Great reaction - and it is not just a jumping up and down song - you have to be spinning a towel round your head at the same time. :D You already have three or four walls of text explaining their modest beginnings - they had to prove themselves and worked hard doing it, always learning as they went along, in very small venues in order to get any backing at all from their agency - they were provided no extra funding whatsoever when they first started as there was no predetermined audience for what they do and the Agency could see neither any profit nor any future for this strange fusion and thought their producer was mad, but allowed him his pet project under the umbrella of their parent Idol group as long as there was absolutely no financial risk to them. They built up their own audience from nothing at all. They play mainly (maybe almost exclusively) in arenas in Japan now. They have done only two arena shows outside of Japan during the 6 years they have toured abroad. They played Wembley Arena in 2016 - first Japanese band to headline there and they broke all the merch sales records - and the Forum in LA last year. Otherwise when they tour outside of Japan they play in venues with anything between about 1500 and 8,000 capacity. Many people who have been to their arena shows and to see them in smaller, more intimate venues say they prefer the smaller venues. Certainly BABYMETAL and the Kami Band put every bit as much energy and effort and every ounce of their quality into every performance they do, regardless of how big or small the venue may be and regardless of whether they can use the pyro and effects etc or not. F Hero is a rapper from Thailand - he was rapping (in Thai) about mixing the herbs and spices to make a spicy green papaya salad tasty - but also as a metaphor for mixing the spices into life to make that better too.

This is definitely a jump up and down song. It's basically a song about dancing and partying in the summer and eating spicy papaya salad.

FHERO is a Thai rapper. This song is, from my understanding, about Thai papaya salad as a metaphor for life, but I haven’t looked at the lyrics myself.

In my opinion their best ballad is no rain, no rainbow. Akatsuki live is fantastic too

