BABYMETAL - ROAD OF RESISTANCE - WHAT DID I JUST WATCH!
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That's why they chant "We are Babymetal" in the end. It's not just the girls - the crowd is part of the performance. Everyone is engaged
BABYMETAL + Kami Band + 20000 Kitsune = The One
When a 17-year old stares down a 20K crowd and, without a word, splits them faster than Moses did the Red Sea: S-Tier Stage General achievement unlocked.
This song is composed in Dragonforce’s style, because Herman Li and Sam Totman played the guitars for Babymetal on this song’s studio recording. They took the stage together in 2015 at Download UK and at the Metal Hammer Golden Gods awards. Babymetal won breakout artist that year.
This performance was Jan 2015, and is Road of Resistance’s live debut in Japan (1st live debut in London end of 2014). Babymetal has used this song as a staple show closer for almost a decade now!
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Great reaction again! The Wall of Death happens at EVERY concert where "Road of Resistance" is performed!🤣 Nowadays Su-Metal does the "Split!" thing just in case, but the WoD is ready before the song even starts. Sometimes the crowd itself demand the WoD. I witnessed that in 2023 at the Palladium in Cologne, Germany. It was HUGE, btw. 🤣
This performance at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan is outstanding. Three young girls rocking 20k people at the end of a 90+ minutes concert of super high energy is a sight to behold! And the crowds over in Japan are god level, every single time!
Great reaction and welcome back!
Yeah, this is why you don't go to see a BABYMETAL concert. You go to experience a BABYMETAL show. 😁
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Welcome back, great reaction.🦊I will start by saying if you heard Su-metal's voice in an anime it will have been Zettai Karen Children from about 2009 when she was 11. She was in the group Karen Girl's who did the songs for that one. Otherwise - no. BABYMETAL haven't done any anime other than they did the theme for the western cartoon Unikitty.
This video was from January 2015 at the Saitama Super Arena. Su-metal (lead vocalist) was 17, Yuimetal (the original third member - she left in 2018, Momo became the new third member in April last year) and Moametal only 15 and that was over 20,000 people completely under their control. Even at that age Su just looks at the crowd, spreads her arms and the crowd opens up for a wall of death (actually several walls of death at that concert as the crowd were in sections. A journalist up in the balcony that night said he counted, I think it was, 21 mosh pits).🤘
This was also the end of a 90 minute concert - they had been keeping that same energy up without any drop in quality for the whole time. It is what they do - they appreciate people have often paid a lot of money and travelled a long way to see them, they never give anything less than 100% for every song at every concert, whether that is one of their big arena concerts in Japan or at the many various sized venues as they tour the world.
About the song itself - 'Road of Resistance' is a very positive song, it isn't the usual "resist the machine or the system etc" that we might expect from the title. It is about forging your own road even where a road doesn't already exist, not necessarily going the easy way (ie the path of least resistance) or following the path already made by somebody else, so if the way you want to go has never been trodden you may have to get past the resistance of the undergrowth, obstacles, hurdles and things blocking your way etc to find your own way.
It could easily be used to describe BABYMETAL's own story - they could have followed the well trodden path of J-Pop and been very successful, but they chose to go with Metal ... but again they didn't just follow the same old format of every other metal band, they have done it their own way and it hasn't always been an easy road to follow.
You mentioned DragonForce - Herman Li and Sam Totman from DragonForce did the guitar arrangements for this song (it is the only one they were involved in) and recorded the guitars for the album version. They have said they made this more technical and faster than most of their own songs thinking they would never have to play it live ... and that they had to practice hard when they did perform it with BABYMETAL at an awards show in London later in 2015.
This was the Kami Band (BABYMETAL's backing band for all live shows) playing live, each one of them is a world class musician. In this concert the Kami Band were Leda Cygnus and Takayoshi Ohmura on guitars (Takayoshi has the glitter pink guitar) with BOH on his 6 string bass and Hideki Aoyama on drums.
Lots more BABYMETAL for you to discover - and other than it will be quality and full of energy expect the unexpected, their songs are pretty much all different from each other.
