If Alanta falls thru, drive on up to Nashville labor day weekend. I feel like my buddy (who I introduced to babymetal this year) may bail by then and if he does I've got your ticket 😂
Another great double reaction. The extra dancers were called SisterBones. '4 No Uta' ('Song 4' or perhaps more accurately 'Song of 4') is great fun. There are several puns and plays on words that we just don't get in English and they are really what the song is about. There are two counting systems in Japan - 4 is yon in one of them (so everybody was singing along with the "Yon Yon" chants of course), it is shi in the other. Shi also means 'to die' or death and as a result 4 (shi) is considered unlucky and it is avoided (even more than 13 is avoided in the west). What they were doing (apart from giving us lessons in counting) was listing words that also contain 'shi' (eg Bitamin no shi - vitamin C) and saying they don't mean to die, so neither does 4 and it is just a silly superstition. The choreo was also quite clever - apart from holding up 4 fingers they were making the figure 4 with their arms and with their legs at various points and in end poses etc. Also holding their fingers to their lips like we would to say "shhh" - in Japan shhh is ... "shi". Full writing credits for '4 No Uta' (lyrics and music - not the arrangement) are given to Black BABYMETAL (Yui and Moa). They were challenged by Su to write a song about the number 4 while on the tour bus in Singapore when they were 12. They then drove the staff mad running round singing it non stop, so much so the staff complained about them. So of course Koba turned it into a song for Black BABYMETAL and it was on the first album. Their songs about banana and wood have never been heard sadly. You found the Legend Z performance of 'Ijime Dame Zettai' - a very special concert. This was their last solo show before Su's graduation from Sakura Gakuin and there were fears among the fans it would be their last since the fact that BABYMETAL would be separating from SG along with Su was not widely known yet. The white costumes for the encores were the only time they wore all white. This was only the second time the Kami Band had appeared - and they had a completely different line up to the first time at Legend I. For Legend Z we had Leda Cygnus, Takayoshi Ohmura and Hideki Aoyama all making their debuts and, making his only appearance, IKUO on bass. They played 2 encore songs in the white costumes - they had done 'Headbanger' in their normal costumes then there was a countdown to the end of BABYMETAL and its rebirth before they came back in white for BABYMETAL Death' and finally 'IDZ'. IDZ means Bullying. No More, For Ever (or Absolutely).
I agree with you. Kawaii metal was genius. It combines two things opposite of each other. Now I can blast metal music suitable for my baby daughter. When she can sing I'll make her sing her favorite nursery rhymes while I'm playing heavily distorted guitar 😁.
Don't worry brother - these girls have brought me to tears, not only by their voices, but the explosion of coolness they possess. One thing about Babaymetal I've found that sets them apart is after most every song, you have to catch your breath. The vids, music, and performance are loud and fast!!! HOLD ON - It's a real trip!!
IDZ at Tokyo 2013 is great but their performance of it at Sonisphere, UK, 2014 is utterly incredible - close-up excellent film and audio of the Kami Band and the girls, their 1st appearance at a Metal fest outside of Japan, the girls thinking they were going to be on a side stage but being told at the last minute that they were on the main stage where 60,000 Metal heads who'd never heard of Babymetal were waiting for Iron Maiden...and they killed it, won many new fans, sold more merch than any other band that weekend and sold out Wembley in the UK in the following year. Su says it was her favourite concert of her career as they knew at the end they'd been accepted by the Metal community outside of Japan. I'm sure no-one would mind if you did 2 reactions to IDZ! It would make the Fox God happy too! 🦊🤘🤣🤘🦊
The main stage notification wasn't at the last minute. They were notified a couple of months before they left Japan. "Gimme Chocolate" was released, driving the change.
Yui/Moa wrote the song 4 while traveling on a bus. In many East Asian cultures, including China, Korea, Japan and Taiwan, the number 4 is considered unlucky.
Cuteness overload! What I love about the BABYMETAL concept and the fans is that the girls were never and still have never been sexualised in any way. The older crowd is more like a bunch of highly protective Big Brothers. God help anyone who disrespects the girls! 🤟🏻
Excellent double feature, thanks! "Yon no uta" is a very special song given the fact it was written by Yui and Moa during a Bus trip in Singapore. "Ijime, Dame, Zettai" is equally special, being this their second song attending to the live performances, premiering in July 2011. It was released way later (January 2013). And this performance with the white costumes is even more special. That meant a new life to BABYMETAL after Su having to graduate from (leave) Sakura Gakuin and splitting to create an independent entity. The white outfits symbolizes a new beginning. It's a little like what happened during the recent concerts at PIA Arena in Yokohama on April this year.
