BABYMETAL is what you get when you take a silly gimmick and pour 10 years of heart, dedication and talent into it. They are often imitated, never replicated. You're in for a ride.

almost 10 years have passed and this chorus still gives me goosebumps...it's an anthem! Yui forever!

Welcome to the foxhole... Not K-pop, its J-pop. The genera is called KAWAII-Metal (cute metal) and BABYMETAL invented it. Do live, but go ahead and listen to other songs you haven't heard by them yet, there are about 50 songs to be surprised by yet. I suggest HEADBANGER or ROAD Of RESISTANCE, Live in Japan. Kitsune dao!

Wait until you see their live stuff. Probably the best live act ever.

BABYMETAL live is LIFE Over 12 years and still LEGENDS BABYMETAL FOREVER 🤘🤘🤘 All hail The Fox God

Download Festival 2016 would be the video to watch for a live performance of this song

yes they are the first they so unique

_Ossu!_ Welcome to the Foxhole and BabyMetal Galaxy 🦊🤘 Another golden reaction to this song, it seems we got a Karate weekend and I'm glad for that. Cool to see you're starting with this one. BabyMetal is a Japanese metal dance unit created in 2010 under another Jpop/Jrock group called Sakura Gakuin, they had 11 and 12 years old when started this and become independent after 2013, they created their own genre called kawaii-metal (that's why you see some cuteness there, kawaii means cute in japanese), mixing Jpop (no kpop involved) with metal sound and different subgenres along with many more rhythms. Their name is a reference to a new genre and not related to their ages or "baby" faces, is a pun intended play words with "heavy-metal" which sounds similar to "Baby-metal". They are: *SuMetal* lead vocalist. *MoaMetal* scream and dance. *YuiMetal* scream and dance, former member since 2018. None of them are related. _"Karate"_ is one of their stronger weapons along with _"Road Of Resistance"._ Is an uplifting song about keep fighting besides the obstacles, and if you take a closer look at the end you'll see in the eyes of their rivals that they're fighting against no other than themselves. You're not the first one finding anime vibes on BabyMetal songs, the only other song I could find with anime vibes besides this one is _"Syncopation"_ you'll love that song. When this song and MV was released in 2016 they had 17 (MoaMetal and YuiMetal) and 18 yo (SuMetal the lead singer you saw in the middle). We know Amuse is very hard to deal with copyright blocked issues, fortunately we can help you with that if you go to *Babymetal Reactor Resource* channel you'll get full original clips of their best live performance with watermarked logo safe to react, look for "Future Plans" vid, follow instructions and you'll get all of them, upload the one with the logo for us and you can watch without it, don't worry for us we already saw all of them. You can also put some heavy opacity and translucent effect to avoid those issues. However there are some safe clips to react like those from Legend 1997 or some of Budokan 2014 or previous to this year, but the usual fans recommendation is always try to avoid live compilations and Glastonbury performance whenever you can. If you want another exponent of their 2nd album you got "Road Of Resistance" live in Japan 2015 at the official channel, is heavily blocked so please take precautions to avoid being blocked. Try to aim to live performance with the Kami Band sound, they're a blast and that is when the whole group really shine when doing live performance. You got this song Karate live at Download Festival 2016 safe to react if you want to come back another day and share with us. Btw you said you're progressive metal fan and because of that you'll get a lot of recommendation to watch "Tales Of The Destinies", my suggestion is to wait at least after hearing a couple of songs from 1st and 2nd album before going for that song since that was performed one time only and is tied to another special song for BM fans and is called "The One", you won't get the meaning if you don't travel this journey a little bit after knowing what they did previous years. And finally, just a friendly advice, remember to not related this group and what they do to any kpop, fans don't like that, if any you can name jpop, that's more accurate relationship. Thanks for sharing this and see you next time.🦊🤘

One very important thing to know about Babymetal is that all of their songs have very different styles and genres, so you'll want to listen to more of their songs for sure! (also their live shows are insane, but you've been told that 100 times already 😅)

⚡ 💀 💕 / 👻 👻 👻 Lead singer Su-metal (Suzuka Nakamoto, or just "Su") was 18 years old when this music video was released in late March of 2016. Yuimetal (Yui Mizuno) and Moametal (Moa Kikuchi) were both 16. BABYMETAL's producer Kei Kobayashi (Kobametal, or Koba) became aware of Su around 2009, when she was the youngest member of the J-Pop trio Karen Girl's. He was so impressed by her stage presence and "no holds back" singing that he decided to form a metal group around her. It took several years for that plan to really take off. And, BTW, good thinking. Live performances are where they really shine. Looks like some great suggestions in the comments.

