All of the hololive Advent Vtubers are about to hit a big milestone. In July 2024, they’ll all have been with the company for a full year. In addition to talking to Shiori Novella and Koseki Bijou, Siliconera spoke with Nerissa Ravencroft about her time in hololive and affection for it, as well as her musical aspirations.
Jenni Lada: Now that you’ve been with hololive for a few months, how are you feeling? Is being a part of Advent what you expected it to be?
Nerissa Ravencroft:I love hololive, so the fact I’m here is still a blessing to me everyday. I get to wake up and do something I love everyday, so it makes me really, really happy. As for Advent, I truly know I’ve made some life-long friends in this group of amazing girls, so having them here with me every step of our journeys is a really exciting experience!
You’re known for your love, respect, and appreciation for your coworkers. Who haven’t you gotten to collaborate with yet or meet that you’d love to work with on a stream?
Nerissa Ravencroft: I haven’t really gotten to collab with a lot of JP senpai, so I’d be really happy to work together more all of them! Specifically, I’d really love to collab with (Houshou) Marine-senchou-senpai and (Oozora) Subaru-senpai. I’ve been able to collab with (Hakui) Koyori-senpai before, but I’d also love to get closer to her! (Tokoyami) Towa-senpai was also really kind, so I’d like to collaborate and become better friends.
You’ve become quite well known for your song covers. What does the process look like for preparing them? How do you determine what you would like to work on, and about how long does it take to present one?
Nerissa Ravencroft: Honestly, singing is my greatest passion. With it being a passion, I really want to do covers of songs I’m passionate about, rather than singing it because it is popular. Usually, I need to find a song I love and, I’d I’m writing English lyrics, I need to find some inspiration! Then, after recording is done, it’s all about finding someone to do the instrumental, mixing, art, and music video. This process can be really fast, but it can also take up to 2 months depending on how fast everything gets turned in!
Whose music would you love to cover going forward?
Nerissa Ravencroft: I’ve already gotten to sing a lot of songs I love by producers I love (Kikuo, Pinocchio-P, Deco*27), but I haven’t really gotten to sing anything by Giga yet. I’ve been a fan for a long time, so I’d love to cover one of his songs!
How would you feel about potentially getting to release your own EP or LP album?
Nerissa Ravencroft: As if now, I’ve released my first every original sing, “Say My Name!” My goal eventually is to release a full album, so I hope I have the opportunity to someday.
Your family and their appearances have become a fairly regular fixture on your channel. How did it come up that they would join you? Did you experience any issues with them getting to also appear? And how do they feel about their designs that you came up with?
Nerissa Ravencroft: My family is a really big part of my life, but I didn’t really expect them to be apart of my content at first. But, because we are close, I can’t really help but want to show them off a bit~ regarding their designs, I actually really love doing character design stuff! So it was really fun ti draw them, and then to see so much of the community bring them to life in drawings!
What would you most like to achieve leading up to your first anniversary with Hololive?
Nerissa Ravencroft: One of my big goals was to release my first original song before my anniversary. Since Ive successfully done so,, I guess I hope I can reach 700,000 before my anniversary!
You can follow Nerissa Ravencroft on social mediaand catch her streams on her YouTube channel.
Published: May 30, 2024 09:00 am