King’s College London Vocaloid Society (KCLVS) is a student-led university organisation focused on Vocaloid culture, the first of its kind in London. Its mission is to build a community for all university-aged enthusiasts of vocal synthesis technology along with its spin-off subculture, as well as producers, artists, and academics in the field. We welcome everyone at our society, no matter whether you're a long-time enthusiast or completely new to the culture!
Check out our website (https://kcl-vocaloid.github.io) for links to our social media pages for the latest news, our Discord chat where members hang out online, see our society's very own Hatsune Miku design, as well as a calendar of all of our events! Email us at kclvocaloid@gmail.com if you have any questions!
Special events are offered for our members (membership currently only sold to KCL students)! Follow our social media for news on our latest events :)
External students, you can get involved with our society by joining our FREE weekly events and our Discord/Instagram communities!
If you're not a current student at KCL and plan on coming to our weekly events, YOU MUST FILL IN THE SIGN-UP FORM HERE TWO DAYS BEFORE EACH EVENT (so we can submit a list of attendees to KCL):
https://forms.gle/BE3jDYZm9xZ4hP4e7
In the 2025-26 academic year:
- We have had weekly socials during the two semesters (occurring every Friday; anyone can come for FREE with no need to purchase a membership)
- We collaborated with both other KCL societies and external university societies/organisations to bring in the biggest Vocaloid-related events to university students in London for the first time ever ^-^
If you’re new to Vocaloid:
Developed by Yamaha in the 2000s, Vocaloid™ is a brand of musical voice synthesis software that can “sing” when users input lyrics and melody, using pre-recorded voice samples (known as a voice bank). The characters created to promote these softwares (most famously Hatsune Miku) quickly gained popularity and grew beyond the software itself, and inspired a global, fan-driven culture of music, art, and creativity. Today, “Vocaloid” is often used as an umbrella term for the wider spin-off fandom of all vocal synthesis software, even those not under the Vocaloid™ brand.