You have got to watch BabyMetal at Budcon!!!!!!!!!!

One of my fave BabyMetal clips is Su Metal doing a duet with Rob Halford. Metal legends have had these girls' backs for ages, saying metal is about rebellion against the norm, and these girls embody that.

Great first reaction and welcome to the BABYMETAL Galaxy. They created their own genre "Kawaii Metal" (ie cute metal) a blend of metal with JPop (not KPop - they are Japanese, not Korean - some people are very sensitive about the difference). They have about 50 songs so far covering virtually every metal genre (djent, prog, speed, power, thrash, black, death, folk etc) but mixing in many other musical styles and genres with the metal - not just pop, also ska, reggae, Finnish polka, Bollywood, Latino, dub step, rap, hip hop and more. They are first and foremost a live performance act, their official videos and studio albums are very good, but they just give you a taste of what they are capable of and how their songs should sound. You won't hear Su-metal's natural vocals until you see them live - and she is incredible. 'Karate' live at Download UK 2016 would be a good one for you to see how good they are that they can even perform at a festival in torrential English rain. Su-metal is lead vocalist and the whole concept was formed around her vocal talents and stage presence - even though she was still only 12 when they started in 2010. You are right, she is exceptionally talented. Yuimetal and Moametal are the other two girls - both 18 months younger than Su and both also very talented singers, dancers and performers. Su will be 25 in December, Moa and Yui are 23 now. Sadly Yui last performed in October 2017 and left the band in October 2018 after a 12 month absence for undisclosed health reasons. Su and Moa chose to continue as a duo and from 2019 through 2021 they were supported by any one of three girls (the Avengers Riho, Kano and Momoko) who took turns dancing in the third spot. Dreamcatcher are fans of BABYMETAL, so are influenced but, as you said, not quite the same. A few have tried to do what BABYMETAL do, none has come close yet, they really are unique and very special. 'Karate' was the lead single for their second album (2016). It is about fighting adversity, when life knocks you down and everything seems too hard so you're hurt and crying, its about standing up and fighting on, helping each other through the hard times. They used karate to illustrate this because as a Japanese martial art it reflects their culture - as with a lot of their songs it is also about always moving forwards. In the video the figures in white were the girls all along and they were conjuring up their own inner demons to fight against. They beat the first, the second knocked them down but they got up to eventually defeat themselves (did you notice the reflections of each of the girls in their own eyes when the masks shattered and it was revealed as them? Not many people spot that). They did watch a lot of martial arts movies to get ideas for the choreo as they wanted it to look as authentic as possible (but they are not martial artists). Moa catching the fly was a nod to Mr Miyagi in The Karate Kid. Mr Miyagi may have used chop sticks (and it may have taken him two or three films before he caught one), Moa caught her fly with her eyes closed - first time. This song and video won 2 awards. "Best Metal Video in MTV Video Music Awards Japan 2016" and "Best Metal Song in 6th Annual Loudwire Music Awards".

The MV's of Babymetal are great, but they are first and foremost a live performance band.... Now that you've seen the MV, checkout their performance of Karate at Download 2016. Hearing them is only 1/3 of the performance... The other 2/3 is their live backing band known as the Kamiband, and their crowd interactions which is second to none. 🤘🦊🤘

The lead singer is Suzuka Nakamoto (stage name Su-Metal), and as you stated, her voice is perfect. She slays it live also. To remove any doubt, watch her sing this song at the 2016 Download festival.

You take the blue pill-the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill-you stay in Wonderland, and I show you how deep the Fox hole goes. BABYMETAL mashes up every genre. If you love prog, you should check out their Tales of the Destinies.

and the BEST of All ... its an Empowered Song to lift you UP 🤘🦊

Great first reaction! 🤘🦊🤘Thank you for giving BABYMETAL a chance. Here is a little bit of BABYMETAL info...In 2019, BABYMETAL became the first Asian artists to hit #1 on BILLBOARD's Top Rock Albums chart with their latest album, "Metal Galaxy" and in 2020 the album won the MTV Japan VMA 2020 award for BEST ALBUM OF THE YEAR. BABYMETAL has been melting faces since 2010, so almost TWELVE years!! Su-metal, the lead singer, is currently 24 years old, while Moametal and Yuimetal are 23. Yes, the girls were very young when BABYMETAL was formed! 🤘🦊🤘

