Vocal Coach reacts to BABYMETAL - PA PA YA!! (feat. F.HERO)
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Vocal Coach reacts to reaction to analyses analyzes analysis of breaks down BABYMETAL - PA PA YA!! (feat. F.HERO)
Original Video without interruption: • BABYMETAL - PA PA YA!!...
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Performed by Babymetal
Suzuka Nakamoto
Moa Kikuchi
Yui Mizuno
Genres: Kawaii metal, pop metal, J-pop, power metal, alternative metal, death metal
Origin: Tokyo Japan
Location and Date
Live at The Forum, California US 13/5/2020
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A note, when they approached F-Hero to adapt the song, he started to work up a Japanese version of his part, but they told him to keep to his native Thai.
That was the best option no question.
Can't understand anything his saying, but maaaan its good.
If you want to hear more of Su's voice, check out her solo songs such as No Rain, No Rainbow and the live versions of Akatsuki
This is the way.
Agreed No Rain No Rainbow I think is a great song and demonstrates just how great a singer Su is
"Shine" and "The One" Stairway to living legend versions are good too
Shine is the best song to check out. Those two are good, but they are older. Her voice is better and has matured. Shine is the finest example of her voice, particularly the Legend M version of the song.
@@I-MAC shine and starlight showcase her voice much more
Next recommendation usually safe to react:
- _"Headbangeeeeerrrrr!!!!!!"_ live at "Legend 1997" held in 2013, you can find that clip at Gans Tomas under "Head Bangya" title, please don't go for another channel version just because of the amount of views, it has some audio issues and a long unnecessary outro.
Alternatively you can watch:
- Rondo Of Nightmare live at Budokan 2014 with Mischiefs Of Metal Gods Intro, you can find a clip safe to react at "Kawaii Metal" channel.
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Love Su! Her voice is pure beauty!
And watch her sing with Rob Halford from Judas Priest
I love Su, she is pure beauty! Going to see them live in April!
It's funny you mentioned the non existence of vibrato on this song. It works well on some songs and not on others, but Su also has one of the greatest vibratos I have ever heard. Her ability to sing AND control the crowd are unrivaled. I think she makes a lot of metal bands angry simply because she keeps the crowd in the palm of her hand for the ENTIRE show. It is truly a sight to see live.
"...vibrato can hide a lot of sins." THAT'S EXACTLY WHY I DO IT!!!
Don't worry we all do! :)
The girls go hard physically like this on EVERY song that they perform during a show or concert (with the exception of 1 or 2 songs where Su sings a solo or ballad) which can be up to 17 songs and 1.5+ hours long!🤘🦊🤘
Unabashedly one of my favourite Babymetal songs! So fun watching you react to this
yeah it is a great song & although I have no Japanese Language ability it really makes me want to join in
It's so hype and it's such an earworm
@@shaneeslick Most of this song is literally English or consists of "PAPAYA"' lol
The English stuff may sound japanese because of japanese way to pronounce English words but its actually mostly English :D
Not counting the rapped part of course which is Thai.
Waiting for a long time for your return to the Foxhole . Exellent reaction enjoy having you explaining and passing on your knowledge about singing . A reactor recently complained about Su not using vibrato . I am not a big fan of vibrato . Su can hit higher notes with ease . Should check out the new song Monochrome. 😁🤘🦊🤘
Vibrato is just a technique the same way a guitarist will bend a note, it is not a measure of how good a singer is. Some singers completely over use it and I think it is more a cover for less actual control rather than some example of fantastic vocal ability. Su sings the way she does because there is a very loud and powerful band behind her, and as anyone knows the band sounds ten times louder when you are actually at the venue so she needs those high clean notes to cut through and be heard, everything in Babymetal is done for a reason, everything in the name of The Fox God
@Chris Harris yes i agree with you, and i know that, i was not too happy the way that reactor said it was as if Su's vocals were something less because she does not use vibrato
As Billy Connolly said, using that style has ruined some good songs
But i am not going to try imitating him singing using vibrato .🤣😁🤘🦊
Welcome back to the Fox Hole. Great reaction and analysis but, as has been said below already, this was the official video so it had the studio audio dubbed over the live performance footage. Su-metal is even better live and everything you said about her just hitting the notes, no warbling vibrato to hide anything, is absolutely correct and true. She is an extraordinary vocalist and does all that while dancing.
