Scandal-wracked moeblob seiyuu Aki Toyosaki’s live performance of a Beatles classic has been denounced as being “impossible to listen to for more than 10 seconds,” “truly awful” and “a blasphemous insult to all Beatles fans” – and for once it appears this is not the work of her creepy detractors.
The video in question, showing her guitar rendition of “Hey Jude,” by an ancient and obscure British band called “The Beatles”:
Of interest is the extraordinarily high proportion of negative ratings her masterful performance received – 3204 dislikes to 318 likes at the time of writing, as well as the many hundreds of negative comments received:
Even her normally ardent defenders are having trouble excusing her performance, and everyone is all but unanimous in criticising her performance:
“This is so bad you really can’t expect to listen to it for even 5 or 10 seconds. Give up singing if you’re just going to sully classics like that. Any music lover would agree.”
“Someone who lives off her voice ought to know when her voice can’t match the song. Maybe Tom likes this tune, but I can’t imagine many of her 20-something fans are Beatles fans, and this is just an insult to Beatles fans.”
“The negative ratings are going up by the second…”
“She’s good, isn’t she?”
“I’m no hater, but I can’t listen to this.”
“Disgraceful.”
“This is great! I liked it!”
“She’s so cute!”
“Unforgivable!”
“Gross, now all the creepy Beatles fans are going to go nuts.”
“Come on guys, she’s not singing with her hymen.”
“I get the feeling her score was written up in katakana…”
“I could sing better than this.”
“Try listening to the original after listening to this if you want to cry a bit.”
“She is just mocking the Beatles with this.”
“She’s awful!”
“Why is she singing in such a creepy voice? A seiyuu should know how to match a song to her voice.”
“Give her a break!”
“I went to her live performances twice. I was moved! You guys try singing in front of 2,000 guys!”
“Did you get your money back in the end?”
“No way – she soothed us with her fine voice! It was a bargain!”
“It’s nice that she can get paid for this.”
“She practised so hard!”
“She’s even cuter for failing so hard.”
This is better than the original. I am not lying or exaggerating. I hate “Hey Jude”, but this was somehow tolerable.
You’re a poor, tone-deaf, starving little weaboo child. Your brain is starved for nutrients & you need intervention. Please get to an emergency room ASAP.
I don’t particularly like Beatles; This girl hits the tones decently but the pronunciation is obviously not very good, although I’m sure it’s partially because she’s trying to “moe” her voice.
Also, the only reason why this is so down-rated is because of butthurt Beatles fanboys, and Beatles have some very obnoxious, retarded fanboys
(no offense to to those fanboys who aren’t obnoxious or retarded or butthurt, you guys are ok).
I find this very very cute, lol.
I bet if someone replaces the video with one that shows yui singing, there would be much less dislikes dood.
hahahahahah…she can’t sing for shit. She sounds like she’s on cocaine. But at least she ain’t that fat fucking seiyuu who can’t voice act, yet is still loved because her fans are fucking retarded!
Oh god. Broken English a good song doesn’t make.
In context (foreign language, actually playing guitar), this is pretty good. Don’t understand the irrational hate Aki receives.
well now it is 1637 likes and 9000 dislikes OMFG ITS OVER 9000!!!!!!!!!! shall i dislike and make ik 9001? lol
quite enjoyable performance 🙂
better than Vocaloid music
As if this is better that Miku, pfff
is she using her loli voice? lol its cute offkey a little mind you but still cute…
oh…
obscure British band called “The Beatles”?
wth beatles were one of britians BEST bands ever… whoever wrote “obscure” is an idiot
I’m a beatles fan, so I can investigate these alegations myself and I can safely say that yes, she sounds like complete crap and I could not bear to listen for more than a few seconds.
Her voice is nothing special, but hey after several years of moe/highschool songs this doesnt sound as bad as I thought. Or maybe I just lost it…
FUCK HATERS ITS SO KAWAII!!!!
This sounds like Yui. Trying to sing in english. Why.
On a personal note, I didnt mind this. She said she loves the beatles, and i guess this was her way of paying tribute. Granted, her English isn’t the best, she sounded cute. Give her some credit for even trying to sing a song in a language she isn’t fluent in.
If people wanna complain, lets talk about all the bad covers of good songs that exist in the US.They’re trash, while this was really cute.
it’s not horrible. it’s not like she was off key or over-doing it like she’s drunk at a karaoke bar.
A young, cute japanese chick who can play the guitar and sings the beatles? She may have some room for improvement, but she hit the notes just fine. Not to mention singing in a foreign language. I was thoroughly impressed.
Yui is so cute.
Saw the link and headline and though, oh I bet it was Hey Jude.
My face when.
Someone should teach her how to actually act and not squeak out that wretched “Moe” noise
rofl, it sounds like some quirky anime chr singing instead of a real person
Hōkago Tea Time my ass
I saw Ritsu was banging a drum at an “Occupy Shibuya” movement- lol.
I don’t hate Toyosaki and this dunny disaster.
See, this is why I avoid karaoke. You’re bound to get tangled in something like this.
“funny” crap, I can’t type tonight!
Why does she use her in character’s voice!?… I wonder what her real voice sounds like!… ¬_¬
Maybe that was it.
The high pitched voice killed the song, it just doesn’t fit.
“Hey, Jew,
Do makkey pah
Take a sah saw
am make ih bebba”
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Should’ve have used her normal voice for this song, Yui’s squeak isn’t gonna cut it. Love your Life was a great song, Toyosaki should have used that pitch of her voice
What’s wrong with Justin Bieber? I think she has a pretty good voice!
