BABYMETAL - AKATSUKI - Ryan Mear Reacts
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- čas přidán 28. 08. 2021
- I had the video obscured, expecting it to get copyright blocked. I then did a test with my unedited video to see if that would happen. That was copyright claimed, but not blocked.....so I removed the Video Obscura spell and uploaded it. So if I mention covering the video, ignore it. Other than that...I am brutally honest...so....here you go.
While Babymetal certainly is a manufactured group, I think it's important to point out that they were never a cynical cash grab purposefully designed by a calculating production company to reach as wide an audience as possible. Quite the opposite, actually. They were a passion project and an experiment, cobbled together by a mad metalhead who somehow had ended up producing a kids Idol group called Sakura Gakuin. He saw an untapped potential in singer Suzuka Nakamoto, and was sure her strong vocals and stage presence would be able to hold its own to the type of music he really loved, and came up with the idea for what was to become Babymetal. Almost no one actually believed it could ever work. They certainly didn't have any sort of financial backing from the production company. It's only hard work, insane talent, and great music, that made this wonderful vehicle take off.
You do make several good points, but calling Babymetal predictable probably made many of us fans smile in anticipation of you eating your words :-). It might literally be the least fitting adjective there is when it comes to describing their music, with the possible exception of "boring". Babymetal's music is actually famously diverse and often refuse to conform to traditional song structures. Many tracks sound more like medleys, and you often hear their thrash, djent and power metal mixed with other genres like ska, dubstep, trap or folk music. If you want to hear them go full prog, then listen to _"Tales of the Destinies"._ Or if you want some more solos, really showing off everyone's talents, take a look at _"Rondo of Nightmare",_ and make sure it's the version with the "Mischeif of the Metal Gods"_ intro.
Thank you very much!
Hi Ryan. Totally agree with everything Andreas wrote - saved me a lot of time 😆. I think people from the West are naturally wary of X Factor type shows and I can see how easy it might be to label them as such. I'm 54 and have seen many bands in 40 years from AC/DC to ZZ Top and strangely enough, my last gig , pre covid happened to be Babymetal here in London - the atmosphere was electric - they are a total experience and very unique - they mix metal with many different genres that shouldn't work but they do perfectly! 'Shanti Shanti' is a song with an Indian flavour - 'Night Night Burn' has a wonderful Latin feel to it and many more. I followed you from the days when you came on my CZcams radar for Nightwish (got tickets for 2 separate shows here in England) and find you very open and fair in your takes on different bands but I feel I must point out that they really are something special - for me they come a close second to Nightwish - and that's saying something!! I strongly urge you to delve deeper. Hope your arm is much improved by the way , I seriously felt your pain during Nightwish's version of High Hopes - as have my own issues. Keep em coming Ryan
Thanks, David, I'm well on my way to being fully healed... at about 75% strength now. I have been encouraged to check out some more Babymetal from reasonable people like you, thanks
Andreas describes them very well... "passion project." And considering that as an Idol project sub-unit they got no extra budget -- borrowed clothes for costumes, etc. There was no money in it the first 2 years.
Well stated sir.
Great! & welcome back & thanks again from Japan 有り難う💛。 FYI, I also love Band-Maid and have checked your videos. This performance was filmed in 2014 and Su-Metal was 16-year old. Now in 2021, on Feb.19, Akatsuki became a very special song for BABYMETAL fans in a different way. This song had not been performed for 2 years and 4 months, but they revived it that day (Day-5 of 10 BABYMETAL BUDOKAN Concerts) on a similar center stage (not rotating but telescopic octagonal). I witnessed it at Budokan, the same legendary arena in this video. Honestly I can not remember clearly what I saw and what I heard because it was too surprising and too mesmerizing. I have to confirm it when the official video is released. There is one certain thing, however. I felt celestial bliss there, especially with Su's matured voice.
What a clown. Ok not to like but disrespect isn't necessary Studio musicians doing for a check. Really. So they have opened for Metallica. Toured with RHCP and Korn. So better for your praise should just stay in Japan and play bars. Clown. And who cares how they came together. And people who praise Nightwish and put these girls down are ignorant. They started with opera singer and wouldn't be a band maid without baby metal. Clown
BABYMETAL are great, their music always brightens up even my shittiest day. Their live performances are totally nuts and fun to watch and the music is so diverse which is what drew me to them. I gave your video a thumbs up btw because I always appreciate an honest opinion. :-)
Sorry about the wall of text lol
So, about their producer, yes, he is a producer, but he is also a musician, he plays guitar and even wrote some guitar parts for some of their first songs, and still participates actively in the creation of their songs with the song writers.
He works at their talent agency since 1996, and travelled around the world in business trips a lot, and said that helped him to discover a lot about music.
There are many interviews with him where you can see that not only he loves music, but that he understands about it, and not just in the "business" way, but understands it as a musician. He talks a lot about creating music, and how music moves him, and cites tons of other musicians from many countries as influences for him and for the songs of the band.
The band started because he said he loves metal, but felt the genre was stale, not evolving, so he had this idea of mixing j-pop with metal (mixing genres is a common thing in Japan), but it was still just an idea. Then he watched Su singing live in an idol group when she was only 10 years old, and was impressed by her voice and stage presence, and on how her singing style touched him, so, two years later, when she was on an idol group he was one of the producers, the band was created. It was an experiment, as his personal project to try something new. He joined her with Yui and Moa, and formed a sub-unit to the idol group.
As for their musicians, in many interviews they said how special they feel this project is, and that differently from many other jobs they had, in this case they can play metal, that is the genre they love. They also said they love the girls, and praised their dedication and passion for what they do, saying that this dedication from the girls always moved them.
As for the girls, Su said she always dreamed to be a singer, she started to sing when she was around 7-8 years old, and became a professional singer when she was only 10.
Yui loves to dance, starting when she was 9 years old, inspired by the same idol group Su was in when Koba (their producer) saw her. And Moa always loved idols, becoming one when she was only 11, and being considered natural at it.
And as for their interactions, as some people mentioned, the drummer likes to make faces at them, but it is hard to interact due to them having to stay on point in their choreography. As some others mentioned, you can see more interaction when they performed with Rob Halford, and also when they opened concerts for Red Hot Chilli Peppers, and performed Breaking the Law and Painkiller, Su and BOH (their bassist) even headbang together, and you can see they are all having a lot of fun: czcams.com/video/ZJu4uRoN9ps/video.html
Excellent, thank you
No matter whether Baby Metal is a manufactured band or not I will always be a fan because they were the gate way to Japanese rock/metal for me, I clicked on to a video 6 years ago just to see what it was about, and because I did that I was recommended Band Maid, I lost my f#+*ing mind! As of today I'm a 60+ year old who listens to these Japanese bands almost exclusively every day (95%) and have never been happier, arigatou gozimasou Baby Metal.
Everybody has producers. To say that Babymetal is much more artificial than any other successful group is untrue. Even if you have a group that started in garage bands it was 5 different garage bands. How exactly is that organic? If people want to criticize Babymetal we can get into how the sausage is really made but they aren't going to like it. Dave Mustaine auditioned for Metallica. He wasn't some random acquaintance or childhood friend.
Do you write and perform your own music? I'm not asking this as a boast or anything, it's an honest question. I know this is where MY hangup is, I'm just wondering if there's any correlation. I'm wondering if I wasn't a musician how it might affect my outlook.
@@RyanMear - It's ok. Babymetal isn't for everybody :) I don't think it has anything to do with being a musician. A lot of musicians love them. But it's perfectly fine not to like them. As long as you don't say anything crazy like 'Babymetal fans are all pedofiles' we're good.
Saw them in NY a few months before the pandemic, they're always extremely professional and put on a fun show.
It looks like I will have to split my comment sup - it got a bit too much for YT to handle so I will also apologise in advance for this.
Welcome to the BABYMETAL Galaxy. Everybody knows they are not a band that everybody can connect with and for many different reasons. For me they were the breath of fresh air I needed after my initial enthusiasm through the 70s and 80s, finding new bands doing new things that excited me, going to concerts, gigs in pubs, festivals, buying all the records etc - 5 decades in and music seemed to have run out of ideas.
Nearly every band used the same format - a couple of guys playing guitars, bassist, drummer, sometimes a keyboard, singer ... and all churning out the same sounds I'd heard for years. Then the singers increasingly stopped singing and just screamed or growled, which was all very well in small doses - but whole songs and albums and lots of good technical musicians but so few actually playing any melodies. I was pretty much done with it, I had the more or less the same 6 CDs in my car for about 10 years with some of my old favourite bands.
One day I stumbled across BABYMETAL entirely by chance (I think I was watching a reaction to Led Zeppelin or another of my old favourite bands - the reactor was entertaining so I watched a couple more of his videos and one of them was BABYMETAL). This was something new to me and it sounded great, it wasn't a copy of anything I'd heard, it was presented entirely differently to anything I'd seen ... and it somehow made me happy.
So I watched another song - and it was completely different again, but just as entertaining. I watched another and another - every song was different, every song surprised me in one way or another and the shows they were putting on, regardless of whether it was from one of the big arena shows in Japan or at an outdoor festival in the UK in the rain or even the fancam videos from smaller venues in the US and Europe without all the bells and whistles, every show was quality entertainment and 100% energy and effort from everybody on stage.
There were no off days where a singer was in a bad mood (I saw Megadeth on an off day - didn't enjoy that nearly as much as I'd expected), where a guitarist couldn't be bothered and was just playing the tunes. No shows towards the end of a tour where it all seemed like the band had had enough and wanted a break. Every time BABYMETAL went on stage they just looked as enthusiastic and like they were all (the girls and the Kami Band) having the time of their lives and wanting everybody there to enjoy themselves as much as they were themselves.
One of the biggest surprises for me was that for the first time ever I actually appreciated choreographed dancing - but this isn't the dancing I'd come to expect with western acts who use dancers. There was no twerking, slut drops, grabbing crotches, no leotards or exposed flesh. The choreo itself wasn't just aimless mincing round designed to take my mind of bland music, this was helping to interpret the meaning of the songs and it was clearly aimed at involving the audience, getting them to join in to become part of the performance - and they are masters of crowd control and getting everybody - not just the first 10 rows - completely involved and jumping or moshing or doing whatever they want them to do.
