BABYMETAL - ROAD OF RESISTANCE LIVE IN JAPAN (JOHNNY REACTS) 

Great reaction! SU-METAL is immensely talented. She is our Queen.

Babymetal have more moshpits than many classic metal bands. (depend of song of course)

In a 2014 interview, not long before this performance, BOH, the 6-string bassist seen here, remarked on the trio's "appetite for performance." While saying the first requirement was always to be technical, he also relayed the producer's instructions to the kamiband: "Nevermind that they are girls, nevermind that they are Idols. Just play as loud and heavy as you can."

Great reaction. And have fun at Fox-Fest Johnny-Metal. It's going to be 100% great and no, I'm not jealous at all, not at all. 🙃🤘🦊🤘

The song itself - Stunning rebuttal to metal gatekeepers who dismissed Sonisphere 2014 & viral Gimme Choco MV as gimmicky. Crazier thing is RoR wasn't even officially released at that time (Jan 10 2015), yet the 20,000 crowd learned what to do based on fancams of the song's live debut (London gig on Nov 8 2014) & the full audio track available as a limited downloadable bonus (days before the concert). Kami Band - Kami East comprised 6 core musicians (guitarists Takayoshi Ohmura, Mikio Fujioka, Leda Cygnus, ISAO; bassist BOH; drummer Hideki Aoyama) who served as BM's 4-piece live/touring band from 2012 to 2019. To some extent, drummers Yuya Maeta (2014 Lady Gaga tour) & Kado Shuntaro (2017 RHCH tour), plus bassist Takita Isamu (2017 Guns N' Roses gigs) were also important fill-ins. There were several others who took part in one-off BM gigs. Ohmura, Leda, BOH, Aoyama were the band on this night (Legend 2015). It's important to note that these were all Japanese session musicians who treated BM tours as a side career, & otherwise have their own projects. Team Babymetal remains very close: they jam together (search 'BM KAMI Band playing instrumental song' to see them unmasked) & also rallied to raise funds when Mikio died. But, for the band, it's a grind to interrupt their personal lives year after year, deal with work visas, & commit to life on the road abroad for months. As such, Kami West was assembled in 2019 (guitarists Chris Kelly & CJ Masciantonio; bassist Clint Tustin; drummer Anthony Barone) to serve as the new & permanent touring band. BM had recruited them from American prog metal band Galactic Empire, who along with Swedish powermetal band Sabaton were the support acts for the Japanese leg of BM's 2018 World Tour. Kami Band East wore white & corpse paint (to keep with the Fox God lore), while Kami Band West wore black & Kami masks (they didn't mind since Galactic Empire is already a goofy band who dressed in full Star Wars villain costumes & played tribute to John Williams music). BM during mid-2010s - Indelible period as BM made insane strides with their live act after embarking on their 2014 world tour. Literally concert after concert, large or small venue, full or short setlist, they & the Kami Band would ferociously power through their repertoire like there was no tomorrow. Thankfully, most of their shows were pro-shot for retail or broadcast, so fans could relive their growth vicariously over & over again. Have fun diving into the foxhole, but do familiarize with their songs first. Legend 1977 (Makuhari Messe, Dec 2013 - Su's 16th birthday celebration) Red Night/Black Night (Budokan, Mar 2014) Sonisphere UK 2014 (Knebworth, July 2014) Live At The Forum (London, July 2014) HeavyMTL 2014 (Montreal, Aug 2014) Summer Sonic 2014 (Tokyo/Osaka, Aug 2014) World Tour 2014 (Makuhari Messe, Sep 2014) Back To The USA/UK Tour (London, Nov 2014 - debut of RoR, then provisionally titled 'The One', RU-vid has the clip) Legend 2015 (Saitama Super Arena, Jan 2015 - which you just reacted to) Black Mass/Red Mass (Tsutaya O-East, Apr 2015) Rock On The Range (Columbus, May 2015) Metrock 2015 (Wakasu Seaside Park, May 2015 - Dailymotion has the jawdropping 7-song daytime set).