Ok, so she was making one K-on character voice. Fine, i get that, but it is still bad.
Some people could say that she is a very good singer and a very talented person. Why she couldn’t be just that? Why not just a talented seiyuu with HER voice singing a song?
Does everything has to be a imitation of the anime character she plays?
It was just bad. No horrible, but bad.
For a Japanese girl singing a Liverpudlian song she sounds okay, not great but okay.. and a million times better than any of Yoko Ono’s singing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjCSZR4dM_c&feature=related
Not really the worst rendition I’ve ever heard, but not a good song for her voice.
Wrong voice for the song. Moe delivery just doesn’t work at all for this song.
Even if the Beatles lived 1000 years, they could never sound this cute. <3
Kind of cute. And the Beatles aren’t gods and their fans need to pull the stick out from time to time.
And John married Yoko Ono…everything she makes is an insult to the human ear. This is so much better than the noise she makes.
Her voice kinda turns me on….wierd
And today I tough i was bad at singing… *shoot herself* it’s horrible to hear.
Maybe this was cut from the K-On movie. Thank goodness.
Hey, don’t make fun of a Japanese person who’s trying to speak English.
You know it doesn’t work well.
So, stop the bs, and show some respect.
(ps. humour intended)
Actually, a very well-know J-pop singer by the name of Hamasaki Ayumi, speaks English very well.
I saw a video of her being interviewed a few years ago, and I was surprised to hear her speak English.
To say that I was surprised would be an understatement.
Link for part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wyr0T3EFZiE
Engrish, she knows not how.
We all know most of these young women are not promoted for their vocal talents, if any. How many do you see that are fat and ugly but can really sing?
Well, it’s bad, yet not horrendous. She’s got only the tuning, but not the voice for this kind of song.
She should give up on ancient and obscure bands’ songs and stick to high pitched anime covers.
However, I agree she’s still better than Justin Bieber.
HAHAHA its like she *uckin FIVE!! id pay a penny to go see this…still a penny more than justin chokesondick
I’ll give her thumbs up. For the only reason that I dislike the beatles.
Who’s the creepy K-ON fan that keeps voting up comments that praise this “song” ?
Aki Toyosaki weaboo idol otakus.
all of you faggots are just feeding her ad revenue stream.
she sounds like a generic animu girl.
let’s see if the Beatles can sing Fuwa Fuwa Taimu
People care way too much as always.
Beatles are highly overrated.
I can’t hear it more than 10 seconds … I think I must agree with it :p …
Heck, I thought that performance was kinda cute.
When people do covers of other bands’ songs, I never expect such songs to sound exactly the same as the originals. In fact, I think any person making a cover version should make it more so in their own image to make it their own version of a classic – Nothing wrong with that since every artist has their own unique vision.
I also have to say that I wish I could play guitar as well as she can.
Just to add: Hardcore Beatles fanatics will probably want to hate just because.
Just because it’s fucking awful.
The problem it’s the tradition style from both places, (telling about asia and rest of the world) if you are new on hearing japanese voices singing, it will sound bad, but if you are used to it … it’s another thing
it’s not bad common! e.e it’s kinda cute… i think that Lennon loved it
You know, the Beatles singing HTT songs wouldn’t work, either…
Trying to imagine the two surviving Beatles playing any HTT song. Musically I think Paul would rock out Listen! Not so much the voice. So lets just imagine Ringo singing Fuwa Fuwa!
I know why she has so many dislikes, she keeps singing “Hey Jew”
The hell was with that fake moe “Hyuu~” sigh near the end? As the British would say, rubbish!
All else aside, she plays the guitar just fine.
It’s so funny, only a month ago I was struggling to find this on youtube just to watch it again. Now it’s on Kotaku, here, and comes up on youtube searches straight away!
The reaction is the opposite I expected though 🙁
I had no idea this was even possible of generating so much hate. I also had no idea about the huge Beetle’s fanclub raging towards any covers.
Additionally, so many people are judging this like it’s an official chart release lol! Boku wo Sagashite is a chart song.
Anyway since all the hate, maybe this can pick up steam so we start hearing about it in the mainstream. Only that would prove Aki singing was different enough to get noticed after what… how many boring Beetles covers has they’re been?
This could be another Rebecca Black moment. i.e. stupidly successful, but this time extra publicity for K-on!
k-on was such a hit because people does actually like her and how she sings.
i personally think that cover is horrendous(and k-on too)
i think it was okay.
played it 3 times again.
if u try to listen good to the lyrics its not that bad guys.
Maybe she’s just trolling?
I guess most of the “normal” commenters/voters on Youtube simply don’t understand that she’s singing with her “Yui” voice and not with her own. And the creepy otaku commenters/voters are just pissed about her having a boyfriend, so they would diss her even if she sounded like Maria Callas …
Oh that wasn’t so baaaad,… Heil when I’m drunk and singing in a karaoke dive, I can do worse.
I just cant take it when girls try too hard to sound “cute”. It just annoy me instead.
Would probably be different if I would love the girl doing it but this… NO thanks!
Why should I listen to her if she already has a boyfriend… seriously…
doesn’t sound awful to me, just bad Engrish lol. Oh and that sigh in the middle …. Well, she’s a VA not a singer lol.
Sounds like a cute moe blob should sound like.
