At the end Su was saying "We are!!" Yui and Moa plus the crowd yell back "Babymetal!!". They're basically saying them plus the crowd are all united as one.. at least that's how I see it. You did a very good job with the pronunciation of the song title btw.
As for the live band, they didn't use it when they started in 2010 under Sakura Gakuen, then it was only a mime band called Babybones Their live band aka Kami Band began late 2012 (with the song Headbanger i think). By 2014, Kami Band became their de facto exclusive band in all their performances and BabyBones effectively "retired".
Thanks for the nice one. The CR was like "We are Babymetal", which follows X Japan's famous concert ritual since they respect the band as one of the Japan metal forerunners.
Great pick! Still my favorite track from them and a great performance in what turned out to be a pivotal occasion in BABYMETAL's history. Unfortunately, Yui Mizuno, aka: _YUIMETAL_ (one of the two younger girls) left the band a couple of years ago. In her official statement released to the public in 2018 she attributed her decision to both ongoing health issues and her desire to follow her longtime dream of going on her own. To date, she has not been formally replaced and, in a 2019 interview, lead singer _SU-METAL_ stated: _"YUIMETAL has been someone very special to us. So obviously it's been very difficult, but we want to fully support what she wants to pursue, [...] Also there's just no one like YUIMETAL, so it's not an easy replacement. And that's why we decided - SU-METAL and MOAMETAL - to form the core of BABYMETAL."_ After experimenting with multiple dancers on stage all at once, they eventually returned to the three member formation and are currently assisted by three additional dancers, or 'Avengers', who have each taken turns in filling the third spot in their live performances.
Good reaction and good job with the pronunciation too. 'Ijime, Dame, Zettai' means ' Bullying, No More, For Ever' so the choreo was very much related to that with Yui and Moa fighting each other - until Su eventually steps between them and threatens to kick them both in the head if they don't stop. The call at the end is "We are" for the response "Babymetal". This is something X Japan, who they pay tribute to in many ways in their songs and in their performances, would do at the end of shows where they would call "We are" for the response "X". In Babymetal's case they mean it as everybody there is part of Babymetal including the audience and that they are all one. Yes sadly Yui (she was the one in this video whose skirt tore so there was a bit floating loose throughout) left the band in October 2018 for undisclosed health reasons that had prevented her performing for the previous 12 months, so her last shows were in October 2017. In 2018 Su and Moa were supported on the tour by two dancers, which inevitably changed the choreo from the usual triangular formation. In 2019 and 2020 they have gone back to the trio formation with the introduction of 3 'Avengers' (Kano, Riho and Momoko) - girls who take turns filling the third spot as dancers. So far they have not been given mics so Moa provides the backing vocals alone. The Kami Band first appeared in October 2012 playing live for a couple of festival appearances and for the encores of a couple of the bigger shows until they finally came in to support Babymetal for the entirety of all live performances from early in 2014. Sonisphere was their first show in the UK and their first major event outside of Asia (they had played two small shows in France and Germany in the days leading up to this). Su was 16, Yui and Moa had their 15th birthdays just before this (Moa's was the day before). They had originally been booked to play a small side stage or tent with maybe a couple of thousand of their own fans plus stragglers, but the Gimme Chocolate video had gone viral and the organiser moved their booking to open the main stage on Saturday morning. The vast majority there had no clue who Babymetal were, there were some who were potentially hostile and there had been threats of throwing bottles of urine at this "gimmick band making a mockery of metal" posted on social media. The girls were worried before going on stage - they didn't speak the language, they didn't know if they would be booed, they couldn't see the crowd from back stage and worried even more about what to do if nobody was there to see them perform. When they walked on stage there were 50-60,000 UK metalheads there. Su saw the puzzled faces and has said she thought at that moment "This will be fun". They played 5 songs, IDZ was the last of the set and you heard for yourself the crowd calling for "One more song". They had the biggest mosh pits of the weekend and their t-shirts and merchandise outsold all the other bands there for the rest of the weekend (and there were some very big bands playing). This was their major break-through moment in the west.
Great you got in first with the correct account of being move to main stage a while before through interest shown . "not the throwing them under the bus version" 🤘😷🤘
This performance is legendary as they were supposed to play a smaller side stage and were thrust to the main stage to open the show. Some have said it was done to try and destroy them, but they gave a great performance and won over the crowd.
