Band Maid songs are diamonds. Precious little multi-faceted gems that shine brightly. And who does not like a diamond ?.

I saw them in London last year. And when they ended played this tune I was having goosebumps and bitting my lips so I didn't start screaming like a Beatles groupie.

Go for "Blooming" - but beware: there's so many great musical ideas in that song that many good bands would have composed a whole album with. Seriously. Same for Puzzle btw.

Misa just blows my mind with her talent, but really they are all tops. this was the 4th song I discovered of theirs about 2 years ago. I was already hooked on them, but this one stopped me in my tracks. I had that same look on my face as you did when Misa played her solo. Game changer for real! rewind - rewind - rewind

Chase doing Onset? yup, instant like. Now I can hit play. Some extra information: This track is from the Zepp Tokyo Live DVD, a fan had it up for a couple years but the recent takedown wave by the label removed it, so glad they posted it back up on their own channel!

Chase, most of the song: a very detailed, technical analysis. Chase, after MISA's solo: "Damn."

Thanks for mentioning Miku's play! I thought that Miku's rhythm guitar playing in the background with Kanami tapping is the really awesome!

One of the most detailed analysis of this song I've ever seen, not many reactors picked up on MISA's switch. Also, shout out to your Miku's shout out! She's really developing into an awesome rhythm guitarist. Awesome reaction!

MISA!!! MISA!!!! MISA!!!!! This Official video is one of my Top 5 fave. Reminds me of the great instrumentals of the 70's

❤️BAND MAID❤️

Many individuals only see the surface of anything. Those such as yourself peel back the layers to discover what is beneath. Chase ty again for a very nice reaction/review of Band Maid.

That drummer always looks so happy!...Great job all around!

Thank you for an awesome reaction as always Chase. How about a double header? Band-Maid - secret MY lips, then Band-Maiko - secret MAIKO (my-ko) lips. Two VERY different versions of the same song. I don't think any other reactor has done this.

This song is gold Theses girls are gold World domination incoming... Miku is nuts ,pray the old pigeon 😎

Great Reaction. Please next one Band-Maid : Rinne (official video)

I love Band-Maid, and so do you. We're gonna be millions in the future.

how Misa goes from picking her bass, to holding the pick in her palm and slapping the bass at the same time is so sick.

Good solid reaction. Good solid band.. First albums I bought in 10 years... all of Band Maid's discography on Google play.

Thank you, another great breakdown of the details of the band. As a sound engineer I am fascinated at the subtle nuances the band continues to place into the music. for a real treat try listening to their songs isolating each members part, truly amazing to hear them individually then again when its all together. also, thanks for the shout-out for Miku and her guitar, she has progressed into an excellent musician.

Nice review. I can't believe they have been around for so long before and I didn't know about them. I actually just discovered them about a year ago because of KZfaq. I lived in Japan for 7 years but it was way before they started. I think they maybe the most talented metal group to come around in many many years. They are so talented at every position.

Daydreaming - beautiful...👊👊👊👊

After seeing that video for the second time in a few days now I wanna give some - albeit belated - input, as well: The aggression and attack of the tremolo picking in the pre-chorus makes the tapping sound so much smoother than it already is. They are really good at using such dynamics to enhance the feel of different sections and/or parts in their songs. The octave lead in the second chorus is actually a third guitar coming in. You can still faintly hear the regular rhythm guitar Miku's playing and actually see her sitting on a chord, while the octaves are moving around. No idea whether she didn't feel up to the part or there's another reason, but I don't care either way. There are some samples sprinkled in their live songs here and there, anyway, so it's just a little fun fact, if you will. In any case, thank you for getting me hooked on the force of nature that is Band-Maid with their appropriatly Iron Maiden-ish font. cheers!

The exact way to react and your the only reactor who gets the switches and evry little details. Your good also chase your good.

YES!! Thanks for being the review I cant do!!! haha Nice Chase!

