I like the part where you look up and read the lyrics. It makes me feel that you really like this song and want to know more about it. that's great! Thanks your great reaction.

⚡ 💀 💕 / 🤘 One of the cool things about the Du-metal site, is that he's got the lyrics in Romaji, as well as the English translation. Romaji lets you sing along, without having to read or understand Japanese characters. The words are spelled out using the Roman alphabet. And there are great footnotes. : )

BABYMETAL is in a galaxy of their own! I think there's been a lot of tears shed due to BABYMETAL through the years, they're one of a kind!

BABYMETAL makes grown ass metalhead dudes cry. I know, I'm one of em. They are so powerful, even at their young age.

Thanks for continuing to explore what Babymetal has to offer, and expect a lot of great feedback from the community. As you continue your journey, please be aware that many reactors eventually run into problems with Babymetal videos being blocked, and that tends to put people off of continuing to do reactions to them. There are plenty of safe videos out there, but many tend to be compilations that can be rather confusing for people new to Babymetal to watch because they can combine different shows with different members in them and usually say something like [PROSHOT] in the titles. Videos known to cause issues for reactors are basically anything from Babymetal's official channel, which is a shame since there are some great music videos there, like Megitsune, Road of Resistance live in Japan, and others. The way to deal with those blocks is to mask the videos before you upload them to KZfaq. There is also a channel I made that has videos with a transparent logo on them that have already been tested for blocks. Each video there has a link in the description to a version that has no logo on it if you want to react to that and just replace it with the one on the channel with the logo for your YT video. Most reactors seem to just use and react to the one with the logo, but the option is there. It's easier if you don't pause the video to replace it with the version with the logo on it as they are the exact same video, and pausing to avoid a block isn't necessary. I also don't ask for any credit for the videos on the channel since they're only there to help reactors with safer content to use. You're welcome to use anything on there - kzfaq.info/love/I6VCZx5ux46V6ZGSTd403wvideos Whatever you decide to do, I'm really glad you've discovered and are enjoying Babymetal.

You have discovered BABYMETAL. Your life will never be the same. 🤘🤘

I don't know about you, but I would never have believed that I'd like choreographed dancing. But with BABYMETAL it adds a whole lot to the entertainment value and the hype of the crowd. They teach me quite a lot about myself with their unique ways.

The statue in the background that looks like the Virgin Mary, which it isn't and actually has an Asian face (some say it's Su's face since it's her 16th birthday), is a tribute to Metallica's "...And Justice For All". It will make more sense if you watch the closing song's video titled "BABYMETAL DEATH Legend 1997 (Complete)". And the gong at the end is a tribute to Japanese metal band, X Japan.

2010 - BABYMETAL perform for 100-150 people in small warehouses & food courts...(Su-metal is 12. Yuimetal & Moametal are 11) 2013 - Legend 1997 concert (this video) = almost 8000 people (max capacity)...(Su-metal just turned 16. Yuimetal & Moametal are 14) In THREE short years, BABYMETAL went from performing in front of family, friends, and family/friends of their friends to selling out an event hall full of fans. THEN after the global popularity of "Gimme Chocolate", BABYMETAL go on their first WORLD TOUR in 2014 where they perform in front of 50,000+ metalheads at Sonisphere UK. WTF!!!

Excellent reaction - and well done on going to Du-metal's blog site for the translation. He has more explanatory notes further down the page if you need them as well. Su-metal is so expressive in her delivery of their songs, you are not the only one who might find themselves crying to some of them.