Great performance and a important part of BabyMetal lore as being already explained . Few seconds after you stopped a picture comes up with song title in English . The girl who left Yui the one with twin tales and in ringlets and glove on right hand is still missed by fans. Moa is the other one with huge smile and dimples and her twin tails in one lose curl and she had her glove on left hand ( no gloves now) but as explained there are still going strong and getting even more popular. 🤘😷🤘
rhe song is basically about bullying. riughly translated stop bulling forever. ladies are suzuka maun singer, moa, and yui the one that left the group. the main guitarised died in 2018. dave from the uk.
Generally anything at a Festival (Sonisphere is a Festival) or any official music video is safe. Fancams are safe. Live concert videos that are not a Festival are the ones that might get blocked. Road of Resistance being the exception that was getting blocked for a while but it seems to be going up again. It was official live. Akatsuki live at Budokan is a live concert video that seems never to get blocked. Some others are safe can't recall. But if you want to do a risky one i recommend recording your reaction separate from the video. Awadama Fever live @ NBK seems safe. Seen that go up a few times no problem. A lot of the less reacted to songs are safe or safer. You said RoR got blocked let me guess the other one was Rondo of Nightmare at Budokan?
⚡ 💀 💕 / 🚫 And… that's how you win over metalheads on your first UK appearance. Sonisphere can be a really tough crowd if they don't like you. I can't imagine the strength of nerve it took for that 16 year old Su, and just turned 15 years old Yui and Moa to take that stage. And to leave them wanting more. I'd say they made some new fans that day.
BABYMETAL 101 Founded 2010 and produced by Key “Koba” Kobayashi from the Amuse Inc. talent agency. The band currently consists of Suzuka Nakamoto aka “Su-Metal” (22 years old) sometimes referred to as Vocal and Dance, and Moa Kikuchi aka Moa-Metal (20 years old) sometimes referred to as Scream and Dance. With a rotating trio of girls filling the third slot. These girls are known as Avengers and are Kano Fujihara (15 years old), Riho Sayashi (21 years old), and Momoko Okazaki (17 years old). They are supported by a rotating selection of talented backing musicians known as the Kami Band (Kami is usually poorly translated as gods, but in truth it more closely means awe inspiring spirit, entity, or object) It is why they are dressed in white to look like ghosts or spirits, though Kami being used as God(s) is so common in translation the white outfits get lost. Past Formations. Heavy Music Club Era (2010-2012) From 2010 to 2012 Babymetal consist of a three member formation, Suzuka Nakamoto, Moa Kikuchi, and Yui Mizuno aka Yui-Metal. First starting out as the Heavy Music Club as a subunit within the Developmental Idol Group created by Amuse in 2010 known as Sakura Gakuin. (A group that would introduce girls between the ages of 10-15 to music and dance through idol music. Given a school theme, all three would be a part of Sakura Gakuin until their graduation from it in the same school year they would graduate from Japanese middle school or 15 years old. Suzuka graduated in March 2013, and Moa and Yui in March of 2015.) During this time there was no lore, and the girls costumes were more punkish in nature. They also didn’t perform with live music, using a backing track or the “Skeleton band” people pretending to play music behind them. Babymetal Era (2012-2017) Starting in 2012 with the Legend I concert, Babymetal began its divorce from Sakura Gakuin, and was the first introduction of the Kami Band as well as the “Lore” the is still heavily involved in Babymetal but makes far less sense then it did during this time. The first Legend show I was the Kami Bands introduction to the end, but it also had the Skeleton Band which is seen in the wildly popular Gimmie Chocolate Music Video. This was followed by Legend D, and then Legend Z, in which is was learned that Babymetal would continue on as its own entity after Suzuka’s graduation from Sakura Gakuin in March of 2013. Slowly over 2013 the Skeleton Band would be phased out of all live shows, as Babymetal came into their own. Babymetal as it is most commonly known as with Su-Metal, Moa-Meta, and Yui-Metal, Kami Band, and a somewhat understandable lore is what consisted for the majority of it’s existence. Also established beyond the 3 member formation, they had 2 other set ups, one was what fans called Su-Solos, and it would just be Su on stage with the Kami