BABYMETAL have performed with, toured with, or opened for Metallica, Korn, Dragonforce, Guns N' Roses, Lady Gaga, Rob Halford of Judas Priest (there's a great youtube video of their performance with Rob at a metal award show), and Red Hot Chili Peppers (there is a youtube video of them performing Gimme Chocolate with RHCP, as well as with Korn, and DragonForce), to name a few of many. They have performed at large metal events/concerts in front of 65,000+ skeptical metalheads in Europe (Glastonbury, Download, Sonisphere, etc), US, and Asia. Plus the 20+ awards they have been given. They have 50+ songs and each one is different from the other, so I hope you give the other songs a try. By the way, they have some really great heavy songs too, and I hope you like guitar solos, as well as bass and drum solos, like I do, because they have them too.🤘🦊🤘

Check out either PA PA Ya or Gimmie Chocolate next by them

I remember when I first heard Baby Metal with Gimme Chocolate years ago and I vividly remember saying "It's like Aqua doing Slayer, but like... in a cool way?" Glad you're still creating cool content John

I never heard of this group, but I decided to watch this morning (with my ☕️) because I saw the first sentence from a Commenter (Jeff Schreifels) that they are in fact Japanese & therefore J-Pop, which intrigued me. Like you John, I wondered what their ages were, so I looked them up. Sumetal (Suzuka) will be 25 in December, Moametal (Moa) and Yuimetal (Yui) are both 23. They were formed in 2010, so they were quite young (ages 11-12) at that time (teeny boppers)! They definitely are ‘cute’, which is why they are called a ‘kawaii’ metal band. The 2 Commenters here, Jeff Schreifels and Jake Muller, gave loads of information, which I didn’t know of. I never would have imagined that cute young Japanese women would’ve formed a metal band. I also read that the 3rd member, Yui, left the group in 2018 due to health reasons, so the remaining 2 (Suzuka & Moa) now perform with backup dancers. I probably won’t be following them, but this was very interesting to me!! I see why you would like them, John!👍🏼👏🏼👏🏼🫶🏼

As people already said they are japanese and not korean, so it's a combination of J-Pop and Metal. They have started out in 2010, before Kpop got so big worldwide.

Great reaction and welcome to the foxhole of Babymetal. You are in for a wild ride if you continue your journey 😊. Babymetal was formed in 2010 when the girls were 11 and 12 years old as a sub group of a jpop idol group called Sakura Gakuin but became independent in 2013 when Su-metal graduated from SG (it’s a common JPop idol theme, that will be explained later xd). The whole band was formed as an experiment by their producer Kobametal around Su’s insane vocals and stage presence, even at that young age. Turned out to be a great idea and Babymetal managed to garner thousands of fans around the world. Live is where they really shine and their shows are not just a music concert but a full blown show, with all sorts of stories, theatrical elements and of course insane good music, vocals and choreographed dancing. Not something one you expect from a metal concert but hell is it fun! This is what makes them unique and there is not other band like them out there. You could watch/react to the live performance of “Karate” at the 2016 Download festival for a comparison to the studio recording. Other good starting points would be “Headbanger” from the Legend 1997 show (that show was held in 2013, the 1997 is a reference to the year Su-metal was born), “Megitsune” (either the official mv or the performance from the 2014 Budokan show), before moving on to some newer songs. I am sure my good friend Jake will point you in the right direction and please, please stay away from compilation videos. Better use the Babymetal Reactor Ressource channel, that has a lot of videos for reactors to use without the harsh copyright claims by Amuse :) kitsune up and I see you in the next one! 🤘🦊🔥

BABYMETAL are the originators of Kawaii Metal (Cute Metal) They mix JPop elements with every kind of metal genre and other genres as well. Every BABYMETAL song is different. You will hear djent, speed, Celtic, metalcore, rap, death metal, thrash, nu metal, power metal, industrial metal, prog, ska, folk metal, EDM and others! I am NOT kidding... one of their songs has 3 or more genres mixed in the same song!! BABYMETAL was formed around the lead singer Su-metal over 10 years ago. She is will be 25 this year and has been performing in some way since the age of 5!! There is a lot of info and later after a few videos you could watch CrypticMisery Guide to BABYMETAL. BABYMETAL has a few great official MVs (Karate, Megitsune, Iine (capital i, i, n, e) and Dokie Dokie Morning) which are worth watching but BABYMETAL excels LIVE. They have about 50 songs in their repertoire so you can't go wrong with any. Just don't watch BABYMETAL Death! (Legend 1997 show) until you have watched a few other videos first because you are not ready for that performance yet! 😇 BTW... the Legend 1997 refers to Su-metal's birth year. Ok I spoke too much, so I subbed to watch you fall into the Foxhole where we are waiting for you. (Lot of fox lore in BABYMETAL. The girls saw the metal devil horns people do with their hands and when they tried it, their middle fingers and thumb came to a point and made the hand look like a fox 🦊 that you see in a shadow play. At the end of Karate official MV you see them hold their hands this way. The producer thought that was a Kawaii metal way and flew with it, so you will see a ton of fox lore) 🤘🦊🤘

