Thanks for the comment! Yep I know. In my intro I talked about how this is a patron request and it fit in this video because it fits with my K-Rock Thursday better than my Kpop videos.
Su-metal (Suzuka Nakamoto), lead singer for Babymetal, is an exceptional talent. She has masterful control of her instrument and is able to sing so many styles and in so many "voices". Please do more Babymetal. This song is from their recently released album.
Hi only seeing your babymetal reaction now, you really should do more reactions her voice so unique, I suggest monochrome live at pia, and an early on road of resistance live in Japan when she was 17, they are massive worldwide now
BabyMetal began in 2010 there were Suzuka Nakamoto age 12 Moa Kikuchi and Yui Mizuno (Yui left in 2018 due to health reasons). Both Moa and Yui were 11 years old when the group began. All three were friends and classmates who attended an idol school/group (Sakura Gakuin) founded in 2010 by Amuse Talent Agency for girls 10 to 15. Themed around school life (they attended regular school as well) the girls would learn and train at vocals, dancing, public speaking and etiquette, etc., graduate at age 15 and then move onto whatever entertainment path they chose or that suited their talents. Key Kobayashi was a music producer for Amuse and heard Suzuka sing at age 9 and was impressed with her strong vocals and stage presence. Kobayashi was a fan of heavy metal but believed that the genre had become stale and tired (especially in Japan) with metal bands getting old Kobayashi believed the genre needed to be reborn (BabyMetal means the birth of a new metal genre). Kobayashi felt that Suzuka had the ability to front a metal band and that her vocals and presence could withstand the metal guitars and drums. The fusion of Jpop and Metal began. He placed Moa and Yui as backup singers/dancers and a phenomenon was about to result. At first Amuse showed no interest and the girls had only financing from Kobayashi. They performed at strip malls and small venues using clothes borrowed from friends and family. No money for a real band they had friends dressed in homemade skeleton costumes pretending to play instruments to a backtrack. They became a sensation (these young ladies paid their dues). Amuse saw the potential and in 2012 hired the best session musicians Japan had to offer (The Kami Band) who tours with them today (now includes world class musicians from the USA for tours outside of Asia). If you choose to explore more of BabyMetal I suggest reacting to LIVE performance videos as this is where they shine. They have over 50 LIVE songs/performances and each one is different. They are fearless exploring many genres and have the respect of the legends of Metal such as Metallica, Slipknot, Rob Zombie, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Judas Priest and more. Avoid Glastonbury LIVE performances as the sound production by the BBC (who was in charge of that festival did a terrible job - mics not turned on, incorrect volume levels, etc.) Suggest reacting to these for a start. Karate LIVE at 2016 Download Festival in the UK where 60,000+ British metal heads sing along with the girls. Megitsune LIVE at Budokan 2021 Syncopation LIVE Yava LIVE with Kami Band intro at 2017 Fox Festival Road of Resistance LIVE in Japan Headbanger LIVE Tales of the Destinies LIVE Catch Me If You Can LIVE with Kami Band intro At their concert in Yokohama on April 1 it was announced that a permanent third member Momoko Okazaki (who is also a graduate of Sakura Gakuin and has been appearing with them LIVE since 2019) has officially become the third member. Their new album in my opinion that released March 24 is amazing with so many different styles. Good luck and hope to see you again.
Thank you for the comment and the history! I think I want to go back to their beginnings and watch them as they grow and evolve with each album and tour, and how they got to where they are now.
@@rah2287 He said he has a Patreon if you want to bump up specific songs. He also seems to enjoy reacting to Korean artists, so you may wait awhile otherwise.
@hymnodic3384 Understood. I just suggest hoping to introduce reactors to these excellent young ladies who are a breath of fresh air in an otherwise self indulgent and vulgar entertainment world so if he gets to them great. Or he may take someone else’s suggestions and that’s okay as well. Thanks.
I will get to more BM in the future. I did enjoy them a lot and I do want to expand to other regions. Right now my focus is on Korean artists, Kpop and Krock. But I have a great list and idea for how I will react to them when I get to Japanese artists.
37:35 Reaction start Welcome back to the Foxhole and BabyMetal's metalverse 🦊🤘🌐 Nice to hear you already know something about this group, the song you were talking about is Gimme Chocolate!! and is one of their hits they keep playing at live concerts and everyone is having fun. Glad to see you enjoying this, they're showing us a more mature sound and a new BM side we've never seen before with this new album called "The Other One". L&D was the 4th single released and is another great pop rock ballad with beautiful SuMetal vocals piercing into our hearts. Love the J-pop sound from 2000 and the nostalgic vibes mixed with the edm sound. Here's some info about this song: _One of the discovered 10 parallel worlds is "LIGHT AND DARKNESS" and this 4th pre-release digital single “Light and Darkness” centers around this theme. Because light exists, darkness also exists._ _And because darkness is present, there is also a world that shines._ _During the night when light and darkness intersect, what we seek after poisoned with darkness awaits a world filled with strong love. As the door opens, is it hope or despair that awaits us? The song expresses the duality in everything and the way things are perceived and interpreted differ depending on each person’s point of view._ This was a world premiere at Makuhari Messe 2023 setlist, along with "THE LEGEND". During latest concerts at PIA Arena MM Yokohama (April 1st - Fox Day and 2nd) they announced a new member, finally MomoMetal (Momoko Okazaki) is official, she was one of the backup dancers (avengers) since 2019 filling the third spot after YuiMetal left the group in 2018, we're all happy and proud of her, but please don't think this as a replacement, she's more like a new incorporation to this new BM era. Btw she participated in a Kpop survival show called "Girls Planet 999" in 2021, she's 20 yo now. SuMetal and MoaMetal started this group in 2010 when having 11 (Moa) and 12 (Su) yo. They took inspiration from Seikima-II and got tributes to X-Japan as well many other metal bands, but also they have a whole lore and taking inspiration from many other pop culture such Star Wars, Evangelion, and wrestling shows, the producer KobaMetal is a heavy fan of that. Thanks for sharing this. See you next time 🦊🤘🔥
Thank you for the comment and info! I am very curious about their Lore. I think I want to go back to their beginning and watch their journey and how they grow with each album and tour.
