メルト (Melt)

**Song title**

* "**メルト**"
* Romaji: Meruto
* English: Melt

**Published December 7, 2007, with 12,744,000+ Niconico views**

**Featuring**

* Hatsune Miku

**Producers**

* ryo (music, lyrics)
* 119 (illust)

**Links**

* Niconico

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## BackgroundEdit

"**Melt**" is about a shy girl who is in love with a boy. In her pursuit of him, she gets her bangs cut and encourages herself to look cute, all the while hoping he'd notice . Her love is pure; she loves him not because she is in love with being in love, but because she genuinely likes him, to such an extent she can't even bring herself to look him in the eye and feels like melting to simply be with him.

Later that day, it rains. Since the weather report was inaccurate, the girl is caught off-guard; while she does have a collapsible umbrella in her bag, she thinks it too small. The boy therefore invites her to join him under his own umbrella. Heart pounding, she is so happy she could cry, because in Japan sharing an umbrella is a sign of shared feelings and is associated with couples. When they reach the station, she almost tells him to hold her because she does not want to leave him, and can not believe herself.

Multiple Fanmade PVs for "Melt" exist; most of them feature Miku as the protagonist, acting out the events described by the song. The "boyfriend" character is often represented by a faceless person (a technique often used to represent "Master", or the VOCALOID user).

"Melt" was released as ryo's first single (*メルト*). It was also featured on the albums *supercell*, *VOCALOID BEST from ニコニコ動画(あか)*, *Hatsune Miku 5th Anniversary Best ～memories～*, *初音ミク‐Project DIVA‐2nd NONSTOP MIX COLLECTION*, and *Hatsune Miku Best ～memories～*.

### Popularity

"Melt" and its PVs are so popular on Niconico and YouTube that it has been featured in some Nico Nico Medleys, and has many covers and parodies both by live musicians and other VOCALOIDs.

With over twelve million views, the original upload of "Melt" on Niconico is the third most viewed original VOCALOID song on the site, behind "Senbonzakura" and "Miku Miku ni Shite Ageru♪". It isn't quite as popular on YouTube, although one reprint of the 3M Mix of "Melt" has over five million views. This puts it far behind other VOCALOID YouTube reuploads such as "Matryoshka" and "World is Mine".

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## LyricsEdit

* Japanese lyrics
* Approved English lyrics

## DerivativesEdit

* Synthesizer covers
* Human covers
* Arrangements
* Fanmade PVs
* Spin-offs and more

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## Other media appearancesEdit

### Literature

This song has also appeared as sheet music in the Vocaloid Best Selection series. Piano sheet music appeared in the Piano Solo Yasashiku Hikeru collection.

### Concerts

This song was featured in the following concerts.

* Miku no Hi Kanshasai 39's Giving Day
* MikuPa Live in Tokyo 2011
* MikuPa Live in Sapporo 2011
* MikuPa Live in Singapore 2011
* MikuPa Live in Tokyo 2012
* Miku no Hi Dai Kanshasai 39's Giving Day
* MikuPa Live in Hong Kong and Taiwan 2012
* MikuPa Live in Sapporo 2013
* MikuPa Live in Kansai 2013
* MikuExpo Live in LA and NY 2014
* SNOW MIKU LIVE!
* Magical Mirai 2017
* MIKU WITH YOU 2017
* MikuExpo Malaysia
* MikuExpo Live in USA and Mexico 2018
* Magical Mirai 2018 (Osaka only)
* MikuExpo Live in Europe 2018

#### Summer Sonic Festival 2013

Hatsune Miku performed as the opening act during the "Summer Sonic Festival 2013" event in Tokyo, Japan. Miku performed Tell Your World, Nisoku Hokou, Yellow, Torinoko City, Himitsu Keisatsu, Hatsune Miku no Gekishou, and "Melt".

### Games

 Hatsune Miku -Project DIVA- 2nd
 Hatsune Miku -Project DIVA- Dreamy Theater 2nd
 THE iDOLM@STER 2 (DLC)
 Hatsune Miku -Project DIVA- Arcade
 Hatsune Miku -Project DIVA- F 2nd
 Miku Flick/02 (DLC)

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## GalleryEdit

Miku's White Dress module, designed by yzk, for the song "Melt" from the game Project DIVA.

Miku's White Dress module, designed by yzk, for the song "Melt" from the game Hatsune Miku -Project DIVA- Arcade Future Tone.

Miku's White Dress module, designed by yzk, for the song "Melt" from the game Hatsune Miku -Project DIVA- F 2nd.

Miku's V3 module for the song "Melt" from the videogame Hatsune Miku -Project DIVA- F 2nd.

## ReferencesEdit

1. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/yamaha.vocaloid/posts/1102309526556265

## External linksEdit

* Official website
* Official Illustrations:
	+ Official Art: Pixiv
	+ 2M Mix Art: Pixiv

* ZIP of 2M Mix MP3, offvocal, Melt MP3, and illustrations
* ZIP of 3M Mix MP3, offvocal, 2M Mix MP3, Melt MP3, and illustrations

* 初音ミク Wiki
* Nico Nico Pedia
* VocaDB

* メルト (Melt) — VOCALOID Lyrics Wiki