Thanks from Japan, BABYMETAL's homeland 有難う💛。 BM is the best phenomenon in music I have ever experienced in my 67-year-long life. We say "Japan is the country obsessed by Rock Music". The history is very long and the obsession started in 1966 when Beatles visited Japan and held 5 concerts at Budokan. Speaking of hard rock / heavy metal music, a number of bands started to come to Japan since as early as 1970s : Led Zeppelin / Grand Funk Railroad (1971), Deep Purple (1972), Queen (1975), Kiss (1977), Cheap Trick / Van Halen / Scorpions (1978), Judas Priest (1978/79) and so on. Now, any type of rock can be enjoyed here, especially by many all-female or women-fronted bands. They are daughters of American / European rock, for sure. (Many are grand-daughters in terms of age.) Uh-oh, we also say "Japan is the country obsessed by Jazz". It had started earlier than rock 😄

You are in for a mind blowing experience...

Babymetal is pretty great. They have some good songs. Seeing live clips...the crowds are insane. They are amazing live.

It's actually J-pop rather than K-pop. Su-metal's (Suzuka Nakamoto) voice is the foundation of Babymetal. Their producer, Kei Kobayashi, had an idea to combine the power of metal with the kawaii of j-pop and when he heard Su singing with her former group Karen Girls he knew that he had found a voice that would work across both genres. She also has the stage presence to command a crowd and when combined with Yui Mizuno and Moa Kikuchi they make a compellingly original group. The final component is BM's amazing backing band, The Kami Band. BM started in 2010 as a sub-unit of the Amuse Talent Agency's school themed J-pop group, Sakura Gakuin. When BM started Su was 12 and Yui and Moa 10 and in this video they are probably around 18 and 16. Karate is all about fighting against foes both internal and external and the power of friendship to bring you through troubles. It's interesting that the obvious foes are not Japanese and are doing kung fu/Shaolin moves thus setting up the traditional karate vs kung fu conflict as shown in many martial arts movies. Karate is a great example of how BM can emotionally modulate a performance. They start out heavy and by the end it's more intimate and quiet drawing you in before slamming back into some metal riffs, soaring Su singing and a final quiet conclusion. Many songs start of quiet and get louder by the end to emphasize some sort of climax, but Karate turns that on it's head and the effect is to draw you in. It's an anthem that makes a lot of people cry. The payoff at the end is that the white robed figures are the girls themselves and you can even see a reflection of each girl in the eyes when their masks are shattered. So watch out for those personal demons and trust in your friends. Next check out "Headbanger - Legend 1997".

for metal heads, i strongly recommend babymetal's "road of resistance" (i recommend official video - live in japan). it will be your metal anathem. this song was made in collaboration with herman li and sam totman from dragonforce.

BABYMETAL IS JAPANESEBAND. NOT K-POPBAND

Sugoi! ❤️ BABYMETAL!! And LIVE is almost always better! Arigatou! 🦊❤️ #notacult #kawaiimetal #metalAF

Hi from San Francisco California Discovered babymetal in 2019 its 2023 Even to this day I get goosebumps when I listen to their music Babymetal 💕 🤟

i'm army and fall in lv with them too their live the best

Thanks for your great reaction. Next BabyMetal Headbanger legend 1997, please!🦊

Welcome to Foxhole my friend) more Babymetal

I sugest live version..

Welcome to the amazing Foxhole bro, their live performances are phenomenal and epic, personally think the best in the world, highly recommend starting with the song Headbanger from Legend of 1997 live concert. Kitsune up 🤟🦊🤟

Babymetal is Japanese, so they have j-pop influence, not k-pop influence, and they took the name Babymetal because they were all children when the band was formed. ;)

Whaaaaat? First time?! I'll forgive the kpop comment but I'm so stoked to see this! *grabs popcorn*

Great reaction, looking forward to your follow up reaction. Babymetal has part of their origin in J-Pop, but they are more a metal band, but clearly not your average metal band either. 🙂 The singer you mentioned is at the center of Babymetal. Karate is one of their most djenty songs, because what is interesting most Babymetal songs takes inspiration from a different metal sub-genre. And maybe the best part they are best live !

