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Background[]

It's surely that kind of a world.
—Author's comment

"Meltdown" is an original song by iroha(sasaki). It is his most notable song and one of Rin's early hits.

There are various interpretations of this song. The PV can be literally interpreted as Rin jumping into a nuclear reactor to commit suicide, or it can be interpreted figuratively as Rin trying to get rid of her past or purge herself of her sins in order to grow up and become an adult.

Iroha has said the lyrics and video represent conflicts in the singer's inner psychological world. In the video, Rin jumps into a reactor core/nuclear reactor and chokes someone, possibly to death. The little Rin stands for innocent childish mind inside her. The choking scene symbolizes erasing her past self and starting anew.[1]

The song entered the Hall of Myths in November 2023, making it the first Kagamine Rin song to do so and has exceeded over 4 million YouTube views.

Controversy[]

There was a controversy over the video and the Weekly Vocaloid Ranking on NicoNico. Taking advantage of the Vocaloid Ranking's score system, people made dummy accounts and put the song on their MyList just to increase the song's score in the ranking, making it stay in the Top 20 indefinitely. Though iroha(sasaki) asked his viewers to stop this illegitimate practice, they did not stop and in retaliation, iroha deleted the video from his account and put it up on nagimiso's. This disqualified the video from being in the rankings, as one of the requirements is that the original composer must submit it.

This raised awareness about the cheating behind the rankings. The score system was modified, thus taking many long-lasting regulars such as "Hatsune Miku no Shoushitsu", "Miku Miku ni Shite Ageru", and "World is Mine" off the list altogether.

The reupload put up on nagimiso's account features several touched-up areas including a different-looking reactor, new countdown text, and added detail in certain scenes. It was later uploaded to Soundcloud on September 6, 2014, and to YouTube on October 19, 2021.

Succeeding versions[]

-NitamagoMix-
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Featuring
Producers
baker (arrangement), Nagimiso.SYS (illust)
Categories Arrangement; VOCALOID Cover
Description
A techno remix by baker of Kagamine Rin's original "Meltdown", sung by Hatsune Miku. The video was able to climb all the way up to No.2 in the Nico Nico Daily charts and was able to receive around 44,000 views in a very short period of time after it was uploaded. This arrangement was featured in the album retimer.
Hard R.K. mix
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Featuring
Kagamine Rin
Producers
cosMo (arrangement), Nagimiso.SYS (illust)
Categories Arrangement
Description
A popular remix of "Meltdown" done by CosMo and illustrated again by Nagimiso.SYS. This version features a different music arrangement as well more expressiveness in Rin's voice, with various voice breaks and changes of pitch. The PV also features a new design for Rin, looking younger than her original depiction and wearing a lolita dress. This new design resulted in being more popular than her original one. The Hard R.K. mix received its own merchandising and inspired "Meltdown"'s module for Project Diva 2nd. This song was also featured in the EXIT TUNES compilation album EXIT TUNES PRESENTS Vocalolegend feat. 初音ミク
Asami Shimoda's Cover
Featuring
Asami Shimoda
Producers
iroha(sasaki)
Categories Human Cover
Description
A cover of the song by Asami Shimoda, featured on the album Prism.
Ryu☆ Remix
Niconico logo
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Featuring
Kagamine Rin
Producers
Ryu☆
Categories Arrangement
Description
This version was featured in the EXIT TUNES compilation album EXIT TUNES PRESENTS SUPER PRODUCERS BEAT.
炉心融解 Hard-R.K.R3.1 mix
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Translation Roshin Yuukai Hard-R.K.R3.1 mix
Featuring
Kagamine Rin
Producers
cosMo (arrangement), Nagimiso.SYS (illust)
Categories Arrangement
Description
This version was featured in the albums retimer and Breaktime -Futago + a Na Nakamatachi- (Breaktime -ふたご+α な なかまたち-).
Roshin Yuukai/ DIVELA REMIX
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Featuring
Kagamine Rin and Kagamine Len V4X
Producers
Categories VOCALOID Cover; Arrangement
Description
SF6 Library version
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Producers
iroha(sasaki)
Categories Arrangement
Vivid BAD SQUAD Archives Version
Games - Project SEKAI - Roshin Yuukai
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Featuring
Producers
Categories Human Cover; Arrangement
Description

Lyrics[]

Japanese (日本語歌詞) Romaji (ローマ字)
街明かり華やか machi akari hanayaka
エーテル麻酔の冷たさ eeteru masui no tsumetasa
眠れない午前二時 nemurenai gozen ni-ji
全てが急速に変わる subete ga kyuusoku ni kawaru

オイル切れのライター oiru kire no raitaa
焼けつくような胃の中 yaketsuku you na i no naka
全てがそう嘘なら subete ga sou uso nara
本当によかったのにね hontou ni yokatta no ni ne

