BABYMETAL - 'Karate' LIVE REACTION! WOW!

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[@Grington300]

Great reaction - nobody puts on a show like BABYMETAL puts on a show.🦊🤘
'Karate' was the lead single for their second album (2016), so it is one of their more "radio friendly" songs.
It is about fighting adversity, when life knocks you down and everything seems too hard so you're hurt and crying, its about standing up and fighting on, helping each other through the hard times. They used karate to illustrate this because as a Japanese martial art it reflects their culture - as with a lot of their songs it is also about always moving forwards.
They did watch a lot of martial arts movies to get ideas for the choreo as they wanted it to look as authentic as possible (they are not martial artists).
If you see the official video the visuals make it very clear what the song is about with them fighting their inner demons. This song and the official video won 2 awards. "Best Metal Video in MTV Video Music Awards Japan 2016" and "Best Metal Song in 6th Annual Loudwire Music Awards".

[@road-runner]

Nice one, thanks!
I absolutely love the 10 BABYMETAL Budokan visuals and specially the 360 stage and the lights and lasers show. Of course the ladies and kamis performance is always on pont.
I don't know how Moa and Momoko can make eye contact while being so serious without laughing rolling on the floor. 🤣
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[@Ganimal83]

Awesome reaction! Su's 2 high notes always hits home in Karate, love it.
Look forward to more! 🤘🦊

[@flugelhornoldman1362]

Thanks again from Japan 有難う💛。On Jan. 19, 2021, I watched the Karate performance with tears on Day-1 of 10 BABYMETAL Budokan Concerts at the venue. Especially, when Su hit the high note flawlessly at the end with her matured rich voice, everything was soothed. Fans knew Team BABYMETAL had gone through hard time in inactive 2020 that was supposed to be a glorious year to celebrate their 10th anniversary.
The serial 10 shows in Tokyo were held in the period including the emergency states declaration caused by COVID. Even many of their fans criticized the Team for taking such risks to hold the big events that timing. The Team, however, challenged the situation and took strict and perfect countermeasures against the infection to complete them. The audience, of course, cooperated with the Team and abided by a number of restrictions and accepted inconveniences to protect the events, girls, Kamis, all staff and ourselves leading to make the shows ultimately successful. That is our pride as BM fans.

[@Ganimal83]

I love their appreciation for the fans, the fact that they were willing to play at Budokan with less than 50% capacity (e.g. huge revenue hit) speaks volumes, especially 10 shows!! The operating cost aren't going to be halved lol. Good on them, and I'm glad no incidents/issues.
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[@yunametal344]

Great reaction! Hope you continue to listen to BABYMETAL 🤘🦊👊ossu!

[@meimemeime]

ありがとう！
For KARATE, please also watch the official music video and UK Download Fes 2016!
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[@IAMisLove]

👍👍Second this💯. Both suggestions are must see.🦊 🖖❤

[@keshanizm]

GREAT REACTION! ❤❤

[@jakemuller8626]

_Ossu!_ 🦊🤘🥋
Welcome back to BM journey. Unfortunately the BABYMETAL on the screen is covering your face, so try to relocate next time so we can appreciate your full reaction.
This song is from 2016 so you can find a lot of versions of this when YuiMetal was still in the group before October 2017 of course.
Budokan 2021 marks their 10 years anniversary celebration and seal the Metal Resistance chapter along with another seal for the group, fortunately that seal is already broken since last year they were releasing new singles and kick start of the new metalverse era with a new BM side we've never seen before. Ending January 2023, they held two live concerts at Makuhari Messe marking their return after almost two years without live performance since these Budokan live concerts anniversary series.
They fought against many enemies on this road and many more battles, but they manage to get through all of it, and this song is one of those strong weapons they had, to fight and conquer every metal heart that don't believe in them, Road Of Resistance is another highly recommend to check it out. Budokan is just a name for general martial arts place, there are other Budokan throughout Japan but this one in Tokyo is the most important and is big, this is the place any artist wants to reach when you're over the top, and they did it already in 2014 when they were even younger and having many struggles so they needed a revenge to pull away those ghosts from the past. Sadly this 2021 live concerts is half capacity due to restrictions all over the world and safety measures (guess you already know why), the crowd wasn't allowed to mosh'sh, crowd surfing or shout without face mask, instead they can stomp their feet, clap their hands or doing a human wave, at least they can do something to participate in this epic and memorable event, so the crowd sound you're listening here is a prerecorded track, but I'm pretty sure if they would've been allowed to shout, it would have been even louder.
Momoko Okazaki was the _avenger_ or third backup dancer filling the third spot in all these 10 live concerts as well in all the 2023 shows, she's MomoMetal now, an official member.
Karate lyrics is about keep fighting despite the obstacles but always looking for your friends help, that's why you see them helping each other in the bridge section, although if you look for the official MV they're revealing that there's no harder enemy than yourself.
Try also to look for live at Download Festival 2016 version, is even more beautiful during the bridge and with the full original trio.
There's also another special live version at PIA Arena MM 2023 along with the new subgroup Metalverse performing for the second time after Makuhari Messe.
The Kami Band in charge all these 10 nights at Budokan were the Eastern or Japanese band, now they have another crew when going on tour abroad we called them Western Kami Band, they've been using masks since 2019, prior to this Kami Band used to wear white face painted and burial robes as well to represent spiritual entities. None of them are official members and they only play live, so when you hear studio album sound the Kami Band isn't there, except for Leda Cygnus (guitarist and bassist) on certain songs. Fans love Kami Band and that's why they researched info on who they are behind their hidden persona. This time, they are: ISAO and Takayoshi Ohmura on guitars, BOH on bass and Hideki Aoyama on drums, all of them were pretty regular at live concerts since 2013 but until 2018 everyone remember Mikio Fujioka, a beloved guitarist who sadly passed away.
More suggestion to keep learning about BM early era:
- Headbanger!! live at Legend 1997, held in 2013. Gans Tomas got this clip safe to react under Head Bangya title.
- Akatsuki live at Budokan 2014, "BM Fans Ecuador" got this. And after that:
- Amore live at Wembley Arena 2016.
You can find all these songs from Wembley and Tokyo Dome 2016 with watermarked logo safe to react at Reactor Resource (BMRR), check "Future Plans" vid and follow instructions to get all of them.
See you next time. 🦊🤘🥋

[@yunametal344]

ossu🦊👊

[@JL-go3]

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[@user-wk3od8mn1o]

I hope you reaction this epic babymetal with 2 different Kami Band's
live video
1. Rondo of Nightmare with Kami Band intro from Eastern country
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2. Kagerou with Kami Band intro from Western country
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[@rah2287]

👍 👍
Great reaction.
Suggest Syncopation LIVE next.
Also you should watch (on your own or as a bonus reaction)
Karate LIVE at 2016 Download Festival in the UK where 60,000+ British metal heads sing along with the girls.

[@rah2287]

Megitsune LIVE at PIA Arena 2023 from the Hymnodic channel.