Oh hell man..... thank you very much for the Mikio memorial. Very fitting. Very tasteful. I think HalfLifeSistah will fully enjoy another new song, Shanti Shanti Shanti. There is a proshot live video from Glastonbury of this song. I promise you, you've never heard anything quite like this one. Talk about making the world smaller and bringing people together, it does not get more obvious than Shanti Shanti Shanti. This song? About Thai food (Papaya Salad), using Thai instrumentation featuring a Thai rapper. Shanti? To give you an idea, the name on the setlist sheet for this song at Glastonbury was Ind-Metal (Indian Metal), a song about Karma and love. Babymetal is taking influences from everywhere on this album and expanding the possibilities of Metal in the process.

And just to think.. they're singing about eating a salad in the summer!

you get a like just for that intro alone. RIP

Friday. I'll be seeing them in Atlanta on Friday, and I don't think I've been this excited for a concert since...1994? Pink Floyd?

Much respect for the tribute to Mikio... Babymetal was a shock to this 45+ year old Metalhead's system back in 2014 and got me interested in Music again. Seeing them live is a must and the best way to appreciate the connection with fellow Kitsune's . Stay safe out there.

A happy, vibrant summer song about a festival of papaya spicy salad. Packed in metal, but an original blend of metal. Anybody offended by this joyful music because of ideas can take a hike.

The new album is called Metal Galaxy and the idea is to make a journey through the music universe, that's why they have this song with a thai rapper, they also have a song called Shanti which is like indian-metal, they have a song with prog-rock band Polyphia guitarists, one with Joakim from Sabaton, one with Alissa from Arch Enemy, etc... all kinds of sounds from around the world and collaborations. Experiment, mixing, lots of variety... that's their thing, that's why Babymetal is so refreshing. P. S. Loved Mikio's tribute, thank you for that. 🖤

Good reaction - I like the way you played the official video in the background with the Glastonbury one in the window. It shows how great their timing is. Su and Moa were joined by Kano Fujihira (just turned 15 at the end of August) in the official video which was filmed at the performance in Yokohama, the day before they performed at Glastonbury in the UK. Kano is currently the 9th Class President (leader) of the idol group Sakura Gakuin. Su-metal was the second and Moametal was the fourth Class president before they graduated from Sakura Gakuin. The girl that danced with them at Glastonbury and Brixton was Riho Sayashi (21) who was previously a ninth generation member and a lead in the idol group Morning Musume. She also attended Actors School Hiroshima with Suzuka when they were both young kids. The third rotating girl, known as Avengers, is Momoko Okazaki (16) who appeared recently at their Taipei Super Slippa show. She graduated from Sakura Gakuin last year.

💕 ⚡ 🌸 / 🌞 Not sure how Metal Sucks could get it so wrong, but BABYMETAL announced at the first Yokohama concert on June 28th, that a dancing support role would be rotating between three new girls called "Avengers". For the second Yokohama Arena concert (seen in the official video for 'PA PA YA!!'), the new support dancer was Kano Fujihira. Kano is currently the Student Council president of Sakura Gakuin. She just turned 15 years old. Kano also performed at the second 'Legend M' concert on July 7th. That's where the official video for 'Elevator Girl!' was filmed. For the first Yokohama concert, Glastonbury Festival, O2 Academy Brixton, the first 'Legend M' concert and the Summer Sonic Festival appearances, the third performer was 21 year old Riho Sayashi. She was formerly with Hello!Project/Morning Musume. The third support dancer is 16 year old Momoko Okazaki who just made her first appearance with BABYMETAL at SUPER SLIPPA in Taiwan. She is a Sakura Gakuin graduate. Despite some misinterpretations, there is no indication that Yui will have a solo singing career. The "new dream" she is pursuing has not been specified by any official source. She is listed on her Amuse, Inc. artist page as being available for voice acting and dramatic roles. You're very right about BABYMETAL moving forward with an eclectic range of styles. The new album, 'Metal Galaxy', out October 11th, will feature guest appearances by Tak Matsumoto from B'z, Joakim Brodén of Sabaton, Tim Henson and Scott LePage from Polyphia, Alissa White-Gluz from Arch Enemy, and F.HERO, the rapper from Thailand.

