I’m posting this one late (I’m teaching!), but what is your favorite pastry?

My favorite thing about this particular performance is during the phone light interlude when the lead singer (Su) motions for the other two to join her the girl on the left (Momo) hesitates before the other two encourage her to get in the hug. Momo had been a "fill in" dancer for the group for many years covering the dance choreo in live performances for an original member that left due to health issues in 2018. They finally announced that Momo was joining the group officially as MOMOMETAL and that interaction on stage felt like a symbolic welcome into Babymetal.

Excellent reaction, thanks and welcome to BABYMETAL. Also excellent song and version choice. Yes, they have different names, haha... Su-metal is the lead singer (she also dances) while Moametal and Momometal are in charge of the backing vocals and the hardest part of the choreo. No, you didn't miss anything. I actually enjoyed your little musical analysis... if you enjoy the use of different keys, patterns, meter changes, syncopation, etc. this is your place. Just wanted to add a few things: they are way better live for many reasons: spectacular stage setups, Kami Band playing live, Su's live vocals, choreo, crowd interaction, etc. (you have already seen this). They started in 2010 being 12 and 11 years old as a sub-unit of a larger j-pop idol group called Sakura Gakuin (yes they have a really interesting history). They are very diverse musically since they like to mix any music genre with metal and they are very unpredictable. So always expect the unexpected and prepare to be surprised. 😁 By the way, one of the most famous quotes from Su-metal is "Don't think, feel". Enjoy your BABYMETAL journey! 🤘🦊

I don't want to extend so much, so I'll be quick. BABYMETAL changed my life 6 months ago turning my favorite band ever. Not just the fact I like the songs, it's about the meaning and message, crowd engagement and feel part of something big. It feels like they tell you: "you are not alone anymore" Hope to see more BABYMETAL here 🦊

Excellent first reaction and welcome to the BABYMETAL Foxhole.🦊 To answer your question, I don't think you missed anything and the progression from minor to major will have been entirely deliberate for all the reasons you said ... the quality of BABYMETAL's song writing and structure is often overlooked. Yes they are Metal, but not necessarily as you know it. There is nobody quite like BABYMETAL. They started in 2010 as a sub-unit of a school themed JPop Idol group and created their own metal sub-genre mixing Metal with JPop hooks, melodies and aesthetics. They separated from the parent group in 2013 and have been touring the world every year (when they could) since 2014. We have watched them grow up and become one of the very best live acts on the planet and the most successful Japanese band there has been internationally. The name BABYMETAL is not about their age (although when they started in 2010 they were aged 12 and 11 so it probably did play a part too). The name was chosen for two reasons: - to symbolise that they gave birth to a new genre of metal music (kawaii metal) - because the writing (and pronunciation) in Japanese is nearly identical to the writing of "heavy metal" (and they love a pun): BABYMETAL = ベビーメタル (be-bi-me-ta-ru) heavy metal = ヘビーメタル (he-bi-me-ta-ru) BABYMETAL are Su-metal (lead vocalist and the whole concept was formed and developed around her vocal talents and stage presence - she is exceptionally talented), Moametal and Momometal (in charge of backing vocals, harmonies and mainly hyping and involving the crowd with their choreo). The backing vocals are the parts the crowd will sing along with and they are a huge part of what sets BABYMETAL apart from other bands. The original third member, Yuimetal, last performed in October 2017 and was absent for 12 months for health reasons until she announced in October 2018 that she was still not fully recovered and would be leaving the band. After Yui left Su and Moa chose to continue as a duo through to and a bit beyond their 10th anniversary. So it was just the two of them for 4 or 5 years supported from 2019 by 3 dancers who would take turns dancing in the third spot until 1st April 2023 when one of those dancers, Momoko, was finally revealed as the new official third member. This video was filmed the next night at Momoko's first concert as an official member - when Su-metal called Moametal and Momometal over to her that was even more emotional than you realised - it was the first time Momometal had been referred by name. They are supported in all live shows by the Kami Band, all of them are world class instrumentalists. Since 2019 they have two Kami Bands, the Kami Band of the East (the best Japanese session musicians you could ask for) have been with them since 2012 and full time since early 2014. The Kami Band of the West (American musicians) joined them in 2019 and have been the full time support for the lengthier tours around the world (they played nearly 100 concerts in 25 countries last year). You will only see and hear the Kami Band in live performances, they do not record the studio versions (with one guitarist being the known exception). They have nearly 70 songs now, each one different to the last. They have songs in virtually every metal genre, but they will mix and blend so many other musical styles and genres with the metal - usually when you least expect it. Their official videos are all very good, but live BABYMETAL is where they are always at their best. You will get some great suggestions for more songs - I see jakemuller8626 mentioned one or two already - I'm sure you will get a load more. Some are straight metal, some lean towards their pop roots and they do everything in between. All you can be sure of is that they will surprise you every time, you will not be able to predict what you will see or hear from them next. Expect the unexpected. I would like to suggest another song from this same concert for your next reaction, but this is a much earlier song - from 2013. It is also the song that I think best represents what and who BABYMETAL are. Try 'Megitsune' live at PIA Arena.

