Deathcore Guys First Time Reaction to BabyMetal - Metali [メタり！！] (feat. Tom Morello)
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- Опубликовано: 11 июл 2024
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We react to the new release 'Metali [メタり！！] (feat. Tom Morello)' by @BABYMETAL
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BabyMetal has been touring for over a decade world wide. They have toured or performed with groups like Metallica, Korn, Sabaton, Bring me the Horizon, Gun and Roses, Lady Gaga, Metal God Rob Halford, Stone Sour, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Dethklok, and dozens of other big headliners.
Thank you for watching! Its crazy that I am just learning of this band considering their extensive tour background.
@@SuperMetalBrosPodcast Metallica saw them live and said they were astonished by their awesomeness. They have performed Pain Killer and Breaking the Law the Judas Priest classics with Rob Halford the lead singer of Judas Priest. In a recent interview Corey Taylor of Slipknot was asked what he listened to at home and he said BabyMetal. Other bands love to get up on stage with them.
@@SuperMetalBrosPodcastno offense but Americans are kind of known to not pay much attention to foreign entertainment. I mean you guys are the only ones rather remaking foreign movies than watching the original. That being said, America is only 4% of the worlds population, so you’re obviously not going to learn about the majority of entertainment in the world if you’re not paying attention 🤷♂️
Why BABYMETAL?
I think you would not ask this question if you would know the smallest portion of their portfolio or what they did and still do with and for metal in Japan. And for Japanese metal world wide.
All the other Japanese metal bands you mentioned came after BABYMETAL. They were inspired by them and BABYMETAL opened the gates to the world for them.
Of course there were metal bands in Japan before BABYMETAL, like Maximum The Hormone or X-Japan, but without the international success of BABYMETAL probably not many outside of Japan would have ever heard about them. BABYMETAL made people look for more metal - especially with female singers - from Japan. Guess the first Asian(!) band the ever placed a #1 in the international rock album charts.
BABYMETALs origin is a live sing and dance ensemble in the J-Pop idol scene. You got that part right. Because of that, BABYMETAL is not a traditinal metal band that produces music. They are a live act. They usually dont write their own music or choreographies. The girls are the executing actors in a theatrical music live performance that tries new ways. (Not just shaking their bodies to music. There is a lot more behind their choreographies. And of course they sing live.) Like in any movie or theatre play, you need good actors to be successful. Without them, the best writers dont help much.
On the other hand, not being a traditional band, but being incredibly talented singers and dancers within a big talent agency, BABYMETAL can profit from professional songwriters and hire the best session musicians their budget allows. The quality of the result speaks for itself.
So, to answer the question "why BABYMETAL?", dive into the fox hole, see their totally unique live performances and enjoy a wild and entertaining ride through a musical experience no one would have thought possible before BABYMETAL.
There wont be any doubt left. :)
We will definitely go into the foxhole. Thank you for watching!
Welcome to the Foxhole and BabyMetal's metalverse 🦊🤘🌐
Glad to see more people getting into BM songs thanks to this great collab with living legend Tom Morello.
I'm not sure if i understood your concerns about certain words Japanese said in anime, but i think is because they got a way to pronounce English and many more foreign language because is just basically the way Japanese alphabet works, they always go with the syllables and a vowel at the end that's why it always sounds different because that's how they pronounce the words and it's really hard for them to articulate certain words and saying it without a vowel, also the "L" is pronounced like an "R" because simply they don't use that consonant, and when you're not used to talk like that natively later it becomes really hard to learn the proper way to pronounce, only hard working Japanese learn the right way and BabyMetal are one of those who can speak English very fluently nowadays, although you'll hear some words and songs lyrics using both way, the Japanglish and English way just to fit the theme or a rhyme, it depends, also because they like pun intended words or mix new words like in this case.
For example: Metal is pronounced like "metaru", but here they're using a summer festival theme called matsuri and mixing it with metal, that's why is called "Metali" and even using the L instead of the R in this case. Hope to be clear about this, if I'm wrong or something there will be native Japanese in the comments helping you out with more.
BabyMetal is a Japanese metal dance unit created in 2010 under another Jpop/Jrock group called Sakura Gakuin, they had 11 and 12 years old when started this and become independent after 2013, they created their own genre called kawaii-metal mixing Jpop with metal sound and different subgenres along with many more rhythms. Their name is a reference to a new genre and not related to their ages or "baby" faces, is a pun intended play words with "heavy-metal" which sounds similar to "baby-metal".
They are:
*SuMetal* lead vocalist, now 25.
*MoaMetal* scream and dance, now 24.
*MomoMetal* scream and dance, she's 20 and is the new official member since April 1st recently.
*YuiMetal* scream and dance, former member since 2018.
None of them are related.
After 2018 you'll see backup dancers performing along with them but none of them are official members, they don't sing, only dance, but that status change recently like i said.
I get what you're saying about BM going with this huge collab but lemme tell you they're responsible to opened up the gates after 2010 for all those J-metal and J-rock bands you mentioned to the world, and Tom Morello wasn't one of the first, not even close, they got huge collaboration since 2015 with DragonForce guitarists as one of the first, and even before with Arch Enemy, the list is long since 2019 when Metal Galaxy came out including Sabaton's singer, or the guys from Polyphia and more recently BMTH.
Anyway the producer and creator KobaMetal is a huge metal fan and he got several favorite bands, but the list is so long he may got not so many time to collaborate with all of them, even Rob Halford from Judas Priest who performed along with them doing some covers is waiting on the list lol
Anyway this song is bringing them back to their roots when singing more happy songs just to have fun and dance while sharing tons of Japanese elements like they did in Megitsune unlike the songs and theme they got in the latest album called "The Other One" showing a more mature side and a BM we've never seen before.
If you wanna check it out some songs from latest album i suggest you:
- Mirror Mirror official MV
But pretty much all the 10 tracks are worth it to hear this new concept album. Of course their classic hits from early era are a must so I'm gonna leave in my next comment where to get some of them safe to react.
Thanks for sharing this and see you next time 🦊🤘🔥
Here's the list of live performance clips usually safe to reacts without any filters so you won't need to rely on live compilations, there might be some exceptions:
- Headbangeeeeerrrrr!!!!! live at Legend 1997, SuMetal 16th Birthday in 2013, they got MV of this and is fun, but live is a blast.
ruclips.net/video/LNFiDWJh2FA/видео.html
- Akatsuki, live at Budokan 2014, this is a SuMetal solo.
ruclips.net/video/g2372C5PJLM/видео.html
- Megitsune, official MV is my first recommendation but is usually blocked if you don't put filters, so if you want live and safe to react, check it out Budokan 2014.
ruclips.net/video/dU38CYkpBvI/видео.html
- Akatsuki Unfinished Version, SuMetal solo again but with only a piano behind special performance at Legend 1997.
ruclips.net/video/nwsinmxTxbo/видео.html
- Babymetal Death, live at Legend 1997, this is the big finale, you're gonna blow your mind with this one.
ruclips.net/video/jRc9dbgiBPI/видео.html
- Catch Me If You Can with Kami Band intro live at Budokan 2014.
ruclips.net/video/ng8U_j0gpLI/видео.html
- Ijime, Dame, Zettai live at Sonisphere Festival 2014, sometimes the official live MV isn't so friendly so you know what to do.
ruclips.net/video/Ro-_cbfdrYE/видео.html
- Rondo Of Nightmare, with Mischiefs Of Metal Gods Intro live at Budokan 2014, another SuMetal solo but way different than usual happy songs.
ruclips.net/video/8WBDiLMNZcE/видео.html
- Doki Doki Morning, official MV, their very first song and MV full of kawaiiness, usually is safe to react so try it, if you want a live performance, this is the first proshot version with the Kami Band live at Legend 1999 (YuiMetal and MoaMetal 14th birthday).
ruclips.net/video/BSjv9OYtWZ0/видео.html
- Uki Uki Midnight, this one is a follow up to Doki Doki Morning but way different sound, this is the PV, is super fun but the sound isn't so great but at least is live.
ruclips.net/video/Yj-UQIlqsIQ/видео.html
If you want better sound with the Kami Band, then live at Budokan 2014 it is.
ruclips.net/video/ESzY9dL613Q/видео.html
- Onedari Daisakusen, live at Legend 1997, this is a Black Babymetal song, is a subgroup with only YuiMetal and MoaMetal.
ruclips.net/video/1dT1ywYR5So/видео.html
- Iine! again official MV hits way better but if you want live, here live at Budokan 2014.
ruclips.net/video/5sCvYVNeD0w/видео.html
- Karate live at Download Festival 2016, "kitsune6001" got this with a short interview intro.
ruclips.net/video/FKOL6v3Md2c/видео.html
- Road Of Resistance live in Japan official, this one is easily to find but be careful with the blocked by putting some filters just in case.
- Kimi To Anime Ga Mitai - Answer For Animation With You, live at Budokan 2014, not sure if it's still safe, so try some filters, if is audio blocked try to mute or just cut the parts.
ruclips.net/video/M8FKumvh-w8/видео.html
Here's a song you can find at Babymetal Reactor Resource (BMRR), a helpful place to get watermarked logo clips of the original live version to curve the annoying algo.
