Hello, World 2022 / Kizuna AI's Last Live

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Hello, World 2022 or Kizuna AI's Last Live refers to the final livestream concert of Virtual YouTuber Kizuna AI, which took place on February 26th, 2022. Kizuna is notable for being the first virtual influencer. Kizuna is on an indefinite hiatus as of the last stream and will allegedly return after an "update." An anime project featuring Kizuna was also announced on the same date as the concert.

History

On February 26th, 2022, Kizuna AI's last livestream took place on her YouTube^[1] channel, A.I.Channel. The three-hour-plus stream consists of interviews and quotes from Kizuna's management team and creators, as well as from other VTubers. At the 1:10:17 mark, Kizuna makes her entrance and the concert begins (shown below). The rest of the stream up until the 2:44:00 mark consists of Kizuna performing songs.

Kizuna AI Anime Project

On the day of the livestream, Kizuna's team announced on Twitter^[2] that she would appear and star in an untitled anime project (shown below). Very little is known about the project at this time.

Online Reactions

Kizuna AI's Last Live Entrance

Kizuna AI's entrance became the subject of video edits and memes following the livestream. For example, on February 27th, 2022, YouTuber Erzsébet posted a meme using the footage, gaining over 601,000 views in a week (shown below).

On March 3rd, 2022, YouTuber EpicRice XD posted a video titled "Pov: Random Chinese dude carry your team" labeling various aspects of the entrance, gaining over 18,700 views in four days (shown below).

On March 6th, "Lessons In Meme Culture": posted a video about the last live and meme, gaining over 193,000 views in a day (shown below, left). On the same day, YouTuber TokPlugg posted a compilation of memes using the entrance clip (shown below, right).

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