Babymetal are the legendary pioneers of the modern J-metal scene. It's largely because of Babymetal that the western metal audience is paying attention to Japanese metal and noticing all the talented bands you mentioned. Unlike the other bands, Babymetal began life as part of the J-pop idol scene, which is why they have choreo and costumes. Over the years they have drifted further and further away from that scene and more into metal, but they retain those ties to their musical and artistic roots. The current lineup of Babymetal that you saw in that video is Su-metal (lead vocals) in the middle, Moametal (scream and dance) on the right, and Momometal (scream and dance) on the left. The original third member of the group was Yuimetal (scream and dance), but she retired from Babymetal in 2018 due to illness. For the next five years, Su-metal and Moametal continued as a duo with a support dancer filling in the third dancing position, until 2023 (at this concert as it happens) when Momometal officially joined the group as the new third member after serving as support dancer for four years. I was at this performance at PIA Arena and it was absolutely magical. I was in the crowd waving my phone around and singing "Oh-oh-oh-oooh" badly. According to Kobametal, their producer and the creator of the group, the name Babymetal refers to the birth of a new kind of metal music that they do, which they call "kawaii metal" (cute metal). It's also a play on words of the Japanese term for heavy metal ヘビーメタル (hebimetaru) and Babymetal ベビーメタル (bebimetaru). If you look at them side by side, they look almost identical, and they sound very similar when spoken aloud with Japanese inflection. There is a special piano version of this song that they performed on 'The First Take' channel on KZfaq that is worth a watch - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/npOYg6qDuNDLnac.html It has a very different energy to this performance.

If you only knew what it meant for us BabyMetal fans the moment when Su-Metal held out her arm for MoMoMetal to join her and Moametal 😭... go back in time to the early days of babymatal 2012/2013 and watch Doki Doki morning or "Ijime, Dame, Zettai . and work your way through the years .. what a journey it will be .

Bienvenida a el Foxhole and BabyMetal's metalverse 🦊🤘🌐 Always nice to see more reactors getting into this amazing group, soon you will get a lot of comments helping you with anything about this amazing project and group, trust me, you won't see any other group like them around. BabyMetal is a Japanese metal dance unit created in 2010 under another Jpop/Jrock group called Sakura Gakuin, they had 11 and 12 years old when started this and become independent after 2013, they created their own genre called kawaii-metal (kawaii means cute) mixing Jpop with metal sound and different subgenres along with many more rhythms. Their name is a reference to a new genre and not related to their ages or "baby" faces, is a pun intended play words with "heavy-metal" which sounds similar to "baby-metal". They are: *SuMetal* lead vocalist, now 26. *MoaMetal* scream and dance, now 24. *MomoMetal* scream and dance, she's 21 and is the new official member since April 1st last year. -YuiMetal- scream and dance, former member since 2018. None of them are related. After 2018 you'll see backup dancers performing along with them but none of them are official members, they don't sing, only dance, but that status change recently like i said. About this song: Monochrome is another beautiful track from latest album called The Other One, it was the 2nd single released in November 2022 and there's an official lyrics video really cool if you wanna enjoy the studio album version, later in 2023 right before this concert you just saw they released the Piano Version at The First Take surprising everyone with another stunning and beautiful one off stripped down version you can enjoy and share with us if you want. The lyrics got some Norse mythology reference and when the lyrics vid came out there were many theories around, later they said they were surprised about it and saying they just wanna give a hopeful song. Here's some official info: _"One of the discovered 10 parallel worlds is MONOCHROME and this 2nd pre-release digital single “Monochrome” centers around this theme. From the eyes of the children, what color were the monochrome fireworks lighting up in the night sky? This song expresses the hopeful wish on Ragnarok, which signifies doomsday in Norse mythology, twinkling across the starry skies in rainbow colors."_ This was live at BabyMetal Begins - PIA Arena MM Clear Night, Yokohama on April 2, MomoMetal first concert as an official member (she's the new official member after YuiMetal left the group in 2018), you can notice SuMetal speaking to them in the middle section and giving that recognition. They got this magical moment when performing live in every setlist they did throughout the recent World Tour 2023/2024, and we'll definitely gonna see more. The Western Kami Band was backing them up since this live concerts till nowadays unlike previous band with only Japanese members. I'm gonna leave in my next comment where to get more clips from early era safe to react if YT allows me to do it. Meanwhile next suggestion: - Headbanger!! live at Legend 1997, Gans Tomas got that clip under "Head Bangya" title. Hope to see you next time with more BM songs. 🦊🤘🌈

You’re spot on with the “feeling like a part of something” comment. The fanbase is called THEONE. The fan is ONE with the band. Hence why I highly advise you to react to their live shows cuz the crowd is literally part of the show. Great example to see is when they perform Megitsune, Headbanger and Road of Resistance live. It’s an experience.

