In a bunch of interviews Su has said that this was her favorite song on the album and the one she was most excited to show audiences. As for her vocal strength it recently came out that she practices her singing while running on a treadmill in order to be able to dance and sing with such power. And after seeing them live its even more impressive. I've been a Babymetal fan for so long now and still am amazed to see them dripping sweat and working so hard during every concert, and loving every minute of being on stage.
When you come out of the venue after a BABYMETAL concert you are exhausted, sweaty, tired ... and you have the biggest grin on your face having just had the best time of your life and snatches of all the songs will keep appearing in your head (they are all catchy). Trust me - I was at this show.
Agreed, best dang feeling coming out of a BM venue like that, but then, then the feeling hits you that its all over😢.. but wait! you have another ticket to catch them again on the next leg of the tour! 🤘🤘🤘 all is well again. Happy Happy😊 BABYMETAL FOREVER All hail The Fox God
I once had that feeling walking out of a Gaelic Storm show on my birthday. I had that feeling while (barely) walking out of an Oakenfold show. I look forward to the same feeling once I can finally get to a Babymetal show.
For me, the most impressive thing here is Su-metal doing folkdancing, which is deceptively exhausting, and then singing without being the least bit out of breath.
- This would be a Japanese band featuring a Swedish-Czech vocalist performing a rendition of a Finnish folk song with Irish choreography in the UK. I didn't think something could be so diverse lol - I believe "Oh! Maginai" translates to "Oh! This can't be good." "Majinai" can also be translated to “curse” as well. I believe this is meant to be a pun in Japanese. "Majinai" or "Omajinai" is something like curse, paternoster, mantra. In other words, “Maji” is: "serious, seriously, not joking", and “Nai” is: "can’t find, nothing, no way". When a Japanese person is looking for something very seriously, they may mumble “ Nai. Nai. Nai..... Maji Nai!” Someone please correct me if I am wrong, this was after a little bit of research. - Their entire Metal Galaxy album (which is what "Oh! Majinai" is from) has a lot of very experimental music in it. There is a song where Su-Metal straight up has a rap battle (oh yeah, she can rap too) and it is heavy as fuck, it's called "BxMxC", there is also a Hindu/Indian inspired song called "Shanti Shanti Shanti", and I believe "Night Night Burn" has some kind of Latin inspiration as well. Idk, that whole album is way way different in the best possible way. (PS: If you do react to BxMxC, it is well worth your time to check out the Music Video AND the Live version as the MV is dope but the live version is far more impressive vocally) - Yuimetal is the member who left, Moametal is the one still in the band and she is the one with the really long pigtails on the right side for most of this video. - Fun fact: Su-Metal said this is one of her favorite songs to perform. - Su-Metal turns 23 this month. Women don't typically hit their vocal maturity until their late 20s or early 30s. Imagine how good she will sound then, it's unfair really. - Upload the "Road of Resistance" reaction somewhere else, I would love to see it. Post a link to a Google Drive or Vimeo upload of it or something, please.
95% of BABYMETAL songs are uplifting and full of energy....You will spend the rest of the day full of joy. Then there are some emotional ballads, some dark songs, and definitely one sad but still heavy song, "Starlight", which most believe is for Mikio Fujioka , an amazing guitarist in the band, who died recently and was an avid stargazer.
You would have loved the mosh pit to this when they performed it in Russia, lol, a big circle pit of metalheads dancing along with the ladies. It was great.
HA! The look on your face when the video came on was priceless. The dance was one of the more difficult ones according to Moametal. She talked about how bruised her feet got doing it. Babymetal has the unique ability to take genres from around the world and turn it into something great. Their last album, Metal Galaxy, combined a lot of genres from around the world, so most songs have a very unique feel to them.
I feel bad for Su and Moa now. . . Su doesn't get the breaks she used to with Black Babymetal and Moa still gets breaks on Su Solo's, but the sheer amount of dancing and choreo she has to do is overwhelming! The avengers get to switch out . . Moa is ALWAYS in! . . . If tours get long that can really take it's toll on them . . .I wonder why they don't let the Avengers sing? Most likely due to Moa and Yui originally being picked for voice compatibility to each other and Su perhaps? We know all 3 avengers can certainly sing well enough for back up parts. . Kitsunes up!
OSN: "Am I ready for it?" Patreons to OSN: "Oh, yeah. You're ready for this!" Patreons to each other: "Oh, yeah. He is so NOT ready for this!" HAHAHAHAHA
Still trying for BabyMetals hardest , most fun song, Original BabyMetal Rocks new BabyMetal, try " Catch Me If You Can " live at Black Night Legend Doomsday show 3 Guitar solos, Drum Solo, Monster Riffs, So Metal, So Cute!!!!! Headbanging with a Smile!!- You will thank me, trust me!
The 'replacement' isn't a replacement, they are currently 3 dancers who perform in Yui's former spot. They don't sing. Moametal does have singing parts.
And the easiest way to identify Moa, for the uninitiated, is she still wears the two pigtails, while the three 'Avengers' tend to wear their hair more down.
I can always tell which one is Moa, at least since Yui left. When Yui was still around, they moved too fast and looked too similar for me to always be able to tell. When it comes to the Avengers and beautiful Moa, I don't think they look anything alike.
Third Babymetal reaction we got to see from you. I noticed that you were smiling almost the whole time. No matter what my mood is good or bad , I can listen to Babymetal and they leave me smiling always. Love the reactions
I hope but I do not see that she has that range in her voice... Floor is doing what Floor is best doing and Su-Metal is doing what Su-metal is best doing: Being The One's Queen!
One thing I always loved about this band is they smile a lot. So often in harder music like metal and rock the performers are so serious which works alot but sometimes its just nice to see someone having fun with their music. and you can always tell that they are having the time of their lives every performance and its just so heart warming and makes the performance all the more enjoyable.
Oh come on!!!! LOL, everything was going just fine, we were trying to keep this aspect of BabyMetal hidden away until you were ready LOL. They do some weird stuff FOR SURE, they love to get WTF reactions from people. For whatever reason, this song is Su's favorite from their new album, but she's the one who loves to see shocked and confused faces on the crowd... LOL That's the great thing about BabyMetal... They make you happy, they make you smile. That's the connection they have with people and that's a big part of why they are SO loved.
@@OldSkuleNerd And now go pick the bones out of the Blitzkrieg polka that is ...BABYMETAL META TARO BLU RAY....to be taken once a day by grumpy fat old bikers at on/off in/out lock down time to face any thing/body that may come as pulled ever nearer THE BABYMETAL FOXHOLE.
@@paulwilson7989 From Hawkwind master of the universe to BabyMetal in 50 short years must be a "WITH ANGEL'S FACE DEVIL'S WHISPER " Black BabyMetal that gives chills and cold sweats thing ?
@@aamiw99 I think she mentioned the new Sabaton album is her favourite metal album of the year. And she had mentioned all their first choices for collaboration on the Babymetal album is what they got.
Fun reaction, if you found this fun you are deep in the Fox hole and not even knowing it yet. Yui was forced to leave in 2018 due to health issues. They know have 3 rotating dancers who are not singing they call Avengers. If you really want to know about Babymetal there is a great video called an Unhelpful Guide to Babymetal. It is a fun watch and very informative. I have seen people react to the guide and it us like 40 minutes long.
Nice & thanks again from Japan 有難う💛。Koba, the producer of BABYMETAL, loves word play and puns a lot. "Oh! Majinai" comes from Japanese word "omajinai" which means a good luck charm or magical spell. But if you separate this title into two parts you will find different meaning. When young generation here in Japan says "maji nai", it means "seriously impossible" or categorical denial / rejection.I witnessed the world premiere of this song at Makuhari, Japan on Jan. 25 this year and dropped my jaw 10 times.
Great reaction. The choreography is called The River Dance. To understand more of Babymetal you should watch The Unhelpful but Helpfull guide to Babymetal. Also you should react to Rob Halford with Babymetal.
