This is their homage to the Queen movie and Freddie Mercury. Also this was used a theme for a tv series as well. Yes. Miku's Pearl Chess Zemaitis is very epic.

I'm pretty sure I mentioned it at some point :P It's a fantastic song. The MV is a tribute to Bohemian Rhapsody/Freddy Mercury.

Kanami's solo is the perfect volume, because when it switches to Saiki singing the same note you think it's still the guitar for a moment. Very Soundgarden move imo It's a great song! Honestly I think you'd like it even more listening to it straight through, there are some nice space and dynamics in the transitions that you miss when you have to keep stopping. The sound of that cranked solo guitar when the last chorus kicks in is just chef kiss

A fantastic song. Not as flashy or definitely not as fast as others but still a stellar of a song. They really are not capable of making a bad song. Not even a singly one.

Believe it or not you haven't even listened to what is probably their most popular song (Choose Me) or my favorite song by them (Glory). So, no surprise, there are still plenty of quality songs out there for you to discover. Most of my favorite B-M songs aren't the "reactor" songs.

This song keeps getting better the more times I have listened to it, It's actually pretty much of a banger live too!

This is a pretty popular song, but not nearly as popular for reactions as 'Domination' or 'Freedom" or 'Play', etc. I'd almost swear we've told you to check this song out before. Kinda like how we told ya to watch/listen to 'Daydreaming' for *months* before you finally did. And did you just miss Saiki winking at the camera? I get heart palpitations every time she does that, so thanks for the recovery intermission at 9:25

I think of it as a bread and butter song , they have so many great songs that never get a mention , a couple of my absolute favs are You , Alone , Forward , Honkai , these girls are capable of reaching fans of all genres of music , I can’t remember a time in my life that a band has been able make music that appeals to all my tastes, a fan from the beginning and a fan till my end . 😎

OK you got me. I am an older guy. I won't tell you how old but I saw the Doors on the Ed Sullivan show, the only time they were on. I was 14. Figure it out. And yes I love Band Maid because they are one of the greatest rock bands of all times. They bring older rock back but in their own way and with their own style. And I love that. I'm a fan for life. Yes Kanami please just cut loose and go crazy on a solo. We can forgive you for being selfish this one time.

Mincho is so generous. She does so much riffing but it gets hidden as she makes way for the others.

There are way more songs that don't get requested then ones that do and every single one of them is in somebody's top 5.

"I'm calling that a rap part" Should... Should we tell him about Glory?... Also, the way Saiki shouts "my internal voice!" there always puts a smile on my face. 😊

Bubble is one of those songs that the more you listen the more you like, at least that happened to me, now is one of my all time favorites.

There's just so many awesome songs, about 115, not all get the same amount of attention. But eventually they will as we explore their catalog, one exciting song at a time. Have you heard Glory? It's another unbelievable song that's rarely covered. And there's about 75 more that are 9's & 10's! Band-Maid is so underrated it's disgraceful!

I understand what you mean about Mincho's solo. But we have a saying in Japan "腹八分目" (the amount of food that keep you at 80% full is the right amount). We always want a little longer and louder solos in Band-Maid songs, and that means they are giving us the right amount of solos, I think🤔😉

That guitar you love only cost $4500 and is just one of many Zemaitis guitars in Miku's collection.

Band Maid has so many great song there is bound to be a lot of them that fall through the cracks as far as requests go. Songs like "Mirage" and "I can't live without you" heck there is at least a couple on each album. 🎶🎸🥁🎸🎶🔥🙂

Probably what will endure from this incredible gathering of talent called Band Maid is their versatility in songwriting, while staying true to two premises: we write the best song possible without saving the smallest detail and we make the result as catchy and fun as possible. They are marking an epoch.

I've always LOVED this song but I'm one of those 60+ guys that "hit the jackpot" like you said. I love everything about this song - Saiki's on fire with vocals, super tasty guitar solo, and like four different sections including that "made for arenas" half time part at the end - which they do on several other songs. Just love love love this song.

I think of it as a "fertilizer" song.... no - not in a "bad" way - but in the sense that you can hear they grew a number of their signature feels in this one song.

The buildup to the lead section is goosebumpler stuff!

Funky isn't it? That's one of the many experiments found on CONQUEROR and it's one more great song. Just "different" 😁

I have always liked this song. It’s just weird in a Bandmaid - weird kind of way…which means it’s awesome. Lol. I lately have been jamming out to their B side tracks .. they have some great hard hitting songs that get ignored.. probably because no official videos were made or live footage etc… An overlooked song that I really like is The Non-fiction Days… They have a MV for it and hardly anyone requests it..I just don’t understand why.. that song rocks.