Not many reactors pick up on the ticking sound - nice one :) It is relevant to the track but tbh unless you watch the lyric video you probably still won't be sure what it's about. For me this is beautiful poigniant and sad but with hope. Great reaction to a stunning, astonishingly professional, talented and original LIVE group that invented it's own genre and hasn't been matched in 13/14 years now. If you see more of them and like the song intros it may be best to try and avoid "official" videos in the main (except maybe where recommended) as they rarely if ever include intros to the tracks, and it's often studio/or track from another performance? over the show. They started at I think 11 & 12 years old (maybe a touch younger?), with their first song being "Doki Doki Morning" (WELL worth a look and extremely entertaining - even their clothing etc was scounged up from friends and family). Great reaction to a wonderful song. Oh - they're VERY good with audience participation - many of their songs rely on them

This song is said to be a song about Hiroshima and Nagasaki.　Su-metal is from Hiroshima.

Welcome to the foxhole! I'll soon be 60, and I'm a metal musician who has played on stage since the early eighties. BABYMETAL has been my favorite band for over 5 years now. There's a lot of reasons why! Kitsune dao!

Great reaction! Babymetal is metal, and they are exclusively about positivity. There are some darker songs, but they are never antagonistic or hateful. Babymetal = positivity 🤘🏻🦊🤘🏻

That was a great reaction to an amazing band. I've seen that video dozens of times and that part with the phone lights still gets me every time. I see the song in 2 possible ways. There is a lyric video with lots of references to nuclear bombs but the lyrics do not match that at all. There is a definite hopeful message to it, not one of doom and the apocalypse. What I think it may be talking about is how Japan has risen out of the ashes of the bomb and become better than ever. Directly related to that, it is about encouraging us to rise out of any dark time we as individuals may be feeling. When times are tough in our worlds it really is only ourselves who can make it better. Only we can paint our skies in rainbow colors. That is my take anyway.

You're correct, the idea is to depict a grim dark world plagued with war, but gradually let hope thrive and win over darkness. As others pointed out, the original MV gives many hints to this interpretation, without going in details, if you ever gonna watch it, there's a sequence that is quite similar to another one in Oppenheimer, both based on the (luckily unreasonable) fear that the Earth's atmosphere could be burned by a chain reaction following a nuclear blast. But the song goes beyond hope, as in the end it doesn't express a wish, it's a change that's happening already : "Monochrome no Hanabinara bokura wa Nijiiro de tsutsumou sekai wo Waratte" BABYMETAL music can be divided between Light and Darkness (literally the title of one of their songs), funny, easy songs, and darker more serious ones, from the excitement of a new day at school to grieving the death of a beloved one, from playing hide and seek, to being chased in an endless nightmare, though sometimes the difference can be blurred, the first 3 albums offer a balance mix of those, unlike their last one, The OTHER ONE is a concept album entirely devoted to the Dark side. 🤘🦊⚡

You've just discovered Babymetal and almost immediately you've figured out what makes them so special and beloved by their fans, The One. They even wrote a song to their fans called The One. I discovered them in 2014 and they have led me down this Japanese music rabbit hole that doesn't seem to have a bottom to. My favorite songs have always been Catch Me If You Can, YAVA, Awadama Fever, and with this new album, although Monochrome is a fantastic song, nothing hit me like Time Wave did. It's completely unlike any Babymetal song. It's even hard to call it metal. But something about that song gets me emotional. Anyway... Welcome to the Foxhole, The One, fellow Kitsune.

First Take MONOCHROME piano ver. Trust me/us. That NEEDS to be your next BABYMETAL reaction. You'll thank us.

One thing about BABYMETAL music is.. expect the unexpected. Things like the shift from minor to major and just the range of styles of music they perform. No two BABYMETAL songs are alike. This is a large show - I have been to smaller ones and Moa/Momoko come up to the crowd and work them. Moa especially is a master of the crowd (she is known as a prankster and jokester on stage). Everyone falls in love with Moa (its helps many of us watched her grow up from an 11 year old tiny skinny goofball into this beautiful young woman - but still a goofball).

Welcome to the Foxhole! Babymetal is one of my top 5 J-rock/J-metal bands. Along with Band Maid, Nemophila, Love Bites, and Hanabie! The First Take piano version of this song is absolutely beautiful and must be seen. It always manages to bring tears to eyes. But I recommend watching their Karate MV first since the First Take version references that video. BTW, the lyrics to this song reference war. The black and white visualizer MV shows a bird flying through a city destroyed by bombs and then across the vast ocean until it reaches a massive tree full of color! It hits harder knowing Su-metal was born and raised in Hiroshima. Damn it, who's cutting onions again?!😂

BabyMetal is Suzuka Nakamoto, Moa Kikuchi, and Momoko Okazaki. (Former member Yui Mizuno left BabyMetal due to health issues.)

