When Rob Zombie toured with them he posted a pic and said basically “these girls rock harder than you” and got backlash from trolls and responded “out of all the groups I’ve toured with these girls and their band work harder, rock harder than anyone else, fuck your opinions if you haven’t heard them, you don’t get it” and my respect for Rob grew higher.

If I'm not mistaken, this MV was 2013. Su was 15, Yui and Moa were 13. What they've done since a young age has put most artists to shame and continue to rock the world.

Music videos are cool but where BM really shines is their live performances. You can check out a live version of Megitsune from more recent times to see how the song has changed as the ladies have grown up. For newbies, can't go wrong with Road of Resistance and the new song Metali. You can find professionally produced videos and right now, they're touring the US so you'll see a ton of fan vids, too.

"Karate" and "Pa Pa Ya" are musts for you!

Babymetal are actually mostly the project of a guy called Kobametal. Not a lot is known about him other than the fact he's a heavy metal enthusiast who works for Amuse Inc. I think the band often refers to him as "The Fox God" in interviews. Although they're "manufactured" and have been trained professionally, Suzuka has recently started to write songs for the band and the fact that Suzuka and Moa have been in the band for over a decade shows they are dedicated and love what they do.

Next up - Babymetal "Road of Resistance" (Live in Japan) and Babymetal "Rondo of Nightmare" (with Mischief of Gods intro).

Headbanger, Karate, Papaya are some of their best songs and their live performances are FIRE 🔥🔥🔥

Welcome back to the Foxhole 🦊🤘🔥 This is a quintessential BM song and when you know the meaning behind the lyrics like you already did at the end, you'll see is a song any girl and woman can feel related. If you wanna see something more new then another song that recently came out and got this same Japanese elements is the brand new collab song with guitar legend Tom Morello called METALI!! (is written in Japanese but that's the translation). It's the song that settled the Fox God lore behind because megitsune means "vixen" (female fox) and kitsune means "fox" and here they're saying they're megitsune as a way to empower women. It's a hit they don't wanna leave behind in any of their setlist like currently at The Babyklok Tour in the US. Btw what you heard in the breakdown are pig squeals along with a traditional Japanese festival song called Sakura Sakura. Funny you mentioned about Evanescence, they recently performed at Summer Sonic Festival in Osaka right before BM when closing the show, and they finally took a pic together.❤ Thanks for sharing this and hope to see you next time with more BM songs.🦊🤘🔥

The fact that Sumetal still holds her Katana Microphone until the end of the Music Video is mind-bogglingly cool!

After 10 years I still get goosebumps

Great reaction, thanks and welcome back. This music video was released in June 2013 so it's previous to the "Gimme Chocolate" video. They were 15 and 13 here. No it wasn't their idea, they were chosen by the Fox God to fight the power of the evil pop idols who ruled the world and save the metal genre. No, really, it's their lore. 😁 The whole thing was the idea of one man, Key Kobayashi, music producer and huge metal fan. He got this crazy idea and thought that Suzuka would be perfect to front a metal band when he saw her performing with her forming girl band, she was 11 years old. He was producing for Amuse's Kids Division and got the opportunity to make it real. And he did it, not without sone reluctance from the company (as another sub-unit with no extra budget, having to borrow costumes, etc.). But it worked pretty well and in 2013 they split from their main group (Sakura Gakuin) when Suzuka graduated (aka had to leave the group at the age of 15). It's a very unusual and complicated story and I suggest you and everyone who want to know if more in detail to watch a guide. CrypticMisery and Omajination channels have some great guides. 🤘🦊

Hmmm you want a new BABYMETAL song? Well they just released the NEW song "Metali". Featuring Tom Morello from Rage Against the Machine. Many fans are calling it Megitsune 2.0. It is a crazy fun, high energy song. 🤘🦊🤘

This song is the most difficult song to sing as an adult (very tiring) to sing live, especially with she dancing.

this song is my favorite baby metal song!!