The choreographer Babymetal works with for the dances is also involved in the Japanese 2020/2021 Olympics (was involved in the Olympics in 2016, the Japanese part where they give a taste of what the Japanese Olymprics in 2020 would be like).
you are going down the fox whole fast. suggestion for a newbie like yourself. react to the video Unhelpful guide to Babymetal. it is like a documentary of Babymetal. it is 40 minutes long but it will help you understand Babymetal and its beginnings and all that has happened to them. it explains alot of things about the band and the girls. highly recommend this. second some reacters are putting a tranparent Babymetal logo across the screen to get away from the blocks. just something to try.
They dance they're doing is a some sort of Slavic folk dance, probably one descended from Cossack traditions. I don't know enough about the dances to say whether it's a hopak or a kozachok or some other sort of dancing, but it's cool to see these three doing it so well.
If i am not mistaken I'd say this is good old Irish river dancing, used to have a video tape of a live performance as a child that we'd watch at our grandparent's and it seems either very similar or exactly the same.
A long time ago and even some time before that, beyond the vast METAL GALAXY there existed a metal paradise. This metal paradise was a place filled with the love of heavy metal, where all metalheads could take off their metal armor and return to being children again. And that place was called PARADISE METAL GALAXY. A place invisible to adults, a Treasured Dream Island. However, all adults were warned to never set foot onto this land as they would be cursed with the Spell of Unattainable Desire. "Welcome! Please come closer!" said the overly excited Fox from the North, and lured the Winterland Metal Warrior to set foot onto the forbidden land. Immediately thereafter, the Fox from the North casted the Spell of Unattainable Desire, which forced the Metal Warrior to uncontrollably dance to what was known as the SHAKARIKI MOSH'SH. The other metal warriors who witnessed this scene were disgusted, complaining that "this isn't heavy metal at all." Just as they were complaining about this, they were hit by the same spell and to their dismay, they had their arms around each other's shoulders, uncontrollably dancing to the SHAKARIKI MOSH'SH and this paradise would spread into the METAL GALAXY... - Intro before the song
The girl on the /screen)right when you said that is Moa Kikuchi, the one who left is Yui Mizuno (or Yui-Metal). She was replaced by three so-called Avengers, who are switching out. The have no mics but can sing, as they all did musicals and other stuff. Their names are Kano Fujihira, Riho Sayashi and Momoko Okazaki. Kano and Momoko were in Sakura Gakuin too, like Su, Moa and Yui were. Perhaps you can watch "An unhelpful guide to Babymetal" This guide is very good put together and gives you a lot of Information about them. Greets from Germany and stay safe!
The other day Joakim explained a bit on how he collaborated with Babymetal in the song on a Herman Li stream, I can't post the link because the comment gets shadowbanned, but you can find it easily on the search. Actually Suzuka (Su-metal) had explained in some interview that she likes Sabaton a lot and that she usually listens to it when she travels from her hometown of Hiroshima to Tokyo to work. Man I'm loving your Babymetal reactions. Isn't there a way we can watch the Road of Resistance one? Google Drive link or something like this? Oh and the music and the choreo are clearly russian looking, with all they soviet imagery in the background and the ressemblance of the music and the dance to the _kalinka_ and cossack dances. Metal Galaxy, their last album (past week just won MTV Japan best 2020 album overall btw) explores all kinds of folk metal from different countries on its first half. Oh Majinai is Eastern Europe. I would try Ijime, Dame, Zettai or Akatsuki next.
WOW! Thank God you have a great attitude and enjoyed this one! I was really worried when you said you are a Sabaton fan since I have no idea what a real Sabaton fan would think of this....it seems so different from the Sabaton songs I have heard. When I first heard this song, I decided to check out some Sabaton videos, and I was surprised how different they were from this! LOL! I now like Sabaton too.
Wasn't sure about this song when I first heard it. Then, when I saw them live in Feb this year (in Wales, UK) , was surprised to find myself jumping around and shouting "Nai, nai, nai, nai, etc" within about 3 seconds of it starting. Our Queen Su has said that this was her favourite song to perform on this tour. 'Majinai' means, broadly, 'magic' - there's the other superb Japanese band, Band-Maid, who have a 'Majinai Time' break in the middle of their performance which the girl who presents it, Miku, always says that 'Majinai Time' means 'Magic Spell Time'.
I have seen Babymetal 20 times now in a lot of countries, inc Japan. I can say there are 2 places you have to see them Japan and London. They call London their 2nd home, and when they walk on to the stage they and the crowd are all ready hyped to max. You'd be right about humming the tune to this song if it wasn't or BxMxC which, live, just leaves this in the dust.
Not the first time Su and Moa did European Folk dancing. There is the choreography version of "Verishuvi" performed by Sakura Gakuin from the 2011 nendo. This was of course while Babymetal was still a subgroup of Sakura Gakuin. So Yui is there as well.
She went thru a voice change a few years ago and had to go to some vocal coaches to retrain her voice. She learned a lot and at this point she uses different breathing techniques based on what altitude she is performing at. What a pro.
@@bradkornatowski3866 Mexico city show was .2015 around 6 years ago. So depending on how long it could of being Su had being training it could of being just before she left or just after leaving Sakura Gakuin . That might be where i seen it . I have a look see if it was where i Sèen vocal training mentioned. Thank you for that info 🤘🦊🤘
Man, we would really love it if you could upload that "Road of Resistance" reaction somehow. I know other reactors put it on a different platform and create a UA-cam video redirecting viewers there, but many also seem to get away with just blurring or obscuring the video a bit, and making sure to interrupt the audio intermittently. Technically, if you are making an analysis and review, you should be allowed to play the content. But I guess if someone is just showing the whole thing without any breaks, Amuse can argue that there's no real review going on, just copyright infringement. And they do have a point, I think. If people just want to watch the performance and listen to the music, they should go to the official channel and make sure the band gets their revenue. The reason you're getting blocked instead of just demonetized is probably because the DVD's of that show is still selling quite well, and the video on their channel is probably only available regionally (which you would essentially be bypassing by presenting it on your channel). You could also link to the video and have us sync up with you. That way you do not have to even include the material in your reaction. The tricky part here is that you can't pause too much, or it will be a pain for us to stay in sync. So in this particular case it might be too late for that solution.