Fuck the beetles fans, they’re acting like she shit all over the koran or something lol.
doesn’t change the fact I’d still fuck her
LOLOLOLOLOL it is like someone trying to sing a song in baby talk and be completely serious about it.
it’s rather OK for something rated awful, but she should learn from the masters and move away from the mike to breath in.
Okay, I watched/listened to the whole thing, and …
Her singing voice was to my (American) ears, annoying.
Her singing accuracy was good; she made just three or four small mistakes.
Her English pronunciation was rather troublesome, but hey, to her it’s a “foreign language”.
Compare all that to William Shatner – Captain Kirk from ‘Star Trek’ – talk-singing, “Mr. Tambourine Man”:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0hTtsqiFCc
Disclaimer: I like many Beatles songs, but am not a Beatles-cult-follower.
A load of Beatles fans who didn’t know what to expect. This really doesn’t surprise me.
No one to blame really. I thought she sung pretty well her own version of the song. Of course high-pitched japanese girl-voice is going to scare off most of the Beatles fans.
Aki was good for japanese
and i’m from liverpool
I don’t think most of that was even words. It’s like she’s making sounds that she hopes sounds like words in English.
I think her cutesy voice is what makes it worse…
And count 1.2.3 to the next verse? WTH?
Singer aside, it’s still a great song
What would you do if I sang out of tune?
I would stand up and walk out on you!
My first thought was subtitles. Where are my god damn subtitles. Then I realised she was singing in english.
Its not that bad, sounds cute. But to high pitch for my taste.
Needs so refining with the pronounciations, other then that. Nothing wrong with the singing.
It sounds *exactly* as one would expect it to sound. English is not her native language and as a voice actor she does a cute anime voice. Fans would be happy to hear her attempt a song like this. It isn’t good, but it doesn’t have to be, and you can still like it.
If anyone is getting really pissed off at this, they really are horrible people.
Ok wait, she is singing in Anime voice, WTF did people expect. She can sing to me in that voice as she suck me and I be fine just fine.
Otaku very very strange creatures. I listen to Beatle Songs and what did people expect it was done by guys from the UK with British accents. @@
Oh come on haters, this was cute. I love the Beatles, and I get a kick out of this K-On’d Jude. It’s fun – and the Beatles never turned their nose up at fun.
Um… I liked it.
I would still do her.. but iam a nice person to begin with 😀
AHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH THATS TOO FUNNY
It doesn’t doesn’t sound bad at all imo. Maybe all the hate is from hardcore Beatles fans who aren’t anime fans.
here a good tribute
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSqq7I9KF4c
Just a mediocre cover of a good song, nothing more nothing less.
Doesn’t mangling the lyrics make it worse though?
Eh….
It wasn’t all that great, I’ll say that much.
However, I am really not the best person to consult in this matter. When it comes to K-ON, I always prefered the songs where Mio was singing over the ones where Yui was. When it comes to The Beatles, I was never fond of them. I am not fond of the song Hey Jude in particular. Hell the only Beatles song I can say I really like is Norwegian Wood, and half the reason for that is the book of the same name by Haruki Murakami.
So considering that I am already biased against Toyosaki’s singing in that I prefer others over her, and the fact that I was never fond of the Beatles, plus the fact that she is trying to sing in English, makes me a very bad person to judge whether or not this is good.
Though I would expect a good amount of dislikes for her performance, for it to be over 75% dislikes is kind of mind boggling to me. I didn’t think it was good (but what else could I think given my biases),but I didn’t think it was that horrible.
I don’t find her singing so bad.
Those who say she can’t sing, haven’t heard other people singing a calm song live and unplugged while imitating the voice of a certain character.
BAM, enough said, thanks, bye!
PS: “hgh” so just ignore them. Miss Toyosaki, you’re amazing.
You’re an idol otaku aren’t you?
I can assure you, Justin Bieber gets far more hate than Aki Toyosaki ever will. As much as you and your kin hate him, his singing will still be better.
I don’t see how this is bad. Maybe a bit funny considering how bad her english is, but it’s not bad. I mean she already sounds sort of like a chipmunk anyways (hehe)
I don’t think it’s that bad and I do praise her for trying to sing in a foreign languange
Still better than Justin Bieber.
Who’s Justin Bieber? Never knew him
some androgynous girl who became lesbian recently. she was dating a black rapper who lead her to ..”stardom” *hand quotes*
Pretty much any an everyone is better than Bieber! Even William Hung!
Bieber wishes he was Hung.
I like what you did there.
i don’t think it’s that bad. i don’t like it particularly, but she made it her own. also she wasn’t intentionally singing badly or trying to make fun by changing lyrics. i think she was probably doing one of her anime voices or something trying to be cute.
Didn’t really watch, but she was singing in English right? Have you ever heard Japanese people try to speak in English before? It’s crazy hard, so I think she did pretty well.
That being said, this is why you don’t try and sing in other languages.
Met a few Japanese students. They sound fine but that maybe because they’ve been living outside Japan for a while.
I also sing japanese songs. Just singing along is no big deal, but when I recorded it I realized how awfull I really was.
Dunno why there is so much hate, sounds kinde cute, like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6m2NzdN7o0
I sing along with the Japanese songs on my playlist. It’s not hard. You just have to, you know, practice.
Wow, you people can spell his last name right. You must love him.
@04:56
Heh no, he is hated so much that it appears everywhere, you must love trolling over dumbshit.
Well guess what, so do I.
How would you know it’s right… perhaps you’re a fan too???
That is more than his fans can do.