Great reaction, thanks! First of all, we know that you are going to have a ton of fun at FOX_FEST. I'm afraid I can't return to Japan so soon. Not me being jealous... I am, haha... Suzuka was chosen specifically because of her surprisingly powerful vocals. Kobametal though (correctly) that her vocals wouldn't be drowned by a crazy noisy metal band. Yes, that was Yuimetal. She left the group officially in 2018 after not being able to perform since October 2017 due to an undisclosed health issue. The Kami Band members depict the god or spirit of each instrument. They wore traditional burial robes and face paint until 2017. They changed to darker robes in 2018 and started wearing masks in 2019 with the addition of a second set of kamis formed by American musicians. BOH, real name Daisuke Bohte, plays a 6 strings bass (Atelier Z BOH's Custom 6). So glad you noticed Su-metal bringing back the crowd's chants to the correct tempo right before the drums kick in back. Funnily enough , this is from the New Year Fox Festival held at the Saitama Super Arena in January 2015. So, you are now familiar with the venue. 😁 It was the final encore of the show. Just imagine 90+ minutes of concert entirely performed with this level of energy. It's just epic. For this live video, they decided to keep the actual live audio, just cutting short the majority of the "We are?? BABYMETAL" extensive outro. About the song itself, Herman Li and Sam Totman from Dragonforce collaborated with BABYMETAL, doing the guitar arrangements and also playing on the studio recording. SU-METAL still remembers this performance and specially the part they walked across the bridge with the crowd singing along as one of her favorite moments on stage. She also made this song her personal anthem. And you can tell she was on fire, specially during the second half of the song, by her expressions. Not to mention the moment she verbalized it by shouting: "Kakatte koi yaa!" ("Bring it on!"). Until next time! 🤘🦊

Nice reaction Johnny! As a Japanese BABYMETAL fan, I'm very happy to hear your praise for the choreography! And thanks for watching the official BABYMETAL channel! Please keep listening to BABYMETAL! こんにちは!🦊🎸

You should watch any song from their 2016 Tokyo Dome shows, 2 nights back to back performing for 55,000+ people both nights!

Your right these three shinning souls draw fans like moths to a flame

Excellent reaction - I'm so jealous you get to see them at Fox Fest ... congratulations, you'll have a great time - and yes it is as good as guaranteed they will put on a great show, they always do.🦊🤘 "We are ... BABYMETAL!" 'Road of Resistance is usually (but not always) as the concert finale - just as it was here. This video was from January 2015 at the Saitama Super Arena. Su-metal was 17, Yuimetal and Moametal only 15 and that was over 20,000 people completely under their control. Even at that age Su-metal had so much power she just needed to spread her arms for the walls of death to open. At this particular concert a reporter in the balcony said he counted something like 21 mosh pits. Good spot with Su bringing the crowd back on time after having them sing it and them getting slightly ahead of themselves. Su has said one of her favourite memories was walking across the bridge and the crowd all singing the song ... this was only the third time they had played it live - first time was in London in December 2014 - nobody had ever heard it but the crowd all sang it as if they knew it for ages - and at a small gig with a limited number of fans, so this was the arena debut for the song. This was at the end of a 90 minute concert - they had been keeping that same energy up without any drop in quality for the whole time. It is what they do - they appreciate people have often paid a lot of money and travelled a long way to see them, they never give anything less than 100% for every song at every concert, whether that is one of their big arena concerts in Japan or at the many various sized venues as they tour the world. About the song itself - 'Road of Resistance' is a very positive song, it isn't the usual "resist the machine or the system etc" that we might expect from the title. It is about forging your own road even where a road doesn't already exist, not necessarily going the easy way or following the path already made by somebody else, so if the way you want to go has never been trodden you may have to get past the resistance of the undergrowth, obstacles, hurdles and things blocking your way etc to find your own way. It could easily be used to describe BABYMETAL's own story - they could have followed the well trodden path of J-Pop and been very successful, but they chose to go with Metal ... but again they didn't just follow the same old format of every other metal band, they have done it their own way and it hasn't always been an easy route to follow. I don't think you mentioned any resemblance to British Power/Speed metal band DragonForce - Herman Li and Sam Totman from DragonForce did the guitar arrangements for this song (it is the only one they were involved in) and recorded the guitars for the album version. They have said they made this more technical and faster than most of their own songs thinking they would never have to play it live ... and that they had to practice hard when they did perform it with BABYMETAL at an awards show in London later in 2015. This was the Kami Band of course. In this concert they were Leda Cygnus and Takayoshi Ohmura on guitars with BOH on his 6 string bass and Hideki Aoyama on drums. The Kami Band are session musicians and swap in and out depending on their availability, but the same hard core of about 6 musicians played the vast majority of concerts from late 2013 through to January last year. In 2019 the Kami Band of the West (American musicians) was introduced to support BABYMETAL in their ever longer foreign tours and they have been the full time support since the concerts on 1st and 2nd April last year. It will be them you will probably be seeing and hearing at Fox Fest.

Well, you just saw how a Japanese crowd reacts to Babymetal, you now need to see how a western crowd reacts. 2 performances that you should checkout, one is Ijime, Dame, Zettai from Sonisphere 2014. This performance holds a special place in the fandom's heart because it was their first major overseas performance to a metal crowd. There were threats of booing them or throwing things at them, because they were not "metal", but the girls stepped up and won the crowd... You can hear them chanting "we want more" by the end. Another performance is Karate from Download 2016, there you can see how a crowd of western metalheads jam with our girls in the pouring rain. Enjoy your Babymetal journey, get strapped in, because its more than 10yrs of epic performances for you to catch up to.😁😁😁😁🤘🦊🤘

You just witness SUs death stare. It’s epic.