I have a new found enjoyment of music again because of BABYMETAL. I have found many more new bands (mostly Japanese, which surprised me - I'd never really taken a lot of notice of Japanese music beyond enjoying Loudness back in the 80s) and some of them are great ... but not one of them has dragged me in and got me as enthused as BABYMETAL. I thought I was a fan of some bands back in the day - it turns out I liked a lot of their music, enjoyed going to their concerts, bought their records etc, but I wasn't a fan after all. None of them had me finding out where they came from, how they started, what they'd done before and actually wanting to travel abroad for any chance to see them playing live.
But you don't want to know all that - what you want is some actual information and knowledge about the band, their producer, the girls and some answers to your thoughts. - I will post a reply with some of that.
On the "manufactured" issue you have - yes it is, but not at all like western manufactured bands where somebody has a set formula to follow and has identified an audience they already know they can make money from. You had something about the Sex Pistols pop up - in their case Malcolm McLaren had an idea then went to find people to fit in, at least one of them he spotted walking down the road and thought he looked right so asked him if he wanted to be in a band. They were also not quite the same as other Japanese groups who are manufactured with an audience in mind.
BABYMETAL's producer Kei Kobayashi is a lifelong metalhead and was used to working with groups and bands, but the market for anything metal related in Japan was a shrinking one since Jpop and the Idol system had all but monopolised the music industry, getting all the air time on TV and radio (there were probably some rock stations etc, but they were not gaining new listeners and many of the older listeners were starting families etc and losing interest too). He was working with the Amuse talent agency in the kids division when he saw 10 year old Suzuka Nakamoto singing with her previous Jpop trio and was struck by her unusually loud (for a Jpop singer) voice and her stage presence and it gave him his first thoughts of a fusion Jpop-metal band with her fronting it ... and just possibly attracting a new and young audience to rock and metal through using the Idol system almost against itself.
A year or two later he was one of the producers with a new group Amuse were setting up for a 10-12 of their most talented girls aged 10 to 15 with a school theme as a means of teaching and training them in all things entertainment related with a view to developing them for their future careers. Suzuka's previous trio had ended and she and one of the other members were brought into the new group as founder members.
This new group, with its school theme, had sub units set up with after school club themes like cooking, tennis, science and so on and each sub unit would have their own themed song and dance routines. Kobayashi proposed a 'heavy music' club with Suzuka as lead vocalist and her two young (and very talented) friends Yui Mizuno and Moa Kikuchi supporting her. So yes, manufactured in a sense, but not around a money making formula, but around the talents of one girl and her two friends and as a project for their producer of love and passion for the music.
As members of that group they would sing songs and dance, the only difference is that instead of singing and dancing to pop music they do it to metal music.
Kobayashi was allowed his pet/passion project, but they had to be self-funding (they even borrowed clothes to make their costumes for their first shows with the Idol group - the other sub-units had theirs paid for) as no agency in Japan in 2010 would have invested in metal as there was virtually no market for it at that time, no audience identified who would buy anything with this untried fusion and although this was a training project for their young artists they did still want to make some money from the sale of their albums etc, but under the umbrella of the Idol group there was no financial risk to them if it didn't take off or just failed ... and every expectation was that it would be a short lived and failed experiment.
So they sang their songs and danced to a backing track with pre-recorded instrumentals and, to everybody's surprise, they started to gain a small following. So, unlike any of the other sub-units, to see if there was a future for them after all, they started to play their own shows, starting off in warehouses and tiny venues with a capacity of 150-250 people and they played the food hall at a metal festival.
As they gained more popularity a little more budget was made available and late in 2012 the live band (the Kami Band - some of Japan's very best session musicians) were brought in to play the encores in a couple of shows and they played at a couple of festivals with BABYMETAL.
In 2013 Su was 15 and it was time for her to graduate from the Idol group (it had a school theme and was for girls aged 10 to 15) and it was decided that BABYMETAL should be her vehicle and should separate from the Idol group to go with her as an independent band in their own right.
In December 2013 she turned 16 and the final step was taken in the transformation of BABYMETAL from sub-unit of the Idol group to independent band and the Kami Band became their full time support in all live shows early in 2014 (starting with the shows at the Budokan - this video was from the second night). They have been with them ever since.
Yes the Kami Band are all technically brilliant session musicians, but they do not necessarily play the songs exactly the same as the studio recordings (which they have no part in with just one known exception). Kobayashi has even said the studio recordings are made with no thought as to whether the Kami Band will be able to play the songs live. The live versions are the Kami Band's own interpretations of the original recordings, they are left to work out how to play the songs for themselves.
They do have backing track with additional instruments like keyboards, synth, strings, piano and additional vocals like growls, some harmonies etc - but the drums, bass and guitars you hear when the Kami Band are playing are all live.
You were concerned the Kami Band musicians were just on rotation and not really 'involved'. In fact they have had the same hard core of about half a dozen musicians (plus the odd stand in here and there where more than one of the main core has been unavailable) since 2013. They are any two of Leda Cygnus, Takayoshi Ohmura and ISAO on guitars (previously Mikio Fujioka (RIP) was also a regular until his tragic death in January 2018 after falling from an observation deck where he had been stargazing), BOH on bass and Hideki Aoyama on drums.
Apologies, that was a very long comment even by my standards (I could have said more, but I think the Kami Band of the West has already been explained in the other comments).
Um... thank you. Very informative, and I appreciate it. Seriously, Thanks!
@@Grington300 i think this is the first time ever i got to hear about your 1st BabyMetal experience, thank you for sharing your thoughts, i really do enjoying reading all of it and glad i find it here lol
Well i can't find his other BabyMetal reactions, or maybe this was his first time, hope he'll continuing his journey then.
The first one got blocked. It's on my Patreon
I really appreciate your honesty and integrity to the value of your reactions not sugarcoating anything for the sake of subs. I had fun watching this, thanks for reacting to them & I’m looking forward to more Babymetal reactions if you are still interested!
I appreciate honest reactions. Art is such a subjective thing. What connects with a person and moves them, another person will scratch their head and and say "I don't get it". It's all good.
Some comments concerning the Kami band. In the early days the Kami band line up was quite flexible. But what your seeing here in this vid is the most common line up that has played most of the shows. And every one of them has their own bands/commitments outside of doing work as a Kami. Even teaching. (RIP Mikio). In at least one occasion one of the Kami's was brought in to do work on the studio album. Now fast forward to the last cpl years. And you will find a new set of Kami's doing the US/EU tour dates. They are known as the Kami band of the West. And they are basicly the band "Galactic Empire" + the drummer Anthony Barone. And in one rare event both bands have shared the stage at the same time. During the "Legend Metal Galaxy" tour there was a moment when all 13 members of BabyMetal were on stage at once. Su-Metal,Moa-metal, 3 Avengers, Both Kami Bands.
Glad you call it like you see it Ryan, I wouldn't like a false commentary. My two favorite bands right now are Babymetal and Bandmaid , both Japanese yes, but with very different music and themes. Babymetal HAS become a headliner, but you may be interested to know when they began they had almost zero budget and played malls with a boombox standing in for a band. They grew on their own talents, and unique concept. For virtuosity you might like Rondo of Nightmare which several reviewers have uploaded in it's entirety
link here:
czcams.com/video/8WBDiLMNZcE/video.html
Rondo in 1080p: czcams.com/video/7w2ZfvwuNg0/video.html
Thank you for the honest and excellent reaction. 99.9% of "The One" (Babymetal fandom) can handle honesty when there is criticism or dislike. Having been subbed here for a few months or so via Band-Maid, honest reaction is what I know will happen so that is appreciated instead of elitism or gate keeping. I have went through read most of your replies and I can see your open mindedness. I and I am sure most of us agree with Grington300 300's book, lol! It is the longest one I have seen from him. Babymetal is not normal so you have to kind of think about it in a not normal way. They are manufactured but, kind of not, lol. That has all been explained anyway. They make their own rules and then break them too just because they can or want to. They are the king, or rather Queen, of always expect the unexpected because you never know what will happen next. As I have stated in other replies here, I am subbed here through Band-Maid and I hope you continue your journey down the Fox Hole with Babymetal. They are my fav and led me to many other Japanese groups like B-M, Sakura Gakuin and Atarashii Gakko to name a few. Kitsune Up! 🤘🦊🤘
I am a massive fan of Band Maid and Lovebites aswell as many other female Japanese bands, and I never would have heard of any of them if I had not first discovered Babymetal, so it was good to hear you react to one of my favourite Babymetal songs. I was lucky enough to see them live days before we went into lockdown here in the UK, but much as I love them, I don`t consider them a band, but more of a theatrical production. Band Maid is a band, Babymetal is a SHOW, and a bloody good one. Glad you liked Akatsuki, thanks for the reaction.
Yes. I agree. They are like a musical theater project, more-so than a band. 🤘🦊🤘
First of all, thanks for your honest reaction, I really appreciate that.
When watching BABYMETAL performances for the first time, you need to forget all the "old school" canons, not only about the music but also about the origins of the group, the band or who are their components. There is a recurrent quote from SU-METAL: "don't think, feel". Some don't like this expression, but music is all about feelings and (why not) having a great time listening to and watching a live performance or music video. And, certainly, BABYMETAL is not an usual band in any way.
About the Kami Band, I believe you will need more information because the positions are not as random as you probably think. The musicians really know each other and they have also work together on their own projects aside BABYMETAL. If they sound good (or too good) here it's because two reasons: one is that they are excellent musicians, the best you can find in Japan. The second but not less relevant is the fact that this is a clip from a DVD/BD and it's produced in terms of visuals and sound mixing for that purpose. And the Budokan Red/Black Night BD's production quality is surprisingly good for 2014 (they were just starting to have big gigs like this).
The reasons for the high quality standards are nothing new. Actually, their producer emphasized on that aspect almost from the beginning, hiring not only the best musicians but also the best technicians for sound, lights, stage building, video, etc. These standards also applied to composing and songwriting to the extent he sent back to the songwriters a song an insane number of times.