Haha, awesome! I have just re-watched your reaction to Rondo literally 10 minutes ago and thought „Damn, it‘s about time they do another one“. Clicked on the KZfaq recommendations and saw this. :-) The rapper is a pretty famous rapper from Thailand. Since the song is about Thai Papaya salad, they chose to collaborate with him. Hearing this for the first time, my little mind said „Ah, damn, I hate rap“, and I was prepared to dislike it. Found it meh after the first listen. Two more listens and I was hooked. Not many days later I was standing in the crowd in London, and when it started, I went nuts with the whole crowd. What a phantastic live song once again! Previews of all the songs of the upcoming album leaked a while ago, and just like you said, it‘s going to be all over the place, in a good way! They have lost nothing of their uniqueness and fun. Made me so happy to realize that! There are currently three girls on rotation filling the third spot. No announcements have been made whether one of them or anyone else is going to join permanently in the future. Since two of them are girls from current or earlier Sakura Gakuin, one of them among my favourites, I‘m not complaining.

US Tour starts tomorrow. Tix still available in some cities.

Thanks for the Mikio memoriam.. I teared up.. BABYMETAL is doing something no other act has done before. And they are not afraid of experimenting! They simply don't give 2 fxxxs, that is what they do. And the entire fandom is passionately, loyally and dedicatedly behind them.It's really like watching our daughters (I have a daughter whose birthday is 1 week from Su's). You simply have to react to SHANTI, SHANTI, SHANTI!!

Mikio always smiling while shredding. What a talented band. I'll mise him live.

You are spot on: Babymetal never got pidgin holed into any kind of music other than it has to be metal related and they've been able to do any metal sub-genre they like, even added some stuff from other genres. Maybe even invented some of their own. That Mikio tribute could have used a warning honestly, I wasn't expecting it. Kind of hits hard. But thank you for doing it !

this song how Babymetal said " We Are Back !! ". yes , only them can do it , take any genre of music and combine it with Metal :)

Beautiful tribute to Mikio!

This song not only features tropical fruit and Thai rapper, but also a traditional melodies of Shamisen(Japanese banjo).

For now they use 1 of 3 support dancers, who perform on rotate system, to fill Yui's spot. In this Official MV, that you watched, 3-rd girl was Fujihira Kano, current member of Sakura Gakuin, same as Su, Yui and Moa, also she's 9-th Students Council President of SG, same as Su (she was 2-nd) & Moa (she was 4-th), so this performance was very presidential))))). Kano was 14 y/o at the moment, when they recorded this performance, but turned 15 y/o few days ago. Other 2 is Sayashi Riho, 21 y/o, ex Morning Musume, she's the one, who performs at live video from Glastonbury, witch you put because of copyright. And the 3-rd support dancers is Okazaki Momoko, 16 y/o, she's also from Sakura Gakuin, 2017 graduate.

Much respect and love for that intro tribute to Mikio. Thanks for that. :) This song, however, is not BabyMetal's first delve into incorporating hip-hop/rap. The first time they did that was an early BabyMetal song called _Iine!_ (that's an upper case i, not a lower case L like some mistakenly think, so it's iine), or in Japanese hiragana いいね !, pronounced "ee neh", which tranlates to "Good, isn't it?!" (also interpreted as "So Good!"). The song and the video were released in 2012, and gained quite a lot of popularity. That's cool that you had both the official MV _and_ the Glastonbury videos for this. It makes it easier to point out the two different BabyMetal Avengers featured, with Riho at Glastonbury, and Kano in the MV. Momoko ( i.imgur.com/7lZgwcl.jpg on Su's left) is the third to be revealed. As you can see, they're really knocking it out of the park with the energy on stage. I might be wrong, but I think I get what Wolf means by not holding BabyMetal "to the same standard". It's not necessarily a lower standard. It's more like a standard that is lateral to the usual because of the different approach being taken (thus it doesn't really do it justice to use the exact same standard). That's what I took from it.