A wookie with a sore throat is better than bieber.
well that goes without saying.
u 2 anons made my day
Really thank you…
On the other side…
It should be something like k-on´s Yui right?
see ya
mrponeis
Can we drop the Bieber jokes? That so 2010.
Hilariously enough, he actually sings better than her.
Yea I never understood the hate for Justin Bieber. Man knows how to sing. Maybe people don’t like how happy his songs are? I dunno. I don’t listen to him, but I have a friend who does.
Hey, his New Years Beatles interpretation was nowhere near as bad as this abomination
Dude, a 5 years old girl sings better than this!!She actually sings very very bad …..
Imagine the Sissy humming …2H at a show
It only loses to Rebecca Black in( friday) 😛
Search for “Someone like You(Adele)” sang by Anne Curtis , a celebrity here in the Philippines who think she’s reaaaaaaly talented and the concert was even sold out wtf.
Not a girl or even a 5 year old, but if you think this is better than her singing, then there is something very wrong with you.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=fvwp&NR=1&v=wgrrQwLdME8
Holy Fuck! That was the most horrible 3 seconds of Hey Jude I ever heard!
Oh, really? Let’s have your detailed critique, then.
In my opinion, it was fine. Don’t hate just to hate.
Don’t hate just because someone has a different opinion.
You like her Engrish, fine. Most people don’t.
My reply wasn’t “hating”. Also, I said nothing about any “Engrish”. Finally, when did you conduct your survey?
I thought it was pretty good…and I’m a Beatles fan. People take everything waaay too seriously.
I dislike both the singer and the band, but to me she sounds like she always does. I don’t see the specific problem here.
Just imagine yui singing this..
Saying this is a horrible rendition of Hey Jude is similar to saying that a 10 year old girl singing “I Will Always Love You” is a sacrilege to Whitney Houston’s version.
SHUT THE FUCK UP HATERS.
There is no comparison to be done. What, is she claiming that her version is better than the Beatles? Since when did it become a mortal sin to sing a song from another country, in another language that you like?
I’d like all you haters and bashers, just to see what you’re doing, to try and sing Hokago Tea Time’s Utauyo Miracle. If you people who probably speak with an american accent can sing this song without “ruining” it then I’ll understand your point. Otherwise just back the fuck off.
SHUT THE FUCK UP WEABOO FAGGOT.
Give Paul McCartney a few days to learn the lyrics & he could sing the fuck out of Hokago Tea Time.
Let’s imagine if Paul McCartney sing Utauyo Miracle with a guitar in some concert too fucker! I daresay the video would also be bombarded with dislikes.
SHUT THE FUCK UP BACK AT YOU.
At least Aki Toyosaki’s never been part of some Satanic achieved fame bullshit controversy.
And FUCK YOU. Paul McCartney could never hope to sing a K-On song as well as Aki Toyosaki ever could.
LOLOL! – But He will NEVER be “moe'”
You are an idiot. This bitch gets PAID to do this. Since she has made a choice to persue this as a CAREER, fans have every right to say it is god-awful (which it is,) and not because of her nip accent (it’s her terrible 4 year old baby voice, whispering, and lack of melody.)
Sorry, but you are the idiot here. And if she is a bitch then you are a fucked up asshole.
Your argument is invalid until I see a British artist sing a K-On song without ruining it.
OMG! I So want to hear Yui sing “I will always Love You” by Whitney!
I was always immune to Beatles, it’s not bad music but nothing special for me. So I guess I can’t really grasp what happened here.
Beatles wanted to please woman so they acted as the handsome guys, this scenario she sings the song as a woman acting as a cute girl. I didn’t really see any difference between the band and this girl, yes I can´t recognize the song, but maybe I never heard it!
In the end Aki’s manager will be like ‘We got press for not even doing our best! Good job girl, now stop crying!’
We all live in the yellow submarine…
Didn’t know Beatles fans can be creepy
Me neither O_o WTF of all things to be obsessive about, The Beatles? Really? XD
Haters gonna hate.
Personally I think it was really cute.
Sigh, people can be so mean…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWDlzU1e9Bc It’s pretty much the same quality.
This just in: A human being can’t perfectly imitate another human being. People feel “insulted.” Original works still better. Original works don’t feel insulted because they’re inanimate objects at best. People go back to listening to original works and continue to live their lives as if nothing happened.
In short: Whining about something that has no bearing whatsoever on your life is stupid.
*Gasp* People don’t worship a Japanese seiyuu idol like I do on everything they do!?
They must be trolls!
Oh the irony.
Whining because people have different opinions which have no bearing on your life.
….and that’s exactly what you’re doing, you pompous twit.
WOW! This chick has some balls on her,I’m going to give it to her though… not a dislike but a LIKE, I think she is no doubt talented,playing an instrument and singing at the same time while performing in front of a live audience..to top it all off she is singing the song in its original language, which I think it is safe to say isn’t her first language although I could be wrong. I enjoy listening to some Beatles, preferably their songs that have more of a “rock and roll” vibe (some of which were covers themselves)compared to their “psychedelic” sounding songs. If you like The Beatles check Hiroshi Masuda on youtube, he covers their songs on guitar, fingerstyle,no vocals PEACE
It’s fucking depressing that so many people hate her just because she has a boyfriend. Anyone who buys into that logic is the scum of the earth.
If you ‘love’ your precious idols so much you’d respect them and let them have their own damn lives.
The fuck are you talking about? People don’t hate her for having a boyfriend, they just hate her for her crappy singing skills.
FYI, most of the people bashing her aren’t even otakus. They’re beatles fans.
Go eat a dick weaboo.
