Dudes! These ladies are not intro material for a movie or animé. They are artists in their own right performing in front of 10's of thousands at arenas.
@@Dave_Marks Not true? You might not, but people definitely pay attention to those artists. Many artists who make anime intros in Japan are insanely popular, even more popular than babymetal is. And they also perform in front of 10s of thousands of people at arenas as well. Look at Yoasobi for example, they did a tour last year where they had multiple arena shows for 130,000 people total.
@@LeetTron5000It is but its become a Stereotype with neophytes when applied to Babymetal. They are so much more than that, & they include many other diverse genres to their music. I get it, but ain't about Anime!
Nice reaction welcome to the foxhole . The song is about fighting your inner demons. The 3 veiled figures are themselves. You might have noticed the image in each of the unmasked figures in their eyes are themselves . BabyMetal has been around 13 years now, and the lead singer Su is still only 26 . They are one of the hardest working bands around . They did 96 sold out shows around the world in 2023 . They are even better live . Try Road of Resistance live Japan 😁🤘🏼🦊🤘🏼
I have listened to pop, rock, all metal subgenres, etc. since I was 15 years old. Now that I am 39 years old and I discovered BabyMetal 2 months ago, my life has improved a lot. I just want to listen to AND SEE BabyMetal over and over again, all day long. Before I didn't like female voices in the metal genre. Now it seems strange to me to listen to groups with male voices.
I found Babymetal in 2016 and still love them. Hopefully if you have not explore more Japanese metal with female leads. Highly suggest Nemophila and Hanabie for metal and Band Maid for hard rock. Plus literally dozens more are out there from Japan alone.
@@tackle47 Thank you very much for the recommendations. When I feel like temporarily disconnecting from BabyMetal, I'll be sure to listen to these other bands. Although I have the feeling that the most special place in my heart will be reserved exclusively for BM. Maybe forever.
@@alvaroramos7138 I started with Babymetal and now I struggle between Hanabie and Babymetal. Luckily I got to see both live last year but that didn't help me decide on a favourite, they were both great LOL
Nice reaction. Babymetal did a mix of cultural songs for their Metal Galaxy album. Checkout Night Night Burn for a Latin flavor and metal. Or Shanti Shanti Shanti for that Bollywood feel. Babymetal toured these places and wanted to show so love to the people who should them love while on tour. Check out BMC for the American influence on a song that shacks the roof when they do it Live. Totally look up the lyrics on a Babymetal song. For deep dives into their song lyrics check out Prof AJ Hartley's youtube channel. It's all in English but he goes into the translations of the songs and their possible meanings. However, as he will point out that their songs are written in a way to allow the listener the freedom of their own interpretation. For their song Monochrome Su was surprised by the deep meaning the fans had of the song. While she had a much lighter interpretation. While both are valid interpretations. That is some Babymetal magic. Like when Su starts to sing on this song. The whole feeling of the song changes. Now you have to see them perform this live at Download. The Foxhole is deep and full of surprises.
Very cool!!! Babymetal's videos are always well produced, but this is a band that should be seen in live performances. In the studio clips, a fundamental part of the band does not appear, which is the fantastic fan base interacting as an element of the music, all the time. Whenever possible, make reactions to Babymetal live. Enjoy Babymetal!!!🤘🦊🤘
Welcome & Thanks from Japan 有難う💛。 BABYMETAL is the best musical phenomenon I have ever experienced in my 68-year-long life. (Before BM, I was a stubborn jazz / funk lover). Please explore BM more. We say "Japan is the country obsessed by Rock Music". The history is very long and the obsession started in 1966 when Beatles visited Japan and held 5 concerts at Budokan. Speaking of hard rock / heavy metal music, a number of bands started to come to Japan since as early as 1970s : Led Zeppelin / Grand Funk Railroad (1971), Deep Purple (1972), Queen (1975), Kiss (1977), Cheap Trick / Van Halen / Scorpions (1978), Judas Priest (1978/79) and so on. Now, any type of rock can be enjoyed here, especially by many all-female or women-fronted bands. They are daughters of American / European rock, for sure. (Many are grand-daughters in terms of age.) Uh-oh, we also say "Japan is the country obsessed by Jazz". It had started earlier than rock 😄
Babymetal's 3rd Album, "Metal Galaxy" hit #1 in the USA on Billboards "Top Rock Album" chart in 2019!! There's reasons your head was bopping! More Babymetal Always!! Put your Kitsune UP!! Po!
Nice reaction :) I first found BabyMetal last summer and I've been hooked ever since. They are extraordinary and I hope you'll explore some of their 4 albums and many live shows. I'd recommend Road of Resistance live in Japan (The drummer, Aoyama Hideki, will blow you away) and Headbanger from the Legend of 97 concert to start. '97 was the year the lead singer, Su, was born and she had just turned 16 the day before. Seriously. The music, singing, stage presence and crowd control are off the charts! Have fun :)
Good first reactions 👊🏽⚡️Great point about music being universal. The members of Babymetal have said how impressed they are with how music bridges cultural barriers. Karate was released in 2016. I suggest a much newer track, “Monochrome “ from 2023.🦊🤘🏾
Actually There are no anime connections at all to this band (as far as i am aware anyway). They created a new music genre called 'kawaii-metal', though they are not just kawaii-metal. Labelling this band as being 'just' anything is folly. There's a lot to this band that defies initial assumptions. They are like organised chaos, they are multiple things at once. Very unique and dynamic. It's possible you can get 2 videos after each other that are similar, but it's more likely you will get 2 that are wildy different. Their music ranges from full on death metal to J-pop infused metal, thought on the whole it still leans more towards metal. Oh and you haven't seen ANYTHING until you have seen some of their epic live performances. It's what they are about. Road of resistance live is a start.💣💥🤘🤘🤘
There are quite a few connections between Babymetal and anime. Su's former group was made for anime; their first concert outside Japan was at an anime festival; one of their first covers was a song about, "I wanna watch anime with you." They also do the theme for the cartoon (though not an anime, per se) Unikitty. (It's about 30 seconds long so it's nothing major) Moa supposedly said in an interview that she wanted to do anime voice acting.
@@poohbear4702 Yeah i was aware of all those facts apart from the last one. I guess what i should have said was their music hasn't been used in any Japanese anime as far as i was aware. Always good to remind people of facts though if you think they have said something not entirely accure. So well done.🙂
I think they're looking for like an actual "Anime OP" that is Babymetal, like Flow or Man With A Mission. At best, the closest you get is that WWE briefly licensed Karate for an NXT PPV back when Askua was in her first years in the WWE.
⚡ 💀 💕 / 👻 👻 👻 BABYMETAL's lead singer Su-metal (Suzuka Nakamoto) sang songs for an anime series in 2008 when she was 10 years old. That's when she was the youngest member of the J-Pop trio Karen Girl's. There have been no BABYMETAL songs used in anime since the group began back in 2010. I'm sure they've been approached, but felt it was more important to establish their credibility in the metal world. That's why they've performed at so many metal festivals. And why people like Rob Zombie, Rob Halford, Alissa White-Gluz, Matt Heafy, Dave Mustaine, Joakim Brodén, Corey Taylor, Jonathan Davis, Oliver Sykes, ChThoniC, the guys from DragonForce, Metallica, etc., are all BABYMETAL fans.
