Kizuna AI Leads a “Monster Factory” Dance With Costumed Avatars in VRChat

KIZUNA AI INC. — Kizuna AI gathered viewers and staff in VRChat on Tuesday for a Halloween event that ran past the holiday, teaching the crowd a dance to “Monster Factory” and posing for group photos in a string of themed worlds. The stream ran 75 minutes.

She opened by greeting viewers and explaining that people who had not managed to set up a monster avatar could touch a staff member’s avatar in the world and clone it. The model she controlled for the camera wore her earliest costume. As the room filled, she counted 65 people in the instance and said the crowd was so large that she could not see everyone’s avatars.

“I want to do something like this in VRChat again, so let’s play together again.” — Kizuna AI, after the final group photo

The dance itself relied on a Halloween dance emote in each player’s expression menu. With the music video playing on screens in the world, participants were to trigger the emote just before the chorus. Kizuna AI ran several practice rounds, then a full attempt at about the 27-minute mark that she said went well. A stray face briefly filled her view during the first try; someone nearby told her it was a view-hijacking prank, and she joked that if her view was going to be hijacked, it should be with her own face. Later she was told her microphone had been muted for about two minutes, and she corrected it.

The group moved on to a sweets-themed world and then to others, where she shook hands with avatars, admired costumes ranging from a witch and a knight to a bouquet of flowers, and met a lookalike of herself. She challenged the double to an impression contest, then warned the crowd with a laugh to be careful if anyone asked for payments or bank details. Near the end a repeating loop in the music video stalled the final dance; staff worked on the fault and the group completed the chorus together afterward.

She finished with a group photo, with everyone calling out “Happy Halloween,” and said she wanted to hold more events like it in VRChat.