Shiu Coda Sings a Reworked Song in Tearful “Major Announcement” Stream

M.ENTERTAINMENT — Shiu Coda, a Chinese-speaking virtual streamer with M.Entertainment’s EXITUS, held a stream titled “Major Announcement” on Tuesday that her viewers treated as a farewell. Chat filled with crying emotes from the first seconds, and messages such as “I’m seriously in tears” and “Until we meet again” ran through the evening.

Late in the stream she said she wanted to express the emotions viewers might be feeling in the way she does best, through a song. She pointed to the stream’s cover image, which comes from a guitar cover she posted before her debut, and said she had changed some of the lyrics to sing it once more for her audience. After briefly stumbling over the song’s title, she performed it on guitar. The reworked lyrics, as recognized, speak of struggling to eat, of low spirits that linger and of slowly getting back on her feet.

“If you want to cry, cry. If you want to laugh, laugh.” — Shiu Coda, near the end of the stream

As the stream wound down she thanked viewers for their memberships and said she would read out any membership milestones she had missed in a later stream. She reminded viewers that she had always wanted her channel to be a place where people feel at ease, and said she would not tell anyone not to cry. She added that sharing feelings with viewers had been one of the happiest parts of her time as a VTuber, and that she was fortunate to have shared big moments in viewers’ lives, including marriages and people who found partners there. A viewer’s Super Chat said graduation means growing up and urged her to be happy; she answered that it was no problem, and wished viewers well in the future. Five Super Chats came in during the stream.

She said her next stream would be a guitar song session on Friday at 11 p.m., and asked viewers who had enjoyed the performance to come. She also said an official announcement with the details about the channel would be released. Chat signed off with goodbye emotes and messages such as “Take good care of yourself.”