Welcome to the Foxhole and BabyMetal journey.🦊🤘🔥 Got some bad news for you, the voices you don't like in the beginning is what makes BabyMetal, BabyMetal or one of the important ingredients for this new genre, otherwise it would be just another metal song with a great Jpop singer. Bare with me bc they're here during early era mainly when they were super young and right now with the new album you won't hear this type of chorus, only with certain songs when playing live which btw last weekend they played this song at the Okinawa Convenient Center for the first time in the land of Karate founder Gichin Funakoshi sensei, live shows were called "Legend 43", ossu! 🦊🤘🥋 BabyMetal is a Japanese metal dance unit created in 2010 under another Jpop/Jrock group called Sakura Gakuin, they had 11 and 12 years old when started this and become independent after 2013, they created their own genre called kawaii-metal (kawaii means cute, hence the voices of the girls) mixing Jpop with metal sound and different subgenres along with many more rhythms. Their name is a reference to a new genre and not related to their ages or "baby" faces, is a pun intended play words with "heavy-metal" which sounds similar to "baby-metal". They are: *SuMetal* lead vocalist, now 25. *MoaMetal* scream and dance, now 24. -YuiMetal- scream and dance, former member since 2018. *MomoMetal* scream and dance, she's 20 and is the new official member since April 1st last year. None of them are related. After 2018 you'll see backup dancers performing along with them but none of them are official members, they don't sing, only dance, but that status change recently like i said. About this song: "Karate" is one of their stronger weapons along with "Road Of Resistance" from 2nd album "Metal Resistance" released in 2016. It's an uplifting song about keep fighting besides the obstacles, and if you take a closer look at the end you'll see in the eyes of their rivals that they're fighting against no other than themselves. Don't worry, some fans also find anime vibes on BabyMetal songs, the only other song I could find with anime vibes besides this one and "Divine Attack - Shingeki", is "Syncopation" another banger. They watched several footage before making this song, one of those were "Karate Kid" old movie, that's why you see MoaMetal catching a bug, that's a reference to the movie, after this she become the bug catcher expert when traveling on live tour lol. The bats and the concrete blocks testing strength is another infamous Karate reference. Btw just in case, the band playing behind in this MV are hired actors, they got their own set of musicians when performing live called Kami Band, they're not always the same musicians but currently this year they've been playing with a westerners band unlike early era after 2012 when they had a Japanese band. If you enjoy and like this song then another nice recommendation to witness a different and unique version is Karate live at Download Festival 2016, is even more epic with the rain and the crowd singing along with them, trust me. You can find a clip safe to react at "kitsune6001" channel with a short interview in the intro, also you will get your answer what the crowd and fans are doing when they're singing this song. If you really aren't into the voice of the girls but you like the lead singer then you can enjoy some of their four solos, that'll be my next suggestion: - Akatsuki live at Budokan 2014, and no it's not related to any anime shows, in general they're not related to any of it. I'm gonna leave in my next comment where to get clips safe to react if YT allows me to do it. Thanks for sharing this and see you next time. 🦊🤘🔥
Here's the list of live performance clips usually safe to reacts without any filters so you won't need to rely on live compilations, there might be some exceptions: - Headbangeeeeerrrrr!!!!! live at Legend 1997, SuMetal 16th Birthday in 2013, they got MV of this and is fun, but live is a blast. czcams.com/video/LNFiDWJh2FA/video.html - Akatsuki, live at Budokan 2014, this is a SuMetal solo. czcams.com/video/g2372C5PJLM/video.html - Megitsune, official MV is my first recommendation but is usually blocked if you don't put filters, so if you want live and safe to react, check it out Budokan 2014. czcams.com/video/dU38CYkpBvI/video.html - Akatsuki Unfinished Version, SuMetal solo again but with only a piano behind special performance at Legend 1997. czcams.com/video/nwsinmxTxbo/video.html - Babymetal Death, live at Legend 1997, this is the big finale, you're gonna blow your mind with this one. czcams.com/video/jRc9dbgiBPI/video.html - Catch Me If You Can with Kami Band intro live at Budokan 2014. czcams.com/video/ng8U_j0gpLI/video.html - Ijime, Dame, Zettai live at Sonisphere Festival 2014, sometimes the official live MV isn't so friendly so you know what to do. czcams.com/video/Ro-_cbfdrYE/video.html - Rondo Of Nightmare, with Mischiefs Of Metal Gods Intro live at Budokan 2014, another SuMetal solo but way different than usual happy songs. czcams.com/video/8WBDiLMNZcE/video.html - Doki Doki Morning, official MV, their very first song and MV full of kawaiiness, usually is safe to react so try it, if you want a live performance, this is the first proshot version with the Kami Band live at Legend 1999 (YuiMetal and MoaMetal 14th birthday). czcams.com/video/BSjv9OYtWZ0/video.html - Uki Uki Midnight, this one is a follow up to Doki Doki Morning but way different sound, this is the PV, is super fun but the sound isn't so great but at least is live. czcams.com/video/Yj-UQIlqsIQ/video.html If you want better sound with the Kami Band, then live at Budokan 2014 it is. czcams.com/video/ESzY9dL613Q/video.html - Onedari Daisakusen, live at Legend 1997, this is a Black Babymetal song, is a subgroup with only YuiMetal and MoaMetal. czcams.com/video/1dT1ywYR5So/video.html - Iine! again official MV hits way better but if you want live, here live at Budokan 2014. czcams.com/video/5sCvYVNeD0w/video.html - Karate live at Download Festival 2016, "kitsune6001" got this with a short interview intro. czcams.com/video/FKOL6v3Md2c/video.html - Road Of Resistance live in Japan official live MV, be careful with the blocked by putting some filters just in case. czcams.com/video/zTEYUFgLveY/video.htmlsi=GHjAqEdHM0gUDRk7 - Kimi To Anime Ga Mitai - Answer For Animation With You, live at Budokan 2014, not sure if it's still safe, so try some filters, if is audio blocked try to mute or just cut the parts. czcams.com/video/M8FKumvh-w8/video.html Here's a song you can find at Babymetal Reactor Resource (BMRR), a helpful place to get watermarked logo clips of the original live version to curve the annoying algo. - GJ! live at Wembley Arena 2016, another Black Babymetal song. czcams.com/video/Hg0Rylcg8F0/video.html This is BMRR short vid to follow instructions and get the spreadsheet with the full list. czcams.com/video/q40VmTHSh4c/video.html And here's a BM guide (the long one). czcams.com/video/gDne0xwniTg/video.html There's a more recent beginners guide at "Briaghh" called "So... What is BabyMetal?" is more short and with some fair update until this year unlike the other one. czcams.com/video/9X5vj1-Sg_4/video.htmlsi=ebbxVxI_mEgt-6SG 🦊🤘
The song has beautiful lyrics, inspiring indeed, extremely positive as many other BABYMETAL's songs. Their live performances are incredibly funny, pure energy. 🤘🦊⚡️
Watch the video of them performing this song, "Karate", live in front of 30k+ people at "Download UK 2016". Their songs are heavier and sound better when they perform them live! Plus you get to see them interact with the crowd.🤘🦊🤘
I think always western people hear asian rock they think about anime, well that is not the case. BABYMETAL is famous for their live performances , if you guys want to give so more litles steps in the fox hole , try reacting to road of the resistance live in Japan and then for some stuff more recent . Thank you 🦊🤘
Welcome to Babymetal! These gals are 13 year veterans of the music industry who started at the age of 12/11. Anime - No. WWE wrestling opener song - Yes, 2016. Video Games - Yes (Tiny Tina’s Wonderland, a Borderlands spinoff). They are THE most internationally successful Japanese band, and have 9+ years of world tours under their belts. Their music will range widely, from fun goofy song about Chocolate to epically insane power metal anthems, or dark and gloomy death metal, or something so prog it rivals Dream Theater. They’ve done collabs with Bring Me the Horizon, Dragonforce, Polyphia, Sabaton, Tom Morello, and others. I hope you check out more of their songs, they’re an absolute musical treat! Also, be sure to do live, they are 100% a live performance band. 🤘🦊
You already have a lot of info from others so I'll just say, while some of their MV's are really good, they are meant to be seen live, and are one of the greatest live shows you'll see. I'll just leave a couple suggestions, hopefully you'll check out some more: BABYMETAL - Road of Resistance - Live in Japan (OFFICIAL) BABYMETAL - Ijime,Dame,Zettai - Live at Sonisphere 2014 BABYMETAL -Monochrome (PIA Arena 2023 Live) BABYMETAL | Rondo of Nightmare (w/ Mischiefs of Metal Gods Intro) | LIVE at Budokan Black Night
Good reaction and welcome to the wonderful world of happy metal that is BABYMETAL! 🤘🦊🤘 While Babymetal has no direct links to any anime, they did record the opening theme to Cartoon Network's "Unikitty" series and lead vocalist Suzuka was a member of the trio Karen Girls that recorded songs for the anime "Zattaii Karen Children" when she was 10/11 years old. After the series ended and Karen Girls was disbanded, I believe all three girls became founding members of Sakura Gakuin, the school-themed Idol group designed to teach school-aged girls all aspects of the entertainment industry with the goal that the girls would go on in whatever direction suited them after graduation at age 15. Babymetal started as a sub-unit of SG built around Suzuka's vocal talents and stage presence and became a separate, independent group when she graduated in 2013. 11 years later, they are still going strong as one of the best live acts in the world. Earlier this year, Suzuka was voted best female metal vocalist in an online poll, taking 71.3% of the votes. She was followed by Floor Jansen who took 10% of the votes. Speaking of Sakura Gakuin, if you watched Netflix's Alice in Borderland series, you will have seen another founding member and graduate of SG, Ayaka Miyoshi who played Ann. Kitsune Da O! 🤘🦊🤘
@@JacobsKrąnųg I contend that there is no such thing as "anime music" and therefore no such thing as a "anime band". There are songs that might be written for use in a anime, just like any other movie or television series or pre-existing songs that are picked up for use in a anime same as in any other movie or series, but "anime" is not a musical genre.
Thank you for giving BABYMETAL a chance!!! BABYMETAL is a Japanese kawaii (cute) metal group (a metal subgenre that they created) that formed in 2010 when the 3 girls were 11-12 years old (yes, they were very young), and since then have performed with, toured with, or opened for Metallica, Korn, Sabaton, Bring Me The Horizon, Dragonforce, Guns N' Roses, Lady Gaga, Rob Halford of Judas Priest (there's a great youtube video of their performance with Rob at a metal award show), and Red Hot Chili Peppers (there is a youtube video of them performing Gimme Chocolate with RHCP, as well as with Korn, and DragonForce), to name a few of many. They have performed at large metal events/concerts in front of 65,000+ skeptical metalheads in Europe (Download, Sonisphere, Glastonbury, etc), US, and Asia. They are the first Japanese band to perform at Wembley arena in the UK. Also, 20+ awards have been given to them. They have 60+ songs and each one is different from the other, so I hope you give the other songs a try. By the way, they have some really great heavy songs too, and I hope you like guitar solos, as well as bass and drum solos, like I do, because they have them too. Also, they released a new amazing album last year and they just finished a world tour where they had many shows here in the US. They also recently released a new music video for their song called "Metali" that features Rage Against The Machine's Tom Morello. 🤘🦊🤘
Using a BabyMetal song in an Anime would cost tons and tons of money. The lead singer did start out as an Anime singer and their costumes are part armor, so they have the experience and the themes.