I would love to hear what you would make of their song 'Shine' and Su-metal's performance of that at their Legend M concert in 2019.
Yes Shine legend M reaction would be amazing
F.HERO is a real hero. Amazing guy. The lyrics he's rapping out are about the lovely times that can be had eating papaya in Thailand. Especially papaya salad with sashimi. Love it.
Som Tam ❤❤❤
Always more Babymetal forever! :) 🦊❤️🤘🔥👍
The Queen SU-METAL! 🙂 Nice reaction!
Su is always getting better and better with her english, and I could be mistaken, but part of me thinks she just loves performing this so that she can show off how good her 'R's are now on the 'Bring it' parts.
That's what I was thinking too when I first heard her perform it live. Su-metal shows her singing in English singing is pretty darn good by performing the English version of The One in Japan. With Pa Pa Ya she almost seems to be showing it off. I'm certain she has the right to, she probably worked _really_ hard at it.
Their harmonies are absolutely incredible! The fact that they can create harmonics during a live performance is remarkable!!
If you want the power of Su’s voice her solos really show it. No Rain No Rainbow as has been mentioned. But also Rondo of Nightmare which is my favorite shows it so well.
I cannot articulate exactly why, but in addition to J-Pop, Rap, and Metal, there is also unmistakable traditional Japanese influences in the musical DNA, but that is to be expected. Considering the song is about a Summer festival, if you listen carefully to the underlying melody you can hear traditional festival beats.
Pretty sure others already told you this is studio audio over live footage, the actual live audio is excellent as well
Filmed in Yokohama arena 2019, unreal concert. My first experience of Babymetal live. It was so bloody hot that night and the place was rammed. Absolutely amazing.
Watched them live before covid in a small venue in Hamburg (Germany) in Große Freiheit 36 ( a venue with great history) and even without the massive production it was a killer show...even though it wasnt much longer than around 1 hour .
Wow! Beth has come back to BABYMETAL and thanks again from Japan 有難う💛。 Speaking of stamina, BM requires it to the audience. When you attend their show someday, you will come to know it is very hard to keep swinging towel above your head for 4 minutes all along. It is very fun. though. In June 2019, F. Hero came all the way to Japan from Thai for the world premiere of this song and he had been very nervous to perform at a huge arena in foreign country. This is an MV of live footage coupled with studio sound. At the actual venue, Su-Metal shouted "Come on F. Hero!" to summon him. And at the end of this song she screamed "Thank you F. Hero!" then the three girls bowed deeply towards him to show their respect. That scene makes me happy.
Thank you for this added info
You’re going to get that a lot from the front singer Su. She is spot on with almost everything, I think there’s a moment in their song “rondo of nightmare” where she dips down a tiny bit. But otherwise, she is just the best. That’s why I do regard her as one of the best singers in the world!
Not many reaction videos make me smile as much as yours 🤘🦊🤘 😄
The opinion of experts is very informative. I was able to learn a lot this time as well. Thank you.
This is not one of my favourite Babymetal songs, but when I saw them live a couple of days ago, it was one of the more impressive performances of the night. When she really managed to nail the belting (which she doesn't _always_ do, even though you might think that from all the post processing done to the official "live" videos), you could feel it in your chest. Her voice can be so insanely strong and full, I'm not sure I've heard much like it outside of opera. It is a bit hard to reconcile with her being such a small person on stage. If you just let her take a break from all the dancing, I'm not sure she'd need the damned microphone.
I agree. Most of us can barely talk while jogging, let alone sing. I think it is mentioned in an interview that she practices while on a treadmill.
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That was great.
You really zeroed in right away on some of the unique characteristics with Su's voice.