"Now witness the firepower of this fully armed and operational BABYMETAL!" Great reaction. 🦊🦊🦊 🖖❤

FOX FEST! I am so jealous! but please enjoy! In 2023 @ Makuhari, I was running around the circle pit, waving a towel during this song... and I was 74 at the time. That is what BM does to you.

Babymetal is straight Joy. Fire always. The one/ Shine/ From dusk til dawn/ No rain no rainbows all make me cry everytime.

8:24 _"Now Pizza time (Pizza time!)"_ 🦊🤘🍕 Welcome back to the Foxhole🦊🤘🔥 Nice to see you're back with this suggestion to follow your BM journey and much appreciated for the shout-out, just like here it was the ender for almost every show at the World Tour 2023/2024 and everyone loved to have fun with this one such recently at the Sick New World Festival in Las Vegas, they just did a fun interview about it and you can see they were excited with Slipknot returns, they were very supportive during early era or Metal Resistance chapter (that's the title inside the lore), also they play this last month at San Francisco as part of the Babyklok Tour along with Dethklok, and btw DragonForce were there playing too, another supportive band since BM beginning career and also involved in the album version of this song as well some live collabs together around those years. "Road Of Resistance" is a power/speed metal song, it's one of their most epic anthems and the album version got the guitar arrangements made by Sam Totman and Herman Li from DragonForce. It's all about facing your own path without looking back. This was part of the Trilogy Of 2015, live at New Year Fox Festival - Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, by this time their fame was already high due to viral success on YT of Gimme Chocolate! MV, people from all over the world attended this live concert in Japan, and 20K souls witnessed this epic moment. With only 15 and 17 years old this moment will be forever remember when they're performing this song to reminds them all the support they got from their fans no matter where they go, either a small or big stages. The Kami Band here are real and magnificent set of elite musicians, "kami" as you probably know means roughly "god" and they're wearing burial white robe and corpse face painted to represent those spiritual entities, they were sent by the Fox God to help the girls with the metal sound, they rotate so probably you won't see some of them in all live concerts (especially the guitarists). They are: - Leda Cygnus, god of guitar, he's the only Kami Band member who's credited as a session musician when recording some albums. - Takayoshi Ohmura, god of guitar, he's Míkio' Fujioka's pupil (another beloved Kami Band guitarist who sadly passed away) and a prodigy child, you'll see his recognizable pink guitar. - BOH, god of bass, he's the bald one and not only got amazing talent but his fun way to enjoy reminds me Flea from RHCP. - Hideki Aoyama, god of drums, comes from a family of expert drummers, and his father was very famous in Japanese music scene. Their last performance were last year at BM Returns The Other One in January 2023, after that the West Kami Band (playing since 2019) took the lead and they're the ones playing during the whole World Tour 2023/2024 and probably you'll see them at FOX_FEST. At the end of their shows they always said "We are BabyMetal!" with the crowd, to make them sure that they're part of this show and project too, is a line borrowed from X-Japan saying it at live concerts too. Next suggestion to know more about the girls and this amazing group with update info: - "The Not So Extensive Guide To BabyMetal" by A Fox Song. Meanwhile the answer is yes, that's YuiMetal, former member of this group since 2018 officially. Stay tuned next May 23, another special new collab along with Electric Callboy is coming, they released a cool teaser but don't look for any music snippet yet, thou there is a snippet leaked audio and there's a high chance you'll meet them together performing the live premiere of that song at the FOX_FEST. See you next time 🦊🤘🔥

Good job memorizing the info form the last video and the comments! They are quite special, aren't they? Even after years I still get emotional seeing this. The fact that these are 15-17 year-old girls hyping up a crowd of (I think) 20.000 fans only 4 years after their inception gives it a special emotional quality that you don't get with other (Metal) bands. And the whole performance couldn't be much more perfect. I'm a little envious that you get to see them at Fox Fest. I'm tempted to say "Have fun!", but I have absolutely no doubt that you will.

Su's voice is always top in the mix and she was picked specifically for her bright, sometimes even twangy voice, that can cut through the heavy music.

Lead vocalist (Suzuka Nakamoto) sing since 7 years old. U can find her early videos (before Babymetal). She was cool even that time. She also play and sing in theater musical (11 years old). (u can find these videos too)

Yay Fox Fest ticket! You'll have to keep us posted. 🤘🦊🤘

Also you will need to know that most BM songs have some level of crowd participation and many of them have lines the crowd sing such as on headbanger, Moa and Momo will lead for you next weekend and yes it's a 6 string bass.