👍 👍 Here is some information if you decide you want to explore the best LIVE band on the planet. BabyMetal began in 2010 there were Suzuka Nakamoto age 12 Moa Kikuchi and Yui Mizuno. Both Moa and Yui were 11 years old. All three girls were friends and classmates who attended an idol group (Sakura Gakuin) founded in 2010 by Amuse Talent Agency for girls 10 to 15. Themed around school life (they attended regular school as well) the girls would learn and train at vocals, dancing, public speaking and etiquette, etc., graduate at age 15 and then move onto whatever entertainment path they chose or that suited their talents. Key Kobayashi was a music producer for Amuse and heard Suzuka sing at age 9 and was impressed with her strong vocals and stage presence. Kobayashi was a fan of heavy metal but believed that the genre had become stale and tired (especially in Japan) with metal bands getting old Kobayashi believed the genre needed to be reborn (BabyMetal means the birth of a new metal genre). Kobayashi felt that Suzuka had the ability to front a metal band and that her vocals and presence could withstand the metal guitars and drums. The fusion of Jpop and Metal began. He placed Moa and Yui as backup singers/dancers and a phenomenon was about to result. In the beginning Amuse showed little interest and the girls had minimal financing. They performed at strip malls and small venues borrowing clothes for shows from friends and family. No money for a real band they had friends dressed in homemade skeleton costumes pretending to play instruments to a backtrack. They quickly became a sensation (these young ladies paid their dues). Amuse saw the potential and in 2012 hired the best session musicians Japan had to offer (The Kami Band) who tours with them today (now includes world class musicians from the USA for tours outside of Asia). If you choose to explore more of BabyMetal I suggest reacting to HQ pro shot videos of LIVE performances instead of official MV's (the reason is that the vast majority of MV's use studio audio over LIVE footage AND without the awesome Kami Band instrumentals) They have over 60 LIVE songs/performances and each one is different. They are fearless exploring many genres and have the respect of the legends of Metal such as Metallica, Slipknot, Rob Zombie, Dragonforce, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Judas Priest and more. Avoid Glastonbury LIVE performances as the sound production by the BBC (who was in charge of that festival did a terrible job - mics not turned on, incorrect volume levels, etc.) Yui Mizuno left BabyMetal in 2018 due to health reasons and at their concert in Yokohama on April 1, 2023 it was announced that a permanent third member Momoko Okazaki (who is also a graduate of Sakura Gakuin and has been appearing with them LIVE since 2019 after Yui's departure) has officially become the third member. Their new album in my opinion that released March 24, 2023 is amazing with so many different styles. Good luck and hope to see you again soon.
If you already know, I'm sorry if this comment overlaps with other people's comments. They are a Japanese "metal dance unit". They have been active since 2010, and initially started as one of the derivatives of "idols". However, they became a hot topic overseas early on, with people saying "I don't really know what they're doing, but there's a great band". Then in 2014, they performed the "Snisofia Miracle". If you're interested, please look more deeply into BABYMETAL's history and songs. Their live performances in Japan are particularly impressive. I would like you to see their performance, the quality of their support members, and the enthusiasm of the audience. I recommend "catch if you can" and "monochrome". The former is basically from the past. The latter is relatively recent. Both are great performances for that era and age. And I would also like you to see "monochrome" by THE FIRSTTAKE. You can see the true value of the main vocalist SU-METAL.
It is well known that the Babymetal live show is much better. These ladies are really tallented. They performed for 110,000 people during the Tokyo Dome shows. And they were 15th years old.. My recomendation for you is ....HEADBANGER LIVE VERSION LEGEND 1997 APOCALYPSE. And wellcome to Babymetal UNIVERSE
Babymetal has the highest album sales in recent years (which doesn't compare to decades ago, because the whole technology and industry was organized differently) in the west of any Japanese group.
Although the idea is to react to a new band, I think that before listening to the song of said band, they should know about the band, the trajectory, the genre that in its name is divided into metal and baby, they will find that it is a band of kawaii metal, a new subgenre, and that within metal and rock has been well accepted by great bands and having great collaborations, those who speak Japanese should not be quickly associated with anime, this is a little racist, it is like thinking that In my case, I am Latin, everything must have reggaeton. It's okay to react to a song, but having a history of the band reacting, I don't know if they've been reacting a little or a long time, but improve that, don't be one of those who open a channel and say diarrhea, for not doing a little research.
You guys are going to need to react to more Babymetal. You were going on and on about the different sounds different cultures make, and then you mentioned about mixing a little of this with a little of that. THAT is EXACTLY what Babymetal loves to do. They'll mix a little latin with their metal, Indian, Egyptian, Rap, and many other different styles and mix them with their metal music, fusing it all together and creating something wonderful. Keep going, I think you're going to like them as no two song sounds the same.
Babymetal was formed in 2010 and created a new sub-genre of Heavy Metal called "Kawaii Metal", meaning "Cute Metal". Their music style started as a mixture of J-Pop and Heavy Metal. But they have expanded to mix any genre they want with Metal such as Ska-metal, Trap-Metal, Dance-Metal. They also has explored other sub-genres of Heavy Metal such as Trash Metal, Death Metal, Rap Metal. Basically, Babymetal is a genre themselves. Babymetal has (so far) never associated or made a song for an anime (although I'm not opposed to it). Babymetal only consist of 3 ladies. They have a backing band called 'Kami Band'. A group of session musicians hired to play for their live performances only. Babymetal is one of the biggest artist in Japan right now and can easily fill a 20,000 capacity Arena. Their biggest ever show was at Tokyo Dome 2016 with 55,000 people for 2 nights in a row. They are definitely better live and their live shows are not just a concert, it's an experience. Babymetal version of the 'Rabbit-Hole' is called the 'Fox-Hole'🦊. Should you wish to dive in, here are some suggestion: Babymetal - 'BxMxC (pronounced BMC) Live at Budokan 2021. (from 3rd Album: Metal Galaxy) Babymetal - 'Yava!' Live at "Big Fox Festival" 2017. (from 2nd Album: Metal Resistance) Babymetal - 'Catch Me If You Can' Live at Budokan 2014. (from 1st Album: BABYMETAL) Babymetal - 'Headbanger' Live at "Legend 1997" 2013. (from 1st Album: BABYMETAL) Babymetal - 'Monochrome' Live at PIA Arena 2023. (from 1st Concept Album: The Other One) Enjoy!!! 🦊🤘
I highly recommend road of resistance, but you have to listen to it live BABYMETAL live performance is always 10 times better I would also recommend Monochrome
You want fusion? Babymetal will give you fusion. They mix every type of genre you can think of with metal. Karate was their "Djent" entry. You mentioned Latin? They do that too. Check out Night Night Burn. Indian? Yep. Try Shanti Shanti Shanti. Celtic? Oh Majinai. Arabian? Metalizm. Prog? Tales of the Destinies. Thrash? Gimme Chocolate. Power? Road of Resistance. Ska? YAVA. I mean, I could go on and on. Babymetal are experts of fusion metal.
Nice intro to Babymetal, the lyrics always give a deeper meaning to the song. Not anime, do not need it, they are their own thing. Please react to a live video (not compilation) with the Kami (east) band, and with captions would be best. Great explanation on your own perspective of music that you know (east vs. west), not being judgmental, high respect to you! (Many others hear one song and dismiss it, not even given a chance). Babymetal has evolved, lots of different genres depending on which "era" it comes from (early kawaii, heavier, ballad, etc.)
not sure if anyone else have said it, but as far as i can understand, its about keep fighting even tho u fall or meet resistance, and sometimes ur worst enemy is one self.. and even tho i dont really understand the what they sing, but knowing what they sing about makes it so beautiful and powerfull, and having met alot of resistance myself i often listen to it for motivation, and the bands behind are truly just amazing
A lot of people make the connection with anime due to the fact that anime is most people's main exposure to the Japanese language and to Japanese song writing, but Japan has a tremendously vibrant and active music industry across a multitude of genres that doesn't get exposure in the west due to the language barrier. Don't be fooled into thinking that Japanese music = anime, because there is a whole lot more going on in the Japanese music scene than just that.
If you guys keep reacting to Babymetal. You guys need to be really respectful with the band "The one" the fandom. We are really protective to the girls. Nice reaction and welcome to the Fox Hole. You are gonna love it.