Yes, crowd participation is off the charts at Babymetal concerts, there are even online instructions for what and when to chant for each song. Their big concerts are full on theatrical productions with Yui and Moa conducting the crowd interactions, Su being imperious and the Kami Band ripping it up. If you react to Babymetal songs honestly and with a bit of seriousness about their actual performance then you will get lots of good reactions from kitsunes (BM fans) as we are sort of insane...but in a good way. This concert is Legend 1997 and is a celebration of the lead singer Su-metal as she was born in 1997. She is only just 16 and Yui and Moa are 14 years old, today they are 23 and 21. This song is a bittersweet coming of age story about a 15 year old school girl going to a concert and braving the mosh pit, while knowing the freedom of the moment won't last long. It's used to celebrate BM birthdays and both Yui and Moa have taken the lead in it for their birthdays. The song probably resonated with Su because this concert was the day after Su's 16th birthday and she had also recently graduated from high school and the idol group "Sakura Gakuin", Yui and Moa were both still members, and started working full time with Babymetal. In Legend 1997 the energy of "Headbanger" is followed by the emotion of "Unfinished Akatsuki" and the insanity of "Babymetal DEATH" and together they tell a story about growing up and accepting sacrifice and change. "Babymetal DEATH" can be shocking to some Western people as it uses Christian iconography, but the Japanese are a lot less dogmatic when it comes to religion. Check out those two other songs and you might also like "Road of Resistance".

After a BABYMETAL concert you sleep for two days, because the whole concert goes at this pace.

About 5 years ago I was surfing KZfaq and came across a reaction video to Babymetal. It was enough wtf value for me to watch some more, then I decided to go watch the actual video (Gimme Chocolate), still primarily for the wtf value. Then this video popped up in my suggestions. I clicked on it...... and it was like.... damn..... this is not a gimmick, there is something here. So I started digging more into them. Then found out in a few weeks they would be the opening act for the RHCP in a town near me. Bought a ticket immediately. Go to the show.... lights go down.... the drone of 13,000 people having conversations.... and then BAM, the opening salvo of Babymetal Death at about 140db slapped me upside the face. 13,000 people simultaneously shut up and faced the stage. The exact thought that went through my head in that moment was "this shit is for real". I had gone from "gimmick" to "there is something here" to "this shit is for real" to "holy hell, this is frigging awesome". Since that day, my years have been scheduled around Babymetal tours. My vacation time, my vacation money..... when is Babymetal on tour. Following them from town to town just to throw down with the best fandom in music. I've never looked back, never regretted a moment of it, and have never been to a bad Babymetal concert. Side note, I am a hardened 55 year old former death row prison guard, spent 13 years in the military, have been through three wars and one humanitarian action with really skinny people with AK47's trying to shoot you. I've lived in a countries with active insurgencies seeking out Americans to kill them. I've seen the worst mankind has to offer and have been through more shit than your average bear. As a result, I'm not exactly an emotional lightweight...... and Sumetal has managed to make me cry on more than one occasion.

Great reaction! You totally get it and not everybody does.

BABYMETAL live is the ultimate fun, I dare to say! They've won numerous best-live-act awards over the years and you can clearly see why!

It’s amazing that you actually went to read the translated lyrics. Many reactors don’t really do that. They appreciate what BabyMetal does, but it seems they don’t take the time to know the song. Their songs aren’t just Kawaii or heavy. But their songs have meaning to many. That’s why The One are so loyal, we all relate to something from their songs.

2:32 I recently learned that what the girls are doing here is actually a type of headbanging...side to side head bang. And of course they are yelling "Hedobang!", which I've read means "headbang".

A great reaction, they're definitely awesome and very unique. FYI, Su Metal (Suzuka Nakamoto - the lead singer) was born in 1997, Yui Metal (Yui Mizuno) and Moa Metal (Moa Kikuchi) were born in 1999. And I hear ya, I'm not the crying type but, oh man, Babymetal ... wtf, eh? I also get emotional on some of their songs (knowing some of the back story, what the song is about, my own personal experience/circumstance, etc). The work and passion these girls (and the Kami band) put into their performance is just off the chart - the more you get to know them, the more you'll love them. Whenever you're ready (after a few more songs?) might want to check out Unhelpful Guide to Babymetal - actually pretty helpful (and more fun to watch than some other guides out there).

