If you want to know what the bassplayer is like, then check out Rondo of Nightmare with the Mischiefs of God Intro.

Babymetal is an experimental metal band. They integrate everything from electronic to rap into their metal structure, and they've been quite successful. I personally consider them a "metal theater" band because their concerts are wild participation-type concerts, not just "watch me sing" types. They have a few ballads you might like to review voice wise, but most of their live performances are pure "holy fuck" type of experiences.

Great first song to react to. The singer, Suzuka Nakamoto (Su-metal) was 16 at this performance in 2014 at the Budokan, but she's been in the entertainment industry since she was a small child. First as a child model, attended an acting school, joined a three girl J-Pop group at age 10, and finally was a founding member of a J-Pop group called Sakura Gakuin that has a school concept that had different clubs the girls could join. One of those clubs was a metal club called Babymetal. She was 12 at the time, and the Babymetal was formed around her, due to her singing abilities and stage presence. Now 10 years later, Su is a lovely young women about to turn 23 this December, and Babymetal is still going strong.

"Adolescent", "child-like", "younger" - she was 15 in this concert. Seems like you nailed it.

I love this song but it's probably their most "normal" sounding song

Great analysis, probably the most thorough and best I've seen so far from a vocal standpoint. You mentioned her reaching for the lower notes, she said a few years ago that these always gave her problems and Akatsuki was her most challenging song the first few Babymetal years. And there's a rather new interview from last year where she talks about the fact she now has a much easier time to sing these lower notes because of her more matured voice. Babymetal was actually formed in 2010, when she was 12, around her voice and her ability to cut through the super loud metal music behind her. When the three Babymetal girls met with the band (they're called Kami Band, Kami means god or god-like spirit) the first time, a band member asked their producer if they should play a little bit quieter... the answer was to "play as loud and hard as they can". The band was pretty surprised that she had no issues whatsoever to sing over the music, especially at her age. Black Night was the name of the second of the back-to-back Budokan concerts in 2014 (the first night was called Red Night). Akatsuki means something like "Daybreak". But if you take the word apart it means Aka (Red), tsuki (moon). Japanese is a LITTLE BIT complicated. Akatsuki is one of 4 Su-metal solo songs on the first two albums, but Babymetal were at this point in time of the video (March 2014) three girls, Suzuka Nakamoto, Su-metal, lead singer you see in the video (born Dec 1997), Moa Kikuchi, Moametal, backup vocals and dance (born Jul 1999) and Yui Mizuno, Yuimetal, backup vocals and dance (born Jun 1999). Yui went on hiatus at the end of 2017 and eventually left in 2018, so it's only Su and Moa now. They had their official 10 year anniversary last weekend.

Their acoustic version of this song, video titled "Akatsuki (Unfinished Ver.)", where Su-metal sings with just a piano and I think some violins, is amazingly beautiful, and is known to make grown metalheads come to tears!

"No Rain No Rainbow" Legend S Baptism XX, a real showcase for her.

⚡ / 🔴 🌙 Guitarists that night were Leda Cygnus and Takayoshi Ohmura. As usual BOH was on bass and Hideki Aoyama on drums. Su doesn't need to fear any of the pyrotechnics because she is made of fire. : ) That solo (and Rondo of Nightmare from the same concert) are what sold me on BABYMETAL. Before that I liked them, and thought the whole idea was a lot of fun, but seeing Su in full Metal Queen mode turned me into a diehard fan. An interesting thing about 'Akatsuki'. It's written by combining "Red" and "Moon". Which helps explain the red moon imagery BABYMETAL uses in many of their concerts. On the track listing the character "Kurenai" (often translated as a deep red or crimson) is used instead of "Red" as a tribute to the X-Japan song of that name.

It's easy to forget that Su was only SIXTEEN years old in this video! And they are at the world famous Budokan arena, where you have to be invited to perform there. The Beatles, Cheap Trick, and Bob Dylan have performed there too. This is one of my most favorite BABYMETAL songs and performances. It is the most bad @ss yet touching songs I have ever heard: "Going over thousands of nights, some love shall survive. So, until my body perishes, until my life disappears, I shall keep on cherishing this love." Great reaction! 🦊🤘

"She's dressed a lot like Little Red Riding Hood" LOL! 😂 The Big Bad Wolf doesn't know what he's in for! Nice reaction.