"LIVE" PIA Arena 2023, Budokan, Tokyo Dome, Yokohama Arena 2024, Okinawa Convention Center 2024 Collab with Bring me the Horizon at NEXFEST "Kingslayer"
Great reaction. Anyway, can i request your reaction to superb band from japan? The band is call "Lovebites" They all The Beautiful Queens Metal band right now in the earth. They are really really World class musicians. Phenomenal. And they have a lot die hard fans too. The song is "Judgement day" Hope you check out, and can enjoy it too. Big thanks🙏
Check out BMTH Kingslayer ft BabyMetal live in Tokyo (catchiest song in their catalog) If you want more of the band behind the girls check out "Rondo of Nightmare with Mischiefs of God intro Budokan live" (band is front and center, invite only arena, Ozzy played in this arena back in the day, super heavy, they show off a bit).
Nice reaction guys and no this is not one you need to be embarrassed by the lyrics. Although I liked what you said about getting the vibe of the music first without worrying about the lyrics. I think that's a wise path to tread. This video was released nine years ago and just so you know at that time Su (lead vocals) was 17 and Yui and Moa were 15. They are still going strong and now in their mid to early 20's have continued to grow as an act and do now have a worldwide following of millions. Personally I'd love to see you react to some of their newer material, and it does rock. Their live performances are legendary. Here's a link to one of their classic songs but as they do it now. Catch the instrumentals in this! Megitsune Live PIA Arena 2023: czcams.com/video/edbqQ-ldF_U/video.html
So-called J-pop is quite different from Western pop music, its chord progressions and such. What makes it sound like "anime" to you can be such characteristics of J-pop, because anime opening songs are virtually the only way for people living outside of Japan to experience J-pop. That is the reason why we feel a bit awkward as people say BABYMETAL sounds like anime. Anime is great, but anime is not the only contemporary Japanese pop culture.
Good first reaction and welcome to the BABYMETAL Foxhole.🦊 There is nobody quite like BABYMETAL. They started in 2010 as a sub-unit of a school themed JPop Idol group (they were aged 12 and 11 at the time) and created their own metal sub-genre mixing metal with JPop hooks, melodies and aesthetics. They separated from the parent group in 2013 and have been touring the world every year (when they could) since 2014. We have watched them grow up and become one of the very best live acts on the planet and the most successful Japanese band there has been internationally. They played 94 concerts last year in 25 countries including 29 in the US where they co-headlined with Dethklok. BABYMETAL are Su-metal (lead vocalist and the whole concept was formed and developed around her vocal talents and stage presence - she is exceptionally talented), Moametal and Momometal (in charge of backing vocals, harmonies and mainly hyping and involving the crowd with their choreo). The backing vocals will grow on you - those are the parts the crowd will sing along with and they are a huge part of what sets BABYMETAL apart from other bands. The original third member, Yuimetal, was in this video - she last performed in October 2017 and was absent for 12 months for health reasons until she announced in October 2018 that she was still not fully recovered and would be leaving the band. After Yui left Su and Moa chose to continue as a duo through to and a bit beyond their 10th anniversary. So it was just the two of them for 4 or 5 years supported from 2019 by 3 dancers who would take turns dancing in the third spot until 1st April 2023 when one of those dancers, Momoko, was finally revealed as the new official third member. They are supported in all live shows by the Kami Band, all of them are world class instrumentalists. Since 2019 they have two Kami Bands, the Kami Band of the East (the best Japanese session musicians you could ask for) have been with them since 2012 and full time since early 2014. The Kami Band of the West (American musicians) joined them in 2019 and have been the full time support for the lengthier tours around the world (they played 94 concerts in 25 countries last year). You will only see and hear the Kami Band in live performances, they do not record the studio versions (with one guitarist being the known exception). They have nearly 70 songs now, each one different to the last. They have songs in virtually every metal genre, but they will mix and blend so many other musical styles and genres with the metal - usually when you least expect it. Interesting you mentioned different ,musical styles from around the world - BABYMETAL have songs that pay homage to some of those including India, the middle east, Latin music, eastern/northern Europe and Thailand - and a couple of very Japanese songs of course. No songs about coconut yet ... but they do sing about papaya fruit in one. You are right, you don't need to know the lyrics to enjoy the song or to get the feel of what the song is about. As Su-metal once said "Don't Think. Feel." You can always check the lyrics later of course and you will find some of their songs are just fun, but most are quite deep and meaningful - and most are positive and uplifting. 'Karate' was the lead single for their second album (2016) so it is one of their more "radio friendly" songs in both sound and structure. It is about fighting adversity, when life knocks you down and everything seems too hard so you're hurt and crying, its about standing up and fighting on, helping each other through the hard times. They used karate to illustrate this because as a Japanese martial art it reflects their culture - as with a lot of their songs it is also about always moving forwards. In the video the figures in white were the girls all along and they were conjuring up their own inner demons to fight against. They beat the first, the second knocked them down but they got up to eventually defeat themselves (did you notice the reflections of each of the girls in their own eyes when the masks shattered and it was revealed as them? Not many people spot that). They did watch a lot of martial arts movies to get ideas for the choreo as they wanted it to look as authentic as possible (but they are not martial artists). Moa catching the fly was a nod to Mr Miyagi in The Karate Kid. Mr Miyagi may have used chop sticks (and it may have taken him two or three films before he caught one), Moa caught her fly with her eyes closed - first time. This song and video won 2 awards. "Best Metal Video in MTV Video Music Awards Japan 2016" and "Best Metal Song in 6th Annual Loudwire Music Awards". Their official videos are all very good and worth seeing, but they are one of the best live bands on the planet, that is where they are really at their best. Try 'Megitsune' live at PIA Arena from April last year. That one gives a good idea of what they are all about, but you could pick virtually any of their songs and you won't be disappointed.
@@martinmetal7481 Haha, that is a terrifying thought🙈🙅♂ ... get it out of your mind (I don't do drag and I cut my hair too short for pigtails a long time ago anyway).
They also have a lot more fans who know BabyMetal is not everyone's cup of tea, and as long as you're respectful in what you say , are OK with that 😁 🤘🏼🦊🤘🏼
Its kinda annoying when people hear japanese music, and associate it with Anime all the time... this sounds nothing like anime.. the only thing similar is that its in japanese.. People really say ''oh its anime'' as soon as they hear japanese singing.
BABYMETAL's music videos are not bad, but the bass guitar is best live. UK Download "KARATE" in 2016 czcams.com/video/qXF94RGYEmw/video.htmlsi=GXfvrvE23Wg2HOIA BABYMETAL has a very successful world tour in 2023 with 97 shows in 25 countries.
Welcome to FOXHOLE You are on the edge of the abyss and there is no escape You are facing one of the best audio visual shows in the world you have to react live, which is where they are amazing. You didn't like the beginning, you should hear the audience live czcams.com/video/qXF94RGYEmw/video.htmlsi=ju3LN2mGNP2lO3un #notacult
Welcome to the foxhole....gents🎉......let's do some Babymetal BMTH KINGSLAYER live Tokyo!!....btw America may have started rock but lately it's been Japan who took up the mantle for America since America isn't producing anymore good rock bands
I wonder if Japanese reactors, when reacting to western music are like "this sounds like something from a sitcom or reality tv show"
Ong, they always mention anime or something it’s kinda weird
Dudes! These ladies are not intro material for a movie or animé. They are artists in their own right performing in front of 10's of thousands at arenas.
So anime intro songs arent real music?
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@@LeetTron5000 Yes they are very much so. But…. we don’t normally pay attention to the artists who provide that music.
@@Dave_Marks Not true? You might not, but people definitely pay attention to those artists. Many artists who make anime intros in Japan are insanely popular, even more popular than babymetal is. And they also perform in front of 10s of thousands of people at arenas as well. Look at Yoasobi for example, they did a tour last year where they had multiple arena shows for 130,000 people total.
@@LeetTron5000It is but its become a Stereotype with neophytes when applied to Babymetal. They are so much more than that, & they include many other diverse genres to their music. I get it, but ain't about Anime!
Welcome to BABYMETAL, the best live band in the world🤘🦊♪
Thats rammstein.
@@LeetTron5000 50/50
I don't listen to music.. I listen to Babymetal
do more from them
No Anime here! fusion idol with METAL
Over 14 years and they are LEGENDS. Check out BABYMETAL DEATH.
BABYMETAL live is LIFE
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You are in front of a living legend.
Nice reaction welcome to the foxhole .
The song is about fighting your inner demons. The 3 veiled figures are themselves. You might have noticed the image in each of the unmasked figures in their eyes are themselves . BabyMetal has been around 13 years now, and the lead singer Su is still only 26 . They are one of the hardest working bands around . They did 96 sold out shows around the world in 2023 . They are even better live . Try Road of Resistance live Japan 😁🤘🏼🦊🤘🏼
live BABYMETAL best BABYMETAL
I have listened to pop, rock, all metal subgenres, etc. since I was 15 years old.
Now that I am 39 years old and I discovered BabyMetal 2 months ago, my life has improved a lot. I just want to listen to AND SEE BabyMetal over and over again, all day long.
Before I didn't like female voices in the metal genre. Now it seems strange to me to listen to groups with male voices.
