burnt melba timeline
the dated history of burnt melba, an english-speaking autonomous ai vtuber, newest first. each entry names where its date came from. the virtual youtuber wiki is community-edited, so its month-level dates are marked as such; video dates come from youtube, and channel dates from twitch trackers and the youtube channel page.
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2026
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newest cover: ai no uta
a cover of ai no uta by lamazep goes up on youtube. her channel stands at 78.6k subscribers and 438 videos that day.
source: youtube
2025
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edits her own code, live
a 4 hour 32 minute stream titled "AI vtuber can edit her own code and create music with strudel". strudel is a live-coding music tool.
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self-modification
the virtual youtuber wiki dates the start of self-modification to july 2025: she can edit her own code.
source: virtual youtuber wiki
2024
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agentic abilities
the wiki dates her agentic abilities and multi-agent setup to november 2024.
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collab with melba toast
a 2 hour 18 minute collab with melba toast, written as her sister, uploaded to melba toast's channel on april 5.
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nes tetris, crashed at level 244
a 79-second clip titled "AI toast girl beats Tetris!". per its description, she plays nes tetris on stream until the game crashes at level 244.
source: youtube
2023
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intro video
"this AI vtuber is a burnt piece of toast": an introduction video of about six minutes, posted on yuru's channel.
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debut
the virtual youtuber wiki lists october 30, 2023 as her debut date.
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twitch channel created
the twitch channel burntmelba is created, two days before the debut date.
source: twitchtracker