Try 'Headbanger' live at Legend 1997 - you can find a safe one to use on abr metal. Legend 1997 was their concert in Dec 2013 celebrating Su-metal's 16th birthday - she was born in 1997.
when they were young there was a real synergy where everyone felt like they were in on the gag. teen girls doing metal was silly, but the crowds fully embraced the silly, and the harder they cheered, the harder the band went, and the harder the band went the harder the crowds cheered. so much amplified positivity. They'll be back to the US before long. don't miss em, their shows are unlike anything else.
I could have used more Babymetal. I saw the Babyklok tour and there was too much not Babymetal. Dethklok was fine but the opening act was boring as hell.
You saw the current lineup of Su, Moa and Momo in the Electric Callboy collab. This video is the original lineup of Su, Moa and Yui. Yui left in 2018. Momo performed as a backup dancer from 2019-2023, at which time she was elevated to a full member.
4:55 _"Now Pizza time (Pizza time!)"_ 🦊🤘🍕
Welcome back to the Foxhole🦊🤘🔥
Oh boi you didn't even scratch the surface with BM lore, trust me, same for the songs, the journey will become just wilder. You did fine with their names thou, just remember this was the original trio formation when YuiMetal was still in the group, everything before 2017 is with her until she left the group, after that and till 2023 they got backup dancers, some of them called "avengers" (talking about lore) and now we got MomoMetal.
Nice to see you're back with this suggestion to follow your BM journey, just like here it was the ender for almost every show at the World Tour 2023/2024 (including last weekend at FOX_FEST in Japan) and everyone loved to have fun with this one such last month at the Sick New World Festival in Las Vegas, they just did a fun interview about it and you can see they were excited with Slipknot returns, they were very supportive during early era or Metal Resistance chapter (that's the title inside the lore), also they play this at San Francisco as part of the Babyklok Tour along with Dethklok, and btw DragonForce were there playing too, another supportive band since BM beginning career and also involved in the album version of this song as well some live collabs together around those years.
"Road Of Resistance" is a power/speed metal song, it's one of their most epic anthem and the album version got the guitar arrangements made by Sam Totman and Herman Li from DragonForce. It's all about facing your own path without looking back.
This was part of the Trilogy Of 2015, live at New Year Fox Festival - Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, by this time their fame was already high due to viral success on YT of Gimme Chocolate! MV, people from all over the world attended this live concert in Japan, and 20K souls witnessed this epic moment.
With only 15 and 17 years old this moment will be forever remember when they're performing this song to reminds them all the support they got from their fans no matter where they go, either a small or big stages.
The Kami Band here are magnificent set of elite musicians whom were send to help with the metal sound, they rotate so probably you won't see some of them in all live concerts (especially the guitarists).
They are:
- Leda Cygnus, god of guitar, he's the only Kami Band member who's credited as a session musician when recording some albums.
- Takayoshi Ohmura, god of guitar, he's Míkio' Fujioka's pupil (another beloved Kami Band guitarist who sadly past away) and a prodigy child, you'll see his recognizable pink guitar.
- BOH, god of bass, he's the bald one and not only got amazing talent but his fun way to enjoy reminds me Flea from RHCP.
- Hideki Aoyama, god of drums, he comes from a family of expert drummers, and his father is very famous in Japan music scene.
At the end of their shows they always said "We are BabyMetal!" with the crowd, to making them sure that they're part of this show and project too, is a line borrowed to X-Japan saying it at live concerts too.
Next suggestion:
- Headbanger!! live at Legend 1997 in 2013.
Btw the only other group you could have listening Suzuka is with the main group Sakura Gakuin before BM become independent or another Jpop group prior to that called Karen Girl's, that was the only time she was part of an anime called Zettai Karen Childrens singing the opening. Another song you probably listen before with her/them in it is BMTH - Kingslayer feat. BabyMetal.
Keep enjoying more BM songs and see you next time 🦊🤘🔥
Babymetal are:
Suzuka Nakamoto\Su-Metal (Vocals and Dance): Angel of Song, Queen Su, Queen of Kawaii, Metal Queen, and Metal Goddess.
