History Music / WatashiNoKoko

[[caption-width-right:350:I have something to tell you, please look at these eyes. Please remember me. [[note]] Front: Lala. Back, Left to Right: Keyboard Girl, YOSU, Self-Proclaimed Sister. [[/note]]]]

->''"My name is Lala.\\

My name is Lala.\\

It started in 2007 under the name Kesson Shoujo ("Damaged Girl"), debuting with an album of dark ambient and bleak IDM titled ''An-Min.'' A year later, they followed it up with ''Childhood in Housing Complex,'' a comparatively upbeat album that marked the beginning of their strong melodic bent. Their signature sound, however, was debuted on ''Lala Sings,'' later that year. This EP included vocals from a long-abandoned voice synth, akin to [[Music/{{Vocaloid}} Vocaloids]], known as [=LalaVoice=].

Following the Lala Sings EP, they released a full-length album in that style, titled ''わたしのココ.'' The following year, they reworked it, rereleased it, and named themselves after it. This also marks the beginning of the fictional band; singer Lala (ララ), keyboard player [[ShapedLikeItself Keyboard Girl]] (鍵盤娘), Self-Proclaimed Sister (自称妹), whose role was never specified,[[labelnote:*]][[RiddleForTheAges and no one knows whos sister she is...]][[/labelnote]] and YOSU, the producer.

This album expanded remarkably on the EP, to the point of sounding very different from their work as Kesson Shoujo--a BloodierAndGorier, DarkerAndEdgier image supported by a much heavier, far more challenging sound. Lyrics, sung from Lala's own perspective, revolved around the feeling of being forgotten, broken, the despair of not being heard, and a longing for death.

* 2008 - ''lala sings'' (EP) [[note]] As Kesson Shoujo [[/note]]

* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Lala is this to [=LaLaVoice=], the outdated text-to-speech program the band uses.
* ArcSymbol: A four-leaf clover with its top petal discolored has appeared in most of their artwork in some way since the ''lala sings'' EP.

* {{Deconstruction}}: Of [[Music/{{Vocaloid}} Vocaloids]] to an extent. Basically, Lala is what happens when a seemingly sentient robot built for singing like a Vocaloid is abandoned and forgotten.
* CoverVersion: ''lala sings'' features a cover of "Sora no Yume," an ED from ''Anime/EfATaleOfMemories.'' It was later included on the redo of their self-titled album.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Their earliest years as Kesson Shoujo. Even putting asides the lack of [=LalaVoice=] until ''lala sings'', ''an-min'' and ''childhood in housing complex'' are very different mood wise from their later material (discounting ''hue drone'', which contains many recordings from around that era). ''an-min'' is a very straightforward Dark Ambient album and ''childhood'' is scattershot and lighthearted in a way not much of their later work would take from.

* EyepatchOfPower: Lala.
* EyeScream: There are a few videos/images where we get to see exactly ''why'' Lala wears that eyepatch. [[NightmareFuel It isn't pretty.]]
* FlawedPrototype: While not directly involved in their development, the [=LalaVoice=] program was essentially this to the Vocaloids. The complete abandonment of [=LalaVoice=] (and, in turn, Lala herself) is a recurring theme in the band's lyrics.

* HumanoidAbomination: Asides from explicitly being robotic/digital in some fashion, Lala is implied by a few music videos to be something along these lines. [[MindScrew Assuming it's not entirely metaphorical that is.]]
* HarshNoise: Their self-titled album featured this the most of all their releases, but special mention goes to "君のように" and "五月雨ブルドッグ" which both go from a barely audible melody of Lala singing to one of the loudest noise walls in their discography in an '''instant.'''

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: A few compilations and [=EPs=] were released between their first album coming out and the making of their Bandcamp, with most of these only being available through fans who downloaded them at the time.
** ''○保育唱歌●　―日本近代の夜明け―'' was an enforced example of this trope, being released onto the bandcamp for only a week before being taken down with advanced notice.