Excellent reaction 😁 love it when someone who is new to BabyMetal gets it and gets the joy and happiness we have been getting . Song 4 i love and Ijime Dame Zettai has been in my top five BabyMetal songs since i heard it . It just builds and builds to feel so uplifting at the end . Hope you get to see them live somewhere it's an experience. 😁🤘🏼🦊🤘🏼
_Yon Yon!_ MoiMoi coming back with their own exclusive song and kawaii explosion. I wonder if this aesthetic Lil Uzi Vert was looking for in his recent collab with BM.🤔 4 No Uta (or "Song 4") is another Black Babymetal song and is a challenge to our girls and giving another social reform message, this time trying to stop with the superstition around the number 4.👀 "4" got two ways of pronounce in Japanese, _shi_ is the right way, but that word is also similar to "die", that's why they use _yon,_ the other way, 4 or "shi" is associated with bad luck, similar to number 13 for some westerners. Our girls here are trying to teaching us in a funny song and choreo that the _shi_ isn't always related to bad things. Always love that reggae breakdown reaction, unexpected, especially over that Metallica - Master Of Puppets riffs, so cool. Oh btw this song got the credits over YuiMetal and MoaMetal, until "Divine Attack- Shingeki" with SuMetal lyrics credits last year, this was the only song with them on the credits, the funny story is while traveling on the bus at live tour in Singapore, SuMetal challenge the girls to do a song with this theme, they were singing this all the time that even the stuff members got stuck with that in their head, the rest is story, is a super engaging song with great crowd participation and who don't wanna do that with our lovely girls back then? Of course this song was one of the girls favorites back then. Like you noticed this was another live at Budokan 2014 along with the sister-bones helping as a backing dancers. This song also got a MoaMetal solo version live at Legend S 2017, that was the sudden first live concert without YuiMetal. There's also another unique version called Song 4 (444 Ver.) with lines from the girls in the reggae section. Finally, you're very much welcome to celebrate unofficially Yon Yon Day (April 4) every year after official Fox Day (April 1). Yon Yon! See you next time and kitsune up 🦊🤘🔥
_Kitsune tobe!_ 🦊🤘🙅♂️ One of those rare versions of IDZ with the girls dressed totally in white costumes, much similar to what you can see at Monochrome Piano Version with the mysterious three figures dressed in white. This was at Legend Z 2013 part of the first trilogy of live concerts called "Legend I, D, Z" started in 2012 and ending with this concert everybody thought it would be the end of BM because Suzuka was about to finish/graduates from SG. She said something unique at the end like never before and after: "Take care of your neck!" lol I like this unique version but still I concur with all suggestions over the live at Sonisphere Festival 2014, that is a must watch version and should have been your first suggestion to hear this song. 🦊🤘🙅♂️
Don't forget, 4 is also a very improtant number as Moa's birthday, July 4th is only a few days away. This is why the rest of the world celebrates the 4th of July. ❤😁❤
I've been fortunate enough to travel to Japan twice to see Babymetal, and seeing them in their homeland in front of home fans is definitely worth making the trip for. The Japanese fans are always incredibly gracious and welcoming to international fans and getting to be part of the fan culture they have in Japan is one of the highlights of going. In addition, you get the chance to do things like visit the Fox God bar in Tokyo or make the pilgrimage to Asagaya Shinmeigu Shrine. 4 No Uta is one of those super fun crowd participation songs that really shines live. Accoridng to Babymetal lore, Yui and Moa came up with it on the tour bus while they were traveling between shows and drove everyone crazy by singing it incessantly the way kids do when get something in their heads, and eventually it got turned into the song you saw. Yui and Moa are credited as the song writers for it. IDZ is one of their big anthems that they play as part of the finale of their big shows. It was the finale on their recent Australian tour, so I got to see it three times in four days, which was pretty awesome.
YAvA is a good tune live pro shot , and Awadamafever is another great pro shot live . The kami band does some solos as well in both songs enjoy them , I’m seeing them in September in Philly .
Goosebumps every time I listen "ijime, dame, zettai" and it's not there best live video of this song... I really enjoy watching your Babymetal journey 🤘🦊🤘
Still my favorite BM song. I have seen all iterations, original 3, muscle metal, avengers and this year MomoMetal. Bonus 2 days later I get to see Hanabie as a headliner in a small venue. September is Gonna kick ass.
6:18 Yon or Shi are 4, but Shi is also death, so their are a lot of people superstitious about the number 4 in the east, like 13 in the west. The song was written by Yuimetal and Moametal when they were 13 on the tour bus in Singapore after a suggestion by Su-metal. The arrangement is not from them. The lyrics are about trying to show on reason to be superstitious, their are lots of fun words with Shi as well. They sing Yon Yon, so it's track number 8 on the album. 🙂
The great thing about watching this, aside from the music, is seeing how much fun the girls are having running around the stage. Every band needs hype girls like Yui and Moa. 😂😂😂🤘🦊🤘
"Song 4": those girls are having a blast!!! As for IDZ: most people would suggest the 2014 Sonisphere version because that was when BABYMETAL had there first real appearance before a live audience outside of Japan (the United Kingdom). Evidently that British crowd can get ornery - they've been known to throw bottles and such at bands they didn't care for - and the girls were quite nervous, but they won the crowd over, and ended up being a milestone event for BABYMETAL. It was a tough decision but I opted for this version because it is one of the very rare instances of the girls performing in something other than their usual black, silver, and red. How's about finishing that list then tell us which ones (yes, plural) are your favorite BABYMETAL song? 😁 KITSUNE UP!!! 🤘🦊🤘
I am so glad someone actually reacted to this version of Ijime, Dame, Zettai instead of the Sonisphere one. The audio/production of this one is SO much better.
