Sweet little girls dancing and singing, playing hide and seek on metal chords? And everything done flawlessly? Sometimes I get the feeling a part of Japan is one big Stanley Kubrick movie. And it gives me the same reaction. One big grin, from ear to ear. It's like you take life, and then you take it to the very limit of your imagination. All it needs then is a genius putting it together. His name is Key Kobayashi, also known as Koba-metal. He had a dream, a very weird one. And it worked!
The mastermind behind BABYMETAL is called Key Kobayashi but everyone call him KobaMetal. He's a big fan of Metal and is a music producer in Japan, so one day he pitched this idea of mixing j-pop and Metal just for fun and guess what it worked :D
⚡ 💀 💕 / 🏃♀️👹 If much of their charm is in the blending of the cute and the brutal, this song is a great example. While Megitsune is still my favorite, this has one of the cutest choreographies.
The growling vocals are on the backing track. They use a backing track for all the extra stuff that is in their songs. Sound effects, male vocals, extra instruments that aren't guitars and drums. Stuff like that. Key Kobayashi is the producer who put it all together. Either he had wanted to do this for a while or he had the inspiration watching Su sing when she was in Karen Girl's. But it was formed around her. Her voice is perfect for metal. It's so strong. If you want to see a 10 year old Suzuka in her first 3 girl trio. She starts on the left. Karen Girl's - Over the Future (Dance Shot Ver) English Subbed ruclips.net/video/LLMld3-v208/видео.html
Yay, probably my favorite BM song. This song embodies 80% of what BABYMETAL is, super sick heavy music mixed with extreme cuteness plus it highlights the 2 little ones more than most songs. The growl is on the backtrack, they are playing hide and seek with a demon...
The song is about playing hide and seek, the children's game. In Japan, the tagger is called an oni, or ogre. The song amps it all up of course, the giirls never do say "Catch Me if you Can"
Plenty of people have told you about Koba being the guy who had the idea of BABYMETAL and built the group around Su after working with her while she was part of another group. To answer your question, Hollywood, the drummer's name is Hideki Aoyama. He is an absolute beast on the kit. He and BOH, the bassist (bald dude) are my favorites of the band. I had no idea that this was about playing hide-and-seek with an ogre demon. That is amazing info to have, so thanks to all who passed along that tidbit!
That's right. Kei Kobayashi (Kobametal) became aware of a talented young girl in the Amuse Kid's division, whose JPop trio Karen Girl's was coming to an end (2008-2009), when Suzuka was 10 or 11. He built the BABYMETAL project around her.
Forgot it was Babymetal Monday! My favourite Babymetal song (though I do tend to say that about 30 of their songs) and without doubt the best Metal song about playing Hide and Seek ever (frankly, I don't think most Metal bands have dared to address the subject so well done Babymetal yet again). A lot of people don't like compilations but, because Babymetal are so tight and practiced and professional, it seems OK to mix up their shows sometimes as they match up in timings mostly. If you wanna see a version that's live, has the Kami Band intro and English subtitles then you need to see this one, from Black Night Legend concert. The lyrics are great! Oh, and fucking awesome reaction as ever, guys. See you! ruclips.net/video/ng8U_j0gpLI/видео.html PS 3:45 - "It's a she" "It's a he"...it was Fukio Mitsuji, a great - male! - guitarist who sadly died back in Jan 2018. A big loss to the Kami Band but you weren't to know so cool. 4:52 PS AGAIN - Gotta love how you both suddenly got big grins on your faces as the girls came out on stage! That's what we all do when the angels appear on stage- they just make you instantly happy. It's like magic!
Great choice, great reaction! KOBA METAL was the genius behind BABYMETAL. I'll let the more knowledgeable members of THE ONE fill in the backstory. Again, thanks for this BM selection, it was the pick-me-up I needed...Arigato!! 🦊🤘
Key Kobayashi, also known as "KOBAMETAL" is the Japanese music producer who put Babymetal together. He's a metal fan who had an idea, but it wasn't until he heard the power of Su's voice that he knew just how he would do it. It's all built around her. Mikiko Mizuno designs their choreography, as well as the Olympic festival a few years ago. It's a group effort, but those are the main people behind it.
This was the first song that turned me on to Babymetal a few years ago. I love that I can see the same joy I felt coming through with you both! Great reaction!
@@kerimmejdoub1381 It's an Oni, Akaoni-san in fact, out of a children's story. Oni is generally translated as ogre. Oni are a type of Yokai, which is generally translated as demon. Yokai can be good or evil. Akaoni-san happens to be good. Kitsune are Yokai too.