I found Babymetal in 2016 and still love them. Hopefully if you have not explore more Japanese metal with female leads. Highly suggest Nemophila and Hanabie for metal and Band Maid for hard rock. Plus literally dozens more are out there from Japan alone.
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Thank you very much for the recommendations.
When I feel like temporarily disconnecting from BabyMetal, I'll be sure to listen to these other bands.
Although I have the feeling that the most special place in my heart will be reserved exclusively for BM. Maybe forever.
@@alvaroramos7138 I started with Babymetal and now I struggle between Hanabie and Babymetal. Luckily I got to see both live last year but that didn't help me decide on a favourite, they were both great LOL
Nice reaction. Babymetal did a mix of cultural songs for their Metal Galaxy album. Checkout Night Night Burn for a Latin flavor and metal. Or Shanti Shanti Shanti for that Bollywood feel. Babymetal toured these places and wanted to show so love to the people who should them love while on tour. Check out BMC for the American influence on a song that shacks the roof when they do it Live. Totally look up the lyrics on a Babymetal song. For deep dives into their song lyrics check out Prof AJ Hartley's youtube channel. It's all in English but he goes into the translations of the songs and their possible meanings. However, as he will point out that their songs are written in a way to allow the listener the freedom of their own interpretation. For their song Monochrome Su was surprised by the deep meaning the fans had of the song. While she had a much lighter interpretation. While both are valid interpretations. That is some Babymetal magic. Like when Su starts to sing on this song. The whole feeling of the song changes. Now you have to see them perform this live at Download. The Foxhole is deep and full of surprises.
Very cool!!!
Babymetal's videos are always well produced, but this is a band that should be seen in live performances. In the studio clips, a fundamental part of the band does not appear, which is the fantastic fan base interacting as an element of the music, all the time. Whenever possible, make reactions to Babymetal live.
Enjoy Babymetal!!!🤘🦊🤘
Welcome & Thanks from Japan 有難う💛。 BABYMETAL is the best musical phenomenon I have ever experienced in my 68-year-long life. (Before BM, I was a stubborn jazz / funk lover). Please explore BM more.
We say "Japan is the country obsessed by Rock Music". The history is very long and the obsession started in 1966 when Beatles visited Japan and held 5 concerts at Budokan. Speaking of hard rock / heavy metal music, a number of bands started to come to Japan since as early as 1970s : Led Zeppelin / Grand Funk Railroad (1971), Deep Purple (1972), Queen (1975), Kiss (1977), Cheap Trick / Van Halen / Scorpions (1978), Judas Priest (1978/79) and so on. Now, any type of rock can be enjoyed here, especially by many all-female or women-fronted bands. They are daughters of American / European rock, for sure. (Many are grand-daughters in terms of age.)
Uh-oh, we also say "Japan is the country obsessed by Jazz". It had started earlier than rock 😄
I believe that Cheap Trick live from Budokon is in the top 10 best selling live albums.
Babymetal's 3rd Album, "Metal Galaxy" hit #1 in the USA on Billboards "Top Rock Album" chart in 2019!!
There's reasons your head was bopping!
More Babymetal Always!!
Put your Kitsune UP!! Po!
Nice reaction :) I first found BabyMetal last summer and I've been hooked ever since. They are extraordinary and I hope you'll explore some of their 4 albums and many live shows. I'd recommend Road of Resistance live in Japan (The drummer, Aoyama Hideki, will blow you away) and Headbanger from the Legend of 97 concert to start. '97 was the year the lead singer, Su, was born and she had just turned 16 the day before. Seriously. The music, singing, stage presence and crowd control are off the charts! Have fun :)
Greatest band of all time.
Good first reactions 👊🏽⚡️Great point about music being universal. The members of Babymetal have said how impressed they are with how music bridges cultural barriers. Karate was released in 2016. I suggest a much newer track, “Monochrome “ from 2023.🦊🤘🏾
Actually There are no anime connections at all to this band (as far as i am aware anyway).
They created a new music genre called 'kawaii-metal', though they are not just kawaii-metal. Labelling this band as being 'just' anything is folly.
There's a lot to this band that defies initial assumptions. They are like organised chaos, they are multiple things at once. Very unique and dynamic.
It's possible you can get 2 videos after each other that are similar, but it's more likely you will get 2 that are wildy different.
Their music ranges from full on death metal to J-pop infused metal, thought on the whole it still leans more towards metal.
Oh and you haven't seen ANYTHING until you have seen some of their epic live performances. It's what they are about.
Road of resistance live is a start.💣💥🤘🤘🤘
There are quite a few connections between Babymetal and anime. Su's former group was made for anime; their first concert outside Japan was at an anime festival; one of their first covers was a song about, "I wanna watch anime with you." They also do the theme for the cartoon (though not an anime, per se) Unikitty. (It's about 30 seconds long so it's nothing major) Moa supposedly said in an interview that she wanted to do anime voice acting.
@@poohbear4702 Yeah i was aware of all those facts apart from the last one. I guess what i should have said was their music hasn't been used in any Japanese anime as far as i was aware.
Always good to remind people of facts though if you think they have said something not entirely accure. So well done.🙂
@@Ryujin170 Ok that makes sense. I just read it differently I guess.
I think they're looking for like an actual "Anime OP" that is Babymetal, like Flow or Man With A Mission.
At best, the closest you get is that WWE briefly licensed Karate for an NXT PPV back when Askua was in her first years in the WWE.
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BABYMETAL's lead singer Su-metal (Suzuka Nakamoto) sang songs for an anime series in 2008 when she was 10 years old.
That's when she was the youngest member of the J-Pop trio Karen Girl's.
There have been no BABYMETAL songs used in anime since the group began back in 2010.
I'm sure they've been approached, but felt it was more important to establish their credibility in the metal world.
That's why they've performed at so many metal festivals.
And why people like Rob Zombie, Rob Halford, Alissa White-Gluz, Matt Heafy, Dave Mustaine, Joakim Brodén, Corey Taylor, Jonathan Davis, Oliver Sykes, ChThoniC, the guys from DragonForce, Metallica, etc., are all BABYMETAL fans.
They did do the theme song for Unikitty, though.
Welcome to the Foxhole and BabyMetal journey.🦊🤘🔥
Got some bad news for you, the voices you don't like in the beginning is what makes BabyMetal, BabyMetal or one of the important ingredients for this new genre, otherwise it would be just another metal song with a great Jpop singer. Bare with me bc they're here during early era mainly when they were super young and right now with the new album you won't hear this type of chorus, only with certain songs when playing live which btw last weekend they played this song at the Okinawa Convenient Center for the first time in the land of Karate founder Gichin Funakoshi sensei, live shows were called "Legend 43", ossu! 🦊🤘🥋
BabyMetal is a Japanese metal dance unit created in 2010 under another Jpop/Jrock group called Sakura Gakuin, they had 11 and 12 years old when started this and become independent after 2013, they created their own genre called kawaii-metal (kawaii means cute, hence the voices of the girls) mixing Jpop with metal sound and different subgenres along with many more rhythms. Their name is a reference to a new genre and not related to their ages or "baby" faces, is a pun intended play words with "heavy-metal" which sounds similar to "baby-metal".
They are:
*SuMetal* lead vocalist, now 25.
*MoaMetal* scream and dance, now 24.
-YuiMetal- scream and dance, former member since 2018.
*MomoMetal* scream and dance, she's 20 and is the new official member since April 1st last year.
None of them are related.
After 2018 you'll see backup dancers performing along with them but none of them are official members, they don't sing, only dance, but that status change recently like i said.
About this song:
"Karate" is one of their stronger weapons along with "Road Of Resistance" from 2nd album "Metal Resistance" released in 2016. It's an uplifting song about keep fighting besides the obstacles, and if you take a closer look at the end you'll see in the eyes of their rivals that they're fighting against no other than themselves.
Don't worry, some fans also find anime vibes on BabyMetal songs, the only other song I could find with anime vibes besides this one and "Divine Attack - Shingeki", is "Syncopation" another banger.
They watched several footage before making this song, one of those were "Karate Kid" old movie, that's why you see MoaMetal catching a bug, that's a reference to the movie, after this she become the bug catcher expert when traveling on live tour lol. The bats and the concrete blocks testing strength is another infamous Karate reference.
Btw just in case, the band playing behind in this MV are hired actors, they got their own set of musicians when performing live called Kami Band, they're not always the same musicians but currently this year they've been playing with a westerners band unlike early era after 2012 when they had a Japanese band.
If you enjoy and like this song then another nice recommendation to witness a different and unique version is Karate live at Download Festival 2016, is even more epic with the rain and the crowd singing along with them, trust me. You can find a clip safe to react at "kitsune6001" channel with a short interview in the intro, also you will get your answer what the crowd and fans are doing when they're singing this song.
If you really aren't into the voice of the girls but you like the lead singer then you can enjoy some of their four solos, that'll be my next suggestion:
- Akatsuki live at Budokan 2014, and no it's not related to any anime shows, in general they're not related to any of it.
I'm gonna leave in my next comment where to get clips safe to react if YT allows me to do it.