4no Uta Song4:- The riffs (interpretations) similar to Metallica Master Of Puppets in a way after the first verse is sung. I'm sure most of us have heard some version about the genesis of the song Yon no Uta (Song 4). Yui and Moa are said to have made up this song during the Singapore 🇸🇬 2013 tour, and repeated it over and over again to the point that staff complained about it. Which to my mind is hilarious. I heard recently that Su suggested the theme of "4" as a challenge to Yui and Moa after they successfully made up songs on the themes of "banana" and "wood". 4no Uta (Yon No Uta) Lyrics Romaji Lyrics - Yon, yon! Yon, yon! Yon, yon! Yon, yon! Ichi no tsugi wa ni. [ He, hei! ] Ni no tsugi wa san. [ He, hei! ] San no tsugi wa, uu, yon. [ Foo! ] Yon, yon! Yon, yon! Yon, yon! Yon, yon! Nana no mae wa roku. [ He, hei! ] Roku no mae wa go. [ He, hei! ] Go no mae wa, uu, yon. [ Foo! ] Yon, yon! Yon, yon! Yon, yon! Yon, yon! Shiawase no shi Shinu ja nai shi. [ Foo! ] Shippai no shi. Yoroshiku no yon. [ Foo! ] Shiawase no shi. Shinu ja nai shi. [ Foo! ] Bitamin no shi. Yorokobi no yon. Yon. Yon. Yon. Yon. [ Foo! ] Yon, yo, yo, yo, yon, yon. Yon, yo, yo, yo, yon, yon. [ Yoishoo! ] Yon, yo, yo, yo, yon, yon. Yon, yo, yo, yo, yon, yon. [ Yokkorasho! ] Yon, yo, yo, yo, yon, yon. Yon, yo, yo, yo, yon, yon. [ Yosshaa! ] Yon, yo, yo, yo, yon, yon. Yon, yo, yo, yo, yon, yon. [ Oishii! ] Yon, yon! Yon, yon! Yon, yon! Yon, yon! Ichi no tsugi wa ni. [ He, hei! ] Ni no tsugi wa san. [ He, hei! ] San no tsugi wa, uu, yon. [ Foo! ] Nana no mae wa roku. [ He, hei! ] Roku no mae wa go. [ He, hei! ] Go no mae wa, uu, yon. [ Foo! ] Yon, yon! Yon, yon! Yon, yon! Yon, yon! Yon, yon! Yon, yon! Yon, yon! Yon, yon! Shiawase no shi Shinu ja nai shi. [ Foo! ] Shippai no shi. Yonaoshi no yon. [ Foo! ] Shiawase no shi. Shinu ja nai shi. [ Foo! ] Oishii no shi. Yorokobi no yon. Yon. Yon. Yon. Yon. [ Foo! ] Yon, yon! Yon, yon! Yon, yon! Yon, yon! English Lyrics - Four, four! Four, four! Four, four! Four, four! After one is two. [ Hey! Hey! ] After two is three. [ Hey! Hey! ] After three is, woo, four. [ Four! ] Four, four! Four, four! Four, four! Four, four! Before seven is six. [ Hey! Hey! ] Before six is five. [ Hey! Hey! ] Before five is, woo, four. [ Four! ] Four, four! Four, four! Four, four! Four, four! "4" is for "happiness And it doesn't mean "to die". [ Four! ] "4" is for "failure". "4" is for "favor-asking". [ Four! ] "4" is for "happiness". And it doesn't mean "to die". [ Four! ] "4" is for "vitamin C". "4" is for "joy". Four. Four. Four. Four. [ Four! ] Four, four, four, four, four, four. Four, four, four, four, four, four. [ Oops-a-daisy! ] Four, four, four, four, four, four. Four, four, four, four, four, four. [ Heave ho! ] Four, four, four, four, four, four. Four, four, four, four, four, four. [ Goody! ] Four, four, four, four, four, four. Four, four, four, four, four, four. [ Delicious! ] Four, four! Four, four! Four, four! Four, four! After one is two. [ Hey! Hey! ] After two is three. [ Hey! Hey! ] After three is, woo, four. [ Four! ] Before seven is six. [ Hey! Hey! ] Before six is five. [ Hey! Hey! ] Before five is, woo, four. [ Four! ] Four, four! Four, four! Four, four! Four, four! Four, four! Four, four! Four, four! Four, four! "4" is for "happiness And it doesn't mean "to die". [ Four! ] "4" is for "failure". "4" is for "social reform". [ Four! ] "4" is for "happiness". And it doesn't mean "to die". [ Four! ] "4" is for "delicious". "4" is for "joy". Four. Four. Four. Four. [ Four! ] Four, four! Four, four! Four, four! Four, four! Song Notes: -The song was released on February 26, 2014 included in the debut album "BABYMETAL". -Yon No Uta debuted live at Nippon Budokan on March 1, 2014. Kitsune Up 🦊🦊🦊🤘🤘🤘🇯🇵🇸🇬#notacult. Ijime, Dame, Zettai / Sonisphere Music Festival "Ijime, Dame, Zettai" (イジメ、ダメ、ゼッタイ, lit. "Bullying, No Good, Absolutely") is the debut major label single by Japanese heavy metal band Babymetal. It was released in Japan on January 9, 2013 as the fourth overall single from the album Babymetal. No more bullying says Babymetal. Listen to what your Queen says. The world 🌏 will be a better place for everyone. Kitsune Up 🦊🦊🦊🤘🤘🤘🇯🇵🇸🇬. •Single by: Babymetal. •Album: Babymetal. •Language: Japanese, English. •B-side: "Catch Me If You Can" (standard), "Babymetal Death" (limited). •Released: January 9, 2013 •Genre: J-pop, speed metal, melodic death metal, power metal. Length:- •20:06 (standard edition). •18:00 (limited edition CD). •Label: Toy's Factory, Amuse, Juonbu. •Composer: Kxbxmetal, Tsubometal, Takemetal. •Lyricist: Nakametal, Tsubometal. •Producer: Kobametal. •Kyōtō: (arrangement). Babymetal singles chronology:- •"Headbangeeeeerrrrr!!!!!" (2012). •"Ijime, Dame, Zettai" (2013). •"Megitsune" (2013). "Ijime, Dame, Zettai" Background and release:- The single was first announced after the concert Legend "I" at Shibuya O-East on October 6, 2012. An early version of the song can be heard in a video uploaded to the band's official UA-cam channel entitled "Babymetal - My First Heavy Metal in Tokyo 2012", which also features part of a live performance of "Iine!". On November 8, 2012, an official trailer for the single and accompanying music was uploaded to the band's official UA-cam channel. The trailers, along with a live performance at Sonisphere Festival, subtitled the song as "No More Bullying" and "No More, Bullying, Forever", respectively. An interview with the producers of the band was published in the December issue of Marquee to promote the single's release in January. The single was released in four versions: a standard edition and three physical limited editions, "I", "D", and "Z". The DVDs included in the limited editions contain either footage of the music video for "Ijime, Dame, Zettai", or of a live performance by Babymetal. The single also had a promotional release to customers who purchased tickets to live performances of Legend "I", "D", or "Z". Unlike previous singles released under Juonbu Records, no songs from the single appeared on a Sakura Gakuin album, due to "Headbangeeeeerrrrr!!!!!" having been already released the same school year. Kitsune Up 🦊🦊🦊🤘🤘🤘🇯🇵🇬🇧🇸🇬.