@@seattleinsomnia That sounds a great idea and i would love to follow your journey to understand how they arrived here. Here's the list of live performance clips safe to reacts without any filters, usually, there are some exceptions: - Headbangeeeeerrrrr!!!!! live at Legend 1997, SuMetal 16th Birthday in 2013, they got MV of this and is fun, but live is a blast. "Gans Tomas" got this under Head Bangya title. - Akatsuki, live at Budokan 2014, this is a SuMetal solo. "BabyMetal Fans Ecuador" and "アカツキBabymetal" got the Black Night version (the safest one) (Continue...)
- Megitsune, official MV is my first recommendation but is usually blocked if you don't put filters, so if you want live and safe to react, check it out Budokan 2014. "Kawaii Metal" got this. - Akatsuki Unfinished Version, SuMetal solo again but with only a piano behind special performance at Legend 1997. There's a widescreen with subtitles version at "Kitsune Sama".
- Babymetal Death, live at Legend 1997, this is the big finale, you're gonna blow your mind with this one. You can find this with the introduction translated at "GuilhermeCait". - Ijime, Dame, Zettai live at Sonisphere Festival 2014, sometimes the official live MV isn't so friendly so be careful and put some filters.
- Rondo Of Nightmare, with Mischiefs Of Metal Gods Intro live at Budokan 2014, another SuMetal solo but way different than usual happy songs. Again "Kawaii Metal" got this, make sure the length is 7:03 - Doki Doki Morning, official MV, their very first song and MV full of kawaiiness, usually is safe to react so try it, if you want a live performance, this is the first proshot version with the Kami Band live at Legend 1999 (YuiMetal and MoaMetal 14th birthday). Another one in "Kawaii Metal".
I have no expertise, but SU-METAL's voice certainly has overtones. There is a great addictiveness in that straight and pure voice. The Monochrome Piano version on THE FIRST TAKE channel gives you a taste of her beautiful voice stripped of excess.
Su-metal's voice is magical. By far my favorite vocalist of all time. She has such a dynamic range, but in a way that you know Su-metal when you hear her. She even raps in the song BxMxC, of which I uploaded a version to my channel from the NHK SONGS 2020 performance, which was a live TV broadcast Babymetal's music is incredibly diverse, everything from playful like the Gimme Chocolate you remember, to the more serious like this song. They fuse Japanese pop with various genres of metal, and then mix in other genres as well. They have more metal leaning songs, more pop leaning songs, and everything in-between. Also, as much as I love Su-metal's vocals, it isn't the entirety of Babymetal. The group is as much as a visual performance as it is audible, so they are always better live. Live vocals, live band, and the choreography. Everything about them meshes well, and has a purpose. The choreography itself has very specific purposes of expressing the song as much as the lyrics and music do. It dynamically changes much like their music does. Sometimes it has its own beat, other times to Su'metal's vocals, or even to the flow of the guitar. Sometimes it's playful as the songs are, other times its serious, sometimes simple, and other times complex, as it is needed.
Thank you for the comment! I definitely enjoyed the choreo, I was just so caught up in Su-Metal's voice that it was hard to really pay much attention to anything else, or at least to the detail I am normally able to give.
You didn’t see them in this performance (not sure why as they are visible in most LIVE performances but BabyMetal’s world class backing band that tours with them “The Kami Band” was there playing.
This was the Babymetal Returns concert. The entire spotlight was on them the entire time. The band was definitely more visible during the following Babymetal Begins concerts.
Excellent reaction and analysis - and welcome to the BABYMETAL Foxhole.🦊The lead vocalist is Suzuka Nakamoto (Su-metal) - the whole concept was formed around her because of her vocal talents and stage presence even though she was still only 12 when they started in 2010. She is an exceptionally talented vocalist and she seems to be able to master many different styles and genres ... BABYMETAL have a very diverse catalogue. The fact you heard something of Dolores from the Cranberries in her voice is a big compliment. Su really can make you feel the emotions of a song when she wants to ... and she is so much better live than in the studio where they have a nasty habit of over-producing and compressing the vocals. I don't know about sub-harmonics. She generally does not use a lot of vibrato and sings her notes very straight, she may be introducing a subtle vibrato in a couple of songs on this latest album, but it is the fact she sings so straight that seems to set her apart from many other Japanese metal vocalists who really overdo the vibrato (so much so that I can't listen to them). Although the other girls sing backing vocals and some harmonies Su does have some pre-recorded harmonies on backing track for some songs, so she effectively harmonises with herself on those. The other girls (official role "scream and dance" but they don't scream and their dance is actually both interpretive of most songs as well as serving the main purpose of getting the crowd involved, giving them cues when to jump, pump their fists, shout, sing along and so on) were originally Moa Kikuchi (Moametal) and Yui Mizuno (Yuimetal). Yui last appeared in October 2017 and left the band 12 months later because of poor health. Su and Moa continued as a duo for nearly 5 years supported in live shows by any one of 3 dancers from 2019 until, on 1st April this year, the last remaining one of those dancers, Momoko Okazaki, was finally given a mic and revealed as the new third member Momometal. Supporting BABYMETAL in all live shows since March 2014 (and before that from October 2012 they played a couple of festivals and the encores in some shows) are the Kami Band - some of the very best session musicians to be found in Japan. There have been many musicians play in the Kami Band over the years, but the same hard core of about half a dozen have played the vast majority of concerts - they have 2 guitarists (so any two from Mikio Fujioka (RIP January 218), Takayoshi Ohmura, Leda Cygnus and ISAO), on bass is BOH and on drums Hideki Aoyama. In 2019 for the lengthy US tour and the European tour in 2020 the Kami Band of the West (American musician Chris Kelly and CJ Masciantonio on guitars, Clint Tustin on bass and Anthony Barone on drums) supported BABYMETAL - these are the musicians currently touring Europe with them and I would imagine they will continue for the SE Asia and Australia dates and for the US and Canada tours that are coming up from the end of August.