62 and been In Love with them for the last 2 Years......... Alot of Riffs take me back to the 60s n 70s

Unsurprisingly... the live versions of this are better too. Especially because Kanami's guitar is louder live. Love this song though.

Take a look at your likes and dislikes, you have 0 dislikes, tells you something! Bubble is a tribute to Bohemian Rhapsody

Working from memory, so I'm paraphrasing, "Band-Maid's medium is other bands' epic." Exactly right! I think that's why so many commenters make suggestions from a fairly short list. They want to make certain that the reactor is blown away.

It can divide into two songs but this is Band-Maid formula sure.

The power of Rock transcends generations. This band does the same.

I'm an old dude, and I agree that some of those riffs were very old school. I loved Kanami's solo, but agree that it should have been a little louder. If I was forced to come up with something that I felt Bandmaid needed to do, it would be to have Kanami's solos longer and louder. I do understand, however, that she is such a sweet, gentle little girl and she wants her bandmates to shine. I consider both Kanami and Miyako of Lovebites to be musical geniuses; they both are excellent guitarists and write most of the songs for their respective bands. Miyako understands that it's OK to write great solos for herself and Midori; I wish Kanami would let herself shine and show off her skills. (BTW... If any of the Maidiacs think I'm hating on Bandmaid, I just received the DVD for their Online Okyu-ji concert in the mail about an hour ago. :) )

Hola! I'm a fan for over 30 (over 50 maybe) and this little band maid song is a recreation with a very 80 MTV sound. Nostalgia! Always an impeccable achievement and Saiki who is gaining strength, we can appreciate his progress. Just another side of their talent.

This is a great song! The video is related to the Freddy Mercury movie. There are so many great songs, it is difficult to recommend everything :).

This is top 5 for me. I love it. When you constantly listen to this band this is one of the songs you really looking forward to every time you start that playlist.

Band Maid fans like to keep this video quiet. The sight of Misa playing base while on her back in a darkened room has brought grown men and Women to leave their homes and wander aimlessly through the Countryside looking for any purpose in life that comes close to hearing and watching the band. It is a trigger that the authorities have tried to keep quiet. There are moments in life that old people can capture the joy of listening to the music of their youth. Younger ones can feel like they are a part of something more than themselves. But once the trigger is released and the flash flood begins. There may be no going back for any of us......Oh and yes the video is a tribute to the Freddie Mercury film trailer.

It's one of my favorites. A good song to introduce someone to Band-Maid with.

It's been about a week but Happy Maidiversary since your Domination reaction.

"Bubble" was released, along with "Glory", in early 2019 as part of B-M's strategy to tie up with broadcast entertainment. "Glory" was the ending theme for a TV anime, "Bubble" the theme for a TV drama. (The more recent "Different" is an anime theme song too.) Many Japanese bands have pursued the tie-up strategy, even more so with Covid and limited/cancelled live gigs. In particular anime vocals are now a huge and lucrative part of the Japanese music scene. LiSA, who you reacted to, is an example but there are dozens more; they have their own tours and TV specials. Producers are making offers to band vocalists to do anime songs, independently of their bands. I wonder if Saiki will be tempted.

Bubble is clearly an underrated song. In some fans ratings this song is on top of the list.

Kanami may do more deconstructing than we think. Geniuses don't work like us normal folk.

This is actually my fave Band Maid song! ♥

Hehe! I’m 62 and have been a bandmaid junkie since the Thrill mv was posted. You had experience getting their discs getting sent to the UK from japan to know real frustration. Easier now if not much cheaper.

I personally love Bubble, and it's 5 cute girls, not 4. Unless you think one of them is not cute. Sorry, couldn't resist. :) 4:54 BTW, "Matchless Gum". That's a song that will make you say "I didn't expect that".

This is one of my favorites. It reminds me of about 4 different songs from the "Winery Dogs". That vibe is definitely there.

Excellent and informative reaction as usual, thanks!

Do you believe in YOLO? Well idc if you do. You gotta listen to YOLO by Bandmaid :) You will believe.

You should really react to the Before Yesterday MV. The video is basically footage of their first ever trip to the U.S. They were invited to Seattle for Sakura-Con after the Thrill MV went viral. Supposedly that show convinced MISA to not leave the band.