This song is about Kakurenbo (traditional japanese game, kind of like tag and hide & seek). The girls are playing this, running and hiding from an oni (flesh-eating demon ogre), that's the growling voice in the background. You can hear the oni asking "Oi! Mou ii kai?!" (Hey! Are you ready?!), and the girls answer "Mada da yo!" (Not yet!) while they run looking for a place to hide.
@@Hollywood6IX He is a music producer for Amuse talent agency. He loved and grew up with heavy metal and always wanted to incorporate jpop with metal and picked out Su-Metal as the lead and then Moa and Yui, basically because they are twin like, as a "heavy metal club" side unit to the idol group Sekura Gukein that the 3 girls were picked to be in 2010 . Not even sure he knew how it would blow up.
After second time through Gimmie Chocolate I had the same reaction. "Whoever came up with this is a genius." Tales of destinies is a crazy song you should check out
I'm so glad babymetal monday is a thing. We wanna see you get through every song so keep it going. Syncopation, Distortion, and Night Night Burn. Sorry if youve done any of these but I didn't go check.
See you at the mosh'sh pitt (aka the happy mosh pitt) Kami Band man... KobaMetal wanted the best musicians to back up the band . the original members Hideky Aoyama - Drums BOH - Bass Takayoshi Ohmura - Guitar Mikio Fujioka - Guitar (R.I.P) Or Leda - Guitar Yuya Maeta - Drums Of course, they've been rotations over the last couple of years for tours or festivals.
Love Babymetal and love your videos! Since one of you is a gamer you should check out the song "up down left right BBAB" Other great songs are Uki uki midnight, Road of resistence (live version), Awadama fever, GJ!, Yava... too many to name!
If you didn’t know before, now you know why the band is called the Kami (God) Band. I really like Catch Me If You Can because everybody gets to show their excellent skills. And everybody has fun!
It is fairly easy to mix songs from different shows with BABYMETAL, those earpieces they have are playing a click track(metronome), some robot will go 3,2,1,3,2,1,... sometimes (usually when SU is holding a long note) and have other cues so they are always in perfect time in every single show. One of the reasons they are so good live.
We know from a capture of Suu's IEM feed for Shanti Shanti Shanti that there are no clicks. She was counted into the song, but that was it. We don't know what the kamiband hears, though. Still right that with the heavy use of a backing track you get that absolute consistency.
@@johnschultz7765 OMG it did change, In an older one I heard there was a lot of robo counting and stuff like that. From a review by a professional musician he could tell the kami band was spot on to a click track, so they probably still use it.
It's a shame you were given a link for a compilation video when there are good pro-shot live performances of Catch Me If You Can to be found very easily - even on RUclips. One from Budokan has all the Kami Band solos as they are played, not dodgy clips of the different guitarists taken from other solos on other songs, or the one from Makuhari Messe has the girls hyping the crowd up for two or three minutes before the song even starts. Yes they were having fun - they were playing hide and seek on stage ... but keeping it metal as they were playing it with an Oni (a sort of Japanese ogre). The growling voice is the Oni asking things like "Are you ready?" with Yui and Moa responding "Maada da yo" (No not yet) and doing the running away from an Oni dance. I'm sure you have been told in the comments on previous videos who is behind it all and how he developed the whole idea for Babymetal around Su, so I won't repeat it all again here.
Many thanks again for your good information from Japan 有難う💛. In return, just FYI (or you maybe alredly know it). The last part of the lyric means "Red shoes, you shouldn't wear. Because they are dangerous." It comes from an old Japanese song written in 1922 "A girl wearing red shoes" being based on a story told soon after the Meiji Restoration when Japan started to open to Western countries. The song is about a foreigner who took a little girl away to his homeland and the girl was allegedly wearing a pair of red shoes. So this song seemed to relate to some crime and the people at that time (more than 100 years ago) were cautious about foreigners as potentially dangerous existence like big red-haired ogres. The true story, however, were turned out to be different. There was a couple and the husband and wife were too poor to take care of their daughter suffering from tuberculosis which was incurable disease at that time in Japan. So the parents trusted the girl to a American missionary and asked him to foster her. The girl's disease was very bad and died before going to the USA. The mother, however, believed that her daughter became healthy and was living in the country across the ocean. In any case the song "A girl wearing red shoes" has sad background. But again BabyMetal with their magic turned the sad feeling into a cheerful mood in a child play, hide and seek. They sometimes change drastically negative thing into positive one. "Gimme Chocolate", which use to have a sad memory for Japanese, is another example. Sorry for lengthy explanation.
@@flugelhornoldman1362 Thank you. Yes I had heard that story, but I had forgotten the finer details. All very sad, but thank you for reminding me again.
