Karl Hendrix Lat people these days have an attention span of about 3 seconds, so they make their minds up before they even know what the fuck they are talking about.

You're absolutely right! We dare and encourage you to do another song=)

Karl speaks the truth.. by the fourth , you will find yourself not only knowing their entire discography, but you will find yourself addicted to sakura gakuin :) and wearing fox ears :) The concert footage is fabu, but the MV's are tons of fun , s well. do not ignore one for the other .. oh the skeletons?? that's "Babybones" They didin't last long :)

@@mysticvirgo9318 you are SO right with everything you said

4th time=Im so deep in the foxhole

Yeah, i found BABYMETAL thru the KZfaqrs react to BABYMETAL and i instantly fell in love. Actually i even went to watch them the next weekend after i saw them in Chicago back in 2016, man it was awesome.

There is no way that the lead singer is 37 now. I think that you're date is wrong.

@@christophernathanandwifesa6566 Suzuka Nakamoto was born in 1997. That's why it was called Legend 1997. She'll be 22 this December.

@@christophernathanandwifesa6566 LOL

watcher2554 yeah the girls are fantastic but what about the amazingly talented band that is actually playing the music? Oh no on cares because all people care about these days is singing.....

@@UltraViolent21 Oh there is no doubt about the significance of the Kami Band and their prowess at awsome music making so do not get me wrong. However, I have been following the girls since before there was a Kami Band. Today, I see them as a whole unit, but the girls are the front face of the group and that is what most new people latch onto when they first watch Babymetal, so that is what I was speaking towards in my comments.

watcher2554 yes I know about that too. I also saw them live front row in Austin with vip tickets that cost a fortune. Got some cool exclusive swag too.

And I’ve been playing viola, guitar, bass, and drums for 20 years and have played in two signed bands and I have been on two albums and have played hundreds of live shows. :)

@@UltraViolent21 sorry, kinda rough day today..lol..

I think that expression was to match the meaning of the lyrics. Su was just wanting some chocolate, but was being barraged by the world (represented by Yui and Moa) not to do it as she would gain weight. Like most of us, in the end she succumbed to temptation.

@@ozsctgeo2679 Possibly. i didn't go that deep into thought for that song.

And don't forget Headbanger! That's a must...say around your fourth pick for reviewing.

And then you loved them. ;-)

@@MrFloppyHare No, sorry :) too much of a power/symphonic metal fan to enjoy that.

@@m6tleja Too much of a power/symphonic metal fan? Hmmmm. Have you seen this? kzfaq.info/get/bejne/sLp1jLh3zLLalY0.html Or this? kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pqqXpNJny8nQmY0.html

@@m6tleja Try 'Road of Resistance' (power metal, guitar arrangements written by Herman Li and Sam Totman of Dragonforce who also both played on the studio version) or 'The One' (melodic anthem in honour of their fans), they may be more to your taste than Gimme Chocolate (which is not the best song to introduce someone like you to the band).

@@Grington300 Thank you, both were good suggestions :) Still would not call myself a fan but I will explore more of their songs.

or absolutely love Babymetal and like Band Maid

@@martinmetal7481 Not stoked on Yui metal leaving the band. Besides, Bandmaid actually play their instruments. Just saying..

@@elevensworth1 Yui leaving was a big shock but i stick with them until the end and see where there journey V111 leads them to who knows? . 🤘

@@elevensworth1 The Kami band play their instruments better....just saying! 🤘🤘

@@thesouthpawoutlaw1073 You're comparing apples to oranges. I prefer Bandmaid musicianship over Babymetal personally. Catchier songs. Misa is a beast on bass. Saiki can give Su a run for her money. Like I said, apples and oranges.

I think the company just worked poor Yui to death. Her health gave out. Toward the end, she would hardly speak in interviews because she was afraid of saying something wrong.

Welcome back then!

Neah, not on this video, it's just when people ask to react to something which is on DVD/Blu-ray still being sold.

Martinmetal you left out that in 2015 Vogue magazine Japan named them Women of the Year and GQ in their Man of the Year issue named them Discovery of the Year 2015

What do you mean? 😅

LoL!!...Not LINE...its 2 i's...so its iine..first letter is a capital i not an L...very common mistake though!

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ist5lapp09GzmYk.html

I think the one with black hair is stuck with a perm bitch face

It's just her role model :)

What you expect? This is a reaction, not a "positive" reaction. I bet you hate people who give good reaction to things you hate. It's the same thing.

yeah just another angry hairy feminist !

Dan Balares she didn’t have to say “At least one can sing” that’s rude. It’s typical to not like something but you don’t have to be so rude to an account, she also called them annoying. I get it, you don’t have to like it, but it’s not necessary to be rude to a band.

Road of Resistance is essential.