This song themed Japanese Summer Festivals (Matsuri) and Music Festivals. I feel this is Latest Matsuri Metal series after MEGITSUNE. Hero is Thailander, with his Death Voices he wrapped about Making PAPAYA SALAD 🥗 in Thailand language.

I'm sure this has been covered already, but just in case you missed it... Yui's spot, at least for the near future, is being filled by Riho Sayashi, Fujihira Kano and a third as yet unnamed (as far as I know) girl on a rotating basis. The rapper is F-Hero (aka F*cking Hero) who is a famous rapper from Thailand. The song is about Thai spicy papaya salad and is meant to be an ode to summer.

Thank you very much for the Mikio memorial. R.I.P. Mikio Rock On bud!

Great tribute to Mikio, nice to see that. So glad you show respect to the Band that shook the metal world and took it by storm. I was wondering if you will be attending any of their shows.

In my opinion, the chorus of the song should be included in the opening of an anime serie.

Producers: so will your new song be metal or pop or rap? Babymetal: YES!

BABYMETAL is now like an Space Ship; Exploring through the Universe of Music travelling between Black Holes and Stars across the Galaxy of Metal. Experimenting with Diverse Musical Styles like landing new Planets. But always keeping their own style of Music. ( CREDIT TO OWNER )

BABYMETAL - Ijime,Dame,Zettai - Live at Sonisphere 2014,UK (OFFICIAL)

I;d never heard of them until I caught their Glastonbury gig on BBC TV. This is from that great performance. One of the best bands that weekend. All the Glasto fest performance is on KZfaq.

This video gets a like just for the memorial intro. Thank you for that! The guy in the background singing and rapping is F.HERO and he's a Thai rapper.

Thank you so much for the Mikio Fujioka tribute.. I teared up when i saw it God bless.. RIP Fujioka-san.. Please do Ijime, Dame, Zettai (Bullying Not Good Absolutely) Live at Sonisphere 2014, UK

🤘🤘 Papaya (pawpaw) salad is very popular here where I live. There is a Friday night market in my town and there is always a huge line in front of the stall that makes the best, they also happen to make the best laksa and noodle soups as well. The Ointment I sent you is an extract of the papaya fruit as well.

This is my favorite of the new album songs I've heard so far

Great reaction .its so fun seeing wolf arms folded enjoying it in his own way and halflife sisteh just totally enjoying herself with a big smile. You have to go see them if they come near you on there US tour . Really loved the Mikio tribute..

Great reaction and i agreed with your points.👍👍 Also love how you put on point sound effects through out the videos.😁👍

Morning (moo-sue-may) .. big time Japanese idol group. Musume means daughter in japanese. 1 Great thing about japanese is the vowels only have 1 sound.

I totally agree, it's all about the feeling. You really have to hear the song Mama sang by Floor Jansen, it's in Dutch but it's impressive, it makes me cry every time I hear it.

BabyMetal is not a gimmick. They been rocking for years. Newer & fresher than any metal out there. Period. This is coming from a 50 yr old man who grew up listening to ac/dc & Metallica.

この曲には、日本的なものから、東南アジア、そしてカリブ海にまでつながるような海洋系の陽気さと、力強さと、楽しさがつまっていて、さらにそれを３人のダンスとすず香の歌声が、カワイイ、カッコイイという最高のパフォーマンスに仕上げている。

(Black) BABYMETAL has done a much more Nu-Metal song: "Onedari Daisakusen". You should take it for a spin... High charm-factor. Always had a *blast* when it was performed in concerts ! BABYMETAL can *really* take what could be seen as a gimmick and make it *seriously* work well !

So nice to see them looking happy again, see you.