ありがとう！ BABYMETAL has a lot of history and stories to tell. And although everyone feels differently about the high level of instrumental skills, the perfection of the songs, and the sense of unity with the audience, many people are addicted to the charm of the band. This is called a foxhole. Once you enter it, it is not easy to get out, but you will feel very, very happy. Hope you enjoy this foxhole.🦊 I recommend watching the official videos Karate, Megitsune, Ijime Dame Zettai(Sonisphere 2014), first, although BM is mainly live, these should be the first ones you watch. 🔥🤘🦊 From🇯🇵 PS. So you are in Japan and going to FOX FEST! I am jealous. Have fun!🦊

This is 100% recorded live. BM has an amazing audio crew and all of their concerts sound amazing. The girls all sound just as good live as they do on the albums. And Yui and Moa are not just dancers. If you can't hear their amazing vocals during the harmonies, then you need hearing aids. Give them the props they deserve because they're both amazing vocalists in their own right. Duh.

I just found your channel a few hours ago, and watched all 3 of the BabyMetal reactions. My first time hearing/seeing a BabyMetal video was the viral Gimme Chocolate video and I didn’t care for that song… 6 months later I came across this Road of Resistance live in Japan 2015 video and it blew my mind. I just love the stage presence and vocals of SU-METAL. This song still chokes me up a little on each viewing. I finally was able to see BabyMetal headline a show last October in my hometown. The only thing that could have made it better was if it was 3 hours long, but as active as these Super Ladies are on stage, that’s too much to ask for. Now I just want to see them live in Japan. I know you’ll have a great time. Keep us updated on how you liked the concert. Please check out BabyMetal live at Sonisphere 2014 performing Ijime, Dame, Zettai . That song is just as powerful as Road of Resistance. You’ll know that you’ve completely been indoctrinated into the BabyMetal “cult” when you go deep enough in the Foxhole to discover BabyMetal origins from the Sakura Gakuin years and Suzuka Nakamoto origins from her time in Karen Girls and before that Actors School Hiroshima. Bye the way, I just wanted to say that I enjoy your pauses in the song to explain what your thoughts on the song are. Please keep doing more BabyMetal reactions. You’re doing a great job. Kitsune Da O 🦊🦊🦊🦊

You must check out Monochrome at PIA arena. Amazing.

As it happens, the "Legend 2015 - New year's Fox Festival" concert that this video was filmed at was at Super Saitama Arena, the same venue as FOX_FEST. At the time of this show Su-metal was 17, and Yui and Moa were 15. The lineup of the Kami Band is not fixed, they are hired session musicians, so who plays at a given show depends on who is available. However, over the years a small group of musicians played the vast majority of the live shows and became the definitive Kami Band, and most of them are in this video. The members for this show are Takayoshi Ohmura (guitar), Leda Cygnus (guitar), BOH (bass), and Hideki Aoyama (drums). The other prominent member of the Kami band not in this video is guitarist Mikio Fujioka, who you will undoubtedly see in other videos. Mikio sadly passed away in 2018, and Leda has had health issues in recent years, so Isao Fujita has also played with the Kami Band quite often. Su-metal is legendary for her death stare. She's quite the dramatic actress when she wants to be. It was seeing Su-metal in her previous group and hearing her powerful voice that inspired Kobametal to create Babymetal with her as the lead vocalist. He was impressed by her vocal power and unique stage presence and thought that she wouldn't be overpowered by the noise of a metal band performing behind her. Although Babymetal is Koba's creation, Su-metal is the star that everything else orbits around. Yes, that's BOH playing his signature Atelier Z Beta 6 "BOH's Custom" six-string bass. The technique Hideki is doing on the double kick drums is called "heel-and-toe", which is used for extremely high BPM beats. They've been doing the "See you!" thing at the end of their shows for pretty much their whole career. RoR was the final encore of that show, so that was their sign off. You will almost certainly get to see RoR at FOX_FEST as they play it at almost all their live shows.

Babymetal Rocks!!!

This is an epic performance. SU has so much crowd control. Miss Yui our little tomato but love Momoko. ❤❤❤ Great reaction. Love from Sweden.

Very nice reaction to a classic, hope you enjoy Fox Fest, trying to work out how I can afford and get to Download this year to see them as Tom Morrrello will be there so a good chance he will do Metal!! live on stage with them. All Su has ever wanted to do is sing, of the 2 year break they had she said it was great as she didn't have to worry about her throat so she could sing for 10 to 12 hours a day. She started musical theatre at 6 and was doing adverts by 8, She was spotted by there producer Kobametal at the breakup show for her 1st band the Karen Girls (Did Animie songs for a series) and at 10 he could see that she had the stage presence and voice to be able to front a metal band for this project he was planning of mixing metal with idol music and the rest is history.🤘🤘🤘🦊🦊🦊

So, so jealous. Yes you should see a show somewhat similar to this. Fox Fest is their festival and they should be putting on a headliner show each night. SSA is a very familiar venue for Babymetal.

Great reaction! Looking forward to seeing you react to more Babymetal! And I promise you, the concert will be amazing. Kitsunes up! 🤘🏻 🦊🤘🏻

Just thought to illustrate the fan lines, on this in the first verse the crowd take the line "it's time" each time it's sung.