- GJ! live at Wembley Arena 2016, another Black Babymetal song.
ruclips.net/video/Hg0Rylcg8F0/видео.html
This is BMRR short vid to follow instructions and get the spreadsheet with the full list.
ruclips.net/video/q40VmTHSh4c/видео.html
And here's a BM guide (the long one).
ruclips.net/video/gDne0xwniTg/видео.html
There's a more recent beginners guide at "Briaghh" called "So... What is BabyMetal?" is more short and with some fair update until this year unlike the other one.🦊🤘
Thank you for giving us a chance! I think it is pretty cool that differences in language make words like 'Metaru' (which just sounds cool). Thank you for the history on the band!
You don't know anything about BABYMETAL and that's fine, but it's better to just ask for information that to repeat half-truths / rumors that you read somewhere, and then spread misinformation about them.
Fact 1: Regarding this collab, It was Tom Morello who initially sought out a collaboration with BM, at a time when they were on a hiatus. It's great that this worked out fine and they gave us this banger.
Fact 2: They are not a "super group". BABYMETAL started more than a decade ago, as complete unknowns and reached their current level of success by paying their dues and releasing music that has found an international audience.
I think I misunderstood a comment on a previous video we did regarding the supergroup thing…. I stand corrected. That’s pretty cool that Tom reached out and made that happen. Thanks for the info!
@@SuperMetalBrosPodcast No biggie, BM are a completely different band from what we are used to in the West. It's very easy to try and apply our standards and knowledge to them. Also BM have been fighting against gatekeeping and these accusations for the whole career (just look at the comments section on any BM related post on places like Metal Sucks if you want a chuckle), so many of those hear those comments and are, like, "s**t, here we go again", but I appreciate that you are taking these comments in a very good way. In the end, even if you don't like BM (they are certainly not for everyone), they are the groundbreakers for Japanese metal in the West.
I liked metal enough when I was a kid in the 70's and 80"s but as I got older, I saw it for what it was and didn't need the negativity, hate and anger in my life. Negative in, negative out. I like that BabyMetal has the hard sound and energy but without all the negativity that makes some kids burnout and give up by the age of 20. As far as them just being a marketing gimmick..I ask, wtf was KISS? Marketing is and has always been a part of the game. The majority of media influenced delinquent malcontents who find all this deep meaning in their music were created for profit. Let's bank on positivity. BABYMETAL!!!!🤘
Well said!
Today, BabyMetal are superstars…. According to what you’ve been told. BabyMetal started when 3 girls were part of a Japanese Jpop “academy”. A producer from Amuse (Japanese entertainment company) had an idea to fuse Jpop and Metal. As he was a big fan of Metal music. His idea formed in its infancy as a club within that idol academy called heavy music club with the song Doki Doki Morning. The 3 girls aspired to be traditional Jpop idols. Knew nothing of the Metal genre. But the more they learned, the better idea they had of what it was. Performing that initial song in small venues, they created a following and coined a Metal genre to describe what they do… Kawaii Metal aka Cute Metal. They wanted their music to be for young girls’ introduction to Metal music. A fusion of Jpop and various sub genres of Metal music.
Through the years, BabyMetal grew bigger in popularity but still exclusively performed in Japan. Then that fateful event during SonicSphere over in the UK is where they made their arrival overseas known.
From then on, BabyMetal has collaborated with Dragonforce, Bring Me The Horizon, Polyphia, Sabaton, etc. Gained acknowledgement from Korn, Slipknot, Judas Priest, etc. Opened for Red Hot Chili Peppers, Metallica, Guns N Roses, Sabaton.
Yes, they don’t write their songs. Writing credit for only 2 songs found from members of BabyMetal. Yes, they don’t play instruments. But their backing band, the Kami Band, are some of the best in Japan and great musicians from America. One of which is Anthony Barone. BabyMetal fans, known as The One, are fans of the Kami Band members almost as big as they’re fabs of BabyMetal ladies themselves.
Koba, the band’s producer, is extremely selective on who they collaborate with. Even as popular as BabyMetal is, one would think they would collaborate with more recognizable international bands but they don’t. Bring Me The Horizon is as close to BabyMetal as any band can get. And it took years for both bands to collaborate.
I think I misunderstood the history of the band prior to making this video. From reading your comment and others below I now have a better understanding. Thank you for educating us! The whole point of making these is to learn by listening and getting feedback. Thank you for taking the time to watch!
@@SuperMetalBrosPodcast I was like you guys. Never heard of BabyMetal. Initially, watched one of these videos and was as confused as anyone. But good music is good music. I appreciate that you guys keep an open mind about these ladies. Not everyone does who comes from a metal background. They’ve been ridiculed and mocked. At one point during a metal awards event, when they won the presenter mocked them. Imitiating to speak Japanese but in the worse way possible. That was done in front of everyone in attendance. Through the insults, BabyMetal has never responded negatively. Their only response is to work harder to prove themselves to others.
I have a niece who was only into hip hop. I introduced her to BabyMetal. Nowadays, she tells me when to buy concert tickets to Metal shows. 😂
The fact that they ‘turned’ your niece makes it all worth it!
First Asian band to top the US Billboards Rock Album chart. Metal Hammer magazine (fan poll), top 10 Metal Bands of All Time. They’ve actually been nominated for over 25 international music awards, winning over 20 times. First Female fronted Asian group to headline and sell out Wembley arena. Youngest female fronted band to perform at the Nippon Budokan (now performed there 12 times). Sold out the Tokyo Dome 2 nights in a row with 55,000 in attendance each night back when Su-Metal was around 18 years old (I have to double check the date). Sold out the Forum in LA back around 2019. They performed in well over 80 different cities around the globe. Depending on how you count; 5+ world tours with 4 original albums. Collaborations with, supported by and toured with the biggest names in Metal. However, their headline shows (countless) are the best. I hope you check out more.
Watch any live recording and you can tell they perform live with very little backtrack. The lead singer Su always sings live, I've seen them live in person multiple times. They may be an idol group, but they are legit. And the haters are mostly metal elitists gatekeeping the genre because they feel metal can only be dark and masculine. It's fine if Babymetal isn't to your taste, but you shouldn't judge a fusion group by such petty standards. Music is always evolving and the rules are changing. These girls and everyone behind them are working insanely hard to spread their sound and do what they love.
This one is definitely a live show song. From the few live performances we've seen from Japan this last week, it absolutely goes off live, which is its intended setting, since its a party song about getting crazy and having fun.
I really liked the party vibe. Thank you for watching!
Babymetal get a lot of press because they have been around longer than most of those bands you mentioned, like Hannabie, and have a large and well established fanbase in Japan and internationally. Their management agency is Amuse and they have the resources to promote them, although the approach to things like social media is often questioned by the fans. Also BM is basically built around the voice of the lead singer, Suzuka Nakamoto, and her singing live is crucial to BM's success. The backing band is called The Kami Band and is a rotating roster of both Western and Japanese musicians.
Babymetal started in 2010 as a subgroup of the school themed J-pop group Sakura Gakuin (Cherry Blossom Academy). The group was pitched to teenage girls so having a metal sub group definitely stood out from the usual J-pop songs. BM became so popular that it was spun off as a separate group in 2013 and went on to even greater success. They are known for their live performances and spectacular shows. The original members were Suzuka Nakamoto, Moa Kikuchi and Yui Mizuno. Yui left in 2018 for undisclosed health reasons and was just recently replaced by Momoko Okazaki, another former member of Sakura Gakuin. Because BM emphasize live performances and touring so much the pandemic was a big hit to them and this year they are releasing new music and touring again.
For another great live Japanese group more on the J-pop side of things...although they stretch the boundaries...take a look at Atarashii Gakko.
ruclips.net/video/9MNPt-zlz-8/видео.html&ab_channel=THEFIRSTTAKE
We will check them out! Thank you for watching the reaction!
Nice first reaction. 🤘🦊🤘Thank you for giving BABYMETAL a chance!!! BABYMETAL is a Japanese kawaii (cute) metal group (a metal subgenre that they created) that formed in 2010 when the original 3 girls were 11-12 years old (yes,they were very young), and since then have performed with, toured with, or opened for Metallica, Korn, Sabaton, Bring Me The Horizon, Dragonforce, Guns N' Roses, Lady Gaga, Rob Halford of Judas Priest (there's a great youtube video of their performance with Rob at a metal award show), and Red Hot Chili Peppers (there is a youtube video of them performing Gimme Chocolate with RHCP, as well as with Korn, and DragonForce), to name a few of many. They have performed at large metal events/concerts in front of 65,000+ skeptical metalheads in Europe (Glastonbury, Download, Sonisphere, etc), US, and Asia. They are the first Japanese band to perform at Wembley arena in the UK. Also, 20+ awards have been given to them. They have 60+ songs and each one is different from the other, so I hope you give the other songs a try. By the way, they have some really great heavy songs too, and I hope you like guitar solos, as well as bass and drum solos, like I do, because they have them too. Also, they are currently on another world tour that includes many dates here in the USA, and released a new amazing album just a few months ago! 🤘🦊🤘
Thank you for watching (and all the info).
You two guys need to watch Babymetal Death from 2013 live legend 97.
We will check it out! Thanks for watching!
Thanks for the reaction guys, hope you guys dive futher in the fox hole, this girls and their band are build different, theres no other band in the world like them (literally).
I recommend you guys to check "Road of Resistance" a power metal masterpiece by them.
Kitsunes up 🤘🦊🤘
We will definitely go further into the 'foxhole'. Thank you for giving our channel a chance!
Thank you for featuring BABYMETAL. I'm delighted.
BABYMETAL is neither J-Rock nor J-Metal. BABYMETAL itself is a genre. And there has only been BABYMETAL in this genre for more than 10 years.