Great & thanks from Japan 有難う💛。Your twitter tells you are residing in Tempe, AZ. BABYMETAL performed 20 times in their 2019 US tour (19 concerts + 1 festival appearance) and one of the venues was Marquee Theater in Tempe on Oct.1. Can you believe that this is the 12th song after 11 exhausting performance (and still 2 more) in the show? In this video, you heard the crowd shout some words at 06:49. The words are "ki-e-ro 消えろ!" meaning "get out of here!". This shout occurs wherever they go on this planet and whenever Su-Metal directs her mic towards audiences. They did this song, of course, in Tempe and Arizonians shouted the same say. You can find many fan-cam videos in KZfaq with keywords "babymetal 2019 Tempe". 😄

Although the "live" versions are recommended here, the official video is awesome. It showcases the Headbanger story really well.

Welcome to the world of Babymetal. You will not find anyone quit like them. These young ladies give their best each and every song. The Kami band are unbelievable. I must have missed the first video you did but you have so many more to see. Can't wait to see more.

"Bang the shit outta that gong!" Yesssss that was amazing!!

Nice one. Please, which ever you listen to next, do a reaction. There are sooo many songs I think you will love. This is one of my personal favourites, along with Megitsune. That would be the Music Video, though there are some live versions that really hit hard. I think you would like Ijime, Dame, Zettai, or IDZ, from Sonisphere 2014 in England. This is their first major performance outside Asia where virtually nobody had ever even heard of them. 50-60,000 people turned up to see a band they thought was some kind of gimmick. This was their last song of a 5 or 6 song setlist and just listen to the crowd. By the way, it is an Anti- Bullying song.

This concert took place the day after (lead singer) Su's 16th birthday. The other two, Yui and Moa, are approximately 18 months younger than she is. Recommendations? With the following exceptions, I'd use videos from "Babymetal Reactor Resource" - they put up single concert performances, frequently with lyrics that have a watermark over the video to get past YT issues. IMPORTANT - they link a non-watermarked version in the description for you to watch. The exceptions are Megitsune (use the official MV), Doki Doki Morning (use the official MV) - this is their first single, and Rondo of Nightmare (use Budokan Black Night - or with Mischief of God intro) - they're the same thing. Enjoy your trip down the foxhole.

If you wanna know about the band and the girls I highly recommend doing a reaction to "A Beginner's Guide to BABYMETAL" it'll teach you everything you need to know and BM fans like the guide reactions lol It is also very cool to see someone relate to the song like this. That guide video I refer to was made by me, I'm not plugging it looking for views or subs or anything I really don't care about any of that, I just wanted to make a video for newer fans that will explain what BABYMETAL is, who the girls are, how they got started, etc and jam packed it all into a 17 minute video (which is much shorter that the other ones which are like 40 minutes) because there is A LOT to say about them basically. The existing guide video had made a lot of people mad and just got a lot of stuff wrong and I figured I could probably make a better one and I think I did okay people really seem to like it. It took a long time to make so I hope you find it useful if you check it out. Don't worry, BABYMETAL makes us all cry, even with the language barrier, it is as Su says, "Don't think, feel". (music makes me cry all the time tho so who am I to talk) Anyways, looking forward to seeing more :)

You said that this song is amazing, I thought the look on your face for almost the whole video was amazing! I still get that look and I’ve seen that song 100 times! I love your reactions and I also love it when you read the lyrics, you are unique among reactors that I have seen and that is a lot! Keep up the great work and Kitsune’s Up!!!🦊🦊🦊🦊

This is the same concert as the Gimme Chocolate video that blew them up worldwide.

One of Babymetal's best shows

Fantastic reaction!! Yes, Su has that ability to bring out emotion in people. There is something about her voice and how she delivers the song that hits home. She does not write the songs and is sometimes criticized for that but she dedicates herself to presenting the song to the fans, not just singing it. While the lyrics are not hers they are about things she can easily relate to so its not about faking it. She is genuine and pours her heart into every song she sings. On a lighter note, I always laugh a little at the 'discounted railway tickets' line. It's just weird they specified 'discounted' tickets :) I assume adding the word 'discounted' worked better for the flow of the song?

