growls to inject a gravelly angst into her voice but can also belt a soft and clear falsetto on a dime. Not only that, her vocal range itself aside from her techniques is astounding; displayed in "Aishite Aishite Aishite" to its fullest extent (C3-G♯6), Ado's latest measure of vocal range is from a low and rumbling fried G♯2 banging all the way up through to an ear-piercing screamed C7. 
Simply put, Ado's way of growling, voice-acted like tones, and reaching high notes as well as singing soft and sweet, all within the same song, makes her unique. She also often uses her voice to reach nearly off-key heights in order to accompany the emotion within her way of singing.
==List of Covered/Original Songs==
==Trivia== 
*Ado is known for her secretiveness. In her early days, rumors were that she was some kind of highly advanced VOCALOID voicebank, she never reveals her face (with the video for the piano version of Usseewa being the closest), and her handshake event has her shake fans hands through a box.
*On Niconico, most of her covers' titles would have a pun that had something to do with her name "Ado." (for example. Adovance, Adorably, Adoventure, Adovice, Adornment).
*In her earlier stages of singing covers, she sung in a closet. She has said that she thought it was a great space for soundproofing.
*Her name "Ado" originates from the term for the supporting actor of traditional Japanese comic theatre Kyogen. She chose to name herself after this instead of the main actor because her wish was to be a supporting character in someone's life through song (see interview).
*The blue rose often if not always displayed in her general media represents flower language. After finally being genetically-engineered by Japanese researchers in 2002, its flower language was changed from "impossible" to "dreams coming true". A term that resonates with Ado's personality, as well as her dream of one day singing live for a large audience coming true.
*Her summer song "Himawari" was used for the theme of J-drama "Futari Nara Yume mo Koi mo".
*She hosted Monday nights on popular Japanese radio show "All Night Nippon" from Mar 2023 - Mar 2024.
*She has been practicing English in preparation for her world tour debut.
==External Links==
*Twitter
*YouTube
*TikTok
*Ado's artist page on Cloud Nine
*Ado's page on UNIVERSAL MUSIC JAPAN
*TwitCasting
Category:YT Female Singers