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Utaite Spotlight: Baru
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fascinatesBaru / バル
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Baru has been singing since 2009, but she got her break in 2010. She is also known for her pretty cover of Scop's "Top Secret", which had more than 200k views.
She had a rough start when she was starting in the utattemita community (and is often called out for it even now). After all, her name is almost the same as that of prominent utaite-turned major artist Valshe, and Valshe often used the name "Baru" in her namahousou. She was accused of taking the name to ride on Valshe's fame, which she quickly denied since her name came from "ganbaru", which is one of her tag lines. Because of this issue, Baru contacted Valshe about the problem with their names. Valshe told her to keep the name and strive to be known not for her name but for her talent. In order to not confuse them, Baru sometimes use the name "Baruko" (バル子).
Baru's voice is of medium range, somehow among the lines of Riseha and surprisingly, Valshe XD. She can sing moderately high songs but she lacks a bit in low notes. Despite that, her voice's power and clarity makes up for it and her covers are always said to be "clearly ringing". She's often described as someone having an "adult voice" because of her range, but she can also sing cute songs without awkwardness. Her first few covers were well-received but did not gain much attention because they weren't mixed/encoded well, and as soon as she got them right, she has gained popularity pretty fast.
She has made friends with a lot of utaite including Wotamin, Ryou-kun, etc. although her collabs aren't a lot. She has also collaborated with composer Utamaru for a Nico Nico Indies song.
sample songs
A. Solos
• Kimi no Te, Boku no Te (40mP original)
• Monochrome Blue Sky (NoboruP original)
• crack (keeno original)
• Usotsuki no Sekai (scop original)
• Aquarium (Kihee original)
B. Collabs
• Aa, Subarashiki Nyansei (w/ TaMu; Nem original)
• Nakimushi Kareshi (w/ Ryo-kun; FernandoP original)
nikki says
Baru didn't really get my attention until she uploaded "Top Secret". She was one of the first who did covers of the song and it was really well done. When I checked her mylist, she actually has a lot of good songs already, like her first upload "Namae no Nai Uta", but she didn't get enough attention back then. I guess the mixing really helped. It's sad that she had to undergo a lot of criticisms when she was just starting out, but looking at it now, I think she has more than made up for that with her wonderful covers. I don't like her extremely low or high voice, but her regular range is really impressive. I think my favorite cover by her would be "crack" and "Usotsuki no Sekai".
mylist | community | blog
Baru has been singing since 2009, but she got her break in 2010. She is also known for her pretty cover of Scop's "Top Secret", which had more than 200k views.
She had a rough start when she was starting in the utattemita community (and is often called out for it even now). After all, her name is almost the same as that of prominent utaite-turned major artist Valshe, and Valshe often used the name "Baru" in her namahousou. She was accused of taking the name to ride on Valshe's fame, which she quickly denied since her name came from "ganbaru", which is one of her tag lines. Because of this issue, Baru contacted Valshe about the problem with their names. Valshe told her to keep the name and strive to be known not for her name but for her talent. In order to not confuse them, Baru sometimes use the name "Baruko" (バル子).
Baru's voice is of medium range, somehow among the lines of Riseha and surprisingly, Valshe XD. She can sing moderately high songs but she lacks a bit in low notes. Despite that, her voice's power and clarity makes up for it and her covers are always said to be "clearly ringing". She's often described as someone having an "adult voice" because of her range, but she can also sing cute songs without awkwardness. Her first few covers were well-received but did not gain much attention because they weren't mixed/encoded well, and as soon as she got them right, she has gained popularity pretty fast.
She has made friends with a lot of utaite including Wotamin, Ryou-kun, etc. although her collabs aren't a lot. She has also collaborated with composer Utamaru for a Nico Nico Indies song.
sample songs
A. Solos
• Kimi no Te, Boku no Te (40mP original)
• Monochrome Blue Sky (NoboruP original)
• crack (keeno original)
• Usotsuki no Sekai (scop original)
• Aquarium (Kihee original)
B. Collabs
• Aa, Subarashiki Nyansei (w/ TaMu; Nem original)
• Nakimushi Kareshi (w/ Ryo-kun; FernandoP original)
nikki says
Baru didn't really get my attention until she uploaded "Top Secret". She was one of the first who did covers of the song and it was really well done. When I checked her mylist, she actually has a lot of good songs already, like her first upload "Namae no Nai Uta", but she didn't get enough attention back then. I guess the mixing really helped. It's sad that she had to undergo a lot of criticisms when she was just starting out, but looking at it now, I think she has more than made up for that with her wonderful covers. I don't like her extremely low or high voice, but her regular range is really impressive. I think my favorite cover by her would be "crack" and "Usotsuki no Sekai".