Thank you for the comment and info! This was an amazing introduction for me to their music. I had only heard small bits of Gimme Chocolate on a YT short and an interview about some of the bands they look up to, KISS and Judas Priest. I think I forgot to mention JP in the vid. I will definitely be getting into more of BM, I will probably go back to the beginning so I can relive the journey they went through and watch them grow.
@@seattleinsomnia You are welcome, I enjoyed your reaction. I don't recall them ever saying they are influenced by KISS (although I think I once read that Gene Simmons wanted to write a song for them), they nearly always cite Metallica as their favourite and the band from whom they learned so much about metal and how to really appreciate it. Judas Priest is another band they definitely look up to (they performed 'Painkiller' and 'Breaking the Law' with Rob Halford at an awards show in 2016) and at least a couple of their songs were inspired by X Japan. Good idea going back to the start so you can see how they have grown and progressed - they have 4 albums now, about 60 songs each one different to the last, so expect the unexpected ... and they will still surprise you.
@@Grington300 I may have been mistaken on Kiss but I remember it being something about them dressing up like skeletons or something and KISS wore the face paint and it gave them the idea, or I could be totally off. But that is what was stuck in my head.
@@Grington300 You forgot Dream Theater as well. Koba is a big Dream Theater fan. Prog is always creeping into their music, and they have two straight up prog songs: Tales of the Destinies, and The One, which were actually going to be one long song until they split them early in the song creation.
@@seattleinsomnia Ah right - no the guys in skeleton suits (Babybones) were a fake band who would mime the instruments in the very early days before they had the money for a live backing band - they were staff members and maybe friends of the producer, so the skeleton suits were just mysterious and "metal". The Kami Band are the live musicians and they would wear the corpse face paint and traditional white burial robes (now in black robes and masks). Kami means god or spirit, so in the BABYMETAL lore they were the gods of guitar, bass and drums summoned from the dead to support them in live concerts - the corpse face paint was about that, nothing to do with Kiss.
He is well aware of that. He said in the video he has had plans to branching out to other countries, and someone on his Patreon bumped Japan up the timeline by requesting Babymetal.
Yep, I'm fully aware. As hymnodic3384 has mentioned, I honored a Patron request for BM and added it to my K-Rock Thursday video because it keeps it within the rock/metal video, and the tier the patron is a part covers my Krock reactions.
No Momo-metal (Momoko Okazaki) is the recently added third member and is a dancer and backup singer. Members are Su-metal (lead singer, dance) 25 years old, Moa-metal (backup singer and dancer) 24 years old, Momo-metal (backup singer and dancer) is I think 22 years old. They all started in entertainment in their pre-teen years. Su will sometimes harmonize with herself on backing track but I am not sure that is the case on this track. This is the official video for this song so it is the studio audio overlaid on a live performance. They usually only release the live video on their blu-rays. I have seen/heard the live performance and Su is every bit as impressive live as in the studio.
Momoko is 20 now. This was a live version taken from the Wowow broadcast I'd guess (same footage as the official video for the most part, but the audio was live with the Kami Band improving on the album version's instrumentals and of course Su's live vocals).
@@Grington300 Footage is a mixture of the live Wowow broadcast and live MV footage, with audio from the live Wowow broadcast, to form a live concert video that can get through the YT gremlins. There is a similar video uploaded by KuroKiitsuneSama for Metal Kingdom as well.
When you said that you wanted to listen to Yeongeun's drum cover, each of the RQ girls have their own youtube channels and they do cover stuff on them. I'm following a few of them, but their channel names are in Korean, so I can't write them here. Lol
Su's vocals is IMO, the best of all the groups coming out of Japan... if you want to checkout more, try Monochrome from The First Take, or Akatsuki Unfinished to see how a younger Su's vocals can tug at the heart strings. Have fun exploring more of Babymetal. 🤘🦊🤘
Thanks for the comment. I will be branching out into more J-Rock/Metal soon and will be diving deeper in BM. I have a bit of a list for K-Rock/Metal and my Patron requests get to skip the line for priority.
Great reaction as always! Yeongeun's drum cover is from her own youtube channel. Search "영은 Drum". She has posted quite a few of her drum covers there.
I saw you reply in another comment that you look forward to going back to their beginning, and watching through their history to watch them grow. I look forward to it, this was a great react and commentary. At some point after the very beginning of their catalog, look for "Babymetal perform with Rob Halford" - it is just a joy to watch them having fun playing along side one of their early metal idols (its around 2016).
Thanks for the comment! Yes I want to go back to their beginning and experience their journey. I can see why they have such a huge following and I am impressed by what I heard.
