Vocaloid/Nightmare Fuel



Since Vocaloid is pretty much a blank slate for whatever the composer decides to make, many of them can turn out differently than the next. These composers and songs just... decided to try and scare you. Fortunately for them, these songs did.

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Machigerita-P
...You know, let's just say most of the songs by Machigerita-P (except for a couple of surprisingly cute songs he created for Miku) are made to scare you. And horribly scare you they do.
 * Dark Woods Circus, Wide Knowledge of Late, Madness, and Alice Human Sacrifice. The fan artists are of no help.
 * Especially Alice Human Sacrifice. Meiko's Slasher Smile as she cuts the flowers down, the terrified look on her face as the shadowy arms grab her, Kaito singing to a pack of skeletons and shooting himself in the head, the shot of Miku's humongous eyes filling up black, the blood-spattered crown...and that's not even counting the song itself, which ends with The worst part? All the events of the story were generated by a dream that came to life and didn't want to be forgotten, so it lured in the Alices and had them create the Wonderland in which they met their fates. Which means you could potentially be the next Alice if you have the dream. Have fun sleeping tonight.
 * The scariest part of Dark Woods Circus is a bit of Fridge Horror in the last 30 seconds of the PV.  And right before that part, the protagonist looks up to see a shadow looming over her...
 * And at the very end ...
 * MORE wonderful Fridge Horror, remember the fact that Haku and Neru were on stilts? With all the Body Horror going on it's very unlikely that those were actually stilts. Chances are, !
 * And the scariest part of Dark Woods Circus? The fact that it's based on true stories about Japanese circuses in the edo period (1600s)! At these circuses they would kidnap or find orphaned children, mutilate and deform them alive, and put them on display. They would also rape the children ON STAGE and throw acid in their faces if the children disobeyed!! Good luck seeing circuses the same way ever again.
 * Personally? This troper hopes to hear a song about the captives of that circus being freed by a hero or group of heroes, and the people in charge of that depravity being brought to justice. That would be in the Heartwarming and Awesome pages for sure!
 * The scariest thing to this troper is the very idea present in the ending montage.  Have fun going to the circus.
 * Don't forget about Wide Knowledge of the Late, Madness. Cute art and creepy lyrics do not for good dreams make. One word, several 31 and a half times: Watashi, watashi, watashi, watashi, watashi....
 * Yet again by Machigerita-P(who also made the terrifying Okasan below) Patchwork Toxin. You might get uncomfortable, and I don't just mean due to terror.
 * The only time I have ever been prevented from sleeping because of a song was for Rotten Girl, Grotesque Romance
 * And as if "Rotten Girl, Grotesque Romance" couldn't get any creepier...someone has managed to sing an English dub of it...and it happens to be rather awesome yet terrifyingly disturbing at the same time: Click and behold
 * Oh wow I need to put this one on my Mp3 too! Thanks for the link!
 * HERE
 * And here's a lovely PV
 * Red Swamp Bottom is a sequel to Dark Woods Circus, and is much, much scarier. It's about Miku in hell, for god's sake!
 * Special mention has to go to the tortured screams in the beginning and this particular set of lyrics:


 * Hateful Wonderland. The artist is the same from "Rotten Girl, Grotesque Romance," so the imagery is quite unnerving...
 * The Full Course For Candy Addicts. "I love you so much I could eat you."
 * If you thought Alice Human Sacrifice was scary, watch Alice in Wonderland, also by Machigerita-P.
 * Once again by Machigerita, Human Destruction Machine. The scary thing? The translated lyrics are most likely about prostitution and abortion.
 * Machigerita-P's done it AGAIN, using either Miku Append Light or Miku Append Vivid, in "Shukujo Berry no Tsukurikata", also known as "How to Make A She-trawberry". And it's most likely some kind of unholy cross between horror and  from the lyrics. Link's not provided here, 'cuz... well... . That, or about someone eating a strawberry cake. Probably the former, knowing Machige.
 * "Sweet Candy Factory" by Machigerita-P. Your Mileage May Vary, but if the lyrics doesn't scare you, the images are enough to overstimulate your senses...
 * Okaasan is the undeniable master of all HONF for Vocaloid, hands-down. Lyrics are in the comments.