They are defending the number 4, because there are two ways to say the word 4 in Japan: Shi, and Yon. For example, they are saying that 4 isn't bad because you get it from the sun and oranges: Vitamin C, or as they pronounce it in Japan, "Bitamin Shi". And what a great way to bring up something like "hey, mon!!" (think in a heavy Jamaican or Bahamian accent), with "yon", hence why they brought in reggae. It's the cutest, catchiest yet heaviest song done by the youngest girls in the group. That's another reason why there was Black Babymetal; the contrast of the youngest, cutest (kawaii) girls getting the heaviest songs.
The white dresses are the metaphor the 3 ladies were spirits or goasts(in a cute way). The black leggings meant that they've got no legs. In my personal interpretation, this story lines was the next of Babymetal Death. After their reborn, they dressed like three little warriors.
Even though I have watched this IDZ vid many times, I am still always afraid Moa and Yui are going to fall and hurt themselves when they run at the beginning.
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Nothing wrong with being emotional here. I always feel like they’re my little sisters that started off small and now selling out stadiums with everyone singing along with their songs. You just can’t help but feel a sense of pride because they’ve been counted out so many times then you see THIS
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When the guitars come in in IDZ i get reminded to listen to some X-Japan again
I think Song 4 is super cute and fun and still love it! And ahh yes, my favorite Babymetal song, IDZ. Heartbreaking lyrics. What a powerful message for society and who better to deliver that message than some powerful young ladies in the trenches? ❤❤❤
It's not, but COULD BE a true story: Tokyo 2012, December 17, 8:35 AM, Ministry of Education: "We have to do something about the bullying in schools, it's out of control, any ideas?" "The punishments and sanctions have been useless" "And a song against bullying?" "As if we hadn't preached enough with campaigns over the years" "Yeah, but what if we entrust it to Babymetal?" Babymetal World Tour 2023, after 10 years of concerts around the world, the public at each concert still asks them to sing the song against bullying "Ijime, Dame, Zettai". 😇
4 no Uta, Four in Chinese is Sì (shē). In Japanese, Shi translates to "death". Japanese use Chinese, Japanese, and English numbers systems somewhat interchangeably. The number 4 in Japanese is yon, shi is also used, but not frequently since it also means death. I've heard the avoidance of shi is so severe that buildings will not have a 4th floor. They will number the floors 1, 2, 3, 5...
I don't know if ropes or railings could have contained me during either one of these performances!!!! So yeah, I probably would have been ejected. I want a time machine for Christmas!!!
At 0:54 her silhouette shows number 4. Subtle, but so very typical BM choreo. At 10:42 Su looks like a mayfly, or a Tiszavirag, against the river. Again, a very subtle imagery.
The superstition is not about the actual number 4, it is the word "shi" that sounds similar to the Japanese word for death. They have another word for 4, which is "yon."
I don't know about that. She did everything and retired. That isn't a bad thing. It's us who are unlucky. Paris on her 15th birthday. Tokyo Dome at 17.
Anyone please help me with this cuz it's wrecking my brain, in the IDZ set, behind the girls at center stage, BOH with a wig or is it another bassist??????? Someone please gimme an answer............... Great video dude, keep em coming, how about Yava next time, the intro is awesome and the song kicks mayor @ss!!
I would say a waste. Sonisphere is just iconic because it was they're big intro to westerners. It definitely something to watch, but I'd say it better to watch the whole performance. For a reaction to the song this one is good too.
Sonisphere had special importance because it was their first show in the west, but this performance is good too. And this one is interesting because they wear white. Both are worth watching if you like Babymetal. One thing I like a lot about the Sonisphere IDZ is that it's in the day and the Kami band is right there on the stage with them, so you can see the band, which isn't always the case, especially nowadays. I'm kinda glad I'll be seeing them at a smaller venue in October in the US, it's only about 7000-9000 people depending on how they configure the place for the show, so the stage is probably too small to hide the Kami band anywhere.
@@Grahlt I hope you enjoy the show. Sonisphere has that raw feeling that is unique to the other performances of IDZ. The film crew captured the feel perfectly.
shit is wholesome as fuck...kami band kill it as always but they manage to have a sweet as fuck metal tune about being nice to each other...fkn babymetal
Yui and Moa made this song on the tour bus, while they drove eveyrbody on the bus crazy with their antics. 🙂
If Alanta falls thru, drive on up to Nashville labor day weekend. I feel like my buddy (who I introduced to babymetal this year) may bail by then and if he does I've got your ticket 😂
Another great double reaction. The extra dancers were called SisterBones.
'4 No Uta' ('Song 4' or perhaps more accurately 'Song of 4') is great fun. There are several puns and plays on words that we just don't get in English and they are really what the song is about.
There are two counting systems in Japan - 4 is yon in one of them (so everybody was singing along with the "Yon Yon" chants of course), it is shi in the other. Shi also means 'to die' or death and as a result 4 (shi) is considered unlucky and it is avoided (even more than 13 is avoided in the west). What they were doing (apart from giving us lessons in counting) was listing words that also contain 'shi' (eg Bitamin no shi - vitamin C) and saying they don't mean to die, so neither does 4 and it is just a silly superstition.
The choreo was also quite clever - apart from holding up 4 fingers they were making the figure 4 with their arms and with their legs at various points and in end poses etc. Also holding their fingers to their lips like we would to say "shhh" - in Japan shhh is ... "shi".
Full writing credits for '4 No Uta' (lyrics and music - not the arrangement) are given to Black BABYMETAL (Yui and Moa). They were challenged by Su to write a song about the number 4 while on the tour bus in Singapore when they were 12. They then drove the staff mad running round singing it non stop, so much so the staff complained about them. So of course Koba turned it into a song for Black BABYMETAL and it was on the first album.
Their songs about banana and wood have never been heard sadly.
You found the Legend Z performance of 'Ijime Dame Zettai' - a very special concert. This was their last solo show before Su's graduation from Sakura Gakuin and there were fears among the fans it would be their last since the fact that BABYMETAL would be separating from SG along with Su was not widely known yet.
The white costumes for the encores were the only time they wore all white.
This was only the second time the Kami Band had appeared - and they had a completely different line up to the first time at Legend I. For Legend Z we had Leda Cygnus, Takayoshi Ohmura and Hideki Aoyama all making their debuts and, making his only appearance, IKUO on bass.