Some say that BABYMETAL is a band that measures the musical level of those who listen to their songs. Perhaps the more you listen to BM's music, the more you fall into BM's foxhole☺️Enjoy wandering the foxholes. K-POP/ROCK and J-POP/ROCK are quite different. Japanese music is based on 歌謡曲(kayoukyoku), which is strongly influenced by traditional music such as 民謡 (minyou) and 演歌 (enka). BM combines J-Pop, heavy metal, and all genres of music and adds cute to it. The lack of skin exposure may also be a characteristic of BM. From Japan🦊
Thanks for the comment. I do know that BM is J-rock, and it is different. My Patron requested the song, and it fit best within this video. I was not intending on covering other regions of rock/metal for a little while, but my patron requests get to skip the line. Once I branch out, I will definitely be checking out more of them. I was really impressed.
BABYMETAL is K-rock? You definitely made the Japanese enemy. You'll be grumpy if you're mistaken for a race from another country, right? It's wrong information, so please correct it. I'll evaluate it as wrong information for the time being. This has to be lectured resolutely. BABYMETAL should not be combined with Korean music.
Thank you for the comment. If people would listen to the introduction and not just assume, they would realize I say I am taking a patreon request, and since it fit best in my K-Rock Thursday video, I reacted to it here.
I know that they are Japanese Metal. It was a Patreon request, and I included it in this video because I didn't have time to make a separate video for that reaction.
you pronounced Hyunjung like actual Korean, nice. for Youngeun it's separated as Young-eun. Young (actually usually yeong but "Englishified" spelling is Young) bcs of same pronunciation as young in English, and eun a bit tricky, eu is like u sound in burn. or like second e in member. so there's no G sound bcs G already used as in young same for arem. usually from hangeul it's typed as areum but the typing is arem instead. the eu same as youngeun. for Jayoung it's spelled as ja-young. clear ja, not like jay as in English/Spanish name you pronounced Iree right. btw for 1994/95 it's not about age system. by the time the guide released, there was no official info for Arem's birth year. that 1994/95 means the guide creator guessing that Arem was born in 1994 or 1995. based on how others call her unnie (showing that Areum is older). there are 2 O sound in Korean, o like in rainbow usually typed normal o (from this: ㅗ, sorry for Korean I just showed the character doesn't mean middle finger sign) and o like in rock usually typed eo (from this: ㅓ). and that eo usually modernized to u or ou in spelling (Hyunjung from hyeonjeong, Jayoung from Jayeong, Youngeun from Yeongeun)
Thank you for the comment! I am trying to learn Hangul on my own and it has kinda fell by the wayside a little now that I am reacting. I need to find time to dedicate to learning because it is the only way I will be successful and learn it. Thank you for the help!
@@seattleinsomnia no problem, I also learning by myself, so I'd like to help others too as learning by giving. that's how I learn something in general, by explaining to others what I already know even though it's still a little. also I like Korean as hangeul bcs it's like mathematical logic puzzle in arrangement. maybe a bit of irregular things like some character together having another sound or merged sound
@@faizalaziz4796 The best way to learn t to teach others to reinforce what you yourself have learned. Hangul is very logic based, I am just trying to figure out the actual logic being a westerner it is a little different to me. It is always the "exceptions to the rules" that throw me off, and I know their grammatical rules have quite a few, but I have to get the Hangul down first before going onto their grammar.
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It’s 2 guitars, one bass and one drum kit. All the other instruments (strings, piano, keyboard) are played on a backing track. Babymetal always has their exceptional talented backing band, the Kami band, for any of their live performances. The lead singer is Suzuka Nakamoto, Momoko was up until April 2nd one of the three avengers that supported Babymetal when it was just Su and Moa. Since April 2nd she is the official 3rd Babymetal member. Btw Su sings almost every time without any vibrato, not sure what you heard there.
Thanks for the comment. I will rewatch, but I heard it multiple times. Once, when the double kick drums hit and then again in another passage. When I get home from work I will try to find the time stamps and point them out.
First time I have heard this live audio track, but even with my everyday earbuds Su-'s vibrato is coming through clearly. And she is using a lot of vibrato here. Her natural vibrato is narrow and indeed faster than typical (not unlike fellow Karen Girl's and Sakura Gakuin member Ayami Mutō). And that twang and the vocal power was one of the first things called out by vocal coach Beth Roars on her first reaction (no longer available) to Babymetal. The song was Karate from Download UK 2016 performance. Babymetal will use backing tracks, pre-recorded by Su-, with harmony and sweetening vocals. But I can't tell yet what is in play here. I would need to dig out my IEMs and listen to the source directly. We all miss Dolores. 💔
@johnschultz7765 Yeah, I knew I wasn't just hearing things. I am not a vocal coach, but I was in choir and musical theater for almost 8 years all throughout middle/high school into college. What I wasn't absolutely sure about was the sub-harmonics or overtones in her voice or if it was a well-done backing track for the harmonies.
@ xDeleilax he heard a vibrato, and she does it often but it's a subtle one which may cause it to be unnoticeable in songs where the guitars are more dominant.
@41:03 was the 1st time it really caught my attention and then again @42:52 without the kick drum. She does use more throughout and it is subtle in the other areas but really stood out at these two times.
BABYMETAL = JAPAN🇯🇵
Thanks for the comment! Yep I know. In my intro I talked about how this is a patron request and it fit in this video because it fits with my K-Rock Thursday better than my Kpop videos.
I still miss Yui Metal 😥
41:10 that's not vibrato, she kept it pretty straight, just that the impact of the drums created that feel
Su-metal (Suzuka Nakamoto), lead singer for Babymetal, is an exceptional talent. She has masterful control of her instrument and is able to sing so many styles and in so many "voices". Please do more Babymetal. This song is from their recently released album.
Thank you for the comment! I plan to go back and start from the beginning so I can watch how they evolved to where they are now.