Babymetal is not typical anywhere. They invented their own genre of music that they got to name because nobody knew what to call them. They called it 'kawaii metal' which means 'cute' but also the cultural revolution of cuteness that happened in Japan. So kawaii also has connotations of rebellion and doing things a different way. This is sort of a not typical song but a lot of their songs are not typical. Most have 3 girls with full dance choreography. But Su sings much better of course when she doesn't have to dance. So this is a good song to recommend for this purpose. I also think that Su is not typical of Japanese singers. She sings very simply and straightforward and most of them are the opposite, some well past the point of what i could consider being cheesy. You add that to Japanese vocal melodies which are like crack cocaine and it's all too much if you're not used to it. In my opinion that is why Japanese music is usually never popular outside Japan. But it is very good IMO, but it's so different and extreme from a western perspective.

Excellent reaction and analysis - and welcome to the BABYMETAL galaxy. As others have said, no BABYMETAL are not 'typical' of Japanese metal, especially vocally - but they are not typical for anywhere, they really are that rare thing, something new and unique but also pure quality in everything from the song writing to every aspect of the performance. I hope you follow up on some of the suggestions for more BABYMETAL songs, every one of them is different and you will have so many different aspects to analyse in each one.

That was Suzuka Nakamoto aka Su-Metal, and she's just turn 16 a couple month before. Pretty good performance for a girl her age I'd say. Funny you mention final fantasy music, because they have this one song called Babymetal Death, opening song from their first album that reminds me of Metallica One AND final boss battle music of FF X 😀.

This group is interesting in that it’s actually three girls but the focus is around Su ( the girl here) vocals. Like this group basically invented a new metal genre around themselves and it’s because of Su. Interesting fact about Su is she may have Synethesia because interviews she strongly relates notes to colors to notes and is the main way she can describe her own singing

Yo talk about Su-METAL's voice's purity and I cannot but agree. She is not of those vocalists who use and abuse "techniques such as portamento and vibrato, singing straight, on the note. The first time I heard Su, her vocalisation reminded me that of Annie Haslam, although Annie is no "power vocal".

Nice reaction & thanks from Japan 有難う💛。 You felt adolescence because she was only 16-year-old when this was filmed in 2014. She and another BABYMETAL member have grown up into beautiful ladies now and their performance has matured, and yet very energetic as before. Their activities are worldwide. Since June last year until March this year (before the pandemic), they performed 20 times in USA, 19 in EU/UK/Russia and 1 in Taiwan in addition to 15 in Japan (total : 49 their own concerts + 6 appearance in festivals). Please continue to explore BABYMETAL. Just so you know, the bassist is playing 6 strings bass.

Awesome. Babymetal actually consists of 2-3 girls. This was a Su-metal solo, back when this was recorded the other 2 girls would take a break while Su did her thing and then the other 2, known as Black Babymetal, would have their own songs to give Su a break. One of the 2 other girls, Yuimetal, left due to health reasons and hasn't been permanently replaced. So now Babymetal consists of Su-metal and Moametal and one of 3 girls, know as the Avengers, taking turns to fill the third spot, but not singing. If you want to see a Su solo again try Rondo of Nightmare, where you can see more of the band, known as the Kami band. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/br1yd8x9srS-k3k.html If you want see the whole band try ijime dame zettai, or idz, from Sonisphere in 2014 in the UK, their first major performance outside Asia kzfaq.info/get/bejne/iNVdksaTy8rWiXk.html

Finally!! Great first reaction. Su was just 16 back then, now that she's a grown woman (her voice is still maturing) she can be even more impressive.

Funny you asked if Babymetal is the standard Japanese metal or kinda "out there". Well, Babymetal is definitely out there AND they set the standard. Not just for J-Metal but for what heavy metal could be, and we are all in for the treat of our lives. Thanks for the thorough analysis. There's a lot more in store for you in the Babymetal foxhole mate.

Akatsuki means "Red Moon" 🔴 She's just 16 y.o. at that time and this year she's 23 in December 20th... So i think you need to check the recent performance when her voice is more mature and improved...

She is one of the greatest female rock singer, IMHO.