BABYMETAL 101 Founded 2010 and produced by Key “Koba” Kobayashi from the Amuse Inc. talent agency. Babymetal name comes from the birth of a new style of metal fusing j-pop with metal creating what they call Kawaii Metal (Cute-Metal). The group currently consists of Suzuka Nakamoto aka “Su-Metal” (22 years old) sometimes referred to as Vocal and Dance, and Moa Kikuchi aka Moa-Metal (21 years old) sometimes referred to as Scream and Dance. With a rotating trio of girls filling the third slot, in a 3-member formation. These girls are known as Avengers and are Kano Fujihara (16 years old), Riho Sayashi (21 years old), and Momoko Okazaki (17 years old). They are supported by a rotating selection of talented backing musicians known as the Kami Band (Kami is usually poorly translated as gods, but in truth it more closely means awe inspiring spirit, entity, or object) It is why they are dressed in white to look like ghosts or spirits, though Kami being used as God(s) is so common in translation the white outfits get lost. Past Formations. Heavy Music Club Era (2010-2012) From 2010 to 2012 Babymetal consist of a three-member formation, Suzuka Nakamoto (Age 12), Moa Kikuchi (Age 10), and Yui Mizuno aka Yui-Metal (Age 10). First starting out as the Heavy Music Club as a subunit within the Developmental Idol Group created by Amuse in 2010 known as Sakura Gakuin. Sakura Gakuin is group that introduces girls between the ages of 10-15 to music, dance, modeling, and acting through Japanese Pop idol music and culture. Given a school theme, all three would be a part of Sakura Gakuin until their graduation from it in the same school year they would graduate from Japanese middle school or 15 years old. Suzuka graduated in March 2013, and Moa and Yui in March of 2015. Sakura Gakuin is a fantastic group with great kawaii jpop songs in their own right. During this time there was no lore, and the girl’s costumes were more punkish in nature which they helped create. They also didn’t perform with live music, using a backing track or the “Skeleton band” people pretending to play music behind them. Music Video of this Era Doki Doki Morning Iine (Pronounced EE-NAH spelled i i n e) Headbangya Babymetal Era (2012-2017) Starting in 2012 with the Legend I concert, Babymetal began its slow divorce from Sakura Gakuin, and was the first introduction of the Kami Band as well as the “Lore” that is still heavily involved in Babymetal but makes far less sense than it did during this time. The Lore is complex and involves a battle against other evil idol corporations, gaining powers running a resistance group, all at the direction of a mythical deity known as the fox god, against an all power enemy known as Akiba. The first Legend show I was the Kami Bands introduction to the end, but it also had the Skeleton Band which is seen in the wildly popular Gimmie Chocolate Music Video. This was followed by Legend D, and then Legend Z, in which it was learned that Babymetal would continue as its own entity after Suzuka’s graduation from Sakura Gakuin in March of 2013. Slowly over 2013 the Skeleton Band would be phased out of all live shows, as Babymetal came into their own. Babymetal as it is most commonly known as with Su-Metal, Moa-Meta, and Yui-Metal, Kami Band, and a somewhat understandable lore is what consisted for the majority of it’s existence. Also established beyond the 3 member formation, they had 2 other set ups, one was what fans called Su-Solos, and it would just be Su on stage with the Kami band, performing a solo, and the other is known as Black Babymetal by the band themselves, which consisted of just Moa and Yui. Music Videos of this Era Gimmie Chocolate Megitsune Rondo of Nightmare - With mischief of the Gods Intro (Su Solo and a great expedition of the Kami Band) Road of Resistance Live in Japan (Co-written by Dragonforce) Iijime, Dame, Zettai Live at Sonisphere (No More Bullying Forever) Karate The Dark Times, The Chosen 7 Era In December 2017, Yui would miss the Legend-S concert for health reasons, these health problems would prosiest into 2018 and greatly affect the 2018 touring season bring the “Chosen 7” formation, consisting of Suzuka Nakamoto, Moa Kikuchi, and 2 backing dancers Minako Maruyama, and Minami Tsukui. Changes they would not tell fans and all throughout 2018 communicate extraordinarily little causing lots of pain for all involved fan and performer. This era is noted by their strange armor like costumes, sometimes referred to as Elf Armor. To make the poor communication, and Yui’s absence wasn’t bad enough, one of the more regular Kami band members, Mikio Fujioka passed away after falling off a balcony in late December 2017 while star gazing. A beloved and incredibly talented musician lost leaving behind his wife and only child. In September 2018 Yui would formally resign from Babymetal, stating her unspecified health and wishing to move on. Babymetal themselves announced that the group will move on focusing on Suzuka and Moa. (Something many idiots within the fandom refuse or are too stupid to understand) In October Babymetal had a concert called Dark Night Carnival which added dancers, Shoko Akiyama, Saya Hirai, and Kotono, placing a total of seven girls on stage. This was also done without warning to fans and was an absolute mess. Babymetal would finish off the 2018 tour season returning to the 3-member formation with just Saya Hirai joining them in southeast Asia and Australia. Ending one of the most troubling times in Babymetal’s history. Music Videos of this Era (These MVs do not feature the members in them at all) Distortion Starlight Metal Galaxy Era The current set up was first introduced in 2019 during the Babymetal Arises concert in Yokohama, before the start, the “Avenger” support dancer concept was explained in the lore, and the concept thanks to communication and a maintaining of the 3 member formation brought Babymetal out of dark times brought about during 2018. Babymetal seemed to have returned to its roots with the Avengers, as 2 of the three (Kano and Momoko) come from Sakura Gakuin. The third Riho, went to the same performing arts school as Suzuka during the same time, Actors School Hiroshima aka ASH. Music Videos of this Era Pa Pa Ya Elevator Girl Shanti Shanti Da Da Dance (Avenger confusion) Which Avenger one sees can be confusing for those new to Babymetal. For the Music Videos, Pa Pa Ya, Elevator Girl, and Shanti Shanti Shanti, it is Kano Fujihara, who was just 14 years old at the time. Da Da Dance is a compilation of Momoko and Riho and a splicing of 2 different shows. In most fan cam videos of the American and European tour it would be either Riho or Momoko, as they toured with Babymetal in 2019. Kano had responsibilities with Sakura Gakuin as its president, a position Suzuka and Moa both held in Sakura Gakuin, and she’s never flown on a plane before. Some fans for 2019 did throw a stupid temper tantrum over the use of new Kami Band members who are from the west now known as the West Coast Kami Band, but like how the girls won over many, so did they and the payoff with the Legend Metal Galaxy concert was well worth it. COVID Era COIVD-19 has messed up a lot of things for everyone, Babymetal had to cancel their Asian tour, as well their big 10th Anniversary on October 10, 2020. Forced to keep it rather tame something very unlike Babymetal as even in their failures like the entire 2018 tour they do it septically. The question for many fans is what of the Avengers, since COVID, Avenger Riho Sayashi has signed with a new agency and has move on to other projects, including starting a fan club, which appears to rule her out of ever being an Avenger again. Kano Fujihara has graduated from Sakura Gakuin on August 30, 2020, a near 4 month delay. However, she and fellow Sakura Gakuin graduates Soyoka Yoshida, Tsugumi Aritomo, and Momoe Mori in the formation of @onefive. Which leaves Momoko Okazaki as last standing Avenger with no new commitments. However, Kano was technically in Sakura Gakuin, @onefive, and Babymetal all at the same time for almost a year so it is possible she will still be an Avenger. Music Videos of this Era BxMxC (First music video that isn’t footage from a show featuring Su and Moa since Karate in 2015)