At least Metallica, Korn, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Foo Fighters, Guns N' Roses, DragonForce, Rob Halford and Rob Zombie would recognised BABYMETAL as a top band.
The Japanese have a habit of attaching things they think are good to each other. They attach things that should never be attached and remodel them. And it works well, for reasons unknown. This is also true for BABYMETAL. I can't explain it well, but I don't think you can understand what BABYMETAL is, at least after listening to one or two songs.
I'd love to have you guys try out some of the songs and analyse them. Some songs are presented for reference.
- Road of Resistence (Live in Japan)
- ijime dame zettai (Live at Sonisphere 2014)
- Rondo of Nightmare (Budokan Black Night)
- Tales of the Destinies (Tokyo Dome Live 2016)
- Distortion (LIVE AT DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL 2018)
- PA PA YA!! (Glastonbury 2019)
- Monochrome (London Wembley Arena)
- Arkadia (The Forum Los Angeles,U S A)
From Japan🦊
PS.
In the US State Department's language difficulty survey, Japanese is the only language with 5+, making it the most difficult language to learn.
In Japan, foreign words are written in katakana and pronounced more like Japanese.
Several Japanese words are used as they are in English. Some meanings have changed considerably and the pronunciation is far from Japanese.
tycoon(大君), futon(布団), emoji(絵文字), Rickshaw(人力車), shiitake(しいたけ), typhoon(台風), shiatsu(指圧), karaoke(カラオケ), skosh(少し)
Thank you for the suggestions. And great points on the differences in language.
@@SuperMetalBrosPodcast. Road of Resistance Live in Japan is one of greatest recording of a live performance by anyone anywhere. Epic. Their performance Head Banger - Legend of 1997 is probably their second most epic live performance. You have to rethink audience reaction after watching these two performances.
Babymetal is a foxhole of super fans watch the live concerts they are level above most.
Will do!
Hey fellas, loved your reaction, and appreciate the open and honest attitude!
By all “traditional” metal standards, Babymetal goes against it in every way:
1). “Manufactured” by producer Key Kobayashi to fuse J-pop and metal.
2). Band is session players, not officially part of Babymetal
3). “Gimmicky” in the “WTF” factor, especially earlier on.
Just to name a few. However:
1). Koba was an avid metal head who wanted to rejuvenate an aging and stagnant metal scene, and had low financial backing early on for his “pet project”. The girls started off at 12-11 years old playing tiny venues by food stands in events and festivals.
They worked their tails off and gained international recognition in 2014 when they won over a big portion of the 55k metalhead crowd at Sonisphere UK, who was skeptical and never heard of them.
Since then, they have been touring the world and has played with, collaborated with, or shared stages with the likes of Bring Me the Horizon, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Rob Halford, Korn, and Dragonforce, and others.
2). The core session guys are the same for many many years since 2012, and are an integral part of Babymetal’s live shows. Only major change was guitarist Mikio’s untimely passing in 2018, and addition of American players in 2020 to assist with increased tour schedules.
3). They are as gimmicky as Slipknot and Kiss, after the WTF factor has worn off, many has realized and appreciated the talent, effort, and work ethic behind the entire Babymetal team (producers, song writers, managers, girls, majority of session guys, choreography, even stage production, with all key players except a few remaining the same over a decade). Not to mention, they have made one banger after another.
I suppose it doesn’t get more metal than to going against every grain, to fight an uphill battle to earn every skeptical fan by creating a whole new cute-metal genre. They’ve never claimed to be more, or less than that.
You are right in stating that they are a major conduit to and from Metal to other genres, and also the newer generation of audiences. Their mission is to spread metal across the world in their way, and not afraid to try new things!
Sorry for the desertion, lol. I just want to spread my love and respect for this group! Look forward to you guys giving Babymetal a fair shake!
This comment wins lol. Thank you for understanding where we are coming from and providing your insight. Please subscribe if you haven’t already.
@@SuperMetalBrosPodcastYou’re welcome! I was a skeptic at first, so I remember the pre-conceived negativity before I understood, and fell in love with this group!
Also, for a few suggestions:
1). Headbanger (legend 1997): probably one of the best song that explains “who is Babymetal”
2). Road of Resistance (live in Japan official): You like Dragonforce? And, learn from a 16 y/o how to command 20k metal fans.
3). Babymetal Death (legend 1997): Brutal, minimal cuteness, homage to Metallica x2, and the most epic 16th b-day party for lead Su-Metal.
4). Catch Me If You Can (w/ band intro): Band flex + the most brutal song about hide and seek. The juxtaposition of cuteness + heaviness is unreal.
There are many more, as others have suggested. Enjoy!
🤘🦊🤘🦊
For hard core metal fans who lean toward skepticism regarding the vocal talent(s) of the front lady and her side kicks I would recommend Ijime, Dame, Zettai Love Live in Sonisphere 2014. That performance should put all the lip-syncing accusations to rest. Plus, singing in front of 55K+ of the.most rabid metal fans, who do not understand Japanese and will throw bottles at wannabes and posers yet at the end of their set they made these cynics ask for more..that is basically how they earned their metal street creds - with good ole fashion hard work and kickass live performance.
Oh I almost forgot, at the time of their show in Sonisphere 2014. the girls were just 15-17 yrs old. Not bad for JPop idols right?
Babymetal stands out because they are something completely unique, both in concept and history. They are a Metal Sing & Dance Unit and they were formed as part of the heavy music club of the idol group Sakura Gakuin when they were just 11-12 years old. They are not just another band like Nemophila, Hanabie or Band Maid. Su is also a very good, but more importantly unique singer, and the music they perform is top notch and much more varied than what most bands can produce.
Mate you just watched the best live band on the planet i cant wait until they play this live its gonna blow off the roof and it was Tom who got in touch with them about working together sometime,all you lucky Americans in the LA area might just get a special surprise guest at the LA gigs.
I wouldn’t be unhappy with that!
The reason they pronounce english words like that is their writing system. Japan only has open syllables, which means words end on a,e,i,o or u. Only exception is n. So when they write english words in Katakana (their writing system for foreign words), they have to make the words fitting into their system. For example, metal becomes metaru (oh, they also don't have an l). Mori Sensei from Sakura Gakuin called this english "Katakana english", but I don't know if this is a common term ;-)
That makes a lot of sense. Thank you for the info!
So how is Babymetal Bigger than those other bands?? Dude, Babymetal is the reason most other groups from Japan are even known these days!!
Babymetal started in 2010 as part of Sakura Gakuin and their popularity started to build...when Psy blew up in 2012 with Gangnam Style, All Heads turned East....and many people then found Babymetal. And thus Babymetal Blew up and became Japans #1 International Group!! Babymetal became so popular in the USA that their 3rd Album hit #1 in the USA on Billboard's "Top Rock Album" chart in October 2019!!
It was off of this steadily rising popularity of Babymetal that people started finding groups like Band Maid, Lovebites, Maximum the Hormone, Hanabie, Nemophila, etc...!!
So Babymetal are the 'Reason for the Season' of Japanese Rock and Metal growing in popularity in the West!
More Babymetal Always!!
Put your Kitsune UP!! Po!
The relationship between psy and BM is really interesting… thank you for watching and commenting!
@@SuperMetalBrosPodcast Hey, there was no denying that Juggernaut Event!! LoL!!
Put your Kitsune UP!! Po!
Babymetal's been around since 2010 so they're sort of the OG when it comes to Japanese girl metal bands which is probably why they're getting pushed over the (no disrespect to Hanabie and so on) bands that came later on the coattails of BM's early success, especially in 2014 onwards.
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Unfortunately you are both clueless about Babymetal. They are huge worldwide because they have been around for over 10 years and earned their status. They were unknown kids when they started with no budget and certainly not superstars. A little research would go a long way.
We intentionally don’t do research prior to a reaction. We want the reaction to be genuine and free from outside influence. Usually, after we do a reaction, we get deep on details. Thank you for the comment and for giving our channel a chance!
@@SuperMetalBrosPodcast That is understandable - to a degree. But if you're going to do a reaction video, it may be a good idea to get some of the basics first. Otherwise, it's not so much a reaction video but a speculation video.
@@Filboid2000 , I slightly disagree. You shouldn't need any background information on a band to enjoy (or dislike) their music or a music video. A music reaction video, IMO, is reacting to the sound of the song and the entertainment value of the video. If enjoying the song (or video) requires background information then it may not be that good. Of course, how each person experiences music, and entertainment in general, is subjective; so your way of experiencing music may be different and that is OK. Also, there are exceptions; for example a themed or historical piece.
However, I do agree with getting the facts straight. Evidently some of our information came from a biased group. We didn't realize that there is some contention in this genre between BM fans and fans of the more up and coming acts. But overall, I think the experience has been good. We did a reaction at the suggestion of our watchers... enjoyed the music and video.... stated our opinions on the music... then brought forth some things we have heard... then the BM fan base gave us clarity on where we have been led astray. No different than a friendly conversation between two metalheads (just in a slightly larger forum).
While it does pain me to hear facts regarding my favorite band butchered, these guys aren’t doing it on purpose or from ill intent.
The music was enjoyed, they’re interested in learning more with an open mind, so all good. We as BM fans can help kindly guide their journey.
Cheers! 🤘🦊
The title of this song is Metali or more accurately Metari (メタり) a combination of two words, METAL and MATSURI (Japanese for festival). It is even spelled in the two different alphabets to distinguish the two words. Meta in katakana(メタ) and Ri in hiragana (り). A metal festival, if you will.