Im so glad you did Baby Metal's newer song....most reviewers keep doing all their really old stuff when they were very young. The latest album (The other One) which this song is on is incredible. Next up Metal Kingdom....Suemetal's voice has matured into a total power. house and this song really show's it off. And is an incredible production. Mirror Mirror and Metalizm will blow you away !!!!!! Please stay away from stuff like Gimme Chocolate ....while cute, it's been done a thousand times and is over 10 years old

Awww snap, the incurable music addiction of Babymetal claims another soul for the Fox God! 😈🦊😇 Great reaction, and I can't wait to see more from you! These gals are 13-yer veterans who kicked open the door to J-metal/J-rock to a modern western audience, and paved the way for some of the other bands you mentioned in the begining of your video. While they were super young (12/11 when they started in 2010), the name, Babymetal, is actually a play on words with Heavymetal. Babymetal loves a good pun: Heavy Metal: ヘビーメタル Babymetal: ベビーメタル Not only do they expertly combine Heavy Metal and J-Pop, they also have so many different influences in their music, and ALWAYS deliver them in the most epic live performances. Here, you see lead Su-metal control a crowd by humming in 2023, but 8 years ago, she was already running a 20K sold out crowd to massive wall of death and circle pits in *Road of Resistance - Official, Live.* Which would be my next suggestion! 🤘🦊

Welcome & Thanks from Japan 有難う💛。 BABYMETAL is the best musical phenomenon I have ever experienced in my 68-year-long life. (Before BM, I was a stubborn jazz / funk lover). BABYMETAL show is sheer "theatrical". It is a kind of composite art like Opera. Songwriting, choreography, stage setup and production, instrumental playing are created by experts and then Su-Metal, Moametal and Momometal come in. Everything is prepared for the prima donnas who are able to breathe artistry into the riveting stage in front of the audience. In addition, the natural, hearty and exhilarating personality of each girl is captivating. I witnessed this very performance at the venue last year. I chanted the ♪ oh oh ohoo ♪ part with my loudest voice in the show holding my phone. What a bliss! The flying drones with cameras that enabled the beautiful aerial cinematograph were manipulated by experts including Ms. Shiraishi. She is a member of team Japan for World Drone Racing Championship. Western (American) Kami Band played in the girls' back. They did in BM's North American tour with DETHKLOK and EU/UK tour last year. (And this year's Legend-MM concerts to celebrate Momoko's birthday) Japanese fans always appreciate the devoted support like knights by Chris, CJ, Anthony and Clint (Ryan replaced in USA). They are really unsung heroes.

The lyrics hit different when you realize they're about Hiroshima, Su-metal's home town. The monochrome firework was the nuclear bomb "Little Boy."

if you wan to see how young they were when they started this thing, you're looking for the official video for _doki doki morning_ but nearly everything they've done is worth checking out. babymetal has some great videos and a lot of truly spectacular live performances, but whatever you watch, beware of amateurish "live compilation" videos.

There's epic. There's EPIC. Then there's Babymetal. I found them back in 2016 and they opened a whole new world up to me,; a world populated by Band-Maid, Lovebites, Nemophila and more. 🦊🤘🤘🦊 PS SuMetal, the lead vocalist has the cleanest vibrato and a register of C4 to G#5/6. PPS - There's an acapella version of this, the One Take version, recorded on a show where you get one take and that's what's broadcast. It is uniquely beautiful.

Welcome to into the foxhole. Judging by your reaction and comments, Babymetal is about to become a favorite (or one of) bands. You can't go wrong with any of their songs They are all so different, so it might seem strange at first, but the more songs you listen to and get to know the girls more, songs that you heard and rewatched (different live maybe) will hit even harder. Their energy and presence is captivating and you'll love every second of it. Waiting for another reaction. Kitsune up 🤟🦊🤟

Discovery Babymetal is always a great thing to watch. You will see a lot more crowd interaction in future reactions, looking forward to it!

I’m glad you got to Babymetal. I like to hear your take on music and they are one of my favorite bands. Please do more. I recommend their newest collaboration with F Hero and Bodyslam, ”Leave It All Behind”, it’s really good and the official video to “Megitsune” is also great and you can see how young they were when they started.

After seeing the official MV I also interpret the song as being about the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima as others had mentioned especially because of the visuals in it. Even though the subject matter maybe about something as dark as the bomb the message is no matter how bad things are that it will always get better. A common theme of many Babymetal songs is perseverance, finding your path and moving forward, with that said I would recommend "Road of Resistance" what I would consider to be their anthem and "Trilogy of Lights" three songs which most believe to be about the stages of loosing someone dear to you, grief, acceptance and moving forward.