I have to say that what I like about your commentary is that it makes me pay more attention to the instrumentals - I usually don't take time to really sit and listen to exactly how the instrumentalists interplay with another, and when I listen to your vids I find myself doing precisely that... which usually just gives me new respect for the band.

I saw them live when I went to Japan last year. I built the schedule around being in Osaka in time for the concert. Totally worth it.

After many videos were taken down, finally we get to see onset on the official channel. 🤘

band-maid, the worlds greatest.

Chase, the look on your face when MISA does her solo

Hey, just an FYI. BAND-MAID just posted video from their concert on Feb. 14, 2020 about 5 minutes ago. the song is Freedom and it rocks. check it out.

I felt that it was an effort for you to pause this performance, lol. And for an in depth reactor that's the biggest praise, I guess. Thank you, I enjoyed this one immensely.

Binge watching your B-M reaction videos. Thanks for all the detail breakdown. So far I've noticed you have only refer to one of the member by name, and that's MISA MISA MISA! That reaction to Misa picking to slapping is priceless.

If they ever release "Freedom" from the Shibuya show it would be great, because Akane has a great drum solo in that.

YES!!!!! Glad you were able to get in early on this one!

I was waiting to see if you would - and you did. You're the first reactor I've seen who saw what Misa did on the first watch.

Always feel like I attended a music theory class after watching one of your reactions. Great stuff. Learning new things here!

Re: Click track They’ve spoken about that in interviews. MISA (the bass player) doesn’t use a click but the rest of the band do.

Hi Chase, awesome reaction! I am a fan of yours. Only watch your reaction and 1,2 other. Love UTA and Band Maid so much. Play the Piano and Guitar for more than 20 years myself. I know Akane and MISA are phenomenal but please you have to react to PUZZLE LIVE and see how Kanami plays basically an entire solo thru out the entire song. It's so freaking awesome. She reminds me of Slash, Buckethead, Santana... and I think she is really underrated as a Guitarist. Please give it a try! Also if you like Ballads try Daydreaming and also one of my favourist the non-fiction days. So many good songs from Band Maid and I am sooo happy you will react to more songs from them. Love you analysis and reaction. Keep up the awesome work. You are great. Cheers Lupo

I absolutely love the tone of Akane’s Sakae Almighty Maple kit.

Hmm... the way you start, by going back to the beginning after 1st comment, with "Onset" I wouldn't mind you went back to the beginning at every new comment :-D ... I enjoy the technical comments almost as much as listening to the whole thing over and over ... ... *big sigh* ... as I said before, I'd love to sky dive with "Onset" on headphones... Iine!! Great reaction to a great Band-Maid theme!! Next one from Band-Maid ... Yeah "Blooming" would be really awesome! I've seen it mentioned a few times in the comments, I'd go for that!

I'm not a lover of instrumentals in general, but I will make an exception for this one! Quality!

I have to get my "Good morning, Chase" in while it is still morning here! :P Thanks again mate. Cheers.

Glad you got this one. There are so many great Band-Maid songs. I recently got the Blu-Ray of their concert where they played Domination that you reacted to. And after a 21 song 2 hour show, I could have put together another 2 hour set of other songs of theirs that I would have loved just as much. All of the suggestions I see are good, because you can't lose with Band-Maid. Thanks for the videos. Watching the new one daily helps me have damn good days.

Sidetracked again... haha. Well I’ll be patient for YOLO and Daydreaming and Blooming. Well the good thing is that it is never a bad thing to be sidetracked by more Band-Maid music. Always enjoy your reviews.

I love the Maids and your reactions/analysis are very good. keep em coming Chase, great job. cheers

What a Rock and Roll beating!! Im numb and smiling

Great analysis Chase! One of the things that impresses me about this song is that you can also hear a lot of jazz and funk influences--it's just in their blood, it seems. I've heard very few rock bands that can do anything like that.

Gotta love Akane, always smiling!