That makes sense… thank you for watching!
Hello.
I consider your comments about the language pretty much xenophobe (and I'm not a native English speaker fyi).
And you clearly have no idea about BABYMETAL. Basically: they are not a huge group, they are a niche group within a niche genre.They are not a company's product. They started really humbly as a personal project of one man. Everything they have achieved has been due to their talent and dedication. The rest of the bands you mentioned have followed the path they opened since 2010. They owe a lot to BABYMETAL, and they know it. Morello himself asked them for a collaboration. He is not selling himself to the industry.
Thank you for the information!
The whole not a band thing is becasue they sing and dance but do not play the instruments. The instruments live are played by the ever impressive Kami Band of incredibly talented session musicians. Funny how no one bitches about voalist in bands that do not play instruments/ Thier is also some hate for them being "manufactured" instead of starting in some dudes garage. All that means is bullshit as the girls have workeed their ass off for over a decade and really enjoy what tey are doing. You can find images of them watching other bands and talking about what they have learned from live. There is also this thing in Japan about idol vs band that frankly no one but a bunch of net nerds care about.
breaking down barriers, all are welcome, (people breaking through the traditional walls and the kicking over of traditional tea sets) idiots who dance, idiots who sing, idiots who watch, we are all idiots, so just dance and sing, you cant leave until you dance and sing. whether asleep or awake, just get up and dance and sing. Metali = Metal festival, mix of 2 words
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Nice reaction! But as you can see if you read the comments you got quite a few things wrong about BABYMETAL. Hopefully you'll read the comment's that are telling how babymetal really came to be and are openminded enough to accept them. If you are you are really in for a wild ride and could have a lot's of awesome music to react to from them! Hopefully I'll see more babymetal reactions from you in the future!
Thank you for watching. We purposefully don’t research bands before doing first time reactions ; we believe this keeps our reactions genuine. But yes, we are reading the comments and taking in the info.
"I just think it's ironic that Tom Morello was like 'gotta stick it to the man' and now he's collaborating with Babymetal" why do you think that's ironic?
In the early days on RATM this collaboration would have been wildly out of character for him…. If you were a Rage fan in The late 90s and took a Time Machine to 2023 it would be weird. But people are allowed to change over time… nothing wrong with that at all.
@@SuperMetalBrosPodcast I guess I just don't get why it would have been out of character for him
The Japanese language uses „mora“, which you can think of as syllables. Explained by using our Latin alphabet, these consist of our vowels a, i, u, e and o, our consonant n, and the rest are consonants followed by a vowel, like ka, ki, ku, ke, ko, ma, mi, mu, me, mo etc. So a single consonant or multiple consonants in sequence are never used at all in Japanese (with the exception of n). And there is no l. These sounds are unknown to a Japanese speaker. That‘s why a Japanese speaker pronounces „Metali“ like „Metari“. Or „magic“ would become „majiku“. Single consonants will get an o- or u-sound appended to them. „Heart“ will become „Haato“, (consisting of the mora ha-a-to), "Metal" would become "Metaru".
That doesn‘t explain why the Japanese for the most part don’t even try to use proper English pronunciation, though. The German language doesn‘t know the English th sound, nevertheless we usually try (mostly unsuccessfully) to replicate it. I think English words have become so common in Japan that the Japanese don’t even bother with the original pronunciation. They just treat it like a Japanese word. That‘s actually a very Japanese thing to do, taking elements from other cultures and integrating them into their own.
(I‘m in no way an expert, though, so please take everything I say with a grain of salt)
We do exactly the same thing with English, we adopt words from other languages such as French Spanish German the list goes on including Japanese words, then we pronounce them in a way that fits the way English is spoken. And this is ok, it is the way languages have evolved through tens of thousands of years and will continue to do so. IMO in another hundred or so years we will most likely all be speaking a homogenised language that incorporates most of the earth languages.
@@chrisharris1522 I don't think it's the same. If you take the German word Zeitgeist, for example, that is used in English as well The English pronunciation is similar to the German pronunciation, even though in original English, the compound "ei" would never be pronounced like that. Although now that I'm saying it, English speakers also make no effort to pronounce the leading Z like "ts" in German. But I think I notice a difference even between American English and British English in that regard. For example, the British tend to pronounce the e at the end of the word "Porsche", while the Americans can't be bothered.
Regarding the future, I don't think language changes that fast. I think that would take longer than the time we have left on this planet. But that's another topic.
Sorry, the Zeitgeist example may not have been the best one. The point I was trying to make is that I believe that at least among Western Romance languages, we tend to make more of an effort to retain the original pronunciation. But of course it may be easier within that group, since they are closely related and share the same writing system. I can't speak for other languages like e.g. Russian, because I know nothing about them.
Well, as a first Stephan every japanese loan Word hast to be transfered into a Symbol table that a japanese speaker can read. This means you have to write it in Katakana. They have two writing systems that are based on sounds. Hiragana and Katakana. And in fact children Start to read in Katakana and the more and more words are replaced by the proper Kanjis.
While nowadays most japanese can read our normal Alphabet in the begining of computers there were fights how to get normal Kanjis into a computer. Nowadays they all use standard keyboards and a small search and select algorithm, but in the begining they had a huge number of different hardware systems to enter more than 6000 different symbols.
The great thing about how Japanese adopts foreign words is that they are written in a different alphabet. Knowing immediately that it's an English word and not Japanese is hugely helpful. More than it sounds.
The differences in language makes some cool words in the process as well ex. Metaru. Thanks for watching!
Posting on behalf of a friend whose comments are being removed by the yt bots. Welcome to the BABYMETAL Foxhole.🦊Considering none of the girls have any social media presence and you will not see them being promoted or pushed outside of when they are touring or have new music.
They have become the best known (and most successful internationally) of all those Japanese bands you named because they are original , innovative, unique, talented, incredibly hard working and very dedicated to putting on the best possible shows they can for the people who they appreciate have often paid a lot of money and travelled a long way to see them (there are not so many bands who have people flying half way round the world just to go to their concerts).
In fact most or possibly all of those other bands would have probably not been heard of outside of Japan if BABYMETAL hadn't opened those doors for them to dip their toes outside as well when they first started to tour outside of Japan in 2014.
They have won awards for things like 'Best Live Act' for very good reasons.
Interesting point on the language and English sounding words in Japanese - that has been explained already by people who understand better than I do, but even the name BABYMETAL is a result of that:
The name is not about their age (although when they started in 2010 they were aged 12 and 11 so it probably did play a part too). The name was chosen for two reasons:
- to symbolise that they gave birth to a new genre of metal music (kawaii metal)
- because the writing (and pronunciation) of "Babymetal" in Japanese is nearly identical to the writing of "heavy metal" (and they love a pun):
BABYMETAL = ベビーメタル (be-bi-me-ta-ru)
heavy metal = ヘビーメタル (he-bi-me-ta-ru)
I will apologise now, this will be a long comment.
BABYMETAL are Su-metal (lead vocalist), Moametal and, since the start of April this year, Momometal (backing vocals, harmonies but mainly in charge of dance, leading the audience, getting everybody involved and joining in ... their role is just one of the things that makes them stand out from other bands and it is key to how they control audiences of thousands and have done so from a very early age.
The third original member, Yuimetal, sadly left the band in October 2018 having been absent from the stage for the previous 12 months. She had ongoing (and undisclosed) health issues.
After Yui left Su and Moa continued as a duo for the next 4 - 5 years through to their 10th anniversary in 2020 and a bit beyond, supported by 3 dancers (the Avengers Riho, Kano and Momoko) taking turns dancing in the third spot. Momoko was the only remaining Avenger from about March 2020 and was finally revealed as the official new third member on 1st April this year.
They have about 60 songs now, each one different to the last, they have songs in virtually every metal genre but will also mix and blend so many other musical styles and genres with the metal. Some songs are good hard metal, some lean towards their pop roots and they do everything in between. 'Gimme Chocolate' is one of their fun songs, they have many others which are a lot deeper - but nearly always positive.
BABYMETAL really are unique in that they invented their own genre and their own way of doing things. Do not try to categorise them as just one thing or to put them in any one box. You will not be able to predict them, just expect the unexpected. They don't copy anybody or follow the same format as nearly every other band (as you saw for a start they have brought choreographed dance to metal ... something I absolutely never thought metal needed before I found them). Nobody has been able to do what BABYMETAL do (some have tried, none came close).
They started in 2010 as a sub-unit of a school themed J-Pop Idol group called Sakura Gakuin which was set up by the Amuse talent agency as a way to coach and train about a dozen of the most talented girls on their books in all aspects of entertainment (singing, dancing, acting, modelling, writing, stage management, TV presenting etc) with a view to their choosing how they would like to continue their career when they were at school leaving age (15 in Japan).
BABYMETAL was the pet project of one metalhead producer who was inspired to experiment with this fusion of Metal with JPop aesthetics after seeing Su-metal singing with her previous JPop trio and being very impressed with her no holds barred singing style and stage presence - she was only 10 or 11 at that time. He pictured her fronting a metal band and got his chance to work with her when her previous group ended and she joined Sakura Gakuin.
In 2013 Su would be 15 and would graduate from Sakura Gakuin (having the school theme it was for girls aged 10 to 15), but it was decided that BABYMETAL should be her vehicle as she furthered her career as a vocalist and should separate from the Idol group to go with her as an independent band in their own right.