"Headbangyyaaa" its One of their heviest song ❤😂 recommended for you Cami

Yeah it was their idea to make that type of music they are really cute and cool at that age and also in real life

Great reaction and welcome back. 'Megitsune' often tops fan polls for their favourite song - it is always right up there among or top of my own personal favourites (but that can change depending on my mood - or which song I am listening to). It is also arguably the song that showcases better than most what BABYMETAL are about and one that truly reflects their Japanese culture the best starting with the traditional instruments (shamisen or koto, you decide which) in the intro and the lyrics about women being compared to foxes (kitsune - which also explains all the fox masks in the video) which, in Japanese mythology, are able to shape shift and take human form in order to deceive. It is also a bit of a push back against the traditional female role in Japanese society I think - or maybe it is - whilst also praising and celebrating the women who have played that role over the years for their strength. They are saying that women wearing their make up and hiding their true feelings ("crying at heart, smiling at face") are not trying to deceive anybody, they are simply trying to please everybody - so they are not kitsune (foxes), they are megitsune (female foxes or vixens) - and they are strong. The melody used in the breakdown with the pig squeals in the middle of the song (screams and growls are not the girls, for the most part they are anonymous) is from the very well known Japanese folk song called 'Sakura Sakura' (Cherry Blossoms). When Su pulled out the tanto (short blade) from her microphone (she does a high kick in the live) she said "Otome wa ... nametara ikan zeyo." (Maidens ... shouldn't be underestimated). The last part of this is a famous quote from a Japanese gangster movie said by the daughter of a gang boss. Much of the official video was shot on location at the Asagaya Shinmei Shrine in Tokyo. This has become a place of pilgrimage for BABYMETAL fans visiting Tokyo. The guys at the back waving the traditional instruments about were dancers with the lady who did the fan dance's troupe. No it wasn't their own idea - it was all down to their metalhead producer Kobametal and he formed the whole concept around Su-metal's vocal talents and stage presence adding Yuimetal and Moametal to support her - and to introduce the choreographed dance element to the metal world. It may not have been their own idea, but they bought into it completely - especially after watching Metallica from side stage for the first time. Sadly Yui left the band in 2018 for health reasons after a 12 month absence, but Su and Moa have now devoted more than half their lives so far to BABYMETAL - they were 12 and 11 when it started, they are 25 and 24 now. They have a new third member as of 1st April this year - Momoko or Momometal, she is only 20. She was supporting Su and Moa as a dancer since 2019. Kobametal is still the man at the reins, but is has become increasingly clear that the girls have a big say in what they do and how they do it.

Great reaction, looking forward to more ❤ They have a deep expansive catalog of bangers.

Road of Resistence live will blow your mind!

you should totally listen to “KARATE” by BABYMETAL!! it’s such a good song imo

Saw them live last Sunday night. Amazing live. It's a must do for any fan.

For a more modern Babymetal song, I'd highly recommend Monochrome. There are some good live videos here on KZfaq, including at least one with English subtitles, and then there's the First Take version of the song where you can really hear Su-Metal's vocal skills.

The growl/scream is actually the instrumentalists in the background which from what i have been told they have people all over the country of japan to limit the amount of people they have to move meaning in the videos its most likwly the same instrumentalists but live it could be completely different people playing in the background.

Great reaction Cami! I'm a 62 year young man and I've seen most of the 70 and 80s rock and metal bands, just seen babymetal last week in Philly and absolutely loved them.❤

"BABYMETAL - Road of Resistance - Live in Japan (OFFICIAL)" is THE best thing to react to.

I had the same reaction 9 years ago... I'm I musician and I love metal... This band is something else... A great mixture between metal and kawaii music. For me this little girls are more metal soul than many bands out there trying to be half of bad babymetal is.

