Raon Revisits 'Daughter of Evil' 18 Years Later—Why a Vocaloid Song Still Feels Like a Story

A song first posted in 2008 has surfaced on a 2026 popularity chart. Raon's 'Daughter of Evil' cover is not a short challenge clip: it runs 6:48, credits the original creator and production team, and asks viewers to enable subtitles. The original video is embedded here.

The October 30 upload on Raon's channel covers mothy (Akuno-P)'s 'Daughter of Evil.' The description credits Raon's lead and backing vocals, video work by shuuya, direction and illustration by Wzeck, animators, arrangers, instrumentalists and audio staff. It is a newly produced cover, not a reupload of the original recording.

A Korean YouTube trend snapshot dated October 31 placed the cover at No. 47, with approximately 153,000 views, 9,368 likes and 357 comments. Those changing metrics indicate observed participation, not a survey of opinion. Another hook is the new performance of a narrative-driven Vocaloid song from 18 years earlier.

Observed engagement with the new cover includes public likes and comments; the text of its 357 comments was not independently read, so no specific praise is attributed to those viewers. In a separate Reddit discussion about the original song on August 17, 2026, participants described being surprised by the story, loving the track, or appreciating it without personally favoring its style. Those were August reactions to the original, not October reactions to Raon's cover.

The original's fandom has long treated the music as interconnected stories, including 'Servant of Evil,' which presents another perspective. In a separate September 20, 2026 Reddit recommendation thread, a listener asked how the two songs relate and another described them as different viewpoints on the same tale. This explains why subtitles can matter to a viewer, without pretending to prove Raon's creative intentions.

mothy's 'Daughter of Evil' dates to April 2008. Raon's new cover was published on October 30, 2026, and lasts 6:48; its description links to the original Nico Nico video. View, like and comment figures come from an October 31 third-party YouTube chart snapshot, not final platform totals. Full direct playback and individual-comment verification were not completed.

The next useful checks are the cover's actual comment content—what viewers notice about vocals, arrangement and visuals—and any follow-up from Raon or the production team. View counts alone cannot determine the proportions of nostalgia, emotion or disagreement.