* LyricalDissonance: The band is known for this, having an odd hybrid of calm, cheery or uptempo melodies alongside harrowing digital noise--and themes of shame, self-hatred, and extreme depression, all rendered through [=LaLaVoice=]. If you didn't speak Japanese, you wouldn't suspect a thing. For example, "神様お願い" ("Please, God"), is an upbeat, straightforward piano-and-organ waltz without any noise or effects, in which Lala questions the point of a life witnessing, but never experiencing love and prays for God to "shut [her] off completely."

* MissingEpisode: They released a few compilation albums and [=EPs=] in-between changing their name and starting a Bandcamp, and unfortunately many of them are incredibly hard to get a hold of today. Notable among these was an early version of their SelfTitledAlbum released under the Kesson Shoujo name, one of the more difficult ones to come by.
** Thankfully a few lost/hard to come by tracks (including 2 from the split with MO"R"TALITY) have been uploaded to the band's [[https://soundcloud.com/user-68552049 Soundcloud.]]
** The only straight example of this trope is the ''[=KIHA28 EP=]'', which was meant strictly as a gift from YOSU to his personal friends. It featured demos of tracks which were later completed on ''29''.
* {{Moe}}: LaLa, when she isn't inducing nightmare fuel.

* OddballInTheSeries: Even for a band as often eclectic as WNK, ''○保育唱歌●　―日本近代の夜明け―'' is very odd when compared to the rest of their albums, being a collection of traditional Japanese folk songs with no subversion other than LaLa being the one singing them. This is likely one of the reasons it was a limited-time release.

* RedEyesTakeWarning: Mostly subverted, both Lala and 自称妹 have rather striking red eyes. Neither of them are exactly dangerous, even accounting all the NightmareFuel that surrounds them.

* ShrinkingViolet: The now long-defunct website for the band portrayed Lala as this to a very high degree.
* SignatureSong: "ララのうた" or ''わたしと歩いていると恥ずかしいの'', though ''君のように'' and ''コンプレックス'' have been getting more attention on YouTube as of late.
** ''永遠'' could arguably qualify as such for the post-revival period of their discography.
** "March" is this for their Kesson Shoujo days.
* StepUpToTheMicrophone: YOSU sings the second verse of "walk to death" solo, then sings along with Lala for the ending.

* SurprisinglyCreepyMoment: The music video for "[=HisBBA=] -ヒスババア-" is fairly lighthearted (if not very weird) through it's runtime, then in the last few seconds it cuts to [[spoiler:Lala, looking very much like she did in the "Complex" video, part of her a pile of wires and a good chunk of her flesh ripped off.]]

* TheWoobie: '''Lala.''' Being based on a long-abandoned piece of software that was basically left to rot will do that to you.

[[caption-width-right:350:I have something to tell you, please look at these eyes. Please remember me. [[note]] Front: ララ. Back, Left to Right: 鍵盤娘, YOSU, 自称妹. [[/note]]]]

It started in 2007 under the name Kesson Shoujo ("Damaged Girl"), debuting with an album of dark ambient and bleak IDM titled ''An-Min.'' A year later, they followed it up with ''Childhood in Housing Complex,'' a comparatively upbeat album that marked the beginning of their strong melodic bent. Their signature sound, however, was debuted on ''Lala Sings,'' later that year. This EP included vocals from a long-abandoned prototype to the [[Music/{{Vocaloid}} Vocaloids]], [=LalaVoice=].

* 2013 - ''Zombie Magic'' [[note]]Originally released only on CDR[[/note]]

* 2016 - ''[=KIHA28 EP=]'' (EP) [[note]]Only given to YOSU's close friends on CDR[[/note]]

* {{Deconstruction}}: Of [[Music/{{Vocaloid}} Vocaloids]] to an extent. Basically, Lala is what happens when a seemingly sentient robot like a Vocaloid is abandoned and forgotten.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Their earliest years as Kesson Shoujo. For one, their first two albums are completely instrumental.

** In order, #11 from ''an-min'' is 6:43, the full version of "君のように" ("Like You") is 8:19, "raining part1-4" from their soundcloud is ''10:23'', and finally "omatsuri" from ''hue drone'' is ''10:27.''

* HarshNoise: Their self-titled album featured this the most of all their releases, but special mention goes to "君のように" ("Like You") which goes from a barely audible music box-esque melody to one of the loudest noise walls in their discography in an '''instant.'''