THANK YOU Babymetal and so many other Asian lady rock/metal bands for bringing fun and dance to rock/metal!! I hold a decades long grudge against girls/women who would LEAVE the dance floor when a very good rock song was played!! 🧐Rock music was built around dancing!! 😎

BABYMETAL have dug out a really magical little niche for themselves. They have this metal/choreo/crowd-participation/space-armour thing that they've poured their hearts and souls into for over a decade. It's gotten to the point that they are so good at it that no one could possibly replicate them. Watch more, and try to stick to live performances, the crowd response is a really key element to all their songs, to the point that the studio recordings tend to feel like unfinished blueprints for the eventual live finished product.

👍👍👍Awesome performance. The voices of angels😇😇😇. Great reaction. Welcome to BABYMETAL. 🦊 🦊🦊 🖖❤

A Babymetal song is always a gift. Happy to share this one with you.🦊🤘

It's thanks to these ladies that we all get yo now listen to those 4 bands that you mentioned. They are in their twenties here. You should check out some of their older stuff when they were a lot closer to being babies. They have evolved, but the cute young jpop girls in tutus calling for a wall of death at a metal concert is something no one ever thinks tgey beed to see in their life until you see it while smiling cause you can't not.

I love Babymetal they have been around since I was a kid and they have a huge variety of sub genres of metal. I recommend Akatsuki live. Hi from Mexico 🦊❤🤘

Something that’s easy to miss is the screens behind them, the little story playing out, they start black and white but at the end they turn to color as well as the stage lights. There’s this great shot near the end on the screen where they’re on one side and the audience is on the other and you can see the lights of the audience with them in color. My favorite song, “Yava!”

I'm Japanese. Thank for your reaction. BABYMETAL is not metal band but 'METAL DANCE UNIT'(in official).😁

So, my opinion is that the "monochrome firework" is a reference to the Hiroshima atomic blast. And if you watch the official lyric video and read the lyrics at the same time, I don't think anyone can deny this reference. That of course doesn't mean it's the ONLY meaning of the song, but next is my interpretation based on the official lyric video imagery and the lyrics themselves. When I first saw the lyric video, I immediately thought that it was from the perspective of a Hiroshima nuclear bomb survivor. The imagery shows a desolate landscape that very much looks like historical photos of Hiroshima after the bombing, and there are also shots of destroyed buildings. Additionally, the video has umbrellas all over the place (including a destroyed one at the beginning), which is likely metaphor for the nuclear fallout and also the futility of seeking any protection from the nuclear "storm." Further, the lyrics mention Ragnarok, which I imagine is very much how survivors of the attack felt about the bombing - it was the end of their world. The hopeful parts of the song represent the resilience and hope of the Hiroshima citizens in the face of such unimaginable destruction and the hope for the return of life and color to the colorless desolate landscape of the city. The final seconds of the lyric video show the rainbow colors desired by the narrator of the song fulfilled, and end with a rebirth of life in the form of a tree and greenery in the shot. Su-Metal, the lead singer, is from Hiroshima, so I'm betting she has parents that grew up during the post-war rebuild of the city, and maybe grandparents who were bombing survivors that lived in the city at the time - this song probably hits deep for her.

About your last comment on major and minor key they actually used this trick in another song "Ijime Dame Zettai" A song about bulying. The end of the song is about the hope to never buly anyone is going on major key. The live version on their official channel isactually a very nice song to discover them in their early days, since it was their first ever concert outside Asia (sonisphere Festival in UK) in front of thousands of metalheads who dont know them for the vast majority.

Just to make a comment Simple, Su-Metal is the Queen!! That girl can sing!! Gonna see her for the first time in a couple of weeks!

Ahhh! Always fun to see someone’s first reaction to Babymetal. This is definitely one of the softer songs that hits the feels, but if you REALLY want to hit the feels you need to watch them do this on First Take. Chills every time i hear it!

What do I think you missed hmm? Let's see. Give or take 60 songs, 3 to 4 amazingly different live versions to a good part of those - without counting the MVs. A few dozen amazing pro shots. Don't worry, this rabbit (fox) hole is deep and you have a lot of amazing things to discover with BABYMETAL. Welcome to the band which has led you to discover these other amazing J-Rock/Metal bands you cited. Enjoy the ride ;)

Hi. Welcome. BM was formed in 2010. The girls were quite young. 13 and younger. It was Suzuka/Su-Metal, Moa/Moametal, Yui/Yuimetal. Yui left in 2018 due to health reasons. April 2023 Momoko/Momometal became permanent 3rd member. Live videos are best for reactions. Although Megitsune the official video and BMTH featuring BM and F Hero, Bodyslam, BM doing LEAVE IT ALL BEHIND are out as official videos. Doki Doki Morning was their 1st song. iine was also a original and that one is great to see the original and then PIA arena 2023 and see the differences. Songs are upbeat, positive and great to see young girls turning into beautiful women and having positive message and power.