Before Sakura Gakuin, she performed in a stage production of "The Adventurers" and was a member of the JPop trio, Karen Girls.
Fun Fact: Bullfrogs are her Kryptonite
Yui Mizuno\Yuimetal (Scream and Dance) Left the group in 2018 due to undisclosed health issues: Angel of Dance, Princess Yui, Yui-bot, Tomato Princess, Tomato-Kun, Kawaii Princess and Devourer of Souls (or at least she stares into your soul). Yui had a minor role as a child actor in a Japanese TV Drama before joining Sakura Gakuin. She has cute, chubby cheeks.
Fun Fact: Yui is tickled by Bullfrogs.
** WARNING ** Do NOT, ever, under any circumstances call her “small”, "smol", “short” or “tiny” (same rule applies to Moametal).
Moa Kikuchi\Moametal (Scream and Dance): Angel of Love\Smile, Queen of Hearts, Princess Moa, Kawaii Princess, Super Moa-chan, Maiden of Mischief, and Headmistress of Hedabon. She has huge dimples and a smile that melts the hardest of hearts.
Fun Fact: Loves to troll Su-metal on-stage with little pranks as well as torment Su-metal with Bullfrogs.
Momoko Okazaki\Momometal (Scream and Dance): Angel of Joy, Kawaii Princess, Princess Peach, Momo-Monster, Vampire Slayer, Kabuki Queen. Also a Sakura Gakuin graduate. Was a contestant on the Korean reality survival program "Girls Planet 999" (which thankfully for The ONE, she was eliminated from early on) and performed in a stage musical production of "Black Butler". Momoko was the only “Avenger” (fill-in dancer) to perform in the “10 BABYMETAL Budokan” shows in 2021 and was officially named Momometal and made a permanent member in April 2023. She deserves the spot!
Kitsune Da O! 🤘🦊🤘
Also, Babymetal has not been involved with any animes. Some of their older songs were used for PVs and end credits for "Tiny Tina's Wonderland" game.
Su's previous group when she was 9/10 years old "Karen Girls" recorded songs for the anime "Zettai Karen Children". Babymetal did record the opening theme to Cartoon Network's "Unikitty" series.
They have collabed with Bring Me the Horizon (Kingslayer). Maybe that is where you heard them before.
"Now witness the firepower of this fully armed and operational BABYMETAL!" Great reaction. Welcome to the fox hole. "We are...BABYMETAL". 🦊🦊🦊 🖖❤
You might have heard Su in the colab with BMTH "Kingslayer".
It's a scientific fact that BABYMETAL can warp time, many concert goes say that a one-hour concert only lasted 30 minutes.😉
oops missed that you already brought up Kingslayer before I commented ;)
STAND UP AND SHOUT!!!
JUSTICE FOREVER 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
They played the Carolina Rebellion years ago. Perhaps you saw them there and didn't know them but Su-metal's voice stuck in your head anyway.
One of the greatest live performance groups in history.
I suggest BABYMETAL - MONOCHROME, Live at PIA Arena.
Kitsune dao!
From Japan, thank you for your reaction to BABYMETAL.
You made the best choice for your first BABYMETAL experience.
This song was played at the end of a concert (New Year Fox Festival) that took place about 10 years ago now.
I have been a huge BABYMETAL fan for the past 10 years and have been to many of their live shows, and meeting BABYMETAL has turned my life into something 20,000% more enjoyable.
The contrast between what they did with Electric Callboy and this song should tell you everything you need to know about this band. I've been following them since 2014. It's become an addiction. And here's why. Every Babymetal song is different. They are a fusion metal band. Meaning, they mix every genre of music you can think of. It's unique enough on it's own as a fusion of metal and pop, but they go way beyond that. Road of Resistance is straight up Power Metal. But they do so much more.
Indian? Try Shanti Shanti Shanti.