Hi only seeing your babymetal reaction now, you really should do more reactions her voice so unique, I suggest monochrome live at pia, and an early on road of resistance live in Japan when she was 17, they are massive worldwide now
BabyMetal began in 2010 there were Suzuka Nakamoto age 12 Moa Kikuchi and Yui Mizuno (Yui left in 2018 due to health reasons). Both Moa and Yui were 11 years old when the group began.
All three were friends and classmates who attended an idol school/group (Sakura Gakuin) founded in 2010 by Amuse Talent Agency for girls 10 to 15. Themed around school life (they attended regular school as well) the girls would learn and train at vocals, dancing, public speaking and etiquette, etc., graduate at age 15 and then move onto whatever entertainment path they chose or that suited their talents.
Key Kobayashi was a music producer for Amuse and heard Suzuka sing at age 9 and was impressed with her strong vocals and stage presence. Kobayashi was a fan of heavy metal but believed that the genre had become stale and tired (especially in Japan) with metal bands getting old Kobayashi believed the genre needed to be reborn (BabyMetal means the birth of a new metal genre). Kobayashi felt that Suzuka had the ability to front a metal band and that her vocals and presence could withstand the metal guitars and drums. The fusion of Jpop and Metal began. He placed Moa and Yui as backup singers/dancers and a phenomenon was about to result.
At first Amuse showed no interest and the girls had only financing from Kobayashi. They performed at strip malls and small venues using clothes borrowed from friends and family. No money for a real band they had friends dressed in homemade skeleton costumes pretending to play instruments to a backtrack. They became a sensation (these young ladies paid their dues). Amuse saw the potential and in 2012 hired the best session musicians Japan had to offer (The Kami Band) who tours with them today (now includes world class musicians from the USA for tours outside of Asia).
If you choose to explore more of BabyMetal I suggest reacting to LIVE performance videos as this is where they shine.
They have over 50 LIVE songs/performances and each one is different. They are fearless exploring many genres and have the respect of the legends of Metal such as Metallica, Slipknot, Rob Zombie, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Judas Priest and more.
Avoid Glastonbury LIVE performances as the sound production by the BBC (who was in charge of that festival did a terrible job - mics not turned on, incorrect volume levels, etc.)
Suggest reacting to these for a start.
Karate LIVE at 2016 Download Festival in the UK where 60,000+ British metal heads sing along with the girls.
Megitsune LIVE at Budokan 2021
Syncopation LIVE
Yava LIVE with Kami Band intro at 2017 Fox Festival
Road of Resistance LIVE in Japan
Headbanger LIVE
Tales of the Destinies LIVE
Catch Me If You Can LIVE with Kami Band intro
At their concert in Yokohama on April 1 it was announced that a permanent third member Momoko Okazaki (who is also a graduate of Sakura Gakuin and has been appearing with them LIVE since 2019) has officially become the third member.
Their new album in my opinion that released March 24 is amazing with so many different styles.
Good luck and hope to see you again.
Thank you for the comment and the history! I think I want to go back to their beginnings and watch them as they grow and evolve with each album and tour, and how they got to where they are now.
👍 looking forward to seeing you react to them. Good luck.
@@rah2287 He said he has a Patreon if you want to bump up specific songs. He also seems to enjoy reacting to Korean artists, so you may wait awhile otherwise.
@hymnodic3384 Understood. I just suggest hoping to introduce reactors to these excellent young ladies who are a breath of fresh air in an otherwise self indulgent and vulgar entertainment world so if he gets to them great. Or he may take someone else’s suggestions and that’s okay as well.
Thanks.
I will get to more BM in the future. I did enjoy them a lot and I do want to expand to other regions. Right now my focus is on Korean artists, Kpop and Krock. But I have a great list and idea for how I will react to them when I get to Japanese artists.
37:35 Reaction start
Welcome back to the Foxhole and BabyMetal's metalverse 🦊🤘🌐
Nice to hear you already know something about this group, the song you were talking about is Gimme Chocolate!! and is one of their hits they keep playing at live concerts and everyone is having fun.
Glad to see you enjoying this, they're showing us a more mature sound and a new BM side we've never seen before with this new album called "The Other One".
L&D was the 4th single released and is another great pop rock ballad with beautiful SuMetal vocals piercing into our hearts. Love the J-pop sound from 2000 and the nostalgic vibes mixed with the edm sound. Here's some info about this song:
_One of the discovered 10 parallel worlds is "LIGHT AND DARKNESS" and this 4th pre-release digital single “Light and Darkness” centers around this theme. Because light exists, darkness also exists._
_And because darkness is present, there is also a world that shines._
_During the night when light and darkness intersect, what we seek after poisoned with darkness awaits a world filled with strong love. As the door opens, is it hope or despair that awaits us? The song expresses the duality in everything and the way things are perceived and interpreted differ depending on each person’s point of view._
This was a world premiere at Makuhari Messe 2023 setlist, along with "THE LEGEND".
During latest concerts at PIA Arena MM Yokohama (April 1st - Fox Day and 2nd) they announced a new member, finally MomoMetal (Momoko Okazaki) is official, she was one of the backup dancers (avengers) since 2019 filling the third spot after YuiMetal left the group in 2018, we're all happy and proud of her, but please don't think this as a replacement, she's more like a new incorporation to this new BM era. Btw she participated in a Kpop survival show called "Girls Planet 999" in 2021, she's 20 yo now. SuMetal and MoaMetal started this group in 2010 when having 11 (Moa) and 12 (Su) yo.
They took inspiration from Seikima-II and got tributes to X-Japan as well many other metal bands, but also they have a whole lore and taking inspiration from many other pop culture such Star Wars, Evangelion, and wrestling shows, the producer KobaMetal is a heavy fan of that.
