The free downloadable version for Windows users wishing to obtain the Mac version was then made available via the IA PROJECT main site on December 7, 2013. In October 2013, IA's software was announced to have an update for VOCALOID NEO during the promotional period for the IA x SUPER GT CIRCUT BEATS album. On December 14, 2011, two more demos were released, an on January 13, 2012, the full version of the intial beta demo was released via YouTube Broadcast and SoundCloud. In November 2011, a cover of the song ' Tori no Uta', one of Lia's most acclaimed original songs, was released. The company did not want to make IA fit into the existing VOCALOID market, and decided to aim for a separate market instead. ġst Place entered production when VOCALOID3 was in place. Lia had heard of Hatsune Miku, but was unfamiliar with the VOCALOID software. Because of this, production began on IA as a way to 'stand in' as a substitute during the singer's absence.
When Lia got married and became pregnant in 2009, she was forced to put her career on hiatus.