5:25 no it's not 😂 they had no idea what metal is, and even admited they find metal "scrary" and "what the heck is this" at first. It's their producer - Kei Kobayashi, a mad man with a vision for something different, he saw the talent of Su-metal - she has vocal quality to withstand a full blown metal band, it would be wasted if she just doing J-pop, so he created Babymetal as a side project of the idol group he's working on... Then it turned out much bigger than anyone expected. But at this point I can say they grew up with Metal music now, 13 years being in Babymetal, more than half of their lives

I was actually getting a little worried because it has been so long. I know you have been busy so I did not want to be pushy about it. So, welcome back! I hope you are doing very well. My personal favorite of theirs (after 'Gimme Chocolate') is 'Karate'. :)

The younger girls are 14 and Su is 16 in this .. the part she sings during the “pig squeal” section is a traditional Japanese melody .. would highly recommend seeing their live performance of these along with Headbanger .. and for new stuff, BxMxC (Su raps) .. Metalizm, Monochrome (off their newest album) and their newest single METALI! with guitarist Tom Morello

Rondo of nightmare live by BABYMETAL is dope

Hello! Glad you came back for the girls and this time with one my favorites songs 🦊 You listened to Gimme Chocolate and Megitsune which are songs from the first album (Babymetal) so I will drop some suggestion in a timeline: 1. Road of Resistance (album 02 - Metal Resistance) 2. Awadama Fever (Metal Resistance - and this song is a response to some haters that said they sounded a bubble gum pop 😤) I love the breakdown on this song 3. Pa Pa Ya! (Album 03 - Metal Galaxy) 4. BxMxC (Metal Galaxy too) 5. Mirror Mirror (album 04 - The Other One) 6. Believing (The Other One too) 7. Metali feat. Tom Morello (a single and the newest one)

Metali, their newest song, is basically a spiritual successor to Megitsune. That is what you should do next. They are now in their 20s, it has Tom Morello from Rage Against the Machine, and is the kind of song made to be played live. Do it. If you at all liked Megitsune you will love Metali. (If you can find a live version of good quality, do that, because its a whole different animal live) Also, just so you know from now, the E at the end of Megitsune is not silent. Its me gi tsu ne

I highly recommend "Kamikaze" or "Kingslayer" (which is actually by BMTH but was a collaboration with Babymetal).

Babymetal started as the heavy music club of the idol group Sakura Gakuin. I would recommend the Sakura Gakuin song "Verishuvi (Dance Version) " to see what these girls really signed up for. All 3 are in it. But they were happy with the attention they got with BABYMETAL. Once they started touring the world for festivals they totally embraced the metal life.

Honestly, there are a lot of songs to choose from. I have a soft spot for Catch Me If You Can, which is classic BabyMetal. Headbangeeeeerrrrr!!!!! is in the same vein. BxMxC is crazy. Road of Resistance is their Battle Anthem. Definitely look at live versions...there is something special about their live performances. I saw them on the Babylok tour, and they are unbelievable. Monochrome Metali BabyMetal Death The One Karate Mirror Mirror Arkadia Tale of the Destinies Papaya Just a few of my favorites. If you delve into their catalog, you'll find that labels really cannot apply to them. 🦊🔥🦊🤘

A small list would be 1. Karate 2. Road to resistance 3. Pa Pa Ya 4. Monochrome (i loved the version they did on first take KZfaq channel)

BabyMetal Philly concert was amazing last week❤😊😊

Saw them last week. You can see the in LA Oct 11. Sold out but resale tickets available at LiveNation for a controlled price. Vegas is Oct 8. Shared billing with Dethklok. Whoever's name is 1rst is the closer.

The founder of BM played guitar. He came up with the concept of BM. Unfortunately, he passed away a few years ago, but the group and the musical genre that he all but single-handedly created, lives on. Check out LadyBaby and Passcode for similar music, but with gutterals.

one of my go to songs is BxMxc. it came out in 2020, not the newest but still new-ish.

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Yes, you have to see their live concert vids . As cool as their MVs are their concerts are truly magnetude's above . BABYMETAL will melt your brain live . Try watching " Road of Resistance " live in Japan and"Headbangerrrrr ". Also " Megitsune " live . Have fun ! and welcome to the Foxhole .

I haven't changed my ringtone for close to a decade now. It's Megitsune xD Btw, Megitsune was released before Gimme Choco.

wait til you see the live stuff. its incredible. Brings a tear to the eye honestly.

welcome. there will be many suggestions, mine would be, Babymetal is meant to be seen live. So maybe live versions of their music in the future. :)

next Baby Metal - KARATE !! 👊 love your reaction Cami ❤️

You should listen to Metali. It's their most recent drop and it is a great introduction to current babymetal because it is one of the first with their new third member Momo.

