The holidays are over and the new year has started. Time to look ahead to the weekly music nights at the virtual music venue club VERSE in VRChat. On Friday 10 January, the first edition will be New Year Verse, with a line-up of familiar faces. Additionally, three performers will join the virtual stage for the first time as regulars this month: namely Magischer Schnee, Tanaka Kisame, and PURASU. More on that below.
What is club VERSE?
Club VERSE is best described as a combination of a livehouse and a club, where you can attend performances but also relax in the bar with a drink or a game. It is part of ALLVERSE World, a virtual world that opened in 2021; the opening of club VERSE on 25 October 2024 coincided with the second anniversary of ALLVERSE WORLD. After you arrive at the world in VRChat, you will immediately see how the world is designed. In fact, the club is in the middle of a city on an island named VERSE CITY.
Four Friday nights (Japanese time) are scheduled with performances for the month of January, which are 10, 17, 24, and 31 January. During the past month, there had been some adjustments in terms of scheduling, so it is good to know that the most up-to-date information can be found on the organiser’s social media account, loy.
How to attend?
You can choose between two options to attend the Friday evenings of club VERSE: Join in VRChat or watch the performances live on YouTube. To access club VERSE in VRChat, it is important to become a member of the ALLVERSE VRChat Group, you can do this by logging into VRChat with your browser. Once a member, you will get updates on when the virtual doors of club VERSE open while you are active in VRChat. When it is not possible to attend the event in VRChat, it is good to know that the weekly performances will also be streamed on the YouTube channel of ALLVERSE.
Find out below who will be performing in the month of January, in the order of their first appearance.
Re:ELLA Station
Re:ELLA Station performed for the first time last month as the latest addition to the permanent line-up of virtual artists for club VERSE and made a good impression on the audience. She is quite new as a virtual musician, as she made her debut in February 2022 with Australia as her main base of operations. In her music, she conveys the ‘dark kawaii’ fantasy world with her voice. At the beginning of December, Re:ELLA Station released her fifth single, Who Are You.
Performance: 10 and 24 January 2025
Time: 21:00 JST (10 January), 22:20 JST (24 January)
猫日和きゃりこ (Calico Nekobiyori)
Calico Nekobiyori likes to be busy on the creative department, besides being a virtual pop singer, she is also the leader and director of a theatre company that performs immersive theatre in VR, 晴れときどき猫団 (Hare Tokidoki Neko Dan, Sunny Sometimes Cat). In addition, she is active as a web/graphic designer, gives lectures and talks, and performs on a regular basis in VRChat and Cluster. Last summer, Calico Nekobiyori released her third single Brighter Future.
Performance: 10 and 31 January 2025
Time: 21:30 JST (10 January), 21:30 JST (31 January)
魔法少女シュネー (Magischer Schnee)
Virtual singer and artist Magischer Schnee is a magical girl who delivers magic through her songs. Besides singing and writing song lyrics, Schnee also acts in plays and is a stargazing guide, born out of her passion for planetariums. She will perform for the first time as a regular performer at club VERSE this month.
Performance: 10 January 2025
Time: 22:00 JST
狐ノ里たけのこ (Kitsunenosato Takenoko)
The virtual idol, an oni (demon) and fox in one, Kitsunenosato Takenoko knows how to win hearts with her cuteness. She has big dreams, which she is working hard on through producing music and her activities on her YouTube channel. Currently, she is associated with ArtPoolRecords.
Performance: 10 en 31 January 2025
Time: 22:30 JST (10 January), 22:30 JST (31 January)
夕月ティア (Yuudutsu Tear)
Virtual singer Yuudutsu Tear made her first appearance on stage at club VERSE last month. Yuudutsu Tear is an intergalactic idol singer from the planet Venus, she strives daily to achieve her goal of performing on Earth’s grand stages while singing songs that will move the heart. She recently released her second album Stimulating Spice and joined the third compilation album of Yuki Mashiro, Snow Drop.
Performance: 10 January 2025
Time: 23:00 JST
海月シェル (Umitsuki Shell)
Umitsuki Shell started her activities in October 2020 and is a mermaid songstress born in a virtual aquarium. Besides singing and dancing, she is also involved in writing and composing songs. In the past year, Umitsuki Shell has released quite a few new songs, as well as the album My New Next Stage. She closed the year 2024 with the winter ballad, 夜明けのMeteor (Meteor at dawn). One of Umitsuki Shell’s dreams is to collaborate with an aquarium.