So you've finally met BABYMETAL. I've known about them since they debuted. However, I wasn't particularly interested and didn't listen to them consciously. Last year, I listened to the piano version of "monochrome" by THE FIRST TAKE for the first time and had an experience I'd never had before. Until then, I'd been moved by various music. But this was on a different level. The tears wouldn't stop. I still don't understand why I was crying. Since then, I've watched various music and videos of BABYMETAL. I also looked into Sakura Gakuin, where they started. It would take too long to talk about everything. First, listen to the piano version of "monochrome." You'll be able to feel the soul of the vocalist, SU-METAL. If you want to know them more deeply, look for live footage from around 2011. You'll be moved by their age, performance, and cuteness at that time.

There's a KZfaq channel called One take. All the artists that perform there do their song vocally all in one take. Some amazing performances there and that's where I first heard this song was definitely a beautiful performance

And now you need to watch the piano version of this they did on the FIRST TAKE - tears to a glass eye ! You should check out their recent collaboration with Bring Me The Horizon - " Kingslayer " - it'll show you another side of Babymetal - they're not all cute and cuddly ! Welcome to the wonderful rabbit hole !

There's a good chance you know about all those other bands because Babymetal exist, they are the biggest Japanese music export by far, for more than a decade. Oof, you will have a great time studying most of their songs.

Monochrome refers to a lack of colour which is metaphor for one’s hopes and dreams the monochrome firework represents something such as a death of a loved one, losing your job or health or some other major event that takes away those dreams just as a bright explosion over saturates colours so everything becomes black or white. The message of the song is that as long as you keep a positive attitude and smile eventually you can get through those dark times and fill your world back up with colour and hope.

Glad you found babymetal. For me, BABYMETAL is joy, love and light.

Welcome to the Foxhole!!! What’s really fun about this group is you never know what to expect in terms of the music or choreography…. But you can expect it to be nothing less than amazing. Also …. ALWAYS watch them live, they’re one of really few bands that are a lot better live than a studio recording! If I can recommend a song you should check out, I’d check out Distortion, really really catchy but really fast pace!!! Cheers

Welcome to the Foxhole! 🤘🦊🎸 And, your first reaction was to my favorite Babymetal song! Thank you!

What a great reaction! Instant sub. Please do more Babymetal. Thanks for making me emotional as well with your reaction.

She really is the queen of Metal. BabyMetal perform a version of this with just a piano for The First Take. It's a MUST SEE!

Yeah, nobody has ever made me feel the way Babymetal has. I've seen them live four times now and nobody can make a whole concert hall feel like a family and feel like they're part of the concert like them. I can almost guarantee that if you continue down the foxhole, you will let those emotions out. They're the most inspirational and aspirational band in the world, and they make you feel welcome. Thank you for this video, you've given me a new perspective on this song.

Sugoi! I couldn't be happier for you. If you follow BABYMETAL down the Foxhole, you will experience perhaps the most delightful rock-metal (and innovators of Kawaii-metal) groups of all time. There is a piano version of this on First Take, you may enjoy. Arigatou! 🦊🤘 #notacult #fusionmetal #metalAF

"Let's illuminate the world in rainbow colours" - I wonder if their new outfits are to related to this line?

Essas meninas (hoje mulheres adultas) literalmente doaram as suas vidas ao Rock e ao Metal. Elas começaram com 12 anos e 14 anos. Nessa idade eu mal sabia dizer o meu nome direito. Elas já realizavam turnês pelo mundo. E cantando em japonês e dançando para um público fâ de thrash metal (!) Venceram os seus desafios. Elas nos ensinam muito. É por isso que muitos possuem amor pelo Babymetal. Que elas sempre sejam felizes e tenham sempre sucesso.

I saw Babymetal twice over two days in early March (Momobanger! Momo Taro!) and had a blast. It was so much fun and it felt surreal to see the girls right there, all tiny and unbelievably beautiful and oozing charisma, and to be part of the crowd. That was the third time for my wife and friends and I to visit Japan and we've always felt welcome there, but never more so than when we saw Babymetal. There's a reason their crowd is -a cult- called The One.

BABYMETAL is both a group name and a subgenre name, meaning a newly created genre. The next song is "METAL KINGDOM" from their concert at the PIA Arena in 2023 I think you will like it.