 * Now available with subtitles.
 * Then there's the remake, Okaasan Rebirth. If you thought the original was disturbing... This version is also notable for containing a backmasked message hidden in it at some point, though it hasn't been subbed or translated anywhere yet. However, a certain troper ran it through a few online translators, and all of them seemed to translate the final line of it the same way:
 * If you thought Wide Knowledge of the Late Madness was scary, wait until you check out the original PV.

Others
"Rin: Its all a lie...Maybe."
 * Thanks largely to the contributions to this page, and to a certain troper's nightmare fetishism, there is now a youtube channel made especially for dark, horrifying, or just plain strange Vocaloid songs. All of the songs feature English subtitles, and the songs posted so far include a few from this very page. Enjoy.
 * Circle You, Circle You. If you don't feel like watching the PV, this image pretty much sums it up. Children dismembering each other for all of eternity, anyone?
 * It's even worse when you know about Kagome, Kagome. Why are those creepy-cute children looking down at you?
 * I feel very sad when watching the video, because of the story it tells. It's creepy, but sad nonetheless.
 * This tropette's reaction to the video? "Pretty songs, pastel colors.. Okay, that picture's a bit creepy.. Beheaded child, nothing I can't handle.. In the middle of a sunny day, outside, with friends. *Hyperventilates*
 * Oh! And for added fun, listen to the song with headphones. I'll give you a hint; Miku's voice comes out of one side. Luka's comes out of another. !
 * This troper actually suspects that the  are actually the   as opposed to the children. So the children possibly aren't dismembering each other for all eternity. Rather, the
 * "Moonlit Bear" starts off with a woman finding these magical fruits in a forest, taking them with the goal of making her husband happy and encountering an evil bear who wants the fruit back. Sounds like a nice adventure story, right? Fridge Horror gets applied at the near end of the song when its revealed that . Made even worse when its revealed that  . Fits into Adult Fear too.
 * And let's not forget the horrifying consequence
 * Anybody here seen In The Depths Of Darkness? When I first saw it, I felt like there was something creeping up on me the whole time. In the DAYTIME. At NOON.
 * Machine Muzik. Seriously. Just see for yourself.
 * Then watch the sequel, Nehanshika.
 * The creator, Deino (on Youtube known as Deino3330), was also behind this little nightmare. The song itself isn't Vocaloid, although the video does involve Calcium.
 * BitCrushe isn't as bad as the above videos, but it's still extremely eerie.
 * "Bacterial Contamination" (or Saikin Osen). Oh. Dear. God. Why. I have no words to describe this other than terrifying. I'm not even sure I want to know what the lyrics mean. I literally just saw this on my Facebook feed and was like "ooh. new song. Maybe it'll be good." and then I played it and... *shudder* I don't even.
 * The song is about an unpopular girl being mocked and bullied by others, in turn becoming a bully herself in an attempt to make herself feel better, and then
 * You don't think Kaito can be scary? Behold a Story About A Poor Rabbit.
 * KAITO ga UNINSTALL: Kaito goes Yandere and kills the other Vocaloids so he can be his master's center of attention and affection. I don't know about you, but if I was his master I'd have the opposite reaction instead.
 * Worse still; ...
 * The PV has a part that is both this and a Tear Jerker;.
 * Fear Garden, in which Rin sings about cutting the other Vocaloids' arms off and planting them like flowers in her garden.
 * It gets better at the end. We find out it was all a dellusion in her head as we see her talking to other Vocaloids. Then comes the closing lines:
 * It gets better at the end. We find out it was all a dellusion in her head as we see her talking to other Vocaloids. Then comes the closing lines:

"Beat. Beat. Tick. Tick."
 * Then we see her put something bloody in her closet. Nearby is a hand stuffed in a flower pot.
 * Oh, remember the beginning, when Rin is stabbing something blurry? If you didn't identify it already,
 * With a title like Hold, Release; The Rakshasa and the Corpse, what else can you expect?
 * Worse is that the lyrics might be about child prostitution. Maybe.
 * But it gets worse.
 * Other interpretations end it with the prostitutes murdering their pimp, customers, and/or the parents who sold them. Not sure whether this is worse or better.