One thing that has become pretty clear at this point. Is just how much of an outstanding vocalist Su-Metal has become. That becomes even more apparent with Shanti Shanti Shanti. Lip roll as it's sometimes referred to in Indian music. Is incredibly difficult to do especially for non-native speakers. However it is great for vocal training. Su-Metal has really impressed me lately with her vocal repertoire. As Babyametal is definitely proving to be not just a one-off here. I think the full album drops sometime in October. But really enjoyed this reaction and especially the deadication to Mikio Fujioka. :)

A perfect summer party song!

Watching the live concerts this song makes the crowd go ballistic with the waving in the air.

Wow. Great song!@ Glad you own the channel miss... coz grumpy crossed his arms pretty early. Body language speaks heaps. Just a fun song with ridiculous energy! Acknowledging Thai audience with the guest rapper (P-Hero), as they tend to do everywhere they go. BTW your hair is just amazing!! So kewl!... hrmm. im sure it was said... pa pa ya.. is papaya fruit.. lyrics are just so innocent

My Summer hit 2019 =) Thanks for the reaction ;)

bruh, i just got back from this show last night, the best show i have ever seen

Pa Pa Ya!! by Babymetal (feat F.HERO)(eng elow) Pa pa pa pa ya! Pa pa pa pa ya Pa pa pa pa ya Pa pa pa pa ya Pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa ya (x4) Sairyou de saigou tte sainou ga iuno wa Pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa ya Zenshin to zenre de onore wo kogase Pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa ya Bring it, oh bring it Pa pa pa pa ya Bring it, oh bring it Pa pa pa pa ya Bring, bring, bring, bring it Pa pa pa pa ya Bring, bring, bring, bring it Pa pa pa pa ya Matsuri da, matsuri da Matsuri da, matsuri da Supaishi- saradu so songu (pa pa ya) Matsuri da, matsuri da Matsuri da, matsuri da Kureishi- saradu da dansu Sawage sawage sawage yo Papaiya bo-i Odore odore odore Pa papapaiya ga-ru Papaya, papaya Saikyou de saikou tte chou dou da iuno wa Pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa ya Isekai to zensei de onore wo tamese Pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa ya Bring it, oh bring it Pa pa pa pa ya Bring it, oh bring it Pa pa pa pa ya Bring, bring, bring, bring it Pa pa pa pa ya Bring, bring, bring, bring it Pa pa pa pa ya Matsuri da, matsuri da Matsuri da, matsuri da Kureishi- sama- bo bo-i (pa pa ya) Matsuri da, matsuri da Matsuri da, matsuri da Supaishi- sama- ga ga-ru Sawage sawage sawage yo Papaiya songu Odore odore odore Pa papapaiya dansu Papaya, papaya Raek Raek Morlum Rock Rock Sut Tae Chata Klap Ma Kho Kho Kho Phro Chiwit Muean Chocolate Pok Pok Pai Pasom Kan Muean Papaya Pok Pok Don Knock Knock Knock Lom Lom Luk Luk Khlok Khlok Khwam Suk Pai Kap Thuk Thuk Thuk Malako Don Thup Thup Thup Thueng Cha Saeb Thueng Cha Nua Thueng Cha Grop Grub Grub Sing Rot Tuk Tuk Chak Thai Rider Hot and Spicy Tonni Summer What’s riding for the thunder Somtam Pla Dip Ao Ma Pon Kan Der Yes baby girl, sanaka Sang Bikini Ma Chak Lazada Stop thinking oh lalala Saengdaet Phaet Phao Rao Ma PAPAYA YES Bring it, oh bring it Pa pa pa pa ya Bring it, oh bring it Pa pa pa pa ya Bring, bring, bring, bring it Pa pa pa pa ya Bring, bring, bring, bring it Pa pa pa pa ya Pa pa pa pa ya Pa pa pa pa ya Pa pa pa Matsuri da, matsuri da (pa pa ya) Matsuri da, matsuri da Supaishi- saradu so songu Matsuri da, matsuri da Matsuri da, matsuri da Kureishi- saradu da dansu Odotte sawage Odotte sawage Odotte sawage Odotte sawage Odotte sawage Pa papa-titaimu Papaya, papaya Papaya, papaya Pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa ya (x4) --------------- (ENG) he best and supreme say talent is to burn yourself with your body and spirit bring it, oh bring it bring it, oh bring it bring bring bring bring it It’s a festival, It’s a festival It’s a festival, It’s a festival A spicy salad song1 It’s a festival, It’s a festival It’s a festival, It’s a festival A crazy salad dance2 make noise, make noise, make noise papaya boys dance, dance, dance papaya girls papaya papaya the extreme way to be the strongest and best is to test yourself in a different dimension and time bring it, oh bring it bring it, oh bring it bring bring bring bring it It’s a festival, It’s a festival It’s a festival, It’s a festival crazy summer boys It’s a festival, It’s a festival It’s a festival, It’s a festival spicy summer girls scream, scream, scream the papaya song dance, dance, dance the papaya dance papaya papaya First it’s Morlum rock rock But the fate came back to knock knock knock Because life is like chocolate pok pok Being mixed like papaya pok pok. Got knocked knocked knocked, fall and rise Mash mash the joy with grief grief grief Papaya is crushed crushed crushed. So it’s tasty, so it’s munchy, so it’s crunchy, crunch crunch Tuk Tuk speeder from Thai rider Hot and spicy, now it’s summer What’s riding for the thunder Som tum and sashimi, mix them together Yes baby girl sanaka Order bikini from Lazada Stop thinking oh lalala The sun is burning, let’s PAPAYA YES bring it, oh bring it bring it, oh bring it bring bring bring bring it It’s a festival, It’s a festival It’s a festival, It’s a festival It’s a spicy salad song1 It’s a festival, It’s a festival It’s a festival, It’s a festival It’s a crazy salad dance 2 Dance and shout pa pa party time