Early on they did not have enough budget for a live band and guys in skeleton suits (called Babybones) would go on stage just for show, miming the instruments to pre-recorded backing tracks (have no doubts though, Su-metal's singing is always live). They were phased out bit by bit after it had been decided BABYMETAL would split from Sakura Gakuin, so a live band (I will tell you about them in a moment) played at a couple of festivals and the encores in some shows from October 2012. The last big concert where the Babybones appeared was called Legend 1997, it was in December 2013 - the day after Su-metal's 16th birthday (she was born in 1997, this was her birthday party) - the live band (the Kami Band) came on for the last 5 songs.
They are supported in live shows by the Kami Band - some of Japan's very best session musicians, each one of them a world class instrumentalist. There are many people who have played in the Kami Band as they all have their own bands or other commitments and they swap in and out depending on their availability, but the same hard core of about 6 musicians have played the vast majority of concerts and they are the ones you will see in most live performance videos.
The Kami Band became the full time support for all live shows at the start of 2014 and have been with BABYMETAL ever since - but only for live shows, they do not record the studio versions.
The Kami Band of the West - American musicians - have supported BABYMETAL in the more extended foreign tours since 2019.
Their official videos are all very good and there are a couple that should almost be compulsory viewing, but BABYMETAL are best experienced live. Even they say so themselves.
For another reaction I would suggest their first major event outside of Japan, one of the biggest metal festivals in the UK - and they were placed on the main stage in front of 50-60,000 UK metalheads who didn't have a clue who or what they were (and a few that did had only seen the 'Gimme Chocolate' video and thought it was a joke or gimmick and should not be there so had threatened on social media to throw bottles of urine and boo them off stage ... fortunately neither happened).
They were aged 16 and just turned 15, in a foreign country where they didn't speak the language and had about 25 minutes, just 5 songs, to win this crowd over.
The last song of the set is 'Ijime, Dame, Zettai' (call it IDZ it means Bullying, No More, For Ever) live at Sonisphere UK 2014. You will hear what the crowd thought of them at the end.
Wow. Thank you for the information and for giving our channel a chance! We are definitely going to see them live as soon as they come near us.
@@SuperMetalBrosPodcast Excellent - I think their US tour with Dethklok starts next week so I hope you can still get tickets (I know a lot of the dates sold out quick). Good luck.
Another thought - you want something heavier and possibly the most 'Metal' thing you will ever see? Try 'BABYMETAL Death' live at Legend 1997 and see how they celebrated Su-metal's 16th birthday in December 2013.
@@blueyonder1982 We will check it out.
Japanese has something like 30% "foreign" (gairaigo) words, most of which are English. Japanese adapt English words (and others) to fit their own sound system when speaking Japanese, just like English speakers adapt words like "Et cetera", "Paris" or "Mexico" to fit their own sound system when speaking English.
This is most likely a product of Americas influence after WW2
Also called "loan words"
The hype of her wasshoi chants is immediately headbanging material.
The reason why Babymetal is above the other bands out of Japan is because they are the trailblazers for Japanese metal. With Babymetal's worldwide success it opened the door for the other bands you mentioned to gain attention and popularity
Sugoi! ❤ BABYMETAL!!! They've been rocking Japan and the world for almost 13 years. They are supported by 2 of the most talented backing bands of this generation, the KAMI BAND (EAST) and more recently the KAMI BAND WEST. As a deep diver and concert goer of rock/metal for over 50 years, its my opinion that the current rock/metal scene out of Japan, taken as a whole, is unrivaled anywhere in the world, and it's mostly led by women. All of the groups below are almost all-female bands, or feature at least 1 woman:
BAND-MAID, NEMOPHILA, LOVEBITES, TRIDENT, ALDIOUS, GACHARIC SPIN, CYNTIA, BRIDEAR, MARY'S BLOOD, HANABIE, SHOW YA, DOLL$BOX, FATE GEAR, ARK ROYAL, HAGANE, LOVENDOR, ASTERISM, etc.
Arigatou! 🦊🤘 #notacult #kawaiimetal #metalAF
Thank you for watching ... we plan to get deeper into Kawaii-metal.
BABYMETAL - Rondo of Nightmare (w/ Mischiefs of Metal Gods Intro) LIVE at Budokan
ruclips.net/video/tmMocP99QkQ/видео.html
They toured with Metallica, KORN played with then on one of their hit songs (Gimme Chocolate), sang with Rob Halford, performed with Red Hot Chili Peppers, and have been widely praised by Rob Zombie. They are a successful example of skillful production/collaborative performance. Their music is one of a kind.
"Those who know" are everywhere, medias, net, street, home ... so why not music?. Of course you can have your own opinion, but it's best to find out a little beforehand.. Explore the foxhole, you won't regret it and be more credible. 🤘🦊🤘
Will do. We intentionally do not research band prior to a first reaction. We don’t want to be influenced by outside opinions. Usually, we go deep on the details soon after our first reaction. Thank you for listening
To answer your question, "Why Babymetal", Saki from Nemophila said in an interview (you can find it on RUclips shorts), that Babymetal opened the doors for other (newer) bands/artists in Japan to go international. It just so happens that some people already liked these other bands and then started learning to appreciate Babymetal.
Babymetal also opened the attention from the rest of the world to older generation of rock/metal group in Japan, like X-Japan, L'arc en Ciel, and so on.
And you are right about Babymetal being the gateway for non-metal fans to appreciate metal. I myself is one of them.
Thank you for this reaction.
Well i see you got nearly all the info . So i will just say you listened to the gatekeepers or read what they had to say now listen to the BabyMetal fans and have a look for yourself .
I think you may be supprised 😁🤘🏼🦊🤘🏼
BABYMETAL - Rondo of Nightmare (w/ Mischiefs of Metal Gods Intro) LIVE at Budokan
ruclips.net/video/tmMocP99QkQ/видео.html
BABYMETAL is huge because they been around since 2010 and earned it. (and they still aren't that huge in the States because our Radio stations suck and only play what's popular in the States mainly). Only just the other day did a DJ on Sirius Radio FINALLY talked about BABYMETAL and played Monochrome from them.
You have A LOT to learn about BABYMETAL if you choose to dive down the FOX hole. They kicked opened the door to many Japanese bands. And they STILL remain unique and humble. 🤘🦊🤘
We are definitely going to learn more about this band. Thank you for watching and commenting!
Good reaction and thanks for being open-minded, you woun't regret it. Babymetal is far more well-known and higher profile than the bands you mentioned, especially outside Japan. A long list of performers want to collaborate with BM. They recognize their work ethic, professionalism, and humility. Kobametal, their producer is very selective about collaborators.
While not trully indicative of popularity, here's some basic statistics (all the bands active roughly the same years):
Babymetal: 2.75 M YT subscribers / 734 M YT views - not counting hundreds of reactor views / 2.5 M Spotify monthly listeners / plus other streaming platforms
Band-Maid: 525 k subs/ 18 M views / 331 k Spotify
Hanabie: 136 k subs / 16 m views / 291 k Spotify
Nemophila: 177 k subs / 54 M views / 36 k Spotify
Lovebites: 107 subs / 24 M views / 36 k Spotify
All these bands are very talented and deserve more recognization. But Babymetal is frequently credited with "exposing" the Japanese music scene to the west.
I know what you're talking about with the Japanese pronunciation of English words. They're called, 'loan words,' and they're words that are taken from English, or other Euro languages, for concepts that do not, or didn't, exist in Japanese, but also for other reasons, such as a preference for English terms or fashionability...basically, it can sometimes sound, 'cooler.'
Baby metal, abrió el camino para ese mercado japonés musical desconocido en occidente, y es por una cosa talento, ser diferentes y promoviendo el buen metal qué ya nesecitaba reinventarse por la edad de sus ídolos, precursores de este hermoso género estas chicas pueden ser nietas de muchos de ellos y vean están sacando la cara con constancia disciplina y talento, por innovar, y crear una versión nueva hermosa del metal, qué viva el Rock y Baby metal
8:20 yup these ladies 100% are a cross over helping introduce many to metal.
METALI lyrics:
It’s the metal-village festival metal song
A festival, a festival, come together
Make a ring, make a ring
Let the party horns dance
Brothers and sisters of metal-village too
A festival, a festival, come together
make a ring, make a ring
sing together
like that, like that, heigh-ho
you’re a fool if you dance, and a fool if you just look on, so let’s dance
you have to dance and become a fool
like that, like that, like that, heigh-ho
you have to dance and sing
you have to sing and dance
every one has to dance, dance dance,
we don’t go home.
dance, dance
dance, like that, like that, heigh-ho
shake it, shake it
like that, like that!
sing, sing!
sing! like that, like that, heigh-ho!
shout, shout!
like that, like that
heave-ho! heave-ho!4
heave-ho! heave-ho!
heave-ho! heave-ho!
heave-ho! heave-ho!
the people asleep wake up and heigh-ho!
~~ you’re a fool if you dance, and a fool if you just look on, so let’s dance
but if you dance to also be a fool
when you dance
do the metal, do the metal ~~5
heave-ho! heave-ho!
heave-ho! heave-ho!
heave-ho! heave-ho!
heave-ho! heave-ho!
everyone and anyone heigh-ho!
heigh-ho
heave-ho!
….