This is one of my favourite reactions I've seen for Headbanger. Cool that you felt such a personal connection through the lyrics. Du-metal's blog is the best source for translation of the first two albums, though his choice of English phrasing is sometimes a bit confusing. If you really want to get deep into song meaning, there's an English prof and author AJ Hartley that has a series of videos where he does deep analysis on various Babymetal songs. His video about Headbanger is really good. Looking forward to the next reaction!

SUBSCRIBED! AMAZING reaction and I enjoyed your stories! BTW, one BABYMETAL reaction a week is perfect! There is enough BABYMETAL songs to last you a year doing that, not including the 100s of special and unique live performance videos that you should react to also!🦊🤘

most babymetal fans are very fun and welcoming, my only suggestion is.. get bigger and louder speaker or better headphone when u play their song🤣

the bridge and last chorus of karate always make me emotional as well, it hits even harder live ofc ! Their performance of it at download festival 2016 is one that never fails to make me tear up, the crowd participation and the vocals especially near the end are incredible. Also, my first concert was paramore when I was 15 too haha, life changing. Love hearing you talk about the lyrics!! Great reaction :)

Thanks for the personal story, I'm really liking your vids as they go above and beyond the usual reactors shouting "ZOMG LOOK AT THESE KIDS PRETENDING TO METAL, THIS IS CRAZEE" - subbed and looking forward to your weekly forays into the fox-hole.

Great reaction👊🏽🦊⚡️🤘🏾live Babymetal is always best!

Great reaction girl, Headbanger is awesome, one suggestion try BabyMetals hardest song, most fun song, Highlights the band !!! "Catch Me If You Can" live at Black Night Legend Doomsday show Best Video clip is this show Best Kami Band Solos Intro!! Best Dance by the girls! Best Evil Riffs! So Metal, So Cute!!! "Catch Me If You Can" at Black Night Legend Doomsday show, with Kami Band Solos Thanks, love the Enthusiasm!!!

The babymetal Community is amazing 🤟🦊🤟 great reaction look forward to the next one and live show are so much better keep it up

It feels so good to see your joy at first encountering this production. Another plus is your intelligence. You're good at this. And you're now the seventh reactor that I've seen cry to this music. You're right, the purity of this production's love for the music, the quality of their live performances, and especially their apparent love for their fans (who they call The One) all adds up to a marvelous thing.

Get ready. You are about to go on a journey you can't imagine. BabyMetal is only the start.

Lyrics don’t master , it’s Babymetal, it’s fun, it’s pure positivity. (With the odd tear drop on the way.). 🦊🦊🦊🦊🦊🦊

I'm late to your Babymetal party but, that was one of the most awesome reactions I have watched. It is cool that you actually related to the song so well. Reading the lyrics is always cool and we, The One, love when a reactor takes the time to learn about the song/band. Don't worry about crying. We have all been there. There have been a few reactors actually breakdown while reacting. We are here to help if you need anything so come on down the Foxhole. It's nice and comfy down here, lol! Looking forward to more! Kitsune Up! 🤘🦊🤘

Official music videos are also great.

That is lovely to find, another girl being related with Babymetal lyrics

love the part where you say 'NO MORE PAUSING"...20 pauses later lol

Definitely one of my most favorite songs ever to exist. Life would not be the same without BABYMETAL. 🤘🦊🤘 The other.... Megitsune

CONGRATS ON GETTING 100 SUBS!!!

Did you see Pikachu in the middle of the crowd? Check out Awadama fever with Kami band intro. It’s a song about bubblegum 🤘🏻🦊🤘🏻

Definitely subscribing.... Of all the reactors I've seen, definitely like the fact you actually read and react to the the lyrics as well. And since you have checked out the MV for Karate, I wish you can do the Download 2016 performance. The crowd interaction in that one is way more moving, and the music hits a lot harder than the MV. If you want to have some tears brought to your eyes, check out No Rain No Rainbow from Baptism XX concert (I think ppl have already pointed you to Babymetal Reactor Resources to get the vid). Hope to see more of your reactions. Have fun exploring the Foxhole!