Performance: 10 January 2025
Time: 22:30 JST
loy
Virtual rock singer-songwriter loy is the creator and builder of club VERSE, so it is only natural that he will be on stage at club VERSE on a regular basis. Last year, the musician released his first full-length album, titled einst-アインスト-, which can also be seen as a best-of album at the same time. In the meantime, he also has been working on the l’avenir cover compilation album. 16 virtual artists participated in this compilation, each with their version of the song l’avenir, originally produced by loy. This album was released to celebrate the third anniversary of the release of the original song.
Performance: 10, 17, 24, and 31 January 2025
Time: 24:00 JST (10 January), 21:00 JST (17 January, 40 minutes), 21:00 JST (24 January, 40 minutes), 21:00 JST (31 January)
譜奏棗 (Natsume Fukana)
Natsume Fukana is an kuro gyaru elf who has been active as a virtual singer since the start of 2021, singing passionate thoughts and emotions in a slightly colourful way. Natsume Fukana’s most recent single was released this spring, titled 朝焼けにカクテル (Cocktails at Sunrise) but at the end of November she released a brand-new music video for her original song Turn Around.
Performance: 17, 24, en 31 January 2025
Time: 21:40 (17 January, 40 minutes), 23:00 (24 January), 24:00 (31 January)
メルシュ-Malstrøm-
Malstrøm was also one of the performers at the grand opening of club VERSE, where she was able to instantly captivate the audience with her mix of EDM, rock, and electro. Active since 2021, Malstrøm can be recognised by her long ears and is always together with the mysterious creature Nazoneko, who sits on her shoulder. In late November, she shared a brand new music video to promote her 20th original song, titled テルミナス (Terminus), in December, she shared the music video for her 17th original song Butterfly Journey.
Performance: 17 January 2025
Time: 22:20 JST (40 minutes)
葉柳ちぐさ (Chigusa Hayanagi)
Chigusa Hayanagi is a virtual singer with a fondness for mint chocolate who travels in search of memories of the past, along with her loyal partner Chokonosuke. She took off as a VTuber in 2019 and soon after, Chigusa Hayanagi started creating original songs, also doing several collaborations. Below is her most recent video of one of her original songs.
Performance: 24 January 2025
Time: 21:40 JST
おまる (Omaru)
Omaru was one of the performers at the grand opening of club VERSE and was also part of X’mas Verse, she is a virtual pianist with a mission to connect people with the sound of the piano. She started playing the piano at a young age and this continued to fascinate her so much that she eventually studied the piano. Apart from regular piano streams, Omaru also collaborates with other virtual musicians.
Performance: 24 January 2025
Time: 23:40 JST
警戒ブロオドキャストCHERRY (Keikai Broadcast CHERRY)
Keikai Broadcast CHERRY is a curiosity-driven girl with fox ears and aims to make lots of friends, in 2019 she made the jump to the virtual world without regrets. She performs very regularly, has done several collaborations and released several singles, of which 廻夜炎宴 (Mawaruyo Enen) is the most recent.
Performance: 31 January 2025
Time: 22:00 JST
プラス (PURASU)
PURASU will take to the virtual stage at club VERSE for the first time this month. Active since 2021, besides singing, PURASU can also dance and rap with a mission to put a smile on everyone’s face with the energy and voice this virtual vocalist possesses combined with music.
Performance: 31 January 2025
Time: 23:00 JST
たなか きさめ (Tanaka Kisame)
Virtual singer Tanaka Kisame is half shark, half human. He can swim 150 kilometres per hour and cross the Pacific Ocean, with the occasional chance of bumping into a moonfish. The musician has released a number of singles digitally, but his YouTube channel features many more original songs with their own video.
Performance: 31 January2025
Time: 23:30 JST
Please note that the performance schedule is subject to possible changes. For up-to-date information, keep an eye on the following channels: loy’s X (previously Twitter), ALLVERSE VRChat Group, Discord Fan Server, and the official website of ALLVERSE.