Romaji:
metamura matsuri no meta ondo
matsuri da, matsuri da, yottoide
wakka ni natte, wakka ni natte
pi-hyara odorou!
metamura nikisan nekisan mo
matsuri da, matsuri da, yottoide
wakka ni natte, wakka ni natte
minna de utaou!
so-re sore sore dokkoisho!
odoru ahou ni miru ahou
onaji ahou narya odorinnchai
so-re sore sore dokkoisho!
odoranainnja utainchai
utawanainnja odorinnchai
koko de odoranya odoranya odoranya
kaerenai!
odore! odore!
odore! sore sore dokkoisho!
yurase! yurase!
so-re! so-re!
utae! utae!
utae! sore sore dokkoisho!
sakebe! sakebe!
so-re! so-re!
wasshoi! wasshoi!
wasshoi! wasshoi!
wasshoi! wasshoi!
wasshoi! wasshoi!
nete mo samete mo dokkoisho!
odoru ahou ni miru ahou
onaji ahou nara odoru de shikashi
koko de odoranya itsu odoru
metari metari
wasshoi! wasshoi!
wasshoi! wasshoi!
wasshoi! wasshoi!
wasshoi! wasshoi!
neko mo shakushi mo dokkoisho
dokkoisho! dokkoisho!
wasshoi! wasshoi!
Total party song! Thank you for the lyrics!
Thanks for this reaction. This is an amazing live song. Lots of ways for the audience to join in, call and response like in the traditional Japanese festivals.
1:36 you are correct. Other languages adopt English words and they get changed in how they are pronounced. Language also is always evolving. And what you also see happening is that over many decades nuances of the meaning can change. Which means the word from an other language doesn't have the same meaning anymore in the other language. Sometimes this happens at the moment of adoption as well. For example the German word for work is 'Arbeit', in Japanese they have 'Arbeito', which means part-time work. That's clearly the same word, without having the exact same meaning.
The song name is actually a combination of 2 words, metal and traditional Japanese festival matsuri because metali.
Babymetal are not pop stars, the ladies might have become pop stars if they didn't end up in Babymetal. Especially the main singer Su-metal/Suzuka is a very talented singer and could have gone the J-Pop route, but the guy who had the idea of Babymetal thought she had/has 'to much talent for just doing pop'.
The super group part mostly refers to the live musicians and song-writers of Babymetal, they all have other projects, etc. The girls are the subject, so everyone else is brought in as needed and available.
Their is no big push by a record company or something like that, Babymetal was on the fore-front of a new wave of Japanese music into the west. Babymetal got a lot of attention because they are doing something new and the music is actually metal/good, but most of it is also very catchy/melodic which appeals to a wide audience. I'm certain some people want to ride to coat-tails of their success as well.
Funny how you brought up Rage Against The Machine/Tom Morello and Pantera, because both have now worked with/connection to Babymetal. Vinnie Paul of Pantera with his last band Hellyeah opened for Babymetal in LA in 2017.
About your last comment: not your favorite Babymetal song, it's because this is less of an album song, but more of a fun live song, like a lot of Babymetal music.
I didn’t know Vinny opened up for them. That is so cool. Thank you for watching the reaction!
@@SuperMetalBrosPodcast As I understand it, Hellyeah was extremely loud for such a relative small venue. LOL 🙂
Certain English words, pronunciations, and spellings are not possible in Japanese due to their alphabets. There is no L in Japanese, or Y, or hard ending consonants for that matter, or silent E's. Thus the pronunciation is as close to English as possible by using the Japanese alphabet katakana, which is used exclusively for foreign words not found in Japanese.
Thanks for the information!
Yes, no silent 'e'.
Hah - nah - be - eh , 4 syllables in Hanabie 🙂
The word BabyMetal when written in Japanese looks also exactly like Heavy Metal, Rick Wagner or GMan3000 can explain it better. Here is a link that explains it all ruclips.net/video/cgNapHh7HcI/видео.html
20% of the japanese language is english due to western rebuilding occupation after WW2. All foreign words used are written in one of the japanese wriiten languages that is strictly for that use only. So the words are written in the available japanese pronouciation alphabet.
It also makes some cool words! Thanks for watching!
It's interesting reading the comments a week of so after you made the video. Seems lots of fans have chimed in to tell you BABYMETAL's story. Just to confirm they are the real deal and one of the best live metal bands in the world today. Will be going to their two concerts in London in November.
I'm sure you will get many recommendations, and with a decade of material there's lots to see. They cover many different genres within metal and have matured as artist through the years. Another collaboration that may ease you into the band is Kingslayer with Bring Me The Horizon.
Babymetal Metali (feat) Tom Morello:-
Babymetal have joined forces with Tom Morello of "Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave, Prophets of Rage, Lock Up, Street Sweeper Social Club, Axis of Justice, Class of '99, Shandi's Addiction" for a new single ‘Metali’.
The new song is the latest in the Japanese kawaii metal band’s series of star-studded collaborations, and sees them partner with the Rage guitarist for another up-tempo, electrifying track.
The group first teased the release last week and, according to the press release, ‘Metali’ is “officially the first song by the newly reborn” group - now consisting of SU-METAL, MOAMETAL, and MOMOMETAL. It also confirms that the single was created with the vision of their crowd forming a circle pit at a metal festival this summer.
Babymetal - METALI (feat. Tom Morello)” was released as a digital Single in 2023. The Japanese Title “メタり” has a distinctive style of kana usage. It is written as the nominal form of the made up verb “to do metal”.
This song is characterized by the classic metal style of the Japanese band, combined with some j-rap touches that distinguish it from previous releases. And of course, the subject gets more frantic through the classic guitar style of Tom Morello, which fits quite well in the musical
LYRICS TRANSLATION:-
ROMAJI:-
metamura matsuri no meta ondo
matsuri da, matsuri da, yottoide
wakka ni natte, wakka ni natte
pi-hyara odorou!
metamura nikisan nekisan mo
matsuri da, matsuri da, yottoide
wakka ni natte, wakka ni natte
minna de utaou!
so-re sore sore dokkoisho!
odoru ahou ni miru ahou
onaji ahou narya odorinnchai
so-re sore sore dokkoisho!
odoranainnja utainchai
utawanainnja odorinnchai
koko de odoranya odoranya odoranya
kaerenai!
odore! odore!
odore! sore sore dokkoisho!
yurase! yurase!
so-re! so-re!
utae! utae!
utae! sore sore dokkoisho!
sakebe! sakebe!
so-re! so-re!
wasshoi! wasshoi!
wasshoi! wasshoi!
wasshoi! wasshoi!
wasshoi! wasshoi!
nete mo samete mo dokkoisho!
wasshoi! wasshoi!
wasshoi! wasshoi!
wasshoi! wasshoi!
wasshoi! wasshoi!
neko mo shakushi mo dokkoisho
~~ odoru ahou ni miru ahou
onaji ahou nara odoru de
shikashi koko de odoranya itsu odoru
metari metari ~~
dokkoisho! dokkoisho!
wasshoi! wasshoi!
…
ENGLISH TRANSLATION:-
It’s the metal-village festival metal song
festival, festival, come together
make a ring, make a ring
let the party horns dance1
brothers and sisters of metal-village too
festival, festival, come together
make a ring, make a ring
sing together
like that, like that, heigh-ho2
you’re a fool if you dance, and a fool if you just look on, so let’s dance3
you have to dance and become a fool
like that, like that, like that, heigh-ho
you have to dance and sing
you have to sing and dance
everyone has to dance, dance dance,
we don’t go home.
dance, dance
dance, like that, like that, heigh-ho
shake it, shake it
like that, like that!
sing, sing!
sing! like that, like that, heigh-ho!
shout, shout!
like that, like that
heave-ho! heave-ho!4
heave-ho! heave-ho!
heave-ho! heave-ho!
heave-ho! heave-ho!
the people asleep wake up and heigh-ho!
heave-ho! heave-ho!
heave-ho! heave-ho!
heave-ho! heave-ho!
heave-ho! heave-ho!
everyone and anyone5 heigh-ho!
~~ you’re a fool if you dance, and a fool if you just look on, so let’s dance
but if you dance to also be a fool
when you dance
do the metal, do the metal! ~~6
heigh-ho
heave-ho!
….
(shortened for translation, more heigh-ho and heave-ho follow until the end)
Paper horns blown into to celebrate:-
"These are shoutings used at traditional festivals. “sore” and “dokkoisho”. This is the same sore used in Megitsune.
lyrics sung during the Awa Odori festival. This is a farely long sentence translated but shorter in Japanese.
more shoutings used at traditional festivals. “wasshoi”.
the Japanese phrase used here literally translates to “the cats and bamboo lids also” which has the meaning of “everyone and anyone”
This part is spoken in a traditional way of japanese theater, called kabuki".
Song Title: METALI!! (feat. Tom Morello).
Original Title: メタり!! (feat. Tom Morello).
Artist: BABYMETAL.
Lyricist: METAL-NIKI.
Composer: RYU-METAL・NORiMETAL.
Arranger: MEGMETAL.
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I think what your talking about is when there isn't a Japanese word for something so they use an English word but with Japanese pronunciation.
This is also a play on words in that Babymetal sounds very close to Heavy metal.
Baby metal or Bebi metaru
Heavy metal or Hebi metaru.
That's how a Japanese friend of mine dumbed it down for me anyways.
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The differences I language make some cool new words lol. Thanks for watching!
I think its because Babymetal made female japanese metal acceptable. They kind of led the way. They are the original Japanese female metal band basically. They started back in like 2010. Bandmaid, nemophila, etc, probably wouldn't have existed without babymetal. Be Babymetal be a "band" or not, point is their existence is the reason we have band maid and nemophila. Band maid and nemophila probably wouldn't have even thought they could be successful until they saw that babymetal was.
Yep why Babymetal, it's because they created the genre.