Thank you for the beautiful Mikio tribute. I would love to see you react to Shanti Shanti Shanti as well which is a totally fresh sound.

Sistah's hairstyle here reminds me a lot of Mouse from Emezie's animations. You two seem pretty cool and chill by the way.

That crowd looked painfully dead

It's their 3rd album, like their first you never know what to expect with the theme and sound, and they are now doing it again with some of the more "anthem" songs. More experimenting. Like you mentioned the more "hardcore" meatheads still won't accept them as metal, even though it's true, yes they aren't. They're their own sub genre. But they've also won over so many of the Metalheads who were on the fence

What BM song to react next to? Maybe *"Headbangeeeeerrrrr!!!!!"* live at Makuhari Messe in 2013 (at their iconic "Legend 1997" show): kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hp-dnKVnz7Gwgqs.html

poppin' cuties 😎👍

. Always more BabyMetal forever! :)

You both looking so metal 🤘

Thank You for Mikio so much....

I like the new songs. It is showing bm trying out different styles. Shanti is totally different.

I almost cry with the Mikio memorial. May the Fox God bless you for that.

BABY METAL is the ultimate band. Such a mixture of beautiful music.

The object on the background nearly resembles the Lament Configuration.

Might I recommend reacting to Words Darker Than Their Wings by Alter Bridge (Live at the Royal Albert Hall) And if you're not initially sold, it's the first time they played it live and it's with a 52PIECE ORCHESTRA

Nice video guys . I'm going to see baby metal in 2 weeks. Woot

"F HERO" He's rapper from Thailand.

Thanks for the Mikio tribute. Very touching. Great reaction btw. Check Shanti next. You will be amazed.

Love the intro, gimmick making bank! And awesome music!

I heard Yui had some health issues & possibly sth that runs in her family (can't confirm that but there was sth serious in her family way back before Babymetal)

オープニングの小神様や日本への愛をありがとう❤️

Thank you great reaction. More Babymetal please.