The best performance of this song in many fans opinion although 2023 performance at Clear Night PIA Arena is another great one . Of cause the fans parted did you see Su's famous death stare 😱 Su's voice is better live and you cannot take your attention from her all 3 have great stage presence. You will have a great time at fox fest if you close enough you may get a smile and what a treat that is got a great smile of Moa and interaction with her in 2020 and i still rember it 😁 🤘🏼🦊🤘🏼

Thanks for your reaction. You know, I think a core fan base of Babymetal are so passionate, is because we all saw them grow up from little kids being yelled at online how they aren't metal. They are not just a band, they are like nieces we've seen grow and grow from success to success. 3:26 Yes, that was 'baby face' Yuimetal. This was already the 4+ years into Babymetal's existence, she was the one known for her dancing talent and sticking most to the script, doing every move detail exactly right. The band are session musicians, but their is obviously a set of regular/core members, at this time the Kami band (gods or spirits, which is why they are in traditional white burial clothes) was, as mentioned on Wikipedia: Takayoshi Ohmura - guitar (2013[218]-present)[219] Mikio Fujioka - Kami Band; guitar (2013-2018; died 2018)[223] Leda Cygnus - guitar (2013-present)[220] Isao Fujita - guitar (2015-present)[221] Boh - bass (2013-present)[219] Hideki Aoyama - drums (2013[222]-present)[219] Sadly, Mikio had an accident just after the first concert Yuimetal couldn't perform. It was fatal, after a few weeks in hospital. A couple of years later, Babymetal also got a western Kami band. The core members are: Anthony Barone - drums (2019-present) Chris Kelly - guitar (2019-present) CJ Masciantonio - guitar (2019-present) Clint Tustin - bass (2019-present) This was their biggest concert at the time. 20 000 people. 4:48 the coolest kids in metal music :-) And the most famous Japanese teens outside of Japan at the time. 6:08 it's easy to see why, because Babymetal was the first to introduce choreographed dance into the metal genre (their have obviously always been things bands regularly do like putting a foot on a monitor during a certain part of a song, or Rammstein having places where they need to be on a stage, so when the fire goes off they will be safe !). 6:36 notice how a little later, you can see the parallel between the circle pit in the audience and Babymetal 'riding the music', this is 1 of Babymetal's top qualities, audience interaction/involvement. 7:35 no, this is the quality of why Suzuka/Su-metal was the center and main voice of Babymetal from the start. She has a loud singing style of her own (it's also very straight and clear, all these qualities help to carry her voice far regardless of the music around her. If you watch a 'fan cam', so a live performance recorded on an audience's members phone, the audio can be terrible, but her voice is the most clear of the whole recording). And obviously the mix of Babymetal is done by some of the best professionals. Actually, I would say the professionals before covid are better than after (in the music/touring industry lots of professionals are self-employed and didn't get work to work with their regular bands for somemtimes years, so many left this part of the industry). When it comes to professionalism, the Kami band, session musicians, with many years of experience working with lots of artists, have mentioned: the girls are actually the most professional they've ever worked with. The producer who came up with the whole idea of Babymetal and build everything around the talents of the girls. Instead of what often happens with such groups: they come up with a concept and find who fits it. This is probably in part because he came from bands culture. But demand for bands was waning at the time in Japan and the company they all work for asked him to work at the kids department. This is also where he saw Suzuka (now Su-metal) work and perform live for the first time and really wanted to work with her. He came up with the idea of Babymetal, because of his love for metal and he wanted the Japanese music charts to become more varied in music genres again. The company thought it was a silly idea and he himself was very much unsure at a time, when bands, especially metal in Japan was not popular to create such a group. But he made sure to stick near Suzuka, so he could work with her and eventually found a way he was allowed to do this silly idea. They however did not get regular funding like any other group, they company did not want to fund such a financially risky project. He had to be very creating financially and with marketing (he was doing online marketing, like using RU-vid, which was extremely uncommon at the time for a Japanese company, the management at these companies are often very conservative). His other passion is: watching crowds. In his sort of free time (but often combined with work), he travels the world to go to live shows, festivals, etc. to see bands perform and see how the crowds react. It's an unusual hobby, but it's a huge part of Babymetal's success, Babymetal's biggest asset is live performances. The crowd interactions are often build into the songs. It even sounds better than a studio recording, maybe because it has more live energy to it somehow, or because the interpretation by the Kami band (they are not automatically the same people who helped record it in the studio). 11:52 well, it was the first time in human history and their biggest own show at the time. 🙂 Also only the 3rd time ever they performed this song live, but they look like they've been performing it for over a decade. The amount of hours they've trained and honed their skill is awe inspiring (which they do). Often people say: 'some abnd owned the stage', with Babymetal I take it a step further: the stage for those few hours is their home, the fans and audience, are their guest in their home. That's how at home on a stage they look and act. 12:33 yes, the girls in Babymetal are the center of Babymetal, they producer is just the facilitator. From the start any silly idea the girls had he would mold to fit into Babymetal concept/songs/lore. From an interview in 2013: --- What was the inspiration for creating something so different? “[I was hoping] to incite that strange feeling that makes you go ‘what is this?’” KOBAMETAL explains, going on to give a concrete example; “Like the movie Kill Bill. I think Tarantino probably really likes Japan, and he worked hard on reproducing that in the movie, but it’s just slightly off, right? Still, it has a lot of originality.” For KOBAMETAL, that’s where the entertainment is. “[If] we were to do just straight metal-having the girls screaming-it probably wouldn’t be as interesting!” --- having these girls do metal, means they have very unusual ideas as kids, they didn't start out understanding the metal culture, they were just 11, 11 and 12. But this means they do and say things that are not part of the exisiing culture, thus original ideas. Notice how Babymetal doesn't use the normal sign of the horns, this is because when the girls tried to mimic the sign, 1 said: it looks like a fox in shadow play. But this inspired the whole back story of Babymetal, 1 of the metal gods, the Fox God, put the idea/vision in to the head of his messanger (the Babymetal producer) and guided them to make metal more popular again. Yes, they are just 17 and 15 and 15 years old, BUT let's remember Moa started with the company at age 8, with some existing modeling, commercials experience, Yui started earlier, at age 6 doing modeling, child acting and Suzuka started at age 3, doing commercials, etc. They are almost born to be the center of attention, especially for Suzuka, it's all she knows. 15:10 she doesn't only does it with easy, she seems to be fearless. When she was 10 she was performing with her first professional group, the previous group, at a (let's call it) festival, 1 song, but at this same venue (same size audience). This was also a 3 person group, they were nervous, except for Suzuka, she was sound asleep in the dressing room before the show. She performs by feeling, she often does things without thinking. Babymetal has a choreographer they work with, normally dancers count when they need to do things, but she says, she has never seen someone always perform by feeling the music. She has also said that after a performance she would tell her: "what you did there was a great addition." and Suzuka would say: "I did what ? I did that ?" as mentioned, from her gut without thinking about it. 🙂 Babymetal is the combination of many things coming together that can probably never happen again, everyone involved had the right talents and passions for this to come together and turn out like this, their is no precedent. And unlikely for anything like this to ever happen again. 18:35 Babymetal was part of a school-themed group, probably why they incorporated it. 🙂 20:30 In many industries if you've been part of it for 10 years, you are considered a seasoned professional. When Babymetal got started, Suzuka at age 12 already almost had 10 years of experience in the entertainment industry. So, yes, very much so. As some say, age is just a number, but their is a lot of truth to it.