Thanks for sharing this and see you next time. 🦊🤘🔥
Here's the list of live performance clips usually safe to reacts without any filters so you won't need to rely on live compilations, there might be some exceptions:
- Headbangeeeeerrrrr!!!!! live at Legend 1997, SuMetal 16th Birthday in 2013, they got MV of this and is fun, but live is a blast.
czcams.com/video/LNFiDWJh2FA/video.html
- Akatsuki, live at Budokan 2014, this is a SuMetal solo.
czcams.com/video/g2372C5PJLM/video.html
- Megitsune, official MV is my first recommendation but is usually blocked if you don't put filters, so if you want live and safe to react, check it out Budokan 2014.
czcams.com/video/dU38CYkpBvI/video.html
- Akatsuki Unfinished Version, SuMetal solo again but with only a piano behind special performance at Legend 1997.
czcams.com/video/nwsinmxTxbo/video.html
- Babymetal Death, live at Legend 1997, this is the big finale, you're gonna blow your mind with this one.
czcams.com/video/jRc9dbgiBPI/video.html
- Catch Me If You Can with Kami Band intro live at Budokan 2014.
czcams.com/video/ng8U_j0gpLI/video.html
- Ijime, Dame, Zettai live at Sonisphere Festival 2014, sometimes the official live MV isn't so friendly so you know what to do.
czcams.com/video/Ro-_cbfdrYE/video.html
- Rondo Of Nightmare, with Mischiefs Of Metal Gods Intro live at Budokan 2014, another SuMetal solo but way different than usual happy songs.
czcams.com/video/8WBDiLMNZcE/video.html
- Doki Doki Morning, official MV, their very first song and MV full of kawaiiness, usually is safe to react so try it, if you want a live performance, this is the first proshot version with the Kami Band live at Legend 1999 (YuiMetal and MoaMetal 14th birthday).
czcams.com/video/BSjv9OYtWZ0/video.html
- Uki Uki Midnight, this one is a follow up to Doki Doki Morning but way different sound, this is the PV, is super fun but the sound isn't so great but at least is live.
czcams.com/video/Yj-UQIlqsIQ/video.html
If you want better sound with the Kami Band, then live at Budokan 2014 it is.
czcams.com/video/ESzY9dL613Q/video.html
- Onedari Daisakusen, live at Legend 1997, this is a Black Babymetal song, is a subgroup with only YuiMetal and MoaMetal.
czcams.com/video/1dT1ywYR5So/video.html
- Iine! again official MV hits way better but if you want live, here live at Budokan 2014.
czcams.com/video/5sCvYVNeD0w/video.html
- Karate live at Download Festival 2016, "kitsune6001" got this with a short interview intro.
czcams.com/video/FKOL6v3Md2c/video.html
- Road Of Resistance live in Japan official live MV, be careful with the blocked by putting some filters just in case.
czcams.com/video/zTEYUFgLveY/video.htmlsi=GHjAqEdHM0gUDRk7
- Kimi To Anime Ga Mitai - Answer For Animation With You, live at Budokan 2014, not sure if it's still safe, so try some filters, if is audio blocked try to mute or just cut the parts.
czcams.com/video/M8FKumvh-w8/video.html
Here's a song you can find at Babymetal Reactor Resource (BMRR), a helpful place to get watermarked logo clips of the original live version to curve the annoying algo.
- GJ! live at Wembley Arena 2016, another Black Babymetal song.
czcams.com/video/Hg0Rylcg8F0/video.html
This is BMRR short vid to follow instructions and get the spreadsheet with the full list.
czcams.com/video/q40VmTHSh4c/video.html
And here's a BM guide (the long one).
czcams.com/video/gDne0xwniTg/video.html
There's a more recent beginners guide at "Briaghh" called "So... What is BabyMetal?" is more short and with some fair update until this year unlike the other one.
czcams.com/video/9X5vj1-Sg_4/video.htmlsi=ebbxVxI_mEgt-6SG
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Subscribed. Awesome MV. This was my introduction to the wonderful world of BABYMETAL a year ago.🦊🦊🦊 🖖❤
The song has beautiful lyrics, inspiring indeed, extremely positive as many other BABYMETAL's songs.
Their live performances are incredibly funny, pure energy.
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Watch the video of them performing this song, "Karate", live in front of 30k+ people at "Download UK 2016". Their songs are heavier and sound better when they perform them live! Plus you get to see them interact with the crowd.🤘🦊🤘
Welcome to the Foxhole, you are going to be entertained 😅
please more babymetal!!!
I think always western people hear asian rock they think about anime, well that is not the case. BABYMETAL is famous for their live performances , if you guys want to give so more litles steps in the fox hole , try reacting to road of the resistance live in Japan and then for some stuff more recent . Thank you 🦊🤘
Welcome to Babymetal! These gals are 13 year veterans of the music industry who started at the age of 12/11.
Anime - No.
WWE wrestling opener song - Yes, 2016.
Video Games - Yes (Tiny Tina’s Wonderland, a Borderlands spinoff).
They are THE most internationally successful Japanese band, and have 9+ years of world tours under their belts.
Their music will range widely, from fun goofy song about Chocolate to epically insane power metal anthems, or dark and gloomy death metal, or something so prog it rivals Dream Theater.
They’ve done collabs with Bring Me the Horizon, Dragonforce, Polyphia, Sabaton, Tom Morello, and others.
I hope you check out more of their songs, they’re an absolute musical treat!
Also, be sure to do live, they are 100% a live performance band.
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You already have a lot of info from others so I'll just say, while some of their MV's are really good, they are meant to be seen live, and are one of the greatest live shows you'll see. I'll just leave a couple suggestions, hopefully you'll check out some more:
BABYMETAL - Road of Resistance - Live in Japan (OFFICIAL)
BABYMETAL - Ijime,Dame,Zettai - Live at Sonisphere 2014
BABYMETAL -Monochrome (PIA Arena 2023 Live)
BABYMETAL | Rondo of Nightmare (w/ Mischiefs of Metal Gods Intro) | LIVE at Budokan Black Night
Good reaction and welcome to the wonderful world of happy metal that is BABYMETAL! 🤘🦊🤘
While Babymetal has no direct links to any anime, they did record the opening theme to Cartoon Network's "Unikitty" series and lead vocalist Suzuka was a member of the trio Karen Girls that recorded songs for the anime "Zattaii Karen Children" when she was 10/11 years old.
After the series ended and Karen Girls was disbanded, I believe all three girls became founding members of Sakura Gakuin, the school-themed Idol group designed to teach school-aged girls all aspects of the entertainment industry with the goal that the girls would go on in whatever direction suited them after graduation at age 15.
Babymetal started as a sub-unit of SG built around Suzuka's vocal talents and stage presence and became a separate, independent group when she graduated in 2013. 11 years later, they are still going strong as one of the best live acts in the world. Earlier this year, Suzuka was voted best female metal vocalist in an online poll, taking 71.3% of the votes. She was followed by Floor Jansen who took 10% of the votes.
Speaking of Sakura Gakuin, if you watched Netflix's Alice in Borderland series, you will have seen another founding member and graduate of SG, Ayaka Miyoshi who played Ann.
Kitsune Da O! 🤘🦊🤘
Also, a couple of their songs were used in the promos and ending credits of "Tiny Tina's Wonderland" video game.
they dont need any connections with anime to sound like an anime band
@@JacobsKrąnųg I contend that there is no such thing as "anime music" and therefore no such thing as a "anime band". There are songs that might be written for use in a anime, just like any other movie or television series or pre-existing songs that are picked up for use in a anime same as in any other movie or series, but "anime" is not a musical genre.
Thank you for giving BABYMETAL a chance!!! BABYMETAL is a Japanese kawaii (cute) metal group (a metal subgenre that they created) that formed in 2010 when the 3 girls were 11-12 years old (yes, they were very young), and since then have performed with, toured with, or opened for Metallica, Korn, Sabaton, Bring Me The Horizon, Dragonforce, Guns N' Roses, Lady Gaga, Rob Halford of Judas Priest (there's a great youtube video of their performance with Rob at a metal award show), and Red Hot Chili Peppers (there is a youtube video of them performing Gimme Chocolate with RHCP, as well as with Korn, and DragonForce), to name a few of many. They have performed at large metal events/concerts in front of 65,000+ skeptical metalheads in Europe (Download, Sonisphere, Glastonbury, etc), US, and Asia. They are the first Japanese band to perform at Wembley arena in the UK. Also, 20+ awards have been given to them. They have 60+ songs and each one is different from the other, so I hope you give the other songs a try. By the way, they have some really great heavy songs too, and I hope you like guitar solos, as well as bass and drum solos, like I do, because they have them too. Also, they released a new amazing album last year and they just finished a world tour where they had many shows here in the US. They also recently released a new music video for their song called "Metali" that features Rage Against The Machine's Tom Morello. 🤘🦊🤘
Hello guys: This will blow your mind:
Headbanger (Moa versión)
Monochrome Pia Arena Live
Starlight live
Megitsune live
Using a BabyMetal song in an Anime would cost tons and tons of money. The lead singer did start out as an Anime singer and their costumes are part armor, so they have the experience and the themes.