@@kevinhiggins7838 Thanks for your response. Right after the World Work II, almost all big cities in Japan were totally destroyed and brought under control by the Occupation Army delegated from USA. There were numerous children on street and they were all hungry. When a jeep came by, they run after the jeep shouting "give me chocolate !" and begged the sweets to American soldiers, because it was the most delicious food they could barely get if the soldiers were kind enough to share. I am 64 years old, born 10 years after WW II ended, so I personally did not have such experience. But the phrase "give me chocolate" has still make many Japanese people recall the miserable situation. Koba, the producer of BABYMETAL, must know what the phrase means. Nevertheless BM's "Gimme Chocolate" has drastically turned the meaning upside down. It's a song about a girl who loves chocolate while she is careful for her weight. No sad or miserable thing at all. Nothing but cheerful, laughable and peaceful situation is there. Some older fan said this song should be a tribute to all of the soldiers died in battlefields and people who suffered during the war and in the postwar period. I agree that this song implies the true end of the W W II and would remove some type of trauma existing deep down in aged Japanese people' mind if they listen to it. I hope this will help you understand. Thanks again
Wow... thanks again. I know there’s the phrase “Don’t think. Feel.” Su apparently said that somewhere but I’d rather think. This certainly provides something to think about. You say Koba must know the meaning, but did Koba write the song? On my vinyl it doesn’t mention anything about the songwriters or for that matter the musicians of any of the songs. It’s seems strange to me how so much talent can be assembled without even public recognition given to them. Anyway, regard this as being rhetorical in nature... I’m not expecting you to be the one stop answer shop.
The song is about playing a Japanese version of hide and go seek, the growling part the voice is asking if they are ready(Ooi moo iikai? Moo iikai?) . the girls reply "no, not yet"(Maada da yo)… the growling part although is not credited to anyone, general consensus is that it is their producer Koba-metal. And the :mastermind" behind BABYMETAL is Key Kobayashi (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kobametal)
Yes its a hidden gem, cause it got only played/performed once (Legend 1997, Su-Metal 16th B-day). In the last few days I listened this song alot =) The song is cover from the anime Neon Genesis Evangelion. 'Tamashiii No Rufuran' means Soul's Refrain
I think all my metalcore experience they are the unique amazing metal band!!!! No doubt!!! The voice of suzuka nakamoto just ripped ur soul the band is very talented just energize ur body the feeling is maxing but ingredieble!!!
Yeah this is definitely a dope song. You got to see the live in Tokyo version of this. Funny when he called the guitarist a girl. All the band members are dudes except for the three female singers :)
If not only the song in it self is badass, knowing that the song is about the girls playing hide-and-seek with an Oni (an man-devouring ogre/troll, from Japanese folklore), makes it even better.
the demon is growling "hey are you ready,,are you ready,,the girls are replying no not yet,,,,the song is about playing hide and seek and tag with a japanese deamon
She's gotta be nearly 11 years old by now, but if you haven't seen Yoyoka and her drum covers.. Good Times, Bad Times ruclips.net/video/91pz1E8pAOY/видео.html
This song is pretty much about playing hide and seek with a Demon, pretty badass ahah Also the main riff is taken straight up from the song (sic) by Slipknot!
Great reaction, as usual, thanks! This was my very first BABYMETAL song so it's very special to me. And it's still one of my favorites. And, of course, the "Moa slide" is one of the cutest parts of choreo I've ever seen.
When a channel keeps asking for listener requests for Babymetal songs to react to, that's really cool. But a small part of me feels a little sad. In the decade they have been performing, only 3 albums have been released, so those requests will soon be exhausted. But that feeling mostly dissipates when I remember that ALL of the songs on those 3 albums are worth reacting to. Heck, I listened to the first two albums _exclusively_ for about 5 years. In car, at work, at home. There's a LOT of mileage in those few songs, both figuratively and literally. 😁 And although there are a couple of slightly overlapping 'themes' (like; 'this is a ballad', or ' this is a more rap-based thing') it's definitely the exception to the rule: most are just not going to be what you expect AT ALL based on prior experience of the band. The original game plan was to break some boundaries of 'genre'. Maybe they thought; "Well. This sure seems to be going better than we expected; let's see just how far out we can push this boat..." That they are all stellar-level musicians and performers hasn't held up their success too much, of course. Love the reactions, and the format. Keep 'em coming, and keep safe. 🥰
Thank you for mentioning how the girls are obviously enjoying what they are doing. It's important, because so many people are calling them fake and unauthentic. This alone proves them wrong. Nobody could fake that. I cannot watch a compilation video without a rant, though: Anybody who knows the slightest thing about guitars will notice that the video footage of the guitarist playing the first solo does not match up with the music all. This will confirm the naysayers' beliefs that they are fake. Hence it's a stupid idea. And it just looks wrong.