Celtic? Oh Majinai
Latin? Night Night Burn
Arabian? Metalizm
Rap? BxMxC
Thrash? Gimme Chocolate
Prog? Tales of the Destinies
Ska? Yava
Emotional powerhouse? Monochrome (including the piano version)
AND a song inspired by Electric Callboy back when the girls were first starting out, called iine. You should check that one out. Iine (capital i not an l 😂) is definitely a "party" song if ever there was one.
BxMxC live performance. Come on! 🤘🦊🤘
BABYMETAL came out of the toy box, heavy, fun and happy energy 🌈😁
That day UK fell in love with BABYMETAL❤
BABYMETAL - Ijime,Dame,Zettai - Live at Sonisphere 2014,UK (OFFICIAL)
Please try it!
There's a fan cam compilation video of the whole Miracle of Sonosphere performance which is just epic. If I'm not watching that on a weekly basis it's because I'm dead!
Now we just need a Babymetal/Slipknot collaboration.
I've been riding on that high for 8 years now with them! It's always awesome to see new people appreciate them!
Babymetal is THE single greatest Japanese music export in their history by far, for more than a decade.
Babymetal must sees!
Rondo of Nightmare with Mischiefs of God intro Budokan live (highlights the kami band behind the girls front and center 💯🎶).
BMTH Kingslayer ft BabyMetal live in Tokyo
AND! Another BABYMETAL fan is born!
He seems to have been struck by the lightning that is BABYMETAL, welcome!
This concert was at Super Saitama Arena in Tokyo, the same venue that FOX_FEST was held at. The capacity for concerts is around 20,000, and this show (Legend 2015 - The New Year Fox Festival) was a full house.
If this song sounds familiar, it's because the guitars for it were written by Herman Li and Sam Totman of Dragonforce wrote the guitar parts and played on the studio recording. Although people often make the comparison, Babymetal has never done any anime songs. They are very selective about what projects they involve themselves with.
Oddly enough, Babymetal aren't as well known in their homeland as you would think. Metal music isn't very popular in Japan, so they exist in kind of a niche where they are very popular with people who know about them, but a lot of people don't because they aren't part of the pop mainstream.
Babymetal are such good dancers because they have all been doing it since they were about six years old. At the time of this performance, Su-metal was 17, and Yuimetal and Moametal were 15, and they had been Babymetal for over four years by this point.
Yeah,, babymetal live performance is badas,, I was speechless watching them in the ratatata music video😸
Well this is one of the advantages of Colabs. If you are lucky the Fan of pne Band is a Fan of both.
But this is one of their old shows with Yui.. I think they were 17, 15 and 15.. From todays perspective this is now their biggest closing songs. Due to the close audiencebinteractions. This is about 90 Minuten in zheir show. In fact this songbwas arranged for them by Dragon Force.
Welcome to the fox hole. There's no turning back. Enjoy the ride. 🤘🦊🤘
BM is amazing. Sues voice is amazing.
you picked a good starting point. Now go watch more. Keep an open mind, expect surprises.
BABYMETAL is both a group name and a subgenre name. It means a newly born genre.
Headbanger Pia 2019
What's even more astonishing is that this was the encore after performing for an hour and a half. They didn't miss a beat at all and shows how greatly talented the girls and band truly are.... welcome to The One, the fox hole will be a wild ride. 🤘🦊🤘
Crossover? Bring Me The Horizon had BabyMetal perform on Kingslayer which is just a mind-blowingly awesome track. Check out the live version as it hits like you wouldn't believe!
Welcome to the Foxhole🤘🦊♪
Definitely a great one to start with! Im 47, got into them late 2022, and last year my wife and I got to see them back to back in Houston and Dallas and yeah, the best shows ever! It blew my mind how good their stage presence and confidence was back then, but at these shows we went to, their presence is a force you can feel, its wild!
Also we got VERY close to the stage in Dallas,we were maybe 10 feet from them and the amount of cute fun personal crowd interaction they did was awesome!
Seeing the dancing and how relentlessly energetic yet in sync they are in person is also wild, and of course Su was great when she was young but she's legit superstar singer status!
I only knew a few Electric Callboy songs and already enjoyed them, man i REALLY am hoping for a duo headliner tour with both of them haha!