 * The most common interpretation is that the song is about how utterly cruel children are.
 * Word of God said that the song was meant to be about how easy it is to lose innocence. But that the other interpretations can also fit
 * Monochrome Ward by Rin and Len did this for me. I dunno, but just the  and the amount of blood doesn't make things any less freaky for me...!
 * The Tailor Shop on Enbizaka sung by Luka Megurine
 * The song itself is about the titular tailor being sad as she sees her lover with various girls, mentioning crimes happening around the neighborhood. Finally, when a man is killed, she notes that the four people killed were a family. Poor Communication Kills doesn't even begin to cover it.
 * It gets even creepier if you consider this:
 * The Purple Forest sung by Miku and Kaito. The creepiest thing about this song is that there is no ominous notes, it sounds sweet and pretty and lovely the whole way. The only way you know it is creepy is if you watch the video, and after that, the simple fact of such a pleasant sounding song with an ominous backstory is chilling.
 * In case you're too nervous to click, the story is about a forest that no one likes to enter. A traveler (Kaito) wanders in and meets a pretty young girl (Miku).
 * We Were Friends Until Yesterday by Miku is a deceptively cute song about a girl that becomes friends with a weird sunfish...thing. Takes a turn for the worse when their food runs low and her "friend" starts to look more like food...
 * It doesn't help that some people interpret its message as saying Humans Are Bastards and all friendships are selfish façades.
 * Advent Devil is the song that forever changed the way I see Kaito.
 * Corpse Attack!!, sung by Hatsune Miku. Except for the part with the guitar solo showing the real life guy, this song could scare people that aren't used to this kind of music on a Vocaloid. Especially if you read the lyrics. Miku is encouraging you to kill people. The random voice switches and the music video doesn't really help. This is the only song that freaks me the hell out whenever I listen to it.
 * "A 13-Year-Old Killer," by Kagamine Rin. The subject matter is upsetting enough, but the dark, creepy sound of the song and the male narrator that you can barely make out over the music barely helps. And the final spoken line of the song is chilling, once you put it all together...
 * SHOTA=RELEASE, a spinoff of RIP=RELEASE featuring Len. As a RAPE VICTIM. It's also loaded with overtones of It's Not Rape If You Enjoyed It.
 * Does this song even count? It wasn't made to scare it's listeners nor was it scary in its lyrics or music, furthermore, the claim of rape is a mistranslation. The word he used in Japanese means "Be sweet to me", not "rape me".
 * Even Yuki isn't exempt from horror songs. Just check out "Crushed Mary." Just don't turn up the volume too loudly...
 * The same artist has apparently done a series of Vocaloid noise songs. Including more by Yuki. absence seems to most resemble a traditional song, but it's still incredibly oppressive and hopeless-sounding. The translation of the lyrics doesn't help.
 * Now we have Yuki singing a homage to the Lavender Town Tune, at first it's just creepy and unsettling
 * Love Disease, is a fairly upbeat jazzy song,.
 * DEAR GOD, WHY DID I DO THAT?!
 * Prisoner and Paper Airplane ride on the anxiety caused by being permanently separated from a loved one. Except in this case, one part of the couple (Rin) is, and the other part of the couple (Len) is in a prison--no, a concentration camp. We first, in "Prisoner", witness Len Then in "Paper Airplane", we see Rin
 * InSaNiTy, a fan-made song by Kaito and SF-A2 Miki that's about insanity.
 * Itai Atashi Ashita Aitai is a very strange and schizophrenic song already, and it could easily qualify to be here on its own. However, it was originally uploaded as a swf, meaning that it can - and does - have easter eggs. The first one is activated if you pause at any time during the video.  The second is activated if you pause at 0:23.   The third is activated if you pause at 2:52.   They aren't that scary if you look for them on purpose, but definitely so if you stumble on them accidentally. You can see the video (including easter eggs) on YouTube here.
 * The song itself certainly qualifies. The lyrics and a translation can be found on this page. Enjoy.
 * Not to mention the eyes that look up at you at the last second...
 * And it seems as though Mama responds, as at 3:10 in the original, un-rewound video there is noise you can hear in the right speaker.
