What do you get when you cross a pro wrestler, a metal head and a penchant for cross-dressing? If you answered Ladybeard then you are 1000% correct. For there is only one.
Because one walking ray of sunshine is all the world needs.
Since blowing up the Japanese internet in 2014 and then taking on the world with his first single Nippon Manju the following year, Adelaide-born Ladybeard has quickly become - and, most importantly, remained - an exuberant spark of life in an otherwise bleak musical landscape. His vision first of creating and then of embracing the persona that is Ladybeard has seen him traverse the globe as a solo artist but even the best of us get lonely sometimes and thus Ladybeard sought companionship in the form Japanese idols SUZU and MAHRI to form his current group Babybeard in 2020.
Combining colourful Japanese pop culture and relentlessly cute pigtails with heavy metal, pro-wrestling and choreographed dancing, Babybeard’s uniquely high-energy performances have captured the hearts and ears of all ages no matter what part of the world they have blessed, but now it's Australia's turn when Babybeard arrive in this country in the coming days for their Adorable Assault On Australia Tour, kicking off in Adelaide this Friday.
It promises to be an entertaining, family-suited string of shows and is a fitting homecoming for a man and his band. But don't let us convince you of the above, listen to the words of Ladybeard himself, and you will find it impossible to refute.
23 июн 2024