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Here is some information if you decide you want to explore the best LIVE band on the planet.
BabyMetal began in 2010 there were Suzuka Nakamoto age 12 Moa Kikuchi and Yui Mizuno. Both Moa and Yui were 11 years old. All three girls were friends and classmates who attended an idol group (Sakura Gakuin) founded in 2010 by Amuse Talent Agency for girls 10 to 15. Themed around school life (they attended regular school as well) the girls would learn and train at vocals, dancing, public speaking and etiquette, etc., graduate at age 15 and then move onto whatever entertainment path they chose or that suited their talents.
Key Kobayashi was a music producer for Amuse and heard Suzuka sing at age 9 and was impressed with her strong vocals and stage presence. Kobayashi was a fan of heavy metal but believed that the genre had become stale and tired (especially in Japan) with metal bands getting old Kobayashi believed the genre needed to be reborn (BabyMetal means the birth of a new metal genre). Kobayashi felt that Suzuka had the ability to front a metal band and that her vocals and presence could withstand the metal guitars and drums. The fusion of Jpop and Metal began. He placed Moa and Yui as backup singers/dancers and a phenomenon was about to result.
In the beginning Amuse showed little interest and the girls had minimal financing. They performed at strip malls and small venues borrowing clothes for shows from friends and family. No money for a real band they had friends dressed in homemade skeleton costumes pretending to play instruments to a backtrack.
They quickly became a sensation (these young ladies paid their dues).
Amuse saw the potential and in 2012 hired the best session musicians Japan had to offer (The Kami Band) who tours with them today (now includes world class musicians from the USA for tours outside of Asia).
If you choose to explore more of BabyMetal I suggest reacting to HQ pro shot videos of LIVE performances instead of official MV's (the reason is that the vast majority of MV's use studio audio over LIVE footage AND without the awesome Kami Band instrumentals)
They have over 60 LIVE songs/performances and each one is different. They are fearless exploring many genres and have the respect of the legends of Metal such as Metallica, Slipknot, Rob Zombie, Dragonforce, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Judas Priest and more.
Avoid Glastonbury LIVE performances as the sound production by the BBC (who was in charge of that festival did a terrible job - mics
not turned on, incorrect volume levels, etc.)
Yui Mizuno left BabyMetal in 2018 due to health reasons and at their concert in Yokohama on April 1, 2023 it was announced that a permanent third member Momoko Okazaki (who is also a graduate of Sakura Gakuin and has been appearing with them LIVE since 2019 after Yui's departure) has officially become the third member.
Their new album in my opinion that released March 24, 2023 is amazing with so many different styles.
Good luck and hope to see you again soon.
2:19 Babymetal and Bring Me The Horizon - Kingslayer 😉
If you already know, I'm sorry if this comment overlaps with other people's comments. They are a Japanese "metal dance unit". They have been active since 2010, and initially started as one of the derivatives of "idols". However, they became a hot topic overseas early on, with people saying "I don't really know what they're doing, but there's a great band". Then in 2014, they performed the "Snisofia Miracle". If you're interested, please look more deeply into BABYMETAL's history and songs. Their live performances in Japan are particularly impressive. I would like you to see their performance, the quality of their support members, and the enthusiasm of the audience. I recommend "catch if you can" and "monochrome". The former is basically from the past. The latter is relatively recent. Both are great performances for that era and age. And I would also like you to see "monochrome" by THE FIRSTTAKE. You can see the true value of the main vocalist SU-METAL.
I loved the short history lesson, thank you! We'll definitely get into all of their music 😀
It is well known that the Babymetal live show is much better. These ladies are really tallented. They performed for 110,000 people during the Tokyo Dome shows. And they were 15th years old.. My recomendation for you is ....HEADBANGER LIVE VERSION LEGEND 1997 APOCALYPSE. And wellcome to Babymetal UNIVERSE
Babymetal has the highest album sales in recent years (which doesn't compare to decades ago, because the whole technology and industry was organized differently) in the west of any Japanese group.
Although the idea is to react to a new band, I think that before listening to the song of said band, they should know about the band, the trajectory, the genre that in its name is divided into metal and baby, they will find that it is a band of kawaii metal, a new subgenre, and that within metal and rock has been well accepted by great bands and having great collaborations, those who speak Japanese should not be quickly associated with anime, this is a little racist, it is like thinking that In my case, I am Latin, everything must have reggaeton. It's okay to react to a song, but having a history of the band reacting, I don't know if they've been reacting a little or a long time, but improve that, don't be one of those who open a channel and say diarrhea, for not doing a little research.
This band will never fail to surprise you. I suggest you focus mostly on their live concert recordings
Try Babymetal Ijime Dame Zettai live at Sonisphere 2014 official. It’s live at a metal festival
You guys are going to need to react to more Babymetal. You were going on and on about the different sounds different cultures make, and then you mentioned about mixing a little of this with a little of that. THAT is EXACTLY what Babymetal loves to do. They'll mix a little latin with their metal, Indian, Egyptian, Rap, and many other different styles and mix them with their metal music, fusing it all together and creating something wonderful. Keep going, I think you're going to like them as no two song sounds the same.
We're planning on exploring all of what Babymetal has to offer 😀. Thank you for the comment.
Babymetal was formed in 2010 and created a new sub-genre of Heavy Metal called "Kawaii Metal", meaning "Cute Metal". Their music style started as a mixture of J-Pop and Heavy Metal. But they have expanded to mix any genre they want with Metal such as Ska-metal, Trap-Metal, Dance-Metal. They also has explored other sub-genres of Heavy Metal such as Trash Metal, Death Metal, Rap Metal. Basically, Babymetal is a genre themselves. Babymetal has (so far) never associated or made a song for an anime (although I'm not opposed to it).
Babymetal only consist of 3 ladies. They have a backing band called 'Kami Band'. A group of session musicians hired to play for their live performances only. Babymetal is one of the biggest artist in Japan right now and can easily fill a 20,000 capacity Arena. Their biggest ever show was at Tokyo Dome 2016 with 55,000 people for 2 nights in a row. They are definitely better live and their live shows are not just a concert, it's an experience.
Babymetal version of the 'Rabbit-Hole' is called the 'Fox-Hole'🦊. Should you wish to dive in, here are some suggestion:
Babymetal - 'BxMxC (pronounced BMC) Live at Budokan 2021. (from 3rd Album: Metal Galaxy)
Babymetal - 'Yava!' Live at "Big Fox Festival" 2017. (from 2nd Album: Metal Resistance)
Babymetal - 'Catch Me If You Can' Live at Budokan 2014. (from 1st Album: BABYMETAL)
Babymetal - 'Headbanger' Live at "Legend 1997" 2013. (from 1st Album: BABYMETAL)
Babymetal - 'Monochrome' Live at PIA Arena 2023. (from 1st Concept Album: The Other One)
Enjoy!!! 🦊🤘
I highly recommend road of resistance, but you have to listen to it live BABYMETAL live performance is always 10 times better I would also recommend Monochrome
Americans when listen 1 sentence in japanese in a song: "dude this sound like an anime opening 😮😮😮"
You want fusion? Babymetal will give you fusion. They mix every type of genre you can think of with metal. Karate was their "Djent" entry. You mentioned Latin? They do that too. Check out Night Night Burn. Indian? Yep. Try Shanti Shanti Shanti. Celtic? Oh Majinai. Arabian? Metalizm. Prog? Tales of the Destinies. Thrash? Gimme Chocolate. Power? Road of Resistance. Ska? YAVA.
I mean, I could go on and on. Babymetal are experts of fusion metal.
Nice intro to Babymetal, the lyrics always give a deeper meaning to the song. Not anime, do not need it, they are their own thing. Please react to a live video (not compilation) with the Kami (east) band, and with captions would be best. Great explanation on your own perspective of music that you know (east vs. west), not being judgmental, high respect to you! (Many others hear one song and dismiss it, not even given a chance). Babymetal has evolved, lots of different genres depending on which "era" it comes from (early kawaii, heavier, ballad, etc.)
not sure if anyone else have said it, but as far as i can understand, its about keep fighting even tho u fall or meet resistance, and sometimes ur worst enemy is one self.. and even tho i dont really understand the what they sing, but knowing what they sing about makes it so beautiful and powerfull, and having met alot of resistance myself i often listen to it for motivation, and the bands behind are truly just amazing
If you watched a live version of this song, you would be more impressed. The following this band has, and their life show performances are amazing
A lot of people make the connection with anime due to the fact that anime is most people's main exposure to the Japanese language and to Japanese song writing, but Japan has a tremendously vibrant and active music industry across a multitude of genres that doesn't get exposure in the west due to the language barrier. Don't be fooled into thinking that Japanese music = anime, because there is a whole lot more going on in the Japanese music scene than just that.
Well said 😀
Babymetal fans always recommend reacting to live videos. Babymetal the best Live
Lets go Hanabie - We love sweet
Where is my japanese crew??? 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
If you guys keep reacting to Babymetal. You guys need to be really respectful with the band
"The one" the fandom. We are really protective to the girls.