BABYMETAL 101 Founded 2010 and produced by Key “Koba” Kobayashi from the Amuse Inc. talent agency. Babymetal name comes from the birth of a new style of metal fusing j-pop with metal creating what they call Kawaii Metal (Cute-Metal). The group currently consists of Suzuka Nakamoto aka “Su-Metal” (22 years old) sometimes referred to as Vocal and Dance, and Moa Kikuchi aka Moa-Metal (21 years old) sometimes referred to as Scream and Dance. With a rotating trio of girls filling the third slot, in a 3-member formation. These girls are known as Avengers and are Kano Fujihara (16 years old), Riho Sayashi (21 years old), and Momoko Okazaki (17 years old). They are supported by a rotating selection of talented backing musicians known as the Kami Band (Kami is usually poorly translated as gods, but in truth it more closely means awe inspiring spirit, entity, or object) It is why they are dressed in white to look like ghosts or spirits, though Kami being used as God(s) is so common in translation the white outfits get lost. Past Formations. Heavy Music Club Era (2010-2012) From 2010 to 2012 Babymetal consist of a three-member formation, Suzuka Nakamoto (Age 12), Moa Kikuchi (Age 10), and Yui Mizuno aka Yui-Metal (Age 10). First starting out as the Heavy Music Club as a subunit within the Developmental Idol Group created by Amuse in 2010 known as Sakura Gakuin. Sakura Gakuin is group that introduces girls between the ages of 10-15 to music, dance, modeling, and acting through Japanese Pop idol music and culture. Given a school theme, all three would be a part of Sakura Gakuin until their graduation from it in the same school year they would graduate from Japanese middle school or 15 years old. Suzuka graduated in March 2013, and Moa and Yui in March of 2015. Sakura Gakuin is a fantastic group with great kawaii jpop songs in their own right. During this time there was no lore, and the girl’s costumes were more punkish in nature which they helped create. They also didn’t perform with live music, using a backing track or the “Skeleton band” people pretending to play music behind them. Music Video of this Era Doki Doki Morning Iine (Pronounced EE-NAH spelled i i n e) Headbangya Babymetal Era (2012-2017) Starting in 2012 with the Legend I concert, Babymetal began its slow divorce from Sakura Gakuin, and was the first introduction of the Kami Band as well as the “Lore” that is still heavily involved in Babymetal but makes far less sense than it did during this time. The Lore is complex and involves a battle against other evil idol corporations, gaining powers running a resistance group, all at the direction of a mythical deity known as the fox god, against an all power enemy known as Akiba. The first Legend show I was the Kami Bands introduction to the end, but it also had the Skeleton Band which is seen in the wildly popular Gimmie Chocolate Music Video. This was followed by Legend D, and then Legend Z, in which it was learned that Babymetal would continue as its own entity after Suzuka’s graduation from Sakura Gakuin in March of 2013. Slowly over 2013 the Skeleton Band would be phased out of all live shows, as Babymetal came into their own. Babymetal as it is most commonly known as with Su-Metal, Moa-Meta, and Yui-Metal, Kami Band, and a somewhat understandable lore is what consisted for the majority of it’s existence. Also established beyond the 3 member formation, they had 2 other set ups, one was what fans called Su-Solos, and it would just be Su on stage with the Kami band, performing a solo, and the other is known as Black Babymetal by the band themselves, which consisted of just Moa and Yui. Music Videos of this Era Gimmie Chocolate Megitsune Rondo of Nightmare - With mischief of the Gods Intro (Su Solo and a great expedition of the Kami Band) Road of Resistance Live in Japan (Co-written by Dragonforce) Iijime, Dame, Zettai Live at Sonisphere (No More Bullying Forever) Karate The Dark Times, The Chosen 7 Era In December 2017, Yui would miss the Legend-S concert for health reasons, these health problems would prosiest into 2018 and greatly affect the 2018 touring season bring the “Chosen 7” formation, consisting of Suzuka Nakamoto, Moa Kikuchi, and 2 backing dancers Minako Maruyama, and Minami Tsukui. Changes they would not tell fans and all throughout 2018 communicate extraordinarily little causing lots of pain for all involved fan and performer. This era is noted by their strange armor like costumes, sometimes referred to as Elf Armor. To make the poor communication, and Yui’s absence wasn’t bad enough, one of the more regular Kami band members, Mikio Fujioka passed away after falling off a balcony in late December 2017 while star gazing. A beloved and incredibly talented musician lost leaving behind his wife and only child. In September 2018 Yui would formally resign from Babymetal, stating her unspecified health and wishing to move on. Babymetal themselves announced that the group will move on focusing on Suzuka and Moa. (Something many idiots within the fandom refuse or are too stupid to understand) In October Babymetal had a concert called Dark Night Carnival which added dancers, Shoko Akiyama, Saya Hirai, and Kotono, placing a total of seven girls on stage. This was also done without warning to fans and was an absolute mess. Babymetal would finish off the 2018 tour season returning to the 3-member formation with just Saya Hirai joining them in southeast Asia and Australia. Ending one of the most troubling times in Babymetal’s history. Music Videos of this Era (These MVs do not feature the members in them at all) Distortion Starlight Metal Galaxy Era The current set up was first introduced in 2019 during the Babymetal Arises concert in Yokohama, before the start, the “Avenger” support dancer concept was explained in the lore, and the concept thanks to communication and a maintaining of the 3 member formation brought Babymetal out of dark times brought about during 2018. Babymetal seemed to have returned to its roots with the Avengers, as 2 of the three (Kano and Momoko) come from Sakura Gakuin. The third Riho, went to the same performing arts school as Suzuka during the same time, Actors School Hiroshima aka ASH. Music Videos of this Era Pa Pa Ya Elevator Girl Shanti Shanti Da Da Dance (Avenger confusion) Which Avenger one sees can be confusing for those new to Babymetal. For the Music Videos, Pa Pa Ya, Elevator Girl, and Shanti Shanti Shanti, it is Kano Fujihara, who was just 14 years old at the time. Da Da Dance is a compilation of Momoko and Riho and a splicing of 2 different shows. In most fan cam videos of the American and European tour it would be either Riho or Momoko, as they toured with Babymetal in 2019. Kano had responsibilities with Sakura Gakuin as its president, a position Suzuka and Moa both held in Sakura Gakuin, and she’s never flown on a plane before. Some fans for 2019 did throw a stupid temper tantrum over the use of new Kami Band members who are from the west now known as the West Coast Kami Band, but like how the girls won over many, so did they and the payoff with the Legend Metal Galaxy concert was well worth it. COVID Era COIVD-19 has messed up a lot of things for everyone, Babymetal had to cancel their Asian tour, as well their big 10th Anniversary on October 10, 2020. Forced to keep it rather tame something very unlike Babymetal as even in their failures like the entire 2018 tour they do it septically. The question for many fans is what of the Avengers, since COVID, Avenger Riho Sayashi has signed with a new agency and has move on to other projects, including starting a fan club, which appears to rule her out of ever being an Avenger again. Kano Fujihara has graduated from Sakura Gakuin on August 30, 2020, a near 4 month delay. However, she and fellow Sakura Gakuin graduates Soyoka Yoshida, Tsugumi Aritomo, and Momoe Mori in the formation of @onefive. Which leaves Momoko Okazaki as last standing Avenger with no new commitments. However, Kano was technically in Sakura Gakuin, @onefive, and Babymetal all at the same time for almost a year so it is possible she will still be an Avenger. Music Videos of this Era BxMxC (First music video that isn’t footage from a show featuring Su and Moa since Karate in 2015)
BabyMetal: putting the fun in metal for ten years :-) I would of enjoyed asking did you know, there is a collaboration with Rob Halford? Now you have seen the guide, you most likely know.
The dancing is a mix of Irish, Germanic, and Russian styles. If you like the authentic touch to the cultures they are paying tribute to, you may enjoy "Shanti, Shanti, Shanti," from the same album as this one. They sing partly in Hindi, and do some authentic Indian Bollywood-style dance moves! The best way to tell the girls apart nowadays is that Su-Metal always wears a ponytail, and Moa-Metal always wears pigtails, at least when in their BABYMETAL costumes. The Avengers, who are a trio of dancers who rotate in Yui-Metal's old spot, since she left BABYMETAL, always wear their hair straight in the back, with buns on the side. The Avenger in this one is Momoko-Metal (Momoko Okazaki). Moa sings backup and primarily dances (she has a couple leads, too, and is nearly as amazing a singer as Su), so she always has a headset mic on, too. The Avengers don't sing, which is sad, because they are every bit as much trained idols as Su and Moa (and all but one of them were fellow members of Sakura Gakuin with Su and Moa).
Great reaction to a fun song (you will find you smile a lot when watching BabyMetal as that's what they do, make you feel happy). I think for your next reaction you need to go back to one of their earliest songs, Doki Doki Morning (2011) when they were very young (Su was 14 and Yui and Moa were 12/13) or Megitsune which has one the most brutal breakdowns I have heard. Keep up the good work, Ray.
The tempos, vocal styles, mood, etc all change throughout these - check them out! Devon Townsend - Kingdom Cradle of Filth - Nymphetamine Slipknot - The Nameless Lamb of God - Overlord Mushroomhead - We Are the Truth
Yeah they are definitely having a great time on stage. Su-metal said in an interview that his is her favourite song from the newest album. Looking forward to more Babymetal reactions. Based on your reactions so far you could just pick Babymetal songs from a hat to react to and you'd have a great time each video.
I always find it interesting to see Sabaton (or their members) in in new interesting places. It's sort of weird in a way to since I have a hard time not seeing them as the smal but cool local band I grew up with them being. They started out in the town where I grew up. If you want to try and get closer with your pronunciation of Joakim i would describe it as yo - a - keem in English. Great to see how much you seem to enjoy making these videos.
It's so much better live. Not a fan of the album track but this is great. Now you need to see their other Irish Folk song 'Meta Taro'. Either that or 'Shanti Shanti Shanti' where they do the same thing except it's India.
Great reaction, you seem like an awesome guy! I have to admit, this is my least favourite BABYMETAL song. I have never been into folk stuff. But how could I not love this live performance? As you said, it‘s impossible not to smile to the dancing, and the video backdrop is friggin‘ hilarious. I remember seeing some Russian fancam footage that I liked even more, the Russian audience was having a blast.