Welcome to Babymetal. Having an open mind you will find Babymetal exceptional. Started in 2010 aged 13 and 11 creating a new genre of metal called Kawaii metal or cute metal. Have opened for Metallica in 2017, and RHCP, Guns & Roses, Korn, and worked with Rob Halford, Corey Taylor, Dragon Force and many more. Numerous world tours and awards for their live shows and voted 10th of the top 50 metal bands.

BABYMETAL is one of a kind and unmatched. Also, this is from Japan, so not K-POP 😁

Ahh the classic questions which as you can see the BM fans have answered. Karate is one of the very few MV fans suggest (the other is Megitsune). BM is however a LIVE band. They are better live! They literally step up the performance with live audiences. So yeah watch live videos (they have done Download festival several times, also Reading and even Glastonbury - though the sound engineer from the BBC sucked that day). We as fans have watched them grow from little girls (literally) to amazing young women. Most of their newer MV are simply from shows and their shows.. WOW! BM songs are not just songs - they are performances and the songs are often stories ) Karate is about facing your inner demons and fears and how we are stronger together to overcome. The dance, songs and lyrics are all tied together with meaning often. Also be aware they jump metal genres insanely and their songs are all very different. As to another song the classic "Ijime, Dame, Zettai" live at the Sonisphere Festival 2014 - this was there first taste of a large metal festival audience and their first large gig outside Japan and they are young (I think 17 for Su and just turned 15 for Yui and Moa). They were largely unheard by most metal fans back then - but they won a massive following that day and you can see why (and outsold every other band for merch that weekend!). And of course for a guitar fan it can only be Rondo of Nightmare with Mischief of the Gods intro (this is a specific live show from the legendary Budokan venue in Japan and the backing band - known as the Kami Band all have a chance to show off their skills - and oh by these are some of the best). For Su's voice I personally love No Rain, No Rainbow from Legend S - a show in her home town of Hiroshima for her 20th birthday which in japan is when you are considered and adult

Great reaction! Hope to see more from you, and happy you liked it. The trusted pillars of their fandom (The One) will surely inform you of all relative lore. (I see Jake Muller is present. Cheers!) I will restrain Myself to just saying: Babymetal truly is like no other group ever, and if you have an open mind (which you clearly have), there are tons of excellent tracks, performances, lore and just feel good vibes waiting in the Fox Hole. Happy to have you! Kitsunes up! 🤘🏻🦊🤘🏻

Forever THE ONE ❤🤘🦊🤘

welcome to the world of Babymetal.

Arent they Japanese? No K-pop i think but J-pop, if you csll thaf "pop" ;). but i only know them from another reactor... 😇

Rondo of nightmare live at butokan all the way this band consists of some of the best instrumentalists in Japan "note per second nerds" baby metal is so goooood!

Well from all the comments I'm guessing all your questions have already been answered, so all I can add is cool reaction and I hope you will do more, these girls are amazing.

Welcome to the wonderful world of BabyMetal. They are amazing in every way. There are so many songs that you should react to. They have been around since 2010…they are all grown up now. Good reaction. 👍

I am Japanese Army. I am glad you like BABYMETAL!😊 Maximum the Hormone is another well known Japanese heavy metal band!😆

I am so stoked you are checking out BABYMETAL! Had a feeling you would enjoy it! The inspiration for BABYMETAL was to create a new genre of ‘kawaii’ + ‘metal’. This is a group you should absolutely watch live (their session band - KAMIBAND kill it live!), although their MVs are a lot of fun too. Unfortunately they do not add subtitles to their videos, and some videos get blocked by their company. Not all the songs are as deep, but carrying good messages and positive energy and are just very enjoyable to listen to. And pretty much all their songs have high choreography so are really entertaining to watch. Su-Metal is my favourite Japanese vocalist. She is flawless in every performance. A great song to check out would be Road of Resistance- (Official Live in Japan), gives me goosebumps every time!

thx for reaction! A good choice! This is a cool song. If you want recommendations, here are some of mine. Babymetal - Catch Me If You Can (Fox Festival 2017 Live) Eng Sub (with cool instrumental intro) Babymetal - Ijime, Dame, Zettai (Fox Festival 2017 live) Eng Sub AND if u want Karate LIVE version - Babymetal - Karate (Fox Festival 2017 Live) Eng Sub (u can compare with studio version) Why i recomend these videos? this festival has the most powerful sound. And the girls have matured. The voice became even more powerful. Some people may love their early shows, but for me the best is Fox Festival 2017.