YUI-METAL didn't leave by choice.. she has some unspecified illness that frankly, we have no details about (she was technically a child when it happened, which means AMUSE cannot tell us specifics without approval).. BABYMETAL were still hoping she would be able to return in the future in summer 2018 but her recovery was slower than expected.. so it was kind of on YUI to admit defeat (for now) in the recovery process and let the band move on.. hence her official statement. The current configuration has gone back to 3 girls with SU-METAL, MOA-METAL and the 3rd (YUI) slot being taken up by 3 "avengers".. who basically can fill in based on availability And thank you for acknowledging Mikio passing away.. it affected a lot of us (and no doubt the band) deeply. I was in Japan browsing guitars in Tokyo, including Mikio's signature models when he was breathing his last breaths.. we all want to do the best for his family since his passing. I bought a guitar pedal where proceeds go to his family (demonstrated by Takayoshi Ohmura (his student and kami-band member) here kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qNqDeM1h2MXelZs.html he plays so emotionally).. and Ohmura still plays Mikio Fujioka's guitar on tour with BABYMETAL today, for example in the solo of Gimme Chocolate which he was famous for playing. I love it every time I can see Mikio's guitar still being played. As a guitarist myself.. Mikio was a very special player.. If you want to see the Kami Band rocking out, outside of BABYMETAL then please check out this performance kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Z6eWjauQ3cqtiHk.html - this song was later named The Hill of Wisteria (based on Fujioka's name).. but showcases the classic band lineup with: BOH, Ohmura, Fujioka, Aoyama (no girls)

This song was co-written by Dragonforce if you couldn't hear it.

I think It's time to react to Nightwish again...NIGHTWISH - Storytime (OFFICIAL LIVE VIDEO) you gonna love it.

They have 3 "avengers" switching off on tour. They only complete out the 3 person choreography. They don't actually sing. I just recently saw Babymetal in Chicago and Riho (my fav of the 3) was with then.

Hi guys , react to these songs of babymetal , headbanger, megitsune, karate 😀👍👌

React to new videos of lacuna coil "layers of time" , killswich engage "the signal fire" ,JINJER "judgement and punishment" 😌👍👌

the rapper is from Thailand.

Let me start with the fact that I love what you guys do. You are fun to watch and I love that you do your research. (Also....Thank you for your tribute to Mikio. He is missed every day) That being said, that word "gimmick" is a bit of a trigger word for most of us fans. We have spent years fighting the rest of the metal community about that word. We can deal with "unique" and "different", but "gimmick" has and always will bring a negative connotation to the fandom. This is one of the strongest fanbases on the planet and we are VERY passionate. I mean NO disrespect by these comments, but I thought it should be brought to your attention...Love to you both!

いつも楽しそうに聞いてるのが好き❤️

You definitely need to do No Rain No Rainbow at Hiroshima, especially since you've researched their history. It's beautiful! :)

If ever you do another Babymetal reaction, would you consider doing 'Ijime dame zettai - Live at Sonisphere 2014, UK'? You do your backgrounds on things, so I feel like you'd be able to appreciate this one.

The first time I head this PA PA YA!! song I was a bit disappointed... and mainly because I don't think Babymetal need to use the rap thingie like eeeeeeeveryone else these days. I would be happier if they just had fun like they did with other songs rapping around in Onedari or Iine! ... Instead, they brought F. Hero to do the rap part - OK, fine... I still love them and I actually said to myself "Remember when you first start listening to Babymetal? There was "Catch Me If You Can", "Megitsune", "Ijime, Dame, Zettai", "Akatsuki" and not much more... remember how you said you would never listen to some rave-disco-dance-party-song like "Iine!"?" ... well, these days I absolutely love "Iine!", I love "Uki Uki Midnight" I love every song... so, this PAPAYA!! one, I already find it really appealing... and to see the reaction to it, see both Su and Moa again so confident, with wider smiles in their faces, well, it just makes me happy, they deserve everything. Of course, I was much more excited when they came up with "Shanti", I love that song. Much more than PAPAYA!!, "Shanti" even reminded me of "Acha!Cha!Karii!", by Sakura Gakuin's Mini Pati Cooking Club featuring Moa, Yui and Hana, so, slowly I became more and more excited about the coming of the new album next 11th October. That said, I'm sure PAPAYA!! is soon to become my next "Iine!"

for next babymetal i suggest road of resistance

Thank you!