For Road of Resistance - uniquely - the only thing that matters to the copyright check is the video, the audio is not a factor. Other reactors who show the video in a window have been able to cover the window, or blur it, or use a watermark and have been able to post their reactions in the past few months (since RoR changed from being completely unrestricted). This isn't quite as easy for you since you have it fullscreen behind you, but if you overlaid a _large_ watermark or blurring effect outside of where you appear - perhaps in a wide bar across the screen just below your logo and above your head - you should be able to post it on your channel as well.
Well this has been the best video of this song I seen I remember you said during Karate That if the girls started to fight each other you would be a fan well DO YOU KNOW THAT THERE IS A SONG WHERE THE GIRLS HAVE A FULL MARTIAL ARTS FIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE GUITARISTS SOLO IT IS A SU METAL SOLO SONG CALLED AKATSUKIE DARK NIGHT CARNIVAL LIVE IT IS A VERY RESENT PERFORMANCE IT IS INSANE JUST SAYING
Discovered your channel recently with Spiritbox. I love how informative you are (enjoyed all your explanation for the song of Amarthe with Noora) and how honest you are about what you think. I wanted to suggest another japanese band that I discovered recently, the WagakkiBand, a fusion of rock and japanese folk music and instruments. The video everyone says to start with is Wagakki Band - 焔 (Homura) + 暁ノ糸 (Akatsuki no Ito) / 1st JAPAN Tour 2015 Hibiya Yagai Ongakudo. Enjoy!
Has any one ells said this, You liked Sabaton and Bismarck, right? You Like Babymetal. And here we have them together. Am I wrong to make the progression to wanting to see Wargaming get Babymetal to do Yamato. :)
Nice reaction dude 🦊🤘 to remember the members for now Su is the one in the ponytail and Moa has the double pigtails also this song is off of their last album Metal Galaxy and I think that in December they’re going to release a new album
Sorry to hear about the X, told you Amuse was brutal. Oddly Road of Resistance used to be the safest song to react too and lately it seems to be their most protected.
Great reaction! You are so down the Foxhole. React on "An unhelpfull guide to Babymetal..." and you will get the whole picture. It's interesting, fun and you understand what it'sall about. I have been humming Oh Majinai since first i've heard it. I love Sabaton and i love Babymetal. Hope we can see them on stage soon again. That crazy guy from Sweden and Sabaton have i seen twice and meet them backstage. Hope i can do that with BM too... ❤🦊🤘 Stay home, stay safe, stay metal! Greetings from Sweden!
"Hope i can do that with BM too" only way I can see that happening is if you're employed by a venue where they're doing a show ^^ (or journalist for a big metal magazine)
I don't know how you were able to make me appreciate a Babymetal song that I don't really care for much. But you did!! Keep doing more Babymetal! Ijime Dame Zettai at Sonisphere has your name on it!
One way to beat the blocks is stopping about every 45 seconds and adding "content", then rewinding a bit. Another method is to put a watermark over the video. One other way is to cover a larger portion of the screen. Also, be sure to mark the video as non-monetized through You Tube and that all revenues go to the owners of the video. Amuse is notorious for their copyright strikes. You have to wonder if they know how many people have learned about their bands through You Tube.
@@Kane_SIF and that is the best way to enjoy the very best of Babymetal, I mean when I see reactors doing TotD or Moabanger on youtube I actually feel bad for them, experience ruined by shitty compilations
Their version of "Irish" dancing looks a lot like Slavic dancers trying to do an Irish dance. I don't mean that in a critical way, but I think ballet and eastern European dance is incorporated into their training, but Irish dance styles are not. Lots of good fun, either way.
Heeeey, did you know... Just kidding! What I am not kidding about though is that you should totally react to Sabaton - En livstid i Krig (live) from Gothenburg, and make sure to enable captions. It is in Swedish, but I highly suspect that won't matter. Keep on keeping on!
I'd say, Babymetal is not "Cute (Kawaii) Metal", they are "happy metal" ;) As a native Japanese, their lyrics were the first thing needed to be overcome (especially Gimme choc, Ijime , Dame, Zettai, and this, Oh!Majinai - this is one of my favourite BM song tho;)) way too childish and full of silliness lol But since I focus on Kami band's music and Su's voice and expression, lyrics never bothered me again. Now I understand her voice touches directly to listener's soul, that's why they are so much loved by non Japanese speakers. Try Trilogy of Lights (starlight - shine - Arkadia) for current Su's vocal ability :))
As you commented, this is a European style, for sure. Which country? It is contentious. I heard many opinions. Irish says that comes from Irish dance. Russian says it is Russian style and the images of Joakim on the screen indicates that. Polish claims this song has Polish flavor. Swedish raises a question if you know which country Joakim is from. And Czech points out influence from Polka. From a neutral position as a Japanese, I can say this is Europe-ish. ヽ(^o^)丿 No? 有難う💛。
From the first time hearing this on the new album, it hasn't been my favorite. But, yes it's catchy and at this point if they like the song (Su has said it's her favorite) and are having fun on stage with it then that's good enough for me.
You saw how bouncy those moves are, and yet, not a single missed notes on her part. I have never been this "obsessed" with a female vocalist in metal except Su-Metal and obviously Floor Jansen. But to be perfectly honest, Im more connected with Su tho.
Alternate title: local bearded man gets his mind absolutely fucking *blown* by three Japanese gals in lolita fashion doing a folk metal collab with the Sabaton man for roughly 10 minutes. And it's wonderful.
In a bunch of interviews Su has said that this was her favorite song on the album and the one she was most excited to show audiences. As for her vocal strength it recently came out that she practices her singing while running on a treadmill in order to be able to dance and sing with such power. And after seeing them live its even more impressive. I've been a Babymetal fan for so long now and still am amazed to see them dripping sweat and working so hard during every concert, and loving every minute of being on stage.
When you come out of the venue after a BABYMETAL concert you are exhausted, sweaty, tired ... and you have the biggest grin on your face having just had the best time of your life and snatches of all the songs will keep appearing in your head (they are all catchy). Trust me - I was at this show.
Agreed, best dang feeling coming out of a BM venue like that, but then, then the feeling hits you that its all over😢.. but wait! you have another ticket to catch them again on the next leg of the tour! 🤘🤘🤘 all is well again.
Happy Happy😊
BABYMETAL FOREVER
All hail The Fox God
Which is why Babymetal blues is a real thing.
I once had that feeling walking out of a Gaelic Storm show on my birthday. I had that feeling while (barely) walking out of an Oakenfold show. I look forward to the same feeling once I can finally get to a Babymetal show.
would feel weird if i didnt see your name in the comment section of a babymetal video
For me, the most impressive thing here is Su-metal doing folkdancing, which is deceptively exhausting, and then singing without being the least bit out of breath.
apparently she rehearses on a treadmill
- This would be a Japanese band featuring a Swedish-Czech vocalist performing a rendition of a Finnish folk song with Irish choreography in the UK. I didn't think something could be so diverse lol
- I believe "Oh! Maginai" translates to "Oh! This can't be good." "Majinai" can also be translated to “curse” as well. I believe this is meant to be a pun in Japanese. "Majinai" or "Omajinai" is something like curse, paternoster, mantra. In other words, “Maji” is: "serious, seriously, not joking", and “Nai” is: "can’t find, nothing, no way". When a Japanese person is looking for something very seriously, they may mumble “ Nai. Nai. Nai..... Maji Nai!” Someone please correct me if I am wrong, this was after a little bit of research.
- Their entire Metal Galaxy album (which is what "Oh! Majinai" is from) has a lot of very experimental music in it. There is a song where Su-Metal straight up has a rap battle (oh yeah, she can rap too) and it is heavy as fuck, it's called "BxMxC", there is also a Hindu/Indian inspired song called "Shanti Shanti Shanti", and I believe "Night Night Burn" has some kind of Latin inspiration as well. Idk, that whole album is way way different in the best possible way. (PS: If you do react to BxMxC, it is well worth your time to check out the Music Video AND the Live version as the MV is dope but the live version is far more impressive vocally)
- Yuimetal is the member who left, Moametal is the one still in the band and she is the one with the really long pigtails on the right side for most of this video.