band, performing a solo, and the other is known as Black Babymetal by the band themselves, which consisted of just Moa and Yui with the Kami band. The Dark times, The Chosen 7 Era In December 2017, Yui would miss the Legend-S concert for health reasons, these health problems would prosiest into 2018 and greatly effect the 2018 touring season bring the “Chosen 7” formation, consisting of Suzuka Nakamoto, Moa Kikuchi, and 2 backing dancers Minako Maruyama, and Minami Tsukui. Changes they would not tell fans and all throughout 2018 communicate extraordinarily little causing lots of pain for all involved fan and performer. This era is noted by their strange armor like costumes, sometimes referred to as Elf Armor. To make the poor communication, and Yui’s absence wasn’t bad enough, one of the Kami band members, Mikio Fujioka passed away after falling off a balcony in late December 2017 while star gazing. A beloved a incredibly talented musician lost leaving behind his wife and only child. In September 2018 Yui would formally resign from Babymetal, stating her unspecified health and wishing to move on. Babymetal themselves announced that the group will move on focusing on Suzuka and Moa. (Something many idiots within the fandom refuse or are to stupid to understand) In October Babymetal had a concert called Dark Night Carnival which added dancers, Shoko Akiyama, Saya Hirai, and Kotono, placing a total of seven girls on stage. This was also done without warning to fans and was an absolute mess. Babymetal would finish off the the 2018 tour season returning to the 3 member formation with just Saya Hirai joining them in southeast Asia and Australia. Ending one of the most troubling times in Babymetal’s history. The Current Era (Metal Galaxy) The current set up was first introduced in 2019 during the Babymetal Arises concert in Yokohama, before the start, the “Avenger” support dancer concept was explained in the lore, and the concept thanks to communication and a maintaining of the 3 member formation brought Babymetal out of dark times brought about during 2018. Babymetal seemed to have returned to its roots with the Avengers, as 2 of the three (Kano and Momoko) come from Sakura Gakuin. The third Riho, went to the same performing arts school as Suzuka during the same time, Actors School Hiroshima aka ASH. Which Avenger one sees can be confusing for those new to Babymetal. For the Music Videos, Pa Pa Ya, Elevator Girl, and Shanti Shanti Shanti, it is Kano Fujihara, who was just 14 years old at the time. Da Da Dance is a compilation of Momoko and Riho and a splicing of 2 different shows. In most fan cam videos of the American and European tour it would be either Riho or Momoko, as they toured with Babymetal in 2019. Kano had responsibilities with Sakura Gakuin as it’s president, a position Suzuka and Moa both held in Sakura Gakuin, and she’s never flown on a plane before. Some fans for 2019 did through a stupid temper tantrum over the use of new Kami Band members who are from the west now known as the West Coast Kami Band, but like how the girls won over many, so did they and the payoff with the Legend Metal Galaxy concert was well worth it.
This was 2014. They recorded their first single on Oct 30 2010. But they barely had one full album in 2014. So yeah early on. They do their songs one at a time instead of full albums. Or more so that way than in America? Not sure about the songs that aren't singles? The girls were still in school early on and they were part of Sakura Gakuin so they did a lot of their stuff too. Sakura Gakuin released songs and had kind of a television show where they pretended to be a school. So Su was participating in that until 2013 and Yui and Moa until 2015. They also had to go to real schools in those same years. It's required. Sakura Gakuin was VERY different than Babymetal. Here is a video with all 3 Babymetal girls that Sakura Gakuin put out a little bit before the first Babymetal single. Sakura Gakuin Verishuvi (Dance Ver.) ruclips.net/video/FbId5Fkq-eI/видео.html
If you pause it at 5:03 that's Yui, she left the band 2 years ago, allegedly because of health issues, she is sorely missed by so many fans (myself included) but we all wish her the best of health and happiness for whatever her future holds.
The moment BABYMETAL took over the world! :)
Ijime Dame Zettai means No More Bullying Forever
At the end Su was saying "We are!!" Yui and Moa plus the crowd yell back "Babymetal!!". They're basically saying them plus the crowd are all united as one.. at least that's how I see it.
You did a very good job with the pronunciation of the song title btw.
