Kanami is such a sweet and polite woman, but when she picks up the guitar a switch flips in her and she turns into a completely different person

It's so funny seeing those 2 songs back to back. The contrast is so immense, one a pure and happy tribute to a beloved best friend, the other an angry scalding evisceration of someone beneath contempt. Factor in the different outfits and you've got the good and evil alter ego bands that couldn't be farther apart from each other. It really highlights the versatility of the band as musicians and the diversity of their music. Thanks again for another great reaction! 🤘🤩🤘

Let me tell you something about their songs. You will come across one that just doesn't "do it" for you, but you hear it a second time and then a third time and it starts to fit. It touches your soul like the rest. Give it time. About Us, Memorable, Liberal, even Matador all took 3 or 4 times before I could truly appreciate them.

MISA MISA MISA!!!!! MISA MISA MISA!!!!!

Hey glad you followed up with HATE? with this gentleman! Love his stranded story!

Actually Joel i think it might've been more beneficial to ask Kenny to actually make Akane a BAND-MAID fan to keep her cool on stage.😏

Try to understand that Bestie was a collab... but yeah, drop it 😂

Dude, please for the love of all that is holy, drop Bestie from your list of songs to introduce Band-Maid to new people! That's probably the worst song in their entire catalogue to introduce them to people. That's one best left for somewhere later down the road. I mean, I get wanting to support their newer stuff, but that idea is very overrated when their newer song is one of their weaker songs. You only get one chance at a first impression, so that chance needs to be a song that puts their best face forward.

Interesting, Band Maid when they toured Europe prior to covid, they performed in the Netherlands in those days!!

Bestie is only the third song by the Ladies that is entirely in English. The other two songs are Don't Let Me Down, and The Dragon Cries.

Presenting BESTIE *after* HATE? would be a great way to demonstrate the breadth of BAND-MAID’s musical output. And I would have explained that BESTIE is NOT a BAND-MAID song (though I love it), but a COLLABORATION with MIKE EINZIGER of INCUBUS, and thus sounds ljke a 90’s alt-Rock jam and drives the novel sartorial choices seen in the video.

Bestie, in the vein of other great mid-tempo Band-Maid songs like Daydreaming, About Us, Memorable, Anemone, Endless Story, PAGE, Wonderland, Awkward, Start Over, Mirage, At the Drop of a Hat and Smile, was co-written by Michael Einziger of Incubus. MISA's playing and bass tone are setting new standards... and Akane's drumming is so in-the-pocket and distinguishable... and Kanami's solo is Daydreaming masterful! The recording and mix are as enjoyable as the song and beautiful MV! And Miku’s English lyrics are heartfelt. Is Band-Maid a band of fashion-forward, trend-setting Besties? 💞 Thx, Mikey, Band-Maid, Wibo and Joel! FYI - The Maids just released a "Making of Bestie" on their websites where they explain the song and look of their awesome MV.

First, you show him love. When that doesn't work, you show him Hate? Either way, he'll become a fan, eh?

The live performance with the guy from Incubus is a better representation of the song. He co-wrote it with the band, afterall.

The problem with Bestie (and other collab songs) is that it doesn't have the 'pure Band-Maid' sound to it. Other influences simply make them sound like something other than a Band-Maid song. They're not bad songs, and you can like the collab songs just fine, but you need to show people what Kanami writes when she totally lets loose on her own. Otherwise you're showing them 'Band-Maid but not really Band-Maid.'

Bestie is alright. I took me a few listens then Saiki's bridge in to the solo got stuck in my head. Band-Maid will play any tempo/genre/collab they please. refer back to the closing line of "Start Over".

Don’t pay attention to criticism , you did good choice.

It's amazing how Band-Maid has rewritten the laws of nature: Hate brings Love! 😖--->🎀--->😍 📢 RECENTLY ANNOUNCED 📢 -- The Warning, a world-famous band from Mexico, and BAND-MAID just completed their amazing 2-man, collab concert in Japan with the introduction of their new song, “Show Me.” -- BAND-MAID released a new song, "Bestie," co-written with Mike Einziger of INCUBUS! The MV dropped May 1. -- BAND-MAID HALL TOUR 2024 -- June 28, 2024 (Fri) Nagoya City Public Hall, Aichi, Japan -- July 5, 2024 (Fri) Osaka, Fenice Sakai Main Hall, -- July 14, 2024 (Sun) Kanagawa Kenmin Hall, Kanagawa -- July 21 OSAKA GIGANTIC MUSIC FESTIVAL 2024 -- Aug 16 RISING SUN ROCK FESTIVAL 2024 in EZO -- Aug 17 SUMMER SONIC 2024 -- Sept. 8, 2024 TREASURE 05X Festival in Laguna Beach, Gamagori But you might already know all this because, like your repeat reactions, this is a repeat comment. Thx, Wibo & Joel... again!

I love Bestie, but Moratorium and say Clang would serve a better goal.

This song "Bestie" should never be given to reactors ......... You have to be very familiar with Band Maid!!!

At least give him the fact that it was cowritten with Mike from incubus and not written exclusively by the ladies of bandmaid! 🤪🤪🤪 Live Dice,Different or Live Manners,Black hole is a much better representation of what these ladies are all about!🤪👍

You already posted this 2 weeks ago.

It would be funny if you'd had the Dutch translation up, see what "10 minutes of limp gymnastics" translates to, and what his reaction would be... 😂

Why would you show Bestie as an introduction. That’s lame. 130 original songs and you pick a collaboration with Incubus that is not their sound?? Why?

I agree with many of the fans. I love this song but using this to introduce new people to Band Maid is moronic. Just unsubscribed.

Please stop adding a different band after the first one you introduced. Every time you do this, I am inclined to leave the channel and not give a thumbs up because the second band may not be a band that is liked. Please stick with one band at a time, it can be two songs from the same band but not two different bands.

Don't like Bestie. Sounds like a b side from Brand New Maid.

Joel, your song selection is too often really Poor.