- Fun fact: Su-Metal said this is one of her favorite songs to perform.
- Su-Metal turns 23 this month. Women don't typically hit their vocal maturity until their late 20s or early 30s. Imagine how good she will sound then, it's unfair really.
- Upload the "Road of Resistance" reaction somewhere else, I would love to see it. Post a link to a Google Drive or Vimeo upload of it or something, please.
You forgot reacted to by a Cajun.
And the Kami Band in this video is American.
And a old European folk tale style witch in the song. :-)
Too deep my brain hurts
95% of BABYMETAL songs are uplifting and full of energy....You will spend the rest of the day full of joy. Then there are some emotional ballads, some dark songs, and definitely one sad but still heavy song, "Starlight", which most believe is for Mikio Fujioka , an amazing guitarist in the band, who died recently and was an avid stargazer.
You would have loved the mosh pit to this when they performed it in Russia, lol, a big circle pit of metalheads dancing along with the ladies. It was great.
Yes! I was about to comment about that too!
HA! The look on your face when the video came on was priceless. The dance was one of the more difficult ones according to Moametal. She talked about how bruised her feet got doing it. Babymetal has the unique ability to take genres from around the world and turn it into something great. Their last album, Metal Galaxy, combined a lot of genres from around the world, so most songs have a very unique feel to them.
I feel bad for Su and Moa now. . . Su doesn't get the breaks she used to with Black Babymetal and Moa still gets breaks on Su Solo's, but the sheer amount of dancing and choreo she has to do is overwhelming! The avengers get to switch out . . Moa is ALWAYS in! . . . If tours get long that can really take it's toll on them . . .I wonder why they don't let the Avengers sing? Most likely due to Moa and Yui originally being picked for voice compatibility to each other and Su perhaps? We know all 3 avengers can certainly sing well enough for back up parts. . Kitsunes up!
And look at them hitting their marks on the floor. Great Performance!
OSN: "Am I ready for it?"
Patreons to OSN: "Oh, yeah. You're ready for this!"
Patreons to each other: "Oh, yeah. He is so NOT ready for this!"
HAHAHAHAHA
Still trying for BabyMetals hardest , most fun song, Original BabyMetal Rocks new BabyMetal, try
" Catch Me If You Can " live at
Black Night Legend Doomsday show
3 Guitar solos, Drum Solo, Monster Riffs, So Metal, So Cute!!!!!
Headbanging with a Smile!!-
You will thank me, trust me!
Many BABYMETAL songs are ear worms. The cure? More BABYMETAL songs.
"That's how music is supposed to be" 👍nice
Dancing is Irish style. To a bit of a good ol’ sea shanty style music. Gotta love Babymetal.
The 'replacement' isn't a replacement, they are currently 3 dancers who perform in Yui's former spot. They don't sing. Moametal does have singing parts.
And the easiest way to identify Moa, for the uninitiated, is she still wears the two pigtails, while the three 'Avengers' tend to wear their hair more down.
@@scottfield5849 yes, very good tip.
I can always tell which one is Moa, at least since Yui left. When Yui was still around, they moved too fast and looked too similar for me to always be able to tell. When it comes to the Avengers and beautiful Moa, I don't think they look anything alike.
She raps as well
BxMxC
I was at this show !!!!!!!!
Lucky
Third Babymetal reaction we got to see from you. I noticed that you were smiling almost the whole time. No matter what my mood is good or bad , I can listen to Babymetal and they leave me smiling always. Love the reactions
Excellent content dude.
Oh! Majinai is the younger brother of Meta Taro.
Meta Taro : The Death Warrior
Oh! Majinai : The Death Pirate
Suzuka Nakamoto sounds better each year. She is working on her vocal instrument constantly and she will someday be the next Floor Jansen
I hope but I do not see that she has that range in her voice... Floor is doing what Floor is best doing and Su-Metal is doing what Su-metal is best doing: Being The One's Queen!
@@davidornberg and both are different in there voice classification
But Su is no less versatile 🤘🦊🤘
@@martinmetal7481 Second That
One thing I always loved about this band is they smile a lot.
So often in harder music like metal and rock the performers are so serious which works alot but sometimes its just nice to see someone having fun with their music.
and you can always tell that they are having the time of their lives every performance and its just so heart warming and makes the performance all the more enjoyable.
Oh come on!!!! LOL, everything was going just fine, we were trying to keep this aspect of BabyMetal hidden away until you were ready LOL. They do some weird stuff FOR SURE, they love to get WTF reactions from people. For whatever reason, this song is Su's favorite from their new album, but she's the one who loves to see shocked and confused faces on the crowd... LOL
That's the great thing about BabyMetal... They make you happy, they make you smile. That's the connection they have with people and that's a big part of why they are SO loved.
Then she is exactly who we want her to be.... AMAZING
@@OldSkuleNerd And now go pick the bones out of the Blitzkrieg polka that is
...BABYMETAL META TARO BLU RAY....to be taken once a day by grumpy fat
old bikers at on/off in/out lock down time to face any thing/body that may
come as pulled ever nearer THE BABYMETAL FOXHOLE.
Yeah she seems to have a thing for these types of songs. Her favourite from Metal Resistance was also Meta Taro.
@@paulwilson7989 From Hawkwind master of the universe to BabyMetal in 50 short
years must be a "WITH ANGEL'S FACE DEVIL'S WHISPER " Black BabyMetal that
gives chills and cold sweats thing ?
@@aamiw99 I think she mentioned the new Sabaton album is her favourite metal album of the year. And she had mentioned all their first choices for collaboration on the Babymetal album is what they got.
I was at this gig, last gig I managed to get to before everything got locked down, and they smashed it - shame the audio on this video isn't great
Me too, I was going to say exactly the same as you. Epic night wasn't it!
Great reaction - its so nice to see reactions with substance rather than the normal minimal effort videos most people throw up on UA-cam.
Fun reaction, if you found this fun you are deep in the Fox hole and not even knowing it yet. Yui was forced to leave in 2018 due to health issues. They know have 3 rotating dancers who are not singing they call Avengers. If you really want to know about Babymetal there is a great video called an Unhelpful Guide to Babymetal. It is a fun watch and very informative. I have seen people react to the guide and it us like 40 minutes long.
Nice & thanks again from Japan 有難う💛。Koba, the producer of BABYMETAL, loves word play and puns a lot. "Oh! Majinai" comes from Japanese word "omajinai" which means a good luck charm or magical spell. But if you separate this title into two parts you will find different meaning. When young generation here in Japan says "maji nai", it means "seriously impossible" or categorical denial / rejection.I witnessed the world premiere of this song at Makuhari, Japan on Jan. 25 this year and dropped my jaw 10 times.
It's Finnsh folk melody named "Ievan Polkka"
And Ukraine гопак
Great reaction. The choreography is called The River Dance. To understand more of Babymetal you should watch The Unhelpful but Helpfull guide to Babymetal. Also you should react to Rob Halford with Babymetal.
The choreographer Babymetal works with for the dances is also involved in the Japanese 2020/2021 Olympics (was involved in the Olympics in 2016, the Japanese part where they give a taste of what the Japanese Olymprics in 2020 would be like).
you are going down the fox whole fast. suggestion for a newbie like yourself. react to the video Unhelpful guide to Babymetal. it is like a documentary of Babymetal. it is 40 minutes long but it will help you understand Babymetal and its beginnings and all that has happened to them. it explains alot of things about the band and the girls. highly recommend this. second some reacters are putting a tranparent Babymetal logo across the screen to get away from the blocks. just something to try.
That was the last gig I went to pre covid - my Brothers and I had a blast and plenty to drink!!
They dance they're doing is a some sort of Slavic folk dance, probably one descended from Cossack traditions. I don't know enough about the dances to say whether it's a hopak or a kozachok or some other sort of dancing, but it's cool to see these three doing it so well.
If i am not mistaken I'd say this is good old Irish river dancing, used to have a video tape of a live performance as a child that we'd watch at our grandparent's and it seems either very similar or exactly the same.
