Mori Calliope

About

Mori Calliope, also called Calli, is the name of a VTuber that is part of the Hololive talent agency. She is part of Hololive's first wave of English speaking Vtubers, along with Gawr Gura, Amelia Watson, Kiara Takanashi and Ninomae Ina'nis. Calli is most known for her grim reaper aesthetic which she incorporates into her music. The chosen name for her fan army is called 'the dead beats' to play off of her musical inclination.

History

Mori Calliope was introduced at the same time as the rest of the HoloLive-EN generation one wave, which took place on September 8th, 2020, on Hololive's official social media pages. Her debut stream was on her YouTube channel and went live on September 12th, 2020, with her debut song being released as part of the stream. Her song, which was also written by her, was posted later that day on Cali's YouTube^[1] channel, receiving 21 million views in nine months (shown below).

Mori Calliope Horse Audio

In late January 2023, a deepfake audio file of VTuber Mori Calliope giving a horse a blowjob went viral on 4chan's /vt/ board, along with deepfake audio files of several other VTubers performing sexual acts with horses. The Calliope audio inspired a second, similar audio in the following days. The audio file became increasingly popular that March, inspiring fan art and memes of Mori with horses.

Online Presence

Following her musical and stream debut, Calli began doing the usual VTuber things, such as streaming games and collaborating with other stars. While streaming games on her own and collaborating with other members, Calli had still worked on music production.

She released an entire album of songs, which managed to be ranked #1 in music download charts upon release. Because of her grim reaper aesthetic, her rap style is oftentimes aggressive and gives her a threatening demeanor, which contrasts with her normally soft voice while talking normally on stream. This difference in her styles is noted in a number of memes, including the one posted to the /r/Hololive^[2] subreddit by Redditor BiffBearKiller on October 28th, 2020, which received 1,229 upvotes in seven months (shown below).

This contrast between her sweet side while streaming and her outward appearance also is shown in how some users ship her with fellow Hololive member Kiara, who is a very bright, vibrant phoenix-like character. While many were expecting her to be edgy, after finding out that she has rap talent and is actually sweet, first impressions largely changed. This can be seen in the meme submitted to /r/hololive^[3] by Redditor Duetia on October 10th, 2020, which received 6,100 upvotes in eight months (shown below).

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