Thank you! Suzuka (the singer) was 16 with probably 1 to 2 yrs of private vocal training. However, shes unique in the sense that its rare in japanese music scene to sing clean/high while also with power at such a young age. She was scouted at 9 yrs old by the producer because of her voice. My next suggestion would be babymetal - kimi to anime ga mitai (black night) to get the full on babymetal experience. Sidenote:the timing of the pauses is the sad part. But your analysis is so great so its fine.

Suzuka's voice is a needle sharped so thin that pierces the metal on the background to stand in front. She is also an incredible performer, because she was trained as an actress not a singer. That bald bassman is Boh, a fucking genius. Part of Babymetal's success is because in the Kami Band, the musicians in the background, everyone is so talented. The producer of the band, Kobametal, managed to assemble some of the best metal scene musicians in Japan to play for the girls. You might get misguided because of Akatsuki, but Babymetal is in truth three girls, Suzuka is just the lead singer and two dancers accompany her. But they have some solo songs so they can take a rest after all the 120% energy dancing. If you are curious to see them I think the best song to meet them would be Megitsune: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mbFjgbCLpruvd6s.html If you want to see more Suzuka (SU-METAL) solo stuff try Rondo of Nightmare or No Rain No Rainbow. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/l7uRjdFql62cpYk.html *Rondo* Some kind Doom Metal song kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pqqXpNJny8nQmY0.html *No Rain No Rainbow* A Metal Ballad

BABYMETAL is BABYMETAL , their own genre :) Nice reaction!

Interesting breakdown of her vocal technique. Next, maybe their performance of "Headbanger" from the concert "Legend of 1997"?

Next babymetal - rondo of nightmare . . .

So interesting! I found myself nodding as I was listening to your analysis. This performance was 5 years ago and she was only 16, now she's 21 and her voice is much more stable, matured, and strong. I'd like to see how you react to recent performance of her.

Next song react "no rain no rainbow" please!!

Its 6 string Bass, and its 7 string guitar if you notice :)

love seeing your reaction to her vocals. sumetal’s voice gives me countless chills no matter how often i listen to her. ive been a babymetal fan for several years and i’ve loved seeing her voice mature throughout the years! she really is one of those vocalists that sound better live, and her voice suits metal so much. a lovely reaction and all your comments were very interesting!

Our little Queen is a tiny powerhouse indeed, by the end of this song she's so into her character, she's almost possessed 😅 Usually female singers in metal goes for either growl (Archenemy, Jinjer, Eths, etc.) or very emphatic theatrical singing ( Nightwish, Lacuna Coil, Evanescence etc.), SU use the sharpness of her voice to cut through the metal sound like a sword in such an easy way, it's impressive how every single word is still perfectly intelligible, no matter how loud the music is. The bass player here is BOH, a very talented musician, you can find some of his own stuff on KZfaq. 🤘🦊⚡

Her voice and eyes is clean and beautiful. Another song, “the one” is also nice.

Thanks for reacting to Babymetal. Loved your analysis!

In my opinion Japanese popular music tends to be very high quality (musicians, production, professionalism...) but this band is the best of the best.

Babymetal songs are very different form one to another and also diferente ages. They have over 50 songs... The Fox God welcomes everyone 🦊🤘🦊

Babymetal takes a lot of queues from a lot of different metal variants and combine them with Su Metal's singing. This results in some epic music. Now you have to appreciate that they are also all about the performance and as you saw Babymetal is just awesome.

Your dog scared the crap outta me when he/she just popped out xD hahaha. They are beautiful!

I'm as addicted to baby metal reaction videos as I am baby metal videos.

Nice reaction video, I love seeing the technical aspects of BABYMETAL performances, because there are so much to talk about. And you come in a great time, we are celebrating 10 years anniversary of BABYMETAL this month. This was a solo performance of a once trio, a vocal and 2 dancers (now they're just 2 of them). Since we're discussing the vocal, it's a good choice already. Other older solo performance examples are: Rondo of Nightmare (has unique timing), No Rain No Rainbow (ballad), Amore (similar to Akatsuki), From Dusk Til Dawn (very high pitch). There also some unique style of singing technique shown off in their latest album such as: Shanti Shanti Shanti (Indian), BxMxC (Rap, new mv available), Brand New Day (R&B), Night Night Burn (Spanish/Latin), Oh Majinai (European Folks), and what I think the hardest to sing is Shine. Other epic must watch performance examples are: Ijime Dame Zettai, Headbangerrr...!!!, Road of Resistance, PA PA YA!!, The ONE, and many others. You can find most of their audio in digital platform. Their music video however is a bit hard to react to, since their label is very strict about copyright. But you can still try react to their mv from official BABYMETAL site.