Thanks for sharing this. See you next time 🦊🤘🔥
Thank you for the comment and info! I am very curious about their Lore. I think I want to go back to their beginning and watch their journey and how they grow with each album and tour.
@@seattleinsomnia That sounds a great idea and i would love to follow your journey to understand how they arrived here.
Here's the list of live performance clips safe to reacts without any filters, usually, there are some exceptions:
- Headbangeeeeerrrrr!!!!! live at Legend 1997, SuMetal 16th Birthday in 2013, they got MV of this and is fun, but live is a blast.
"Gans Tomas" got this under Head Bangya title.
- Akatsuki, live at Budokan 2014, this is a SuMetal solo. "BabyMetal Fans Ecuador" and "アカツキBabymetal" got the Black Night version (the safest one)
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- Megitsune, official MV is my first recommendation but is usually blocked if you don't put filters, so if you want live and safe to react, check it out Budokan 2014. "Kawaii Metal" got this.
- Akatsuki Unfinished Version, SuMetal solo again but with only a piano behind special performance at Legend 1997. There's a widescreen with subtitles version at "Kitsune Sama".
- Babymetal Death, live at Legend 1997, this is the big finale, you're gonna blow your mind with this one. You can find this with the introduction translated at "GuilhermeCait".
- Ijime, Dame, Zettai live at Sonisphere Festival 2014, sometimes the official live MV isn't so friendly so be careful and put some filters.
- Rondo Of Nightmare, with Mischiefs Of Metal Gods Intro live at Budokan 2014, another SuMetal solo but way different than usual happy songs. Again "Kawaii Metal" got this, make sure the length is 7:03
- Doki Doki Morning, official MV, their very first song and MV full of kawaiiness, usually is safe to react so try it, if you want a live performance, this is the first proshot version with the Kami Band live at Legend 1999 (YuiMetal and MoaMetal 14th birthday). Another one in "Kawaii Metal".
I have no expertise, but SU-METAL's voice certainly has overtones. There is a great addictiveness in that straight and pure voice. The Monochrome Piano version on THE FIRST TAKE channel gives you a taste of her beautiful voice stripped of excess.
Su-metal's voice is magical. By far my favorite vocalist of all time. She has such a dynamic range, but in a way that you know Su-metal when you hear her. She even raps in the song BxMxC, of which I uploaded a version to my channel from the NHK SONGS 2020 performance, which was a live TV broadcast
Babymetal's music is incredibly diverse, everything from playful like the Gimme Chocolate you remember, to the more serious like this song. They fuse Japanese pop with various genres of metal, and then mix in other genres as well. They have more metal leaning songs, more pop leaning songs, and everything in-between. Also, as much as I love Su-metal's vocals, it isn't the entirety of Babymetal. The group is as much as a visual performance as it is audible, so they are always better live. Live vocals, live band, and the choreography. Everything about them meshes well, and has a purpose.
The choreography itself has very specific purposes of expressing the song as much as the lyrics and music do. It dynamically changes much like their music does. Sometimes it has its own beat, other times to Su'metal's vocals, or even to the flow of the guitar. Sometimes it's playful as the songs are, other times its serious, sometimes simple, and other times complex, as it is needed.
Thank you for the comment! I definitely enjoyed the choreo, I was just so caught up in Su-Metal's voice that it was hard to really pay much attention to anything else, or at least to the detail I am normally able to give.
You didn’t see them in this performance (not sure why as they are visible in most LIVE performances but BabyMetal’s world class backing band that tours with them “The Kami Band” was there playing.
This was the Babymetal Returns concert. The entire spotlight was on them the entire time. The band was definitely more visible during the following Babymetal Begins concerts.
Excellent reaction and analysis - and welcome to the BABYMETAL Foxhole.🦊The lead vocalist is Suzuka Nakamoto (Su-metal) - the whole concept was formed around her because of her vocal talents and stage presence even though she was still only 12 when they started in 2010.
She is an exceptionally talented vocalist and she seems to be able to master many different styles and genres ... BABYMETAL have a very diverse catalogue. The fact you heard something of Dolores from the Cranberries in her voice is a big compliment. Su really can make you feel the emotions of a song when she wants to ... and she is so much better live than in the studio where they have a nasty habit of over-producing and compressing the vocals.
I don't know about sub-harmonics. She generally does not use a lot of vibrato and sings her notes very straight, she may be introducing a subtle vibrato in a couple of songs on this latest album, but it is the fact she sings so straight that seems to set her apart from many other Japanese metal vocalists who really overdo the vibrato (so much so that I can't listen to them).
Although the other girls sing backing vocals and some harmonies Su does have some pre-recorded harmonies on backing track for some songs, so she effectively harmonises with herself on those.
The other girls (official role "scream and dance" but they don't scream and their dance is actually both interpretive of most songs as well as serving the main purpose of getting the crowd involved, giving them cues when to jump, pump their fists, shout, sing along and so on) were originally Moa Kikuchi (Moametal) and Yui Mizuno (Yuimetal).
Yui last appeared in October 2017 and left the band 12 months later because of poor health. Su and Moa continued as a duo for nearly 5 years supported in live shows by any one of 3 dancers from 2019 until, on 1st April this year, the last remaining one of those dancers, Momoko Okazaki, was finally given a mic and revealed as the new third member Momometal.
Supporting BABYMETAL in all live shows since March 2014 (and before that from October 2012 they played a couple of festivals and the encores in some shows) are the Kami Band - some of the very best session musicians to be found in Japan.
There have been many musicians play in the Kami Band over the years, but the same hard core of about half a dozen have played the vast majority of concerts - they have 2 guitarists (so any two from Mikio Fujioka (RIP January 218), Takayoshi Ohmura, Leda Cygnus and ISAO), on bass is BOH and on drums Hideki Aoyama.