Nice reaction and welcome to the Fox Hole. You are gonna love it.
"LIVE"
PIA Arena 2023, Budokan, Tokyo Dome, Yokohama Arena 2024, Okinawa Convention Center 2024
Collab with Bring me the Horizon at NEXFEST "Kingslayer"
Suggest Karate Live at 2016 Download Festival in the UK where 60,000+ British metal heads sing along with the girls.
Baby Metal The Best Live performance bro...no anime music...welcome to Metal Galaxy with Baby Metal..
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Great reaction. Anyway, can i request your reaction to superb band from japan?
The band is call "Lovebites"
They all The Beautiful Queens Metal band right now in the earth.
They are really really World class musicians. Phenomenal.
And they have a lot die hard fans too.
The song is "Judgement day"
Hope you check out, and can enjoy it too. Big thanks🙏
I will add it to our list. Thank you very much for the comment 😀
More babymetal!
Live version please！300% better😄 🤘🦊
we'll get into the live versions during the next reaction. Thank you for commenting 😀
Check out BMTH Kingslayer ft BabyMetal live in Tokyo (catchiest song in their catalog)
If you want more of the band behind the girls check out "Rondo of Nightmare with Mischiefs of God intro Budokan live" (band is front and center, invite only arena, Ozzy played in this arena back in the day, super heavy, they show off a bit).
Nice reaction guys and no this is not one you need to be embarrassed by the lyrics. Although I liked what you said about getting the vibe of the music first without worrying about the lyrics. I think that's a wise path to tread. This video was released nine years ago and just so you know at that time Su (lead vocals) was 17 and Yui and Moa were 15. They are still going strong and now in their mid to early 20's have continued to grow as an act and do now have a worldwide following of millions. Personally I'd love to see you react to some of their newer material, and it does rock. Their live performances are legendary. Here's a link to one of their classic songs but as they do it now. Catch the instrumentals in this! Megitsune Live PIA Arena 2023: czcams.com/video/edbqQ-ldF_U/video.html
Check their live performances (not "official" unless recommended really) - it's what they do.
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Ossu !! Ossu !!
These are the queens of kawaii .. period
So-called J-pop is quite different from Western pop music, its chord progressions and such. What makes it sound like "anime" to you can be such characteristics of J-pop, because anime opening songs are virtually the only way for people living outside of Japan to experience J-pop. That is the reason why we feel a bit awkward as people say BABYMETAL sounds like anime. Anime is great, but anime is not the only contemporary Japanese pop culture.
Bros trippin. That first guitar riff goes hard.
it's not metal band...it's KAWAII metal band...by the way, the best 🍅🦊🦊
If you respect the lyrics, the song, and the artist, if you pause in the middle of singing, rewind a bit and play it back.
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I promise you it’s not that deep some people can process things well even after pausing mid thru
Want to know lyrics React to the lyric video for Monochrome It's newer BabyMetal, not when they were teens like Karate
Good first reaction and welcome to the BABYMETAL Foxhole.🦊
There is nobody quite like BABYMETAL. They started in 2010 as a sub-unit of a school themed JPop Idol group (they were aged 12 and 11 at the time) and created their own metal sub-genre mixing metal with JPop hooks, melodies and aesthetics. They separated from the parent group in 2013 and have been touring the world every year (when they could) since 2014.
We have watched them grow up and become one of the very best live acts on the planet and the most successful Japanese band there has been internationally. They played 94 concerts last year in 25 countries including 29 in the US where they co-headlined with Dethklok.
BABYMETAL are Su-metal (lead vocalist and the whole concept was formed and developed around her vocal talents and stage presence - she is exceptionally talented), Moametal and Momometal (in charge of backing vocals, harmonies and mainly hyping and involving the crowd with their choreo).
The backing vocals will grow on you - those are the parts the crowd will sing along with and they are a huge part of what sets BABYMETAL apart from other bands.
The original third member, Yuimetal, was in this video - she last performed in October 2017 and was absent for 12 months for health reasons until she announced in October 2018 that she was still not fully recovered and would be leaving the band.
After Yui left Su and Moa chose to continue as a duo through to and a bit beyond their 10th anniversary. So it was just the two of them for 4 or 5 years supported from 2019 by 3 dancers who would take turns dancing in the third spot until 1st April 2023 when one of those dancers, Momoko, was finally revealed as the new official third member.
They are supported in all live shows by the Kami Band, all of them are world class instrumentalists. Since 2019 they have two Kami Bands, the Kami Band of the East (the best Japanese session musicians you could ask for) have been with them since 2012 and full time since early 2014. The Kami Band of the West (American musicians) joined them in 2019 and have been the full time support for the lengthier tours around the world (they played 94 concerts in 25 countries last year).
You will only see and hear the Kami Band in live performances, they do not record the studio versions (with one guitarist being the known exception).
They have nearly 70 songs now, each one different to the last. They have songs in virtually every metal genre, but they will mix and blend so many other musical styles and genres with the metal - usually when you least expect it.
Interesting you mentioned different ,musical styles from around the world - BABYMETAL have songs that pay homage to some of those including India, the middle east, Latin music, eastern/northern Europe and Thailand - and a couple of very Japanese songs of course.
No songs about coconut yet ... but they do sing about papaya fruit in one. You are right, you don't need to know the lyrics to enjoy the song or to get the feel of what the song is about. As Su-metal once said "Don't Think. Feel."
You can always check the lyrics later of course and you will find some of their songs are just fun, but most are quite deep and meaningful - and most are positive and uplifting.
'Karate' was the lead single for their second album (2016) so it is one of their more "radio friendly" songs in both sound and structure. It is about fighting adversity, when life knocks you down and everything seems too hard so you're hurt and crying, its about standing up and fighting on, helping each other through the hard times. They used karate to illustrate this because as a Japanese martial art it reflects their culture - as with a lot of their songs it is also about always moving forwards.
In the video the figures in white were the girls all along and they were conjuring up their own inner demons to fight against. They beat the first, the second knocked them down but they got up to eventually defeat themselves (did you notice the reflections of each of the girls in their own eyes when the masks shattered and it was revealed as them? Not many people spot that).
They did watch a lot of martial arts movies to get ideas for the choreo as they wanted it to look as authentic as possible (but they are not martial artists). Moa catching the fly was a nod to Mr Miyagi in The Karate Kid. Mr Miyagi may have used chop sticks (and it may have taken him two or three films before he caught one), Moa caught her fly with her eyes closed - first time.
This song and video won 2 awards. "Best Metal Video in MTV Video Music Awards Japan 2016" and "Best Metal Song in 6th Annual Loudwire Music Awards".
Their official videos are all very good and worth seeing, but they are one of the best live bands on the planet, that is where they are really at their best.
Try 'Megitsune' live at PIA Arena from April last year. That one gives a good idea of what they are all about, but you could pick virtually any of their songs and you won't be disappointed.
It's still here 😁🤘🏼🦊
@@martinmetal7481 Yayy!🥳🍾🤸
@@Grington300 🎺 👍🤘🏼🦊
@Grington300 got this terrible image of you dressed like Moa with pigtails jumping up in the air shouting Yayy 😱
@@martinmetal7481 Haha, that is a terrifying thought🙈🙅♂ ... get it out of your mind (I don't do drag and I cut my hair too short for pigtails a long time ago anyway).
Just look up Karate Download fest 2016..... and come down the Foxhole
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They are very good but they also have a ton of toxic fans that dont accept any bad or diferent opinion.
They also have a lot more fans who know BabyMetal is not everyone's cup of tea, and as long as you're respectful in what you say , are OK with that 😁
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Its kinda annoying when people hear japanese music, and associate it with Anime all the time... this sounds nothing like anime.. the only thing similar is that its in japanese.. People really say ''oh its anime'' as soon as they hear japanese singing.
It's japanese so it's anime song right? 🤦
Maybe your reaction to Babymetal is excellent, I don't know, I haven't seen it! When I heard "anime" I moved on.
@Grington300 its your moment
He is probably typing away at this very moment 🤣🤘🏼🦊
@martinmetal7481 maybe his cut and paste button is broken 😂😂
I was down the pub🍺
I was down the pub with him. He'll be writing a tome at this moment no doubt 😏
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BABYMETAL's music videos are not bad, but the bass guitar is best live.
UK Download "KARATE" in 2016
czcams.com/video/qXF94RGYEmw/video.htmlsi=GXfvrvE23Wg2HOIA
BABYMETAL has a very successful world tour in 2023 with 97 shows in 25 countries.
Welcome to FOXHOLE
You are on the edge of the abyss and there is no escape
You are facing one of the best audio visual shows in the world
you have to react live, which is where they are amazing.
You didn't like the beginning, you should hear the audience live
czcams.com/video/qXF94RGYEmw/video.htmlsi=ju3LN2mGNP2lO3un
#notacult
Welcome to the foxhole....gents🎉......let's do some
Babymetal BMTH KINGSLAYER live Tokyo!!....btw America may have started rock but lately it's been Japan who took up the mantle for America since America isn't producing anymore good rock bands