They played 2 encore songs in the white costumes - they had done 'Headbanger' in their normal costumes then there was a countdown to the end of BABYMETAL and its rebirth before they came back in white for BABYMETAL Death' and finally 'IDZ'.
IDZ means Bullying. No More, For Ever (or Absolutely).
They didn't write the music just the lyrics and melody.
@@russellward4624 Yes, that was what I meant by 'not the arrangement'
I agree with you. Kawaii metal was genius. It combines two things opposite of each other. Now I can blast metal music suitable for my baby daughter. When she can sing I'll make her sing her favorite nursery rhymes while I'm playing heavily distorted guitar 😁.
great show dude, these ladies know how to open a can of onion cutting ninjas. If you let them into your heart they will heal thy soul.
Don't worry brother - these girls have brought me to tears, not only by their voices, but the explosion of coolness they possess. One thing about Babaymetal I've found that sets them apart is after most every song, you have to catch your breath. The vids, music, and performance are loud and fast!!! HOLD ON - It's a real trip!!
IDZ at Tokyo 2013 is great but their performance of it at Sonisphere, UK, 2014 is utterly incredible - close-up excellent film and audio of the Kami Band and the girls, their 1st appearance at a Metal fest outside of Japan, the girls thinking they were going to be on a side stage but being told at the last minute that they were on the main stage where 60,000 Metal heads who'd never heard of Babymetal were waiting for Iron Maiden...and they killed it, won many new fans, sold more merch than any other band that weekend and sold out Wembley in the UK in the following year. Su says it was her favourite concert of her career as they knew at the end they'd been accepted by the Metal community outside of Japan. I'm sure no-one would mind if you did 2 reactions to IDZ! It would make the Fox God happy too! 🦊🤘🤣🤘🦊
The main stage notification wasn't at the last minute. They were notified a couple of months before they left Japan. "Gimme Chocolate" was released, driving the change.
@@outwest1014 Oh, OK. Never knew that. Another apocryphal tale bites the dust! 🦊🤘🤘🦊
The very FIRST musicians to play at the Budokan (2:22) where The Beatles.
Yui/Moa wrote the song 4 while traveling on a bus. In many East Asian cultures, including China, Korea, Japan and Taiwan, the number 4 is considered unlucky.
suggestion, Tales of The Destinies followed by The One (specifically the Tokyo Dome performance)
Cuteness overload!
What I love about the BABYMETAL concept and the fans is that the girls were never and still have never been sexualised in any way. The older crowd is more like a bunch of highly protective Big Brothers. God help anyone who disrespects the girls!
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Su: "Take care of your neck!"
Moa & Yui: "See you!"
Back when they where great!
Miss Yui-Metal
Excellent double feature, thanks!
"Yon no uta" is a very special song given the fact it was written by Yui and Moa during a Bus trip in Singapore.
"Ijime, Dame, Zettai" is equally special, being this their second song attending to the live performances, premiering in July 2011. It was released way later (January 2013).
And this performance with the white costumes is even more special. That meant a new life to BABYMETAL after Su having to graduate from (leave) Sakura Gakuin and splitting to create an independent entity. The white outfits symbolizes a new beginning. It's a little like what happened during the recent concerts at PIA Arena in Yokohama on April this year.
Excellent reaction 😁 love it when someone who is new to BabyMetal gets it and gets the joy and happiness we have been getting . Song 4 i love and Ijime Dame Zettai has been in my top five BabyMetal songs since i heard it . It just builds and builds to feel so uplifting at the end .
Hope you get to see them live somewhere it's an experience.
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Good, now the next Black Babymetal stop for you should be 'sis anger'. Very heavy and fun.
_Yon Yon!_
MoiMoi coming back with their own exclusive song and kawaii explosion. I wonder if this aesthetic Lil Uzi Vert was looking for in his recent collab with BM.🤔
4 No Uta (or "Song 4") is another Black Babymetal song and is a challenge to our girls and giving another social reform message, this time trying to stop with the superstition around the number 4.👀
"4" got two ways of pronounce in Japanese, _shi_ is the right way, but that word is also similar to "die", that's why they use _yon,_ the other way, 4 or "shi" is associated with bad luck, similar to number 13 for some westerners. Our girls here are trying to teaching us in a funny song and choreo that the _shi_ isn't always related to bad things.
Always love that reggae breakdown reaction, unexpected, especially over that Metallica - Master Of Puppets riffs, so cool.
Oh btw this song got the credits over YuiMetal and MoaMetal, until "Divine Attack- Shingeki" with SuMetal lyrics credits last year, this was the only song with them on the credits, the funny story is while traveling on the bus at live tour in Singapore, SuMetal challenge the girls to do a song with this theme, they were singing this all the time that even the stuff members got stuck with that in their head, the rest is story, is a super engaging song with great crowd participation and who don't wanna do that with our lovely girls back then? Of course this song was one of the girls favorites back then.
Like you noticed this was another live at Budokan 2014 along with the sister-bones helping as a backing dancers.
This song also got a MoaMetal solo version live at Legend S 2017, that was the sudden first live concert without YuiMetal.
There's also another unique version called Song 4 (444 Ver.) with lines from the girls in the reggae section.
Finally, you're very much welcome to celebrate unofficially Yon Yon Day (April 4) every year after official Fox Day (April 1). Yon Yon!
See you next time and kitsune up 🦊🤘🔥
_Kitsune tobe!_ 🦊🤘🙅♂️
One of those rare versions of IDZ with the girls dressed totally in white costumes, much similar to what you can see at Monochrome Piano Version with the mysterious three figures dressed in white.
This was at Legend Z 2013 part of the first trilogy of live concerts called "Legend I, D, Z" started in 2012 and ending with this concert everybody thought it would be the end of BM because Suzuka was about to finish/graduates from SG.
She said something unique at the end like never before and after: "Take care of your neck!" lol
I like this unique version but still I concur with all suggestions over the live at Sonisphere Festival 2014, that is a must watch version and should have been your first suggestion to hear this song.