Great analysis, spot on.

Awesome to see you finally do this. Glad I sent you that DM on Twitter. :) Yes, they do play with a click track. You mention pedals. Kanami recently did an interview with Eventide on her pedal setup. Not as elaborate as some but still quite elaborate and really gives her that unique signature sound of hers. www.eventideaudio.com/blog/emilyjrittenhouse/pedals-pros-kanami-tono-band-maid Interesting that you bring up Miku's solo. This was really the first time any of had seen a showcase for her really. Now. contrast that little solo she had there against the live version of World Domination you have already done and take both of those and consider that when she formed the band in 2013 she did not know how to play guitar. Watching her progression as a player has been awesome considering her teacher is Kanami. She's turned into a legit rhythm guitarist herself now. And you mention Misa... what is there to be said about her that probably hasn't already been said. Probably one of the best bassists playing in any band right now, anywhere (and my favorite in the band). After seeing this song all of the Band Maid fans really started calling out to the band for a real drum solo from Akane and they heard us and answered with the live version of Freedom... which I don't think you've seen yet... and boy, get ready to get your face melted on that one. :) Once again, great video and thanks for your work. :)

Cool that you are finally able to watch Onset, it´s a brilliant instrumental and for a musician just outstanding and fun! I am waiting for a live performance of "Blooming" it´s the newest single and i love it so much... I mean every song is great in it´s own way, but this song stands out for me a little bit.

I really love your reactions and how you explain things the band is doing. It actually enriches my enjoyment of the music as it deepens my appreciation for their skill as muscians. As far as next track, I would say do "Play" (Live) or "Moritorium" (Live) . They are both awesome tracks for different reasons although I probably like Moritoriuma bit more. I would also recommend "Don't you tell me" (live) but the recording quality of the only live version of it I could find is a bit sketchy. I can't say that I have heard a song from band maid that I have not enjoyed. I have ordered two CD's and a blue ray of the one concert currently.

Magic Fingers Mincho strikes again

its soooo sad these japanese metal bands dont come do session videos , live pro-shot performances in a studio.. Id love to see that.

Hi, Chase. Check out "Blooming" (Official MV). It is a true masterpiece. It's a newer song so there is not a high-quality live version of it yet.

if you want to listen to band-maid i recommend Alone. It has one of their best guitar solos, in my opinion, and if i'm not mistaken it's one of their first songs that wasn't written for them. I'm pretty sure I'll enjoy whatever song you react to because all of their songs are good. i like how you give your insight about the musical stuff in the songs. Keep up the good work.

Actually, Onset IS structured like a regular song. There are verses and a chorus. Just that the versus and chorus contain no vocals.

You need to do one of their April Fool songs: Band Maiko Gion-Cho, or Secret Maiko. I play those songs all the time. If you could do their cover version of Honey would be awesome too. I love listening to your breakdown of the songs, great job.

There is doubtless a click, at least at the start, because they play to a computer which contains the backing tracks programmed by Kanami. This is most evident in the Accidents video when things don't go as planned. But they can and have played without the computer. It was delayed, at least once, with their baggage. They just moved some songs around in the set list. They were more concerned with the sneakers they had bought in L.A. than the computer.

Even their filler is all killer. Another example of spectacular filler is the track Unfair Game. It was on the single Yolo so I guess it's a B side but the track is immense. Unfortunately I don't think you'll find a version on KZfaq but it is on Spotify. Even if you don't do a react to it, it's definitely worth a listen!😁

BAND MAID song's done 5/90

MISA❗️ 🤘🏻😍🤘🏻

I always look forward to these reactions. The way you break down the intricacies of each song is very interesting, I never skim through anything you say.

Correction on my last post. The songs are "Don't You Tell Me" and Tun Me On". "Freedom" is also a great Band Maid song.