She uses very little vibrato, instead just hitting exact notes like a boss.
I'm not a Japanese speaker, but native fans have mentioned that she is exceptionally clear and easy to understand.
Even with heavy guitars, bass and drums. : )
This was actually the studio track over live footage, but her voice is as good or better live.
F.HERO is a rapper from Thailand. His rap was all in Thai, which makes his flow pretty interesting.
Rick I believe you have tickets to NP in LA. Did you see they just added shows in Dallas and Houston?
@@michelm.6033 I hadn't seen that yet.
I did hear they were having to cancel Mexico City due to equipment availability.
And yes, I've got a ticket for the Nemophila show at the Echoplex in LA. \m/
@@rickwagner- It was happy news to me. Picked up some for Dallas (hometown) and waiting for Houston to go on sale.
Can't wait to see Babymetal for the 2nd time in April. My last gig was Babymetal in February 2020. I've not been to a gig since. New album in March.
they're a Hidden Gem their Concert is sooooo Entertaining I wish they'll Blow Up again I literally bought their Vinyl even tho im not into Metal but they made me listen to different style of Metal and their song is fun to listen to and specially their dance 🤣 ♥️
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Please, react "Secos & Molhados - Rosa de Hiroshima", "Secos & Molhados - Sangue Latino" and "Elis Regina & Tom Jobim - Águas de Março"
Secos & Molhados - Rosa de Hiroshima / Rose Of Hiroshima (English lyrics) -year 1974
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Elis Regina & Tom Jobim - Águas de Março sub ESPAÑOL | ENGLISH - year 1974
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Secos & Molhados - Sangue Latino (English + Portuguese Subtitles) year 1973
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There is a point to why Sumetal was chosen as vocalist. Her high pitch quite effectively cuts through the thrashing instrumentals making her excellent diction quite audible. Other pitches and types of voices would be more difficult to hear alongside the backup band.
Moma did u hear the lotussutra
If your interested Babymetal are playing Wembley Arena, supporting Sabaton on 15th April.
Love seeing you do rock/metal vids Beth! I 🤘
I adore this band! ❤️
I miss your first baby metal reaction. I could watch it 1000 times.
I wish you could have done a reaction to their newest release Monochrome Su's voice only getting better with age and if you're confident with copywrite Akatsuki unfinished version would also be a great reaction
La técnica vocal de Su es excelente me gusta su voz
Metal meshes surprisingly well with so many genres. I love it 😅
Queen Su. She runs on a treadmill for several vours whilst singing. She has stamina for weeks❤❤❤
Please react to BABYMETAL on THE FIRST TAKE. They performed one of their new songs, Monochrome, and you can really hear how Su's voice has developed.
J-pop and metal really are the raspberry - licorice of music. Not for everyone, but it works surprisingly well.
I saw them live a while ago and they put on a great show.
Thanks for doing this reaction, even if you had some problems.
Let me put it this way: the ladies in Babymetal started Babymetal when they were just 11 and 12 and after they stopped growing they've become more and more trained (as a non-English speaking I wanted to say lanky, but they aren't tall at all. They are rather tiny actually, but on stage they look very tall). They probably have abs of steel.
If you want to hear her diction: I would suggest the song BxMxC. Preferably live. It shows an other side of Su-metal as well. Please, please, please stay away from the MV, the studio album does not show her voice. A compilation exists with a single sound source/one concert: BABYMETAL - 'BxMxC' [LIVE PROSHOT] [SUBTITLED] [4K HQ]
(also makes it easier to deal with copyright stuff)
Great reaction,more BABY METAL
The Combination of their Genre (Kawaii Metal) with other Genres such as Rap, Irish Folk Music, Bollywood, EDM and more is the entire thing of their album Metal Galaxy.
