Utaite Spotlight: Montea

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Montea/もんちー

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Montea has been active in Nico Nico Douga since 2008 but she is not as popular as her collab partners, Vivienne and Hanatan. Montea's voice is not distinct at first as she may be mistaken as other utaite. However, the more you listen to Montea, you can get used to her voice and tell her apart. Her voice can go low like in Just A Game and high like in Last Night, Good Night. Though at times, Montea sounds strained as she puts a lot of effort to hit some of the notes. However, in majority of her covers, she has managed to pull off songs that are out of her range.

She holds lives every month where she usually sings any songs she's in the mood in. Aside from Nico Nico Douga, Montea is also a member of the doujin circle, Crest.

Montea has appeared in the live event, Every Smile, with neko, Ten and Vivienne, just to name a few. She performed Risky Game and Connect with Vivienne.

sample songs

Just A Game (takamatt original)
Kasou Kyoku (No.D original)
one more kiss (OSTER project original)
honey & clover club (baker original)
Perfect Crime -with Syota- (samfree original)
South North Story -with neko and Hanatan- (mothy original)

len says

I like Montea's voice especially if she sings the right songs. Her voice is not too powerful that it's overwhelming. But it's also because that her voice is not powerful that her voice is being overpowered by Hanatan and Vivienne in their covers.

My favorite cover of Montea is her Just A Game because I think this is the best range for Montea to sing without sounding strained.