BABYMETAL🔥🤘🦊🤘🔥

I apologize for finding this so late! I love when people discover Babymetal and I look forward to more reactions with them! Quick 2 cents: They span just about every genre of metal, not many of their songs sound alike, but if you pick a few songs to listen to, be aware they have fast/slow/heavy/ballad/prog/hip-hop/pop/metal/electronic mixed in to every album. You can expect the unexpected. They have been around over 10 years and officially started at 14/15 Y.O. so their music AND their vocal abilities have progressed with them.

loved your reaction then i realised you had final fantasy music playing in the background at the end omg!!!!!

Karate By Babymetal:- Karate is more djent or metalcore as some might prefer. This song won Best Metal Song at the 2016 Loudwire Metal Music Awards Show & Metal Resistance won Best Metal Album at the same shows. Su-Metal voice is stunningly beautiful and rich. This song is about fighting your inner demon and never giving up no matter how hard it gets. Please 🙏 do more Babymetal reaction. That "Hashire" in karate will always tear me up everytime. It just gives me a sense of epicness and energy that I have never felt with other songs before. Noticing little things like Su removing her IEM when performing this song at "Download Festival UK 🇬🇧 in 2016" to hear the crowd always gets a thumbs up from me. Put Your Kitsune Up 🦊🦊🦊🤘🤘🤘🇯🇵🇸🇬#notacult.

❤️🔥🦊

If you want to see KARATE LIVE, there is no other choice than Live at Download 2016!!

Great reaction! If you want to see and hear good live music, you have come to the right band! Download 2016 is the performance that is usually recommended for this song, and rightfully so. You might be surprised how much better this can still become. Not all of their songs are djenty like this, they cover a whole range of Metal subgenres mixed with all sorts of other musical genres. There are not many genres that they haven‘t touched. And somehow they always make it work perfectly. Looking forward to your next reaction!

More BabyMetal Headbanger, Road of Resistance, Ijime Dame Zettai, Gimme Chocolate, BxMxC, Megitsune, Akatsuki

You need to see them live…the live band its craaaazy

Watch their live performance Best in the world Babymetal❤️🦊🦊🦊❤️

You need to check out how good they are live. Babymetal fans always recommend that people watch Babymetal live performances because that is where they truly shine. If you think they are good in a music video, you will be blown away by how they deliver live on stage and how hard the crowds go off. Babymetal's repertoire is surprisingly diverse because they like to play around with elements of other genres in their songs, so its hard to pin them down to one sound. The following are a few of their more classically metal songs that you might like to check out: Gimme Chocolate, Headbanger, Megitsune, Road of Resistance, Catch Me If You Can.

Welcome to the BABYMETAL Galaxy. The Most unique and talented JAPANESE Kawaii Metal band. You have seen nothing yet. Also they started in 2010 so these amazing girls have been around awhile and kicked open the door for other female Japanese bands. Others will fill you in on a lot more info but I guarantee you will love your BABYMETAL Journey if you continue donw the Fox hole. Personally I would start with their early stuff and work your way to the newer just so you can kinda watch these girls grow up before your eyes. And so you don't get lost when you come to the point where unfortunately one member had to quit for health reasons . You will come to find out about the Kami band as well. The very talented musicians that help support our favorite kawaii girls. 🤘🦊🤘

Su-metal slays it live, they are a live band who also do albums. Kind of like the fluffy side of Rammstein. The band was formed as a vehicle for Su's voice, they found Su, and then filled in the rest. As far as live performances, Download is a fun one, but Budokan will show where they are today, or rather last year, their most recent stuff. ukposts.info/have/v-deo/gZ-oqqNphaqUuKc.html They started the genre, and still do it best. I would check out Poppy for something similar but with a different take

Please react more babymetal live performance 🦊

Doing the Moametal version of Headbanger is also a really insanely good video to see and hear - It gives you a chance to see Moametal take the reigns on the song in celebration of her Birthday.

Yes! Why did I not to think to recommend them! It's totally like metal anime and I love it! My brother was in a metal band and when I started playing one of their songs he freaked out cuz it blew his mind. Check out more of their stuff! Also a fun Japanese rock group named One Ok Rock is on my playlist lately and they have a lot of Japanese/English combo songs. "Save Yourself", "Renegades" are great and "Neon" is totally like long-hair rocker vibes, it's amazing!

I do not why but I saw this one coming!!!! As other people mention they are Japanese so it is J-pop or J-metal in this case. Su-Metal's voice is angelic and will fit in a symphonic metal band (Epica is the one that comes to mind or something like that) even dough, there is not a proper comparison since they are their own genre. They are very anime like you mentioned especially this song. Thank you for reacting to this one, I have a lot of their songs. You know I am a huge metal fan as well!!!