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Don't forget, 4 is also a very improtant number as Moa's birthday, July 4th is only a few days away. This is why the rest of the world celebrates the 4th of July. ❤😁❤
I've been fortunate enough to travel to Japan twice to see Babymetal, and seeing them in their homeland in front of home fans is definitely worth making the trip for. The Japanese fans are always incredibly gracious and welcoming to international fans and getting to be part of the fan culture they have in Japan is one of the highlights of going. In addition, you get the chance to do things like visit the Fox God bar in Tokyo or make the pilgrimage to Asagaya Shinmeigu Shrine.
4 No Uta is one of those super fun crowd participation songs that really shines live. Accoridng to Babymetal lore, Yui and Moa came up with it on the tour bus while they were traveling between shows and drove everyone crazy by singing it incessantly the way kids do when get something in their heads, and eventually it got turned into the song you saw. Yui and Moa are credited as the song writers for it.
IDZ is one of their big anthems that they play as part of the finale of their big shows. It was the finale on their recent Australian tour, so I got to see it three times in four days, which was pretty awesome.
❤ Babymetal are strong evocates against bullying and this song recenates with the bulling problem world wide I respect them even more bravo.
YAvA is a good tune live pro shot , and Awadamafever is another great pro shot live . The kami band does some solos as well in both songs enjoy them , I’m seeing them in September in Philly .
Goosebumps every time I listen "ijime, dame, zettai" and it's not there best live video of this song... I really enjoy watching your Babymetal journey 🤘🦊🤘
Thanks Simon!!!!
Kawaii metal has been going on for ages we in the west just recently discovered it cheers mate🎉😮
Still my favorite BM song. I have seen all iterations, original 3, muscle metal, avengers and this year MomoMetal. Bonus 2 days later I get to see Hanabie as a headliner in a small venue. September is Gonna kick ass.
I love 4 no uta :)
6:18 Yon or Shi are 4, but Shi is also death, so their are a lot of people superstitious about the number 4 in the east, like 13 in the west.
The song was written by Yuimetal and Moametal when they were 13 on the tour bus in Singapore after a suggestion by Su-metal. The arrangement is not from them.
The lyrics are about trying to show on reason to be superstitious, their are lots of fun words with Shi as well.
They sing Yon Yon, so it's track number 8 on the album. 🙂
The great thing about watching this, aside from the music, is seeing how much fun the girls are having running around the stage. Every band needs hype girls like Yui and Moa. 😂😂😂🤘🦊🤘
"Song 4": those girls are having a blast!!!
As for IDZ: most people would suggest the 2014 Sonisphere version because that was when BABYMETAL had there first real appearance before a live audience outside of Japan (the United Kingdom). Evidently that British crowd can get ornery - they've been known to throw bottles and such at bands they didn't care for - and the girls were quite nervous, but they won the crowd over, and ended up being a milestone event for BABYMETAL. It was a tough decision but I opted for this version because it is one of the very rare instances of the girls performing in something other than their usual black, silver, and red.
How's about finishing that list then tell us which ones (yes, plural) are your favorite BABYMETAL song? 😁
KITSUNE UP!!! 🤘🦊🤘
I am so glad someone actually reacted to this version of Ijime, Dame, Zettai instead of the Sonisphere one. The audio/production of this one is SO much better.
Have seen the version where Yui jumps over Moa?
@@outwest1014 I don't think so.
GJ(Good Job) is my 2nd favorite Black Babymetal song. Super fun as usual.
Tears are true. I love to see that. Thank you.
お気に入りの曲？
それは、とても答えに困る質問ですね🤔
しかし、その事は既にご存知ですよね😍
そういう事です😝
4no Uta Song4:-
The riffs (interpretations) similar to Metallica Master Of Puppets in a way after the first verse is sung.
I'm sure most of us have heard some version about the genesis of the song Yon no Uta (Song 4).
Yui and Moa are said to have made up this song during the Singapore 🇸🇬 2013 tour, and repeated it over and over again to the point that staff complained about it.
Which to my mind is hilarious.
I heard recently that Su suggested the theme of "4" as a challenge to Yui and Moa after they successfully made up songs on the themes of "banana" and "wood".
4no Uta (Yon No Uta) Lyrics
Romaji Lyrics -
Yon, yon! Yon, yon! Yon, yon! Yon, yon!
Ichi no tsugi wa ni. [ He, hei! ]
Ni no tsugi wa san. [ He, hei! ]
San no tsugi wa, uu, yon. [ Foo! ]
Yon, yon! Yon, yon! Yon, yon! Yon, yon!
Nana no mae wa roku. [ He, hei! ]
Roku no mae wa go. [ He, hei! ]
Go no mae wa, uu, yon. [ Foo! ]
Yon, yon! Yon, yon! Yon, yon! Yon, yon!
Shiawase no shi
Shinu ja nai shi. [ Foo! ]
Shippai no shi.
Yoroshiku no yon. [ Foo! ]
Shiawase no shi.
Shinu ja nai shi. [ Foo! ]
Bitamin no shi.
Yorokobi no yon.
Yon. Yon. Yon. Yon. [ Foo! ]
Yon, yo, yo, yo, yon, yon.
Yon, yo, yo, yo, yon, yon. [ Yoishoo! ]
Yon, yo, yo, yo, yon, yon.
Yon, yo, yo, yo, yon, yon. [ Yokkorasho! ]
Yon, yo, yo, yo, yon, yon.
Yon, yo, yo, yo, yon, yon. [ Yosshaa! ]
Yon, yo, yo, yo, yon, yon.
Yon, yo, yo, yo, yon, yon. [ Oishii! ]
Yon, yon! Yon, yon! Yon, yon! Yon, yon!
Ichi no tsugi wa ni. [ He, hei! ]
Ni no tsugi wa san. [ He, hei! ]
San no tsugi wa, uu, yon. [ Foo! ]
Nana no mae wa roku. [ He, hei! ]
Roku no mae wa go. [ He, hei! ]
Go no mae wa, uu, yon. [ Foo! ]
Yon, yon! Yon, yon! Yon, yon! Yon, yon!