Or it's a way to say "remember who we are, you'll hear from us again" ^^
As for the live band, they didn't use it when they started in 2010 under Sakura Gakuen, then it was only a mime band called Babybones Their live band aka Kami Band began late 2012 (with the song Headbanger i think). By 2014, Kami Band became their de facto exclusive band in all their performances and BabyBones effectively "retired".
Thanks for the nice one. The CR was like "We are Babymetal", which follows X Japan's famous concert ritual since they respect the band as one of the Japan metal forerunners.
We are BABY METAL!!!!!!
Thats the chant!
Always always finish off with the cute “see you!”
Great pick! Still my favorite track from them and a great performance in what turned out to be a pivotal occasion in BABYMETAL's history.
Unfortunately, Yui Mizuno, aka: _YUIMETAL_ (one of the two younger girls) left the band a couple of years ago. In her official statement released to the public in 2018 she attributed her decision to both ongoing health issues and her desire to follow her longtime dream of going on her own. To date, she has not been formally replaced and, in a 2019 interview, lead singer _SU-METAL_ stated:
_"YUIMETAL has been someone very special to us. So obviously it's been very difficult, but we want to fully support what she wants to pursue, [...] Also there's just no one like YUIMETAL, so it's not an easy replacement. And that's why we decided - SU-METAL and MOAMETAL - to form the core of BABYMETAL."_
After experimenting with multiple dancers on stage all at once, they eventually returned to the three member formation and are currently assisted by three additional dancers, or 'Avengers', who have each taken turns in filling the third spot in their live performances.
Good reaction and good job with the pronunciation too. 'Ijime, Dame, Zettai' means ' Bullying, No More, For Ever' so the choreo was very much related to that with Yui and Moa fighting each other - until Su eventually steps between them and threatens to kick them both in the head if they don't stop.
The call at the end is "We are" for the response "Babymetal". This is something X Japan, who they pay tribute to in many ways in their songs and in their performances, would do at the end of shows where they would call "We are" for the response "X". In Babymetal's case they mean it as everybody there is part of Babymetal including the audience and that they are all one.
Yes sadly Yui (she was the one in this video whose skirt tore so there was a bit floating loose throughout) left the band in October 2018 for undisclosed health reasons that had prevented her performing for the previous 12 months, so her last shows were in October 2017.
In 2018 Su and Moa were supported on the tour by two dancers, which inevitably changed the choreo from the usual triangular formation.
In 2019 and 2020 they have gone back to the trio formation with the introduction of 3 'Avengers' (Kano, Riho and Momoko) - girls who take turns filling the third spot as dancers. So far they have not been given mics so Moa provides the backing vocals alone.
The Kami Band first appeared in October 2012 playing live for a couple of festival appearances and for the encores of a couple of the bigger shows until they finally came in to support Babymetal for the entirety of all live performances from early in 2014.
Sonisphere was their first show in the UK and their first major event outside of Asia (they had played two small shows in France and Germany in the days leading up to this). Su was 16, Yui and Moa had their 15th birthdays just before this (Moa's was the day before).
They had originally been booked to play a small side stage or tent with maybe a couple of thousand of their own fans plus stragglers, but the Gimme Chocolate video had gone viral and the organiser moved their booking to open the main stage on Saturday morning. The vast majority there had no clue who Babymetal were, there were some who were potentially hostile and there had been threats of throwing bottles of urine at this "gimmick band making a mockery of metal" posted on social media.
The girls were worried before going on stage - they didn't speak the language, they didn't know if they would be booed, they couldn't see the crowd from back stage and worried even more about what to do if nobody was there to see them perform.
When they walked on stage there were 50-60,000 UK metalheads there. Su saw the puzzled faces and has said she thought at that moment "This will be fun".
They played 5 songs, IDZ was the last of the set and you heard for yourself the crowd calling for "One more song". They had the biggest mosh pits of the weekend and their t-shirts and merchandise outsold all the other bands there for the rest of the weekend (and there were some very big bands playing). This was their major break-through moment in the west.
Great you got in first with the correct account of being move to main stage a while before through interest shown . "not the throwing them under the bus version" 🤘😷🤘
@@martinmetal7481 But the no warning story is just so much better, even if it isn't true.
Yui chan carried on, like a trooper, even though her skirt was come to pieces. What a professional!🥰
This performance is legendary as they were supposed to play a smaller side stage and were thrust to the main stage to open the show. Some have said it was done to try and destroy them, but they gave a great performance and won over the crowd.