That last sentenced had no connection to your (stupid) statement and made no sense at all.
Then again, when you get into the idol or acting business, you should be completely prepared to give up your private lives.
I mean, isn’t it the same, or even worse, in America? With all the shitty paparazzi reality TV shows and whatnot.
its a lameass boring song by an overrated band of course it sounds even worse if a girl with a cute voice is trying to sing it
you know what? i already hate pretentious cute voice but this is….. why does it exist in the first place?
hmm i actually like it. i dont find it irritating at all. is that bad??
Yes, it is bad. It means you’re tone deaf. In fact you may have brain damage. Go to a doctor.
You know the truly funny thing is, that if this had been in an actual K-ON episode all the otaku would be creaming themselves about how ‘moe’ it was.
I really don`t see the problem, she pronounced her english better than I could speak let alone sing japanese..!
I think a lot of the problem is that most bands/singers use some form of autotune for their studio stuff, so when they sing `live` they sound totally different to what we have heard them before.
I think she sounds cute, and would love her to sing to me over a nice dinner.
I loved the comment of `creepy beatles fans`, never met one, but I have met a lot of old beatles fans, unless the otakus think that old = creepy lol
Just like weaboos think Japanese + Like anime = creepy otaku lol.
Aki Toyosaki is “scandal-wracked” now? Just because some seiyuu otaku losers got upset that she supposedly has a boyfriend?
Pot meet kettle.
Welcome to (pathetic) otaku-culture.
Ahhh. The Beatles. Tributes to the classics are always welcome.
I’m just going to close my eyes and imagine it’s Ikeda Chitose doing a cover of “Hey Jude”.
im not a fan of the Beatles, and barely like any of their music… i dont know why, just font like them, that said… she… well the guitar part is better than i thought it would be… even without the accent the voice would be a bit to high for this kind of song, and i know she can do a deeper voice if she tries…
its no where near as bad as i was imagining.
so you all know i dont like her.
Pretty! Cute! awesome!
haters gonna hate….
oh boy here we go
Far from being as bad as Rebecca Black I don’t know what’s the fuss about.
Oh you….
trying to listen for more than 10 seconds is not worth trying to prove the ones that say is impossible wrong. I hate the beatles xD I hate that even more.
SOOOOOO WAY INB4 people all up hatin for my hatin
I see Darth Sidious’s light Saber over-powering Master Yoda’s in this one.
I didn’t mind it and i couln’t even get through the first ep of keion.
I’m pretty sure if this appeared in K-ON, it would be a big hit instead of being criticized by everyone. I personally think its okay, not as bad as what most people are saying.
Agreed, its just her english is bad…. if her english was proper and accurate, it wont be as bad lol
I’m a huge fan of Aki, but… this song is definitely not for her. I got about halfway through until I just had to give up. There’s something about the total disconnect of tone and message combined with excruciating pronunciation that turns it into a disaster.
I liked her work on the guitar though; it could have saved the song if her vocals would have been slightly better.
If i would like beatles, then i probably would dislike it, but as i dont care about them i find it terrible sung, but yet interesting interpretation at the same time.
Paul McCartney would probably find it funny. And John would like it because she’s japanese and has an interesting voice.
Hey Jew.
You called?
Hey Due’d don’t get meh wrong,…
If you’re doin it karaoke, just turn up the volume and ANYONE will sound good.
^_^
So that’s what Yui Hirasawa would sound like if she sings Hey Jude. Definitely fits.
I want to hear her sing “The Shins” & Frank Sanatra’s “My Way!” next. How far are we away from someone editting in clips of “American Idol” judges giving her remarks
It just sounds like Yui from “K-On!”. I think it’s because she’s singing it in English! My guess is some ‘rabid Beatles’ fans (a Beatles Otaku you might say) probably saw it and had a fit.
The result would be similar if a white girl sang a classic Japanese song in bad a bad Japanese accent.
I am strangely fascinated why there’s such a Love – Hate thing with Aki’s fanbase. Yui speaking english was kinda cute.
It’s not her accent, but her singing. I can’t believe it (or maybe I should) but it’s extremely amateurish and flat. Maybe if she hadn’t pulled that infantile voice (or Yui’s, whatever you like it) it might have sounded better. But now it looks plain awkward as she tries to hit the right notes but not very successfully :/
It’s NOT because of her accent, it’s because of her voice. It’s far too high-pitched.
at least she’s happy
this, I mean if she like the song she doesnt even need to be a huge beatles fan or know how to pronounce it.
Sounds brilliant to me. If you didn’t see her you might thing it was a very young girl.
Wow, “Yui” is doing a Beatles cover. I thought it was pretty good, especially the part with the guitar. Those who said she’s awful at the song has no talent at all themselves.
I just laugh at the thought of an average Japanese with no fluent English singing this in a Karaoke club. I mean the irony in complaining about her singing this is freaking amusing. I’ve heard worse than this…and by English speakers too.
those who liked it should listen to Emilie Simon, a French singer. Btw I liked it.
too bad, she’s not using cute sweet voice anymore since The Big Machine.
Holy cow!
Tbh, some, if not most, Beatles “fans” I know are always this anal. I’ve seen some who are so irritating that they actually made a loud fuss over people getting the lyrics a little wrong while doing a cover. I, myself grow up listening to Beatles and The Carpenters but honestly, I just can’t help but admitting that some of the fans I’ve seen can be that annoying.
Scousers most likely. Ignore them.