Yon, yon! Yon, yon! Yon, yon! Yon, yon!
Shiawase no shi
Shinu ja nai shi. [ Foo! ]
Shippai no shi.
Yonaoshi no yon. [ Foo! ]
Shiawase no shi.
Shinu ja nai shi. [ Foo! ]
Oishii no shi.
Yorokobi no yon.
Yon. Yon. Yon. Yon. [ Foo! ]
Yon, yon! Yon, yon! Yon, yon! Yon, yon!
English Lyrics -
Four, four! Four, four! Four, four! Four, four!
After one is two. [ Hey! Hey! ]
After two is three. [ Hey! Hey! ]
After three is, woo, four. [ Four! ]
Four, four! Four, four! Four, four! Four, four!
Before seven is six. [ Hey! Hey! ]
Before six is five. [ Hey! Hey! ]
Before five is, woo, four. [ Four! ]
Four, four! Four, four! Four, four! Four, four!
"4" is for "happiness
And it doesn't mean "to die". [ Four! ]
"4" is for "failure".
"4" is for "favor-asking". [ Four! ]
"4" is for "happiness".
And it doesn't mean "to die". [ Four! ]
"4" is for "vitamin C".
"4" is for "joy".
Four. Four. Four. Four. [ Four! ]
Four, four, four, four, four, four.
Four, four, four, four, four, four. [ Oops-a-daisy! ]
Four, four, four, four, four, four.
Four, four, four, four, four, four. [ Heave ho! ]
Four, four, four, four, four, four.
Four, four, four, four, four, four. [ Goody! ]
Four, four, four, four, four, four.
Four, four, four, four, four, four. [ Delicious! ]
Four, four! Four, four! Four, four! Four, four!
After one is two. [ Hey! Hey! ]
After two is three. [ Hey! Hey! ]
After three is, woo, four. [ Four! ]
Before seven is six. [ Hey! Hey! ]
Before six is five. [ Hey! Hey! ]
Before five is, woo, four. [ Four! ]
Four, four! Four, four! Four, four! Four, four!
Four, four! Four, four! Four, four! Four, four!
"4" is for "happiness
And it doesn't mean "to die". [ Four! ]
"4" is for "failure".
"4" is for "social reform". [ Four! ]
"4" is for "happiness".
And it doesn't mean "to die". [ Four! ]
"4" is for "delicious".
"4" is for "joy".
Four. Four. Four. Four. [ Four! ]
Four, four! Four, four! Four, four! Four, four!
Song Notes:
-The song was released on February 26, 2014 included in the debut album "BABYMETAL".
-Yon No Uta debuted live at Nippon Budokan on March 1, 2014.
Kitsune Up 🦊🦊🦊🤘🤘🤘🇯🇵🇸🇬#notacult.
Ijime, Dame, Zettai / Sonisphere Music Festival
"Ijime, Dame, Zettai" (イジメ、ダメ、ゼッタイ, lit. "Bullying, No Good, Absolutely") is the debut major label single by Japanese heavy metal band Babymetal. It was released in Japan on January 9, 2013 as the fourth overall single from the album Babymetal.
No more bullying says Babymetal. Listen to what your Queen says. The world 🌏 will be a better place for everyone. Kitsune Up 🦊🦊🦊🤘🤘🤘🇯🇵🇸🇬.
•Single by: Babymetal.
•Album: Babymetal.
•Language: Japanese, English.
•B-side: "Catch Me If You Can" (standard), "Babymetal Death" (limited).
•Released: January 9, 2013
•Genre: J-pop, speed metal, melodic death metal, power metal.
Length:-
•20:06 (standard edition).
•18:00 (limited edition CD).
•Label: Toy's Factory, Amuse, Juonbu.
•Composer: Kxbxmetal, Tsubometal, Takemetal.
•Lyricist: Nakametal, Tsubometal.
•Producer: Kobametal.
•Kyōtō: (arrangement).
Babymetal singles chronology:-
•"Headbangeeeeerrrrr!!!!!" (2012).
•"Ijime, Dame, Zettai" (2013).
•"Megitsune" (2013).
"Ijime, Dame, Zettai"
Background and release:-
The single was first announced after the concert Legend "I" at Shibuya O-East on October 6, 2012. An early version of the song can be heard in a video uploaded to the band's official UA-cam channel entitled "Babymetal - My First Heavy Metal in Tokyo 2012", which also features part of a live performance of "Iine!". On November 8, 2012, an official trailer for the single and accompanying music was uploaded to the band's official UA-cam channel. The trailers, along with a live performance at Sonisphere Festival, subtitled the song as "No More Bullying" and "No More, Bullying, Forever", respectively. An interview with the producers of the band was published in the December issue of Marquee to promote the single's release in January.
The single was released in four versions: a standard edition and three physical limited editions, "I", "D", and "Z". The DVDs included in the limited editions contain either footage of the music video for "Ijime, Dame, Zettai", or of a live performance by Babymetal. The single also had a promotional release to customers who purchased tickets to live performances of Legend "I", "D", or "Z".
Unlike previous singles released under Juonbu Records, no songs from the single appeared on a Sakura Gakuin album, due to "Headbangeeeeerrrrr!!!!!" having been already released the same school year.
Kitsune Up 🦊🦊🦊🤘🤘🤘🇯🇵🇬🇧🇸🇬.
The IDZ of Legend Z is my favourite version.
They are defending the number 4, because there are two ways to say the word 4 in Japan: Shi, and Yon. For example, they are saying that 4 isn't bad because you get it from the sun and oranges: Vitamin C, or as they pronounce it in Japan, "Bitamin Shi". And what a great way to bring up something like "hey, mon!!" (think in a heavy Jamaican or Bahamian accent), with "yon", hence why they brought in reggae. It's the cutest, catchiest yet heaviest song done by the youngest girls in the group. That's another reason why there was Black Babymetal; the contrast of the youngest, cutest (kawaii) girls getting the heaviest songs.
su telling the audience to take care of their neck at the end of idz is so cute omg😭
Amazing!👏 Ijime, dame, zettai, no matter how many times I hear it, it always moves me, it's a great song 🔥🤘🦊🔥
Can't wait to see them in Boston in Sept!