In 2019 for the lengthy US tour and the European tour in 2020 the Kami Band of the West (American musician Chris Kelly and CJ Masciantonio on guitars, Clint Tustin on bass and Anthony Barone on drums) supported BABYMETAL - these are the musicians currently touring Europe with them and I would imagine they will continue for the SE Asia and Australia dates and for the US and Canada tours that are coming up from the end of August.
Thank you for the comment and info! This was an amazing introduction for me to their music. I had only heard small bits of Gimme Chocolate on a YT short and an interview about some of the bands they look up to, KISS and Judas Priest. I think I forgot to mention JP in the vid. I will definitely be getting into more of BM, I will probably go back to the beginning so I can relive the journey they went through and watch them grow.
@@seattleinsomnia You are welcome, I enjoyed your reaction. I don't recall them ever saying they are influenced by KISS (although I think I once read that Gene Simmons wanted to write a song for them), they nearly always cite Metallica as their favourite and the band from whom they learned so much about metal and how to really appreciate it. Judas Priest is another band they definitely look up to (they performed 'Painkiller' and 'Breaking the Law' with Rob Halford at an awards show in 2016) and at least a couple of their songs were inspired by X Japan.
Good idea going back to the start so you can see how they have grown and progressed - they have 4 albums now, about 60 songs each one different to the last, so expect the unexpected ... and they will still surprise you.
@@Grington300 I may have been mistaken on Kiss but I remember it being something about them dressing up like skeletons or something and KISS wore the face paint and it gave them the idea, or I could be totally off. But that is what was stuck in my head.
@@Grington300 You forgot Dream Theater as well. Koba is a big Dream Theater fan. Prog is always creeping into their music, and they have two straight up prog songs: Tales of the Destinies, and The One, which were actually going to be one long song until they split them early in the song creation.
@@seattleinsomnia Ah right - no the guys in skeleton suits (Babybones) were a fake band who would mime the instruments in the very early days before they had the money for a live backing band - they were staff members and maybe friends of the producer, so the skeleton suits were just mysterious and "metal".
The Kami Band are the live musicians and they would wear the corpse face paint and traditional white burial robes (now in black robes and masks).
Kami means god or spirit, so in the BABYMETAL lore they were the gods of guitar, bass and drums summoned from the dead to support them in live concerts - the corpse face paint was about that, nothing to do with Kiss.
J rock is Japanese rock. K rock is Korean rock. Babymetal is Japanese.
He is well aware of that. He said in the video he has had plans to branching out to other countries, and someone on his Patreon bumped Japan up the timeline by requesting Babymetal.
Yep, I'm fully aware. As hymnodic3384 has mentioned, I honored a Patron request for BM and added it to my K-Rock Thursday video because it keeps it within the rock/metal video, and the tier the patron is a part covers my Krock reactions.
Your going to need a proper tour guide down the Fox hole or you might be put off by some recommendations or songs like gimme chocolate.
No Momo-metal (Momoko Okazaki) is the recently added third member and is a dancer and backup singer. Members are Su-metal (lead singer, dance) 25 years old, Moa-metal (backup singer and dancer) 24 years old, Momo-metal (backup singer and dancer) is I think 22 years old. They all started in entertainment in their pre-teen years. Su will sometimes harmonize with herself on backing track but I am not sure that is the case on this track. This is the official video for this song so it is the studio audio overlaid on a live performance. They usually only release the live video on their blu-rays. I have seen/heard the live performance and Su is every bit as impressive live as in the studio.
Momoko is 20 now. This was a live version taken from the Wowow broadcast I'd guess (same footage as the official video for the most part, but the audio was live with the Kami Band improving on the album version's instrumentals and of course Su's live vocals).
@@Grington300 cool I just assumed it was the official video. See I said she was just as good (better) live!
@@jimnusbaum3589 The visuals were almost the same ... but yes the audio is so much better with the Kami Band and Su's live vocals are very special.
@@Grington300 Footage is a mixture of the live Wowow broadcast and live MV footage, with audio from the live Wowow broadcast, to form a live concert video that can get through the YT gremlins. There is a similar video uploaded by KuroKiitsuneSama for Metal Kingdom as well.
When you said that you wanted to listen to Yeongeun's drum cover, each of the RQ girls have their own youtube channels and they do cover stuff on them. I'm following a few of them, but their channel names are in Korean, so I can't write them here. Lol
Copy and paste the name.
Copy Pasta is what I do for my descriptions to try to include the Hangul.
Su's vocals is IMO, the best of all the groups coming out of Japan... if you want to checkout more, try Monochrome from The First Take, or Akatsuki Unfinished to see how a younger Su's vocals can tug at the heart strings. Have fun exploring more of Babymetal. 🤘🦊🤘
Thanks for the comment. I will be branching out into more J-Rock/Metal soon and will be diving deeper in BM. I have a bit of a list for K-Rock/Metal and my Patron requests get to skip the line for priority.
Great reaction as always! Yeongeun's drum cover is from her own youtube channel. Search "영은 Drum". She has posted quite a few of her drum covers there.
Thanks for the info! That will give me more content from them that I can check out.
I saw you reply in another comment that you look forward to going back to their beginning, and watching through their history to watch them grow. I look forward to it, this was a great react and commentary. At some point after the very beginning of their catalog, look for "Babymetal perform with Rob Halford" - it is just a joy to watch them having fun playing along side one of their early metal idols (its around 2016).
Thanks for the comment! Yes I want to go back to their beginning and experience their journey. I can see why they have such a huge following and I am impressed by what I heard.
Some say that BABYMETAL is a band that measures the musical level of those who listen to their songs.