What? Were you expecting her to match voice perfectly or something? She’s Japanese fer chrissake! :p
True, Beatles “fans” always put themselves on a high-horse like anything that tries to even come near their gods is always set to fail…
I actually did like Aki-chan’s cover, she didn’t try to keep to the original version, she put her own twist on it and it works.
The pronunciation isn’t the best, but then again, i’d never expect a japanese to have perfect english pronunciation (even if it’s not impossible, of course).
Which is a shame…
If it weren’t for covers we would’ve never have gotten great music like Johnny Cash’s amazing rendition of “Hurt” by Nine Inch Nails; José Gonzáles’ version of “Heartbeats” originally by The Knifes; Apocalyptica’s fantastic album comprised solely of Metallica covers…
I could go on for days…
I get the feeling that anyone who tries to do covers of classic songs will always be criticized. Doesn’t matter how good they are, they’re gonna be criticized for messing with someone’s classic music god.
No, she just sucks. All evidence is in the video.
Agreed, exactly how Yui as a character would’ve done it. Maybe if this was done within an episode of K-On! the hate would’ve been much lessened. And the guitar playing is decent. I’m a Beatles fan, I like it and I think I couldn’t do it as good as she did.
While it is understandable that some people won’t like her voice, I think those hating it because of her personal life are really low. Yet they own the internet it seems.
They don’t own shit, they are like Religious people here in the States just loud and obnoxious and want to win every time and never seem to like anything but just been insane.
I for one had no problem listening to it, her guitar was good and her voice was well what you expect of her.
That may be how Yui the character would have done it but that singing kinda ruins the song. Seriously. I don’t even listen to the Beetles and I was going what the hell is that.
Yea fuck the two, three people who downvoted that. Are you fucking serious? She is doing this creepy whisper thing when she is “singing” and that is what the problem is. YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO SING WHEN YOU SING. Not fucking rasp your voice.
No need to have talent to be able to see (well, hear) the failure here.
lol the last comment exchange on Youtube was “why would you dislike this?” and a reply from a Japanese dude saying “because we found out she’s a slut.”
I feel sorry for Japanese men who honestly believe that just because a girl isn’t a virgin she’s a ho-bag that doesn’t deserve love.
Funny how Japanese men find infidelity OK when youre a dude but when it’s a women – Any women, even one you claimed to have loved it’s fine to verbally stone her.
Even in the Harem anime’s these guys watch the guy could have sex with 4-7 hotties and still he chooses NOT to abuse any of them and keep their reps intact.
Why can’t these losers emmulate the hero’s in their anime’s if they’re going to hold the female actresses to the standard of a 2-D character who will never have sex.
I think this is pretty spot on. I mean, this is the goddamn one and only Aki Toyosaki, what else do you expect from her?
This is her characteristics and this is how Yui would’ve sang it, and those goddamn Westerners still complains a lot because they don’t understand her circumstances.
I don’t think it’s all that bad. At least she can play the guitar?
Yeah, me too. She’s a great seiyuu and she can play the guitar!? Multitalented.
that guitar playing? talent? pffffftttt
Oh well, I don’t really think that someone who can play an easy song like “Hey Jude” should be considered talented…
Then she should have sticked with the guitar only.
You know that moment when something is so bad yet so funny and you go into a laughing fit, without actually making a sound whilst clapping like a deafmute seal?
That was indeed refreshing.
I clap more like a blind paralyzed walrus myself, but yea I kinda know what you’re talking about.
Stick to the cutesy anime songs if you’ve got a cutesy anime voice, please.
It’s a fake and forced voice she is using. I wonder if she even realizes this.
The problem is that her voice is not compatible with that song. Other than that, go sing all the Japanese songs and we’ll move on
I thought this was really good, definitely different from the original, but good.
She needs to work her english pronunciation before doing that. Not only her voice didn’t match the song, but I couldn’t understand anything she said besides “Hey Jude”…
Aki is cute and all BUT, if you can’t cover a Beatles song, don’t do it at all.
Problem is mainly the (lack of) English skill. It simply sounds horribly whenever a Japanese tries to sing English lyrics, except in a rare few cases.
Other than that, it’s not that bad, it’s certainly not worse than the other “music” the Japanese seem to enjoy.
I’ve heard worse covers in bars here in Japan. The problem is that too many performers don’t know the intonation of English when they sing covers, so it sounds like a deaf person singing the song.
People need to get some perspective.
Actually, she can, but with her own style. Is that so wrong?
Her own style is to fucking suck really bad?
In my humble opinion, the Beatles had it coming.
While a Japanese lady did ruin them for everybody, that happened decades ago.
I’d agree with you except I’m not a tone deaf moron.
There are better people in this world to direct our hate upon.
I sincerely don’t care how her voice sounds like even if it doesn’t fit this song but at least she’s performing with no strings attached.
Those filthy Americans have terrible choice of music anyway. Look at trash like Britney Spears and Justin Beiber. Those trash music makes people want to puke.
Aki Toyosaki♥♥♥
@Anon 20:12 Maybe one day you’ll grow a pair and say what country you’re from. I bet it’s some Turdworld Shithole. Just sayin’.
Not to mention Lady Gaga, Nicki Minaj, Ke$ha, Lil Wayne, Akon and most of western pop music as well… Garbage.
Pop music in general is garbage.
American Pop Music is garbage.
(in general)
Wanna hear some good J-Pop?
Google ‘Ayumi Hamasaki’
She puts all the above-mentioned so-called ‘singers’ to shame.
HOW FUCKING STUPID ARE YOU???