Welcome to the fox hole. Babymetal are a thing of their own. One of the cool aspects you see more in some songs, and less in others, is that the girls do not feel like a song is complete without an audience, and Team Babymetal writes songs with the audience participation in mind. Like the "oh-wah-oh" is there for the audience to sing, but they also chose those vowels with the world audience in mind, because the choice for a purely Japanese audience would be different. The song starts in a minor chord, and progresses in bits to major chords, while the lyrics start local in black and white, and expand to coloring the world in rainbows at the end, and the music and lyrics progress together with the dance, and finally it's resolved with the audience singing. I don't know another group that writes songs involving the audience like this. They are Babymetal because they can rock really hard, but the girls are not bound by that and are free to take other paths. Check out their song Brand New Day, which is their collab with Polyphia. They don't write most of their songs, but the main vocalist, Su-metal, is the one who decides what songs they will record and how the mix will be done. To answer your question on what I like, it is indeed a dark world, and their aim is to bring the world together in love and joy, crossing barriers to become one in music. TLDR, they brighten my day

You really need to go back to when BABYMETAL were still “babies” (“tweens,” actually). All the way back to DOKI DOKI MORNING (their first song, no KAMI BAND yet), and then MEGITSUNE (their best song)(OMVs, for both). You see, they are an Idol trio. Please digest those before moving on to their most epic song, ROAD OF RESISTANCE (live), when SU-METAL was just 16 (IIRC).

Experiencing this song live is something special. I'll never forget that feeling in my life

Greetings from Mexico City. My recomendation for you is... LIGHT AND DRAKNESS . That song is similar to Monochrome . I Hope you will enjoy.

There's often an unusual emotional aura around BABYMETAL. I don't quite understand where it comes from, probably a combination of many things. The music, Su's emotional delivery of the vocals, the positivity in the lyrics, the supportive dancing, the grandness of the stages, the simply fact that they are three beautiful young girls with contagious smiles, the passionate crowd... I think it all plays a role. But it doesn't mean that much if I say this as a big fan - so it always makes me happy when a first-time viewer notices it as well. BABYMETAL are really special, particularly so among Metal bands.

Babymetal been making the finest of concert art for a while. Yeah, whole "concert" is an art, not just the band not just the music, not just the girls, or the crowd, even the stage lightshow everyone is a star in this concert

Great reaction and I was there!! Incredible night as always. BABYMETAL is a heavy metal dance unit. Every single song has its own choreography. There is nothing else like it in the world, and they aim to create their own genre in the music scene. Welcome to the Foxhole 🤘🦊🤘

I'm crying while watching your reaction... and I have seen this video a lot of times already! 😭 Thanks for sharing your reaction!

Sounds like you are about to embark on the Babymetal journey, the Foxhole if you will. Plenty of gems throughout their career, this song being from their newest album. I would heavily reccomend Megitsune, Headbanger, and Akatsuki as some of my favorites from the first album

Perfect reaction and analysis. Babymetal has some of the most dedicated and emotionally attached fan bases that exist (The One). They create a space full of energy and positivity. This is one of their most rock/pop songs. They have stuff that is MUCH more metal and stuff that is, well, just Babymetal.

Great reaction once again 💜 Welcome to the One and enjoy your journey into the foxhole 🦊 This is one of my favourit Babymetal songs. It helped me deal with the loss of my mother last year. And yes it made me cry when I heard them perform it live in Munich last November.

They are so unique. They have more than 60 songs since their debut, and each song has a different choreography, which is very different from other metal bands! And their outfits are so special that I can immediately recognize them as BabyMetal. This song has a piano version where you can clearly hear the vocalist's voice, which is also very popular among fans. Thanks for your great reaction.

Monochrom It is about the nuclear bomb 💣of HIROSHIMA THE SONG COULD HAVE A HATEFUL FEELING BUT INSTED IT IS ABOUT THE LOVE OF LIFE AND A BETTER FUTERE THAT IS COMING AFTER THE DARKNESS BABYMETAL IT IS JUST UNIQUE AND AMAZING

That is our Queen Su-Metal singing with those beautiful vocals!

React to any BABYMETAL song live at Pia Arena 2023. After all, this is BABYMETAL's lineup from now on, you'll like it. Choose any song, they are all great.

no rain no rainbow song by BABYMETAL live so beautiful too

Don't worry, you can save the tears for their First Take performance of this song. Hauntingly beautiful might be an understatement.

You want emotional? You need to check out the one take piano version of this song 😿

I am not so much a fan of the genre, but I totally respect the talent, and I could listen to Su's pure voice all day and night.

Agree, the First Take piano version is a must.

Thanks for the reaction - your interpretation is perfect and so well stated. Babymetal is all about positivity and are amazing in many ways. Hope you explore more from this inspiring group! 🦊🤘

This is how you ease into Babymetal, without the shock most of us got when first seeing them!🤣

The "baby" comes from a play on words (Japanese Characters ) where the character for baby is one stroke different from "heavy". Additionally, when they started it was a new metal - so a baby metal; as birth of a new metal. Now watch "babymetal - monochrome - first take" and the onions will be everywhere. This monochrome firework is the atomic bomb on Hiroshima - Su-metal is from this town.