Perhaps the more you listen to BM's music, the more you fall into BM's foxhole☺️Enjoy wandering the foxholes.
K-POP/ROCK and J-POP/ROCK are quite different. Japanese music is based on 歌謡曲(kayoukyoku), which is strongly influenced by traditional music such as 民謡 (minyou) and 演歌 (enka).
BM combines J-Pop, heavy metal, and all genres of music and adds cute to it. The lack of skin exposure may also be a characteristic of BM.
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Thanks for the comment. I do know that BM is J-rock, and it is different. My Patron requested the song, and it fit best within this video. I was not intending on covering other regions of rock/metal for a little while, but my patron requests get to skip the line.
Once I branch out, I will definitely be checking out more of them. I was really impressed.
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Ive never heard anyone compare Su's voice to Dolores's before, but I can definitely hear the bit of similarly now!
Thank you for the comment! The first time I heard it it just hit me because Delores's twang is so unique but it was so close that it shocked me.
Babymetal arkadia live 가 좋습니다.
I would actually say that before Arkadia, react to Starlight and Shine. Starlight, Shine, and Arkadia are apart of the trilogy of Lights.
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BABYMETAL is K-rock? You definitely made the Japanese enemy. You'll be grumpy if you're mistaken for a race from another country, right? It's wrong information, so please correct it. I'll evaluate it as wrong information for the time being.
This has to be lectured resolutely. BABYMETAL should not be combined with Korean music.
Thank you for the comment. If people would listen to the introduction and not just assume, they would realize I say I am taking a patreon request, and since it fit best in my K-Rock Thursday video, I reacted to it here.
Please don't think Babymetal is Japanese rock music.
I know that they are Japanese Metal. It was a Patreon request, and I included it in this video because I didn't have time to make a separate video for that reaction.
you pronounced Hyunjung like actual Korean, nice. for Youngeun it's separated as Young-eun. Young (actually usually yeong but "Englishified" spelling is Young) bcs of same pronunciation as young in English, and eun a bit tricky, eu is like u sound in burn. or like second e in member. so there's no G sound bcs G already used as in young
same for arem. usually from hangeul it's typed as areum but the typing is arem instead. the eu same as youngeun.
for Jayoung it's spelled as ja-young. clear ja, not like jay as in English/Spanish name
you pronounced Iree right.
btw for 1994/95 it's not about age system. by the time the guide released, there was no official info for Arem's birth year. that 1994/95 means the guide creator guessing that Arem was born in 1994 or 1995. based on how others call her unnie (showing that Areum is older).
there are 2 O sound in Korean, o like in rainbow usually typed normal o (from this: ㅗ, sorry for Korean I just showed the character doesn't mean middle finger sign) and o like in rock usually typed eo (from this: ㅓ). and that eo usually modernized to u or ou in spelling (Hyunjung from hyeonjeong, Jayoung from Jayeong, Youngeun from Yeongeun)
Thank you for the comment! I am trying to learn Hangul on my own and it has kinda fell by the wayside a little now that I am reacting. I need to find time to dedicate to learning because it is the only way I will be successful and learn it. Thank you for the help!
@@seattleinsomnia no problem, I also learning by myself, so I'd like to help others too as learning by giving. that's how I learn something in general, by explaining to others what I already know even though it's still a little.
also I like Korean as hangeul bcs it's like mathematical logic puzzle in arrangement. maybe a bit of irregular things like some character together having another sound or merged sound
@@faizalaziz4796 The best way to learn t to teach others to reinforce what you yourself have learned. Hangul is very logic based, I am just trying to figure out the actual logic being a westerner it is a little different to me. It is always the "exceptions to the rules" that throw me off, and I know their grammatical rules have quite a few, but I have to get the Hangul down first before going onto their grammar.
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It’s 2 guitars, one bass and one drum kit. All the other instruments (strings, piano, keyboard) are played on a backing track. Babymetal always has their exceptional talented backing band, the Kami band, for any of their live performances.
The lead singer is Suzuka Nakamoto, Momoko was up until April 2nd one of the three avengers that supported Babymetal when it was just Su and Moa. Since April 2nd she is the official 3rd Babymetal member. Btw Su sings almost every time without any vibrato, not sure what you heard there.
Thanks for the comment. I will rewatch, but I heard it multiple times. Once, when the double kick drums hit and then again in another passage. When I get home from work I will try to find the time stamps and point them out.
First time I have heard this live audio track, but even with my everyday earbuds Su-'s vibrato is coming through clearly. And she is using a lot of vibrato here. Her natural vibrato is narrow and indeed faster than typical (not unlike fellow Karen Girl's and Sakura Gakuin member Ayami Mutō). And that twang and the vocal power was one of the first things called out by vocal coach Beth Roars on her first reaction (no longer available) to Babymetal. The song was Karate from Download UK 2016 performance.
Babymetal will use backing tracks, pre-recorded by Su-, with harmony and sweetening vocals. But I can't tell yet what is in play here. I would need to dig out my IEMs and listen to the source directly.
We all miss Dolores. 💔
@johnschultz7765 Yeah, I knew I wasn't just hearing things. I am not a vocal coach, but I was in choir and musical theater for almost 8 years all throughout middle/high school into college. What I wasn't absolutely sure about was the sub-harmonics or overtones in her voice or if it was a well-done backing track for the harmonies.
@ xDeleilax he heard a vibrato, and she does it often but it's a subtle one which may cause it to be unnoticeable in songs where the guitars are more dominant.
@41:03 was the 1st time it really caught my attention and then again @42:52 without the kick drum. She does use more throughout and it is subtle in the other areas but really stood out at these two times.
korea-rock ^^
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