They are young, but they sing, dance, look and sound so cool.

Awesome! Excited to see you’re going to Fox Fest, same venue as this performance! By this show (Jan 2015), Babymetal has been performing for 5 years already. So they are absolute seasoned professionals, despite being 17/15. *On the band:* In the early years, Babymetal had “baby bones” in skeleton costumes pretend playing to track. The real band, the Kami Band started backing Babymetal in 2012 for encores only, then fully since 2014. They’re in white corpse paint and robes to represent Gods/Spirits of heavy metal sent by the Fox God to aid Babymetal’s mission in spreading metal music world wide. In 2019, Babymetal added Kami West (4 Americans) to assist with increased touring, and transitioned to masks and black robes. Kami West took over as sole backing band starting Apr 2023. *Musicians:* Mikio Fujioka - Guitar (RIP, Jan 2018) Leda Cygnus - Guitar Takayoshi Ohmura - Pink glam guitar Bohte “BOH” Daisuke - 6-string bass Hideki Aoyama - Drums ** There were a few other members but the above were the core for almost a decade. Chris Kelly - Guitar CJ Masciantonio - Guitar Clint Tustin - Bass Anthony Barone - Drums ** Chris, CJ, and Clint were members of the Star Wars themed metal band, “Galactic Empire”. Anthony was ex-Shadow of Intent. Ryan Neff replaced Clint a number of times during 2023’s tour. 🤘🦊

choreographer is Mikiko she is amazing. is a Japanese dancer and choreographer. She is the director and principal choreographer of the high-tech dance troupe Elevenplay, and also works with performers such as Perfume. Sakura Gakuin, and Babymetal. She was a production consultant and choreographer for Tokyo's handover presentation at the 2016 Summer Olympics closing ceremony. She is just Amazing ❤❤❤

my man. you need to watch the band intro. KAMI BAND Yava , ( East and West Kami Band) Catch me if you can Rondo of nightmare awadama fever Kagerou ( West Kami band) Metali ( West Kami Band) If you want some Guitar duels/duet check for Amore ( Wemble arena (with Bass Solo ) Akatsuki ( Budokan ) No Rain No rainbow( Legend S) In this video the band members Leda Cygnus on Black guitar ohmura on pink guitar Hideki Aoyama on Drums Boh on 6 string bass.