Great reaction, I enjoyed seeing how it resonated with you. This is my favourite Babymetal track, and my favourite performance of it; they just absolutely kill it. Thank you for posting, looking forward to watching your other reactions

That was a great reaction to a great song (my favorite BM track)!

Headobang yeeeeaaaa!! The stories are what we want to hear

Awe. Love you dude. Hope it's been a good year, my friend.

Check out BABYMETAL Reactor Resource channel on YT for your reaction. He made this channel so you won't get blocked. Click on the description on the vids and go to for reactors section.... good luck 🤘😷👍

Feel the power of the The One!! Oh and not a cult btw.

Great reaction. And you're so pretty.

This is the video you really found them:) the next videos you tear up like all of us :D

Good Reaction again! Your mention of lyrics in the video motivated me to write a wall of comments. I tried to analyze the meaning of these Japanese lyrics while comparing Japanese lyrics and English lyrics (du-metal blogs). First of all, it is difficult for even Japanese people to explain the exact meaning of these lyrics. I think it's the same in every country, but lyrics are written in ambiguous expressions like poetry. Moreover, as Japanese is known as a high-context language, the subject and object are spoken vaguely, so it is necessary to understand the context of who did it and what did it. In fact, SU Metal rarely sings the subjects such as 'I', 'You', 'They', 'He / She' in the song. In the translated English lyrics (du-metal blogs), the subject is clarified for grammatical reasons, but in reality, you can ask the person who made the lyrics who the 'I' is, or you can ask the individual from the context of the lyrics. I have no choice but to imagine. I don't know if I can explain it well in English, but I think I wrote some useful information(③⑤⑥）for BABYMETAL fans, so please read it when you have time. And I think it's great that the lyrics themselves have different interpretations from person to person, so of course what I thought shouldn't be your correct answer. The text was too long and I had to split the comment into 4 sections. LET'S GO! ================================ ① LYRICS (du-metal.blogspot.com) Excerpt of only important parts ================================ du-metal.blogspot.com/2013/07/headbangeeeeerrrrr.html [LYRICS] With the legendary black long hair disordered around and gorgeously, It's just like SU, YUI, MOA, especially the appearance of SU. [LYRICS] blooming crazy, this flower will soon disappear fruitlessly. 'blooming crazy' for 'Kuruizaki' is literal translation. Here's a slightly more accurate meaning. 'The flowers bloom at the out-of-season. Showing a temporary prosperity as things decline. Showing an unusual excitement' What are flowers metaphorical to? (Her youth? Her memories? BABYMETAL?) She seems to be reluctant to bloom for a brief moment and then disappear. [LYRICS] Now the time has come. I no longer hesitate. It seems that the 15-year-old girl was hesitant for start at first. But she does to not regret. what she was hesitant about? [LYRICS] I hold tightly the discount railway tickets. She is actually singing 'ju-hachi-kikkpu' (ju = 10, hachi = 8, kikkpu = ticket) at the part 'the discount railway tickets' in japanese. Japanese call that ticket '18-kikkpu' or 'Seishun 18'. (Seishun = Youth). This is special tickets for people only 18 and under, and is sell by JR (JAPAN RAILWAY COMPANY) www.jreast.co.jp/e/pass/seishun18.html?src=gnavi It remind me words like 'youthful' or 'teenage' or 'springtime of life', rather than 'discounted'. So lyrics might want to emphasize 'her youth her' or 'memories of teenage' at the part of 'ticket'. not price and discount .. [LYRICS] To the east ... jumping toward the stage ... deeply headbanging She grabs the ticket and runs around the band chasing the band all over Japan. Actually, there are many technical terms that even Japanese people don't understand in the phrases of these lyrics. It doesn't seem that important to know that. It's okay if you can imagine her enthusiastically jumping into the middle of the stage and headbanging from behind the fence and going crazy. [LYRICS] All the crybabies, get out of here! [LYRICS] All that disturb us, right now get out of here! I'm not sure what ths word 'the crybabies' means to English-speaking people. 'the crybabies' is includes such person who complain immediately, who easy to give up (Unmotivated person), who do not really work on it. Is the 15-year-old girl just enjoying the live and is there anyone in the way? It doesn't make sense to me. If this 15-year-old girl points to BABYMETAL, it makes sense because they are the providers of the live show. They have to work hard to perform. I think she was afraid that she would yield to temptation if there was such a person around while she was seriously working on it. In other words, she said 'I am doing the band with that much enthusiasm, so people who don't want to do it shouldn't follow me.' So I guess the 15-year-old girl refers to BABYMETAL's SU, YUI, MOA. The same goes for everyone involved in BABYMETAL. Why did she dare to say that? Will SU, YUI and MOA lose her own passion(yield to temptation)? Yes. There was a possibility. You will know in ②. [LYRICS] It'll never come back again and it's so short period. [LYRICS] This special night of my fifteen, I'll never forget. [LYRICS] I etch in my heart this special night of my fifteen. This is the part of the melody that you can hear with a little sad feeling. This part sounds like singing with half anger and half sadness. Also, these translations seem to be too light in terms of expression. Actually, it is not a command sentence in Japanese lyrics, but it is a phrase that forcibly inspires herself. It is an expression that strongly emphasizes that you to not forget that NOW and commands you to do so. [SAMPLE] Oh .. What a short and ephemeral moment .. [SAMPLE] Don't forget this moment, at least the night of my 15! (Speaking to myself) (Not an expression that WANTS to be 'never Foget', It's close to the expression that you NEVER FORGIVE for 'Forget') Since there is no English equivalent to Japanese expressions, emotions cannot be transmitted unless the words in the lyrics are changed a little. I hope it makes sense to you somehow .. Anyway, If she had a nice and happy memory for her, she wouldn't sound so lonely. So,I guess there was some hesitation or conflict( or difficulties) in her background. She seems to persuade herself with her feelings that she should 'not forget' to dispel her wickedness. Why Conflict feelings ..? You will know in ②③.