You get my thumbs up just for this statement. 4:41. I am 65 and really get into this music, and, surprisingly, some of the newer songs (HGK: Why, Why, Why,...), since I am a 70's music guy. Another great review.

Ya, not my favorite but I still love it. I love this older Band-Maid. They have a formula but each song is still different and I love it. Thank you for reacting to this video.

Still among my Favorite Band Maid Songs. Love the drumming and the guitar Solo.

This song has one of my favorite chorus+guitar solo combinations out of all of Band Maids songs. The whole last half of the song is one of my favorites.

This is one of my favorite songs of theirs. That entire middle part is one of my favorite sections in their catalogue. As impressive as their fast and explosive stuff is, I think I like their mid tempo stuff the most. This is from the last album that came out in December 2019, just a few months before the pandemic. I think it’s such a good album and I think I may like it more than Unseen World. But my fear is that it will never get the attention it deserves because they lost the opportunity to promote it and tour with it. There’s a lot of experimentation and variety on that album, probably more than any other. The single release for this song has a B-side called “Smile” which is pure Band-Maid pop and it’s just so fucking catchy. It’s got acoustic chords, electric riffs, and Saike really shines there. They are so good at pop music.

Finally! My favorite Band-Maid song.

I love this song! I'm surprised you haven't listened to it before.

Thanks for the reaction. There are many more songs but there is no MV, so there is no reaction. For example Freezer, So What etc. Or for example the song Smile on the Bubble single... and always remember: There are mamy Bands, but only one BAND-MAID.

i love mikus guitar.... the riff of this song blow my mind. instant fav. song from them

Wow, I just realized that there was no reaction to this song. It's the most impressive guitar riff among BAND-MAID songs, I really like it.

"Bubble" is definitely on my BAND-MAID top 10 songs. The drums and the bass are amazing on this track. I don't think this song wasn't recommended, I saw requests for "Bubble" pop up on almost every reaction channel. That would be great if you could react to "flying high". It's from the same album as "Bubble" (CONQUEROR) and it curiously has the same bass ending. There isn't a MV for this song so that's certainly why no one is reacting to it but it's a great song and my favorite "hard-rock" BAND-MAID song. Thank you

Nothing wrong with Bubble.. this falls into the catalogue of Band Maid songs that have a perfectly happy foundation, and it's not spectacular or shocking as you say, but rolls in the way only Band Maid tend to colour it. A nice little birthday surprise.. cheers man.. lol

This song is actually a tribute song to Freddie Mercury/Queen.

I love this song and the MV it has the iconic Misa playing on the floor shot.

I'm in a few groups and yeah this doesn't get as much attention. BUT... IMO the main riff is Kanami's best on Conqueror. And the song itself is top 3 from the album, IMO. But that riff is just... catchy as Eff, super positive, bouncy and...well, .....Bubbly?

I did the same thing during this video hahahah when I saw that guitar lol - Alan

The Non-Fiction Days, Order, Don’t Let Me Down are some good older ones to listen to as well.

It's the theme tune they were asked to do for a Japanese tv drama called "Perfect Crime" about a woman who has an affair with her boss and her new work colleague who blackmails her after catching her in flagrante delicto, plus he's also having an affair with the bosses wife which was his old girlfriend or something along those lines.

1/Thanks for striving not to say "I wasn't expecting that." 2/I loved this song from the get-go. It is def a departure from "mainstream" B-M but what's not a departure: well-crafted as usual.

It's not because it's less liked, it's for the explorers to get something rewarding if the really into Band Maid and look for something beyond what they see people talk about Band Maid,

I love this song. It should be more popular, if only for the fact that you have MISA laying in the floor, playing her bass. Lol.

The was written for the end theme of a Japanese romance drama series. I forgot the name of the show. If I find it I'll post. I love the song. Band Maid seems incapable of writing a bad song.

Count the Queen references!!!!

I actually like this song a lot. Very classic rock.

This is what band dose the are truly the living legends known only as band maid

Bubble actually one of my favorite BAND-MAID songs. Considering the MV's inspiration and all. I wish for more open cords from Kanami. And, of course, a longer solo. :) Also MISA's stockings are competing with my appreciation of her playing in this one.

Great song can't understand why it's so underated

Great song! Love Miku's pearl guitar! One her 12 Zemaitus guitars, so beautiful! From Thrill through Black Hole and everything in between, I like it all!

I've noticed the average person wants to see reactors do high-energy, faster rock songs thinking it's going to blow the reactor away. As if no one has ever drummed that fast before or something. B-M has a wide variety of good songs that the fans love. They're not "reactor" songs, but I know you'll still enjoy them.