This is just the tip of the iceberg regarding how good Queen SU is.

Babymetal recently won Best Album for "Metal Galaxy" at the MTV Music Awards Japan 2020.

This is how a voice coach probably should review. Great content!

Nice reaction! I want see your Babymetal reaction more. If you have time please react "AKATSUKI unfinished ver". You can hear her wonderful singing voice.

BABYMETAL is definitely not typical Japanese Metal, they are very unique in Japan as well. „Kawaii“ means cute, and their music is a fusion of Metal and Japanese Pop music that you might know from idol groups (although there‘s not that much of a Pop element in this particular song). Su‘s outfit shows both influences as well, perhaps that‘s one of the reasons why you get that adolescent vibe (another being that she is indeed 16 here). I‘m glad that Su gets some recognition from a professional. I have always felt just like you said, her voice sits nicely on the Metal foundation, and she always cuts through perfectly. It gets even more fascinating when you see other songs where she is following more of a dance choreography while singing, yet you barely ever hear her voice waver. If you‘d like to hear what she sounds like today (six years later), I‘d like to recommend a song called „Shanti Shanti Shanti“. I think you might find that one interesting from a vocal standpoint as well. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nbeeesKFnNHGpI0.html

At last... BabyMetal..,, thanks, more please..

This band has a very special place in my heart, and are one of my favourites. Plus they led me to a couple more favourites ... Lovebites and Waggakiband.

Probably mentioned earlier in comments, but BABYMETAL'S backing band, the KAMI Band (KAMI means god, spirit, or divine being) often wore traditional Japanese burial robes & corpse paint/makeup as seen in this video. Would love to see more BABYMETAL reactions from you! Arigatou! 🦊🤘

I really love her voice. First thing I noticed about the band after how cute it all was. It so powerful and clear.

Sounded like your voice had a Mongolian throat-singing hangover at the beginning, Sam. ;-) This is probably the best Baby Metal song *for my personal tastes* that I've heard.

All hail The Queen!! No more words! Good reaction 🤟🏻🦊

Congratulations for entering the fox hole. Another precious song by Su is “No Rain, No Rainbow” live. You will experience same divine emotions

Very cool and interesting and entertaining reaction, thank you! Yeah, BABYMETAL are an experience, especially their live stuff. They're really one of a kind, not only in the metal scene.

My friend, glad You enjoyed this! You definitely needs to check "Rondo of Nightmares" (linked already in the comments), "Amore" and "No Rain, No Rainbow". Oh BTW: In this performance SU-METAL is dressed like vampire Queen not Little Red Riding Hood :P

Just for your information she is only 16 at the time of this concert This is KAWAII METAL IN OTHER WORDS CUTE METAL A GANDER CREATED BY BABYMETAL YOU SHOULD REACT TO AMORE LIVE BLUE-RAY VERSION IT IS AMAZING ALSO IS FROM THEIR MOST RECENT ALBUM AND HEADBANGER LEGEND 1997 This is one with the 3 girls

Thank you for the great reaction & analysis.

I don't think you can make a lot of assumptions on Japanese metal by this performance. Babymetal is the world's first Kawaii Metal ("cute" metal) band - they invented a genre. Also Suzuka was just 16 and still in high school, so the costume was age appropriate. They are more mature and sophisticated now. Rondo of Nightmare is a good one to follow up with, or No Rain No Rainbow Legend S version to here something more recent

babymetal is incredible. You've gotta check out more! They put on amazing live shows.

You missed a opportunity to hear her live yourself, they played Glasgow in February.

She's only 16 here so check out Starlight or Shine to see how much more mature her voice is 🖤🤘🦊

AKATSUKI is the best power metal song in the history

Check out ijime dame zetai live @ sonisphere. Their break through performance in europe. Su singing her heart out in in my opinion one of her best vocal performances, moa and yui dancing in overdrive and the Kami band pouring on the metal to unbelievable. My absolute favorite

I love all of babymetals earlier very grand dominated spectacular perfectly performance skills of abilities.🥰

Listen to "Karate" mate, it's nuts but brilliant.