I wouldn't go as far as say they wouldn't have existed, their are Japanese female bands who have been around for a long time: Show-Ya even started before X-Japan. But Babymetal did bring western popularity to the west, so it's very unlikely that these Japanese bands would have gotten any traction in the west.
People who like BandMaid, Nemophila, Hannabie will always look down a little bit on Babymetal and i don't know why. Are they jealous of their success? Or is there any other reason? I don't know. Babymetal is where they are today beacause of their hard work, because of their determination. You don't stay relevant in metal/rock genre with one hit wonder, you have to constantly put out good music to be relevant. People have music tastes, and its fine, they like/dislike stuff, but you can't say something is not good because its not your taste. Like it or not Babymetal will always be on top of Japanese rock/metal pyramid.
@@exoperzian12 Babymetal is just the 3 front ladies and their is a whole staff behind them. The other bands are more 'organic' and their is always in rock/metal a streak of anti-corporatism/anti-commercialized born out of anti-establishment, etc, this remains to this day (and it should). And Babymetal sort of represents the opposite of that because of their origin/structure.
@@exoperzian12 yeah a lot of different reasons. Some people don't like that they're produced by a company. Some people don't like dancing. Some people don't like the cuteness. Some people don't like bands where the members don't play the instruments. To me I don't care. If it's good it's good. Dancing is a talent. Some men (women too) don't like it because they're more concerned with appearing "hard". I don't got no time for hate and anger anymore. All of this macho stuff. I'm 42 years old now. I'm not an angsty teenager anymore. Got to let that crap go and have fun in life.
When the Japanese have no word for it in Japanese, they will come up with something that sounds like the English word. I think they call it a borrowed word.
I think it's called a loanword (basically the same). But all languages have this, it's not exclusive to one language.
I highly suggest you listen to their music and do some research. That band and everyone involved have worked their asses off to create a unique and engaging sound.
They deserve to be acknowledged for their work, and I can assure you that it's not just the media doing their thing.
The biggest misconception people have with BM is that they started super big. They literally played food tents at local idol festivals and only had a few random people among a crowd of relatives or friends. They simply exploded because they were great. The Japanese have a tendency to work very seriously even on things that are light and fun. Trying to imagine western people creating this project and I ca't see how it wouldn't have flopped because no real effort or energy wouldve been made in making this work.
But they did. They worked hard, they got gatekept at every step of the way, but persevered and did their thing, made liveshows so grandiose they'd make Rammstein proud with 5x less budget.
Now they indeed ARE superstars, and they deserve every ounce of it. Morello is the one who kept asking to collab and he's finally got his wish. The result? A banger. The usual.
And one last thing, I'm a HUGE Hanabie fan, saw them in Berlin and that was the best show of my life. But I also know that were it not for BABYMETAL opening the gates of the J-Metal scene to the rest of the world, Hanabie would possibly not exist, or if they did, they'd have a much harder time than they are now, exploding like mad!
It's because we feel it
Nice reaction. In many cases the English word for things is used around the world when there was no word in their own language. Like computer is used almost everywhere. And like you said we just say sushi because there is no English word for it. Next up I think you're missing or forgetting the fact that Babymetal has been around for over 10 years. They became big internationally back in 2016. They are being promoted better now in the states as they have gained more fans in the USA since then. And they released a new album this year. And they lost a member back in 2018. They used three back up dancers for a while to fill in the spot. But this year they promoted one of them to official member. Momoko who did the slow speaking part during this song. Their stage band known as the Kamiband. From what I've seen so far have done an intro to this song when they play it live. Kamiband intros are a perk for live shows. They don't do them for the recordings. No Intros on albums. Their intros are a music piece based on the song they're introducing that they then all take turns doing solos in a Jazz sort of way. But playing metal. Fun stuff. In the last 6 or 7 years Babymetal has been the vanguard of Japanese exported metal. And they've hit just about every kind of metal. This is one of the ways they have become the entrance point for many who never listened to metal before. And to get folks who lost interest in metal a way to get back into it. That last part was a big point of their producer even getting them together. Rock/metal was falling off the map in Japan. By using Pop vocals and danced mixed with rock and metal. And I would say it worked. Just by going by all the rock/metal bands coming from there now. Like I've told others being big in your country is one thing, being big internationally is a whole other thing. Babymetal thinks of England as a second home. They've had major success there. Now Babymetal is becoming successful everywhere. The collaborations they've done, for the most part have been in the works for years. It took 5 years for the Bring Me the Horizon "Kingslayer" collaboration to happen. Tom said he's wanted to do this with Babymetal for years as well. Somehow Babymetal quietly become a legendary band with some amazing achievements. They have performed live with Rob Halford and the Red Hot Chilipeppers. Babymetal is no Cinderella band. They've worked hard for everything they got. And they earned their stripes. Heck when they started you could have seen them for free in the Mall. They got together in 2010 but their first album didn't come out until 2014. And it's when they released the music video for Give Me Chocolate from that album that they hit the international scene. That song made folks stand up and take notice. Eyes turned East and asked WTH is going on over there. The answer was something new. and three teenage girls from Japan was leading the way. I would agree that this song isn't their best musical composition. But we all know when they play this live. Folks will lose their minds. The foxhole is deep and full of surprises.
Heh. The entire time I watched your video my main thought was, “oooo the #notacult cult is gonna go bananas on them.”
Good reaction, look forward to more.
Lol. We expect to upset some people at this point. We are knuckleheads but hopefully our sense of humor comes through every once in a while.
English has foreign words too, like fiancé. But Metali is not an English word per se (another foreign word), it's a contraction of two words. Metal, and Matsuri which means festival. Mash them together in Kanji (their writing system) and you get Metali.
0:30 loanwords
I'm late to this reaction, so what I'm about to say may have already been said, but Babymetal isn't a huge group group of JPop idols. It's just 3 girls with 1 main vocalist, who you saw in this video, names Su-Metal, and the 2 main dancers. There aren't really any other girls that come into the scene. There was an era where one of 3 other girls would take turns coming in and performing because of the girls had to leave the group due to health concerns. Eventually one of those 3 that would take turns filling in for Yuimetal who left ended up becoming the full-time replacement for Yui. Her name is Momometal.
As for why Babymetal is THE Japanese girl metal group, that's because it was Babymetal that revitalized the metal genre. The genre was very stale when Babymetal came on the scene, and the man who created Babymetal wanted something fresh and different to try and jumpstart the Metal scene as he is a major metalhead. So he heard the main vocalist perform a JPop song and he felt her stage presence and vocal power were too much to be "wasted" on Jpop, so he created Babymetal literally around Su-Metal, the main vocalist. So she is quite literally the heart and soul of Babymetal. When Babymetal made their debut they became a huge hit eventually and it is because of their success that the other bands like Bandmain and Hanabe and Nemophila (you should check these girls out too if you haven't heard them yet. They'd be a good contender for your Japanese deathmetal matchup), and others. So that is why they are the ones that are revered.
Lastly, the point about Nu-metal. I always figured KoRn were the ones who really brought Nu-Metal more into being with their experimental stuff after their first album they started drifting more and more away from what their first album was into what they are today.
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Japanese rock/metal that's been around a long time, I would say you could check out X Japan (the biggest band probably), Hyde, or Dir En Grey (the darkest of the three). Those three were the ones I listened to.
The anime thing you were taking about is coz those are loan words, and they might not have a Japanese version of it in their language. They'll spell these words with katakana instead of hiragana. But yeah it's just like an American saying "kamikaze" like "cam-ah-KAH-zee" instead of "kah-MEE-kah-zeh". Or saying "croissant" the way we do lol
6:40 I wish it were so bro. The publicity given to Babymetal is very bad in my opinion, the company makes money mainly from concerts and they don't seek to increase the number of fans, they just settle for giving little. For example, this official video is the first we have in 3 years of the girls that if it is an MV as it should be, the rest of their "mv" are recordings of the concert with the recording officialmusic. If the group is popular, it's because the girls have been performing since they were 11/12 years old at every concert they get the opportunity. At first Babymetal was more aimed at the public fan of idols than metal, but over time Babymetal leaned more towards the metal side than idol, and performing at concerts of this genre. You can see this comparison with their debut song and a performance 10 years later and you can see that Babymetal has a long story to tell.
From jpop idol girls who knew nothing about metal, to some great metal women. Now Moa and Su are 25 and 24 years old.
ruclips.net/video/0RUyB6qW6pg/видео.html GOOD REACTION :)
It is cool that the community is strong and big enough to give out useful information to people unfamiliar with the genre. 🙂
Totally agree!
Japanese has many "loan words", words taken from other languages and used commonly in Japanese.
For japanese metal bands, you didn't mention Ningen Isu, so I'll put that here in case it's not on your list yet. A ton of great songs, Namahage may be a good one to start wit h They also have a new album coming out soon.
Suggestions? You've done Hanabie already, cool. How about Nemophila, Lovebites, Saisega, Trident, Broken By The Scream, Passcode, Ladybaby, Ningen Isu.
We are doing a J-Metal tournament called 'Metal Kombat". We will start as soon as we finish up the current Thall tournament. Stay tuned. We will use these suggestions to get started. Any specific songs you would suggest by these bands?
@@SuperMetalBrosPodcast Nemophila: Oiran
Lovebites: Hammer of Wrath live, Stand and Deliver (Shoot 'em Down)
Saiseiga: EMPTY666
Trident: Cry Out
Broken By The Scream: just pick a song😂 it's ALL good gutteral screams.