The majority of the comments are in Japanese….which are most likely from Japanese viewers.
Aki Toyosaki should stick to her own fucking language and should never sing any English song ever again.
I love how people hate on WEEABOOS that destroy the Japanese language, but we’re supposed to stay quiet while the Japanese rape and massacre English….OK
I think it’s CUTE! when Japanese speak (or even Mangle) English- cause they still sound Japanese! if you REALLY love Japanese girls this song is kinda cute.
Implying that all Americans like Britney Spears and Justin Beiber, and that this singer isn’t horrible.
In the case of those you specified, there are horrible ‘musicians’ everywhere. Aki Toyosaki being one example.
@20:12 Hey…fucking ANTI-AMERICAN MONGOLOID FUCKTARD VIRGIN-BOY-FAGGOT:
HEY JUDE IS AN ENGLISH SONG FROM A FUCKING ENGLISH ROCK BAND. THERE IS NO ‘FILTHY AMERICAN’ INVOLVED IN THIS SHIT, YOU STUPID, MINDLESS MONGOLOID-WORSHIPING DICKSUCKER.
DO YOU REALIZE HOW FUCKING MUSICALLY, SPIRITUALLY AND HUMANLY FUCKING RETARDED THIS RENDITION IS???
IF YOU CANT…..THEN YOU AND YOUR TONE-DEAF-OFFSPRING (AS WELL AS YOUR DEGENERATE ANCESTORS)FUCKING DESERVE TO BE FUKING EXTERMINATED!!!!!!
Aki ToyosuckMahDick is fucking adorable. I will give her that. Smooch! Wheeeeee!!!!!
But singing this song? SHE IS A FUCKING….STUPID…ASSED…..JOKE. IF YOU CAN’T SEE THAT…then..you shouldn’t be allowed to breed. Not that that really matters. You strike me as a fatfuck Otaku on an extinction schedule.
HEY JUDE PERFORMED BY THE BEATLES = A FUCKING TRILLION TIMES GREATER THAN ANYTHING YOUR STUPID, TONE-DEAF, PEDOPHILE-MASTURBATINS-ASS WILL EVER DREAM UP.
IN SHORT, GO BLAST YOUR SKULL WITH A FUCKING MAGNUM.
Somebody needs to go out and get laid.
GEEZ!…chill out! Off course this guy was probably burning a Koran while shouting this – lol. (probably a not!)
Justin Bieber is Canadian. Just saying.
Doesn’t that make it worse?
Nope being Canadian makes it better !
Canada and USA are the same country. Get used to it.
Maybe I got something wrong here, but isn’t Canada a part of America?
North America, yes.
… In what language did she sing anyway? Couldn’t understand a word of it.
It’s not so good, not so bad but her voice is not suited for that kind of song
you stupid its not her real voice
she was singing with her dub voice for the anime K-ON!
I hate to quote Chris Crocker, but “LEAVE AKI-CHAN ALONE!!!”
@haters
She’s not siren singer, but have you listened to 95% of all famous singers without autotuning?
Just let it be.
Just “Let it Be”
. . . .
I see what you did there.
Well, if you listen to it out of its context (as in, Yui singing the song) it’s pretty terrible. It was intended for her fans and they are probably the only ones who can enjoy it.
Sorry… But Seiyuu Otaku Jihad has commenced and there is no breaks to this train wreck of loneliness.
So all raging seiyuu otaku’s go kill yourselves now to claim your 3D virgins in the after life.
Pretty Moe… as Intended..
Not sure if I have a high musical tolerance or what, but it wasn’t nearly as bad as I thought it would be from all the reactions.
Just overlay Yui singing this and all the 2D lovers would be all “Yui-chan kawaii desu!!”.
It was cute and nice enough. Plus there’s also the unnecessary amount of hate for K-On and J-pop anyway.
Although I posted earlier I must agree, it might be a high musical tolerance that you have or maybe it’s your ability to stay positive, either way keep it up. I’m just glad to see there are at least some people on this post that realize just because you might not prefer a musicians style or even worse how they performed one cover, doesn’t make them any less talented. The only thing someone will accomplish with that kind of negative thought process is becoming more negative themselves.
Yui would’ve sung it at a lower pitch. Or better yet Mio would’ve done a better rendition
I agree, not as bad as I was expecting, but still pretty bad….. and I’m writing as I listen… and it’s getting worse…
you should hear her sing Pretty fry for a white guy
That was Mai Kadowaki, not her.
Did anyone step on a cat’s tail?
MY EYES MY EYES!!
Oh, my ears are bleeding!! MY EARS!!
I’d still bang her, as long as she has a ball-gag.
maybe its her tail you have been stepping on! ^^
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1UCbZPGzOU
try number 2
old video link got deleted.
The only way that she would of been able to get away with this is if it was Yui doing a cover of it. If you picture Yui with the K-On band singing it, it’s fine. However, the 3D world is not going to let it slide so easily…
I like how everyone forgets the fact that she’s singing in a language she doesn’t know and sucks at pronouncing, and a completely different genre of music than what she usually sings.
Give the girl a break, all she wanted to do was sing a song she liked. And in my opinion, it came out pretty moe.
In the end, most of the people bashing and down voting are just jealous otaku or creepy Beetles fans.
Lol it’s funny how even people like you that seem to be fans of her don’t get that that isn’t her true voice.
She just making a silly anime voice, she can sing it a lot differently.
If you can’t handle it, then don’t try it. Seems simple enough to me.
They should just animate Yui singing this, combine song and animation and BAM! Instant cash!