how nice it is to see so many fans who love Su and Moa madly, "I would also put Yui because she always lives in our hearts".. Anyway nice reaction, find out more about our beloved girls, you will be very happy to listen to them... They bring happiness, and after a while, they become a drug that you can no longer give up. I am life 🤘🦊🤘
5:27 that statement pretty much sums up how we felt the first time we heard Babymetal
I am yet another member of the One to greet you to the Fox Hole. Babymetal is my favorite musical group. I am veteran who suffers from depression. So, when this old headbanging warhorse is feeling down nothing can perk me back-up quicker than watching these three truly talented young ladies scampering around the stage while singing uplifting pop as brutal metal plays behind them. Alas, Amuse record company can be difficult with their blocking which completely baffles me as the reactions are free advertising for them. Frequent pauses are often used to try to get around this issue. Should you choose to return to the Fox Hole at some time in the future, 2 great choices for Su-Metal's vocals are "The One" and "Rondo of Nightmare."
There is something so addicting about BabyMetal. Their music and energy makes for a potent combination which grabs hold and keeps you engaged.
G'day Beth,
I listen to all types of music, I am a emotional person & if it makes me feel something no matter the genere I will be a part of my life,
I have been getting into BABYMETAL since YT recommended them to me, the Power of the music from the band combined with the Childlike Energy of the ladies just makes it so inviting to stand up & join in, very much like Blue Man Groups "Time to Start" & "What is Rock", plus while not understanding those Amazing Voices in Japanese the Dancing is so descriptive & can be very mesmerising trying to follow the story they are conveying, especially the Running dance they do in "Catch me if you can".
I am so impressed by the way the ladies can sing so precise while doing all that dancing & jumping (which others have noted this is a studio track, but SuMetal can actually do live) where we have seen many other very well know performers resort to miming with a vocal track so they can dance as it is too hard for them.
ありがとうございます。The Shine LegendM version allows you to appreciate SU-METAL's superb expressiveness.
Have to remember these are live, no studio retakes.
Try their live show at Download to really hear how clean Su-Metals voice is
You should do their song Road of Resistance live in Japan, REALLY good live vocals... Like... Best live shid I've ever heard!!!
Thank you for reacting to my favorite Babymetal song :D
BM is the best! Saw them in 2019 and it was beyond amazing! More please...
You should react to Devine Attack-Shingeki & Monochrome here. Which are their latest singles, which came out in October and November of this year. Devine Attack, I think, is one of Su-Metal's strongest vocal performances to date. Seeing this live is going to be next level!! The new album drops in March of 2023. :)
I would LOVE to see you react to something by Nana Mizuki, she's also got a very interesting style, and is a very highly-skilled singer. She's got a lot of J-metal/J-pop kind of stuff, but also some classical Japanese songs like her training background, and I'd be very interested to see what you thought of her vocals; her vibrato is especially interesting, but she also has fantastic control in general. Exterminate, Metanoia, or Synchrogazer are probably some of the best examples, and Metanoia has a good music video too!
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貴方には理解不能だと思いますが、SU-METALの巻き舌奏法に私は感動しました。
- Sumetal's part in Bring Me The Horizon's Kingslayer is quite high as well. IMO, Kingslayer can be a good example to hear Sumetal's high-note voice.
- if you search for Babymetal - BxMxC live version, you can hear Sumetal's Vibrato. The reason it's not there because (I think) they are using the studio recording on top of Live's music. But when Babymetal perfom live, you can hear Sumetal's vibrato clearly.
I highly recommend checking out another Japanese group, but this one is a band rather than a vocal group with a "backing" band (although the Kami band are excellent, the focus is on the vocals and choreography aspects of Babymetal's performances). The band is called Tricot (pronounced "tree coe") and is made up of three young ladies - two on guitars, one on bass, and all three singing at various points (one is the primary, with the others mostly doing BGV's but occasionally a more even blend, too), along with a (very accomplished) drummer. Musically, they fuse a number of styles - stating that they "just play what we like": a perfect attitude for music! 🙂
In particular, I'd recommend their song "Inai" - which has elements of jazz, prog-metal, math rock, and bits of J-pop.
nyanyanyanya
You have to react to Arkadia live, i think it's the most interesting song by babymetal and su's voice is just amazing
Finally!!!!! I love them so much 😍😍😍
At 2:55 that bit when I first listened I actually teared up I remember when she dropped he voice I was like in aw
Do Akatsuki live budokan to really hear her sing. To see her do offtiming.. Rondo of Nightmare with kami intro. To see pure singing.. 'the first take - monochrome' (for a vocal coach this channel is just amazing. pure singing with piano accompaniment and only 'one take' to get it right' live or die!! Lisa on the first take is just amazing!!