Personally, I like perfection. I mean, instrumentally, but I would not be comfortable with a robot singing on stage. And that is the point where Su fits so well. She's a really good and versatile performer but she's also able to convey the emotions, even if you have no clue of what she's singing about. There is a paradigmatic situation with one particular song called "No rain no rainbow" (another of Su's solos). The song was played live very rarely for more than four years and they even did not include it on their first album just because Su wasn't comfortable with the song. She told she wasn't able to express the emotions due she was more focused on hitting the right notes. Until 2017. And then, she killed it.
I'd really like you give them another chance. They have a lot to offer... if you are ready to expect the unexpected and like to be surprised :)
Until next time!
Thank you
As a big fan of this group I say: "honesty first of all". To understand what Babymetal is, unfortunately, you have to watch most of their shows. There are no 2 identical songs, no 2 songs of the same genre, Babymetal takes all the existing metal genres, even other genres such as Ska or DnB, and writes something totally new and innovative. Obviously you may not like it, but to have a final judgment one would have to watch most of their shows to actually understand what Babymetal is. If you want to keep watching their shows, we will be here to advise you :)
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There are lots of manufactured groups. Few rise to BABYMETAL's level.
I prefer to think of them as the result of precision engineering. : )
And for me, the quality of the music is the single most important thing to consider.
Expecting authenticity from the music industry is a lost cause.
It's just something else they will try to package and sell you.
That doesn't mean there isn't a place for smaller indie groups.
I'm a fan of several.
But they're probably not going to sell out Tokyo Dome.
From every interview I've read, the Kami Band musicians are thrilled to be involved.
Metal is a niche genre. Even more so in Japan.
There aren't many opportunities for Japanese musicians to perform that kind of music to large audiences, and touring overseas is very rare.
With BABYMETAL they have the opportunity to tour the world playing Metal in front of big crowds, and a significant number of people in the audience know who they are.
That's priceless.
Great point! Precision engineered is just really good manufacturing 😉😄
@@RyanMear Millimeters count
My real job deals in thousands.......I know!
Su must have incredible balance along with her other talents, being able to stand atop high lifts and spin around on disks just amazing.
This is such a moving song, a wonderful Su solo performance!
it's really sad that most people including me already get used to lead guitar play not as good or better than the studio version for their live performance but Babymetal is different , they know how to work as a team.
knowing a little about Koba (their producer) if the one of the Kami band member can't play as a team , he would never hired them ever again.
Ryan, I kind of see what you mean in a sense. BABYMETAL has opened my horizons in terms of what I'm looking for in a band/artist. I recognize that 3 young Japanese teens could not possibly write as good a song as a seasoned musicians (like you for example). I also recognize that you probably can not be a young Japanese girl dancing without looking like a fool. They were trained to perform dances and entertain crowds, but songwriters aren't necessarily trained for that.
Where I'm going with this is, I am able to recognize the benefits of both approaches. You've got to love it when an artist is capable to multi-task because he's talented in many areas (song writing, playing an instrument, is a charismatic performer) and I always applaud artists who are capable to do it all. I'm thinking of complete artists like Bruce Dickinson for example...
But at the same time I will not dismiss a great vocalist/performer like say Edith Piaf (La Vie en Rose, Je ne regrette rien...) just because she has never written a single song in her entire career.
Instead, talented songwriters gave her songs where she could shine and shine she did. I guess we'll never know, but I'm somewhat thankful that the person who wrote "Je Ne Regrette Rien" wasn't the one who sang it because... well... because I'm not sure Michel Vaulcaire, who was a great lyricist, also had an amazing voice like Edith Piaf had.
I hope you see where I'm coming from here... I understand that it's easy to admire artists who can do it all but it's not a bad thing when talented individuals (in their own fields) get together to create art. Art that would otherwise sometimes never exist spontaneously. Such is the case with BABYMETAL. When would we ever dream of a world where 3 young teen girls from Japan who have an inspiration to become pop idols would suddenly get the inspiration to start a metal band and mix Kawaii Japanese culture with Heavy metal ? Such a thing would never spawn on its own. It needs to be manufactured to ever exist. So I think it would be an unnecessary restrictive condition when deciding what to like or not to like, especially when we're talking about art & music.
And yes, as Loon said, some of Band-Maid's biggest hits were all written for them by other people and some of the members didn't know eachother before starting the band so in a sense Band-Maid also shares some principles of what people would call a band "manufactured". I really think in the grand scheme of things it shouldn't matter much.
Besides one big misconception people have with BABYMETAL is that they did not need to grind it out. They played food halls at small local festivals for years before slowly becoming the massive entity that they are now. They're not strangers to 150 capacity venues. They worked hard and had to fight and break through many barriers to get to where they are. In fact, they had to fight harder in some cases because of the "manufactured" stigma that they have and to this day we can still see that that fight is not over yet.
I would like to thank you for this reaction, your honesty and your open-mindedness. I hope my message isn't too massive that it scares you off haha. Cheers ;).
Eloquently put :-)
Nah, well said..... pretty much agree with all of it.... almost😉
@@RyanMear I'll take an almost any day ! :)
_AKATSUKI DAAAA!!_
If you didn't heard Kurenai from X-Japan this one is a very good reference \m/
One of the most beloved SuMetal solos, for me is my 2nd favorite _(Rondo Of Nightmare_ is my 1st) but this is just to give and order because i love every SuMetal solos, and yeah she's our 16 yo beautiful queen back then
I appreciate that, thanks
Let's also be clear: without the Kami band, the girls would not be able to perform at a metal festival, they would not get the respect or be accepted at all.
@@autohmae People already jamming without the Kami Band at Metrorock 2013 and many more live and festivals. I knew and love the group without the Kami Band involved. But i know the Kami Band helped internationally, not denying that.
@@RyanMear - Are they manufactured? Yes, but you are absolutely fooling yourself if you think 99% of the music out there isn't. But also it was more an accident than anything. Nobody makes metal in Japan for the money. Nobody would start with 12 year old girls who aren't even an independent group but are a subunit of an Idol Group. They are not manufactured in any bad way. Nobody would ever think: 12 year old Japanese girls + Metal = Money.
As far as the Kami Band it's much different than you assume. Babymetal performed without a live band at first and the Kami Band volunteered to back them. They also don't actually rotate very much. There is a core group that has done 95% of the concerts. They do have 3 guitarists for 2 spots and sometimes outside people will fill in when individual members are unavailable. There is no designated backup for BOH the bassist or Hideki Aoyoma the drummer.
The exception to that the is 'Western Kamis' who replaced the regular Kami Band (who didn't want to do another world tour) for the 2019-2020 American and European tours. Until it was cancelled by Covid. They also did a concert in Japan interestingly. The Western Kamis were the same 4 people every time.
@@autohmae - I like the Kami Band but they don't write the music. They're very replaceable. They're basically just a cover band. There are a LOT of people who can competently play someone else's music. The real talent is Koba, the girls and the composers.
The lead singer Suzuka Nakamoto has modelling experience. Yes she knows where the cameras are. She won a modeling contest when she was 5. They are all used to the cameras. The girls are all talented in modeling, acting and singing. Suzuka Nakamoto is definitely playing a character. She talks about Su-metal in the third person. She's actually a very sweet girl. Or that is another role that she can play :)
@Scott, To expand on what you are saying, and I mostly agree with you.
The Japanese language (and also social convention) makes it difficult to talk in the first person. I think there is not really that much separation between their "authentic" selves and their "metal" selves, anymore. At the start when they had less personal connection to heavy music it was a way to do Method-acting, to play a role. And a shield from intrusive media and fan scrutiny. Beyoncé had an aspect of her personality she called Sasha Fierce. It was how she was able to be fierce and daring onstage. She now downplays or even says it wasn't true. But I think she went from a sort of Method-acting to not acting at all.
We may still see Suzuka being Su-metal as her public face. And having a public face is a very Japanese thing. And although I think they have already personally outgrown it, we may still see them do public face for interviews and such. Especially if one takes into account Su's commentary on Megitsune.
Who we see onstage as Su-metal is Nakamoto Suzuka, death glares and all. And she is also the sweet, slightly dorky, goofy girl, too. (Well, I say girl but all are grown-up young women.) All three have complex personalities and incredible charisma. I think Su's character grew a lot in her last year of SG being the lead member. She took her responsibilities seriously and worked hard to fill them.
And even Moa, who likes to talk about food. I do believe she is a genuine foodie. But is there a more disarming and Kawaii way to keep the conversation away from things more personal than to talk about food and still be engaging?
I don't think it was an accident that Su was the only one in her "class" at SG, and that was the only class with just one member. Nor was it an accident that she had to be the lead member her last year. Kobametal, as one of the producers of SG, made deliberate choices to develop their abilities and their skills to use those abilities. The whole point of SG.
@@johnschultz7765 of course. Being on camera and not being aware of that fact is impossible and crazy. The girls are professionals. For the good and the bad. I am just not a fan of playing make believe. The girls are hardly just being themselves when there is a camera man in kissing distance.
I'm sure, ALL cameras in this hall pointed to Su. She may look to any camera, editors will did their job and compose the best video.
In other words...they are FANTASTIC!
I'm glad to see my fellow fans being their best selves in the comments. When you're a fan of a band like this you have to learn to expect hesitation.
While it is a rotating cast of musicians, it's almost always the same people. The bass player and drummer have rarely missed a show since the kamiband started full time live support in 2014, and the primary cast of guitarists is only 4 guys, with one who also rarely misses a show.
One bit of trivia I really enjoy from a behind the scenes perspective is that the producer says that him and his songwriting team make absolutely no effort to take live play into account when writing songs. They'll layer half a dozen guitar tracks in the studio if it's the sound he wants, and he just trusts the Kamiband to come up with an arrangement that is as close as possible to the studio version but is physically possible for them to play.
It's not soulless in the way that manufactured bands often are. Everyone involved seems to love what they do and have a huge amount of respect for each other, and they're just fortunate to have earned corporate backing to keep working together. The band are not allowed to discuss their work with Babymetal publicly anymore, but they used to be able to. After this show, the bass player posted a vlog where he talked about the girls like a proud uncle. He said in an interview that working with Babymetal is his favourite project.