It wasn’t bad, she went off key in some parts but hey, she’s not singing something on her range so it’s harder for her.
Does not justify the fact that it is Japanese and choose a song where she sings so heinous!!
Now just be voice of K-ON and anything that should be worshipped?
Really k-on was brain washed Japan!!
Most westerners probably would sound just as bad to the Japanese when they try to sing a Japanese song.
I agree with you.
This is not to be taken serious.
sanCOCKu and the “facts” about moe.
series 389 from uncounted.
the descriptions of moe is like 80% of what could be interpreted as emotions and something among the lines just packed into 1 word.
but why do i see the definition of moe in the rating of an idol.
In before Yoko Ono
Just cause she’s a seiyuu she can sing in english perfectly. People has terribly high expectations.
Why don’t they make americans sing japanese and see how they fare.
Yah this is pretty bad but I have heard far worse.
Unlike some bad renditions she has the excuse of not being a native speaker of the language.
The Beatles suck.
Not the first Jap bitch to fuck up the Beatles!
I know you were going for honest, sweety. There there, it will be alright.
lol that crap
yui’s sound is terrible from the beginning
lol u mad?
lol u troll?
Sounds worse than Hatsune Miku
I could do a better rendition of Hey Jude by repeatedly slamming my cock on a synthesiser
do jav instead
Beatles sucks..
Grow up, Kid.
Thanks god it’s not some metal or rock music cover o_o This voice… is only for animu… don’t touch classics, please :<
Seems like they threw out the whole logic that it’s not easy for Japanese people to speak fluent English as is the opposite. I thought it was really good actually. Personally, it may have been better completely translated into her own language, but it’s still not half bad.
who the fuck is this and wow what awful singing… 3D disgusting…. pig…
This song already sucked to being with, so it’s not really Aki’s fault.
I hate both versions.
-_-; Well she gave it a good try. But it’s not very good. I expected that the English would be horrible since it’s not her first language but I thought she would at least sing it better. She goes out of tune a lot especially the high notes. It’s not good. It’s not absolutely horrible, but its no where near the likes to be charged for. But I guess this is what it would sound like if Yui sang the song. So I’ll say it was okay and that she has a lot of guts to sing it in English and play the guitar at the same time.
still better than Justin Bieber
This is just bad. And being japanese is no excuse. Get over it pillow froteurs.
Just listen to the “Imagine” cover by Jam Project and you’ll understand
Her trying to sound cute is so annoyingly forced.
Of course it sounded bad. To begin with, “Hey Jude” is a crappy song from an annoying, over-rated band.
nope only lasted 2 seconds
OH MY GOD. i think she skipped music shool
Didn’t go to school so I can’t talk much
You clearly skipped English class…
Aouch, my ears, damn…
This is no beatles, this is just “beat me” !
Well that realy bad.
WHAT THE FUCK was that?! Whoever that said that you can’t listen to it for more than 10 secs is too kind. I was like “how bad can it be?” It went above and beyond the scope of bad. It was horrendous.
I felt embarrassed listening to it. I just can’t understand how anyone can go in front of so many people and deliberately sing it in such a god awful way. You can clearly see and hear that she did that intentionally as it was supposed to appeal to loser more worshippers, but at least do it competently. If you can’t be moe and sing it well, fucking cut your losses.
I was disinterested in this girl, but now I fucking hate her. She said that it is one of her favourite songs but she butcher it just to sell some cheap moe image. Yeah, I bet she really loves that song.
Troll fail.
It seems to me you got probed way to far beyond safe practices.
Though I don’t think it’s fatal. So you can go live with that discomfort and carry on.
WHAT THE FUCK was that?! Whoever that said that you can’t listen to it for more than 10 secs is too kind. I was like “how bad can it be?” It went above and beyond the scope of bad. It was horrendous.
I felt embarrassed listening to it. I just can’t understand how anyone can go in front of so many people and deliberately sing it in such a god awful way. You can clearly see and hear that she did that intentionally as it was supposed to appeal to loser more worshippers, but at least do it competently. If you can’t be moe and sing it well, fucking cut your losses.
I was disinterested in this girl, but now I fucking hate her. She said that it is one of her favourite songs but she butcher it just to sell some cheap moe image. Yeah, I bet she really loves that song.
listened she sang for 5 seconds before immediately clicking on the original ‘hey jude’ by the beatles
my ears was about to bleed by then
Well most japanese can’t sing very well in engrish but sounds kinda moe to me. ^^
It’s not so much that it’s bad. That it’s the typical high pitched Japanese little girl voice that makes it not good.
That and ENGRISH.+plossives
Because the actual notes she sung are ok.
by an ancient and obscure British band called “The Beatles” ??? are you for real ?
I see you’re new here. Welcome to sancom. 😀
Can’t say this is any worse than any other random Japanese with no English speaking skills trying to sing a song in English… The accent overpowered whatever singing talent she does have.
honestly it was pretty bad I closed it after 5 seconds but at least I tried
shut you mouth akiiiiiii
don’t just sing the beatles song if you can’t speak english
Paul McCartney is spinning in his grave.
yeah he isnt dead lol
..and then he climbed out from the hole, kicked his tombstone into oblivion, and received his Hollywood Walk of Fame, early this month.
im a big beatles fan and this i couldnt listen for 2 seconds before cringing and turning it off. horrible just horrible
This really fails to be moe.
you cant Ruin a HORRIBLE song to begin with as far as i care this is an improvement the Beatles SUCKED the big one.