BABY METAL - ROAD OF RESISTANCE LIVE IN JAPAN...👌👌👌👍👍👍👍💓💓💓💓💓
A long time ago and even some time before that, beyond the vast METAL GALAXY there existed a metal paradise. This metal paradise was a place filled with the love of heavy metal, where all metalheads could take off their metal armor and return to being children again. And that place was called PARADISE METAL GALAXY. A place invisible to adults, a Treasured Dream Island. However, all adults were warned to never set foot onto this land as they would be cursed with the Spell of Unattainable Desire.
"Welcome! Please come closer!" said the overly excited Fox from the North, and lured the Winterland Metal Warrior to set foot onto the forbidden land. Immediately thereafter, the Fox from the North casted the Spell of Unattainable Desire, which forced the Metal Warrior to uncontrollably dance to what was known as the SHAKARIKI MOSH'SH. The other metal warriors who witnessed this scene were disgusted, complaining that "this isn't heavy metal at all."
Just as they were complaining about this, they were hit by the same spell and to their dismay, they had their arms around each other's shoulders, uncontrollably dancing to the SHAKARIKI MOSH'SH and this paradise would spread into the METAL GALAXY...
- Intro before the song
The girl on the /screen)right when you said that is Moa Kikuchi, the one who left is Yui Mizuno (or Yui-Metal). She was replaced by three so-called Avengers, who are switching out. The have no mics but can sing, as they all did musicals and other stuff. Their names are Kano Fujihira, Riho Sayashi and Momoko Okazaki. Kano and Momoko were in Sakura Gakuin too, like Su, Moa and Yui were. Perhaps you can watch "An unhelpful guide to Babymetal" This guide is very good put together and gives you a lot of Information about them. Greets from Germany and stay safe!
The other day Joakim explained a bit on how he collaborated with Babymetal in the song on a Herman Li stream, I can't post the link because the comment gets shadowbanned, but you can find it easily on the search.
Actually Suzuka (Su-metal) had explained in some interview that she likes Sabaton a lot and that she usually listens to it when she travels from her hometown of Hiroshima to Tokyo to work.
Man I'm loving your Babymetal reactions. Isn't there a way we can watch the Road of Resistance one? Google Drive link or something like this?
Oh and the music and the choreo are clearly russian looking, with all they soviet imagery in the background and the ressemblance of the music and the dance to the _kalinka_ and cossack dances.
Metal Galaxy, their last album (past week just won MTV Japan best 2020 album overall btw) explores all kinds of folk metal from different countries on its first half. Oh Majinai is Eastern Europe.
I would try Ijime, Dame, Zettai or Akatsuki next.
Ahh! I'm so glad you mentioned the Russian influence! This reminded me a lot of "Energia" by Russkaja and I thought I was losing my mind, lol.
WOW! Thank God you have a great attitude and enjoyed this one! I was really worried when you said you are a Sabaton fan since I have no idea what a real Sabaton fan would think of this....it seems so different from the Sabaton songs I have heard. When I first heard this song, I decided to check out some Sabaton videos, and I was surprised how different they were from this! LOL! I now like Sabaton too.
That was really entertaining! I really hope to see the live one day!
Regarding the dancing style: I think this is Irish folk dancing.
It is a cossack dance.
@@Hadesillo Not, what the girls are doing...
@@steffenjachnow8176 sieht bissl aus wie Riverdance, also irisch.
@@baumi-metal9123 Das will ich doch gemeint haben!
man you're hitting babymetal hard, let's go.....
Road of Resistance, Let's goo
There is a video of BABYMETAL performing this song in Russia, and the crowd went NUTS! So you are correcrt.
Wasn't sure about this song when I first heard it. Then, when I saw them live in Feb this year (in Wales, UK) , was surprised to find myself jumping around and shouting "Nai, nai, nai, nai, etc" within about 3 seconds of it starting. Our Queen Su has said that this was her favourite song to perform on this tour. 'Majinai' means, broadly, 'magic' - there's the other superb Japanese band, Band-Maid, who have a 'Majinai Time' break in the middle of their performance which the girl who presents it, Miku, always says that 'Majinai Time' means 'Magic Spell Time'.
you can check the unhelpull guide to babymetal so you can understand the history of them
Congrats to 5000 subs!!!
Well...I guess we gotta recommend the weirder Babymetal tracks 😂
I have seen Babymetal 20 times now in a lot of countries, inc Japan. I can say there are 2 places you have to see them Japan and London. They call London their 2nd home, and when they walk on to the stage they and the crowd are all ready hyped to max. You'd be right about humming the tune to this song if it wasn't or BxMxC which, live, just leaves this in the dust.
Russian dance, Scottish, grece, Italian, polka, it is an absurd mix of dances
Who cares,its looks awesome
You should see the fan cam video of the mosh pit in Russia during this song. The circle pit locked arms and kicked feet and bounced.
Not the first time Su and Moa did European Folk dancing. There is the choreography version of "Verishuvi" performed by Sakura Gakuin from the 2011 nendo. This was of course while Babymetal was still a subgroup of Sakura Gakuin. So Yui is there as well.
She went thru a voice change a few years ago and had to go to some vocal coaches to retrain her voice. She learned a lot and at this point she uses different breathing techniques based on what altitude she is performing at. What a pro.
She always had vocal training her i think she started when she left Sakura Gakuin or was still in it .
@@martinmetal7481 Moa mentioned some specific voice change training for Su during an interview in Mexico City,
@@bradkornatowski3866 Mexico city show was .2015 around 6 years ago.
So depending on how long it could of being Su had being training it could of being just before she left or just after leaving Sakura Gakuin .
That might be where i seen it .
I have a look see if it was where i
Sèen vocal training mentioned.
Thank you for that info 🤘🦊🤘
Man, we would really love it if you could upload that "Road of Resistance" reaction somehow. I know other reactors put it on a different platform and create a UA-cam video redirecting viewers there, but many also seem to get away with just blurring or obscuring the video a bit, and making sure to interrupt the audio intermittently. Technically, if you are making an analysis and review, you should be allowed to play the content. But I guess if someone is just showing the whole thing without any breaks, Amuse can argue that there's no real review going on, just copyright infringement. And they do have a point, I think. If people just want to watch the performance and listen to the music, they should go to the official channel and make sure the band gets their revenue. The reason you're getting blocked instead of just demonetized is probably because the DVD's of that show is still selling quite well, and the video on their channel is probably only available regionally (which you would essentially be bypassing by presenting it on your channel).
You could also link to the video and have us sync up with you. That way you do not have to even include the material in your reaction. The tricky part here is that you can't pause too much, or it will be a pain for us to stay in sync. So in this particular case it might be too late for that solution.
BABYMETAL 101
Founded 2010 and produced by Key “Koba” Kobayashi from the Amuse Inc. talent agency. Babymetal name comes from the birth of a new style of metal fusing j-pop with metal creating what they call Kawaii Metal (Cute-Metal).
The group currently consists of Suzuka Nakamoto aka “Su-Metal” (22 years old) sometimes referred to as Vocal and Dance, and Moa Kikuchi aka Moa-Metal (21 years old) sometimes referred to as Scream and Dance. With a rotating trio of girls filling the third slot, in a 3-member formation. These girls are known as Avengers and are Kano Fujihara (16 years old), Riho Sayashi (21 years old), and Momoko Okazaki (17 years old). They are supported by a rotating selection of talented backing musicians known as the Kami Band (Kami is usually poorly translated as gods, but in truth it more closely means awe inspiring spirit, entity, or object) It is why they are dressed in white to look like ghosts or spirits, though Kami being used as God(s) is so common in translation the white outfits get lost.
Past Formations.
Heavy Music Club Era (2010-2012)
From 2010 to 2012 Babymetal consist of a three-member formation, Suzuka Nakamoto (Age 12), Moa Kikuchi (Age 10), and Yui Mizuno aka Yui-Metal (Age 10). First starting out as the Heavy Music Club as a subunit within the Developmental Idol Group created by Amuse in 2010 known as Sakura Gakuin. Sakura Gakuin is group that introduces girls between the ages of 10-15 to music, dance, modeling, and acting through Japanese Pop idol music and culture. Given a school theme, all three would be a part of Sakura Gakuin until their graduation from it in the same school year they would graduate from Japanese middle school or 15 years old. Suzuka graduated in March 2013, and Moa and Yui in March of 2015. Sakura Gakuin is a fantastic group with great kawaii jpop songs in their own right. During this time there was no lore, and the girl’s costumes were more punkish in nature which they helped create. They also didn’t perform with live music, using a backing track or the “Skeleton band” people pretending to play music behind them.