Passcode: same, just pick a song
Ladybaby: for shock value and a good laugh, Nippon Manju. For a more serious and last recent lineup, MISOGI Island
Ningen Isu: Heartless Scat
Band-Maid: (btw, the BEST hard rock band you'll ever hear) Again just pick a song, EVERYTHING they do is amazing. But let's pick a couple of great ones to start. Dice official video and Domination official live. This isn't quite heavy metal. It's hard rock in the classic style. But DAMN if they're not amazing! Best bassist and drummer combo you'll ever hear.
@@SuperMetalBrosPodcast start with Band-Maid!! As I was looking up suggestions for you, I got stuck listening to full Band-Maid videos🤣🤣🤣. Yeah... They're THAT good. Not "metal" but DAMN! They rock!
Babymetal *are* this awesome band that started by playing to a couple hundred people or so in their early performances - and that’s only because they were part of an idol club called Sakura Gakuin in their early teens: they had so much money at the start (insert sarcasm) that they had to bring their own costumes, and when they started to tour a little, they could not afford musicians so they played to tracks. Now I’m not a fan of the idol scene either (just like I hated the 90s-2000s western pop scene when I was a teen 😅), so I understand some people’s mistrust towards the system they are undeniably a part of, but to assume they are these random girls that where pushed forward on the back of a lot of money invested could not be further from the truth, and is actually unjust towards them - they got where they are on the back of very little money, a lot of hard work, and a producer who loves metal but thought it had gotten stale and needed a shake-up (you might or might not agree with him, but he definitely did what he stepped up to do….)
Interestingly also, several of the other bands you mentioned have also talked about how Babymetal has opened a door for them - not that they don’t have the talent and work ethic to succeed on their own, but because the novelty quality and outlandishness of Babymetal allowed people to open up to new perspectives, and made it easier for other Japanese metal bands, particularly female ones, to command attention
_"but to assume they are these random girls that where pushed forward on the back of a lot of money invested could not be further from the truth, and is actually unjust towards them "_ unlike most people think, idol isn't equal to "random girls pushed on big money", there's a shitload of passion, talent and artistry in that scene, the West simply has no idea how rich and diverse it is, from pop to extreme metal, punk to jazz, EDM to prog rock...
A while ago, I posted a comment that, for whatever reason, was deleted. I was fine with that because I decided to come back and delete it myself because, after some thought, I figured "I was a bit harsh with those ignorant souls." However, after discovering that post had been already deleted, I took the time to read the comments of others and discovered that I was not the only one annoyed with this so-called "reaction video".
The very first thing I mentioned in my previous post was that BABYMETAL is NOT anime; BAYMETAL is a kawaii metal group (why does anything Japanese bring anime to mind?! Oh, because for the most part - aside from sushi - it's the only Japanese thing with which we westerners are familiar). But you would know that they were the FIRST kawaii metal group if you even scratched the surface of BABYMETAL knowledge. I then discovered from reading the comments of others - and your replies - that you don't do any research before reacting to a new video. So let me get this straight: you won't do any research (that involve FACTS) regarding the group you about to react to, but you have absolutely no problem with discussing half-truths, rumors, and outright crap you overheard. And upon further reflection, I came to the conclusion that this wasn't a reaction video (you did very little of that!) but a speculation video - speculation of why Japanese speak the way they do (they're Japanese, for God sake!! Why do you speak the way YOU do?!), how musical bands are manufactured, and how much disdain you have for "metal gatekeepers" while demonstrating the very same behavior of metal gatekeepers. By the way: would you have made a big deal of it had BABYMETAL been from Norway or Germany or France? Would have you had a discussion about how Norwegians or Germans or the French spoke?
Needless to say, you won't be getting a thumbs up: I found your reaction to "Metali!!" extremely lacking (although it appeared that you liked it - if slight headbanging is any indicator), and based on pre-conceived notions about the Japanese people in general and all-girl Japanese bands in particular. Much of your comments struck me as biased and narrow-minded. Furthermore, BABYMETAL has been around for over twelve years and four studio albums - and your first reaction/exposure to them was a new music video they released THREE days ago!!! You made a lot of assertions and assumptions based on ZERO knowledge.
I strongly suggest that you do a modicum of research on ANY new musical group you intend to react because knowing a bit about a band might give you reason for better appreciation of the two fundamental things you're supposed to be reacting to: music and presentation. And this "reaction video" had almost none of that. Besides, I think it would be to your advantage to know what you're talking about before you talk about it.
I'm looking forward to how well you behave in your next BABYMETAL reaction video. Remember: The One is watching. 🦊🤘
Thank you for watching and commenting. Not sure what happened with your previous comment. We do not delete comments so not sure what happened there. We do reviews of songs / albums where we do extensive research into band history etc. Reactions typically need to be aligned with song release which is one reason we do minimal prep. Also, we like our reactions to be genuine and not shaded by external influences (reviews, etc.) We did a previous reaction to Hanabie. The comments of that video mentioned similarities between Hanabie and Baby Metal. A few commenters in the Hanabie reaction suggested that we react to BM; which is why we did this reaction video. Some of our assumptions came from the comments on the Hanabie video. For example, my comment about BM being a ‘supergroup’. The original idea for this channel was that my brother and I spent hours of our lives on the phone talking about metal. We thought that a lot of our conversations where entertaining (at least to us) and we thought that others may find our conversations entertaining just as we do. So, that is what we do … discuss whatever comes to our minds (just like we would in a phone conversation). Conversations are the way that we learn. Sometimes you have to be wrong to learn truth. Just look at the great conversations that are happening in this comment section… I have been learning new things about Japanese culture, BM etc. Just to set expectations on our future behavior, our own mother couldn’t make us behave … I doubt you will be able too 😂
For LIVE I suggest that you use the videos on the Babymetal Reactor Resource ruclips.net/video/q40VmTHSh4c/видео.html
There's more information in the description of that video
BABYMETAL is far and above the better band, thats why.
With regard to the anime question, the modern Japanese language has a lot of loan words from English, and in situations where there isn't a Japanese equivalent, they simply keep the English word, or a semblance of it. Metal in Japanese, for instance, is usually written as "metaru," (with the "u" silent). When you hear those words in an anime where the audio is Japanese, it is usually the same Japanese voice actor, so of course it will have a Japanese accent. It isn't cultural appropriation, it is just the normal occurence of loan words.
As far as why they get promoted over bands like Hanabie, Nemophila, Lovebites, etc., Babymetal has been around since 2010, much longer than any of those other bands. They have set records on the Billboard charts for Asian acts in several countries, including the UK and the US. They are the biggest Japanese metal export since Loudness and X-Japan in the 80s, and they hit that stride long before most of those other bands you mentioned even existed. The closest current band, in terms of female or female-led bands becoming widely known in the West is Band-Maid.
Guys It's seen that you have a lot of prejudices and assume a lot of things about Babymetal, but I can't blame you, after all BM it's a niche band and many metalheads don't like them or don't even give them the chance, so if the only information that are some comments that u read here and there, it is not surprising.
I hope you give them a chance and maybe you can discover a new band that you enjoy. 🙂
Bruh these dudes got opinions from like 2012 lmao. These girls have been selling out entire stadiums like fuckin Metallica for multiple day venues basically since they began. Yes Amuse pushes Babymetal, but I can't think of many bands at this point that don't love them or want to collaborate with them. It seems like metal purist fans are the only ones hating at this point lol. Korn, Metallica, Rob Halford, Rob Zombie, Slipknot, ,etc sing their praises all the time. They had like number one song and record of the decade and every artist wants pictures with them. And tbh, ask any of those bands you mentioned, particularly nemophila, and they'll tell you Babymetal put Japan on the map. They've literally said this. So has Ningen Isu who's been basically the black sabbath carrying the torch for 30+ years there.
This "Babymetal is a gimmick" thing needs to just die. They've earned their place on the scene.
Idiom is the word.
Nice first reaction, but there is more about Babymetal than meets the eye. It was an experiment that took off...I am sure there is plenty of info in the previous comments. I do hope that you will give them a few more listens, it really is something unique. There are still elitists that work quite hard to run down Babymetal's 13 years of hard work. anyways, glad you took the time to discuss it and arguably...Babymetal has opened the door for many of the hot Metal acts coming out of Japan.
React to Babymetal Road to Resistance live Japan, Please😢
Idol Metalcore? I suggest MAZE for sure
I second this.
And PassCode, and Moe Destruction (RIP 😢)
I guess you haven’t heard Catch me if you can, Headbanger or Rondeo of Nightmare… BM have toured & are respected by all the Metal Greats .. You have just embarrassed yourselves with your ignorance .. As if Tom is giving them a leg up .. They have been doing this long enough .. 🫠
My my you two are cynical 😂( but oh so wrong ! )
You don't get to tour with , or open for , the likes of Metallica , Sabaton , Chile Peppers , Korn , Guns N' Roses to name but a few , or collaborate with Rob Halpern or even Tom Morello by lip synching your way through shows , and the Kami Band includes some of the world's best metal musicians .
They've been around for well over a decade and through talent and hard work have reached the well deserved heights they're at now .
Sorry, but you got it completely wrong. Babymetal has been around for 12 years. The things which you are discussing have been settled way back. Their rise has been anything but pushed by record companies, it has been because of dedicated fans across all countries who found something to cheer having been bored to death by the stale metal scene. Maybe just give yourself some time, look at their early performances around 2014-16 and you will know how hard the band, the girls worked to achieve success.