Japanese idol music preceded and influenced Korea who ran with it. (Just helping you tell us Asians apart, because there's a lot of history) Baby metal is different to a band like Dream catcher (who is amazing) because the instrument players are part of the band while Dreamcatcher mostly plays to a backing track.

This song was actually produced by Yuyoyuppe. It makes it my favorite Babymetal song. Check out more Yuyoyuppe for similar music!!!!

BABYMETAL is awesome! Their band, vocals, and performances are all top tier! Can't go wrong with most of their songs, but maybe check out PA PA YA, Headbanger, and Megitsune.

Babymetal is a live band, definitely want to see the live versions, and if they have an MV for it, do both, perhaps even in the same video. The atmosphere and crowd interaction has become a big part of who babymetal are. I'm going to highly recommend the song I think people should start on when venturing into Babymetal.. Babymetal - Headbanger Live @ Legend of 1997 Apocolypse Also, Papaya

Suzuka nakamoto - lead vocals - su- metal the queen

Great reaction mate :) Try more Babymetal Every song is different from others. Every song is epic masterpiece.

I found gimme chocolate somehow and was immediately fascinated by first the precision of the choreo with metal beat then the melding of J-pop and metal. Their early projects are just as good. Some music executive said let’s mush these together and see what happens. Awesomeness squared!

Nice reaction. Welcome to the foxhole. As you've already been told Babymetal is a Japanese group. As the group got bigger even the Japanese government took notice. In 2015 they got Babymetal to join their "Cool Japan" program. Mostly it was a program to show new things Japan was doing and trying to get the international community to be interested in Japan. What better way to show what was new and cool at the time then with the countries rising international stars Babymetal who's video for Give Me Chocolate went viral in 2014. To say Babymetal is a big deal is an understatement of a lifetime. Babymetals biggest deal is performing live. They worked hard to get where they are. They are Japan's number one heavy music group. Their main focus in music is Kawaii Metal. It started with them. There are others who have Kawaii metal songs. but not many are only Kawaii metal. With that said even Babymetal have grown what Kawaii metal is. Basically, it's a combination of JPOP and Metal. However, Babymetal have gone way beyond that simple model. They have somehow combined music genres that never really have been combined before and sometimes multiple genres at the same time. And it works for them. But they don't stop there as even their dance routines are a combination of dance styles. In time you will get to hear just how amazingly talented Su-metal, their lead singer is. As she can sing in a combination of vocal styles. Babymetals no one trick pony. As they're creating new tricks from song to song and album to album. First rule of Babymetal "Don't Think, Feel". They want you to feel the music shooting through you. Their songs hit even hard live so it's hard not to in concert. lol. Second if you find yourself feeling happier after listening to Babymetal. Don't worry this is only natural. This is the magic of Kawaii metal. Enjoy the rest of your journey through the foxhole and into the Babymetal galaxy of music. See You

Now that you have found Babymetal you life will never be the same again. 😁 This isn't even them at their best.

Great reaction, thanks! Yeah... Su-metal is an amazing vocalist. And wait until you watch and listen to the live performances. Yep, she's a killer in the recording booth but on stage she's called the Queen. And it's for a very good reason. "Karate" is on their poppier side even structurally. But that initial riff comes from nowhere and hits you like a bus. The lyrics are serious and meaningful, basically about resilience. They have a huge range from cute and funny (but always metal infused) to seriously metal and even dark. I'd like to suggest you "Headbanger" particularly the live version from the Legend 1997 concert. And one more thing: expect the unexpected and prepare to be surprised. Welcome and enjoy tour BABYMETAL journey! Until next time!

BABYMETAL are simply awesome. There are no bands who come close to their brilliance. They excel in live performance. Su, the lead singer, is in a class of her own. Welcome to the wonderful world of BABYMETAL . You are in for an awesome ride and you could not wish for three more talented, dedicated and wonderfully sweet young women to guide you. . This band are truly loved by their fans. It’s not hard to see(and hear) why.

"Any of you who are Babymetal fans"? Ha! About 100 million of us. Live is best. Su is even better live. Their live shows are absolutely insane and they have been doing this for 10 years now. You will not be disappointed. I see all the regulars have already filled you in on the details.

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Great reaction! Your brought some good energy. Looking forward to your other reactions. If you enjoyed this song, you will probably enjoy their whole catalog.