For the first 2 years they played in biggish theatres, but taking their turn with several Idol groups. Though they used fabulous musicians in the studio, they performed to hacking tapes with actors dressed as skeletons - Babybones pretending to play guitars. From 2012 they gradually introduced the Kami Band as they went on to do their own headlining concerts

Pa Pa Ya is pure party! I can't wait to feel it live and in person again.

Yey! Army and The One! I'm a member of both fandoms. Babymetal and BTS bring me so much joy. Babymetal came to me during a stressful time and I'm so grateful to the fanbase, they are an incredible community. And I wouldn't be without BTS x

The best way to start my day man!! Grrat reaction again. This song is energy absolut. Please react to Syncopation live, is absolutely perfect!! See you in the next 🤟🏻 🦊

I saw them in Feb and it was 2000 standing only and Babymetal rolled as hard as they do when they have 20,000 in the audience. This is the best Metal song ever about tropical fruit.

I believe Babymetal's first headline show was in front of about 200 people. As other have said you can still see them in fairly small venues. I have seen them twice in venues under 2000 seats and twice in arena/large concert pavilions and overall I probably enjoy the smaller shows just because of the tremendous amount of energy coming off the stage. In the smaller places you really feel the energy pulsing through the whole building and it is amazing.

You need to react to Baby Metal Road to Resistance Live in Tokyo!!!!!!

BabyMetal best song, best live performance,3 Guitar solos, Drum solo, Monster Riffs "Catch Me If You Can" live at Black Night Legend Doomsday show So Metal, So Cute!!!!

⚡ 💕 / 🌶 🌞 Like 'Megitsune', I think of this one as a Japanese Metal Festival song. As far as their early days are concerned, BABYMETAL originated back in 2010 as the "Heavy Music Club" sub-unit of Sakura Gakuin. They're a school-themed Idol group. Su was one of the eight original members. Yui and Moa officially "transferred-in" a few months after Sakura Gakuin began. The first BABYMETAL appearances were at Sakura Gakuin shows. BABYMETAL's first headlining show was at Rock-May-Kan in Tokyo. That venue holds 250 people. It wasn't until they started to blow up online that their producer Koba was allowed to submit a business plan for BABYMETAL as an independent group.

Enjoying your reactions. I really think you have missed the songs you would like the most or perhaps your reactions were blocked. Rondo of Nightmare - Mischief of metal gods intro and Kagerou with band intro. Karate live is pretty amazing too. Keep up the reactions!! Cheers bro!