Bro, the reason it doesn’t match up is because it’s a complication vid of their performances?? Can you please explain your thought process?? I don’t exactly know what you’re complaining about???
@@yandereboyenthusiast8149 Yes, I‘m complaining about it being a compilation. What I‘m seeing is not what I‘m hearing, which I find particularly annoying during close-ups of the guitarist‘s playing. And the second point is that BABYMETAL shows are a visual treat as well. So having the girls jump from stage to stage and from costume to costume every few seconds makes for a incoherent and incomplete experience. Just my personal opinion, if it doesn‘t bother other people, good for them.
Gotta love that so many of the early songs are lyrically aimed at girls and kids in the compulsory age range of 10-15 in japan. Gives their songs such a up beat playful spirit that just makes the music hit so much harder
Budokan black night . Legend 1997 The 3 trilogy shows from 2015 , Wembley arena show 2016 Metrock 2015 festival a festival show on world tour in US And one looked like summer sonic festival in Japan and Five fox festival + others . One hell of a compilation video . Try this to see Performance properly because compilation videos take a bit away from performance. Great reaction always enjoy your reactions . ruclips.net/video/tHkqSZQHZ1Y/видео.html
Haha love it boys! I never heard this band before you guys. I'm back again though, check out Queens of the Stone Age, maybe their first album. Regular John or something.. haha or if not, just go to a banger. Song for the dead.
This song is medicine for your soul. My personal favorite for so many reasons. So glad ya'll enjoyed it.
la mía también, es mi canción favorita
Catch Me If You Can is drug
Sweet little girls dancing and singing, playing hide and seek on metal chords? And everything done flawlessly? Sometimes I get the feeling a part of Japan is one big Stanley Kubrick movie. And it gives me the same reaction. One big grin, from ear to ear. It's like you take life, and then you take it to the very limit of your imagination. All it needs then is a genius putting it together. His name is Key Kobayashi, also known as Koba-metal. He had a dream, a very weird one. And it worked!
The mastermind behind BABYMETAL is called Key Kobayashi but everyone call him KobaMetal. He's a big fan of Metal and is a music producer in Japan, so one day he pitched this idea of mixing j-pop and Metal just for fun and guess what it worked :D
In some interviews he claims that the idea came to him in a dream but the man tells stories like he's Vince McMahon :/
But kobametal got wishpers from fox god
@@panglima4832 yeah... Of course he's just a vessel for the spirit of the Fox God :p
@@FlipperWolf cringe
Koba is both a genius and a meme
⚡ 💀 💕 / 🏃♀️👹
If much of their charm is in the blending of the cute and the brutal, this song is a great example.
While Megitsune is still my favorite, this has one of the cutest choreographies.
The growling vocals are on the backing track. They use a backing track for all the extra stuff that is in their songs. Sound effects, male vocals, extra instruments that aren't guitars and drums. Stuff like that.
Key Kobayashi is the producer who put it all together. Either he had wanted to do this for a while or he had the inspiration watching Su sing when she was in Karen Girl's. But it was formed around her. Her voice is perfect for metal. It's so strong.
If you want to see a 10 year old Suzuka in her first 3 girl trio. She starts on the left.
Karen Girl's - Over the Future (Dance Shot Ver) English Subbed
ruclips.net/video/LLMld3-v208/видео.html
Just look for the ears.
@@erickern4735 you beat me to it lol
Yay, probably my favorite BM song. This song embodies 80% of what BABYMETAL is, super sick heavy music mixed with extreme cuteness plus it highlights the 2 little ones more than most songs. The growl is on the backtrack, they are playing hide and seek with a demon...
The song is about playing hide and seek, the children's game. In Japan, the tagger is called an oni, or ogre. The song amps it all up of course, the giirls never do say "Catch Me if you Can"
Plenty of people have told you about Koba being the guy who had the idea of BABYMETAL and built the group around Su after working with her while she was part of another group. To answer your question, Hollywood, the drummer's name is Hideki Aoyama. He is an absolute beast on the kit. He and BOH, the bassist (bald dude) are my favorites of the band.
I had no idea that this was about playing hide-and-seek with an ogre demon. That is amazing info to have, so thanks to all who passed along that tidbit!
KOBA-METAL is the dude behind it, but SU-METAL's voice was the catalyst
I believe
That's right.
Kei Kobayashi (Kobametal) became aware of a talented young girl in the Amuse Kid's division, whose JPop trio Karen Girl's was coming to an end (2008-2009), when Suzuka was 10 or 11. He built the BABYMETAL project around her.