Nice, thank you
@rantingrodent416, I share in that gladness since I have seen comments here from a few that sometimes... struggle a bit. I think Ryan has made it easy to be our collective best selves because he has been respectful himself. And also extremely open to the idea he may not have all the info and has even invited (respectful) debate.
I appreciate that he is not throwing around judgements as facts or refusing to recognize talents or skills. In fact, he is calling it out.
@Ryan, I hope you do more Babymetal because you bring an interesting perspective and I appreciate hearing what you think.
Whenever some Babymetal fans hear the word "manufactured", they start getting defensively aggressive.... i know how they feel. The girls have worked too hard to earn their stripes, and have gotten enough praise and awards from the metal community, to still have to be labeled that way. I prefer to think of them as a super group, Koba basically found a girl with awesome vocals and stage presence to front a group, and found 2 awesome hype women (Yui and Moa) to do the choreography and crowd participation, and threw in the best guitar players, bass player and drummer in Japan to do the music for live shows....and a team of songwriters and choreographer to put everything together. perfection in one package. 🤘🦊🤘
Well said
If you are curious about if Su-metal enjoys singing metal or rock, there is a fan cam of BABYMETAL performing Judas Priest's "Breaking the Law" and "Pain killer" with Chad Smith on drums when they were opening for Red Hot Chili Peppers' tour a few years ago. No real choreography, just Su-metal working the stage and having the time of her life enjoying the music. You can see her moving to the music like someone who enjoys the music and improvising by playing around/messing with Moametal and Yuimetal, as they dance on the sides, which actually surprised them. There is also another video where the girls get on stage during one of RHCP's songs, and Su-metal is jumping around the stage as high as she can as if she is having a jumping contest with Flea. She may not have been a metal or rock fan as a pre-teen before BABYMETAL, but she sure seems to enjoy or at least appreciate it now.🦊🤘
Oh yeah Ryan I mentioned a clip with Kanami going wild well I found the whole thing it is Band maid playing on a small stage like a bar very tight in Hamburg which i am guessing Germany. Anyhow if you want to look it is a 3 song set under Hamburg 2019 Band Maid take me Higher-freedom-moratorium very different view of these young Ladies in close quarters but surprisingly interactive with the crowd! Check it out you wont be let down Promise!
Trying to find the "lizard" in the equation here is really not the way I approached this band, but it's really tempting. When they started way back I would say in 2010, I'd say you would have to understand the underlying infrastructure. Essentially Su, Moa and Yui were part of an idol group with the school concept, which aired on TV. So back then Su was around 12 or 13, and already had tons of experience singing (Karen Girls, and also with her sister). Su's father also had a band and played bassist way before even she was born (correct me if I am wrong). Her family is very much entertainers themselves. Now as part of the Idol Group, there were some managers, and part of them was Koba who essentially is a metalhead that was recruited as artist manager then on the backend to work on having a Metal band formed out of the kids, and his core member as he envisioned it was Su. Then to accompany her joined two good friends (Moa and Yui, who are 2 years younger than Su). The Idol group btw is called Sakura Gakuin (or SG for short). So from that point on, it's all history in the making. Of course if you're 10 or 12, you don't really have the maturity to write songs and music, but essentially Su has a vivid imagination, and would not be surprised that she put her thoughts on each and every lyric, as much as Yui and Moa wrote Song 4 on a bus trip (for example). So manufactured?.... Meh. I just call it a group effort.
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@@RyanMear To add to this, BABYMETAL is the single real band that came out and produced albums and made concerts, without Sakura Gakuin. Essentially they took a left turn and it went huge. I'd say there's 3 big figures to keep in mind for their success; Su (of course), Koba, and finally the choreographer :) Oh and for sure you can't ignore Yui and Moa, as they are loved by everyone :P The Kamiband is not a team on rotation as much as you might think. But there are some members that do switch for sure.
Suzuka definitely has a vivid imagination such as "DV DeLoreans" or power soba.
BABYMETAL is something different to what you know and it might not grow on you unless you're willing to see it for what it is.
A man that loves heavy metal had the inspiration and the determination to create something new, that defied old concepts and that brought a new light on a genre that the new generation rarely got exposed to. He accomplished this by gathering the best of everything, a great vocalist, energetic and adorable dancers to keep the crowd engaged, top level musicians that could bring his music standards to life and absolutely jaw-dropping shows.
And guess what? It worked. They created something new that many new bands now continue to explore.
It's not for everyone and I don't think it is for you (just my opinion btw 😉), but I have great respect for BABYMETAL, for the girls, the band and all the team behind them, including the fans. We are The One! 🖤
Band-Maid is my favorite band, but BABYMETAL will always hold a dear place in my music loving heart 💓
If you don't feel BABYMETAL is your thing, perhaps you should let it be, since their label is rather strict on copyright and you might get strikes on your channel with their videos, even if you are careful.
However, if you decide to explore their music a bit more, I'll follow your journey down the fox hole 🤗❣️
Kitsune up! 🦊🤘🖤
I'm up for more, comments like yours shed light on the band as opposed to being offended because I don't love it.
@@RyanMear nah, no hate from me, I also have developed a lot of respect for you, both as a musician and as a reactor 🖤😎 BABYMETAL is mostly meant to be an experience. They unapologetically mix genres and experiment with so many things while at the same time keeping it relatable and fun. They have had an amazing journey and it's quite fascinating to explore their lore, but I wouldn't approach them just from a musicians perspective. Like I said, it's an experience so I would mostly just enjoy the show.
I don't believe you'll be adding them to your playlist or diving deep into their music as you did with Band-Maid and that's just fine, you may still have a lot of fun watching these young ladies claiming their own little place in music's history.
When the band started off, the girls didn't really like metal and they just sorta played along. As Su tells it, in 2013, they did a festival where Metallica was headlining, and BABYMETAL had t-shirts for sale that were spoofing Metallica designs. Kirk saw the shirts and tracked the band down and thought they were hilarious and invited them back to meet the rest of Metallica. The girls weren't especially starstruck, but thought they were nice, friendly old men...and then they watched Metallica's show and all of a sudden the friendly old dudes transformed into a high powered aggressive metal band and things clicked for Su. She understood that metal was about catharsis and giving people an outlet for strong emotions and that you didn't actually have to be mean, you just acted that way as part of the show. After that night, the band started moving away from 'idol' performances towards more legit metal. They ended up writing the song BABYMETAL DEATH as sort of an homage to Metallica, and to the power of transforming yourself when you put on a show.
You see, THIS is stuff that changes views. That's a great story
BABYMETAL DEATH was released January 9th 2013 and had been played at least once before October 6th 2012 at Legend I
BABYMETAL DEATH happened prior to 2013, more in the period they write Iine in 2012. czcams.com/video/LIhGjx0mQj8/video.html
Yeah it's actually really interesting to compare their performances from early 2013 and before with the ones after that time - there's a pronounced difference in how they carry themselves and the intensity they put into the singing and especially dancing. I don't know how much of it is truly from meeting Metallica and seeing them perform; that could easily just be something they talk about in interviews because it makes for a simple and dramatic story while the reality was more complex and perhaps personal, as is often the case with such metamorphoses.
In any case, I think anyone who has really delved into their interviews and watched the moments from fancams that don't make it into the official releases (and even some of the moments in the official releases) will be able to tell that this is not merely about a paycheck for them. Either that or they're the best actors in history ;)
@@silly_programme5061 Oh, yeah. They dig it, and you can tell. Moa's face when she knows something heavy is about to go down is the greatest. There is chaos in her eyes. :p A pinch of mania in her expression. I swear Moa was metal before she knew what metal was and now she's just where she was always meant to be.
Without Amuse and the producer Kei Kobayashi Babymetal wouldn't exist, so they are definitely a manufactured band. What you have is a group of professionals who are all very talented and who produce amazing shows and music. I see them as being half way between a concert and a Broadway show and I think the combination is fantastic and very satisfying. Su is very charismatic and provides the focus for the crowd and when Yui and Moa were backing her there was a great deal of feeling that passed between them and the crowd which was the most basic reason for their success.
Now to the actual performance and song. Black Night was the second night of the Budokan concerts in March 2014, so Su was 16. I like the quieter "unfinished" version with just piano instrumentation that Su sang between Headbanger and Babymetal Death in Legend 1997 and now that Su is a little older I wish she'd revisit it.
Here Akatsuki is translated as "Crimson Moon". It's a Su solo and has been out of the setlist for a while now that BM is just Su-metal and Moametal, but they brought it back in the most recent set of concerts at Budokan Doomsday. I'm really glad they did because the shows are better with Su solos and Akatsuki is one of my favourites. It's a hymn to undying love (or at least keeping it's memory alive) and uses the symbolism of the "red thread" to connect lovers separated by space and time.
There is also a Japanese anime called "Akatsuki" where the protagonists wear capes and I think that Su's cape might be a nod to that, or it might just be a dramatic prop.
Thank you, I think learning more about the producer may open my eyes a bit.
@@RyanMear Yes he's the genius "svengali" behind it all...Babymetal are different from most of today's artists, and even those that are also on the books of their talent agency Amuse, because the members have no public social media presence at all and even photos of them out of costume and very rare. So Kobametal (as he's obviously known) has a very particular vision and I'll be interested to see how that evolves or even fails as Su and Moa get older and more confident and independent. Another slightly strange aspect of Babymetal is the third member, Yui, who left because of unspecified health reasons in 2017/18. She must have caused Babymetal and Amuse a lot of trouble, but she remains on the books at Amuse even though she's had no public appearances since she left BM.
FYI it is Amuse who is so protective of copyright, but that's not unusual with Japanese companies.
I disagree with some of what you said but that has been covered plenty by others. I will just say no one should expect anyone to immediately accept a band like Babymetal on the first or second listen without having some questions or hesitation. It's just too different from the norm. Besides, you praised it a lot more than questioned it so you clearly enjoyed it. I would just encourage you to read the helpful comments so you can learn more about what they are all about. Most of the fans are very honest about what Babymetal are all about and they themselves are very honest about who they are as well.