 * Actually, it seems that, taking everything, all of the backwards bits and the palindrome in the title, as well as the video mentioned below... it seems that mother isn't the one we should be worried about.
 * Did I mention that it has a sequel, 'Wakako and Ruriko's Break Blocks'? It can be found here
 * Not only does it have familiar lines to 'Itai Atashi Ashita Aitai', but a lot of the notes are the same, too.
 * The entire video
 * That's nothing compared to what you can see in the original NicoNicoDouga broadcast if the video is paused at 2:21...
 * Could you link me to a Youtube video demonstrating this? My... parental robotic units won't let me upgrade the flash player...
 * Trick and Treat is about Miku being lured into a house in the woods by Rin and Len, and being drugged with candy to make her fall asleep. She wakes up sooner than they anticipated and suddenly remembers where she knows the pair from.  Once Rin and Len realize that she's awake, things get worse in a hurry.
 * Conchita, the Epicurean Daughter of Evil starts off innocently enough with the titular character (played by Meiko) portrayed as a Big Eater who specializes in unusual delicacies. Then she eats . And . Until ultimately, still not satisfied enough, she
 * From the same producer and series: Madness of Duke Venomania, in which the titular Duke, played by Gakupo, makes a Deal with the Devil to enslave a number of beautiful women and make them serve as his harem. Him being handsome does not change the fact that he is a fucking creeper. For a slight boost in insomnia, look at the age of one of his victims. It's censored, and heavily implied to be a single digit.
 * On the same list, there is one victim named Josephine. Watch Daughter of Evil and you'll know who Josephine is.
 * Let's just say that most of the Seven Deadly Sins series is made of this stuff.
 * I find The Riddle Solver Who Can't Solve Riddles more than a little disconcerting, as it starts out with Len interrogating his sister, who apparently has murdered all the guests... but by the end of the video it's fairly obvious
 * It's worse than that, as Rin spends part of the video, and The Reveal comes with.
 * Rin's companion song, The Riddler Who Won't Solve Riddles, appears to be a Mind Screwdriver for Riddle Solver, yet the lyrics don't match the title, as she declares her intent to solve the mystery in his place. Then comes her final verse:.
 * Cotton Rose. The fact that it's based on a murder is chilling enough, but when the lyrics are translated...
 * Parasite. A hard, thrashing, dark metal song featuring distorted vocals and lyrics that are probably about mosquitoes that carry deadly disease... written from the point of view of the mosquitoes.
 * Twilight Homicide Song. Meiko can be pretty scary too. And that mask.
 * This might just be me being a wuss but I find it disturbing that (provided you looked closely enough) the dragon from Synchronicity has SIX WINGS. How does it fly with all of those things?!
 * Engloids are not exempt from this. Big Al's Beat Beat Tick Tick.

""I'll die...I'll die! just to get away from you!" Aw, why? Don't die!"
 * This troper went into the video thinking it to be just another Yandere type song.  She made a pathetic whimper-like noise and had to close the tab before screaming.
 * Also how aparently someone(people?)  Yikes.
 * From the same writer, we have Halloween Requiem. A group of teenagers try to summon dead spirits but it goes horribly wrong and a bunch of evil spirits emerge from their Ouija board. The spirits are extremely offended at the fact that nobody is afraid of them because of Halloween and promptly start attacking people to "strike fear back into their hearts (and it's implied that their first victims were a bunch of trick-or-treaters). Leon is shown running from a demon and in a total panic. Miriam, a nun, believes that it's the apocalypse. Lola and her husband are suddenly attacked in their own home. Big Al, a doctor, tells a wounded Leon that he can't help him because "the hospital is overflowing" and that he should probably stay there because "it's safer there" and "free space is growing" (implying that more people are dying than he and Sweet Anne can treat). Sonika is lying in an ambulance and implied to be dead at the end of her verse. At the climax, something happens that causes the monsters to leave, but their fear remains in the world's heart as it's revealed at the end that due to the incident nobody celebrates Halloween anymore; instead, they celebrate the day that October passes. At the end, the Engloids give us some advice: "If you choose to laugh at evil make sure you think twice".
 * Kaito's Koi Uta is absolutely terrifying.