@@rickwagner- thank you Rick Wagner-san
@@onethreesixtwo1818 Pretty soon we have to start calling him Wagner-sama
oh hell yes now its time for Yava and Awadama Fever
Yava with Kamiband intro is a must www.dailymotion.com/video/x7objjd
This is the original show for this track... BABYMETAL - Catch Me If You Can - BLACK NIGHT LEGEND DOOMSDAY ruclips.net/video/ng8U_j0gpLI/видео.html
Forgot it was Babymetal Monday! My favourite Babymetal song (though I do tend to say that about 30 of their songs) and without doubt the best Metal song about playing Hide and Seek ever (frankly, I don't think most Metal bands have dared to address the subject so well done Babymetal yet again). A lot of people don't like compilations but, because Babymetal are so tight and practiced and professional, it seems OK to mix up their shows sometimes as they match up in timings mostly. If you wanna see a version that's live, has the Kami Band intro and English subtitles then you need to see this one, from Black Night Legend concert. The lyrics are great! Oh, and fucking awesome reaction as ever, guys. See you! ruclips.net/video/ng8U_j0gpLI/видео.html PS 3:45 - "It's a she" "It's a he"...it was Fukio Mitsuji, a great - male! - guitarist who sadly died back in Jan 2018. A big loss to the Kami Band but you weren't to know so cool. 4:52 PS AGAIN - Gotta love how you both suddenly got big grins on your faces as the girls came out on stage! That's what we all do when the angels appear on stage- they just make you instantly happy. It's like magic!
毎回、BABYMETALリアクション動画、楽しみにしています。From Japan BabyMetal Fan
if im not mistaken i think the song is about hide and seek with a demon
It's a demon-Ogre-type-o'-thing 🙂🤘
The song is about playing hide and seek, the "demon" come from the tagger being called "Oni-san" which is a tease.
@@Nagato_TruePain thanks for the clarification 😊
Ao Oni.
@@Nagato_TruePain
no, the song makes other references to demons in japanese stories; it's definitely intended as an actual demon in this case.
6:09 was unexpected for me. That's a really good melody there.
Great choice, great reaction! KOBA METAL was the genius behind BABYMETAL. I'll let the more knowledgeable members of THE ONE fill in the backstory. Again, thanks for this BM selection, it was the pick-me-up I needed...Arigato!! 🦊🤘
Key Kobayashi, also known as "KOBAMETAL" is the Japanese music producer who put Babymetal together. He's a metal fan who had an idea, but it wasn't until he heard the power of Su's voice that he knew just how he would do it. It's all built around her. Mikiko Mizuno designs their choreography, as well as the Olympic festival a few years ago. It's a group effort, but those are the main people behind it.
This was the first song that turned me on to Babymetal a few years ago. I love that I can see the same joy I felt coming through with you both! Great reaction!
It's not growling. It's a demon or something asking them "if they are ready." Then they respond "Maada da yo (no, not yet)".
It's an ogre
Wow really
@@kerimmejdoub1381 It's an Oni, Akaoni-san in fact, out of a children's story. Oni is generally translated as ogre. Oni are a type of Yokai, which is generally translated as demon. Yokai can be good or evil. Akaoni-san happens to be good. Kitsune are Yokai too.
It's Godzilla.
Such a playful song. Love it
This song is about Kakurenbo (traditional japanese game, kind of like tag and hide & seek). The girls are playing this, running and hiding from an oni (flesh-eating demon ogre), that's the growling voice in the background.
You can hear the oni asking "Oi! Mou ii kai?!" (Hey! Are you ready?!), and the girls answer "Mada da yo!" (Not yet!) while they run looking for a place to hide.
Key Kobayashi, aka KobaMetal, is he brain behind the madness.
Who is he or she exactly
@@Hollywood6IX He is a music producer for Amuse talent agency. He loved and grew up with heavy metal and always wanted to incorporate jpop with metal and picked out Su-Metal as the lead and then Moa and Yui, basically because they are twin like, as a "heavy metal club" side unit to the idol group Sekura Gukein that the 3 girls were picked to be in 2010 . Not even sure he knew how it would blow up.
Being chased by a flesh eating Ogre and being so bad ass that you just don't giving a crap...thats Metal!!
Put your Kitsune UP!! Po!
After second time through Gimmie Chocolate I had the same reaction. "Whoever came up with this is a genius." Tales of destinies is a crazy song you should check out
One of my favourite babymetal songs. They are like no other band out there. Love them
I'm so glad babymetal monday is a thing. We wanna see you get through every song so keep it going. Syncopation, Distortion, and Night Night Burn. Sorry if youve done any of these but I didn't go check.
See you at the mosh'sh pitt (aka the happy mosh pitt)
Kami Band man... KobaMetal wanted the best musicians to back up the band
. the original members
Hideky Aoyama - Drums
BOH - Bass
Takayoshi Ohmura - Guitar
Mikio Fujioka - Guitar (R.I.P)
Or
Leda - Guitar
Yuya Maeta - Drums
Of course, they've been rotations over the last couple of years for tours or festivals.