This is one of my favorites pieces by these wonderful ladies ( I lied they are all my favs. lol) Love your reactions and how you break things down in a way I can understand and enjoy. Thank you

I love Miku's rhythm solo, it gives a feeling of revving a powerful engine before putting it in drive and taking off.

Rock in me is a fun song with Miku on lead vocals to give saiki a break.

Really the thing about Band Maid's music is that most of their songs could stand alone as instrumentals mainly due to Kanami's amazing writing and playing...There is always so much musical information going on in everything they do....Pretty sure they do have a click in their monitors as they have some backing tracks and also some video cues...

Finally they get the performance MV official after so many banning :P glad you got it :D

I always wish the drum solos were a wee bit longer. I could listen to an entire song of just the drums, myself!

9:13~GO‼️MIKU‼️GO‼️MIKU‼️

for fun should look any fan taken videos of "magic time".... usually they do two breaks through the shows... onset is one... but Miku's Magic Time is really fun

*_Onset_* unofficially known as _Saiki's_ pee break.

I've heard that there exist people who whine about Miku (Gt/Vo) not being a good enough guitarist to fit with such a great instrumental power trio. Besides all the other various reasons why those people are wrong, they're wrong because her spot-on rhythm work is exactly what holds these amazing compositions and performances together. It's been more and more substantial and confident over the years. This song spotlights that particularly well - Miku runs forward on a rhythm solo, and then everyone else wraps around that. My favourite moment.

Fantastic! Even before hitting play, I know you are going to love this track. What I get to look forward to (beside listening to Band-Maid) is your musician's dissection of all the elements. Also was happy they released this as this has a better bass tone/volume in the mix than some versions I've heard. Rock on braddah!

Another fantastic reaction from seriously, one of the best reactors on youtube! I got a good smile watching that. Thanks! Oh yea, another vote for the Official MV of Blooming!

And interesting one to try might be "TIME"... it's one where Miku sings the lead (w/ Kanami backing) throughout. The live version on the Shibuya BluRay is a gem but there are other (slightly lower) quality versions like "Time - Miku Kobato - Live in UK 2019", etc. Underrated Gem. "WONDERLAND" would be another one to see if you can dig up.

Huzzah! Greetings, pal! Another great video and amazing insight! Certainly loving all the comments and insight you add to each and every reaction. While we're on the subject of Japanese bands, you should totally check out the band Ningen Isu. Freaking amazing 3 piece band! I think you'd certainly appreciate them. Keep on with the amazing content!

Great review! Keep an eye out for an upload of Freedom at the Shibuya 2020 concert! Great interplay between all of these ladies, and, a tremendous drum solo by A-chan! \m/

I love the tone of the bass. I've played bass in bands for years and it's not easy to get a killer tone like that.

check out their song - Alone

It's amazing how far Miku has come in just a few years. From just holding the guitar as a prop in "Thrill" to this! And kudos to Kanami for rewriting the rythym guitar sections of their old songs to match Miku's increased skill. You've gotten a number of recommendations to check out "Play"-Live, which I second. One thing you should know is that it was originally an instrumental. Miku was so delighted with it (especially MISA's dominating bass line) that she wanted on their next album. Unfortunately, their label back then refused to do pure instrumentals. So Miku wrote some almost comically simple lyrics for it and got in, anyway.

I've listened to onset so many times, and it never dawned on me that they must play to a click because of the delay.. That would also explain how they pull off all those pre-recorded synths. As usual, great , constructive comments.

I wouldn't have run across this track if it wasn't for your video, so thank you both for the introduction as well as the interesting analysis. As for a new song, I'll re-iterate my recommendation for "Take My Chance" by Doll$Boxx. Keep up the great vids, dude!

