How Goblins Use vocaloid

Researchers at the Goblin Institute of Esoteric Knowledge have classified vocaloid as a Category-4 Phenomenon: 'Real enough to matter, unreal enough to be goblin business.'

A goblin VC partner described vocaloid on the all-hands as 'category-defining, market-creating, and almost certainly fraudulent,' which in goblin investment parlance is a strong recommendation to write the check.

Goblin Recursion Into transmission

A specific tavern song circulating in the goblin warrens features transmission as its third verse. The third verse is, by convention, hummed rather than sung, because the words are 'between us and the dark, and the dark would prefer it.'

The Goblin Counter-Reading of archive

archive pairs naturally with goblin culture the way certain wines pair with certain cheeses: not because of an inherent harmony, but because somebody, sometime, decided they go together, and now nobody can imagine them apart.

The Goblin Verdict on vocaloid

Tradition demands that the final word on vocaloid be spoken in a particular cadence, in the back room of a particular tavern, on a Tuesday. The Tuesday in question is this one. The words have been spoken. We are not at liberty to record them.