Maybe you heard Su on Kingslayer with BMTH?
Great reaction dude 🤘🦊🤘
Welcome to the foxhole, I envy you, you have 4 albums (and then some) worth of new babymetal experiences ahead of you. No song is bad, many are very very different from each other. You'll have a blast!
Great reaction!!!
I watch a lot of Reaction content. A lot of Reactors. After a while, a lot of them become very samey. Forgetful even. Even Reactors that I'm subscribed to and watch regularly. I still enjoy watching them, of course. but the enjoyment meter just doesnt SPIKE much anymore.. I donno why, but for wtv reason, I thoroughly enjoyed watching your reaction videos. More than usual. To the the extent that I felt the need to bring it up. It's weird.. Actually, I'm weird. This is a weird comment. lol Stream of consciousness. I found your channel through your *RATATATA* - BM/EC collab MV reaction. Right after watching that, I hopped over to watch this video. So, I've only seen 2 videos. But for whatever reason, they both SPIKED my enjoyment meter. Something about the videos just felt refreshing. For lack of a better word. Maybe you're just a genuine likeable dude. I donno.. 🤷🏻♂
I guess, it could also just be because of how complimentary you've been toward the girls, throughout both videos. lolol Brains are weird..🧠 But anyway, you should definitely react to more *BABYMETAL.* You'll have my views & watchtime, on however many you end up putting out. If any. No pressure. See you next time.👋🏻GG
Well you have to understand, what it meant for them, when their european Fans tried to sing in japanese.. They developed strong rules
Su tries to welcomes the audience in the local languagevwhere they are. Call outs are in english, in every Show since you can't know which language their audience uses. And Su tried to learn english as good as possible. In fact Momoko just passed Moa. And even Moa is for japanese abilities sophisticated.
Are you maybe thinking of Bring Me The Horizon's Kingslayer as to where you've heard her before?
Also, you want Babymetal doing an anime song? This is a song from Neon Genesis Evangelion, she didn't do it for the anime, but she did cover it live here:
ruclips.net/video/Kb_vBYirjHM/видео.html
55,000
13:55 👊🏽⚡️🦊🤘🏾🫡
⚡ 💀 💕 / 🏴 🏴 🏴
"Stand up and shout, Shout!, Justice Forever!" - (Road of Resistance) -
Pretty much a master class in audience control.
BABYMETAL believe that if a song sounds too much like one genre, then it's not a BABYMETAL song.
You can definitely feel the speed/power metal in this one though.
Herman Li and Sam Totman from DragonForce provided guitar tracks for the studio version.
This performance was at Saitama Super Arena (SSA) in January of 2015, with a sold out crowd of over 20,000.
BABYMETAL's lead singer, Suzuka Nakamoto (Su-metal) first appeared at SSA in 2008 as the youngest member of the J-Pop trio Karen Girl's, when she was 10 years old.
She's been back many times since, headlining with BABYMETAL.
Guitarists that night were Takayoshi Ohmura and Leda Cygnus. The bassist was BOH, and the drummer was Hideki Aoyama.
Hideki's father and brother were also drummers, so it's kind of in his blood.
BTW, feel free to ignore that one negative comment.
He's just like that for some reason.
It's almost like he's trying to drive people away from the fandom.
This is one of thevreasons why Nico and Kevin had huge problems when they had to talk thevfirst time to the girls. Because : How do you speak to a Godess? You can think what it means that zjey now claim the girls as their friends. And it seems to be correct since at the moment I only saw them hug BMTH and Electric Callboys after each show.
Best version of Road of Resistance, although they get this response anywhere in the world .BabyMetal are
only in their early teens in this and already on their way to becoming Legends
Try Monochrome live at PIA Arena from 2023 welcome to the foxhole 😁🤘🏼🦊🤘🏼
Great reaction. Check out Ijime dame Zettai live at sonishpere 2014. Their first time in the UK in front of 50,000 people at a festival.
Great reaction.