They are all technicians in music, the drummer even writes for a music magazine. Please react MV Blooming and for a slower tempo please check out MV Daydreaming , MV Endless Story and my favourite MV Start Over You will find how educated these girls are when it comes music 🥰

Band Maid instrumentals are so satisfying to the ear! It’s as if your cerebral cortex is getting a massage 💆‍♂️💪🏻🤘🏻

Thank you for doing another BAND-MAID video, Chase, I always click just a hair faster when I see them on your channel. I agree with your comment about how well the drums come through in this. I've kvetched about the mix on the Shibuya show (I know, a LOT), but whoever mics the drums always seems to do it well. As for what would be good next... the "Rinne" music video is a banger that leans metal while still having a very BAND-MAID chorus. My favorite live song is probably "Take Me Higher" (the 2017 Studio Coast show is the one you want, so here's a link, though it's got some extra graphics added by the person/channel who uploaded it kzfaq.info/get/bejne/raqGdd2glbebj6s.html). "Don't You Tell ME" is also great, with I think the 2018 Zepp Tokyo performance standing out. "Daydreaming" is probably their best power ballad. "The Dragon Cries" is a newer one lot of people really like, maybe because it's all in (iffy) English, but it's not my favorite. Unsurprisingly considering who produced it, it's pretty old school. Lastly, "Play" from 2017 Studio Coast is the song that hooked me into this band, and it did it within the first 20 seconds of the song. That said, I ADORE the new version from this February's Shibuya show. New lead in with Miku getting a little more of a spotlight than normal, then they hammer into the main song, it's just GREAT. It's the song you can still hear ringing when the "Domination" live video starts up. For whatever reason, BAND-MAID seldom take more than 15 seconds between songs, even on headlining shows. It's kind of exhausting, I don't know how they do that. OH, and the BAND-MAIKO music videos are great, such a great fun gimmick for their fans. Sorry for the epistle.

Chase,this is such an awesome instrumental. I'm glad you've had the chance to react to it in all it's (ahem) glory. Don't forget they're streaming a behind closed doors concert next month. Kudos.

I love your reaction tbh! The best reaction and explanation so far

Told ya. They have more instrumentals as good or better, but none have ever been put on an album and you can’t find them on KZfaq. Only on their concert dvd/blu rays.

I love how, even without Saiki singing, this song appears to have a proper song structure, with an intro, verse, chorus, verse, chorus, bridge, chorus, outro.

Kanamis tapping melody is gold. Misa's bass lines are excellent. But Akanes drumming is even better, crazy good. All together achieve perfection. Your analysis of the song is again very profound.

You are in my opinion the best BM reactor. Your reactions are insightful and hugely enjoyable to watch and listen. Please do many more.

You've got to do "secret MY lips" Official MV.

I think what I like most about watching your reactions is not just your wry sense of humour or your great turns of phrase (ie, when reacting to Thrill and Misa's solo: "Hang on there, girl, with your bass self" - classic!) but the fact that I learn so much from your explanations and analysis. I love listening to the music but its nice to get educated about what is going on technically to give me those sounds I love. It really enhances the song as it gives me a deeper sense of their skills at songwriting, playing and on stage presence and overall abilities, so thanks for that, man. I see your YT reactions are getting posted on various Facebook Band-Maid sites so hopefully that'll garner you some more subscribers. More Babymetal is always greeted warmly too but, in the meantime, here's a beautiful acoustic version of BandMaid's Thrill you might like - Flamenco/Andalusian style: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rdGWfrKCt8W1nZs.html

Chase said damn...lol. Saw them in Dallas in the fall. HIGHLY recommend.

I thought the same about the drum solo-not only Kanami who can leave you wanting more! Mega performance, great informative positive reaction. Thanks, makes it a better day all round. I really find it difficult to get inside the heads of the 1% who did the thumbs down. Australian fundamentalists who think south is top of the map and perhaps also got up and down the other way round?

Awesome "reaction" video of my new Favorite band. Cannot wait to hear more reactions of the other songs! Keep up the Great content.

I recommend "Blooming" or "Secret My lips" (original MV) for the next Band-Maid one. Love your analysis!

Next up.... their power ballad - Daydreaming