The Rapper is Fhero He's From Thailand

Que estes en cielo mikio 🤘gran reaccion like y sub.

Gimmicks are good sometimes...they bring attention to a band. If the band is good then there's no problem. When a band relies on their gimmick rather than actual talent, then there's a problem. Babymetal is a band with a gimmick that can back it up with talent. It's not something I would care to listen to on a regular basis, but they are successful for a reason. Good on them. Cheers!

I don't listen to metal. But I have ran this video to death. I really loved you guys reaction...

Your intro made me cry, miss Mikio.

Not my cup of tea but they seem like a lot of fun. Big smiles, mission accomplished.

actually Yui got very ill last year. and there's 4 rotation 3rd member

It's kind of insulting to BABYMETAL to say that you don't hold them to the same level as other bands because it infers that BABYMETAL is sub-par, so you can't possibly have any expectations. You know that BABYMETAL has a driving principles behind what they do, right? They hope to make metal music appealing to all genres of people across all walks of life in any culture. This is why the fandom is called "The One". To achieve that they can't stick to a single metal style and force everyone to like it. It would be too difficult, and, frankly, impossible. This is why they do all genres, it's not that they can get away with it because they're nothing but a novelty act (or for some other weird reason like that), it's what they actually intend to do. For instance, for this _Pa Pa Ya_ song, they not only worked with a Thai rapper, they also worked with Thai musicians who knew Thai traditional music and asked them to help BABYMETAL write the music so as to incorporate those traditional elements. How is that for expectations? ;-) Judging by the crowd at their concerts, I think they have been quite successful at making metal music accesible to all kinds of people, not just metal elitists (and that explains why many metal elitists hate BABYMETAL, they think BABYMETAL is intruding in their metal space with their fun and happiness, how dare they have so much fun?). Not many metal bands can say there are grand-parents taking their grand-kids to their concerts. This shows they are successful at what they are trying to do, it's no accident. Also, I think that saying it's "gimmicky" is a cheap empty comment, partly because the important part is whether you enjoy it or not, but mostly because "gimmicks" are the bread and butter of so many metal bands (the usual example here is Slip Knot...). Also, don't confuse image and gimmicks. To me, I see an image they are trying to maintain through their costumes. Finally, you have to take the culture where they came from into consideration. In Japan, it's very common for bands to have set costume for their shows. Try _Aldious_ just for a quick example. Kawaii metal is new, fresh, happy and fun. So these should be your basic expectations for Kawaii metal bands. For the top bands, you can add musical quality as an expectation. BABYMETAL meets all those expectations, in spades. Sorry for rambling on, it's just my long two cents! That was a great intro, thanks for remembering Mikio. Kitsune up, Po!

I love ur twitch u should play gmod! Maybe try dead by daylight??

Listen "operose, empty mirrors" song 😍

8:38 👌

when I heard baby metal I said the end of the world is coming

Opeth - Faith in Others

子神さまぁ😭😭👍👍👍🧀🍅🍚🍼🤘🏻We are BABYMETAL 😁👍🍼🤘🏻

Can you react to Arch Echo - Immediate results? It's gonna blow your minds.

Hi , nice reaction!! Tommorow night at the Coca cola Roxy 🤘

Thank you for the tribute to Kogami-sama (RIP)! Awesome! Maybe Wolfkain would like some Black Babymetal - Sis Anger - www.dailymotion.com/video/x5nx7sk Def goes down hard...

Star war hairstyle?