Evolution from here could be: Road of Resistance (live in japan official MV), Karate (official MV or live at Download fes 2016), Distortion (Download fes live 2018), PaPaYa (official MV), Starlight (2020 live), Metali (official MV 2023). Other notables: Akatsuki and/or Rondo of Nightmare (live Budokan Black Night 2014), Yava (2017 live), Tales of the Destinies (Tokyo Dome live), Arkadia (2020 live), From Dusk Till Dawn (2021 live), Mirror Mirror (official 2023), Monochrome (The First Take) Long comment 😅

you really need to watch the live performance of Road to Resistance or Headbanger (Moa Ver)

This song and video was actually from before babymetal was babymetal. When they were still part of Sakura Gakuin. Yui and Moa were 13 when this video was released and Sui was barely 15. And they knew nothing about heavy metal before they started. In fact I saw an interview where they talked about , I think it was Yui was scared to death making this song and video because the music was so heavy.

Monochrome is the shit 🤘 Also Headbanger!!!

💯 Headbanger - live 🔥

I just saw Babymetal in Boston .. and Megitsune is pronounced “May-geet-soon-ay” .. they said it in the song

Welcome back to BabyMetal 😁🤘🏼🦊🤘🏼

From what I understand, the big thing the girls added when the group was formed was the fox motif. They thought the \,,/ hand sign looked life fox ears and that became integral to them.

seriosuly, when you listen to their music i beg that you watch the live performances, they are amazing, you can really see their crowd control and stage presence, alongside their insane stamina

Divine Attack Music Video full volume.

KARATE, Rondo of Nightmare (live version), Road of Resistance, METALI!!, Iine!, Headbanger, Awadama Fever, I could recommend songs by BABYMETAL for days. But an absolute must is From Dusk Till Dawn. In my opinion, it's their masterpiece. From start to finish, it's absolutely perfect.

if you wanna see another song that’s pure babymetal, give headbanger! a shot! i promise it won’t disappoint. more recent stuff like BxMxC is a MUST

Doki Doki morning, karate, catch me if you can, head banger, and too many other songs to list. 🤘🦊

“I have never been envious of a 15 and 16 year old before” 😂😂😂 Same. They fucking rule. Your brain will explode when you witness them live in person.

I m babymetal fans since kid ❤ i grew up with Babymetal

I deffinetly recommend reacting to live performances in the future! The original songs are cool but nothing can beat Babymetal live vocals frfr. For example megitsune live? Absolutely breathtaking. Another song Karate is absolutely GORGEOUS live. I just adore Su's live vocals so much, she has such power

There's a concert on KZfaq of Babymetal. It's the first one I watched. I type in "Babymetal Day 2". Must watch💯💪 These girls are awesome. I don't listen to Metal but I listen to BM My for sure list Megitsune Distortion ROR Karate Headbanger Iine CMIYC Yava And basically their last album I play thru. Not feeling too much a couple songs but i play it thru compared to. Listening since 2019💯

To enjoy at 100% the band behind them and the singer at same time you should check Rondo of Nightmare for sure, that's an insane exhibition

I LOVE YOUR REACTIONS!! i would LOVE to watch you react to g-(idle) killing voice. It showcases their skills SO MUCH and they're all so great. Gidle is a group that has startet to really blow up and they're breaking stereotypes and social norms. Think you would like them a lot ✌️❤️

Idk why but I feel like you'd also enjoy the songs by Wagakki Band, another band that combines traditional Japanese sounds with modern music - and they tend to lean towards rock, though mayhaps not quite metal. Either way, I think you'd like them! Their most known song is called Senbonzakura and it's a good place to start! (They are hard to find, but a yt channel called avex has it up(I think it's the label?), and the title of the video is " 和楽器バンド / 千本桜 " ) They also have captions!