The thing about the band seeming rehearsed? I don't think thosr were your exact words but I think that is basically what you meant. Correct me if I'm wrong. Anyway, the choreography the girls do requires everything to be precise timing wise so the band can't really adlib. It is definitely musical theater and I understand if people don't like that. It's part of what makes them stand out from the crowd so I like it.
Yes, The KAMI BAND is a separate entity from BABYMETAL...They are composed of session MUSICIANS or STUDIO Band( Hired Guns )...and that is why they perform perfectly...You do not have to take it seriously, you just have to FEEL it...Also, (If the band or group is on a record label, It's manufactured music) regardless, as long as they bring JOY, A SMILE on our faces, and ENTERTAINMENT, especially during these PANDEMIC times...It does not matter...
I don‘t think we have any reason to doubt that the girls are happy with what they are doing. In fact, you‘ll hardly ever see so many happy smiles on stage with any other band, and there are many videos where you‘ll see them jumping around happily, smiling at each other at the end of the shows. That would be pretty hard to fake.
I don‘t mean any offense, but I think you are restricting yourself from enjoying them (and probably other things as well) as much as you could. Su once said „Don‘t think, feel“, and I think she is absolutely right. You enjoy the music, you enjoy the vocals, you enjoy the stage presence, you enjoy the whole performance, why do you let the thoughts about their origin keep you from accepting and enjoying them as a whole? Does it really matter?
The whole concept was not their idea, so what? The moment an idea is starting to be made reality, it becomes absolutely irrelevant who had it in the first place.
I also believe that one big reason why BABYMETAL are so outstandingly good is specifically that everyone involved is doing only the things they are the best at. Writers do the writing, instrumentalists play the instruments, singers do the singing, choreographers write the choreography, dancers do the dancing, light engineers do the lighting, and the same is probably true for the rest of the staff. That feels like a much more promising recipe than a bunch of spotty teenagers meeting in a garage doing everything themselves. Coming together „naturally“ is worth nothing, in my opinion.
I think the simple response is I write and play my own music. Music is very personal for me. If there is no personal connection for the performers it's just a turn off for me. I'm learning that there is a lot more to see with this band as far as how they interact.
@@RyanMear I understand what you are saying. But I think most of humans‘ emotions are not that complex. You write a love song, and 90% of people who have ever been in love can relate to it. In the end you also want the listener to be able to understand it, so it‘s not a good idea to make it too specific and personal anyway. The most effective songs are those that allow the listener to come up with their own interpretation based on their own experiences.
@@RyanMear Sorry, for some reason editing comments is not working on iOS and iPadOS anymore, so I‘m adding a new one:
If you don‘t mind a ballad, please check out the „Legend S“ performance of the song „No Rain, no Rainbow“ and decide whether you think she sells it or not.
Hi !!! love your reaction.... and.. well ... Welcome to Babymetal world n.n, I've being listening to metal for more than 10 years and Babymetal became in one of my favorite bands, by far.
They are a genre by themselves xD (You'll see) well.... I recomend you to react to "Road of resistance live", "Babymetal - Death live " or "Headbangeer live" , live is where you can watch all the potential of this band!!
Greetings from Mexico!!
I'm a child of the 70's & 80's and have seen many of the classics, but the best concerts I've ever saw were the two of BAND-MAID in NYC, but the best "show" I've ever seen, Babymetal at the Forum.
Babymetal total circus! Love their live performances,,, wicked ! Could never listen to their CD's or their Big Black CD's as my son says :) Very sad on the news of Mikio Fujioka. He was AMAZING
The Kami Band isn't really involved with the song development, to my knowledge (at least not consistently), but the more familiar you become with the members, the more you can hear their influence on the performance. Different versions of the same song with different band members really stick out. Like, Mikio's playing on Rondo seems to me to have way more squealies than Leda Cygnus' performance. Mikio Fujioka had an especially distinctive style. It's easy to tell the Eastern Kami Band from the Western Kami band (to my mind). Yeah, they don't get to tear lose *during* the songs, and I think that has as much to do with timings and stage production and pyro and choreography as anything else, but they do have a number of intros where they do just that. It's also my understanding that the girls had more influence on the songs and choreo as they got older. I've never been especially put off by the manufactured element. It's unlikely that the songs would be as good as they are if there weren't so many people involved with their development, and I enjoy the final product too much to care over much about the process. Seems, though, that the girls and the band both really enjoy what they do and like each other. Moa and Hideki used to frequently make faces at each other on stage. (Moa is pretty playful in general, tbh.) Boh and Takayoshi are usually pretty unrestrained while playing. You can see a marked difference in their stage presence in the shows after Mikio's death and Yui's departure from the group. Still good performances, but you can see they weren't as joyful in the wake of so much tragedy. The Trilogy of Light seems proof to me that everyone involved was close. So, it's not a straightforward, 'pure' process like some bands. It *is* manufactured. But everyone involved seems to have enthusiasm for the project. They aren't just punching a clock. They are dedicated and disciplined, but there's a lot of play involved. The girls undoubtedly are playing a role onstage, but they have a passion for their characters. It might be considered more musical theater than strictly a metal concert, but like you and others have mentioned, it doesn't make it any less impressive. It's still art, and it's well executed art. And I say, why overthink it? Does any of it really matter? It makes the happy brain chemicals. :p Whatever they're doing, I hope they do it more and for a long time to come. 🤘🦊🤘 Thanks for the reaction.
Thank you
Indeed changing. Su has talked in an interview how she is sometimes brought in to help develop a wordless melody line. The emphasis on that portion of the interview is that Babymetal generally develop and record like a rock band and not like an Idol group.
Great reaction and don't worry about slightly unfavorable comments, it is your channel. Up front, I really love Babymetal, for their energy, their music, their performances. As for the "manufactured" idea, that's fair, not that it takes anything away from the show. Beethoven wrote amazing music, but he hired the best musicians to perform what he conceived in his mind to being that vision to life. Is that manufactured, sure, in the sense that he didn't perform the music but had others bring it to life.
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Suzuka started Babymetal since her 12yo and this live is when her 16yo. she was busy with school, Sakura gakuin, Babymetal, these attendance from around 500mile(800km) away, and etc. she is talented devoted as professional so I bet people didn't notice even litle about those. Yui Moa were also so and they were doing homeworks for the during the duration US, EU tours on 2014-15 yeah they were Middle school students. older Suzuka taught them that but that was a mess. LOL
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I am still not sure what difference it makes whether Su-metal asked Leda and Ohmura if they wanted to try something different or that Kobametal asked them if they wanted to try something different. Or is it that they are only there for live performances? So, regardless, we see the big grin Ryan has as he is obviously enjoying the performance. And that's where I get to what is this thing about manufactured or not. For 99.9% of the bands/groups/ensembles I have listened to in my 60-some years, I don't give a rat's ass about their backstory. And "manufactured" is just backstory. It is truly rare that I ask "how did this happen?" I either enjoyed the performance or I didn't. I was moved by it or I wasn't. Yes, room for moved a little vs moved a lot.
So why do so many care about manufactured or not? More and more I think it is just a straw man for whether or not there is any passion in the performances which are transmitted to the listener. (And also an excuse for gatekeeping, but not relevant here.) So it is used as a shortcut to "is this band/group worth my time and potentially some emotional investment, however brief?"
I don't think Manufactured is a question that comes up much for most classical orchestras or other ensembles. But whether they play with passion or feeling certainly does.
Simply playing with technical accuracy is not likely to make a deep connection with an audience. But a slightly flawed performance that has that passion will connect in spite of the flaws. I think Ryan and others have said this different ways.
I would love to see statistics how many manufactured groups have had at least one hit song versus how many garage bands never made it out of the garage. I would guess garage bands have a dismal failure rate. (Not saying it wasn't worth the members time.) My point is passion is also not the only thing needed. And I think more than half of the bands whose music I have loved were really driven by only one or two of the members.
As for writing/performing their own music... Same thing. Is the passion there. Does it get you in the feels, good or bad? Is no one moved by Mozart's music anymore because he isn't here to perform it?
Johnny Cash's performance of Hurt was brilliantly, painfully passionate because he related to it. Great example because it is also a technically flawed performance. But he did not write it. It is a cover. So I also find the write their own songs thing at best a straw man, at worst just gatekeeping.
Others opinions and milage may vary.
You make good points here, a lot of the fans have and I'm listening.
Ain't no Sunshine when she's paused.
Totally meant to edit out me searching for information LOL... well... that's real I guess
The backing band does get some spotlight with some instrumental intros for some songs. If it really bothers you that this groups was "manufactured" then it's hard to change your mind. There a lots of written interviews with the producer that are really interesting to read.
Also there is a video of the bassist where he talks how much he loves working with Babymetal. Search for "BOH reflects Babymetal Yokohama arena 2015" if you want, it has eng subtitles ^^
maybe this will make it a little bit easier to get over the "manufactured" part :D
Thank you
BOH has stated that he loves playing with Babymetal and that he goes out of his way to accept Babymetal contracts. And as the kamiband member with the most performances (over 200 I believe) he means it. He also has talked about the trio's "appetite for performance" and that it was inspiring to see.
And his preference in music is apparently jazz/fusion rather than metal. Ryan might want to check out the Kariband (means "temporary band") and a deliberate wordplay on Kamiband. A jazz/fusion trio brought together by Mikio Fujioka (guitar) with BOH (bass) and Yuya Maeta (drums). All in the kamiband pool. They often had a guest musician.
I enjoyed your reaction! Honest reactions are always the best. If a group isn't for you, then so be it as long as you aren't rude and unfair about your criticisms. I don't think you were like that at all, so thank you. Babymetal fans have seen a steady stream of rudeness and downright mean insults about the group, so we pretty much have learned to just take it in stride for the most part.
Still, a person feels compelled to defend the band that has brought you so much enjoyment, hence some of the comments here about your criticisms. Sometimes reasonable, sometimes untactful and even rude. Words from fans can have an affect on how you feel about a band. It can sour you, which isn't fair to the band because they have no involvement in that.
