Meguri | Megapack

The creator (or curator) known as Meguri appears to have gone silent. Their last post on a now-defunct blogging platform was in April 2021: "Archive complete. Cycle ends. Meguri."

AI music generators are now flooding the internet with synthetic J-pop. In response, interest in the Meguri Megapack has actually increased. Fans are desperate for authentic, human-made music from a specific era (2005-2015) that AI cannot replicate. Meguri Megapack

Spotify has over 100 million tracks. YouTube Music has virtually everything. So, why do we still need the Meguri Megapack? The creator (or curator) known as Meguri appears

Because streaming is temporary.

When a dispute happens between a label and a producer (e.g., the Kikuo vs. Hanatan licensing debacle of 2022), songs vanish overnight. The Meguri Megapack represents ownership in an era of licensing. Meguri

For the hardcore J-Pop archivist, the pack is indispensable. It contains the metadata—the specific dates, the original album art pixel errors, the comments from the original Niconico uploads. That cultural context is something Spotify will never provide.

Controversially, the Megapack includes audience-recorded audio from secret listening parties.