This is the first Babymetal I stumbled on. I had that same reaction you had for Gimme Chocolate. "Whoa! This band melts my face with how hard the go but then they start to sing. What is happening? This shouldn't work." The other part is, "Shut up brain. This songs kicks so much ass... Just go with it because it is awesome!"

This was actually released in mid-2013, before the Gimme Chocolate video. At the time the video was released, Moa and Yui were both 13 (about to turn 14), and Su was 15.

Metali is their newest song and its great, you can also check out headbanger which is one of the older songs but really good as well tbh all of their songs are great!

Just saw them live in omaha nebraska with dethklok and oh my Jesus. Just amazing ❤ 🤘

I have you subscribed, I'm not a follower or a fanboy for nothing, but you are also Babymetal cool, or Cami cool, great stuff, love your songs and videos, and of course baby metal is incredible!

It's crazy how today they are 24 but they still look so young

Their most recent videos were collaborations with Thailand rapper F. Hero & Thai metal band Bodyslam called “Leave It All Behind” and Germany’s Electric Callboy with “Ratatata”.

OMG the amount of misinformation being given in the other comments is astounding. No, the girls didn't come up with this. In fact they had no idea what metal was. Kei Kobayashi is the mastermind behind this project. A producer for the Amuse talent agency in Japan, he introduced metal to the girls and focused on Suzuka Nakamoto's powerful vocals at such a young age. Their first release was in 2010 called Doki Doki Morning and was recorded when they were 13 and 11. Megitsune was recorded when Su was 15 and the other girls were barely 13. The traditional theme of the song is again repeated in their newest song METALI . And no, this is not them screaming. Wanna see what they're like now? Hmmm, that's gonna be tough to narrow down. We could go traditional with some punkish metal with Metali, it we could go full on postProg metal with Believing. Or something with a touch of global influence with traditional sounds from around the world like say Matalizm or Shanti Shanti Shanti. Or maybe see what Su's writing skills are like in Divine Attack, or the beautiful Monochrome. All of which I suggest you watch live concert footage of. Live Babymetal is Best Babymetal. They're on tour now in the US!! Make an effort to see them for yourself!! They're doing two concerts in two days in LA!!!

Since you love this song you have to do Metali next. It is Megitsune 2.0. Metali is so good. FYI Megitsune is the song most played. It has everything that Babymetal is about almost like an anthem. But this song is female empowerment.

"Headbangeeeerrrr!!!!" "GJ." "Pa Pa Ya." "Karate." The most recent, "Ratatata." "Doki Doki Morning" was the first sone they recorded (when Su was 12 and Moa and Yui were 10 or 11). "Monochrome" from their most recent album. There is so much more.

MaaaN! I thought you were like some other reactors & wrote Babymetal off! Glad you gave them another shot! 🤘🦊

Sugoi! Love BABYMETAL, more please!! Arigatou! 🦊🤘 #notacult #kawaiimetal #metalAF

I would highly recommend watching their newer live performances. Especially their stuff from their 2021 Budokan live show. Headbanger is amazingly done.

If I remember correctly, the screams in Babymetal songs are usually recorded by Kobametal, their producer.

I recommend headbanger - the live performance of the moametal version is amazing for the crowd participation and we also get more of moa's singing and su's dancing. Babymetal death at the Legend 1997 concert is like out of this world metal theatrics. Ijime dame zettai (idz) at sonisphere is also a great one - most of the crowd at that festival had no idea who they were and those that did thought theyd hate them but they won over the crowd.

Please please go check out the live recordings. From a similar era to those you have seen the Legend shows especially Headbanger will give you a sense of the epic stages and visual theatre their shows bring. Then you can move on through their progression. Possibly Road of Resistance from the Saitama Super Arena (2015). The three girls were chosen from an incredibly young age by a zen like figure named Kobametal. Suzuka even at 12 had an immensely powerful voice. That kind of timbre required to punch through the sonic wall a heavy band produces. They have little influence on the songwriting especially at that time but did write a few lyrics

BabyMetal Metali ft Tom Morrelo is thier most recent song and a pretty hype song 🔥👺🔥

Going from this to their song "From Dusk Till Dawn" would be a wild jump you might enjoy alot.