Not just "young girls", but no more than 14-16 year-old girls! It STILL amazes me! Your voice is mirroring the thoughts I've had for awhile now. Thank you!

That is why we call her the Queen.

This is not a music video. This is a live recording. She was chosen to sing lead by the band's producer for her strong voice and stage presence. Her voice is a vocal equivalent to how high notes on a guitar cut through. To see their very first hit song, find Doki Doki Morning, when they were ages 12 and 11

FOX_FEST is going to be amazing! BABYMETAL have been attending festivals woldwide for over a decade, and many of their most formative moments happened at festivlas. You can read up about how they met Metallica very early on and how it changed their perception of metal. You can read about the Sonisphere 2014 show when they played to 50000+ people in the UK for the first time and created a loyal fanbase over a short a five song set that day. Festivals have always been very important to BABYMETAL and this is the first time that they get to put one together themselves. I suspect that they are over the moon that they get to host this and that pride will show in their performaces.

Next,you should check out their performance at tokyo dome best performance in my opinion 🦊🤘

"These are 3 young girls..." LoL!! Wait till he sees "Doki Doki Morning"!! LoL!! They have been around for almost 14yrs so they were VERY young when they started this project....11-12 yrs old!! And Suzuka was with "Karen Girls" before that!! Put your Kitsune UP!! Po!

I'm 40 and have played drums for over 20 years, and i love that you're also like "they were like 16 and absolutely killing it, that seems impossible." I could easily play this song on drums while also marveling at how good su is, even during a blast beat. Glad you found them, they're almost life changing.

Best live performance of the Kami band front and center is their song "Rondo of Nightmare with Mischiefs of God intro Budokan live" ( 2nd favorite live show from them all time, only behind BMTH Kingslayer ft BabyMetal live in Tokyo).

Guaranteed if you have seen them dance , you will never hear the song again without the moves in your head.

Have seen these many times, still blows the mind,, they are truly legends 🦊

"I'm not getting any better at this am I" You're better than most reactors already, keep it up! Do what you're doing! Also, please let us know when you see them which Kami band is backing them up, all I've seen from them lately is Kami west, which are great but I really like Kami East better (the ones in this video). They're all top notch, just my personal preference. BOH on the 8 string bass is a wonder to behold. if anything, watch for that 8 string bass and the glittery pink guitar, that's East ;) though I'd do horrible things for Chris Kelly's Ernie Ball Majesty guitar.

SU have the click track in her IEM.

You're going to have a blast at FOX_FEST! I'll be wearing a black festival jacket handing out postcards of my BABYMETAL fanart, so if you see me, definitely feel free to say hi and get one for yourself!

Going to Fox Fest, you lucky, lucky bastard. You will have a total blast, we look forward to hearing about it 🙂

BOH. God of Bass

Great reaction! "Road of Resistance - Live in Japan" is a banger, every single time I watch it! Our Queen persuading a 20k crowd to stop the circle pits and to sing as loud as they can instead... greatness!

Man ,you are so lucky to be able to just buy a ticket for Fox Fest. I am not jealous at all xd. I am sure you will have a blast, especially with the upcoming collaboration between Babymetal and Electric Callboy, which will surely be played live there =). This song is a stable anthem in their shows and still, to this day, causes a ton of circle pits to go wild :D

me again, su was picked specifically for the strength of her voice being able to cut through the instrumentalists, a truly unique vocalist

Wait until this man watch Su Raps

Really fantastic, genuine reaction. This is really required listening for anybody interested in Babymetal. And though I've heard this many times my reaction is pretty much the same as yours. And yeah this is one of the best, most inspiring performances I've ever seen. A true wonder. Thanks for this great reaction.

I hope you have an excellent time at FOX_FEST! You are likely going to get to hear the new BABYMETAL x Electric Call Boy collaboration live; the song is scheduled to release on 5/23. It's unfortunate that you will not get to share your first experience hearing some of BABYMETAL's most popular songs with us, since you will hear them at the concert, but I would never want to rob someone of the chance to see BABYMETAL live. If you want to react to a few songs before you hear them live, I would recommend the following: BABYMETAL Death (Live) from the official channel Monochrome at PIA Arena Metalli (Live) from the official channel Megitsune at PIA Arena Please have a great time at FOX_FEST!

I've seen many people's reviews of this video. A person with professional hearing told us why SU started singing so late. You are one of them.

Hi from Ireland thanks for more bm reactions, an interesting comparison would be to see the recent performance road of resistance live at pia, the highly recommend monochrome live at pia, truly epic as are all of the live performances, also the pia shows show momometal yui replacement.