Love Babymetal and love your videos! Since one of you is a gamer you should check out the song "up down left right BBAB"
Other great songs are Uki uki midnight, Road of resistence (live version), Awadama fever, GJ!, Yava... too many to name!
Nothing like a metal song about hide and seek with a fun call and response throughout. Love it.
If you didn’t know before, now you know why the band is called the Kami (God) Band.
I really like Catch Me If You Can because everybody gets to show their excellent skills.
And everybody has fun!
I love this song . . . it is a legit banger. Thanks for the awesome reaction 🤘🦊🤘
The Growls are just a backing track.
7:14Demon's horrible groan
" Mitsuketa"
The meaning of that's "l've catched sight of you.
from Japan
One of only 2 subscriptions that I get alerts for. You guys are great, Word!
another genius level Japanese contribution comes from Ayumi Hamasaki.... the product is called "Sparkle" and it's got the best worldwide feel.
Rest in Peace - Fujioka Mikio
The drummers name is Hideki Aoyama
It is fairly easy to mix songs from different shows with BABYMETAL, those earpieces they have are playing a click track(metronome), some robot will go 3,2,1,3,2,1,... sometimes (usually when SU is holding a long note) and have other cues so they are always in perfect time in every single show. One of the reasons they are so good live.
We know from a capture of Suu's IEM feed for Shanti Shanti Shanti that there are no clicks. She was counted into the song, but that was it. We don't know what the kamiband hears, though. Still right that with the heavy use of a backing track you get that absolute consistency.
@@johnschultz7765 OMG it did change, In an older one I heard there was a lot of robo counting and stuff like that. From a review by a professional musician he could tell the kami band was spot on to a click track, so they probably still use it.
It's a shame you were given a link for a compilation video when there are good pro-shot live performances of Catch Me If You Can to be found very easily - even on RUclips. One from Budokan has all the Kami Band solos as they are played, not dodgy clips of the different guitarists taken from other solos on other songs, or the one from Makuhari Messe has the girls hyping the crowd up for two or three minutes before the song even starts.
Yes they were having fun - they were playing hide and seek on stage ... but keeping it metal as they were playing it with an Oni (a sort of Japanese ogre). The growling voice is the Oni asking things like "Are you ready?" with Yui and Moa responding "Maada da yo" (No not yet) and doing the running away from an Oni dance.
I'm sure you have been told in the comments on previous videos who is behind it all and how he developed the whole idea for Babymetal around Su, so I won't repeat it all again here.
Many thanks again for your good information from Japan 有難う💛. In return, just FYI (or you maybe alredly know it). The last part of the lyric means "Red shoes, you shouldn't wear. Because they are dangerous." It comes from an old Japanese song written in 1922 "A girl wearing red shoes" being based on a story told soon after the Meiji Restoration when Japan started to open to Western countries. The song is about a foreigner who took a little girl away to his homeland and the girl was allegedly wearing a pair of red shoes. So this song seemed to relate to some crime and the people at that time (more than 100 years ago) were cautious about foreigners as potentially dangerous existence like big red-haired ogres. The true story, however, were turned out to be different. There was a couple and the husband and wife were too poor to take care of their daughter suffering from tuberculosis which was incurable disease at that time in Japan. So the parents trusted the girl to a American missionary and asked him to foster her. The girl's disease was very bad and died before going to the USA. The mother, however, believed that her daughter became healthy and was living in the country across the ocean.
In any case the song "A girl wearing red shoes" has sad background. But again BabyMetal with their magic turned the sad feeling into a cheerful mood in a child play, hide and seek. They sometimes change drastically negative thing into positive one. "Gimme Chocolate", which use to have a sad memory for Japanese, is another example. Sorry for lengthy explanation.
@@flugelhornoldman1362 Thank you. Yes I had heard that story, but I had forgotten the finer details. All very sad, but thank you for reminding me again.
Flugelhorn Old Man If you don’t mind, I’d love to hear what you have on Gimme Chocolate. But either way, thanks for this.