 * In a similar vein to the above, possibly, is... this. It's a 30 second video of Miku repeatedly stabbing... someone. The amount of blood around and the sound that the stabbing makes both imply that she's been at this for a while, and she doesn't seem to be interested in stopping.
 * Upon watching the making-of, it's revealed that the person that she's stabbing is
 * Fridge Horror here: In the comments, the creator said he made it as a birthday gift for a friend. What kind of person would you have to be to want something like that?!!
 * Someone like me.
 * Even more unsettling is the fact that Miku's stabbing the person with Love Is War playing in the background.
 * This.
 * For those who don't tend to click unmarked links, it's a Megurine Luka song, in English, based on the following Rugrats theory: "The Rugrats really were a figment of Angelica's Imagination. Chucky died a long time ago along with this mother, that's why Chaz is a nervous wreck all the time. Tommy was a stillborn, that's why Stu is constantly in the basement making toys for the son who never had a chance to live. The De Villes had an abortion, Angelica couldn't figure whether it would be a boy or a girl thus creating the twins."
 * The song itself is told from Angelica's point of view, as The fact that the music is similar to "Alice Human Sacrifice" doesn't help matters.
 * The song is even worse when sung by Kaai Yuki, since she (obviously) sounds younger and thus fits the role of Angelica better.
 * Pity that the Japanese "translation" on that one is crap. It sounds nice, but the mistakes are failed-101-level bad.
 * Onii Yuukai sung by Rin, Miku, Luka, and Kaito. In it, the three girls sing about how much they want Kaito.
 * Another point of view has it that they
 * ... To the tune of "Meltdown."
 * Well, it is a Meltdown parody song. More like a "Kidnapping of loli" answer song - in the beginning of Onii Yuukai PV, we see Kaito walking through the crowd with the cute loli Rin clutching his hand. Rin looks into camera, seemingly sweet and innocent - and then OH GOD that feral smile...
 * What's even scarier is that unlike Rin and Luka, who plainly want Kaito, Miku just wants to kill him. Oh, and do NOT pause at that scene in 4:55. It would give you nightmares.
 * You mean this scene?
 * May I present SF-A2 Miki singing the Lavender Town theme, from Pokemon, a song frequently used or at least referenced in the horror stories of the Pokemon fandom.
 * This. Whatever the hell this even is. A... song, if you can call it that, apparently titled "Suicide Girls" and "sung" by Hatsune Miku. I can't read Japanese and, thus, don't know anything else about it, but if there's anyone out there who can, an explanation would be greatly appreciated.
 * "50/50," a Miku song about
 * Now available with English subtitles.
 * At one point, after Miku...urgh..."does her division tables", she claims that not only is Mari-chan crying, but her teacher and classmates are too. Meaning that she most likely !!!
 * Actually, it's more likely that she
 * That doesn't make it any better. That just means that !
 * Meet Pilom-san.
 * Ladies and gentlemen, meet Shiteyan'yo, a corruption of Miku with twintails-turned-legs. Whereas Hachune Miku and Takoluka are geared more towards being cute (and even then, YMMV), Shiteyan'yo is anything but adorable.
 * That's not the worst of it. Recently, Deino produced this display of Shiteyan'yo, which I do NOT advise watching at night: I WARNED YOU! Did I mention- the video is also available in 3D???
 * OK. I'm pretty sure all of us are too scared to take a look at the video, so can someone please explain the video to us?
 * "Black Hole Artist," by Utsu P, the creator of the above "Corpse Attack!!" Rin's face.
 * "Momoirousagi," by Kagamine Len. Some tropers have found it to be more disturbing than the above "Okaasan," so click with caution.
 * Just to make it easier for everyone: any song with an accordion in the background, Luka singing broken English, an already high-pitched vocaloid singing at an even higher pitch, and obviously a slightly off picture at the beginning will count as this soon enough.
 * "In a Rainy Town, Balloons Dance With Devils," by Hachi, features an eerie, surreal sound and lyrics, and the PV has been animated to match.
 * Reminded this troper of Story of the Blanks.
 * Wanna know the best part? Judging from what the comments are saying, the story behind it is that . Yikes!
 * "Ward Room 305", its sequel, is about Miku going mad after such pregnancy. It includes the same creepyanimation style of the above song.