Great reaction. i really enjoyed it 😁 i see you uploaded 2 hours so you probably reading through lots of information 🤣 Experienced this song and moment 3 times once at Wembley Arena and twice at the Roundhouse back to back shows in London it never gets boring and Su singing always makes you feel happy . There is something about her voice that is so good and she is incredibly charismatic. Surrgest Road of Resistance at the same show . kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jtZ3hbyZvp6dZ3k.htmlsi=ln6td8soW3UPEGH6 Welcome to the Foxhole 😁 🤘🏼🦊🤘🏼

I recommend guys watching babymetal world tour in Orlando, especially since the sun had not yet set and the surroundings were still very bright at the beginning of the performance. As the songs were sung, it gradually became dark. when they sing the monochrome, it was completely dark. At this point, the audience take out their phones, turned on the light, it was quite stunning!

日本より I feel that the guitarist who was in the 1st season's backing band and the "Trilogy of Light" for YUIMETAL are connected to Monochrome. What is the Trilogy of Light? “STAR LIGHT” “Shine” “ARKADIA” All songs are beautiful

Monochrome is one of my favourite songs from Babymetal, it gets so emotional in the chorus, veeery moving. And the instrumental part is top-notch, that riff played frequently lives rent free in my head.

You've opened a very large book that is BabyMetal, near the later chapters. There is so much more that you can experience with them. I recommend you go back and see them at the beginning.

Looking forward to more Babymetal reactions. So many of their songs are different than anything else you will ever hear.

Welcome to the wonderful world of Babymetal. Hope you enjoy the journey...

"Don't think, feel" -Su-metal

BABYMETAL is a HAPPY METAL that brings smiles and energy to people!😊🌈😊

You've caught on, too, that Babymetal stands out for their choreography and crowd interaction. It's said they treat it as a commitment to put on a good show. So many good songs and performances, but the one that always arrests ALL my attention is their 2014 performance of "Ijime, Dame, Zettai" at the so-called "Miracle at Sonisphere". This was their first major booking in the western world, at a UK metal festival. Just one of the remarkable aspects is that it's one of the few live recordings you'll find where the venue isn't tailored to their show -- and they still own the stage.

Ado should be top of the list for your next japanese artist. She's incredibly talented and self taught. I think she's one of the best singers in the world at the moment. Her unravel cover (live version especially) is amazing. She doesn't really have any bad songs. Ussewa, crime and punishment, god-ish, and so many more.

Honestly I don't think you can go wrong with Road of resistance for your next song.

Great reaction! Monochrome is the ultimate song about never giving up hope, even in our darkest and most trying times. It metaphorically uses the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in their official lyric video as a powerful example of this. From the fiery blast, to the apocalyptic destruction of a city, to the lone Bonsai tree that famously survived the Hiroshima blast, all this imagery is visually present in their video, making the lyrics more sensible when you put it all together. It is also fitting that Suzuka is the one singing and sharing this message, as one of her grandparents remarkably survived the atomic blast in Hiroshima, obviously leading to her existence many decades later. She was born and raised in Hiroshima as well.

Great reaction from a musician! Others have not really analyzed the music (as a musician). More versions of Monochrome, (music vid, one take), each gives a different vibe. Many more Babymetal to explore! You get the message they are sending, we are all The One.

Great first reaction! 🤘🦊🤘 Thank you for giving BABYMETAL a chance!!! BABYMETAL is a Japanese kawaii (cute) metal group (a metal subgenre that they created) that formed in 2010 when the 3 girls were 11-12 years old (yes, they were very young), and since then have performed with, toured with, or opened for Metallica, Korn, Sabaton, Bring Me The Horizon, Dragonforce, Guns N' Roses, Lady Gaga, Rob Halford of Judas Priest (there's a great youtube video of their performance with Rob at a metal award show), and Red Hot Chili Peppers (there is a youtube video of them performing Gimme Chocolate with RHCP, as well as with Korn, and DragonForce), to name a few of many. They have performed at large metal events/concerts in front of 65,000+ skeptical metalheads in Europe (Download, Sonisphere, Glastonbury, etc), US, and Asia. They are the first Japanese band to perform at Wembley arena in the UK. Also, 20+ awards have been given to them. They have 60+ songs and each one is different from the other, so I hope you give the other songs a try. By the way, they have some really great heavy songs too, and I hope you like guitar solos, as well as bass and drum solos, like I do, because they have them too. Also, they released a new amazing album last year and they just finished a world tour where they had many shows here in the US. They also recently released a new music video for their song called "Metali" that features Rage Against The Machine's Tom Morello. 🤘🦊🤘

no turning back now. like the petals of a beautiful flower, the world of babymetal is about to open up for you. enjoy!

More babymetal pls🤟🦊🤟