Music Video of this Era
Doki Doki Morning
Iine (Pronounced EE-NAH spelled i i n e)
Headbangya
Babymetal Era (2012-2017)
Starting in 2012 with the Legend I concert, Babymetal began its slow divorce from Sakura Gakuin, and was the first introduction of the Kami Band as well as the “Lore” that is still heavily involved in Babymetal but makes far less sense than it did during this time. The Lore is complex and involves a battle against other evil idol corporations, gaining powers running a resistance group, all at the direction of a mythical deity known as the fox god, against an all power enemy known as Akiba. The first Legend show I was the Kami Bands introduction to the end, but it also had the Skeleton Band which is seen in the wildly popular Gimmie Chocolate Music Video. This was followed by Legend D, and then Legend Z, in which it was learned that Babymetal would continue as its own entity after Suzuka’s graduation from Sakura Gakuin in March of 2013. Slowly over 2013 the Skeleton Band would be phased out of all live shows, as Babymetal came into their own.
Babymetal as it is most commonly known as with Su-Metal, Moa-Meta, and Yui-Metal, Kami Band, and a somewhat understandable lore is what consisted for the majority of it’s existence. Also established beyond the 3 member formation, they had 2 other set ups, one was what fans called Su-Solos, and it would just be Su on stage with the Kami band, performing a solo, and the other is known as Black Babymetal by the band themselves, which consisted of just Moa and Yui.
Music Videos of this Era
Gimmie Chocolate
Megitsune
Rondo of Nightmare - With mischief of the Gods Intro (Su Solo and a great expedition of the Kami Band)
Road of Resistance Live in Japan (Co-written by Dragonforce)
Iijime, Dame, Zettai Live at Sonisphere (No More Bullying Forever)
Karate
The Dark Times, The Chosen 7 Era
In December 2017, Yui would miss the Legend-S concert for health reasons, these health problems would prosiest into 2018 and greatly affect the 2018 touring season bring the “Chosen 7” formation, consisting of Suzuka Nakamoto, Moa Kikuchi, and 2 backing dancers Minako Maruyama, and Minami Tsukui. Changes they would not tell fans and all throughout 2018 communicate extraordinarily little causing lots of pain for all involved fan and performer. This era is noted by their strange armor like costumes, sometimes referred to as Elf Armor. To make the poor communication, and Yui’s absence wasn’t bad enough, one of the more regular Kami band members, Mikio Fujioka passed away after falling off a balcony in late December 2017 while star gazing. A beloved and incredibly talented musician lost leaving behind his wife and only child.
In September 2018 Yui would formally resign from Babymetal, stating her unspecified health and wishing to move on. Babymetal themselves announced that the group will move on focusing on Suzuka and Moa. (Something many idiots within the fandom refuse or are too stupid to understand)
In October Babymetal had a concert called Dark Night Carnival which added dancers, Shoko Akiyama, Saya Hirai, and Kotono, placing a total of seven girls on stage. This was also done without warning to fans and was an absolute mess. Babymetal would finish off the 2018 tour season returning to the 3-member formation with just Saya Hirai joining them in southeast Asia and Australia. Ending one of the most troubling times in Babymetal’s history.
Music Videos of this Era (These MVs do not feature the members in them at all)
Distortion
Starlight
Metal Galaxy Era
The current set up was first introduced in 2019 during the Babymetal Arises concert in Yokohama, before the start, the “Avenger” support dancer concept was explained in the lore, and the concept thanks to communication and a maintaining of the 3 member formation brought Babymetal out of dark times brought about during 2018. Babymetal seemed to have returned to its roots with the Avengers, as 2 of the three (Kano and Momoko) come from Sakura Gakuin. The third Riho, went to the same performing arts school as Suzuka during the same time, Actors School Hiroshima aka ASH.
Music Videos of this Era
Pa Pa Ya
Elevator Girl
Shanti Shanti
Da Da Dance
(Avenger confusion)
Which Avenger one sees can be confusing for those new to Babymetal. For the Music Videos, Pa Pa Ya, Elevator Girl, and Shanti Shanti Shanti, it is Kano Fujihara, who was just 14 years old at the time. Da Da Dance is a compilation of Momoko and Riho and a splicing of 2 different shows. In most fan cam videos of the American and European tour it would be either Riho or Momoko, as they toured with Babymetal in 2019. Kano had responsibilities with Sakura Gakuin as its president, a position Suzuka and Moa both held in Sakura Gakuin, and she’s never flown on a plane before.
Some fans for 2019 did throw a stupid temper tantrum over the use of new Kami Band members who are from the west now known as the West Coast Kami Band, but like how the girls won over many, so did they and the payoff with the Legend Metal Galaxy concert was well worth it.
COVID Era
COIVD-19 has messed up a lot of things for everyone, Babymetal had to cancel their Asian tour, as well their big 10th Anniversary on October 10, 2020. Forced to keep it rather tame something very unlike Babymetal as even in their failures like the entire 2018 tour they do it septically. The question for many fans is what of the Avengers, since COVID, Avenger Riho Sayashi has signed with a new agency and has move on to other projects, including starting a fan club, which appears to rule her out of ever being an Avenger again. Kano Fujihara has graduated from Sakura Gakuin on August 30, 2020, a near 4 month delay. However, she and fellow Sakura Gakuin graduates Soyoka Yoshida, Tsugumi Aritomo, and Momoe Mori in the formation of @onefive. Which leaves Momoko Okazaki as last standing Avenger with no new commitments. However, Kano was technically in Sakura Gakuin, @onefive, and Babymetal all at the same time for almost a year so it is possible she will still be an Avenger.
Music Videos of this Era
BxMxC (First music video that isn’t footage from a show featuring Su and Moa since Karate in 2015)
BabyMetal: putting the fun in metal for ten years :-) I would of enjoyed asking did you know, there is a collaboration with Rob Halford? Now you have seen the guide, you most likely know.
The dancing is a mix of Irish, Germanic, and Russian styles. If you like the authentic touch to the cultures they are paying tribute to, you may enjoy "Shanti, Shanti, Shanti," from the same album as this one. They sing partly in Hindi, and do some authentic Indian Bollywood-style dance moves!
The best way to tell the girls apart nowadays is that Su-Metal always wears a ponytail, and Moa-Metal always wears pigtails, at least when in their BABYMETAL costumes. The Avengers, who are a trio of dancers who rotate in Yui-Metal's old spot, since she left BABYMETAL, always wear their hair straight in the back, with buns on the side. The Avenger in this one is Momoko-Metal (Momoko Okazaki). Moa sings backup and primarily dances (she has a couple leads, too, and is nearly as amazing a singer as Su), so she always has a headset mic on, too. The Avengers don't sing, which is sad, because they are every bit as much trained idols as Su and Moa (and all but one of them were fellow members of Sakura Gakuin with Su and Moa).
Great reaction to a fun song (you will find you smile a lot when watching BabyMetal as that's what they do, make you feel happy). I think for your next reaction you need to go back to one of their earliest songs, Doki Doki Morning (2011) when they were very young (Su was 14 and Yui and Moa were 12/13) or Megitsune which has one the most brutal breakdowns I have heard.
Keep up the good work, Ray.
Key to getting past the blockers is to rewind by 10 sec when you pause. It will break up the blocker.
I think you had just as much fun watching that video as the crowd had at the concert
sounds like you are underestimating how much fun Babynetal live is ? :-)
The tempos, vocal styles, mood, etc all change throughout these - check them out!
Devon Townsend - Kingdom
Cradle of Filth - Nymphetamine
Slipknot - The Nameless
Lamb of God - Overlord
Mushroomhead - We Are the Truth
Yeah they are definitely having a great time on stage. Su-metal said in an interview that his is her favourite song from the newest album. Looking forward to more Babymetal reactions. Based on your reactions so far you could just pick Babymetal songs from a hat to react to and you'd have a great time each video.