@@kevinhiggins7838 Thanks for your response. Right after the World Work II, almost all big cities in Japan were totally destroyed and brought under control by the Occupation Army delegated from USA. There were numerous children on street and they were all hungry. When a jeep came by, they run after the jeep shouting "give me chocolate !" and begged the sweets to American soldiers, because it was the most delicious food they could barely get if the soldiers were kind enough to share. I am 64 years old, born 10 years after WW II ended, so I personally did not have such experience. But the phrase "give me chocolate" has still make many Japanese people recall the miserable situation. Koba, the producer of BABYMETAL, must know what the phrase means. Nevertheless BM's "Gimme Chocolate" has drastically turned the meaning upside down. It's a song about a girl who loves chocolate while she is careful for her weight. No sad or miserable thing at all. Nothing but cheerful, laughable and peaceful situation is there. Some older fan said this song should be a tribute to all of the soldiers died in battlefields and people who suffered during the war and in the postwar period. I agree that this song implies the true end of the W W II and would remove some type of trauma existing deep down in aged Japanese people' mind if they listen to it. I hope this will help you understand. Thanks again
Wow... thanks again. I know there’s the phrase “Don’t think. Feel.” Su apparently said that somewhere but I’d rather think. This certainly provides something to think about. You say Koba must know the meaning, but did Koba write the song? On my vinyl it doesn’t mention anything about the songwriters or for that matter the musicians of any of the songs. It’s seems strange to me how so much talent can be assembled without even public recognition given to them. Anyway, regard this as being rhetorical in nature... I’m not expecting you to be the one stop answer shop.
No Rain No Rainbow with X Japan will put everything in perspective on passing members tribute
Another great reaction guys,, look forward to Babymetal Monday's every week now🦊🌈🙌🙌🙌
That was awesome performance!
It was probably already mentioned by another comment, but the freaking human drum machine is known as Hideki Aoyama!
The growler is asking if they're ready yet, and the girls are responding not ready yet. This is a song about a game of hide and seek.
Thank you for doing this. This is one of my most favorite BM songs. Have you done Awadama Fever? That’s another perfect BM song.
No we havent but will def look into it
The hardest music about hide and go seek EVER!!!!!
The song is about playing a Japanese version of hide and go seek, the growling part the voice is asking if they are ready(Ooi moo iikai? Moo iikai?) . the girls reply "no, not yet"(Maada da yo)… the growling part although is not credited to anyone, general consensus is that it is their producer Koba-metal. And the :mastermind" behind BABYMETAL is Key Kobayashi (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kobametal)
Plz react to tamashi no rufuran live sui metal are expost his vocal are fearless in this song
Yes its a hidden gem, cause it got only played/performed once (Legend 1997, Su-Metal 16th B-day). In the last few days I listened this song alot =)
The song is cover from the anime Neon Genesis Evangelion. 'Tamashiii No Rufuran' means Soul's Refrain
I think all my metalcore experience they are the unique amazing metal band!!!! No doubt!!! The voice of suzuka nakamoto just ripped ur soul the band is very talented just energize ur body the feeling is maxing but ingredieble!!!
This song is awesome and doesnt get enough reactions.
This song is the the definition of Kawaii metal :)
That first guitarist you paused on was a dude. That was Mikio, RIP :(
Sorry about that...honest mistake
@@Hollywood6IX No biggie, I wasn't mad haha Tragically Mikio is no longer with us.
please react to babymetal headbanger live at legend 1997
My favorite BM reactors, good stuff as always fellas
How many metal songs do you know about hide and seek?
It’s amazing.
Or a metal song about time-travelling chewing gum, just because some metal bands accused them of writing 'bubblegum metal' maybe? :)
I love watching you two! You need to review Band Maid! Song Hate live at Yokahoma arena Japan!
Yeah this is definitely a dope song. You got to see the live in Tokyo version of this. Funny when he called the guitarist a girl. All the band members are dudes except for the three female singers :)
Thank you Shawn I need more reactions of this song haha
They are playing hide and seek with a Japanese ogre..weirdly cool!
I'm looking forward to next manday!!
"Akatsuki"?"From dusk till down"??It's my hope...
We just might my friend
Finally, reacting my fav babymetals track
Pls react Road of Resistance live in Japan and PA PA YA next👏👏👏👏👏
We have done both actually....headbanger is up on our page but youtube blocked ROR but we uploaded it on Patreon channel
Trash Talkers I see😁But you haven’t done PA PA YA yet. Pls check PA PA YA🎉
Really fun song💃💃💃
If not only the song in it self is badass, knowing that the song is about the girls playing hide-and-seek with an Oni (an man-devouring ogre/troll, from Japanese folklore), makes it even better.
Babymetal makes you smile 😍😁😍🤘
Should have react to live version at Rising Sun Rock Festival 2016. Multiple mosh pits commanded by Queen Su.
the demon is growling "hey are you ready,,are you ready,,the girls are replying no not yet,,,,the song is about playing hide and seek and tag with a japanese deamon
They were babies! I’m not sure how they are now. Must be pretty foxy like Megitsune
This style, definitely a plectrum, usually a thick and hard one for minimum flex movement of the tip. Unless you're Paul Gilbert. lol
METALLICA
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the best metal bands of all time
That moment you realize this song is about playing hide and seek with a demon
She's gotta be nearly 11 years old by now, but if you haven't seen Yoyoka and her drum covers..