"I'm confused, but I love it" - Yep, you've got it ;)
"I didn't expect another genre to be in there" basically sums up Babymetal
Thank you for your reaction and your insights, yes, SU Metal has an outstanding control over her voice, if you wish to explore further, you could explore the evolution in both her voice and their sound, following this path:
Akatsuki
No Rai No Rainbow
Shine
... and their last song Monochrome.
Unfortunately the latter is available only in studio, as it's freshly new, but for the others you can easily find clips from their live shows.
If you'd prefer to check the full package, I'd definitely start with Megitsune.
Another quite unique song is From Dusk Till Dawn.
About PA PA YA!!, many collaborations were featured on Metal Galaxy, but this one and Brand New Day with Polyphia are definitely my favourites and those working better.
Thank you so much.
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My favourite singer, singing one of their fun songs off my favourite album of all time, Metal Galaxy! The stylistic diversity in that album and her vocals is just incredible. With that much diversity, you’ll get mixed reception from most people, but for those growing up on Spotify and RUclips, where all genres can be explored, this is a gold mine. Hope you can react to Shanti Shanti Shanti, Shine, Brand New Day, BxMxC, Night Night Burn, Dance Dance Dance, or Oh Majinai. They all sound so different from each other and are all on the same album!
BABYMETAL outperform 95% of modern mainstream artists in their sleep! Love the channel love the reaction!
I see BABYMETAL I click.
Beth -- thank you for your kind words and taking the time to do this reaction. Su sure can sing her ass off, eh?
I think she is the best female vocalist on the planet, with Kai Hansen from Helloween / Gamma Ray as the best male vocalist (check out the performance on Walls of Jericho -- his work on that album is beyond stellar). Your low vocal growl was extremely impressive -- didn't know ya had it in you! ;)
~Yui Metal
Suzuka is the Queen 👑 of Metal
Welcome back to the Babymetal Foxhole. "PA PA YA" is from Babymetal third album METAL GALAXY. Papaya is a tropical fruit available anywhere in Asia especially in the region of South East Asia. "PA PA YA!!" is a dance song with an underlying massage of striving for personal excellence, collaboration with a very well known Thailand rapper from Chiang Rai name Natthawut Srimok nickname Golf but known popularly by his stage name F.HERO (Fukking Hero) and specialise in the Hip-Hop and Rap genre. Some remarks in Thai lyric translation part:
Molam= Thai-Isan local music
"Papaya -Pok-Pok= Thai pun phrase means Som-Tam, Thai food made up from papaya-chopped mix up with chilli, tomato, garlic, palm sugar, lots of vegetable and others depends on varies area. "Som-Tam" also have the same meaning with "Hanaka"= Thai old snack, slang word means like "sugoi" in Japanese. Great reaction. Kitsune Up 🦊🦊🦊🤘🤘🤘🇯🇵🇸🇬#notacult.
Wow they are very talented 🤘🤘🤘🤘🎶🎶🎶🎶
More Reactions to BABYMETAL
Every song is DIFFERENT and UNIQUE
Su is THE queen of female metal vocalists
Babymetal just did a song on The First take. You REALLY need to check that out.
need to hear the first take version of them doing Monochrome.
Baby Metal always sounds to me like,
"If youre down and there's a monster in your shadow, There is always a LARGER monster on your side."
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Good reaction, thanks!
It would have been more interesting if you had chosen a live version instead of a studio track. And a more vocally technical song, by the way. 😊
Was waiting for you to analyse F-Hero's voice..
