Hatsune Miku: So did we all fall in?

by Henri Drost
5 June 201530 March 2022
5 min read
For members only, Holland Festival, OPERA, SPECIALS

Het is een van de meest voorbesproken voorstellingen van dit Holland Festival. Kranten, tijdschriften en webmagazines doken massaal op The End met de Japanse superster Hatsune Miku. Dat ze niet echt is. Over ons aller fascinatie voor het virtuele en technologie. Over haar tweeënhalf miljoen Facebookvrienden. Over de fans die meer dan 100.000 liedjes voor haar hebben geschreven. Over de kostuumontwerpen van Vuitton. Het was allemaal nogal voorspelbaar. Jammer genoeg blijkt The End dat ook.
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Henri Drost

Henri Drost (1970) studied Dutch and American Studies in Utrecht. Sold CDs and books for years, then became a communications consultant. Writes for among others GPD magazines, Metro, LOS!, De Roskam, 8weekly, Mania, hetiskoers and Cultureel Persbureau/De Dodo about everything, but if possible about music (theatre) and sports. Other specialisms: figures, the United States and healthcare. Listens to Waits and Webern, Wagner and Dylan and pretty much everything in between.View Author posts

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