On your own check out one of their most recent LIVE performances of
Road of Resistance at PIA Arena 2023 (HQ Pro Shot from the Hymnodic channel). They are now a world wide phenomenon.
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This was at the Saitama Super Arena and sold out 20,000+ seats.
Happy man ! Thanks to a healthy curiosity, you've discovered a new planet. Don't hesitate to wander around, you'll discover so much variety, surprise and talent. BABYMETAL is unique !
Try their live performances of Headbanger and Catch M If You Can...
I had this moment more than seven years ago... You're in for quite a ride! Enjoy the journey!
P.S.: You might want to get some basic knowledge about what BABYMETAL is and where they originate. This video also helps to ship around some potential irritation and misunderstanding: "The 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘴𝘰 Extensive Guide to BABYMETAL" ruclips.net/video/aIb2xEthdSg/видео.html
P.P.S.: We are THE ONE! We are BABYMETAL!
I've only just commented on the Callboy collab vid you did. I see you get it 💓
There's many songs I could suggest but seeing as you commented on the crowd etc - check out anything from Tokyo Dome. 2 nighter. 55000 each night.
Buckle up...
I think a sister company of Warner Bros. Has or had the rights to babymetal starting their own anime based on them but never came to be...might be the reason they haven't been featured in any animes. But one day 🙏
You need to do a reaction to “BABYMETAL DEATH” (Legend 1997) this is a must!! 🤘🏽🦊🤘🏽
This ^ is why babymetal fans are loud. Obv.
PS - the volume on our end is quite quiet.
Good point about collaborations. I discovered Electric Callboy while waiting for their collaboration with Babymetal. Within a few days I have already ordered two Electric Callboy CDs and a tshirt from their store.
Dude, you need to step outside of the Western music Box they have put you in. Japanese Rock and Metal has been taking off over the last Decade!! So many Japanese group are now touring North America and Europe...and Babymetal is the group that opened the door for all those groups...like Band Maid, Lovebites, Nemophila, Hanabie and many others!!!
More Babymetal Always!!
Put your Kitsune UP!!
Try to find a reactor list so you react to their most popular performances. Avoid official music videos except for maybe Megitsune and BxMxC unless they are live. Babymetal fans are particular, but we want you to see them at their best and you'll be rewarded with lots of views
Aaaa.... well let me tell you that this version is cut 🤣🤣🤣 the original lasts 10 minutes
Welcome to FOXHOLE
Great reaction brother
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This not one of my favorites,I like the progressive/Duhhgent songs rather than the power metal.
Pretty awesome performance though.
Babymetal actually performed at Carolina Rebellion in 2016 and lots of times in NYC
Also this performance was at Saitama Super Arena,, which is where Babymetal recently organized Fox_fest, where they also invited Electric Callboy and performed Ratata together.
And your guess was perfect, 20 000
Dragon force wrote this for baby metal
well come to the Fox hole.
🎸Please react more🎸Babymetal, Lovebites, Unlucky Morpheus, Wagakki band, Dragon Force, Crossfaith, Sokoninaru, Asterism, Versailes, Galneryus, Gacharic Spin,Deviloof, Jiluka, Mana Diagram, Dih, Bridear, Ichika Nito, Tatsuya Amano, Shuhei Kamada, Daisuke Kurosawa, Senri Kawaguchi, Anthony Barone
🎸If possible react to their live performance🎸
Babymetal is plenty popular in Japan but really they are much more popular internationally than other Japanese bands. Rock is huge in Japan but Metal isn't.
Y is ur volume so low , it's babymetal it's needs to b at 11
Do all Japanese songs sound like cartoon songs?
BABYMETAL has not done a single anime song. Stop saying they sound like anime.
I must apologize but I take issue with you comparing BABYMETAL to anime music: BABYMETAL is not anime - never has been and, with any luck, never will be. Evidently, many people jump to anime simply because they are singing in Japanese, and anime is the only place they’ve ever heard Japanese singing. Would they still sound like anime if they were singing in French or German or Swedish or English? An observation made by someone on Reddit: "A lot of Japanese people who listen to BABYMETAL never talk about anime (because there is nothing anime in BABYMETAL) and often wonder what's with those stupid anime comments from the West." Okay, rant over. 😁
The “I was not expecting this” and “WTF did I just watch” are the typical reactions among first-time BABYMETAL viewers. A lot of their songs tend to get that - even after watching a number of them! Anyway . . . .