The white dresses are the metaphor the 3 ladies were spirits or goasts(in a cute way). The black leggings meant that they've got no legs.
In my personal interpretation, this story lines was the next of Babymetal Death.
After their reborn, they dressed like three little warriors.
the 2nd song is about ending Bullying. it's very popular.
Even though I have watched this IDZ vid many times, I am still always afraid Moa and Yui are going to fall and hurt themselves when they run at the beginning.
I searched your channel & couldn't find a reaction to 'Kasey Chambers - Lose Yourself (Eminem Cover) LIVE @ Civic Theatre, Newcastle AU', I know you'll love it. Two clues; a #1 AUSSIE Country Singer & a BANJO
Nothing wrong with being emotional here. I always feel like they’re my little sisters that started off small and now selling out stadiums with everyone singing along with their songs. You just can’t help but feel a sense of pride because they’ve been counted out so many times then you see THIS
When the guitars come in in IDZ i get reminded to listen to some X-Japan again
Ijime, dame, zettai, is just an anti bullying song...goes so hard.
I think Song 4 is super cute and fun and still love it!
And ahh yes, my favorite Babymetal song, IDZ. Heartbreaking lyrics. What a powerful message for society and who better to deliver that message than some powerful young ladies in the trenches? ❤❤❤
I decided to play some BabyMetal songs...and I have already done 5 or 6 covers...I plan on doing many more....
Sometimes it's like their drumer got 4 feets 🤘🤘
It's not, but COULD BE a true story:
Tokyo 2012, December 17, 8:35 AM, Ministry of Education:
"We have to do something about the bullying in schools, it's out of control, any ideas?"
"The punishments and sanctions have been useless"
"And a song against bullying?"
"As if we hadn't preached enough with campaigns over the years"
"Yeah, but what if we entrust it to Babymetal?"
Babymetal World Tour 2023, after 10 years of concerts around the world, the public at each concert still asks them to sing the song against bullying "Ijime, Dame, Zettai". 😇
Fun song
4 no Uta, Four in Chinese is Sì (shē). In Japanese, Shi translates to "death". Japanese use Chinese, Japanese, and English numbers systems somewhat interchangeably. The number 4 in Japanese is yon, shi is also used, but not frequently since it also means death.
I've heard the avoidance of shi is so severe that buildings will not have a 4th floor. They will number the floors 1, 2, 3, 5...
nice reaction！
next Arkadia
fromjapan✋
Google: ESP 9 strings babymetal special edition.
If you want to see that guitar, you get glimpses in the BxMxC music video.
And a dash of reggae.
I don't know if ropes or railings could have contained me during either one of these performances!!!! So yeah, I probably would have been ejected. I want a time machine for Christmas!!!
Baby metal for the super bowl
At 0:54 her silhouette shows number 4. Subtle, but so very typical BM choreo.
At 10:42 Su looks like a mayfly, or a Tiszavirag, against the river. Again, a very subtle imagery.
The superstition is not about the actual number 4, it is the word "shi" that sounds similar to the Japanese word for death. They have another word for 4, which is "yon."
How have you managed avoid doing headbanger 1997 yet? and also the various other performances of it too 😀
No bullying for ever
C U in Atlanta!
no female singer can match up to Su Metal - Su definitely is the Best !
👍 👍
Great reaction again.
This is fun.
Glad you enjoyed it
Welcome down the Foxhole!
😁😁😁🤘🤘🤘
Sadly, Yui caught all the bad luck from this song.
I don't know about that. She did everything and retired. That isn't a bad thing. It's us who are unlucky.
Paris on her 15th birthday. Tokyo Dome at 17.
🍅💀🍅
🤘🏼🦊🤘🏼
YonYon
Mais de 170 números 4 são ditos nesta música, isso é incrível!
🦊🦊🦊🔥
You should react to same song but with moa only and older
i am fans iron maiden y yeaaah metal babymetal ImI fox IMI
Anyone please help me with this cuz it's wrecking my brain, in the IDZ set, behind the girls at center stage, BOH with a wig or is it another bassist???????
Someone please gimme an answer...............
Great video dude, keep em coming, how about Yava next time, the intro is awesome and the song kicks mayor @ss!!
I'm pretty sure the bassist is IKUO. Also, he and guitarist ISAO did some collaboration work not that long ago.
@@johnschultz7765 Oh ok gotcha, that makes more sense than just BOH in a long wig 😄, thanks for the info, you sir are da man 👍🤜.
🦊 🖖❤
What could a pair of 14 year old Japanese girls do wrong? 😅
What a waste. Should have done sonisphere 2014
This one is really good, too… isn’t it?
I would say a waste. Sonisphere is just iconic because it was they're big intro to westerners. It definitely something to watch, but I'd say it better to watch the whole performance. For a reaction to the song this one is good too.
Sonisphere had special importance because it was their first show in the west, but this performance is good too. And this one is interesting because they wear white. Both are worth watching if you like Babymetal. One thing I like a lot about the Sonisphere IDZ is that it's in the day and the Kami band is right there on the stage with them, so you can see the band, which isn't always the case, especially nowadays. I'm kinda glad I'll be seeing them at a smaller venue in October in the US, it's only about 7000-9000 people depending on how they configure the place for the show, so the stage is probably too small to hide the Kami band anywhere.
@@nomadjayy Sonisphere is a great video for the fan, band, backstage, and the mishaps. you know what it would have been like to be there.
@@Grahlt I hope you enjoy the show. Sonisphere has that raw feeling that is unique to the other performances of IDZ. The film crew captured the feel perfectly.
Shi (4) can mean four...or death, so Yon! Therefore, the song.
shit is wholesome as fuck...kami band kill it as always but they manage to have a sweet as fuck metal tune about being nice to each other...fkn babymetal