Comments from fans of other bands have affected me negatively too towards their favorite band even though I liked that band before that. It has happened to me with Band-Maid. There is a small minority of toxic B-M fans that despise Babymetal. Seeing their negative comments affected me about the group I previously enjoyed and I soured on them. I'm finally coming around to realize that it is not fair to Band-Maid. They are a positive group that spreads joy, and it is not their fault that they attract a small bunch of toxic people. Every group has them. Just for some reason, those toxic B-M fans love to focus on Babymetal. Kind of ironic, because a lot of Babymetal fans are also Band-Maid fans. I'm now trying to let go of the negative stuff and enjoy Band-Maid again.
I guess my point is - There is a fine line between honest tactful critique vs mean-spirited negative criticism. I think in this video you were honest without being unfair or mean about your reservations. Good on you. Let's spread positivity, like the bands we love. There is enough negativity in this world already.
Thanks for this
I totally agree with this. When I first found Babymetal (April 2020) I kept seeing insults and ridiculously crude comments from B-M "fans." It definitely put me off even trying to listen to B-M like they insisted. Why would I want to if that is the fan base. But, as time went by, I began to realize it was the same few "fans" doing that and of course CZcams continually bombarded my suggestions with B-M so I gave in took a listen last January. I was amazed! Thrill MV was first and I loved it. I then found out that the real fans were great just like the Kitsunes in Babymetal. Band-Maid is the reason I am subbed here. I can't stand those kind of "fans" and I think I am more mad at myself for letting them affect me but, I am here now. Babymetal and Band-Maid are two different peas in the same pod of awesomeness to me so I am happy to see you give Babymetal a shot. There are toxic Babymetal "fans" too and I despise them just as much.
Ok. I understand your comments but they are coming from a place of “not getting it”. Fair enough. I’ve been a fan for a long time. I’ve seen them live several times, including The Tokyo Dome with back to back sold out nights at 55000 each night. Epic barely comes close to describing it.
SuMetal is legend and is an amazing front for the band. The members don’t really “rotate” that much, though they do swap in and out particularly guitarists. Moa is equally key to the experience, even though she’s rarely given a chance to sing solo.
They are actually a pretty tight group, and yes, the girls are in fact “into it” and are not just pretending or playing a role.
As a more recent example of BABYMETAL, try doing a 3’fer of the Startlight Triolgy live. Tragically, they lost a very popular lead guitarist shortly after the 2016 concert I was at. He died when he fell from a platform whilst Stargazing! The trilogy is a tribute to him. They span an ark from despair, loss through to hope. Quite moving if you realise what it’s about.
Thumbs up for not just jumping on the bandwagon and shouting shallow click bait praise. But trust me, there’s a lot more depth to this band than meets the eye.
Thank you, I'll check it out
That's the first I've heard of what happened to the guitarist. That sounds horrible
Just to nit pick details, he fell in December of 2017, died in early 2018.
@@jeffschreifels8651 Yeah your right, it seemed closer together than that - miss that guy.
I second the trilogy of lights. There is one performance of shine they did clearly as a tribute to their guitarist, it brought me to tears... ill try to find you some links.
Tales of the destinies is a progressive metal song from them, there you can see how perfect this band is.
Please don't be put off by the fact an amazing lead singer, two other amazing singers/dancer and some of the best musicians Japan has to offer were put together by a producer. it shouldn't matter one iota who brought them together, what matters is the fantastic songs and performances. Yes, there are backing tracks used, but BAND-MAID also use a lot of backing tracks - it doesn't take away from how much you enjoy them, does it?
I really hope you give them a good try. You won't regret it.
Like I said, backing tracks are fine. I would like to know about interactions between the band and singers. Stuff like that. I may have a different perspective because music is so personal to me? I joined a band that played Modern Country because my friends needed a guitarist. I ended up hating it...BUT I didn't like the music or environment it or me in. Everyone involved here obviously likes it.
@@RyanMear They don't interact much. Watching concerts you can sometimes see the drummer pulling faces at the girls, but the way the shows are laid out is that the girls are up front singing and dancing and the band are behind supporting them. This is because BABYMETAL is the girls, not the musicians. The 'lore' behind it is that the Kamis were sent to Earth as the gods of guitar, god of bass and god of drums to help the girls in their fight against the idol industry and bring metal back to the mainstream. They play their part in the battles and play solos as intros to songs as well as during songs like in this video, but they are always separate from the girls.
@@RyanMear They were all thrust into this situation but have seemed to become like a family. The Kami band is usually the same guys (with an alt guitarist here and there). The drummer sometimes can be seen making faces at the girls, trying to throw them off their choreography. The girls, knowing nothing about metal when starting at 10 or 11, have learned to embrace the genre after watching a bunch of metal shows over the years. It wasn't their idea, but I think they've made it their own. The fact they didn't start the band, or that it's highly choreographed...If you're ever gonna like the band, you'll have to push aside years of conditioning of criteria we choose to dismiss bands. Kinda like Band-Maid with their dresses, but more. If you can't get past it, then you can't. You gave them a shot so I don't think anyone should crucify you over it.
For what it's worth, I thought this band was a dumb gimmick when I first heard them as well. It might take some time.
@@RyanMear some interaction between the girls, kami band & the metal god Rob Halford,,,,, here ---->> APMAs 2016 Performance: BABYMETAL perform with ROB HALFORD of JUDAS PRIEST.
Thank you, this is what I like to see👍
excellent content Ryan-Metal, more BABYMETAL please, you won't regret it.
BOH BOH BOH! the best version of this song is the "Unfinished Vers" really shows of her Voice.
i’m sure people have told you already, but su-metal had never heard of metal music before koba introduced her to it. neither had yui or moa, but she (su) had stated it’d grown on her and she likes it now :)
I have found, for the most part, fans of Babymetal have been willing to understand where I'm coming from and give me a second chance, LOL. I think if I didn't write my own music, I'd have less of a hangup about how they developed. So thanks to those willing to have a conversation about it.
Ryan you should watch Baby Metal Rondo of Nightmere, Road of Resistance or Megitsune
@@cMenma ROR was his first video, but it was blocked on CZcams
Interesting. I never liked metal nor J-pop. My image of metal (w/out really knowing) is dark and negative. My image of J-pop is positive and frivolous. But for some reason, I am fascinated w/ this combo. They have my total respect. True professionals. Now I my mind is open to listen to metal and even J-pop.
@@teuchterloon9130 Oh ok that's why i didn't find anything except this
@@RichardW001 Babymetal was formed to meld J-Pop with metal to expose fans from those genres to the other. Listening to Babymetal and reading the comments lead me to the various Japanese bands you mentioned. Groups that would have never known nor listened to without the Fox God showing Babymetal.
Ryan if you want more musician show you need to check Rondo of nightmare from Babymetal at the same concert. Send you hughs from Colombia :)
Su & Moa love to perform. Su has said in the past that when she’s Su-Metal, it makes her feel like a someone not her. While Moa has stated that she’s been “Moa-Metal” for literally half of her life and she wouldn’t change anything. Both coming from that Japanese Idol culture background. Bring past 20yo, most idols have already been “graduated” and their groups have moved on to younger, newer members.
Yui gave Su & Moa an opportunity to leave BabyMetal. In the end, both stayed.
Just enjoy it for what it is, Great metal music If you ever get the chance to se the show where the Kami band west and the Kami band east both play on stage at the same time You'll be like, just let them do what they do because it is awesome
I've followed BABYMETAL for a long time now (and their origins in Sakura Gakuin). Suzuka is a highly professional and well-rounded ENTERTAINER. This is what she has trained for from since a very young age. Yui and Moa come from virtually the same background. And, as is clear, the Kami Band (rotation or not) are extremely talented - many of them unaccredited session musicians. I find them likeable and can even get emotional with with some of their material (and own a couple of albums). I find the mythology has become stale over time and is mostly used now just to hide what is being planned. There is another band that most of us know that has the same initials who are the complete package, write their own material prolifically, are just as professional, put on a great live show and can generate strong emotions with their lyrical and musical creativity... It's difficult to go back.
This band is more interesting than 99% of other bands, for more than a decade and more than 50 songs
It's mostly a live band, a proper show all the time. The "manufactured" part was maybe still relevant back in 2013 when the world discovered them at first, not as soon as you know them.
Considering what's behind them managerial and marketing-wise 3 studio albums over 10 years is not that great
@@threemonkeysk
Those 3 studio albums in the last 7 years while studying, in Japan. A dozen live albums in less than 10 years. Half a dozen world tours in the last 6 years. Biggest Japanese band outside Japan in history by far. It's quite fine.
Fair point, there
@@threemonkeysk quality not quantity 😁
@@martinmetal7481 yes.
fantastic
They started when Su was twelve and the other two were ten years old. There are videos of them rehearsing and performing. Check them out. Clear your mind of the lingering gatekeeping doubt, if you still have them. It gets old, even now.
There's definitely a piano from backtrack but the guitars are completely live! Just pay attention to what you can see and hear!
Where is the law great and enjoyble music can not be manufactured . I prefer the term precision engineered.
Su has been performing since childhood same with Yui and Moa .
Only question should be is it good.
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I never said it was bad. I actually stated how impressive it was, BUT personally.....i like musicians that are more involved in the creative process. It's the whole point for me as a songwriter. I'm just trying to see if I was wrong about their process or if they care about the music. They obviously like playing it, of course, so I guess they like it, duh.
@@RyanMear When they first started the girls really had not a lot of input (being 12/13 year olds), but as they got older and more experienced, they have started to work out a lot of their choreography and Su-Metal has more say on the melody and how each song is to be sung. The girls are entertainers (sing and dance) and not really musicians. I tend to think of the girls more like a Broadway musical, you get the best singers and dancers, they learn all the numbers and then perform them each night. Do they have an emotional connection to the music such as the composer? Probably not to that extent, but to be able to perform the music at a high level, you really have to like what you're doing or it sound flat and dead and that's not what I've seen in their videos (have not seen them live).