Yeah I won the lottery with Band Maid five years ago, I was 55 years old, and because of my infatuation for this particular group of artist's it led me to dozens of other sugoi Japanese band's, although Band Maid is my favorite the rest are in second place.

Great reaction and as you've probably guessed, most people ask for the live videos first and Bubble is still one of their better songs IMHO. Glory is also another that gets overlooked but is still great. Some of the great songs don't have videos, so you're probably going to need to start listening to their albums, which no one here will object to. The order that you listen to nay be up to you; start with oldest when they didn't write the songs or start with newest and work backwards. One of my favorite older songs is "Arcadia Girl" off the album "New Beginnings" - it's on Spotify. Also, you hear more of Miku on the older albums.

i mean when you have a catalog of 100s of amazing songs alot get lost in the shuffle. but trust me when Bubble came out it got tons of requests and reactions.

Bubble is a tribute to Freddie Mercury, MV hints to the movie about him.

I wonder what would happen if we had Anne and Nancy Wilson do a collaborative with them? :) Old and new, and so much talent it might break YT

Gotta say, part of the attraction of band maid is that very formula which, let’s face it is pretty trademarked to them. You get others who do similar but i think “ooh, they’re doing a band maid thing”

Zemaitis has done very well by our little pigeon, Po! Thanks for doing this one. I've given up trying to recommend specific Band Maid songs, I'm just waiting for you to get to them all! :) I can wait. (OK, I can't) KEEP DOING BAND MAID :) I can't wait for you to do one of their acoustic songs. Oh, and I really enjoy this song. It makes for a nice change of pace so the variety keeps going.

I really like this song. It's a great riff and the drums are really interesting. I think the amount of space in the song and its...bounciness(?) set it apart.

Wait?!... You said 4 cute girls?!... Who isn't cute?! They are all adorable, cute, fine, smoking hot in their way... I constantly have a different fave because I can't narrow it down. :)

Misa stretched out on the rug. Rrrrrawrrr! ❤️

Start Over is the song I think that most people avoid. They say it is too poppy, honestly it is not my favorite but I still like it. I wonder how Champ will react to that especially seeing the mv.

This video was done as a tribute to Freddie Mercury its based on scenes from the movie Bohemian Rhapsody!!

Yes I agree. It's a good song for Band Maid. It would be a great song by most modern rock band's standards. I think that it is better than Thriil but not as good as Manners.

I really like this song, it stood out for me when I first heard the album. Might have been the guitar riff 😊🎸🎸🎸

I love the Zamaitis Pearl front. Yoshi of Aldious is playing a similar one.

I do like this song. Too. Actually, I like them all. Great points in your analysis!

Love this song so much. Thanks for doing it. If you are subscribed to the fan club the “making of Bubble MV” video is also very, very entertaining. That you mentioned “rap” and “hip hop” when reviewing it might be a factor in why some vocal fans of the band don’t recommend it… just maybe 😛

I think 'Bubble' is one of their most unjustly unmentioned songs. I like it a lot because of its groove and mood. 🤘🏻 Regarding Miku's guitar, which you had so nicely in close-up at the beginning, I can only recommend the "【ZEMAITIS Factory Tour】Guest-Miku Kobato from BAND-MAID". Unfortunately it doesn't have subtitles and the automatic translation is rather bad, but you get a little insight behind the scenes of Zemaitis and also a look at the creation of exactly this model. 【 'Our rock never dies ever. Forever!' - Band-Maid 】🕊️

I read an interview where they said this song showed them growing up as a band. They said that before that they had an attitude of "We are Band-Maid - we've got to put more into the song" whereas for this one they let the song breathe. It might (and this is purely my speculation) be a result of perhaps their most divisive song "Start Over" which was written in a very different style to all that had come before, due to Kanami having a bit of writers' block. Oddly, the Start Over single is the most highly sought after single on the resale market ($500+) because the special edition had the bluray for the two hour Zepp Tokyo concert. That gig contained many of the most commonly requested clips, before the youtube purge of a year ago.

Wu-tang Ft. Saiki. she has bars! now that would be a awesome April 1st

i love Bubble it's a great one !

I kinda love this one, so I'm glad you took a look at it.

One of the best tracks on Conqueror

I love IT!

Maybe it gets bypassed because is groovier and less of a stomper, so like you said, it doesn't get the "wow, I was t expecting that." For me though, it's moved itself to the top of my ever changing favorites. 👍