So glad you are enjoying babymetal as much as I am ..

"That is not loud enough..." I have that problem, too.

You know you can talk without stopping the song so much..

6:08 while this specific video is frequently used for reactions it actually has problems. But it's the most viewed on KZfaq for this performance so people use it.

If you want full blown history of Babymetal check the "An Unhelpful Guide To Babymetal" video very good!

excellent content lady

You should try “Megitsune”, the lyrics are like a protesta about the lack of equality between man and women in Japan.

Check out A Beginner's Guide to BABYMETAL by CrypticMisery kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mcyJjLWfpp7Zm3k.html You may want to get into a few more reactions first but it would be interesting to see what you make of it! Edit: Crying to a BABYMETAL song is the most normal thing in the world. You have an amazing journey ahead!

Ya wanna hear Su-Metal rap? Check out BxMxC.. if you really wanna go far down the “foxhole” .. there are so many other songs .. Starlight, Catch Ma If You Can, Karate, Road of Resistance, Rondo of Nightmare, IINE, Ijime-dame-zettai, gimme chocolate, this list goes on

🤘🤘🤘 BABYMETAL FOREVER

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Great reaction, keep the lyric break-down. Is that a Weiss Schnee shirt? If so, do you think Monty Oum based Rubys original look on Babymetal? Hmmmm...

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Come on girl where is youre reaction to ratatata?

You need to work on when to pause. All over the place!

When you have 300 subs, average 100 views, get 2k for Bruno Mars but when you do Babymetal you double or triple that you know you're on to something. Subbed ;)