@@RyanMear yes you did say it was good thats why i said if it's good music does it matter how it came about . I think You would be happy someone singing one of your songs as long as they did it with passion and did it justice 🤘😁🤘
That's a fair point
BAND-MAIDがすっかりお気に入りのRyanさん、次はBABYMETALですね😃
日本が世界に誇る２つのBMをお楽しみください！
🦊と🕊️の穴はどちらも深いですよ🤗
I love that you're honest about what you think and stick to it when a lot of other CZcamsrs just say what the fans want to hear in the second or third "reaction" to a band. But you can't look at BABYMETAL (or most halfway successful Japanese bands/groups) like you do look at other bands. I definitely understand where you're coming from and your standpoint as a musician, but you have to take BABYMETAL for what they are. Idols (a *_special_* kind of Pop Star in Japan/Asia) performing to Heavy Metal music. Even if a lot of fans don't want to acknowledge that fact. They trained as idols, they behave and dress like idols and their contract probably says "idol" in big letters at the top. So it's inevitable that some part or other is manufactured by management, even if it's only the lore and how they're portrayed/what they say in front of a camera. This "they don't write their own stuff" argument is also pretty moot if you ask me. Elvis didn't write his own music. Or to get more recent, Nemophila don't write their own songs either (at least so far). You have to remember how old Suzuka, Moa and Yui were when they started and that most of their songs from the first album were written between 2010 and 2013, when they were 11 - 15 years old. But, from what we've learned in the 2 interviews or so they gave in the last 1.5 years, they were very involved in the production of the songs on their third album and the creation process of their choreographies.
To the whole manufactured part: If you count being scouted and produced as manufactured, yes. Which would mean that 95% of all the bands and groups globally are manufactured to a certain degree. But the three girls knew each other better and longer before BABYMETAL than most of the so-called "garage bands" did when they started. Them being scouted and produced from a young age is just how the Japanese entertainment business works. To get a foot into that world you either have to get scouted when you're young and prove you have talent or you have to struggle through school and university and hope some agency and/or label recognizes your talent and accepts your ideas some day (see Band-Maid, who by the way also held auditions for a vocalist, where they found Saiki ;)). That's just how the Japanese music industry is. Performance, show and looks are the #1, #2 and #3 priorities if you want to have a chance of success in Japan, otherwise their charts wouldn't be full of generic Idol pop groups like AKB48 or NGK46. This is only my speculation, but I think if BABYMETAL didn't hit the "overseas jackpot" they wouldn't even be performing with a real band at a lot of their concerts, because the music alone, especially something like metal, doesn't draw audiences or has any chance of real success. The last few years there is a growing number of so-called "alternative-idol" (alt-idol) goups who do rock/heavy metal music. With very few exceptions all of the shows from these groups are live singing and performing to backing track music.
You also can't really say they are "rotating" musicians. They play together as Kami Band for 8 years now. Sure there're 3 guitarists who rotate for 2 spots, Ohmura, Leda and Fujioka, who was replaced by ISAO after his death, but other than their overseas tour in 2019/2020 it's been the same guys for 98% of their shows since 2013. Even if they are unfortunately not an official part of BABYMETAL, which is nothing new in the music industry but something I'm always criticizing aswell. But you're right in the fact that they're hired session musicians, even if they're all friends and a part of the BABYMETAL "family", at least behind the scenes. It's also not like they're always playing perfect, their shows are just edited for DVD. It's probably the same with Band-Maid, Lovebites and most other bands around the globe these days to a certain degree.
Being scouted then writing your music as a whole with a band is not the same as "here play this".... that's what I mean by "manufactured". Not produced or scouted.
Now, seeing as how it has been said that the musicians truly love what they do and being part of it, that doesn't really matter to me anymore. The girls having gotten involved in the writing and choreography changes things too. I'm listening, here
@@RyanMear If that's your take on manufactured, I agree with you. My explanation of it would be a bit different, that's why I wrote the things I did. I also see how it could be a hindrance to enjoy them from a songwriter's point of view (even though I'm not a songwriter). You basically have to turn that part of your brain off when it comes to Babymetal and "Idols" in general. Try to look at it more as if you were watching a metal music stageplay, rather than a "normal" concert, only analyze what you see and hear. I don't really enjoy their studio albums (mainly how the songs are mixed, even though it got better from album to album), but I love their concerts and music live, it's perfect if I want to just kick back and enjoy an epic show with good music.
And nobody really knows how much influence they had when it comes to the third album. The only thing I know for certain is that Moa had a big hand in creating the choreo (she also taught the other girls and tweaked it to fit each dancer individually) and that Su had input when it comes to the songs, but I don't know in which capacity and to what degree. If you would look up the word "secretive" in a dictionary, you'll probably find a photo of their producer Key Kobayashi, aka Kobametal. Nobody really knows anything about them at all for the last few years.
The reason why I found out about all these Japanese bands ie BANDMAID NEMOPHILA HAGANE HANABIE etc is from BABYMETAL.. because it was suggested..
babymetal's management sells a lot of very expensive dvd collections of the group's concert performances. that's why they come after youtube videos of those performances.
the only backing track in this performance is for the instruments that weren't physically present on stage.
Your reaction is totally fair and your honesty appreciated. Some of the fans of this musical theater project (more so than a band) have watched the girls grow up and discover metal through the years. Therefore they are a bit overly sensitive to any perceived slight against them they deem unfair as if somebody was verbally attacking their child. Please forgive those, they don't see it.
I think many appreciate what goes into their stuff, but hearing kids or even high pitched girls vocals over metal just doesn't gel. The same way I can't listen to a lot of today's' metal because all the gutturals and growls sound like listening to somebody clear their throat for 3 min. That does not mean I can't appreciate the music, the musicians, the vocalists, how hard they work, and the fact there are many who LOVE that type of thing. . . . .etc. It's not a personal attack . . lol. . .it is just personal taste.
That said, I don't think Babymetal is your taste. May I suggest you try Wagakki band instead. They mix modern and traditional Japanese instruments and music to create something unique. Try their video for Hamura-Akatsuki . . (2 songs) or there is a killer version of them covering Bring me to Life with Amy Lee of Evanescence and a full orchestra. Maybe one of the greatest covers ever. Keep up the honest reactions and the great music Ryan. 🤘🦊🤘
For me, babymetal is like Rock theater or broadway Rock Show ( in a goodway )
[About Suzuka]
Suzuka worked at entertainment since her 5yo. when her 9 she entered Actors school as scholarship student. when her 10 she appeared on stages as professional. when her around 12 she aimed a singer-songwriter. she had talked like this on the interview the past --
"I want to be a singer-songwriter But it's not the time to do it yet. Now, I will do my best to tackle the mission I have been given."
when her 14-15 she leads a band as a front and appeared at Music festivals in Japan. she is appearing festivals of Metal, Rock, or Pop Glastonbury in EU-US too since her 16.
I'm sure that she noted many memories on her singer-songwriter notebook. because that's her hobby. I feel that when she became mom she aims for the dream.
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So the current kami band is a permanent lineup that's basically Galactic Empire, a star wars metal band. I assure you that everyone in the group actually loves it and is there because they think it fucking rules. They had the chance to sunset it respectfully around for years ago and opted to renew it with a permanent kami band
Thanks, Steve! This was two years ago, I've checked out several videos and concerts since then. Even some Kari Band stuff🤘
thank you I've asked you about "three fox kids" before LOL but I was surprised that you knew even girls names! What is Babymetal reaction video which was blocked? please react to "BABYMETAL - Ijime,Dame,Zettai - Live at Sonisphere 2014,UK (OFFICIAL)", if this one is not your Babymetal reaction video for the first time as Japanese stuff. this UK Metal festival was for the first time to the girls when their 15 16 15 yo. haters wrote like "I'll thorow piss botles at girls blah blah blah" on internet.
Um... Road to Resistance got blockedm its on my Patreon to view though
@@RyanMear So, please react but please don't cry... LOL
She's Queen!
Goodness, Ryan. Look at all these words you inspired. :) I love Babymetal. I love BAND-MAID. They are so different in almost every way except how happy they make me. I hear in your voice the resistance i have ever had to every 'manufactured' band I ever encountered, I get it. You can't let the cynical music execs win! But this is different. Just drop the defenses. Let the girls in. it will be great.
And the reach! The influence, the seeds that this project and these ladies have planted! The bonanza of female rock and metal bands from Japan is not separate from the Babymetal phenomenon.
And it's just fun! have a good time already ;)
So Babymetal are absolutely a manufactured band, but only in so far as their concept was conceived by a music producer. However, it is just as much a passion project as it is for a guy who convinced his friends to start jamming together in his basement. Let's face it, if you're pitching the idea of cute girls singing and dancing over heavy metal, you'd be laughed out of the boardroom. Babymetal broke so many rules, they have no right being as successful as they are, and that is why their story is so remarkable.
Koba, the producer, had the vision of what he wanted to do and he found the best performers, songwriters and session musicians he could in order to make it happen. The songs are written specifically for Babymetal and the writers will know exactly what the band want, they aren't working with songwriters who are writing generic songs and trying to sell them to whoever will take them.
The members of the kami band might be session musicians and rotate out, but they all have their own bands and are all hugely respected in their own right. Even if they are technically anonymous when they perform with Babymetal, it could have been career suicide for them to attach themselves to a project like this. Once they saw how much talent and professionalism the girls had and after Koba told them not to worry about the fact that they were idols and just play as loud and heavy as they could, they were sold. Most of the kamis (Takayoshi Ohmura, Isao, Leda Cygnus, BOH and Hideki Aoyama) have played with Babymetal since the kami band was first introduced almost 10 years ago. I'm sure Mikio Fujioka would still be on the roster too were he still with us.
BABYMETAL have some really awesome songs, I like them some other people may not. Jinjer is another band with a bunch of really great songs that I would recommend. Parkway Drive has some interesting songs. I recommend Scar Symmetry also, fantastic band with some incredible music!!
Here you go: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babymetal
the queen
Benitsuki -Akatsuki
Information
Kanji Title: 紅月-アカツキ.
Romanji Title: Benitsuki -Akatsuki
English Title : Crimson Moon -Dawn.
Akatsuki-Benitsuki:
Akatsuki- is the couping song from BABYMETAL's 3rd single Megitsune, by SU-METAL. The song is also included in BABYMETAL's first original album BABYMETAL.
