Utaite Spotlight: Lon

[fascinates]

Lon / ろん

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I think by now everyone knows Lon as the Ochame Kinou 2-million hit maker :).

Lon did not become a star overnight, though. In fact, most of her covers gain a lot of views, although not as successful as Ochame. While they did not exceed 100k views, they are starting to, now, because of the Ochame craze XD. Lon's name was hypothetically taken from a play on the Kagamine twins' names: Rin, Len, Lon. She said that if her voice would be used for an UTAU voicebank, the name should be Bokune Lon. She first uploaded a cover of Mirai no Uta sometime in 2008 but deleted it afterwards because of uploading issues as well as poor quality of the upload.

She is mostly known for her shotappoi voice which she uses perfectly in her quite few covers. She also has a way of singing very clearly which sets her apart from other cutesy-lolishota singers, like she didn't have to try very hard to act cute and still pull off singing the song wonderfully. She mostly sings popular songs and while she's associated to the Kagamine twins' voice, especially Len's, she sings Miku songs a lot, sometimes singing her songs with a Len feel. She also seems attached to LamazeP's songs. Also, unlike the usual impression, Lon sings serious songs, too, beautifully at that.

sample songs
• World is Mine
• Yami no Dance Site
• Juvenile
• Migikata no Chou
• Shota Shota Night Fever (community-only)

nikki says

To be honest, I didn't think much of Lon when I first heard her through her Migikata no Chou cover. At that time, I did wonder if she's a boy or girl, but since she sings popular songs with a lot of covers, she seems underappreciated at that time. Her really big break is Ochame Kinou and while I'm all @_@ at it's 2 million views, I'm kind of thankful for the song for reintroducing her not only to me but to the fans.

After going through her mylist, I feel that she needs to sing more serious songs like Yami no Dance Site because while she sounds so awesome in cheerful songs bordering on crack, she has a different air when singing serious songs, which is something I want to hear more (her Juvenile is all sorts of cutesquishycute though ;; kyaaa).

Lastly, she has two mylists, one for public uploads and one for community uploads. You might want to join her community. One is for the Shota Shota Night Fever (which is a Lenification of Luka Luka Night Fever). And another one is for her mini-drama/skit thing where she voiced Rin and Len, with Tokumei (Anonymous)-san as the lucky Kaito. (Tabenaide, Kaito-nii ;_;).

Comments

[crimsonfire3]

She's a girl!? AHAHAHA;; I thought she was a guy singing in a shota-boy voice;;; or an alto-not-really-alto girl voice o_o;

.........Now I wanna join her community after hearing that voiced-thing with an Anon. OTL

[fascinates]

When I first heard her, I thought it was just a kid with a good voice :|. Not sure if she's male or female then, though since that time I've been fooled by a lot, even Valshe /shot :D

Please join!

[yahchan.livejournal.com]

"OH HO! Nikki used 'her' " <-- was my reaction when I first read the first line~

Honestly, I'm thankful for the utattemorata vol 2 album for introducing such a clear, crisp and just the right kind of cute type of voice to me :3
After hearing her Ochame Kinou, I'm addicted to other versions as well, expecially DRRR LOL

AND YESSS * A* I absolutely agree! I love her Yami no Dance Site <3

[fascinates]

Well, it has been established (by me /shot) that Lon's most likely a girl :).

LOL I think the Sasuke Ochame was the cover I've looped the most for some reason OTL. I don't even like Naruto XD.

[lluvia]

... I swear I am the only person who never was confused about Lon's voice. I can barely get the shota vibes, my brain is like "SHE'S TOTALLY A GIRL, THERE'S NO OTHER WAY TO LOOK AT IT".

That being said, omg that Yami no Dance Site cover *___*

[seraphictune]

mhm~ I didn't get the shota vibes either ^^;; she definitely sounded like a girl to me...but imagining a boy with her voice was fun. lol XDDD

[lluvia]

Yeah, like, her voice could perfectly work for a shota? But I never thought she was one IRL, if that makes any sense. 8D;;

[fascinates]

I think it's more of the hype around her anonymity instead of the quality of her voice ^^; (although I admit I thought she was a little boy at first, being fooled by people like Valshe and the likes, I've long since learned /shot) It's because she doesn't post any information at all which makes her all ~mysterious~ XD.

I love her cover of that the most. ;;

[lluvia]

Her voice reminds me a little of Kobayashi Yumiko who I absolutely adore and who often plays shotas, but I guess that's why I just assumed Lon was a girl. But oooh, I didn't know that she was so secretive.

[yahchan.livejournal.com]

wow 0__0 honestly, the word 'shota' never came up until I read this... orz

[seraphictune]

LON~~~~~ ♥
I love her voice *w* it's just the right amount of strong cute for me. so moeeeeee =)

although honestly...I've always thought she was a girl and never thought of her has shota-ish...^^;;; so I was confused as to why she was on the gender bent CD/when people told me she was a guy...XDD

Lonnnnn. man, so cute *w* -spaz-
SQUISHHHHHH.
I want to hear her sing a serious song tooooo *W*

LONNNNNNN ♥ -joins comm- XD

[fascinates]

LOL As I said above, I think it's more of the hype around her for she has no information whatsoever anywhere. It's like mmm...Kogeinu for instance. He's so obviously a guy, but he's also in the genderbent CD because he can sound so high like a little girl.

[kyokugen]

LON ♥ *^*

I've been fooled so many times that I had to ask her gender. =)) But her voice is so adorable.

[(Anonymous)]

I think my fave cover of hers is GHOST

Downloading Shota Shota song

[(Anonymous)]

Where can I download Shota Shota Night Fever Lon's version? I can't find it anywhere. :(

Only saw the one with the gero & roro thing on youtube, can't find Lon alone. x.x

Any help appreciated.

Re: Downloading Shota Shota song

[fascinates]

It's found locked in her community, which is why it's not mirrored/should not be mirrored in YT. It is also not downloadable using nicosound/other nico music ripper, unless you use a program/plugin to record/rip the song.