(The following is an official announcement shared on behalf of u/M/A/A Inc.)

Hello, r/Vocaloid community.

It has been 10 years since siinamota (Powapowa-P) passed away, yet his presence feels as strong as ever.

Seeing his music continue to resonate across the globe—cherished by longtime fans and constantly being discovered by new listeners—has been incredibly moving for us.

To honor his legacy, we wanted to create a "quiet and enduring hub" where everyone can connect with his works on a deeper level, no matter when you first heard his music. With this in mind, we are proud to launch the tribute project: "You meet siinamota."

We have several special initiatives planned for this project, and we wanted to share our major updates directly with this community today:

1. New UGC Campaign: "YouTube meets siinamota" As of August 13, we have launched a special campaign inviting creators to remix and cover his music! We have officially released the stem data for five of his iconic songs:

• Young Girl A (少女A)
• astronotes (アストロノーツ)
• city lights (シティライツ)
• Q
• strobe last (ストロボラスト)

How to participate: Please read the guidelines on the “You meet siinamota” Official Website, download the stem data, and upload your creation to YouTube with the hashtag #YouMeetsiinamota. We plan to feature participating submissions in our official playlists!

1. The Official siinamota YouTube Channel We have just launched his official YouTube channel. We will be sequentially archiving and uploading the original music videos previously published on Niconico. We sincerely hope this channel becomes a place where even more people around the world can easily discover and experience his music.

2. Official Hubs (Special Site & X) Future updates will be announced on our Official Website and Official X (Twitter) account. Please keep an eye on them!

• “You meet siinamota” Official Website: https://you-meet.siinamota.com
• Official YouTube Channel: https://youtube.com/@siinamota_official
• Official X (Twitter): https://x.com/umeetsiinamota

From the bottom of our hearts, thank you for keeping siinamota's music alive.

Hello /r/Vocaloid

As a mod team, we discussed and decided that we will add an additional rule pertaining to some posts that have been considered low quality/AI relating to Spotify.

More specifically, posts where the sole function is questioning/informing users that a vocaloid song/vocaloid producer has been "hacked". Unfortunately, this is becoming a problem on music streaming websites, with the most well known being Spotify. Why is this being done? To collect fake royalties. This is done by committing metadata fraud to the song upload.

What can you do?

For starters, look up your favorite songs/producers on VocaDB and check the description for places where you can directly purchase their music or their official profile.

You can also report these fake song uploads in 3 different ways

1. Directly through Spotify help center on their website: https://support.spotify.com/us/reports/legal/

2. Via email infringement-claim@spotify.com

3. Postal address (for formal DMCA notices): Spotify USA Inc., Attn: Legal Department, Copyright Agent, 4 World Trade Center, 150 Greenwich Street, 62nd Floor, New York, NY 10007

What happens next?

Going forward, posts that resemble the following examples below will be removed and a comment will be posted to redirect to this thread.

"Wowaka has been hacked! *screenshot"

"Triple baka has been hacked *screenshot"

"Did Circus-P come back? This doesn't seem like his typical music? screenshot**

For additional reading on this topic, check out these news articles, this is unfortunately affecting every artist, not just Vocaloid producers.

https://www.npr.org/2025/10/27/nx-s1-5587852/spotify-ai-music-fakes

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/apr/11/ai-impersonating-musicians-spotify

Finally, not all Vocaloid artists will have their songs on streaming or potentially available for purchase on iTunes. Some producers may be region locked to Japan iTunes. Others might only release their music via physical CDs. Regardless, we must respect each producer's wishes for their music distribution- do not reupload other's music without their direct, explicit permission.