ありがとう😋👍😁🇯🇵 この日私は、さいたまスーパーアリーナで、この場所にいた👍 素晴らしいライブだった。 ベビーメタルはライブが最高なんだ👍 ありがとう 兄弟😎🧀🍅🍚🍑🍼🤘🏼😋😁👍🇯🇵 神バンド、😭

Regarding Yui, when she left, a large portion of the fan base went into a kind of mourning. She was very popular. Without taking a thing away from Su and Moa, who are both wonderful - can't say enough about them - Yui was always my favorite. I didn't think she could ever be replaced, but Momo has done a great job doing just that !

Great reaction! I have no doubt that you are really going to enjoy Fox Fest! ❤🦊🤘

Great video and was really nice meeting you at the FOX_FEST!

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Great reaction, Johnny! Subbed for your Babymetal journey. Kitsune Up! 🤘🦊🤘

Another great reaction Johnny boy!

Great reaction, and I am so jealous that you will get to experience Babymetal in Japan! You are going to have a blast, and I hope you post a video speaking to your experience (please do!). New Sub, and looking forward to more!

STAND UP AND SHOUT!!! JUSTICE FOREVER 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘 U must check Su solo performance in "rondo of nightmare"

日本のバンドを観て応援してくれて、同じ日本人として嬉しいです。 登録しました。 これからも動画楽しみにしてます‼️

Great job👊🏽⚡️Welcome to the foxhole🫡 we are the one🦊🤘🏾

One can see the moment in this Video where Babymetal wins you over.

New Babymetal collab will be released live on youtube in 19 hours....can't wait 😊😊

Great reaction! Actually I'm very jealous of you because of Foxfest! I would love to go there... But actually I'm gonna get my Fill of Babymetal in two weeks at Rock im Park and I've been to a Headliner Concert of theirs last November, and I can tell you it was a blast! All three of them are just Performers on a whole different level and bring Joy to everybody! I hope you will enjoy yourself there and I've heard Electric Callboy are gonna be there too (I'm seeing them at Rock im Park too) and I bet, you are gonna enjoy their Partycore too! And if you haven't watched them yet, I would suggest Hanabie to you, another great Japanese Band that are on the rise right now, they are very fun and very talented! Btw. If you wanna see more of the Kami Band, check out stuff with Band Intros, like Rondo of Nightmare, where you will get a better look at Boh's 6 String Bass, the Eastern and also the Western Kami Band are all great Musicians! Have fun diving deeper into the Foxhole and welcome to the One! 🤘🔥🦊🤘

Thanks for the great reaction. 素晴らしいリアクションをありがとう

This IS A LIVE VERSION

See you at Fox Fest tomorrow!

Yui is only who leave the band.(2018) and Momoko join band in 2023. Its only changes in Babymetal. This video from 2015. Three years before Yui leave.

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Yes, that is or better was Yui. The whole Kami Band was more or less kicked out last year. They criticcesed the lead singer in an interview. They might jave criticised behind closed door but the stage director Su Metal was from zhis interview not impressed. Kobametal had wualified her after her Sakura Gakuin time. She was more or less through every Stagehand in the japanese Metal industry. And Yui decided to leave the Babd but didn't tell any of the girls about it, Su was furious and gave Koba an Ultimatum. I havevto know in every Second what happens on the Stage I won't risk anymore that they audience might throw us of the stage. Koba acknoledged this. Babymetal became an inofficial offer to terminate their contract, but Su and Mia decided together to go on as a Duo for the next timr and they would try to finish their 10 year contract with him. Su became te official stage director abd the Jami Band West had never any problems with her rank. They collect all problems abd when Su comes she gets an report, Su decides what zhey will di and they give her orders to the necessarx people. But the old Kami Band never achieved this. The problem was probably that the old Kamis were probably two times as old as the girls, when they met for the first time. Their Gandlers had simply the problem that they couldn't move Vackstage fast enough the girls were simply too young and they needed protection backstage. So they looked for musicians zhat were older than the girls and had their own children. So that they would immediatly protect the girls Niwadays zhey are well known and in the meantime respected. The Kami Band West instead is between 3-5 years older than the girls. They no longer needed protectors. Instead they had to interact with Su directly.

I highly recommend you do a reaction of altogether not together by freeze the Atlantic

We all miss Yui the tomato princess, perhaps you would be interested in learning their history, many vids but Crypticmisery is educational, also there are the Sakura Gakuin vids of their time before BABYMETAL.

See you at Saitama Super Arena on the 26th 😊🌈🦊.

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BxMxC or Bring Moa Chicken would be NeXT.

こんばんは！Fox_Fest楽しみですね😊RATATATA！🤘🦊🤘

So you are living in Japan, what general area? Nothing too specific. I have lived in Kanagawa, just south of Yokohama, since 1968, no intention to leave at this point. Glad you are able to see Baby Metal live, sounds like it will be a blast.

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Monochrome LIVE at PIA Arena 2023 from the Hymnodic channel next. Suzuka perfection.

Yui Mizuno