Watch them live. It will blow your mind.

They are AMAZING live!!!! Soooooo freaking fun!!!! I generally stay away from reactions to anything other than BTS but....I had to see what you tought of Babymetal. YESSS!!!

They invented the Kwai metal genre. They have been in hiatus since 2019 but have been letting little pieces out of new stuff. If you want to see a classic live then you must see their first ever international live at Sonisphere UK 2014 with the song Ijime, Dame, Zettai. The significance of this was they were on a main stage and there were thousands of metalheads waiting to celebrate or destroy this new band? from Japan. Be careful though as their Amuse management love destroying Reactors with copyright hits. Yet some are still up so good luck.

Studio version? She crushed you. Live version? She will nuclear blasted you

If another band wanted to do it you'd need su to do it, her voice is the none negotiable pivot point of this working our not, and she's a force of nature live

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BABYMETAL needs their own comic/anime series.🎵🦊🎵

They are in thier early 20's. SuMetal the lead singer just turned 25 she is incredible. The whole band is incredible

babymetal is their music. its also called kawai metal. the sign that they do with their hands is their sign kawai metal sign.

El video, la música, la voz, todo es hermoso en Karate

I heard stuff like it since but in like 2012 these were definitely the first and the best,

I think this is the only formed band who created their own music and created their own GENRE.,

subscribed to you for BTS and I also love BABYMETAL! It's amazing how my worlds are colliding.

Now you could do one of two things: you can jump around like a flea on a hot brick and wander the foxhole reacting to this and that - which isn't a bad way of experiencing Babymetal - or you could go back to the egg: check out their very first MV (released in 2012!) "Doki Doki Morning" ( ukposts.info/have/v-deo/m5mjnIdvoIKVw6s.html ) then match it with the live version ( ukposts.info/have/v-deo/badpjYRveKN505s.html ) and do that with each of their songs (many do not have MV's but there's a live version for virtually all of their songs). I highly recommend that for live versions of the songs from their first album watch the "Legend 1997" concert ( ukposts.info/slow/PLdBAj9hZ91wCao72oSqTMLrGpIDOqzR2Q ). In short, travel the path that they and many of their fans took to get to where we are today. You'll find good songs and ones that aren't so good, you'll find triumph (Sonisphere 2014) and tragedy (the departure of Yuimetal in 2018 and the unfortunate death of Mikio Fujioka, guitarist of the Babymetal backing "Kami Band"), you'll find Black Babymetal, and you'll find that although Babymetal started a brand new genre of music (Japanese "kawaii metal"), they cannot be pigeon-holed - they are almost always thinking and moving outside box. They have only a bit over fifty songs and you're sure to find them all most entertaining. In fact, if it were up to me to create an album called "Babymetal's Top Twenty", this would be it: 1. Doki Doki Morning 2. Iine! 3. Song 4 No Uta 4. GJ! 5. Karate 6. Sis Anger 7. Onedari Daisakusen 8. BxMxC 9. Megitsune 10. Gimme Chocolate!! 11. Pa Pa Ya!! 12. Ijime, Dame, Zettai 13. Headbangeeeeerrrrr!!!!! 14. Catch Me if You Can 15. Meta Taro 16. Uki Uki * Midnight 17. Road of Resistance 18. Shanti Shanti Shanti 19. Babymetal Death 20. From Dusk Till Dawn Mind you, these selection of songs are not from best to worst (as if Babymetal has a "worst" song!), just my favorites. By the way, you're gonna love Boh the Kami Band's bass player!!! 😁 Also, I will be the first to agree with the One that Babymetal is best served live but they have several music videos that are real works of art and definitely worth looking into. I recommend "Doki Doki Morning" (mentioned above), "Iine!" (their second MV), "Megitsune", and "BxMxC". In my opinion, those are Babymetal’s best MV’s so far plus the one you just reacted to. One last thing: AVOID COMPILATION VIDEOS!!! Compilation videos are, in my opinion, an insult to both the viewer and the band; the music is certainly overdubbed, and the changes in venue and costumes (sometimes even personnel) can be confusing if not completely annoying. Watching a Babymetal compilation video is like eating prime rib after somebody else chewed it. Enjoy your trip down the foxhole! KITSUNE UP!!! 🤘🦊🤘

If you like to hear some K-Pop with Rock/Metal influence, you should check out: Rolling Quartz (their song "Blaze" is fun) Dreamcatcher ( their songs "Maison", "Scream", "Boca"... are cool) Xdinary Heroes (their debutsong "Happy Death Day" is so much fun, but I like all of their songs and covers)