君の首を絞める夢を見た kimi no kubi wo shimeru yume wo mita
光の溢れる昼下がり hikari no afureru hirusagari
君の細い喉が跳ねるのを kimi no hosoi nodo ga haneru no wo
泣き出しそうな眼で見ていた nakidashisou na me de miteita

核融合炉にさ kakuyuugouro ni sa
飛び込んでみたいと思う tobikondemitai to omou
真っ青な光包まれて奇麗 massao na hikari tsutsumarete kirei
核融合炉にさ kakuyuugouro ni sa
飛び込んでみたら tobikondemitara
そしたら soshitara
すべてが許されるような気がして subete ga yurusareru youna kigashite

ベランダの向こう側 beranda no mukougawa
階段を昇ってゆく音 kaidan wo nobotteyuku oto
陰り出した空が kageridashita sora ga
窓ガラスに部屋に落ちる mado garasu ni heya ni ochiru

拡散する夕暮れ kakusansuru yuugure
泣き腫らしたような陽の赤 nakiharashita you na hi no aka
融けるように少しずつ tokeru you ni sukoshi zutsu
少しずつ死んでゆく世界 sukoshi zutsu shindeyuku sekai

君の首を絞める夢を見た kimi no kubi wo shimeru yume wo mita
春風に揺れるカーテン harukaze ni yureru kaaten
乾いて切れた唇から kawaite kireta kuchibiru kara
零れる言葉は泡のよう koboreru kotoba wa awa no you

核融合炉にさ kakuyuugouro ni sa
飛び込んでみたいと思う tobikondemitai to omou
真っ白に記憶融かされて消える masshiro ni kioku tokasarete kieru
核融合炉にさ kakuyuugouro ni sa
飛び込んでみたらまた昔みたいに tobikondemitara mata mukashi mitai ni
眠れるようなそんな気がして nemureru you na sonna ki ga shite

時計の秒針や tokei no byoushin ya
テレビの司会者や terebi no shikaisha ya
そこにいるけど見えない誰かの soko ni iru kedo mienai dareka no
笑い声飽和して反響する waraigoe houwashite hankyousuru

アレグロ・アジテート areguro・ajiteeto
耳鳴りが消えない止まない miminari ga kienai yamanai
アレグロ・アジテート areguro・ajiteeto
耳鳴りが消えない止まない miminari ga kienai yamanai

誰もみんな消えてく夢を見た dare mo minna kieteku yume wo mita
真夜中の部屋の広さと静寂が mayonaka no heya no hirosa to seijaku ga
胸につっかえて mune ni tsukkaete
上手に息ができなくなる jouzu ni iki ga dekinaku naru

あああああああああああああ!!!!! aaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!

核融合炉にさ kakuyuugouro ni sa
飛び込んでみたらそしたら tobikondemitara soshitara
きっと眠るように消えていけるんだ kitto nemuru you ni kiete ikeru n da
僕のいない朝は boku no inai asa wa
今よりずっと素晴らしくて ima yori zutto subarashikute
全ての歯車が噛み合った subete no haguruma ga kamiatta

きっとそんな世界だ kitto sonna sekai da

Below is an unofficial English translation: via Project DIVA. Amendments may have been made to the original translation. —Featured in Hatsune Miku -Project DIVA- F 2nd, the writer is uncredited.

The city lights are spectacular,
but I feel ether's lingering chill
I can't sleep, It's 2 AM,
And everything's changing so fast

I'm like a lighter out of fluid
My insides are on fire
Sometimes I wish
It was all a lie

In my dream I strangled you
In the languid afternoon light
I watched your throat, thin and twitching
Through eyes brimming with tears

I want to jump into the core
Beauty wrapped in pure blue light
If I could jump into the core
I feel as if all would be forgiven

The second hand on a clock, a TV host
Someone there I just can't see
Their laughter echoes as it swells

Allegro agitato
The ringing in my ears won't fade, won't stop
Allegro agitato
The ringing in my ears won't fade, won't stop

I dreamed the whole world vanished
In the night, my room feels vast
And the silence chokes my heart
Making it hard to breathe

If I jumped into the core
I'd vanish, like I had gone to sleep
A morning without me would be perfect
All the gears everywhere meshing together

That's how the world would be

Derivatives[]