Information:-
Artist: BABYMETAL
Single: Megitsune
Album: BABYMETAL
Lyrics: NAKAMETAL & TSUBOMETAL
Composition: TSUBOMETAL
Arrangement: Kyoto
KamiBand:-
The KamiBand are the instrumentalists (or backing band) in BABYMETAL - Each member is a "god (Kami) of music" summoned by The Fox God stage by stage. All the Kamis have their own jobs and side-projects in addition to BABYMETAL.
Current Members Who Perform At Nippon Budokan:-
•Takayoshi Ohmura (Guitar, ESP SNAPPER-7/R Twinkle Pink).
•Leda Cygnus (Guitar, ESP ARROW CUSTOM).
•Daisuke 'BOH' Bohte (Bass, ATELIER Z BETA 6, Boh'S CUSTOM 6).
•Aoyama Hideki (Drums, YAMAHA Signature).
Nippon Budokan (日本武道館, Nippon Budōkan), often shortened to simply Budokan, is an indoor arena located in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. Originally built for the inaugural Olympic judo competition in the 1964 Summer Olympics, its name translates as Martial Arts Hall in English. While its primary purpose is to host martial arts contests, the arena has gained additional fame as one of the world's most iconic musical performance venues.
A number of famous rock music acts have played at Budokan. The Beatles were the first rock group to play there in a series of concerts held between June 30 and July 2, 1966. ABBA ended their last tour there. Their final show on March 27, 1980, was the last live concert ABBA performed together. Numerous acts have recorded live albums at Budokan, including Bryan Adams, Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, Cheap Trick, Dream Theater, Duran Duran, Kiss, Mr. Big, Ozzy Osbourne, Judas Priest, Journey and Deep Purple.
Lyrics Overview:-
Released on 2013 Jun. 19th, coupled with MEGITSUNE (included in the regular edition).
Lyric: NAKAMETAL, TSUBOMETAL / Music: TSUBOMETAL / Arr.: Kyôtô
This is SU-METAL's solo tune.
AKATSUKI (Crimson Moon)
Going over thousands of nights,
some love shall survive.
So, until my body perishes,
until my life disappears,
I shall keep on cherishing this love.
Shining in the depths of the eyes,
the moon is about to cry.
Red tears overflow
and dye the night sky.
In the silence,
the two damaged blades stand face to face.
Our loneliness and our uneasiness
slash even our hearts.
Going over thousands of nights,
some love shall survive.
So, until my body perishes,
until my life disappears,
I shall keep on cherishing this love.
In the passage of time,
I keep my eyes shut.
Even if the red thread flowing in my hand breaks,
I still feel we are tied.
In the silence,
I hold the damaged blade face to face.
My loneliness and my uneasiness,
I slash, even my heart,
now.
Going over thousands of nights,
some love shall survive.
So, until my body perishes,
until my life disappears someday...
Going over thousands of nights,
some love shall survive.
So, until my body perishes,
until my life disappears,
I shall keep on cherishing this love.
Dye crimson! Dye bloody crimson!
Kitsune Up 🦊🦊🦊🤘🤘🤘🇯🇵🇸🇬.
Im a 52 y/o Rush fan. The comment on the perfection of the Kami band seems off. Babymetal has millions of fans because of their unique sound and talent.
This was a long time ago. I really don't know what I said, please watch more recent videos I've done
Good reaction mate
Try more Babymetal
I don't know why but you remind me a lot of the Governor from the walking dead, the way you say some things. Thanks for reacting to BABYMETAL 🤘🦊🤘
Well.... THAT'S interesting! LOL
Probably because I'm speaking deliberately yet cautiously so as to maintain order LOL
The Kami band doesn't really rotate. Mikio died a few years ago and so his spot was filled mainly by Leda Cygnus, and then the odd time either he or Takayoshi gets swapped out with ISAO depending on schedules, but BOH and Hideki are always on bass and drums these days.
Tbh, this song almost always get better each time Su perform it, in this video she was just 16-17 so her vocal and technique haven't fully developed, her sound a bit young and thin for this song. You should check out (just watch it personally) her most recent version of this song, Akatsuki - 10 years babymetal Budokan - it really surprised me, that is the real completed version of this song
Thank you
@@RyanMear it's nice you point out 8:30, she's a natural performer, she doesn't even need to get in character, she put her heart into it - so her presence when she on stage just fit whatever she's singing and deliver it in her vocal too, that's another charming point of BM - live version always better than studio and MV stuffs.
And the way they doing song now is not like Idol stuff that just give the song to the girl and let them sing - no, they probably have a concept, a snipset and give it to Su so she find her own melody/rhymn, then they add all other stuffs - especially the recent rap metal song: BxMxC, she have to find her own "flow" in rapping
Thankyou for your reaction⚡️👊🏽Here’s a link to the stripped down version of this song. czcams.com/video/nwsinmxTxbo/video.html This version has English subtitles.
I'm not sure if it's exactly what you meant, but my only 'issue' with Babymetal is that I just don't really connect to the instrumentalists much unfortunately. It makes sense to an extent they don't really get much camera presence, especially when you consider they swap out band members every now and then, but that also makes it hard to really get invested in the band. I love Su, Moa and even Yui (😭), but if they as singers would hop over to any other band I wouldn't hesitate following them. Absolutely love the music Babymetal makes and their live performances, just kinda sucks singers and band feel 'disconnected' or separated, even if behind the scenes they might not be.
Pretty much nailed it.
From what I've read over the years, when they first started they were very young and still in school and were protected and kept out of the public eye (and still are). They have no social media presence other than band promotions and there is little to no information about them outside of the band. They take privacy to a new level.
Who cares how a song was made. If its good then just enjoy it. Band-Maid didn’t write freedom but they still love playing it, Johnny Cash didn’t write a boy named Sue, he still loved it and we all do too. And mixing Idol with Metal actually alienated more people than it brought in for a big chunk of their career. Especially outside of Japan., 90% of metal fans won’t/wouldn’t give them a chance, “sure the songs great, sure the musics great, but all the stuff that doesn’t have to do with the music is why I don’t like it”. This was a passion project,c key word being passion. As a t’shirt I once saw at a concert said, “just listen to the music”.
Hey, I care obviously! I make music, it comes from my heart, that's why it is important to me. I'm just looking for a connection between the band, the singers, and producer, writer. With some direction and knowledge of others, I'm getting it.
@@RyanMear It’s all there but I’m the last one to explain it. But, I’m sure plenty of people are filling you in :).
I'm not a huge Babymetal fan, I haven't seen this performance for example, but they do have some very cool songs. Megitsune, Song 4, Rondo of Nightmare, Headbangeeeerrr, (Ijime, Dame, Zettai), KARATE, Sis. Anger, Tales of the Destinies, THE ONE, and my favorite BxMxC are all bangers though. I couldn't care less if you react to them, but you should at least check them out. I'm quite partial to BxMxC, quite to cool song, you can't stick it in a genre. Really cool MV too.
2 words.....MORE BABYMETAL 🤘😷👍
nice reaction bro
You must react another babymetal man, rondo of nightmare live@ budokan (7 minutes video) have solo too, and bass solo
I know what you mean about the guitar solos. It's a shame they always have to reproduce the album versions note for note... they should be allowed to improvise. Please do more BABYMETAL reactions! They have over 50 songs in their repertoire and they are ALL different, mixing multiple genres. Try 2019 BABYMETAL: "Pa Pa Ya! (Feat. F. Hero) OFFICIAL":
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yea alot of ppl dont like the band changes, the kami band is the main band tho and i consider them a part of babymetal. I wouldnt consider myself a metalhead or anything, so I could care less about certain stuff lol. but i do wish the kami band was a bigger part of it. I just see Babymetal as a j-idol metal group, I don't think that makes it less metal tho. That's just my take on it. I think the J idol industry focuses less on technicalities and more on entertainment tbh. To be honest with you, many regular j-pop idols cant sing or dance that well, but they are still so big. Japan loves theatrics no matter what and takes gimmicks seriously, I love Japan for that. its not all sunshine and rainbows of course. I love Babymetal because I like their songs, and LOVE the idea of choreo in metal. I love sumetals voice and its just a big burst of energy i cant find anywhere else!
Please more BABYMETAL your reaction !
And this the reason metal is at the bottom. Because everytime something new comes around it doesn't matter if is good. Metalhead don't want to accepted. Babymetal is a good group but people start asking are their manufacturer are their this and that. Who gives a shit is good music and their play live.
Watch more than one video
If Suzuka didn't like this kind of music I don't think she would go out of her way to feature on a track from BMTH or make a cameo appearance in Corey Taylor's music video. Not to mention that she's been doing this for over a decade. She's popular enough in Japan that she could just switch genres and it would not be detrimental to her career (in fact it might be better considering the generally low quality of J-pop and relatively low popularity of metal in Japan). She's also has a very "metal artist background" so to speak. A sister that struggled with mental illness. An eccentric mother that collects gemstones. Her dad was a guitarist in a garage band before becoming a construction worker. She doesn't do ads or modeling work. Generally keeps to herself outside of shows.
After being around the scene so much (festivals, concerts, shows, collabs etc.), I think it's impossible to not develop an appreciation for the music.
awesome if you do more BABYMETAL songs AWADAMA FEVER AND CATCH ME IF YOU CAN (BOTH LIVE VIDEOS) Take care c-ya
BABYMETAL is an acquired taste. If you like fun and happy metal that will put a smile on your face then you will like BABYMETAL my days of being angry and rebellious have long gone . BABYMETAL just grew on me and now I’m a big fan. Don’t worry they have enough fans so don’t feel obligated.
Check my other Babymetal videos.....
I get what you are laying down Ryan I am old school like band plays in the bar gets noticed next promoted then tour ! Hash tag real !
Exactly ! That's why Babymetal are real
Babymetal has more an orchestra feeling than a band feeling. Which is perfectly fine, because the music kicks ass. I don't get the same emotional connection to Babymetal as with regular bands though, which is an aspect that is very important to me. I miss a display of camaraderie between the performers, and that is a barrier for me to really get into Babymetal.
Hi.🇧🇷
And the lore... Do not forget about the lore!
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