You do have to keep in mind that this is the studio track laid over the concert footage. However, if you watch the actual concert audio, you'll find that... she actually *is* just a great as the studio version, only better lol. It's got even more energy and excitement, and the rap is off the charts as the kids say hehe.
Yea she Is the REAL DEAL..... you kle they toured with GAGA in 2013 really influenced GAGA
Suzuka's tendency to roll Rs in English lyrics is fascinating to me. Did she learn English from a Glaswegian, or is there some value in casually rolling those Rs?
I don't know about pop singers, so I don't know if Su is doing it for the same reasons, but in classical singing being able to roll your r is a skill that we have to learn, if we can't already do it naturally. Some teachers even specifically teach it, but mine didn't, because she knew from the start that I could basically already do it and I just needed practice to get used to it when singing. As far as I've discovered it helps with connecting notes in terms of keeping pitch and tone color more uniform because you don't have to move your tongue all the way back in your mouth first, it stays in the front, making it easier to transition from one syllable to the next. Idk if you've ever noticed, but the normal English r has quite a dark color, which you don't want in every piece you're singing. And it also takes more time to form an English r than rolling it, that's why it helps with fast passages too if you can roll your r.
Probably a Thai thing ? For this song.
Its because the r in Japanese is like the rolling r without the rolls if that makes sense. Like the first roll and no others.
Japanese doesn't have the same R sound that English does. You do not move your tongue to make the English R sound, but you do for the Japanese one. The rolled R in Japanese is more aggressive sounding. You'll hear it a lot in yakuza movies.
I was there and it was crazy fun
If you want to hear Su vibrato, you have to see a concert at the Tokyo Dome, several times Su couldn't control the vibrato and always tried to hold it in.
More Babymetal, more react to live version :
Devine Attack
Monochrome
Headbanger
Akatsuki
Syncopation
Tales of the Destinies
Kagerou
Brand New Day
Trilogy of Light "Starlight - Shine - Arkadia"
Fun fact: Pa Pa Ya is actually papaya, a fruit located in parts of southeast asia.
If you want to check out a prime example of a great performance of the band, and particularly of her voice, Shine is the best example.
This version here, Legend M comes with the watermark for reactions: ruclips.net/video/M6BGL1DsBr0/видео.html
BABYMETAL FOREVER
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All hail The Fox God
There is an urban myth that Su-metal practices by running on a treadmill, while practicing her vocals.
True or not, she is still an amazing vocalist!
Yes, Su is amazing. You're right it is Not true about treadmill, i think a reactor once said does she run on a treadmill while practising her singing, and the myth started, but she did say she moves around while practising 😁🤘🦊
@@martinmetal7481 as I said, urban myth!
Suzuka is still an amazing vocalist, though!
@Jokmetal yes just guessing one of the reasons this urban myth might have come about as you said it is a myth .
Totally agree. Su is my favourite singer. I just love her voice .
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It does help when it’s a studio track over a live performance.
I actually really like the live from that show, sounds amazing as well
Yeah, rather defeats the purpose of voice reacting. But..oh well. 🤷🏻♂️
I would recommend Rondo of Nightmare with Mischiefs of God intro, and Sis. Anger. RoN is a killer Su solo, and Sis is Black BabyMetal, which means Su takes a break and let Yui and Moa slay
🦊 祭りだー！ PA PA YA～パパヤ～～
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It's a festival !
BABYMETAL is the reason I started watching reaction videos 4 years ago...
Kitsune dao!
Beth, please react to Babymetal Monochrome piano version on First Take. Such a great performance.
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Great, hope you will explore more from Babymetal- the most important band for metalmusic the last decade. They broke new ground and paved the way for many, oftern female, bands and muscicians from Japan but have had a great impression on other parts of the world too. For interesting voices and mixes of voices I suggest the japanese band Broaken by the Scream- 4 vocalists with a great backing band. ruclips.net/video/VTkdvEx49hc/видео.html
I suggest you check out their performance on first take Sumetal is a beast
Akatsuki live has crazy vocals ❤🤘
BxMxC has quite the vocal challenge, should check it out