You’ve opened a can of worms!
BABYMETAL has an extensive history (and lore) which I won’t get into but a quick synopsis: they’ve been around since 2010, and started when their lead singer - known as Su-metal (Suzuka Nakamoto) - was about twelve, and the two "cheerleaders" (officially "scream and dance" (backing vocals)) - Moametal (Moa Kikuchi) and Yuimetal (Yui Mizuno) - were both around eleven. Unfortunately, Yui left the group in 2018 because of health concerns, and early in 2023 Momoko Okazaki (Momometal) was named a member of the group. They do not play instruments but are backed by the Kami Band - session musicians who are among the best that Japan (and the U.S.) has to offer.
BABYMETAL started a brand new genre of music ("kawaii metal" - cute metal), and they cannot be pigeon-holed - they are almost always thinking and moving outside box; they made listening to metal FUN! They have, to date, four studio albums with over fifty songs, and have been on a number of world tours. It is common knowledge among their devoted fans (known as "The One") that BABYMETAL is best served live, but they do have several music videos that are real works of art. I suggest you go back to the beginning, and react to their first two music videos, "Doki Doki Morning" and "Iine!" (pronounced "E-nay"), both released in 2012. You’ll notice those are the first two on this list of recommended songs (along with suggested versions). The first sixteen are from what I've come to call "The Golden Age of BABYMETAL" or simply "The Yui Era":
Doki Doki Morning (official music video)
ruclips.net/video/cirhQ8iLdbw/видео.htmlsi=k84SUx4P01t9M5ic
Iine! (official MV)
ruclips.net/video/qVdBBOpSoN4/видео.htmlsi=rNZ3yF8RGVdzBZmS
Gimme Chocolate!! (official MV or Legend 1997 Apocalypse version)
ruclips.net/video/WIKqgE4BwAY/видео.htmlsi=Tfr2OTPGk62vE2qw
ruclips.net/video/p2nOy4i7pNo/видео.htmlsi=y7uvurn_tM8zq7Mg
Megitsune (official MV)
ruclips.net/video/cK3NMZAUKGw/видео.htmlsi=tqswsmiNVGv2SQFW
BABYMETAL Death (Legend 1997 Apocalypse version) [for those who are religiously sensitive, see the Budokan Black Night 2014 version]
ruclips.net/video/WE-CFHlYQE0/видео.htmlsi=93_kfK3Mp2p_sLHh
ruclips.net/video/PcTPBTR-uVg/видео.htmlsi=yZYWx2nBb1GGLAGs
Onedari Daisakusen (Legend 1997 Apocalypse version)
ruclips.net/video/G01qBTEmVBQ/видео.htmlsi=HoRwDNdCLG4tvMdS
Song 4 (Budokan Black Night 2014 version)
ruclips.net/video/5AFlvpNciyc/видео.htmlsi=eG4md7c-dcVD5Dv8
Uki Uki * Midnight (Budokan Black Night 2014 version)
ruclips.net/video/LjQi_vFRuEs/видео.htmlsi=ViFo9n_xyJY1-iOA
Catch Me If You Can (Budokan Black Night 2014 version)
ruclips.net/video/ZPYimKmxW0g/видео.htmlsi=I6wSE06-hIAH4Sa1
Ijime, Dame, Zettai (Live at Sonisphere 2014 version)
ruclips.net/video/Ro-_cbfdrYE/видео.htmlsi=ihr8hZi5ikI1Q6e2
Headbangeeeeerrrrr!!!!! (Legend 1997 Apocalypse version)
ruclips.net/video/nhGOY46On8c/видео.htmlsi=iMQZZMyxA5tleJvF
Road of Resistance (Legend 2015 New Year Fox Festival version) [DONE]
ruclips.net/video/Qs0C607ExB4/видео.htmlsi=N04lM298bHSsKycp
Karate (official MV)
ruclips.net/video/GvD3CHA48pA/видео.htmlsi=H_ZQFvyOJa4RBAHP
Meta Taro (Five Fox Festival version)
ruclips.net/video/pe97WGXByzY/видео.htmlsi=AYaTHf6TU4cyEwQE