I've seen them several times live, and a few times in smaller venues. What is surprising is that they manage to keep up the energy levels throughout their gigs! It's stunning, and wonderful, and YES!

Hate to burst your bubble a bit but the girls didn't come up with this (I mean they were like 11-13 when babymetal became a thing so it would be pretty crazy to come up with something like this at that age) Their producer (Key Kobayashi who is a long time metalhead himself) had this crazy idea to mix up J-pop idols and heavymetal to make babymetal a thing. The girls have lyric credits for couple of their songs (Song 4 and Divine Attack) but like 95% of their songs are made by a team of music writers. Eventhough the girls don't write their songs they are most certainly the stars of the show and they give 110% in every single performance they do and are obviously REALLY talented singers and dancers. As far as next reaction I would recommend song called Monochrome from their newest album called the OTHER ONE (released about 6 months ago). And especially this live version kzfaq.info/get/bejne/aMiBopp9nK-Xj6M.html of the song since it's pretty much universally accepted fact that babymetal is way better live than just their studio stuff.

If yr a metalhead listen to Road of Resistance live at Tokyo and Ilime Dame Zetai live in England, You really have to do more of this, great reaction!

still think her pulling out a knife of the microfone is badass,. seems brighter than the version i saw years back, dont know if thats censorship, but yer, great video great work of the gals and the band behind it,.

As many have pointed out, it was not their idea. The girls were 11 and 12 years old when they formed Babymetal and they didn't even know what metal was. They make that very clear on at least one interview. That is the beauty of it though. They weren't filled with any pre-conceived ideas of what metal is supposed to be. They were like empty slates who learned the art of metal music from associating directly with the best metal bands in the business. It is not the girls doing any of the screams or growls. They are pop singers. It's not usually their role to do the hardcore vocals. Well, Momo recorded a nice growl for their most recent song, Metali, but its playback during live concerts. I would recommend you react to Metali by the way.

Headbangerrr is a must you’ll love it the vocals and the performance are stunning honestly

late to this but defff give babymetal death a listen!! its one of their older songs but its so good! from their newer stuff deff give metali a listen (specifically their live mv), metal kingdom, maya, and divine attack!! loved this video and glad u enjoyed babymetal

PA PA YA!!!! That is the Song you MUST listen from Baby Metal.

Monochrome live is totally a song you should check out. Its from their newest album The Other One. Also if you want to see the show they had the day after the lead singers (Su-metal) birthday then I recommend anything from the Legend Of 1997 concert like headbanger, Ava maria (which leads into a headbanger remix, kimito anime ga mitai, akatski unfinished, megitune, doki doki morning

I have waited a long time, a long time, for you to come back to BabyMetal. Now that you have watched a couple of official videos it is time for live BabyMetal which is on a totally different level. What Metallica saw them live they said there were astonished. Here are some suggestions: 1. HeadBanger-Legend of 1997 (this refers to the lead singer Su, she was born in 19997 and is the legend). A stunning live performance in which the audience will totally changee your thinking about crowds. 2. Road of Resistance Live In Japan - Their epic live performance. almost 9 minutes of total awesomeness. You might be crying at the end or have goosebumps. 3. Pa Pa Ya feat. F. Hero - All grown up and stunning and put on an outlandish performance.

You should check out METALI!! it's their new song dropped last month

I second the live performance suggestions. There's a few "Everything you need to know about Babymetal" videos out there, just like the Blackpink ones that'll get you caught up with them. There's TONS of stuff to check out. Side note- I just saw them in concert in Cleveland on the BabyKlok tour, and it was one of the best shows I've ever been to. They included this song in their set. It was awesome. Babymetal live: Amore, Headbanger!!, "Ijime, Dame, Zettai", Atatsuki, Road of Resistance, Tales of the Destinies, etc. Welcome back, btw.

Su-Metal came out of a J-Pop idol background. The group had some kind of age thing where when they hit 16 they leave the group. This came along after that. Love it.

Seeing them Live in London Nov 27th. They are awesome.

Just saw this song live in Grand Rapids, MI. Fantastic! My first time on your channel, but this reaction is great.