Good Times, Bad Times
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I'm a 60 year old rocker... should I be into this!? That was awesome!
For some other Korean metal, check Crossfaith - countdow to hell, live at Polandrock
This song is pretty much about playing hide and seek with a Demon, pretty badass ahah
Also the main riff is taken straight up from the song (sic) by Slipknot!
Great reaction, as usual, thanks!
This was my very first BABYMETAL song so it's very special to me. And it's still one of my favorites. And, of course, the "Moa slide" is one of the cutest parts of choreo I've ever seen.
Oh yeah Babymetal goes all in, Awesome video Bros I subbed you
6:25 can u see Moa's smile shine there :D
please react to tough road of resistence from babymetal !!!!!!! is the best song
We did but youtube blocked it...we have it uploaded it on our patreon if you would like to see it. But we agree that was a great song
Growl is Sabaton and the compliation is because of the guitar that passed away and new guitarist
is called kakurenbo in japanese
"Ojiisan, kochira"... means "uncle, here!"...
Yeah, it is you, uncle...
Are ready are ready..no not yet is what they are saying
Babymetal = Like
No further questions here.
When a channel keeps asking for listener requests for Babymetal songs to react to, that's really cool.
But a small part of me feels a little sad. In the decade they have been performing, only 3 albums have been released, so those requests will soon be exhausted.
But that feeling mostly dissipates when I remember that ALL of the songs on those 3 albums are worth reacting to.
Heck, I listened to the first two albums _exclusively_ for about 5 years. In car, at work, at home. There's a LOT of mileage in those few songs, both figuratively and literally. 😁
And although there are a couple of slightly overlapping 'themes' (like; 'this is a ballad', or ' this is a more rap-based thing') it's definitely the exception to the rule: most are just not going to be what you expect AT ALL based on prior experience of the band.
The original game plan was to break some boundaries of 'genre'. Maybe they thought; "Well. This sure seems to be going better than we expected; let's see just how far out we can push this boat..."
That they are all stellar-level musicians and performers hasn't held up their success too much, of course.
Love the reactions, and the format. Keep 'em coming, and keep safe. 🥰
request to road of resistance
Kami is the second band that BabyMetal had during there birth.
Thank you for mentioning how the girls are obviously enjoying what they are doing. It's important, because so many people are calling them fake and unauthentic. This alone proves them wrong. Nobody could fake that.
I cannot watch a compilation video without a rant, though: Anybody who knows the slightest thing about guitars will notice that the video footage of the guitarist playing the first solo does not match up with the music all. This will confirm the naysayers' beliefs that they are fake. Hence it's a stupid idea. And it just looks wrong.
Bro, the reason it doesn’t match up is because it’s a complication vid of their performances?? Can you please explain your thought process?? I don’t exactly know what you’re complaining about???
@@yandereboyenthusiast8149 Yes, I‘m complaining about it being a compilation. What I‘m seeing is not what I‘m hearing, which I find particularly annoying during close-ups of the guitarist‘s playing.
And the second point is that BABYMETAL shows are a visual treat as well. So having the girls jump from stage to stage and from costume to costume every few seconds makes for a incoherent and incomplete experience.
Just my personal opinion, if it doesn‘t bother other people, good for them.
These intro makes me hype!!!🤘🤘🤘
You should try Tale of Destinies. If you can find Tokyo Dome, that's an awesome cut for BM.
React to slayer- raining blood
Listen to "LOVEBITES" song.
When will you react to Road of Resistance live?
Hehehe....try some Slaughter to prevail....best is demolisher. Try to copy that growling! Have fun!
Gotta love that so many of the early songs are lyrically aimed at girls and kids in the compulsory age range of 10-15 in japan. Gives their songs such a up beat playful spirit that just makes the music hit so much harder
Budokan black night . Legend 1997 The 3 trilogy shows from 2015 , Wembley arena show 2016 Metrock 2015 festival a festival show on world tour in US
And one looked like summer sonic festival in Japan and Five fox festival + others . One hell of a compilation video . Try this to see
Performance properly because compilation videos take a bit away from performance. Great reaction always enjoy your reactions .
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Haha love it boys! I never heard this band before you guys. I'm back again though, check out Queens of the Stone Age, maybe their first album. Regular John or something.. haha or if not, just go to a banger. Song for the dead.
Its actually a girl playing the guitar. R.I.P Mikio Fujioka❤ Lead guitarist for Baby Metal🥺
first time seeing your channel, great reaction sub and rang the bell!
nice!!
BABYMETAL(´>ω
please react to Yava with kamiband intro
Playing hide and seek with a flesh-eating ogre is METAL AF!