GJ! (Fox Festival 2017 version)
ruclips.net/video/r6GfHnGsLaI/видео.htmlsi=5YziMQX6uiqrihCN
Sis Anger (Fox Festival 2017 version)
ruclips.net/video/xVKmZS-kBZU/видео.htmlsi=M0nq5txvyNn-wDmD
Shanti Shanti Shanti (official MV)
ruclips.net/video/gQnG_T7kbtY/видео.htmlsi=tMhH6rHLsnuicbUw
Pa Pa Ya!! (official MV)
ruclips.net/video/oO7Y8NsnkRg/видео.htmlsi=oqOWvQHV5NKmDQ1h
BxMxC (official MV)
ruclips.net/video/ng8mh6JUIqY/видео.htmlsi=cDkHg0th8i5HSJZ4
Metalizm (official MV)
ruclips.net/video/Gz9_j1SpX5E/видео.htmlsi=mGaKJYVDqXwvZotd
Metali!! (official MV)
ruclips.net/video/hkij4LvACZ0/видео.htmlsi=DH7SfvifBUk0-pFd
You can use my RUclips playlist “BABYMETAL Top Twenty” (ruclips.net/p/PLdhz2aj0pt4zPl0BZLevPUR9uHKQA27uj ) as a quick link to all of these videos; it is a mix of MV’s and live performances, is more or less in historical sequence, and could be considered a road map down the BABYMETAL foxhole. If nothing else, it can be used as a reference to find high quality versions of BABYMETAL songs without mucking about - if they are on the list. Anyway . . . .
Another recommendation (read "challenge"): react to an entire BABYMETAL concert. I suggest:
"Legend 1997 Apocalypse" ruclips.net/p/PLdBAj9hZ91wCao72oSqTMLrGpIDOqzR2Q
and/or
"Budokan Black Night" (2014) ruclips.net/p/PLdBAj9hZ91wBwsBfjsKH9zWxA5YOOUkSI
Both concerts are, in a word, incredible. By the way, from what I understand, BABYMETAL makes the audience feel like a fourth member of the group - they, too, are part of the show.
Enjoy your trip down the foxhole! (You're in for a wild ride!!!)
Keep rockin' BABYMETAL!!! (Sorry about the wall!)
We are . . . BABYMETAL!!!
KITSUNE UP!!! 🤘🦊🤘 See you!!!
Welcome to Babymetal my friend. This was an awesome reaction. For fans one of life's great little pleasures is seeing someone like yourself really getting Babymetal for the first time. Kudos to you. I believe the girls here were Su 17, Moa and Yui 15 each. Backed by the incredible original Kami Band.
The girls now ladies have always held an almost magical sway over their audiences. It is one of the things that has made them so beloved. You really seem to get Babymetal-not a blessing everybody has oddly. As such I would love to share your journey into the Foxhole.
I'd like to recommend a performance from last year. You've seen them young, you've seen them with EC. I'd love to see you experience them shining as they do now. Here's a link to Megitsune, live at PIA Arena, April 2023 (link follows): ruclips.net/video/edbqQ-ldF_U/видео.html
You got the names wrong. Sort of. Su and Moa are correct. They are original members and have been with BM since it started in 2010. Yui is the 3rd original member and appears in this video. She's usually on the left (Su's right) as we see the video. Yui had to to leave the band in 2018 due to illness. Momo has been performing with BM as a dancer only for several years and was made an official member a little over a year ago. Your video is literally unwatchable. Using that non opaque overlay is ridiculous and unnecessary. You can't see or hear the BM video at all. Great editing. Not. All we see is your hairy arms. Doing this does NOTHING to stop a copyright strike kid. Duh. Epic fail.
🤘🦊🤘