 * To this troper, from the combination of the two videos, it seems that  The saddest part is
 * So no one but me finds the girl at 2:21 of "Panda Hero" terrifying? And then there's the close - up
 * Despite its awesome tune, Kagerou (translation: Heat Haze) Days can be a bit scary to watch, especially the PV Version. The song is essentially about a Groundhog Day Loop wherein a boy is forced to watch his friend die in increasingly horrible ways, no matter how much he tries to prevent it.  And just when you think that all is said and done,   The song also counts as a Tear Jerker.
 * Aaand for extra horror, there's another version that's even more blatantly graphic on ... certain events. Its art, however is based on a series I don't know, so that may add a miniscule amount of confusion. It's also a very well done male cover. Here you go: Kagerou Days Cover Oh, and as a trivia of the day, Kagerou is a Japanese homynym for both Heat-haze and Mayfly. Make of it what you will.
 * This song about HIM from The Powerpuff Girls. The PV shows a sillhouett that looks like Bubbles and her Octi doll is on the floor in front of her with HIM's sinister shadow radiating from it. HIM tells Bubbles "not to cry" and that he wants her to "smile". He then tells her to "give in to her fight" and "take the anger deep inside and bring it into light". at the end, his message gets more and more garbled and then he promises to Bubbles that he will give her anything she wants. He then tells her.
 * And dear god, the PV...
 * Calne Ca is such a cutie.
 * Wendy By Mothy well....we can already tell it won't be happy despite the cheery tune.  how could it be?.
 * This video, in which Uboa covers PoPiPo. It's a lot scarier than it sounds.
 * Though it isn't truly Vocaloid-based, the artist watashinokoko creates noise songs using the program La La Voice, a technical predecessor to Vocaloid. Many of these songs are incredibly nightmarish. Examples include:
 * Like You. The song starts out very quiet, but then the noise kicks in. And the content of the song and video itself does nothing to take the edge off; the song starts off normally enough (for a noise song,) a flickering image of a girl in the background, and then words appear on the screen, requests (ranging from "fuck me" to "listen [to] me.")
 * Complex. A dark, mysterious, and discordant song with surreal imagery presented in black, red, and white.
 * The producer of this song is Kikuo, a relative unknown, but Breaking Things Into Pieces gets the point across what type of producer this person is. Do we start with the fact that if the vocals are taken out, it sounds like a rousing march? Even though the imagery is very Neon Genesis Evangelion-esque. The lyrics, you ask? It talks about a girl who can't stop breaking things. The chorus tells us that the girl can also rebuild the objects she destroyed in order to break them even more "to the point [where] you forget it's original shape". Then comes the explanation. She destroys precious objects because the more memories an object goes through, the more it become attached to a person's soul. She's equating property damage with homicide. And the kicker is that . Throw in Nightmare Face and shattered like glass bodies and the Holy Shit Quotient gets to be pretty high.
 * If you think THAT'S scary, you clearly haven't checked out the rest of Kikuo's discography. Point in case: "I'm Sorry, I'm Sorry." The song is about father-daughter sexual abuse... from the emotionally broken daughter's point of view. Bonus Squick points for the nausea-inducing imagery used to describe how damaged and violated the girl feels by the acts she's subjected to.
 * I'm sorry, but i can't accept the fact that it's about sexual abuse. The song made it sound like Miku was slowly being eaten alive!
 * Two words regarding Samidare Bulldog. EAR RAPE.
 * Oh dear God, Hide and Seek. See U hasn't even been out for that long and already her songs are scaring the crapola out of me. And this is coming from a girl who wants Calne Ca as a room-mate and Shitenyanyo as a pet.
 * Lynne or Rinne is a song by Hachi. You may know him from Hold, Release; The Rakshasa and the Corpse. The craziest part is that even Hachi calls this song "more emo than usual". The image ain't helping' none, I'll say that.
 * From the same creator of iNSaNiTY, here is You Are Mine. Quite possibly this troper's all-time favourite Yandere Luka song.
 * From the same creator of iNSaNiTY, here is You Are Mine. Quite possibly this troper's all-time favourite Yandere Luka song.


 * Bad End Night. Even though the song is fairly up-beat and jazzy, it is actually quite sinister.