Great performance and a important part of BabyMetal lore as being already explained . Few seconds after you stopped a picture comes up with song title in English .
The girl who left Yui the one with twin tales and in ringlets and glove on right hand is still missed by fans. Moa is the other one with huge smile and dimples and her twin tails in one lose curl and she had her glove on left hand ( no gloves now) but as explained there are still going strong and getting even more popular. 🤘😷🤘
rhe song is basically about bullying. riughly translated stop bulling forever. ladies are suzuka maun singer, moa, and yui the one that left the group. the main guitarised died in 2018. dave from the uk.
Generally anything at a Festival (Sonisphere is a Festival) or any official music video is safe. Fancams are safe. Live concert videos that are not a Festival are the ones that might get blocked. Road of Resistance being the exception that was getting blocked for a while but it seems to be going up again. It was official live.
Akatsuki live at Budokan is a live concert video that seems never to get blocked. Some others are safe can't recall. But if you want to do a risky one i recommend recording your reaction separate from the video.
Awadama Fever live @ NBK seems safe. Seen that go up a few times no problem. A lot of the less reacted to songs are safe or safer.
You said RoR got blocked let me guess the other one was Rondo of Nightmare at Budokan?
⚡ 💀 💕 / 🚫
And… that's how you win over metalheads on your first UK appearance.
Sonisphere can be a really tough crowd if they don't like you.
I can't imagine the strength of nerve it took for that 16 year old Su, and just turned 15 years old Yui and Moa to take that stage.
And to leave them wanting more. I'd say they made some new fans that day.
BABYMETAL 101
Founded 2010 and produced by Key “Koba” Kobayashi from the Amuse Inc. talent agency. The band currently consists of Suzuka Nakamoto aka “Su-Metal” (22 years old) sometimes referred to as Vocal and Dance, and Moa Kikuchi aka Moa-Metal (20 years old) sometimes referred to as Scream and Dance. With a rotating trio of girls filling the third slot. These girls are known as Avengers and are Kano Fujihara (15 years old), Riho Sayashi (21 years old), and Momoko Okazaki (17 years old). They are supported by a rotating selection of talented backing musicians known as the Kami Band (Kami is usually poorly translated as gods, but in truth it more closely means awe inspiring spirit, entity, or object) It is why they are dressed in white to look like ghosts or spirits, though Kami being used as God(s) is so common in translation the white outfits get lost.
Past Formations.
Heavy Music Club Era (2010-2012)
From 2010 to 2012 Babymetal consist of a three member formation, Suzuka Nakamoto, Moa Kikuchi, and Yui Mizuno aka Yui-Metal. First starting out as the Heavy Music Club as a subunit within the Developmental Idol Group created by Amuse in 2010 known as Sakura Gakuin. (A group that would introduce girls between the ages of 10-15 to music and dance through idol music. Given a school theme, all three would be a part of Sakura Gakuin until their graduation from it in the same school year they would graduate from Japanese middle school or 15 years old. Suzuka graduated in March 2013, and Moa and Yui in March of 2015.) During this time there was no lore, and the girls costumes were more punkish in nature. They also didn’t perform with live music, using a backing track or the “Skeleton band” people pretending to play music behind them.
Babymetal Era (2012-2017)
Starting in 2012 with the Legend I concert, Babymetal began its divorce from Sakura Gakuin, and was the first introduction of the Kami Band as well as the “Lore” the is still heavily involved in Babymetal but makes far less sense then it did during this time. The first Legend show I was the Kami Bands introduction to the end, but it also had the Skeleton Band which is seen in the wildly popular Gimmie Chocolate Music Video. This was followed by Legend D, and then Legend Z, in which is was learned that Babymetal would continue on as its own entity after Suzuka’s graduation from Sakura Gakuin in March of 2013. Slowly over 2013 the Skeleton Band would be phased out of all live shows, as Babymetal came into their own.
Babymetal as it is most commonly known as with Su-Metal, Moa-Meta, and Yui-Metal, Kami Band, and a somewhat understandable lore is what consisted for the majority of it’s existence. Also established beyond the 3 member formation, they had 2 other set ups, one was what fans called Su-Solos, and it would just be Su on stage with the Kami band, performing a solo, and the other is known as Black Babymetal by the band themselves, which consisted of just Moa and Yui with the Kami band.