Hi Ang!! This song, I have the impression, that I had already heard it... I don't know where... But whatever... there is one thing that I like about Baby Metal, it is that mixture of a kawaii anime type voice, and the metal, they are unique... it has not been the song that I liked the most about the band, but that guitar and the drums, it is worth listening... Borahae Ang!! 💜💜💜

There is a video of them singing in a shopping center, i could not find it, at the beginning they did not have a budget not to buy their costumes, they were borrowed from other friends of SG

Babymetal performed in small stages before they got into stadium type stages...When they tour Europe they perform on small stages...

You have to look back to when su metal was 14. Small venue and then it all blew up. Reeeeally blew up

The rapper is F.Hero from Thailand

If you can't imagine Babymetal with smaller crowds, you should check out Doki Doki Morning, their first single.

Best metal song about a tropical fruit ever!

OH, they started out small, they didn't even have the budget to hire a full time real band to play live at first. The BabyBones fake band was a stop gap until they finally got the budget to have the Kami band play live all the time. They do small stage club shows and big stage arena shows, some of it depends on popularity in the area and logistics. They can play the arena in London and then go play a 4000 person club in Paris.

They started as a sub group of a J-POP idol show/school called Sakura Gakuin, they played small shows and still do (I saw them at Hard Rock Orlando about 2500 people and again in Stockholm's Fryhuset about 1000 people) the original music venue they played is called Rock May Kan which holds about 150 people ( parts of the Iine video were shot there) as well as the original video for Headbanger...drive.google.com/file/d/1VTvhtTzSLnrCNTWsGKS2lR_MOyc45PC0/view

When BABYMETAL was first formed, they didn't really have funding by their agency because they were kind of a side project by Kobametal, their producer. Also, metal was not a money making niche in Japan, so why would the company dump money into a cute metal group that didn't have a following or a demand? They created a new type of metal, hence the name BABYMETAL, that no one heard before or asked for. So to answer your question, their first performances were in festivals/talent shows with like 100-150 person crowds that were held at small warehouses and food courts. I believe it took some time before they proved themselves to the agency and they started to get a good enough following for them to get funding from the agency, Amuse. Here is a link to a youtube video of their debut performance back in 2010. You will notice it's a small crowd and it was in a warehouse. In the video they were performing their first song, "Doki Doki Morning", in a small festival that was put on by the pop idol group Sakura Gakuin which the 3 girls were originally in. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qLKGfNCfstTck2Q.html

The ultimate summer party song! :)

Great reaction. Check out Doki Doki Morning to see their 1st track when they were 13 and 12 yrs old

I've been to several BABYMETAL concerts here in the U.S. but my very first one was at the Tabernacle in GA, a tiny venue, I was center barrier so close to Su-Metal 🤘. That show had the most wicked Wall of Death, we were sardines, undulating foward and back, side to side i kid not my feet were off the ground at times 🤘 BABYMETAL FOREVER 🤘🤘🤘 All hail The Fox God

I hope you react BabyMetal - Arcadia

They still play in relatively small places when touring outside Japan, and still give a great show because of their energy... But their arena shows are out of this world.

F.hero fierce rap. Plot twist, it's all about the summer festival and how you spice everything in your life, just like the spicy papaya salad.

Great reaction🤘Thank you for listening to Babymetal again💗

Yey babymetal again Kitsune up 🤘🏿🦊 Maybe try Epica ang . Try Cry for the moon or Phantom of agony.

If you want a ballad, try No Rain, No Rainbow

nobody ever thought that three young Japanese girls manage to open the massive steel door to Metal World and let it open for the other bands to enter.

Baby Metal loves songs about food. There is this one, about papayas, gimme chocolate, and one called adawara fever about bubble gum. I love all of them

Bring your towel 🍅🍅🍅 🤘🏼🦊🤘🏼 plenty of ballads to choose from ! ! !

small venue? watch "BABYMETAL - "Doki Doki Morning" in TOKYO IDOL FESTIVAL 2011" - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jJaUgqSFtJmnkYE.html&ab_channel=BABYMETAL-UNIVERSE Also, this 60 second "making of" will you give an idea of the littles babies they were when they started: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/b8hyaKh318jdlKs.html&ab_channel=akanesaku

Their first show was in a small venue, you can see Yui getting ahead of the dance a couple of times (or maybe it was Moa) Su gives an upset look but it goes away quite fast. They are all so excited to be getting a great audience reaction.