* MinisculeRocking: They have a decent amount of songs that barely run over a minute in length. The shortest example is the intro track to ''hue drone'', "wh", which clocks in at a mere 57 seconds. Other examples include "檻" (1:09), "k11" (1:11), "April" (1:12), "May" (1:14), and "My Fair Elise" (1:19).
** ''All'' of the 街の歌 EP qualifies as such, with only a single track (個性ヶ丘) clocking in over 2 minutes.

* SignatureSong: "ララのうた." "March" is this for their Kesson Shoujo days.

* TitleDrop: The opening tracks of ''愛してるって言われたいの,'' ''カラダは正直'' and track 3 of their self-titled album.

Following the Lala Sings EP, they released a full-length album in that style, titled ''わたしのココ.'' The following year, they reworked it, rereleased it, and named themselves after it. This also marks the beginning of the fictional band; singer ララ (Lala), keyboard player 鍵盤娘 (Keyboard Girl), 自称妹 (Self-Proclaimed Sister), whose role was never specified,[[labelnote:*]][[RiddleForTheAges and no one knows whos sister she is...]][[/labelnote]] and YOSU, the producer.

2017 marked the project's return, with the ''10th Anniversary of WTKK'' series, four-track [=EPs=] of newly-recorded material. The works at once embraced their earliest roots and the know-how they'd acquired in their later years.

* {{Moe}}: 自称妹. And Lala, to an extent.

Following the Lala Sings EP, they released a full-length album in that style, titled ''わたしのココ.'' The following year, they reworked it, rereleased it, and named themselves after it. This also marks the beginning of the fictional band; singer[[TheWoobie ララ]] [[FaceOfTheBand (Lala)]], keyboard player 鍵盤娘 (Keyboard Girl), 自称妹 (Self-Proclaimed Sister), whose role was never specified,[[labelnote:*]][[RiddleForTheAges and no one knows whos sister she is...]][[/labelnote]] and YOSU, the producer.

* SurpriseCreepy: The music video for "[=HisBBA=] -ヒスババア-" is fairly lighthearted (if not very weird) through it's runtime, then in the last few seconds it cuts to [[spoiler:Lala, looking very much like she did in the "Complex" video, part of her a pile of wires and a good chunk of her flesh ripped off.]]

* OffModel: The artwork for 29, done by artist Miniature Garden, is arguably the highest quality artwork the band has ever had... except that 自称妹's hair is green, while it's supposed to be pale cyan.

* IllGirl: Lala was portrayed as this quite often in the early days. It gradually toned down starting after カラダは正直 was released.

** "天使のいない街", which is about a fictional (in-setting) MsFanservice who wants to be remembered as something more, but knows it's unlikely she will.

わたしのココ ("Watashi no Koko", approx. "Here Is My" or "Where I Am" in English) is a mysterious, independent and [[NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly experimental/industrial/ambient/pop-noise/piano ballad]] virtual band from Japan, combining influences from J-pop, IDM, videogame scores, harsh noise and old-school industrial, with strong emphasis on melodic arrangements and harsh digital noise.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: 自称妹's is pale cyan, Lala's is mint green.

* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: ''○保育唱歌●　―日本近代の夜明け―''is a CoverAlbum of nursery songs from a 19th-century songbook, arranged more-or-less as they would've sounded at the time.
* {{Squick}}: The music video for "Complex" features [[spoiler:a mirrored image of Lala, naked, with ''half of the flesh from her body and face ripped off.'']]
** "自慰" [[labelnote:*]] In English, [[ADateWithRosiePalms Masturbation]]. [[/labelnote]] is a song example. So much so it's lyrics were replaced by just "xxxx" on the Bandcamp.

* UnfortunateNames: Their old name, Kesson Shoujo, was shared with a Hentai that had a [[{{Hermaphrodite}} rather loose grasp on biology]].

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* 2012 - ''カラダは正直'' [[note]] Only released on CD [[/note]]

** The first two tracks of the 30 ep also consist of rewritten songs from ''childhood in housing complex.''