公式だからでは？

It's jpop, but yes we love kpop as well =)

@@otomenotiming I see. Have you reacted to Anime series yet? I am opening suggestions. My suggestion is Precure.

No need to apologize for liking another band more. =)

@@otomenotiming There is a lot of misinformation in Robert's assertions about Babymetal's origins. They were not the brainchild of "moguls", they are not told what to do by "suits" and his Monkees v Beatles analogy is not only ridiculously pretentious, it is just wrong. Babymetal is the brainchild of one producer (Kobametal), a lifelong metalhead used to working with bands but having to work with the kids division of the Amuse talent agency as metal and rock etc wasn't selling so well in Japan and was being forced more and more underground as the media only played the more commercial pop music. He saw Suzuka singing with her previous pop trio Karen Girl's in their farewell concert and was so impressed with her voice and unusually loud singing style and her stage presence that he thought she would be wasted in pop. Amuse set up the Idol group Sakura Gakuin with a school theme for girls aged 11 to 15, Su was a founder member. Within the group they had sub-units like they would have in school for extra curricular activities like the tennis club, the cooking club and so on. Koba set up the 'heavy music club' with Su, Yui and Moa as the members with Su and her vocal abilities at their centre - they performed under the name 'Babymetal'. Amuse allowed Koba to have his side project but provided little or no extra funding as they thought fusing pop style vocals with metal instrumentation was mad and would never work - they even had to borrow clothes from other students and staff members for their costumes in their first video. Against all expectations Babymetal blew up and gained popularity internationally. When it came time for Su to graduate from Sakura Gakuin in 2013, exceptionally Babymetal separated with her to become a band in their own right. Their live backing band (the Kami Band made up of the best session musicians that could be found) was brought in to support them in live shows (until then they had sung live to a backing track with actors in skeleton suits pretending to play the instruments behind them). They were the youngest band (average age just over 15) to headline the Budokan in Tokyo early in 2014 and went on to perform at the Sonisphere metal festival in the UK as part of their first world tour. There they were moved to open the main stage in front of 60k metalheads who knew little or nothing about them or thought they were a manufactured joke and were prepared to boo them off stage. By the end of the set the crowd were calling for "one more song" and their t-shirts outsold all the other bands for the rest of the weekend. Babymetal was the first Japanese act to break into the top 40 of the Billboard charts in over 50 years, their album reached number 15 in the UK and they were the first Japanese band ever to headline Wembley Arena. They sold out Tokyo Dome (55k people each night) two nights running in 2016 and played a completely different set each night. Through their success other Japanese bands (like Band Maid) have gained more attention than they would have ever managed without Babymetal paving the way and encouraging people to explore what else japan had to offer, sales of metal and other genres has also risen. Everything Robert said about Band Maid "They transcend cultural, national, language and age barriers" was applied first to Babymetal - at their concerts you will find hairy, tattooed metalheads, parents with their kids dressed like the Babymetal girls, teenagers, people in their 60s and 70s and all sorts in between of all nationalities all enjoying the show and the music side by side. Band Maid are very good, they are not the Beatles - one of the most influential bands of all time - they are just another band playing (very good) hard rock music. The Monkees were 4 actors brought together for a TV show - one of them could play guitar when they started. Babymetal is a band formed and developed around the talents of the 3 girls, especially around Su and her voice - it was not a concept some suits had and then found girls to fit into. There is very good reason they have won many awards for things like 'best live band', 'best Japanese act' and so on from MTV, Loudwire, Kerrang etc Sorry for writing so much, but ignorant, misinformed nonsense like Robert posted pisses me off.

@@Grington300 Agreed, but I think "average age just over 15" just under, not over. I wouldn't say the metalheads knew nothing, a good chuck of the crowd had probably seen Gimme Choco MV, but that's it. Which does mean knowing close to nothing. :-)

@@autohmae You're probably right, I think there is only a month or two in it either way anyway. I think 'little or nothing' covered what was known about them by most of the people at Sonisphere :-) I really don't get why people like Robert turn up on Babymetal reactions to promote Band Maid, but the only way they can think of doing that is by spouting the same inaccurate or completely untrue crap about Babymetal that metal elitists and haters were spouting 8 or 9 years ago. If their favourite band is as good as they say you'd think they would be able to stick to explaining their own virtues - or is there no more to them than "one of them writes the songs and they play their own instruments"? I know there is, people like Robert don't seem to even though they claim to be fans. Don't just compare them to a band that is not only very different but also unique in so many ways. Is Band Maid's music ground-breaking, what else is unique about them? ... or maybe Robert and his ilk are just insecure as Band Maid would most likely be virtually unheard of if Babymetal hadn't opened the Japanese music doors to so many people internationally.

@@Grington300 I have no problems with Band Maid or their fans getting attention because of Babymetal, but as you mentioned when it's used to spread false information that's not OK.