Ariel's Cover ft. Nekomura Iroha
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Featuring
Producers
Ariel (cover)
Categories VOCALOID Cover
Lucifer's Cover ft. Kagamine Rin
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[yt]
Featuring
Kagamine Rin V4X
Producers
Lucifer (cover, VSQx)
Categories VOCALOID Cover
darkninjavn2011's Cover ft. Hatsune Miku
YouTube logo
[yt]
Featuring
Hatsune Miku Append Solid
Producers
darkninjavn2011 (cover), Sango312 (VSQ)
Categories VOCALOID Cover
darkninjavn2011's Cover ft. Hatsune Miku
YouTube logo
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Featuring
Hatsune Miku Append Dark
Producers
darkninjavn2011 (cover), Sango312 (VSQ)
Categories VOCALOID Cover
yr88's Cover ft. KAITO
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Featuring
Producers
yr88 (cover)
Categories VOCALOID Cover
Rocket's Cover ft. KAITO
Niconico logo
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Featuring
KAITO V3
Producers
Rocket (cover), Sango312 (VSQ), Uuru (illust)
Categories VOCALOID Cover
Lamunan's Cover ft. VY2
YouTube logo
[yt]
Featuring
Producers
Lamunan (cover), Sango312 (VSQ)
Categories VOCALOID Cover
Muuchupu's Cover ft. Kagamine Len
YouTube logo
[yt]
Featuring
Kagamine Len Append Power, Cold, Serious
Producers
Muuchupu (cover), Sango312 (VSQ), Nagashino (illust)
Categories VOCALOID Cover
KiraChiNya's Cover ft. GUMI
YouTube logo
[yt]
Featuring
GUMI V3
Producers
KiraChiNya (cover), Sango312 (VSQ), chicken nugget (illust)
Categories VOCALOID Cover
Slapegg's Cover ft. MEIKO
YouTube logo
[yt]
Featuring
MEIKO V3 Power
Producers
Slapegg (cover, mixing), Sango312 (VSQ)
Categories VOCALOID Cover
cillia's Cover ft. Kagamine Rin [koma'n Piano Ver]
YouTube logo
[yt]
Featuring
Kagamine Rin
Producers
cillia (cover), Sango312 (VSQ), Koucya (illust)
Categories VOCALOID Cover; Arrangement
McKatherine's Cover ft. Otomachi Una and SF-A2 miki
YouTube logo
[yt]
Featuring
Producers
McKatherine (cover,PV,VSQx)
Categories VOCALOID Cover
Sango312's Cover ft. Namine Ritsu
YouTube logo
[yt]
Featuring
Producers
Sango312 (cover, VSQ & UST)
Categories UTAU Cover
MJQ's Cover ft. Megurine Luka
YouTube logo
[yt]
Featuring
Producers
MJQ (cover), Sango321 (VSQ)
Categories VOCALOID Cover
Tanjiro Taidana's Cover ft. Kasane Teto
YouTube logo
[yt]
Featuring
Producers
Tanjiro Taidana (cover, UST), VorgunTheBeta (video)
Categories UTAU Cover
Bai Fen Hao 73's Chinese Cover ft. Yuan Xiao and Yong Qi
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Featuring
Producers
Bai Fen Hao 73
Categories Sharpkey Cover; Alternative Language
Tanjiro Taidana's Cover ft. Kasane Teto SV
YouTube logo
[yt]
Featuring
Producers
Tanjiro Taidana (cover, UST), emsterchu (mod)
Categories Synthesizer V Cover

Yoppei's Cover
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Featuring
Categories Human Cover
Description
A cover by Yoppei. It has reached over 6,000,000 views on Niconico and has also been exploited for soramimi lyrics.
ZEA Cornelia's Cover
YouTube logo
[yt]
Featuring
Producers
BEAtrice (illust), Ittou's Soundworks (mixing), ZEA Cornelia (movie)
Categories Human Cover; Fanmade PV
Description
A cover by Yoppei. It has reached over 6,000,000 views on Niconico and has also been exploited for soramimi lyrics.
Kuraiinu's English Cover
YouTube logo
[yt]
Featuring
Producers
Kuraiinu (English lyrics adaption, mix), farpras (arrange)
Categories Human Cover; Alternative Language
Lollia's English Cover
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[yt][sc]
Featuring
Lollia
Producers
Lollia (English lyrics adaption, video), Veto (art), Sleeping Forest (mix, master)
Categories Human Cover; Alternative Language; Arrangement

Roshin Yuukai -melt down- JunK Arrange
Niconico logo
[nn]
Featuring
Kagamine Rin
Producers
rerulili (guitar), Kihee (bass), toku (piano & mixdown), hatsuko (illust), nagimiso (material), Mienohito (video)
Categories Arrangement
Description
A jazzy "Meltdown" remix by rerulili. This version features various jazz instruments like the bass, piano and drums.
Studio Kit Remix
Niconico logo
[nn]
Featuring
Kagamine Rin
Producers
KIT
Categories Arrangement
Description
A hard and catchy trance remix realized by Studio Kit.
koma’n's Piano Arrangement
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[nn]
Producers
koma'n
Categories Arrangement
marasy's Piano Arrangement
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[nn][yt]
Producers
Categories Arrangement
Osamuraisan's Guitar Arrangement
YouTube logo
[nn][yt]
Producers
Osamuraisan
Categories Arrangement
8-bit Arrangement
YouTube logo
[yt]
Producers
branflakes325
Categories Arrangement
Music Box Arrangement
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[nn]
Producers
sakaki kazumiya (arrangement), potako (illust)
Categories Music Box Arrangement

