Hey there great reacton... just to let you know Lacey Sturm new song "Breathe With Me" featuring Lindsey Stirling song just came out yesterday!! Please check it out!
_Sore!_ I don't know if you're into rap but recently a famous rapper called Lil Uzi Vert released a new album and song collab with BabyMetal called "The End", so go check it out this unexpected collab if you want, of course the song got some rap but mixed with rock elements you may like this crazy track.🦊🤘🔥
Welcome back and good reaction. You are right, they really did look like they were having fun (they did a commentary video which confirmed that fact as well, they spent a lot of the time in the video playing and sliding in the corridor where it was filmed). 'Megitsune' is a big favourite, often coming top in fan polls and it is the song they have played live more times than any other. It is also arguably the song that showcases better than most what BABYMETAL are about and one that truly reflects their Japanese culture the best starting with the traditional instruments (shamisen or koto, you decide which) in the intro and the lyrics about women being compared to foxes (kitsune - which also explains all the fox masks in the video) which, in Japanese mythology, are able to shape shift and take human form in order to deceive. It is also a bit of a push back against the traditional female role in Japanese society I think - or maybe it is - whilst also praising and celebrating the women who have played that role over the years for their strength. They are saying that women wearing their make up and hiding their true feelings ("crying at heart, smiling at face") are not trying to deceive anybody, they are simply trying to please everybody - so they are not kitsune (foxes), they are megitsune (female foxes or vixens) - and they are strong. The melody used in the breakdown with the pig squeals in the middle of the song (they also use it as the intro when they play it live) is from the very well known Japanese folk song called 'Sakura Sakura' (Cherry Blossoms). When Su pulled out the tanto (short blade) from her microphone she said "Otome wa ... nametara ikan zeyo." (Maidens ... shouldn't be underestimated). The last part of this is a famous quote from a Japanese gangster movie said by the daughter of a gang boss. Much of the video was shot on location at the Asagaya Shinmei Shrine in Tokyo. This has become a place of pilgrimage for BABYMETAL fans visiting Tokyo. The guys at the back waving the traditional instruments about were dancers with the lady who did the fan dance's troupe. Have you got tickets to see them when they are back in England at the end of November?
