Japan expands its monopoly on weird

I'm, for real, gonna make this one a short entry.

But I just needed to comment on this.

WHAT!?

This is a combination of creepy, hilarious and totally mind-blowing.  Apparently the Japanese, not content to just dance, watch and have sex with cartoons, now have chosen to make one a pop idol.

What's even more wild about this is that this pop idol, Hatsune Miku, uses a technology called Vocaloid, which essentially allows you to have your lyrics sung by creepily human sounding voices.  So now, not only do you not have to be particularly talented to have your music be famous, you don't even have to be attractive.  It's absolutely wild.  And also weird as hell.

But, then again.  It's Japan: