Thank you so much for checking out this video! What did you think about the performance and our reaction? Any recommendations for Metal Maiden Mondays?
"I kinda feel bad for enjoying it as much as I did" - We've all been there. After 4-5 more songs you're over that and you realize that they are just amazing. They also have many supporters in the Heavy Metal industry by now, e.g. Judas Priest, Rob Zombie, Korn, Metallica, Slayer, Dragonforce, etc. I recommend you to listen to some some less "comedic" songs by them, like: Karate, Rondo of Nightmare, Akatsuki, Headbanger and Road of Resistance. It will blow your mind!
This is their old stuff. Since then, they improved by leaps and bounds. They changed the band(instrumentals) and now have some of the best artist of all of Japan. Sumetal, the leadsinger only gets better over time and the songs over all also only improve over time
They absolutely smashed it at Glastonbury Festival last weekend - the crowd were fully onboard by mid-way through the set. They're also favourites at Metal festivals like Download. FYI, Su-Metal (lead vocalist) is 20. They started when the girls were kids back in 2010.
This video is a studio version over a live performance. The girls don't lip sync during their live shows. They also play with a very good live band called the Kami Band. You should check out an actual live video like Road Of Resistance. BABYMETAL - Road of Resistance - Live in Japan ruclips.net/video/zTEYUFgLveY/видео.html
An excellent and honest reaction, thanks. Just a couple of points to clarify - Gimme Chocolate is the video people say to try just to get a WTF! reaction from people, they have so many far better songs (and meaningful - always positive messages, like Ijime, Dame, Zettai = Bullying, No More, Forever). I hope you will try one or two of the recommendations for real live performances to see what they are really about. Unlike other J-pop bands Babymetal was formed and developed around the lead singer and her extraordinary vocals and stage presence - and she was still only 12 years old when that happened in 2010 (she is 21 now). She always sings live - there are a couple of small sections of a couple of songs where the backing track takes over, but those are obvious (the parapaparapapa bits in Gimme Chocolate, the bit when she is behind a mask in Megitsune, the bit where they are picking themselves off the floor in Karate, maybe one or two other bits in songs I can't think of), but no lip sync since a couple of very early performances in 2010/11 ... and she sings live, virtually pitch perfect, while dancing. She is an incredible talent. Yes they were put together as a project - by one metalhead producer who saw Su-metal's potential for fronting a fusion j-pop/metal band when he saw he singing in her previous j-pop group when she was 10. They formed as a sub unit of a newly formed Idol group called Sakura Gakuin but were provided no extra funds by their talent agency, so their first performances and videos were done in borrowed clothes and they were self-funding - the talent agency saw it as the producer's pet project but thought he was mad and that there would be no profit in it for them. Babymetal separated from Sakura Gakuin in 2013 to become a band in its own right when Su-metal 'graduated' (SG has a school theme and is for girls aged 11 to 15). Yui and Moa - the two younger girls - continued to work with both BM and SG until they too 'graduated' in 2015. Since the end of 2013 (Gimme Chocolate was filmed at the last appearance of the fake 'Babybones' band miming the instrumentals) they have been supported in all live shows by the Kami Band made up of some of Japan's very best instrumentalists. Babymetal have won many awards (I think 24 at the last count) for things such as best live act, best Japanese band, best metal video, best album of the year etc. They are essentially a live performance act - they are not like any other recording artist where the album is what you listen to while live performances are used to promote it. Babymetal albums give you an idea of what they will be playing live, but their live performances are where they are at their very best - and they mix things up, metal genres from power to speed, black to death, Viking folk metal and even Ska to full on prog metal ... and they can do them all so well. They may also throw in other genres to surprise you (reggae, rap, EDM etc). You don't start a world tour headlining Wembley Arena and end it with a sell out two nights at Tokyo Dome (55k people per night) and play a completely different set list on each night if you're not really good - they did exactly that in 2016 when the girls were still only 18 and 17 years old. Apologies for the overlong comment, but I have been watching and enjoying many of your previous reactions and thought you would both appreciate a little more detail. I hope you will try at least one more Babymetal track, but one of their better songs and live performances this time.
Should check out Road of resistance by them.. embrace the baby metal. I’m a long haired bearded typical metal head and have no shame in enjoying it for what it is.
Just bought a ticket to see Babymetal live in february! They are actually amazing live. (As you noticed, this is a videoclip). If you want to check out a live preformance, check out 'Road of resistance' (live in Japan). And the vocals are on point (even with the dancing).
This was from December 2013 and it was the lead singer's 16th birthday. You forgot to mention that the video for gimmie chocolate has over 104,000,000 views. You have to watch some later live shows. They are doing another world tour again this year. They are one of the top bands in Japan. You can not go wrong with any songs from Babymetal but stay away from compilations. You will appreciate the whole Babymetal experience the more you watch. Your reaction is normal.
The music video of Gimme Chocolate is based on their concert, Legend 1997, back in 2013, and what you heard is the official studio recorded version of the song for their first album, not the live singing. However, in the concert they were singing live and not lip-syncing. They are professionals, well trained by professionals, and they are doing this since a very young age, therefore, singing while performing the choreography is not a problem to them back then and even now.
BABYMETAL started out lipsyncing for a very short time. This video was pretty early in their career, at that point they were singing live to a background track, the skeleton band was only miming. Also, in this MV you are hearing a studio recording to live video footage. But on that same show it got interesting: For the encore they introduced a real live band made up of some of the best Japanese Metal musicians and have played with them ever since. This took it to a whole new level. Please, even if you don't record a reaction video, watch one of those performances. It's beyond awesome! Like "Road of Resistance", for example: ruclips.net/video/zTEYUFgLveY/видео.html . And yes, despite the jumping around and dancing, they do manage to keep the vocals stable. And the crowd interaction is exemplary. They are a perfect live band! The bad thing about "Gimme Chocolate" is that the relatively weak verse often throws people off (at first). But still, you have to admit, it made you smile and shake your head. And that's what they are all about. They are pure fun, you can't help but smile all the way through it. During the first song there's scepticism and curiosity, the second adds fascination, and by the third you'll find it awesome! Their catalogue is very diverse, they explore various genres along the way, and like you noticed in this song, somehow they manage to make it work very well. As I said, please do yourself a favour and watch a real live performance, and if you want to do us a favour as well, share it with us. :-) You will definitely up your current verdict of 80 / 84! Thank you!
Also to point out that the lyrics are apparently supposed to be about the body image and society's demands for how young girls should look like, especially in idol industry in Japan and how the girls just want bit of chocolate despite it all
Loved the reaction. I’ve been listening to metal the last 20 years (almost) and since I discovered BABYMETAL they’ve been easily in my top 3 favorite band of all times. They’re sooooo great. I HARDLY recommend a second round of BABYMETAL - Road of Resistance (Live in Japan). You guys will be blown away for sure. P.S.: the “dancers” (Moa and Yui) were often singing playback but Su, the lead singer, did that only in their very early performance when they were like 9 and 10 years old. Then she’s always been live - her vocals are just that good. Like the bass player of the band (when he joined) was told to play as loud as possible cause of the power of Su voice ^^
I think they were all under 18 years old when this song was made. These girls are real metal veterans now. Since this song came out, they've spent a bunch of time touring, mostly in Europe, supporting bands like Metallica and Judas Priest. I highly, highly recommend checking out the video Babymetal - Road of Resistance Live in Japan. It's an absolutely insane concert and really shows off their command of the stage. Also, the music was partly written by DragonForce.
@Chris Hendrickson Suzuka, the lead singer turned 16 the day before this was filmed back in 2013. Yui and Moa were 14. 'Road of Resistance' is a great suggestion. I think that live video and the music video for 'Karate' are the best way to introduce people to this group.
Wow. Can't believe you did my suggestion (I was one of then). You're great! Haha, had not expected this at all. Glad you survived the shock, haha. Thanks.
You gotta watch road to resistance live from the concert that video was shot at. You will be blown away! Just subbed today, but been following for a few weeks, keep up the fun reactions
@Bill Jones The 'Road of Resistance' video was shot at the Saitama Super Arena in January 2015. Different venue. This 'Gimme Chocolate!!' performance from 2013 was at Makuhari Messe during 'Legend 1997'.
I really liked your reactions! Very genuine but also thought out and well spoken. And you played off of each other well too. Definitely subscribing. As others have said, welcome to Babymetal! You’ve already gotten a bunch of comments explaining the background and about this video, but I still want to second what everyone is saying- be sure to check out their actual live stuff! Particularly Road of Resistance live in Japan, and Ijime Dame Zettai live at Sonisphere 2014 Also I didn’t see many comments about the lyrics of this song. It is a cutesy song about chocolate, but it also holds commentary (as many of their songs do) about the societal expectations on girls and women, like with watching their weight.
I smiled all the way trough the video :D If you want a newer song, they are some live performances uploaded of song like PaPaYa or distortion (two great songs btw) that you could check out! They are professional dancer around 20 years old actually, and it's even more awesome live! Glad you liked it :)
you guys should see them now, they are all grown up and so awesome, btw the baby part is the birth of a new genre of metal, not the girls ages. checkout the recent Glastonberry festival they blew that place up.
Find a recent video of this band performing live (especially a recent one) and you’ll see how awesome they are. They nail the dances and don’t miss a single note of the vocals.
6:48 This is the part that dropped my jaw, the girls run to the center and boom, instantly dancing in sync. It's the little details in choreography that I didn't realize have to be decided.
This is definitely the album version. When they perform live, you can tell Su-Metal (the lead vocalist) actually does sing. Their video for Road To Resistance shows what she can do live. According to the writers, Gimme Chocolate is about the dangers of eating disorders.
There are so many other songs that I think you should listen to when it comes to BABYMETAL, okey, this is their most viewed song and it's not bad, but there's sooooo much more, here's a few: Road of Resistance: ruclips.net/video/zTEYUFgLveY/видео.html Karate: ruclips.net/video/GvD3CHA48pA/видео.html Megitsune: ruclips.net/video/cK3NMZAUKGw/видео.html and my new favorite, Shanti: ruclips.net/video/w5AlEavdipA/видео.html Please explore more BABYMETAL!
This is the song that got me hooked, right off the bat, to BABYMETAL. I literally listened to nothing but for 3 years, and I'm so looking forward to their new album later this year!
The dad just smiling the whole time getting into it. Love it. Would like to see him listening to the Rondo Nightmare live with the performance that Kami Band gave as an intro.
First of all welcome to Babymetal and great reaction. The comment about lipsyncing and that the vocals talent not being a focus might be true for other j- and k-pop groups but that is definatley not the case here. This Band was build around the vocal talent of the main singer Suzuka Nakamoto (SU-metal) and the reason why it looked like lipsyncing in this video was that the audio was the studio album audio dubbed over the actual footage, so it would work as a music video. I would suggest looking at Road of Resistances - live in japan (ruclips.net/video/zTEYUFgLveY/видео.html), Rondo of Nightmare from Budokan (ruclips.net/video/QxYAcIyk2Co/видео.html) or even one of their new songs "Shanti" (haven't been given an actual title yet) (ruclips.net/video/w5AlEavdipA/видео.html) to get a look at what they actually sound like live :)
@@ChemicalReactions no problem...I'm sure there will be a fair amount of people giving you plenty of background on the group the next few hours/days. It's already been shared on our reaction subreddit, so I'm guessing you'll have a lot of people incomming :)
Suzuka talent and you believe that. This is debilism this is k pop try to in metal... Not gonna happen metal is last stand of good musicianship those pricks not gonna get there
You think of BM as a bit of a novelty act, but the lead singer and the musicians are absolutely top class. Peaple don't know the lead singer can sing. Insane talent!!
I always said from the first time I heard this song, that they are a great introduction to metal for people who listen to pop. 3 young girls choreographed cutesy dancing and singing about chocolate.
Not video related. I just wanted to say i am so proud of you guys and your channel growing to 12k subscribers and having multiple videos with over 100k views and one with over 200k views. You all have wonderful personalities and i love watching you every week. Please keep up the content
⚡ 💀 💕 / 🍫 💝️ Even though the whole concept is the combination of JPop/Idol and Metal, this is definitely one of their most pop songs. Even so, that blast beat gets you. And the whole thing is about 10x heavier live. This song was written for BABYMETAL by Takeshi Ueda of the electronic punk band, Mad Capsule Markets. He wrote 'Awadama Fever' for the second album. They have been joined on stage for this one by members of Korn, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, and DragonForce. Not all at the same time of course. : )
It's a slow day at the office so I'll give you a bit more back ground. Baby Metal has performed with most of the top metal groups. Slayer, Metalica, Judas Priest. They performed Pain Killer with Rob Halford. They are not some novelty. Sold out back to back ,50,000 shows in Tokyo. Sold out their LA performance in 12 minutes. The lead singer Su Metal has an outstanding voice and as one voice coach who does reaction vids said, she was born to sing on a stage. Please check out their other more will known vids.
@@ChemicalReactions In 2015 Vogue Magazine named Baby Metal Women of the Year In 2015 GQ Magazine in the Man of the Year issue named them Discovery of the Year Loudwire 5th Annual Music Awards - Best Metal Song of 2015 Road of Resistance 2016 MTV Video Music Awards Japan - Best Album of the Year -Japan - Metal Resistance 2016 AIM Independent Music Awards - Best Live Act 2017 MTV Europe Music Awards - Best Japan Act Loudwire 6th Annual Music Awards - Rock Goddess of the Year 2016 - "Su-metal"
Watching people react to Baby Metal for the first time always makes me laugh because I knew you'd be laughing trying to figure out what the fuck is going on lol. I'm not a fan of the singing myself but the band behind them is pretty hardcore!, Cheers and rock ya later
The first time I watched baby metal I was impressed. The band is flawless and the girls are talented. I didn't have to think what genre combination or anything, it's just good.
I recommend these songs from them. Rap/Nu metal: Onedari Daisakusen Dark themed: Rondo of Nightmare with Mischiefs of God intro Power Metal: Road of Resistance or Ijime, Dame, Zettai Basically, their songs are all different from one another. :)
Babymetal invented the Kawaii Metal genre, and indeed there have been many attempts to copy them. None have really met with massive success, although quite a few groups have been influenced or inspired by them. One you might like to check out is Death Rabbits/Desu Rabbits as their lead vocalist is amazing despite her age. This group went on hiatus for a while, but is now working hard on a comeback.
I've been listening to metal for literally 30 years. BabyMetal is my favorite band of the moment. That's all I can say. Everyone is recommending Road of Resistance, Live in Japan, and normally I would be too, but they seem to have it covered. Also check out Rondo of Nightmare with Mischiefs of God intro so see a video that highlights The Kami Band, and Su-Metal's solo voice. And welcome to The Fox Hole.
As I recall, this sort of has to do with the aftermath of WW2. Japan had surrendered and American soldiers went into Japan to briefly occupy the country and see about doing what they could to ease the pain of the population. In an effort to gain the trust of the children and to show the kids that they were not the bad guys, American soldiers would hand out candy. Chocolate was the prized candy type. To the best of my knowledge, this is what the song is referring to.
Pretty soft entry to Babymetal. And it is actually so about the vocals. The concept was created around the voice of lead singer Su-metal (Suzuka Nakamoto). And "Baby" refers to a newborn genre rather than the age of the trio. Find something heavier by them. Plenty of recommendations below.
Before the lead singer was in Babymetal she was in another group called Karen Girl's, who did songs for an anime. Babymetal covered their Over the Future song and I think improved on the original.
@MrFoxVert I like to say, "Zettai Karen Girl's" (Karen Girl's Forever!) Ayami Mutō, Yuika Shima and Suzuka Nakamoto were all super talented, even as kids.
DAD DANCE!!!! We all know we shouldn't like Babymetal but the music's soooooo awesome. Check out "Megitsune" for some great head-banging opps (Juliette!). A very strong comeback from last weeks misadventure guys \m/
Oh man, that first moment of *MINDS BLOWN* had me laughing so hard 😂 You're right about your analysis, this is very much project based and a specific product. As has been said the group has evolved over time, so worth looking at later work. Also, these kinds of idol groups are worked _hard_ and pretty prestigious in Japan, so yeah there is a lot of talent and effort involved. Another band sorta like them is Band Maid - that's a group of all female musicians though. 🤘
Babymetal is fun. Their band is awesome. It would be a fun concert. Please check out Band-Maid (great musicians, not just a schtick) from Japan (the song "Play") and The Warning from Mexico ("Dust to Dust) for future Metal Maiden Monday's.
Well, some info about this. Sorry, english isn´t my native language Yes, Babymetal is different, even sometimes weird but don´t think that they are only "a cute face". Suzuka have a very powerful voice and she don´t "lip sync" in live. She sing on the stage with people like Rob Halford or Red Hot Chily Peppers. She have some solo songs live when you can hear his singular and powerful voice. She sings from a very early age and babymetal is still very active (new CD this year). But... the musicians in this video, the "babybones" are playing playback. This video is from a long time ago. They got a really good backup band, the "Kami Band" who is playing with them even now and have some of the finest metal music of Japan. But Babymetal touch a lot of metal genres and sometimes it´s difficult to hear her voice shine. If you try something like "Akatsuki" or "No Rain no Rainbow" maybe you change your perception. And yes, they do a lot of "weird things". A lot of times because... they are japanese and Japan have his own culture after centuries of isolation. I love japanese culture, y went to Japan a lot of times (maybe 7 or 8) and even now, there´s things who surprise me. Also Babymetal do some tributes to a legendary japanese metal band. The band who shakes Japan in the 80th and a band who any metal lover must know: X-Japan. Seriously, if never hear of them check in RUclips, they are huge Babymetal is near a decade on stages, they aren´t joke Like Rap? Maybe you must check they last song: Pa-Pa-Ya. A misture of metal, idol and rap. Sounds bizarre, sounds weird but... is great ruclips.net/video/oO7Y8NsnkRg/видео.html
They've toured with huge metal bands such as METALLICA, ROB ZOMBIE, JUDAS PRIEST, RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS, EVEN LADY GAGA. They debuted on November 28th 2010. Suzuka Nakamoto was 12, and Yui Mizuno and Moa Kikuchi were only 11 years old. They are on their 5th World Tour. You really really need to dive into the FOX HOLE and come to know the lives of all members and band members of my favorite Japanese band. Either they will capture your heart or you'll just hate them.
LOL Chuck, you had the exact same faces I had first time I heard Babymetal! Sort of wish you guys started with Rondo of Nightmare with Gods of Mischief intro to get a better grasp of just how technically good the band is. Also, there's no lipsynching.. they're just super fit! Other notables (besides Rondo) is Megitsune, Karate, and the newest Pa Pa Ya. Babymetal also worked on some songs with DragonForce and Judas Priest! Road of Resistance was worked on with DragonForce, check out the live performances always rather than official videos, the crowds are WILD!
The music video is the studio track over the live video. There are live performances out there worth checking out. Karate at Download, Road of Resistance in Japan and Ijime Dame Zettai at Sonisphere (this is where they broke out of Japan).
you shouldn't feel bad for enjoying the MV, BabyMetal has always put on an awesome show, they have sold out all if not most of their shows. They are extremely popular worldwide and are loved by many their fan base is huge, if u get to do more MV reactions of this pay attention to the crowds and fans that overcrowd the arenas. the Metal scene in Japan has a lot of all-female bands out there and BabyMetal is one of my favorites, there is also Band-Maid, Alodious, Lovebites who are so freaking awesome and totally blow us away. the difference between those bands is that they do play instruments here is a link to one that is so freaking awesome "Catch me if You can" ruclips.net/video/VANhYO1TLno/видео.html
The lead singer never lip sync, and she still sings so damn good even with all the dancing. See KARATE at Download 2016 and shanti at Glastonbury 2019 to hear her vocal power. Btw babymetal is more than gimme chocolate so keep checking them out.
I’m a lifelong metalhead from the 80’s but these guys are great!! I really like Karate, especially the opening riffs and the vocals are better. Worth a watch.
Babymetal are the Shiz!! There will be plenty of 'Metalheads' that will say it's crap and not Metal. BS!! They are Metal AF!! Metal is all about breaking boundaries and doing what ever the hell you want with your music and F anyone else. 45 yr old Metalhead here
The best part about metal is that is has no limits, no boundaries. It doesn't need to be this cookie-cutter formula or stick rigidly to genre types. You'd be surprised in the diversity that's out there... Bone Crew (Trap Metal) Celldweller or The Algorithm (Electronic metal) Ankla or Puya (Latin metal) Eluveitie (Folk metal) ALESTORM (Pirate metal) Amon Amarth (Viking metal) the list goes on.
@@Capitaomac1 Oooh, yeah. DSO, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, The Mars Volta are pretty unique. Maybe a bit less on the metal side of things. TREPALIUM are nice swing metal band.
Excellente réaction hahaha la transition de "wow attend on repart sa" a headbanger ma bien fait rire. Le channel continue de grandir et vous le meritez! Je sais que vous en recevez beaucoup mais ma recommendation si vous avez le temps: un band canadien, leader par une chanteuse: Spiritbox - Belcarra. Merci encore pour les videos!
This video is a live show dubbed with album track. The main vocal actually sings in live. 2 dancers are lipsync in most live but sometimes do the singng while dancing.
Hi Chuck and Juliet! Great reaction! Thanks for reacting to BABYMETAL! It was fun seeing your first impressions as someone completely new to them. Gimme Chocolate is their straight up shock value song and one of their most poppy, and if you were to just stop here I think you would be missing out on a great band, for this reason I don't really recommend Gimme Chocolate as an introduction to BABYMETAL. You guys were right when you said they're produced, they wern't organically formed by the members, but it's not really true that it's more about their image than the music. Their producer is a long time metal head and absolutely knows talent when he sees it. BABYMETAL is all about the complete performance. Think of them more like musical theatre. BABYMETAL is best live, so I would like to recommend a few live performances for you: "Ijime, Dame, Zettai - Live at Sonisphere UK 2014" - The title translates to "Bullying, No more, Forever". This was the last song of their first big show in the west. The girls were scared the UK metal heads would throw bottles and boo them off. "Rondo of Nightmare with Mischiefs of God Intro Live Budokan Black Night 2014" - The girls are backed by the Kami Band, some of the best metal musicians in all of Japan, and in my opinion the world. This is a Su-Metal (lead vocalist) solo. "Road of Resistance - Live in Japan" - This is how BABYMETAL closes an arena show. BABYMETAL are touring the US in September and if they're playing near you and you like what you see I would highly recommend going! They are amazing live! They have a new album coming out in October and they've released new singles but I would recommend not reacting to them yet, as their label is extremely liberal with the copyright strikes on the newer material.
Hi, nice reaction. "Gimme Choco" is almost 6 years ago. They now become beautiful ladies. BABYEMETAL keep evolving. Now is the best timeing to know BABYMETAL. The more you know BABYMETAL, the happier you become. Please do more BABYMETAL.Thanks from Japan.
I beg you guys to continue reacting to babymetal, their music evolves so much and is so captivating. this is quite an old song, its still amazing but, much has changed (:
Great reaction!!! BABYMETAL is something else for sure! they are amazing and the thing whit BABYMETAL is that the first time you listen them is a big WTF is this! and the second time is like hey this is not bad... The third time you become a fan of BABYMETAL hahaha they are amazing live even betteer than the studio, please react to a song call it Road of Resistance live in Japan. You gonna see how talented their are and i think you gonna like it... great video btw and welcome to the awesome world of BABYMETAL ImI....ImI
They have changed over the years. Last year they went through the death of a guitarist after he had an accidental fall off a viewing platform (he was an amateur astronomer when not being a guitar god). Then one of the three girls left the group due to health issues. They don't lip sync. That is not a true live video. The band was formed around Su. Her voice has gotten so much better over the years (not that it was bad, but she was barely a teen when they started). After a rough 2018 they have rebounded well this year. Please check out Road of Resistance Live in Japan. For newer look for Pa Pa Ya official video (if that won't be blocked) and one of my favorite new ones is Shanti live at Glastonbury. If you want to see the Kami Band more, look for Rondo of Nightmare with Mischief of the gods intro. The 2nd guitarist to play his solo is Mikio, the band member that passed away last year, sadly at 36.
I don't think it was lip synced. I think it was the studio recorded version superimposed over a live performance for the purpose of making the "official video". I may be wrong though. As mentioned below, check out some of their other songs like Karate, Rondo of Nightmare, Akatsuki, Headbanger, Megitsune, and Road of Resistance; any of these songs will be more up your alley.
If you want more all female, or female fronted, Japanese bands, Bandmaid's Real Existence is pretty badass. Also Wagakki Band - Tengaku. It's traditional Japanese instruments in rock music - very different to what we're used to
Thank you for reacting to BABYMETAL, as always a nice choice. While being superfun that video creates so much misconceptions about them :/ For example that lipsyncing issue - it wasn't lipsynced, it's basically the album version just with concert images (thats why you can't her the audience). But you can't of course know that. And in fact, it's the complete opposite of your impression for their actual concerts. Su-Metal, the singer, is actually fantastic (there are lists which rate her the best idol singer in japan). Unfortunately theirs very little of their good stuff on yt, you could check out rondo of nightmare or akatsuki live performances, or karate at download 2016 to see a little bit how good she can actually sing. (The best one would actually be akatsuki red fox festival or syncopation from Legend S but no use to give you links, that video would be instablocked by yt anyways :( ) (Theres a video on yt called "SU-METAL Powerful Performances (BABYMETAL)" which is not good to react to since it jumps through different songs highlighting her singing, but you can watch this if you're interested to get a impression of her live singing) A second misconception is their name coming from them being young. The Baby in BABYMETAL has nothing to to with their age but with them creating a new music genre by mixing metal music with influences from so many genres - which results in their genre which they call kawaii metal. They have songs which incorporate raps, have ska elements, eurodance, reagge or quite recently one with strong indian influences. And metal wise they have everything from ballads to folk metal, power metal, speed metal, trash metal and even black metal with death metal riffs in sis. anger. Heck, they even have a prog metal song with singing and dancing - noone in their right mind would dance and sing to a song which changes speed several times and meter over 60 times - they do. And like you said, you won't find something similar from other bands. Their are some Bands in Japan which you could technically fit into the Kawaii Metal genre but most of them are more pop with metal influnces, or rock bands which some count as kawaii metal . It always sound like fans are exaggerating but BABYMETAL indeed is very very unique in their combination. And that you mentioned nyangostar (the apple mascot playing drums) is funny, because some of his most popular videos are actually him playing Babymetal songs ;) You did a really nice reaction but to get a better feel of how they really are you should react to something more recent and especially something of their live performances. Some people already mentioned already Road of Resistance which is a absolutely fantastic song. Or you could react to Rondo of nightmare, karate at download 2016, idz at Sonisphere 2014. I would really aprecciate it if you do a follow up reaction.
To be completely honest, that performance wasn't lip sync. They did that before when they were starting but now their live shows are completely raw voices.
Sang live but the music was a backing track the last 5 songs of the concert the Kami band came on stage so live music as well. This was all live performance with the studio version played over it . Bones band are the ones maiming 😁🤘🤘
If you think it's not about the vocals, check them live and not a music video. There is no such thing as lipsync with Su. :) This girl puts quite some people to shame
oh you want heavy babymetal? Sis Anger . They have three types of babymetal music, one is all 3 together, another is the two younger ones (Moa and Yui), and the last version is Su-metal doing stuff alone. Each is wildly different. Also, Yui has left the group and they're currently trying out a new girl.
I recommend you react to their sonisphere performance of ijime,dame,zertai in 2014. Really special and it was kinda a breakout for them in the western world. Thia video was from before when they didnt even use a live band. Now they are way better.
I could never understand why I enjoy Baby Metal , I can't see myself slapping in a B.M. CD to pass those hours sitting in traffic, but the more I watch the videos I gotta admit, I kinda really like this band, my girl friend wanted to see them during there last world tour, I under estimated the demand for tickets and found that the show sold out in a day, anyway got a hold of two tickets ($$) and found the live show was probably the best concert I have ever been to, and Iv'e seen Zep, pink Floyd +. I still don't understand, but I am loving this band
Thank you so much for checking out this video! What did you think about the performance and our reaction? Any recommendations for Metal Maiden Mondays?
Check out BandMaid - all-girl metal (not kawai-metal!) band from Japan.
ChemicalReactions! I love you guys but I hate baby metal sooo much ahhhh 🤮
ChemicalReactions! The chorus is okay but the verse is sooo bad 😂😂😂
@@caseycoughlin4975 It's all good! They're different for sure.
Check out Acid Trial or Red Tide Rising by Orange Goblin, driving (old school) riffs and lyrically very interesting
"I kinda feel bad for enjoying it as much as I did" - We've all been there. After 4-5 more songs you're over that and you realize that they are just amazing. They also have many supporters in the Heavy Metal industry by now, e.g. Judas Priest, Rob Zombie, Korn, Metallica, Slayer, Dragonforce, etc.
I recommend you to listen to some some less "comedic" songs by them, like: Karate, Rondo of Nightmare, Akatsuki, Headbanger and Road of Resistance. It will blow your mind!
Megitsune!
Not Karate - it's the same style as GMC!
rondo of nightmare is awesome
And Ijime, Dame, Zettai
@Palmer Eldritch I like your screen name.
Big PKD fan here. : )
This is their old stuff. Since then, they improved by leaps and bounds. They changed the band(instrumentals) and now have some of the best artist of all of Japan. Sumetal, the leadsinger only gets better over time and the songs over all also only improve over time
Avvisoful to be fair if they can get behind this they can get behind any of their songs.
They are slightly less terrible now.
powbobs *rolls eyes* they were never terrible despite not being to your particular liking.
@@powbobs probably you are being stuck in 2018 era or a blind Yui fan..
@@oliviatamayo2984 Lol, I smell stinky metal elitism...
They absolutely smashed it at Glastonbury Festival last weekend - the crowd were fully onboard by mid-way through the set. They're also favourites at Metal festivals like Download. FYI, Su-Metal (lead vocalist) is 20. They started when the girls were kids back in 2010.
Suzuka turned 21 last December. Moa just turned 20 on July 4th.
Did you see them live at the festival?
@@xboxgamertrev6763 On TV. 🤘
Su is 22, Moa is 20
Nothing is more hilarious than see a big, bald, tattooed, old biker metal head wearing a BabyMetal t-shirt=D
I bought one last week. I'm too old to care what young kids think is "appropriate". 🤣
@@ChrisPage68 haha! Awesome attitude!
I have mine from Reading 2015 festival. :)
😂
@@ChemicalReactions My nephew got me one for my 60th birthday - I got another at the show in Brixton last week.
This video is a studio version over a live performance. The girls don't lip sync during their live shows. They also play with a very good live band called the Kami Band. You should check out an actual live video like Road Of Resistance.
BABYMETAL - Road of Resistance - Live in Japan
ruclips.net/video/zTEYUFgLveY/видео.html
I agree. I think you should check out Road of Resistance.
Never feel bad for enjoying BABYMETAL!!!! Check them out live.
Kawaii-metal rules (jpop idol music meets metal)
That look where she was thinking, "Why is my dad getting so into this?" Pure gold! ;-)
I love Chucks big smile on his face most of the time. :D
Thats how I feel listening to Babymetal - it definitely lifts the mood.
That it does. Can't be sad while you're listening to this!
An excellent and honest reaction, thanks. Just a couple of points to clarify - Gimme Chocolate is the video people say to try just to get a WTF! reaction from people, they have so many far better songs (and meaningful - always positive messages, like Ijime, Dame, Zettai = Bullying, No More, Forever). I hope you will try one or two of the recommendations for real live performances to see what they are really about.
Unlike other J-pop bands Babymetal was formed and developed around the lead singer and her extraordinary vocals and stage presence - and she was still only 12 years old when that happened in 2010 (she is 21 now). She always sings live - there are a couple of small sections of a couple of songs where the backing track takes over, but those are obvious (the parapaparapapa bits in Gimme Chocolate, the bit when she is behind a mask in Megitsune, the bit where they are picking themselves off the floor in Karate, maybe one or two other bits in songs I can't think of), but no lip sync since a couple of very early performances in 2010/11 ... and she sings live, virtually pitch perfect, while dancing. She is an incredible talent.
Yes they were put together as a project - by one metalhead producer who saw Su-metal's potential for fronting a fusion j-pop/metal band when he saw he singing in her previous j-pop group when she was 10. They formed as a sub unit of a newly formed Idol group called Sakura Gakuin but were provided no extra funds by their talent agency, so their first performances and videos were done in borrowed clothes and they were self-funding - the talent agency saw it as the producer's pet project but thought he was mad and that there would be no profit in it for them.
Babymetal separated from Sakura Gakuin in 2013 to become a band in its own right when Su-metal 'graduated' (SG has a school theme and is for girls aged 11 to 15). Yui and Moa - the two younger girls - continued to work with both BM and SG until they too 'graduated' in 2015.
Since the end of 2013 (Gimme Chocolate was filmed at the last appearance of the fake 'Babybones' band miming the instrumentals) they have been supported in all live shows by the Kami Band made up of some of Japan's very best instrumentalists.
Babymetal have won many awards (I think 24 at the last count) for things such as best live act, best Japanese band, best metal video, best album of the year etc. They are essentially a live performance act - they are not like any other recording artist where the album is what you listen to while live performances are used to promote it. Babymetal albums give you an idea of what they will be playing live, but their live performances are where they are at their very best - and they mix things up, metal genres from power to speed, black to death, Viking folk metal and even Ska to full on prog metal ... and they can do them all so well. They may also throw in other genres to surprise you (reggae, rap, EDM etc).
You don't start a world tour headlining Wembley Arena and end it with a sell out two nights at Tokyo Dome (55k people per night) and play a completely different set list on each night if you're not really good - they did exactly that in 2016 when the girls were still only 18 and 17 years old.
Apologies for the overlong comment, but I have been watching and enjoying many of your previous reactions and thought you would both appreciate a little more detail. I hope you will try at least one more Babymetal track, but one of their better songs and live performances this time.
Should check out Road of resistance by them.. embrace the baby metal. I’m a long haired bearded typical metal head and have no shame in enjoying it for what it is.
Make sure it's the Live in Japan version.
Definitely live in Japan version!
Just bought a ticket to see Babymetal live in february! They are actually amazing live. (As you noticed, this is a videoclip). If you want to check out a live preformance, check out 'Road of resistance' (live in Japan). And the vocals are on point (even with the dancing).
peqdf today i ordered Tickets for Hamburg 👍🏼
Gonna finally see them live in Cologne in february
I've got tickets for London 🦊
This was from December 2013 and it was the lead singer's 16th birthday. You forgot to mention that the video for gimmie chocolate has over 104,000,000 views. You have to watch some later live shows. They are doing another world tour again this year. They are one of the top bands in Japan. You can not go wrong with any songs from Babymetal but stay away from compilations. You will appreciate the whole Babymetal experience the more you watch. Your reaction is normal.
I want to like this twice for the "views" point.
The music video of Gimme Chocolate is based on their concert, Legend 1997, back in 2013, and what you heard is the official studio recorded version of the song for their first album, not the live singing. However, in the concert they were singing live and not lip-syncing. They are professionals, well trained by professionals, and they are doing this since a very young age, therefore, singing while performing the choreography is not a problem to them back then and even now.
The looks on your faces 😂😂😂
Their musicians are phenomenal! I saw them live and they rocked the crowd.
親父ノリノリで、娘の冷静な分析に草生える
There are NO guilty pleasures. That's no way to go through life.
What if feeling guilty about your pleasures is your guilty pleasure?
BABYMETAL started out lipsyncing for a very short time. This video was pretty early in their career, at that point they were singing live to a background track, the skeleton band was only miming. Also, in this MV you are hearing a studio recording to live video footage. But on that same show it got interesting: For the encore they introduced a real live band made up of some of the best Japanese Metal musicians and have played with them ever since. This took it to a whole new level. Please, even if you don't record a reaction video, watch one of those performances. It's beyond awesome! Like "Road of Resistance", for example: ruclips.net/video/zTEYUFgLveY/видео.html . And yes, despite the jumping around and dancing, they do manage to keep the vocals stable. And the crowd interaction is exemplary. They are a perfect live band!
The bad thing about "Gimme Chocolate" is that the relatively weak verse often throws people off (at first). But still, you have to admit, it made you smile and shake your head. And that's what they are all about. They are pure fun, you can't help but smile all the way through it. During the first song there's scepticism and curiosity, the second adds fascination, and by the third you'll find it awesome! Their catalogue is very diverse, they explore various genres along the way, and like you noticed in this song, somehow they manage to make it work very well.
As I said, please do yourself a favour and watch a real live performance, and if you want to do us a favour as well, share it with us. :-) You will definitely up your current verdict of 80 / 84! Thank you!
Pure fun is definitely the right phrase!
Also to point out that the lyrics are apparently supposed to be about the body image and society's demands for how young girls should look like, especially in idol industry in Japan and how the girls just want bit of chocolate despite it all
Loved the reaction. I’ve been listening to metal the last 20 years (almost) and since I discovered BABYMETAL they’ve been easily in my top 3 favorite band of all times. They’re sooooo great. I HARDLY recommend a second round of BABYMETAL - Road of Resistance (Live in Japan). You guys will be blown away for sure.
P.S.: the “dancers” (Moa and Yui) were often singing playback but Su, the lead singer, did that only in their very early performance when they were like 9 and 10 years old. Then she’s always been live - her vocals are just that good. Like the bass player of the band (when he joined) was told to play as loud as possible cause of the power of Su voice ^^
I think they were all under 18 years old when this song was made. These girls are real metal veterans now. Since this song came out, they've spent a bunch of time touring, mostly in Europe, supporting bands like Metallica and Judas Priest. I highly, highly recommend checking out the video Babymetal - Road of Resistance Live in Japan. It's an absolutely insane concert and really shows off their command of the stage. Also, the music was partly written by DragonForce.
@Chris Hendrickson Suzuka, the lead singer turned 16 the day before this was filmed back in 2013.
Yui and Moa were 14.
'Road of Resistance' is a great suggestion.
I think that live video and the music video for 'Karate' are the best way to introduce people to this group.
Well, all of them being under 18 goes for anything before December 20, 2015. :D
Wow. Can't believe you did my suggestion (I was one of then). You're great! Haha, had not expected this at all. Glad you survived the shock, haha. Thanks.
You gotta watch road to resistance live from the concert that video was shot at. You will be blown away! Just subbed today, but been following for a few weeks, keep up the fun reactions
@Bill Jones The 'Road of Resistance' video was shot at the Saitama Super Arena in January 2015.
Different venue. This 'Gimme Chocolate!!' performance from 2013 was at Makuhari Messe during 'Legend 1997'.
Welcome officially?
I really liked your reactions! Very genuine but also thought out and well spoken. And you played off of each other well too. Definitely subscribing.
As others have said, welcome to Babymetal! You’ve already gotten a bunch of comments explaining the background and about this video, but I still want to second what everyone is saying- be sure to check out their actual live stuff! Particularly Road of Resistance live in Japan, and Ijime Dame Zettai live at Sonisphere 2014
Also I didn’t see many comments about the lyrics of this song. It is a cutesy song about chocolate, but it also holds commentary (as many of their songs do) about the societal expectations on girls and women, like with watching their weight.
I smiled all the way trough the video :D If you want a newer song, they are some live performances uploaded of song like PaPaYa or distortion (two great songs btw) that you could check out! They are professional dancer around 20 years old actually, and it's even more awesome live! Glad you liked it :)
Glad you enjoyed and thanks for the recommendation!
nah.. they are same... they were are new fad for a few years and gone now... I find it weird ppl are still reacting to them... #FAD
@@mikeyb8040 They've been a "fad" since 2010. Still going strong though.
@@mikeyb8040 been to babymetal concert twice and going again in the fall, not a fad sorry.
曲が始まった途端に彼女さんが笑顔になったね♪
AS soon as the song started,she smiled ♪
gonna see BabyMetal this October in AZ, can't wait!
you guys should see them now, they are all grown up and so awesome, btw the baby part is the birth of a new genre of metal, not the girls ages. checkout the recent Glastonberry festival they blew that place up.
oh another btw, every song they do sounds different.
They just put a smile on my face. So cute and what a coreography. Awesome mix. I think my face was the same like yours when i first heared them.
Find a recent video of this band performing live (especially a recent one) and you’ll see how awesome they are. They nail the dances and don’t miss a single note of the vocals.
They're not ready for PaPaYa😁
6:48 This is the part that dropped my jaw, the girls run to the center and boom, instantly dancing in sync. It's the little details in choreography that I didn't realize have to be decided.
This is definitely the album version. When they perform live, you can tell Su-Metal (the lead vocalist) actually does sing. Their video for Road To Resistance shows what she can do live.
According to the writers, Gimme Chocolate is about the dangers of eating disorders.
Nice some baby metal! Shout outs to you guys you're killing it right now
There are so many other songs that I think you should listen to when it comes to BABYMETAL, okey, this is their most viewed song and it's not bad, but there's sooooo much more, here's a few: Road of Resistance: ruclips.net/video/zTEYUFgLveY/видео.html Karate: ruclips.net/video/GvD3CHA48pA/видео.html Megitsune: ruclips.net/video/cK3NMZAUKGw/видео.html and my new favorite, Shanti: ruclips.net/video/w5AlEavdipA/видео.html
Please explore more BABYMETAL!
This is the song that got me hooked, right off the bat, to BABYMETAL. I literally listened to nothing but for 3 years, and I'm so looking forward to their new album later this year!
The dad just smiling the whole time getting into it. Love it. Would like to see him listening to the Rondo Nightmare live with the performance that Kami Band gave as an intro.
First of all welcome to Babymetal and great reaction. The comment about lipsyncing and that the vocals talent not being a focus might be true for other j- and k-pop groups but that is definatley not the case here. This Band was build around the vocal talent of the main singer Suzuka Nakamoto (SU-metal) and the reason why it looked like lipsyncing in this video was that the audio was the studio album audio dubbed over the actual footage, so it would work as a music video. I would suggest looking at Road of Resistances - live in japan (ruclips.net/video/zTEYUFgLveY/видео.html), Rondo of Nightmare from Budokan (ruclips.net/video/QxYAcIyk2Co/видео.html) or even one of their new songs "Shanti" (haven't been given an actual title yet) (ruclips.net/video/w5AlEavdipA/видео.html) to get a look at what they actually sound like live :)
Thanks, that's great context. Makes sense that they would use the studio version for the official video.
@@ChemicalReactions no problem...I'm sure there will be a fair amount of people giving you plenty of background on the group the next few hours/days. It's already been shared on our reaction subreddit, so I'm guessing you'll have a lot of people incomming :)
Suzuka talent and you believe that. This is debilism this is k pop try to in metal... Not gonna happen metal is last stand of good musicianship those pricks not gonna get there
@@ChemicalReactions Man where are the redeeming babymetal reactions it's been more than a month lol
You think of BM as a bit of a novelty act, but the lead singer and the musicians are absolutely top class. Peaple don't know the lead singer can sing. Insane talent!!
I always said from the first time I heard this song, that they are a great introduction to metal for people who listen to pop. 3 young girls choreographed cutesy dancing and singing about chocolate.
Not video related. I just wanted to say i am so proud of you guys and your channel growing to 12k subscribers and having multiple videos with over 100k views and one with over 200k views. You all have wonderful personalities and i love watching you every week. Please keep up the content
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Even though the whole concept is the combination of JPop/Idol and Metal, this is definitely one of their most pop songs.
Even so, that blast beat gets you. And the whole thing is about 10x heavier live.
This song was written for BABYMETAL by Takeshi Ueda of the electronic punk band, Mad Capsule Markets.
He wrote 'Awadama Fever' for the second album.
They have been joined on stage for this one by members of Korn, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, and DragonForce.
Not all at the same time of course. : )
Must be fun to watch!
It's a slow day at the office so I'll give you a bit more back ground. Baby Metal has performed with most of the top metal groups. Slayer, Metalica, Judas Priest. They performed Pain Killer with Rob Halford. They are not some novelty. Sold out back to back ,50,000 shows in Tokyo. Sold out their LA performance in 12 minutes. The lead singer Su Metal has an outstanding voice and as one voice coach who does reaction vids said, she was born to sing on a stage. Please check out their other more will known vids.
LouieGrandie Thanks!
@@ChemicalReactions
In 2015 Vogue Magazine named Baby Metal Women of the Year
In 2015 GQ Magazine in the Man of the Year issue named them Discovery of the Year
Loudwire 5th Annual Music Awards - Best Metal Song of 2015 Road of Resistance
2016 MTV Video Music Awards Japan - Best Album of the Year -Japan - Metal Resistance
2016 AIM Independent Music Awards - Best Live Act
2017 MTV Europe Music Awards - Best Japan Act
Loudwire 6th Annual Music Awards - Rock Goddess of the Year 2016 - "Su-metal"
Watching people react to Baby Metal for the first time always makes me laugh because I knew you'd be laughing trying to figure out what the fuck is going on lol. I'm not a fan of the singing myself but the band behind them is pretty hardcore!, Cheers and rock ya later
The look on Julia's face at the start is priceless
The first time I watched baby metal I was impressed. The band is flawless and the girls are talented. I didn't have to think what genre combination or anything, it's just good.
I recommend these songs from them.
Rap/Nu metal: Onedari Daisakusen
Dark themed: Rondo of Nightmare with Mischiefs of God intro
Power Metal: Road of Resistance or Ijime, Dame, Zettai
Basically, their songs are all different from one another. :)
The Baby part of Babymetal is explained as a birth of a new type of metal, Kawaii Metal, a fusion of J-Pop/Idol music and metal.
Babymetal invented the Kawaii Metal genre, and indeed there have been many attempts to copy them. None have really met with massive success, although quite a few groups have been influenced or inspired by them. One you might like to check out is Death Rabbits/Desu Rabbits as their lead vocalist is amazing despite her age. This group went on hiatus for a while, but is now working hard on a comeback.
I've been listening to metal for literally 30 years. BabyMetal is my favorite band of the moment. That's all I can say. Everyone is recommending Road of Resistance, Live in Japan, and normally I would be too, but they seem to have it covered. Also check out Rondo of Nightmare with Mischiefs of God intro so see a video that highlights The Kami Band, and Su-Metal's solo voice. And welcome to The Fox Hole.
Mine too, and I have played metal bass for over 35 years.. serious music, super-serious performances.
As I recall, this sort of has to do with the aftermath of WW2. Japan had surrendered and American soldiers went into Japan to briefly occupy the country and see about doing what they could to ease the pain of the population. In an effort to gain the trust of the children and to show the kids that they were not the bad guys, American soldiers would hand out candy. Chocolate was the prized candy type. To the best of my knowledge, this is what the song is referring to.
Pretty soft entry to Babymetal. And it is actually so about the vocals. The concept was created around the voice of lead singer Su-metal (Suzuka Nakamoto). And "Baby" refers to a newborn genre rather than the age of the trio. Find something heavier by them. Plenty of recommendations below.
Before the lead singer was in Babymetal she was in another group called Karen Girl's, who did songs for an anime. Babymetal covered their Over the Future song and I think improved on the original.
@MrFoxVert I like to say, "Zettai Karen Girl's" (Karen Girl's Forever!)
Ayami Mutō, Yuika Shima and Suzuka Nakamoto were all super talented, even as kids.
DAD DANCE!!!!
We all know we shouldn't like Babymetal but the music's soooooo awesome. Check out "Megitsune" for some great head-banging opps (Juliette!). A very strong comeback from last weeks misadventure guys \m/
Glad you enjoyed!
Oh man, that first moment of *MINDS BLOWN* had me laughing so hard 😂
You're right about your analysis, this is very much project based and a specific product. As has been said the group has evolved over time, so worth looking at later work.
Also, these kinds of idol groups are worked _hard_ and pretty prestigious in Japan, so yeah there is a lot of talent and effort involved.
Another band sorta like them is Band Maid - that's a group of all female musicians though. 🤘
"Initially formed in 2010 as a sub-unit of the Japanese idol group Sakura Gakuin, Babymetal became an independent act in 2013."
Babymetal is fun. Their band is awesome. It would be a fun concert. Please check out Band-Maid (great musicians, not just a schtick) from Japan (the song "Play") and The Warning from Mexico ("Dust to Dust) for future Metal Maiden Monday's.
Well, some info about this. Sorry, english isn´t my native language
Yes, Babymetal is different, even sometimes weird but don´t think that they are only "a cute face". Suzuka have a very powerful voice and she don´t "lip sync" in live. She sing on the stage with people like Rob Halford or Red Hot Chily Peppers. She have some solo songs live when you can hear his singular and powerful voice. She sings from a very early age and babymetal is still very active (new CD this year). But... the musicians in this video, the "babybones" are playing playback. This video is from a long time ago. They got a really good backup band, the "Kami Band" who is playing with them even now and have some of the finest metal music of Japan.
But Babymetal touch a lot of metal genres and sometimes it´s difficult to hear her voice shine. If you try something like "Akatsuki" or "No Rain no Rainbow" maybe you change your perception.
And yes, they do a lot of "weird things". A lot of times because... they are japanese and Japan have his own culture after centuries of isolation. I love japanese culture, y went to Japan a lot of times (maybe 7 or 8) and even now, there´s things who surprise me. Also Babymetal do some tributes to a legendary japanese metal band. The band who shakes Japan in the 80th and a band who any metal lover must know: X-Japan.
Seriously, if never hear of them check in RUclips, they are huge
Babymetal is near a decade on stages, they aren´t joke
Like Rap? Maybe you must check they last song: Pa-Pa-Ya. A misture of metal, idol and rap. Sounds bizarre, sounds weird but... is great
ruclips.net/video/oO7Y8NsnkRg/видео.html
They've toured with huge metal bands such as METALLICA, ROB ZOMBIE, JUDAS PRIEST, RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS, EVEN LADY GAGA. They debuted on November 28th 2010. Suzuka Nakamoto was 12, and Yui Mizuno and Moa Kikuchi were only 11 years old. They are on their 5th World Tour. You really really need to dive into the FOX HOLE and come to know the lives of all members and band members of my favorite Japanese band. Either they will capture your heart or you'll just hate them.
I love Baby Metal! & I’m older man that loves my Metal music.
Awesome reaction!
Keep up the great work.\m/
Any Babymetal reaction should come from a good sounding live show. They are infinitely better live than on any of the albums.
I still like to see reactions to the studio version music videos, too, though.
You should do their brand new song: PA PA YA!! (UK Live) - ruclips.net/video/HaJUWRziDQc/видео.html - it even has some Rap for the RAP TEEN QUEEN
LOL Chuck, you had the exact same faces I had first time I heard Babymetal! Sort of wish you guys started with Rondo of Nightmare with Gods of Mischief intro to get a better grasp of just how technically good the band is. Also, there's no lipsynching.. they're just super fit! Other notables (besides Rondo) is Megitsune, Karate, and the newest Pa Pa Ya. Babymetal also worked on some songs with DragonForce and Judas Priest! Road of Resistance was worked on with DragonForce, check out the live performances always rather than official videos, the crowds are WILD!
I love the guys reaction. He wants to full on dance lol. Great reaction.
The music video is the studio track over the live video. There are live performances out there worth checking out. Karate at Download, Road of Resistance in Japan and Ijime Dame Zettai at Sonisphere (this is where they broke out of Japan).
you shouldn't feel bad for enjoying the MV, BabyMetal has always put on an awesome show, they have sold out all if not most of their shows. They are extremely popular worldwide and are loved by many their fan base is huge, if u get to do more MV reactions of this pay attention to the crowds and fans that overcrowd the arenas. the Metal scene in Japan has a lot of all-female bands out there and BabyMetal is one of my favorites, there is also Band-Maid, Alodious, Lovebites who are so freaking awesome and totally blow us away. the difference between those bands is that they do play instruments here is a link to one that is so freaking awesome "Catch me if You can" ruclips.net/video/VANhYO1TLno/видео.html
The lead singer never lip sync, and she still sings so damn good even with all the dancing. See KARATE at Download 2016 and shanti at Glastonbury 2019 to hear her vocal power. Btw babymetal is more than gimme chocolate so keep checking them out.
I’m a lifelong metalhead from the 80’s but these guys are great!! I really like Karate, especially the opening riffs and the vocals are better. Worth a watch.
I loved how her face literally left town in the video. 😆
Thanks for this video - I haven't laughed this much in ages.
Babymetal are the Shiz!! There will be plenty of 'Metalheads' that will say it's crap and not Metal. BS!! They are Metal AF!! Metal is all about breaking boundaries and doing what ever the hell you want with your music and F anyone else. 45 yr old Metalhead here
React to Babymetal - Distortion
or Babymetal - Karate (live UK Download 2016)
the way her eyes popped out of her eye sockets classic first reaction to baby metal lol
The best part about metal is that is has no limits, no boundaries. It doesn't need to be this cookie-cutter formula or stick rigidly to genre types. You'd be surprised in the diversity that's out there...
Bone Crew (Trap Metal)
Celldweller or The Algorithm (Electronic metal)
Ankla or Puya (Latin metal)
Eluveitie (Folk metal)
ALESTORM (Pirate metal)
Amon Amarth (Viking metal)
the list goes on.
Carnival in Coal - funk metal
Diablo Swing Oechestra - avantgarde metal...
@@Capitaomac1 Oooh, yeah. DSO, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, The Mars Volta are pretty unique. Maybe a bit less on the metal side of things. TREPALIUM are nice swing metal band.
I like this girl! And the way how she'd explaining what she think and how she feel!)
Excellente réaction hahaha la transition de "wow attend on repart sa" a headbanger ma bien fait rire. Le channel continue de grandir et vous le meritez! Je sais que vous en recevez beaucoup mais ma recommendation si vous avez le temps: un band canadien, leader par une chanteuse: Spiritbox - Belcarra. Merci encore pour les videos!
BABYMETAL - HEADBANGER LIVE AT BUDOKAN BLACK NIGHT 2014
Ya I was pretty confused when I first checked out Babymetal, I think I still am lol, Great review, and good and funny reaction!
That guitar solo is so fast. They are best heard live. So much energy and power. Headbanger, legend 1997 is excellent.
Baby Metal's line (official) video is by far my favorite song ever from Baby Metal. It's Kpop with some rap and some death metal. ❤
This video is a live show dubbed with album track.
The main vocal actually sings in live.
2 dancers are lipsync in most live but sometimes do the singng while dancing.
Hi Chuck and Juliet! Great reaction! Thanks for reacting to BABYMETAL! It was fun seeing your first impressions as someone completely new to them. Gimme Chocolate is their straight up shock value song and one of their most poppy, and if you were to just stop here I think you would be missing out on a great band, for this reason I don't really recommend Gimme Chocolate as an introduction to BABYMETAL. You guys were right when you said they're produced, they wern't organically formed by the members, but it's not really true that it's more about their image than the music. Their producer is a long time metal head and absolutely knows talent when he sees it. BABYMETAL is all about the complete performance. Think of them more like musical theatre. BABYMETAL is best live, so I would like to recommend a few live performances for you:
"Ijime, Dame, Zettai - Live at Sonisphere UK 2014" - The title translates to "Bullying, No more, Forever". This was the last song of their first big show in the west. The girls were scared the UK metal heads would throw bottles and boo them off.
"Rondo of Nightmare with Mischiefs of God Intro Live Budokan Black Night 2014" - The girls are backed by the Kami Band, some of the best metal musicians in all of Japan, and in my opinion the world. This is a Su-Metal (lead vocalist) solo.
"Road of Resistance - Live in Japan" - This is how BABYMETAL closes an arena show.
BABYMETAL are touring the US in September and if they're playing near you and you like what you see I would highly recommend going! They are amazing live! They have a new album coming out in October and they've released new singles but I would recommend not reacting to them yet, as their label is extremely liberal with the copyright strikes on the newer material.
Hi, nice reaction.
"Gimme Choco" is almost 6 years ago. They now become beautiful ladies.
BABYEMETAL keep evolving. Now is the best timeing to know BABYMETAL. The more you know BABYMETAL, the happier you become.
Please do more BABYMETAL.Thanks from Japan.
I beg you guys to continue reacting to babymetal, their music evolves so much and is so captivating. this is quite an old song, its still amazing but, much has changed (:
Basically, Kawaii Metal is a genre of metal that puts a smile on your face, instead of a scowl.
Great reaction!!! BABYMETAL is something else for sure! they are amazing and the thing whit BABYMETAL is that the first time you listen them is a big WTF is this! and the second time is like hey this is not bad... The third time you become a fan of BABYMETAL hahaha they are amazing live even betteer than the studio, please react to a song call it Road of Resistance live in Japan. You gonna see how talented their are and i think you gonna like it... great video btw and welcome to the awesome world of BABYMETAL ImI....ImI
Fun fact, it is not lip-syncing. Only compression. But also mad cardio Suzaka Nakamoto train by singing while running on a treadmill.
In a nutshell, should you choose to pursue a BabyMetal path, you ain’t seen nuthin’ yet. 😎
I think the top comment on on the actual video of gimme chocolate sums it up perfectly. Japan is a different planet.
They have changed over the years. Last year they went through the death of a guitarist after he had an accidental fall off a viewing platform (he was an amateur astronomer when not being a guitar god). Then one of the three girls left the group due to health issues.
They don't lip sync. That is not a true live video. The band was formed around Su. Her voice has gotten so much better over the years (not that it was bad, but she was barely a teen when they started).
After a rough 2018 they have rebounded well this year.
Please check out Road of Resistance Live in Japan. For newer look for Pa Pa Ya official video (if that won't be blocked) and one of my favorite new ones is Shanti live at Glastonbury.
If you want to see the Kami Band more, look for Rondo of Nightmare with Mischief of the gods intro. The 2nd guitarist to play his solo is Mikio, the band member that passed away last year, sadly at 36.
女の人の反応がBABYMETALを初めて聴いた時の私と同じです。
出来ればBABYMETAL DEATHという曲のreactionもお願いします。
I don't think it was lip synced. I think it was the studio recorded version superimposed over a live performance for the purpose of making the "official video". I may be wrong though. As mentioned below, check out some of their other songs like Karate, Rondo of Nightmare, Akatsuki, Headbanger, Megitsune, and Road of Resistance; any of these songs will be more up your alley.
let´s do more Babymetal, "Doki doki morning", "iine", "megitsune"
If you want more all female, or female fronted, Japanese bands, Bandmaid's Real Existence is pretty badass. Also Wagakki Band - Tengaku. It's traditional Japanese instruments in rock music - very different to what we're used to
Thank you for reacting to BABYMETAL, as always a nice choice.
While being superfun that video creates so much misconceptions about them :/ For example that lipsyncing issue - it wasn't lipsynced, it's basically the album version just with concert images (thats why you can't her the audience). But you can't of course know that. And in fact, it's the complete opposite of your impression for their actual concerts. Su-Metal, the singer, is actually fantastic (there are lists which rate her the best idol singer in japan). Unfortunately theirs very little of their good stuff on yt, you could check out rondo of nightmare or akatsuki live performances, or karate at download 2016 to see a little bit how good she can actually sing. (The best one would actually be akatsuki red fox festival or syncopation from Legend S but no use to give you links, that video would be instablocked by yt anyways :( ) (Theres a video on yt called "SU-METAL Powerful Performances (BABYMETAL)" which is not good to react to since it jumps through different songs highlighting her singing, but you can watch this if you're interested to get a impression of her live singing)
A second misconception is their name coming from them being young. The Baby in BABYMETAL has nothing to to with their age but with them creating a new music genre by mixing metal music with influences from so many genres - which results in their genre which they call kawaii metal. They have songs which incorporate raps, have ska elements, eurodance, reagge or quite recently one with strong indian influences. And metal wise they have everything from ballads to folk metal, power metal, speed metal, trash metal and even black metal with death metal riffs in sis. anger. Heck, they even have a prog metal song with singing and dancing - noone in their right mind would dance and sing to a song which changes speed several times and meter over 60 times - they do. And like you said, you won't find something similar from other bands. Their are some Bands in Japan which you could technically fit into the Kawaii Metal genre but most of them are more pop with metal influnces, or rock bands which some count as kawaii metal . It always sound like fans are exaggerating but BABYMETAL indeed is very very unique in their combination.
And that you mentioned nyangostar (the apple mascot playing drums) is funny, because some of his most popular videos are actually him playing Babymetal songs ;)
You did a really nice reaction but to get a better feel of how they really are you should react to something more recent and especially something of their live performances. Some people already mentioned already Road of Resistance which is a absolutely fantastic song. Or you could react to Rondo of nightmare, karate at download 2016, idz at Sonisphere 2014. I would really aprecciate it if you do a follow up reaction.
Chuuei Thank you!
Its true about Nyangostar , his AKATSUKI renditions are among his best works!
from babymetal , you guys got to do rondo of nightmare , instrumental is awesome , RIP Mikio Fujioka
rondo of nightmare actually put a lot of emphasis on the kami band (the name of the band behind babymetal)
To be completely honest, that performance wasn't lip sync. They did that before when they were starting but now their live shows are completely raw voices.
Sang live but the music was a backing track the last 5 songs of the concert the Kami band came on stage so live music as well. This was all live performance with the studio version played over it . Bones band are the ones maiming 😁🤘🤘
If you think it's not about the vocals, check them live and not a music video. There is no such thing as lipsync with Su. :) This girl puts quite some people to shame
Also the apple guy, Nyango Star, is popular for his cover of Akatsuki, another Babymetal song 😊
oh you want heavy babymetal? Sis Anger . They have three types of babymetal music, one is all 3 together, another is the two younger ones (Moa and Yui), and the last version is Su-metal doing stuff alone. Each is wildly different. Also, Yui has left the group and they're currently trying out a new girl.
I recommend you react to their sonisphere performance of ijime,dame,zertai in 2014. Really special and it was kinda a breakout for them in the western world. Thia video was from before when they didnt even use a live band. Now they are way better.
I could never understand why I enjoy Baby Metal , I can't see myself slapping in a B.M. CD to pass those hours sitting in traffic, but the more I watch the videos I gotta admit, I kinda really like this band, my girl friend wanted to see them during there last world tour, I under estimated the demand for tickets and found that the show sold out in a day, anyway got a hold of two tickets ($$) and found the live show was probably the best concert I have ever been to, and Iv'e seen Zep, pink Floyd +. I still don't understand, but I am loving this band