Su is one of the best female vocalists out there and she was only 16 during this incredible performance,something she has a habit of doing during live gigs. Check out Rondo of nightmare only Su could follow the intro by the Kami band she is fearless on stage.

We call her our Queen and Goddess for a good reason .. Enjoying watching your smile as Su did things that impressed you . Really good reaction . One of my favorite BabyMetal songs and Su has only got even better as she has Matured into a incredibly talented 22 year old . Lots of great recommendations in comments for you to react toò. 🤘🦊🤘

I love how babymetal fans will straight write a wiki entry about their favorite band in any comments section y'all are great

Thank you for this reaction ! This is a very good Babymetal reaction, maybe the best because you picked out what makes Suzuka/Su-metal style of singing and music combination so unique. Most regular reactors obviously wouldn't be able to talk about such things and a bunch of vocal coaches, I think, might have been a bit surprised by Babymetal and never went into detail like you did. Akatsuki means something like 'crimson moon'. The Black Night is the name of the night it was performed because it was 2 nights in a row at the same venue, but different setlist. 11:45 "that was an experience" imagine something like that, but maybe even more high energy for 1+ hour, than you get some idea what a Babymetal show is like. :-) While some of her singing might be more common in Japan as you said about the Japanese language as well, but it's definitely not standard for metal in Japan. Babymetal is special in this regard. In Japan they have a whole kawaii culture (adorable/cute like a baby culture) which Babymetal combines with metal music. Babymetal clearly combines many opposites. :-) She was 16 here and Babymetal started when she was 12, so the cute element and high tones in her singing in some sense comes kind of natural to them (their are 3 singers as mentioned). To see a different side of Babymetal and to hopefully talk a bit about other parts of her singing please react to Babymetal Megitsune MV.

Beautiful take, great vid :D

翻訳神よ…………聞こえますか…………いらっしゃいませんか…………

Waiting for more

Anyone else get scared when the dog popped up out of nowhere at 3:00 ?? Because I did and I started laughing so hard I was crying and in pain😂😭

Three words regarding outstanding Japanese acts: Dir En Grey.

Su's vocal is beautiful, don't get me wrong, but when you already been exposed to Dimash, it'll be hard to find someone who could match him, vocally. But in terms of performance, dynamics, musical technique, production, and entertainment, Babymetal is among my top 5 live performers. So, enjoy the ride! *The Fox Hole is very deep tho...

AKATSUKI (eng below) Ikusen mo no yoru o koete iki tsuzukeru ai ga aru kara kono karada ga horobiru made inochi ga kieru made mamori tsuzukete yuku. Hitomi no oku ni hikaru nakidashi-soona tsuki wa akai namida afurete yozora o somete yuku. Seijaku no naka de kizutsuita yaiba sashi-mukai kodoku mo fuan mo kiri-tsukeru, kokoro made. Ikusen mo no yoru o koete iki tsuzukeru ai ga aru kara kono karada ga horobiru made inochi ga kieru made mamori tsuzukete yuku. Sugite yuku toki no naka hitomi o tojita mama kono te ni nagareru akai ito kiretemo kanjite-iru, kizuna o Seijaku no naka de kizutsuita yaiba sashi-mukai kodoku mo fuan mo kiri-tsukeru, kokoro made, ima. now. Ikusen mo no yoru o koete iki tsuzukeru ai ga aru kara kono karada ga horobiru made inochi ga itsuka kieru made Ikusen mo no yoru o koete iki tsuzukeru ai ga aru kara kono karada ga horobiru made inochi ga kieru made mamori tsuzukete yuku. Akaku somare! Makka ni somare! ----------------------(eng) AKATSUKI Going over thousands nights, some love shall survive. So, until my body perishes, until my life disappears, I shall keep on cherishing this love. Shining in the depths of the eyes, the moon is about to cry. Red tears overflow and dye the night sky. In the silence, the two damaged blades stand face to face. Our loneliness and our uneasiness slash even our hearts. Going over thousands nights, some love shall survive. So, until my body perishes, until my life disappears, I shall keep on cherishing this love. In the passage of time, I keep my eyes shut. Even if the red thread flowing in my hand breaks, I still feel we are tied. In the silence, I hold the damaged blade face to face. My loneliness and my uneasiness, I slash, even my heart, now. Going over thousands nights, some love shall survive. So, until my body perishes, until my life disappears someday… Going over thousands nights, some love shall survive. So, until my body perishes, until my life disappears, I shall keep on cherishing this love. Dye crimson! Dye bloody crimson!