Poyzo's PV (ローリン融解)
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Featuring
Poyzo
Categories Fanmade Typograhy PV
Description
A typography PV of "Rolling Melt" by Poyzo.

ロリ誘拐
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Translation Rori Yuukai (Loli Kidnapping)
Featuring
Producers
Categories Spin-off
Description
A "Meltdown" parody with a lolicon Twist. This parody proved to be quite popular, receiving various VOCALOID covers and fanmade PVs.
御兄誘拐
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Translation Onii Yuukai (Big Brother Kidnapping)
Featuring
Kagamine Rin, Megurine Luka, Hatsune Miku, KAITO
Producers
Chanagi-P (lyrics), Maroyan (illust)
Categories Spin-off
Description
A parody song and a sort of answer song to the KAITO's version of Loli Yuukai. On this versions the roles are swapped and now KAITO is the one sexually harassed by Rin, Miku and Luka. The song was well received, winning a place on the weekly ranking, staying on the top 5 during two weeks (#118, #119).
裸身融解
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[nn]
Translation Rashin Yuukai (Naked Meltdown)
Featuring
KAITO
Producers
Shinya-P (lyrics), luna (illust)
Categories Spin-off
Description
A parody sung by KAITO with a "S&M twist".
ローリン融解
Niconico logo
[nn]
Translation Rolling Yuukai (Rolling Melt)
Featuring
Kagamine Rin, Hatsune Miku
Producers
Nise
Categories Mash-up
Description
A mix of wowaka's "Rolling Girl" with "Meltdown".
Lyrics Shuffle
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Featuring
Kagamine Rin, Asami Shimoda
Producers
Ennea
Categories Mash-up
Description
The vocals have been shuffled and mixed together to create an unintelligible, meaningless, and humorous result.

Other media appearances[]

Literatures[]

This song was featured in the following literatures:

Discography[]

This song was featured in the following albums:

  • Into The Reactor
  • Roshin Yuukai (single)

This song was featured in the following compilation albums:

Concerts[]

This song was featured in the following concerts:

Video games[]

This song was featured in the following video games:

CHUNITHM Series[]

  • CHUNITHM STAR / STAR PLUS
  • CHUNITHM AMAZON / AMAZON PLUS
  • CHUNITHM CRYSTAL / CRYSTAL PLUS
  • CHUNITHM PARADISE / PARADISE LOST
  • CHUNITHM NEW / NEW PLUS

maimai Series[]

  • maimai MURASAKi / MURASAKi PLUS
  • maimai MiLK / MiLK PLUS
  • maimai FiNALE
  • maimai Deluxe / Deluxe PLUS
  • maimai Deluxe Splash / Splash PLUS
  • maimai UNiVERSE / UNiVERSE PLUS

O.N.G.E.K.I. Series[]

  • O.N.G.E.K.I. PLUS
  • O.N.G.E.K.I. SUMMER / SUMMER PLUS
  • O.N.G.E.K.I. R.E.D. / R.E.D. PLUS
  • O.N.G.E.K.I. bright / bright MEMORY

SOUND VOLTEX Series[]

  • SOUND VOLTEX BOOTH
  • SOUND VOLTEX II -infinite infection-
  • SOUND VOLTEX III GRAVITY WARS
  • SOUND VOLTEX IV HEAVENLY HAVEN
  • SOUND VOLTEX VIVID WAVE
  • SOUND VOLTEX EXCEED GEAR

jubeat Series[]

  • jubeat Qubell
  • jubeat plus
  • jubeat clan
  • jubeat festo
  • jubeat Ave.
  • jubeat (app)

Mirai da Gakki (FutureTomTom) Series[]

  • Mirai da Gakki
  • Mirai da Gakki Ver.2

Dance Dance Revolution Series[]

Groove Coaster Series[]

  • GROOVE COASTER 2 ORIGINAL STYLE
  • GROOVE COASTER 3 LINK FEVER
  • GROOVE COASTER 3EX DREAM PARTY
  • GROOVE COASTER 4 STARLIGHT ROAD

Hatsune Miku -Project DIVA- Series[]

Other games[]

Gallery[]

References[]

External links[]

Official[]

Unofficial[]

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