Therapist: Robotic Joakim can't hurt you. Robotic Joakim doesn't exist.
Robotic Joakim:
Do Headbanger LIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I always find it interesting to see Sabaton (or their members) in in new interesting places. It's sort of weird in a way to since I have a hard time not seeing them as the smal but cool local band I grew up with them being. They started out in the town where I grew up.
If you want to try and get closer with your pronunciation of Joakim i would describe it as yo - a - keem in English.
Great to see how much you seem to enjoy making these videos.
It's so much better live. Not a fan of the album track but this is great. Now you need to see their other Irish Folk song 'Meta Taro'. Either that or 'Shanti Shanti Shanti' where they do the same thing except it's India.
Great reaction, you seem like an awesome guy! I have to admit, this is my least favourite BABYMETAL song. I have never been into folk stuff. But how could I not love this live performance? As you said, it‘s impossible not to smile to the dancing, and the video backdrop is friggin‘ hilarious. I remember seeing some Russian fancam footage that I liked even more, the Russian audience was having a blast.
For Road of Resistance - uniquely - the only thing that matters to the copyright check is the video, the audio is not a factor. Other reactors who show the video in a window have been able to cover the window, or blur it, or use a watermark and have been able to post their reactions in the past few months (since RoR changed from being completely unrestricted). This isn't quite as easy for you since you have it fullscreen behind you, but if you overlaid a _large_ watermark or blurring effect outside of where you appear - perhaps in a wide bar across the screen just below your logo and above your head - you should be able to post it on your channel as well.
Your username is on the right foot
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🤘🏼🦊🤘🏼
IT IS COOL ! ! !
Cool reaction, as always. :-) I like your BABYMETAL videos.
Well this has been the best video of this song I seen
I remember you said during Karate
That if the girls started to fight each other you would be a fan well
DO YOU KNOW THAT THERE IS A SONG WHERE THE GIRLS HAVE A FULL MARTIAL ARTS FIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE GUITARISTS SOLO
IT IS A SU METAL SOLO SONG
CALLED
AKATSUKIE DARK NIGHT CARNIVAL LIVE
IT IS A VERY RESENT PERFORMANCE IT IS INSANE
JUST SAYING
please do Syncopation for next 🤘🤘🤘
Very good reaction :)))
Discovered your channel recently with Spiritbox. I love how informative you are (enjoyed all your explanation for the song of Amarthe with Noora) and how honest you are about what you think.
I wanted to suggest another japanese band that I discovered recently, the WagakkiBand, a fusion of rock and japanese folk music and instruments.
The video everyone says to start with is Wagakki Band - 焔 (Homura) + 暁ノ糸 (Akatsuki no Ito) / 1st JAPAN Tour 2015 Hibiya Yagai Ongakudo. Enjoy!
Theres one where yokum comes on stage with darth vader and babymetal LIVE. its amazing. u should look for it being such a fan. cheers man from canada
I was at this Concert, it was Fuc*ing amazing, even more so because Joakim is in this Video.
You pronounce his name
Jo-a-kim..
If im not wrong Joakim does the can can dans :) the first one. The second one is some russian dance
Babymetal is the last band i've seen live right before the corana virus made it impossible to go to live shows
Has any one ells said this, You liked Sabaton and Bismarck, right? You Like Babymetal. And here we have them together. Am I wrong to make the progression to wanting to see Wargaming get Babymetal to do Yamato. :)
If you enjoy the multicultural-folksiness of this, you really oughta check out Shanti Shanti Shanti. Bollywood-metal!
Nice reaction dude 🦊🤘 to remember the members for now Su is the one in the ponytail and Moa has the double pigtails also this song is off of their last album Metal Galaxy and I think that in December they’re going to release a new album
You could always put the RoR reaction on your Patreon for free!
Sorry to hear about the X, told you Amuse was brutal. Oddly Road of Resistance used to be the safest song to react too and lately it seems to be their most protected.
Great reaction! You are so down the Foxhole. React on "An unhelpfull guide to Babymetal..." and you will get the whole picture. It's interesting, fun and you understand what it'sall about. I have been humming Oh Majinai since first i've heard it. I love Sabaton and i love Babymetal. Hope we can see them on stage soon again. That crazy guy from Sweden and Sabaton have i seen twice and meet them backstage. Hope i can do that with BM too... ❤🦊🤘 Stay home, stay safe, stay metal! Greetings from Sweden!
"Hope i can do that with BM too" only way I can see that happening is if you're employed by a venue where they're doing a show ^^ (or journalist for a big metal magazine)
I don't know how you were able to make me appreciate a Babymetal song that I don't really care for much. But you did!! Keep doing more Babymetal! Ijime Dame Zettai at Sonisphere has your name on it!
One way to beat the blocks is stopping about every 45 seconds and adding "content", then rewinding a bit. Another method is to put a watermark over the video. One other way is to cover a larger portion of the screen. Also, be sure to mark the video as non-monetized through You Tube and that all revenues go to the owners of the video.
Amuse is notorious for their copyright strikes. You have to wonder if they know how many people have learned about their bands through You Tube.
And yet another way is uploading the full reaction elsewhere while leaving a small video here to redirect us 😉
@@Kane_SIF and that is the best way to enjoy the very best of Babymetal, I mean when I see reactors doing TotD or Moabanger on youtube I actually feel bad for them, experience ruined by shitty compilations
Their version of "Irish" dancing looks a lot like Slavic dancers trying to do an Irish dance. I don't mean that in a critical way, but I think ballet and eastern European dance is incorporated into their training, but Irish dance styles are not. Lots of good fun, either way.
Heeeey, did you know...
Just kidding! What I am not kidding about though is that you should totally react to Sabaton - En livstid i Krig (live) from Gothenburg, and make sure to enable captions. It is in Swedish, but I highly suspect that won't matter.
Keep on keeping on!
I'd say, Babymetal is not "Cute (Kawaii) Metal", they are "happy metal" ;) As a native Japanese, their lyrics were the first thing needed to be overcome (especially Gimme choc, Ijime , Dame, Zettai, and this, Oh!Majinai - this is one of my favourite BM song tho;)) way too childish and full of silliness lol But since I focus on Kami band's music and Su's voice and expression, lyrics never bothered me again. Now I understand her voice touches directly to listener's soul, that's why they are so much loved by non Japanese speakers. Try Trilogy of Lights (starlight - shine - Arkadia) for current Su's vocal ability :))
And for a truely unique vocal performance. "From Dusk till Dawn"
Strangely enough this actually reminded me a lot of "Energia" by Russkaja, which you should totally react to by the way.
It would be stuck in my head if it wasn't constantly interrupted....
Someone told me that most of the song sounds like an angry two-stroke engine, and I can't say it doesn't
Road of resistance Always is blocked, not because of the song but because of the footage. I am really looking foward to your babymetal reactions.
this is the Rossiyan taste song.
As you commented, this is a European style, for sure. Which country? It is contentious. I heard many opinions. Irish says that comes from Irish dance. Russian says it is Russian style and the images of Joakim on the screen indicates that. Polish claims this song has Polish flavor. Swedish raises a question if you know which country Joakim is from. And Czech points out influence from Polka. From a neutral position as a Japanese, I can say this is Europe-ish. ヽ(^o^)丿 No? 有難う💛。
From the first time hearing this on the new album, it hasn't been my favorite. But, yes it's catchy and at this point if they like the song (Su has said it's her favorite) and are having fun on stage with it then that's good enough for me.
well babymetal girls started their careers when they were still in primary school... of course they should be awesome now...
You saw how bouncy those moves are, and yet, not a single missed notes on her part. I have never been this "obsessed" with a female vocalist in metal except Su-Metal and obviously Floor Jansen. But to be perfectly honest, Im more connected with Su tho.
Moa was the one on the right. the left is a new one there are a few of them. Yui left the band
Babymetal nation found you :)
Alternate title: local bearded man gets his mind absolutely fucking *blown* by three Japanese gals in lolita fashion doing a folk metal collab with the Sabaton man for roughly 10 minutes.
And it's wonderful.