The crisp vocal clarity of this sixteen year old girl (at the time) is awesome!

Thanks for the great review. Su-Metal, the vocalist, has a lot of talent, but had been performing on stage for about ten years at the time of this performance. Her most remarkable skill is her ability to sing, even when dancing. This shows up in songs like Road of Resistance, Headbanger, Catch Me If You Can, and Yava. Then, in Tales of the Destinies, she performs a very complex piece with over a dozen time signature changes. You might like, Rondo of Nightmare, too. Oh! The bassist is Boh. He plays a six-string base and is as amazing as the rest.

The way you talk to your dog tells me youre a nice guy.

React to Amore or Rondo of Nightmare

It was more interesting with comments than any other Akatsuki reaction.

Думаю ,вам следует послушать еще одну их песню под названием "rondo of nightmare"

Well done Sir, and nice reaction! If you continue to dig into Babymetal, you will see and hear much to discuss! Looking forward to more!

The Ring was originally a Japanese movie. The look reminds you of her because that is burial garb that they are wearing.

10:52 . Literally my face when 1st time discovering Babymetal.

Suzuka Nakamoto and Floor Jansen are my two favourite female singers. They have so much emotion when they sing. ❤❤❤

Nice reaction. Her vocals is just like a laser beam hahaha ! it sounds better with those loud sounding instruments

Never stop in the middle of a guitar solo

I don't know why people keep recommending these old videos.. Su-metal's vocals have improved so much and she has really settled into a more comfortable tone in their latest performances from Metal Galaxy, which also has a lot more variation in terms of singing style and genre.

"she is brilliant"🤗yes she is. Thanks for reviewing a Su-metal Solo / Babymetal 🦊🤘

Headbanger!!!

try Rondo of Nightmare with the Mischiefs of God Intro. make sure you watch one with the intro.. the intro is a few min solo featuring each of the Kami band players also Su dose some very interesting (in my opinion) vocal changes in the song

3:00 Your dog is like "wtf who the hell are you talking to? no one is here" xD Cool reaction btw

Great reaction. I come from a classical/sacred choral/ Big Band Jazz /Metal background 😴😀 so am very much looking forward to your Babymetal reactions - incidentally, they were the last gig I went to in London in February! In terms of vocal and musician talent, I agree with the other commentators re 'Rondo of Nightmare' with Mischief of Gods intro by the Kami Band. All Su's solo numbers are great 'No Rain no Rainbow' is a very emotional one. 'Amore' is worth a listen to too. There are a million more - they are extremely addictive - some people see them as a gimmick - but soon change their minds after a few songs and inevitably fall into The Fox Hole!! At Hammersmith Appollo in February I noticed people of all ages from teenagers to people in their sixties!

Ringing through like a bell.

I need the unfinished version with Yoshiki on piano for their X anniversary show and I don’t know why that just occurred to me as a thing.

Most of Babymetal's stuff is more...eccentric than this. This was an appropriate choice to showcase Sumetal's vocals. Another wonderful one for that is "No Rain, No Rainbow". "Ijime, Dame, Zettai" is also great

Babymetal is talented. Su-metal can singing this in great control on her vocal after she does hard choreography dance. Akatsuki in budokan sure is the best performance by them.

SU- METAL is a beautiful gorgeous queen 💓 she's perfection! 🤘😘❤️

Only thing I got from lyrics is her repeating arugula. Dont know why she's so serious about arugula but I love that she is. Baby metal is great.

If you like this, you have to hear some of BabyMetal's other songs. And if you want to go further, check out Wagakki Band, with the incomparable Yuki Suzahuna, who is on another whole level. Saiki Atsuma of band-maid is another one you should do reactions on. Japanese music rules. P.S. BabyMetal came about as a mixture of metal and J-pop, which opened up a whole range of things that could be done. Suzuka Nakamoto was 13 years old when she started with the group in 2010, and her two backup singers/dancers, Yui Mizuno and Moa Kikuchi were 11. There first song and video came out in 2012, when the girls were 15 and 13 respectively. They have become a bonafide worldwide sensation.