What do I get the feeling that you've already done this one? Actually, I'm almost 100% sure that it was your first Babymetal reaction. But I couldn't find that video. Did you delete it? Or maybe it got blocked or something. Anyways, enjoyed the reaction as always! 🦊🖤

After all, what everyone wants to say is that BABYMETAL is the best.

Bring me the horizon ft. Babymetal KINGSLAYER

thanks for the Twista reference.

Aye... Good reaction... I really appreciate it. Next you should do rondo of nightmare live at Black night, it's a really good performance. It is my favorite song from them

If you havent already, take a look at: Rondo of Nightmare - With mischief of the Gods Intro Road of Resistance Live

Good reaction! Let's make a noise together in the pit someday 🌏🌍🌎🦊

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Did you say "Metal Anthem"? The One is their anthem to the fans, kzfaq.info/get/bejne/isCCqbJhuJO4fIk.html . Unfortunately there's no live verson on KZfaq, which makes the song what it basically is, but it's with concert footage, like most of their music videos are. As E MB already said, BABYMETAL started as a sub-unit of school themed J-Pop idol group Sakura Gakuin, they were the "heavy music club". Su (member from 2010 to 2013), Moa and Yui (members from 2010 to 2015) were all founding members of that group. Kano (who is in the Pa Pa Ya video) and Momoko, two of the avengers, were also in it (Momoko from 2015 to 2018, Kano from 2015 to 2020). It's something like AMUSE's "farm team", to say it in sports terms. It's a group for 10 - 15 year olds in which they get more or less trained in singing, dancing, acting, etc, while releasing songs and doing live shows. You have to leave the group (graduate) when you graduate real life Middle School (9th grade) at age 15. Because BABYMETAL was formed as part of this group, which was founded only a few months earlier, they didn't exactly swim in money. Add that to the fact that the project idea was ridiculous on paper. Key Kobayashi, aka Kobametal, their producer/manager, is a life long metal fan and thought about putting Su on stage, add Moa & Yui for the dancing and let them be backed up by metal music. The girls were J-Pop idols and never heard a metal song in their lifes before that. It's safe to say it wasn't exactly well received by management, especially because you can add the fact metal doesn't generate money in Japan, it was pretty much dead since X Japan's disbandment in 1997. Management thought it was a huge waste of time and talent for the girls. But they somehow got the ok to shoot a music video to Doki Doki Morning, their first single, but without even enough budget to buy clothes, so they had to borrow them from other members and staff. The three girls even trained the people in skeleton suits in the video themselves on how to dance. This video and song was so well received, AMUSE said they are willing to give it a shot. Their first live show in fall of 2010 was in front of 150 J-Pop fans at the Sakura Gakuin Festival concert in the "Red Brick Warehouse". E MB already provided the link to it in his comment, it's definitely worth watching. You can tell how nervous they were by Moa's false start at the beginning of the performance. It wasn't until the end of 2013 (their Legend 1997 concert), after they went independent because of Su's graduation from SG earlier that year, that they started to do shows for more than 1000 - 1500 people (Legend 1997 was in front of 7000 - 8000 people) and started to implement the band more than just encores because they finally had the money for it. They had to work their butts off probably thrice as much as a lot of other bands because they needed to convince AMUSE management, Sakura Gakuin staff and fans that you can make something like that work.

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2:13 "and all the things in between. Is just shit. I'm just kidding. Just kidding, try and enjoy every moment but their are special moments." I expected you to say: special moment which are especially shit LOL :-) "Maybe it will be a ballad" [..] "never mind" :-)

Never ever say "next year".