The Dark times, The Chosen 7 Era
In December 2017, Yui would miss the Legend-S concert for health reasons, these health problems would prosiest into 2018 and greatly effect the 2018 touring season bring the “Chosen 7” formation, consisting of Suzuka Nakamoto, Moa Kikuchi, and 2 backing dancers Minako Maruyama, and Minami Tsukui. Changes they would not tell fans and all throughout 2018 communicate extraordinarily little causing lots of pain for all involved fan and performer. This era is noted by their strange armor like costumes, sometimes referred to as Elf Armor. To make the poor communication, and Yui’s absence wasn’t bad enough, one of the Kami band members, Mikio Fujioka passed away after falling off a balcony in late December 2017 while star gazing. A beloved a incredibly talented musician lost leaving behind his wife and only child.
In September 2018 Yui would formally resign from Babymetal, stating her unspecified health and wishing to move on. Babymetal themselves announced that the group will move on focusing on Suzuka and Moa. (Something many idiots within the fandom refuse or are to stupid to understand)
In October Babymetal had a concert called Dark Night Carnival which added dancers, Shoko Akiyama, Saya Hirai, and Kotono, placing a total of seven girls on stage. This was also done without warning to fans and was an absolute mess. Babymetal would finish off the the 2018 tour season returning to the 3 member formation with just Saya Hirai joining them in southeast Asia and Australia. Ending one of the most troubling times in Babymetal’s history.
The Current Era (Metal Galaxy)
The current set up was first introduced in 2019 during the Babymetal Arises concert in Yokohama, before the start, the “Avenger” support dancer concept was explained in the lore, and the concept thanks to communication and a maintaining of the 3 member formation brought Babymetal out of dark times brought about during 2018. Babymetal seemed to have returned to its roots with the Avengers, as 2 of the three (Kano and Momoko) come from Sakura Gakuin. The third Riho, went to the same performing arts school as Suzuka during the same time, Actors School Hiroshima aka ASH.
Which Avenger one sees can be confusing for those new to Babymetal. For the Music Videos, Pa Pa Ya, Elevator Girl, and Shanti Shanti Shanti, it is Kano Fujihara, who was just 14 years old at the time. Da Da Dance is a compilation of Momoko and Riho and a splicing of 2 different shows. In most fan cam videos of the American and European tour it would be either Riho or Momoko, as they toured with Babymetal in 2019. Kano had responsibilities with Sakura Gakuin as it’s president, a position Suzuka and Moa both held in Sakura Gakuin, and she’s never flown on a plane before.
Some fans for 2019 did through a stupid temper tantrum over the use of new Kami Band members who are from the west now known as the West Coast Kami Band, but like how the girls won over many, so did they and the payoff with the Legend Metal Galaxy concert was well worth it.
you're guaranteed never bullied again, I promise you that with my life.
This was 2014. They recorded their first single on Oct 30 2010. But they barely had one full album in 2014. So yeah early on. They do their songs one at a time instead of full albums. Or more so that way than in America? Not sure about the songs that aren't singles?
The girls were still in school early on and they were part of Sakura Gakuin so they did a lot of their stuff too. Sakura Gakuin released songs and had kind of a television show where they pretended to be a school. So Su was participating in that until 2013 and Yui and Moa until 2015. They also had to go to real schools in those same years. It's required.
Sakura Gakuin was VERY different than Babymetal. Here is a video with all 3 Babymetal girls that Sakura Gakuin put out a little bit before the first Babymetal single.
Sakura Gakuin Verishuvi (Dance Ver.)
ruclips.net/video/FbId5Fkq-eI/видео.html
If you pause it at 5:03 that's Yui, she left the band 2 years ago, allegedly because of health issues, she is sorely missed by so many fans (myself included) but we all wish her the best of health and happiness for whatever her future holds.
Translated the title means stop bullying forever Dave uk
Ijime Dame Zettai
Original MV (2012) Commentary from BabyMetal
ruclips.net/video/E9iwXK8ZsKoM/видео.htmlegitsune
(Original: ruclips.net/video/nDqaTXqCN-Q/видео.html)
Nice reaction. Keep it up.
The Fox God sent me here
Ya did a pretty good job pronouncing the title ..