BAND-MAID / About Us (Live Concert Reaction!) |CSProductions.29|  

This is from online concert Feb. 11, 2021. The song is a love letter from the band that they wrote to their fans. Just before singing the song Saiki talked about the struggles of the band over the past year. Here is the English translation of what she said. It gives more meaning to the song and how they felt. Saiki: We were supposed to meet you today. For the first time in a year, we thought we could meet you all, those of you who could come to see us, but we can’t meet you in the end. I’m sorry. Even though it’s not my fault. We have been having days of turmoil for about a year. In the beginning, we were very surprised because we hadn’t experienced it before, and we had no experience of not being able to meet others in person. We were sad, but we found we shouldn’t be sad in this situation. When I saw you masters and princesses on social media, you were more depressed than us, and we thought that’s terrible. We Band-Maid have been thinking about how to cheer up all of you in the last one year. We truly wanted to meet you at Nippon Budokan, but it’s impossible because of COVID, so let’s wait for the day when we can meet. And in the last one year… or in the COVID pandemic, we have become more eager to cheer you up, and we Band-Maid realized again it’s important to give our songs to you. That’s why we wrote this song for Budokan. We made the album also in the pandemic, so it might have a little similar feel, but this song is planned for Nippon Budokan, and we really want to give it to you masters and princesses now. Budokan is not our goal but just a stepping stone. We will perform at bigger venues, and we promise we will bring you there and give you even better songs, so let’s keep it up a little more. This is our present for you masters and princesses. Please listen to it.

This track is a gift for all the fans (Maidiacs!) and was to be played at Budokan on Feb 11th as a surprise. However the concert was cancelled so they live screened a 2 and a half hour plus concert on the same date including this track, with Saiki giving an emotional speech before they played it. The whole concert plus extras has been recorded on DVD/Blu-ray and will be released on May 26th....mine is already pre-ordered.

Love to all BAND-MAID fans :)

Best True Statement: "I Need More Band-Maid In My Life"!!!!!

Love letter to the Maidiacs

Misa's bass and Kanami's guitar are a match made in heaven in this song, almost like harmonizing.

Its like a woman you love whispering sweet nothings to you..so great!

We miss them, they miss us. They have never complained about this virus turmoil and dedicated to make songs that they wanted to. Their dedication seems to bear fruit in this song.

MISA MISA MISA! "BEAUTIFUL"

Akane is in charge of managing an electronic PAD (which is on the left of her gear). Band Maid uses numerous effects in their songs (synths, third guitars, backing vocals) and they are pre-recorded. As with RUSH, they use so many instrumental layers that they should hire multiple backup musicians for each performance. The best songs to enjoy on the prerecorded synth (composed and played by Kanami) can be Puzzle and Moratorium from their 2017 concert at Shinkiba Studio Coast.

Amazing, I’m a 7 year Band Maid super fan, and this is soo incredibly different from the vast bulk of their catalog, and even so is quickly becoming a huge favorite! So far it’s made me very emotional every time I’ve heard it. Seeing their earnest delivery makes me even more so.💪🏻🤘🏻

I have listened and watched to this song and video like 15 times since it released. It is so hauntingly beautiful and reading the lyrics just makes you understand how much Band-Maid appreciates and loves their fans. As a musician myself, this song touches me because of not being able to be with your fans or loved ones because of the COVID-19. Great reaction, love your breakdown of all the different instruments and sounds you hear in the music., 👍👍

Perfectly written and performed. These girls are amazing.

I think another reactor pointed this out, but it's worth focusing hard on what Kanami is doing - it's dialed way down in the mix but she's actually doing a lot. One of the beautiful things about the maids is that you just don't tire of their songs because of all the detail. Always something new that you hear. And yes Misa's bass lines are just wonderful in this - all the open space really helps to bring the bass out to the front. And do I even need to talk about Saiki?! Post produced but I don't care and can't wait for the Blu-Ray coming out in May of this show!

This song has great lyrics by Miku Kobato. Their message to fans who can't meet because of COVIT-19. Let's build a future In this emerald world. It’s alright! See, we are all here. No one is alone. Fly more... I did. Good old days, Ooh... ‘Thank you’ ★ This song is a remixed version of the net live on February 11th. Since English lyrics can be displayed, it can be converted into various languages. and There are English and Japanese lyrics in the explanation of the recent official video. Many Japanese fans shed tears when they heard this song and thank them. ★ On May 26th, they will release a remastered DVD / Blu-ray of online live 28 songs on February 11th. There are live performances of the latest 10 songs.

Since 2014, nearly everyday, I've said, "I need some Band-Maid." One of the only rare days in seven years that I haven't listened to Band-Maid at home or in the car was the day I went to see them live! "About Us" is an amazing song and personal message to their fans - a direction I'm glad to see them add to their journey toward world domination. And we get to hear MISA unleash grace, power and drive that fits squarely within her favorite style of music she so enjoys playing. Stretch Band-Maid... Stretch with all your might. We're behind you 100! Their new DVD/BD/CD of this incredible concert has been ordered! Thanks, Chris, for bringing "About Us" to your viewers!

Saiki has a way of singing to a crowd but making you feel like she is singing to you and you alone. I love this band so much! And if I read right, they are supposed to be releasing this concert on dvd soon

Nice reaction man! If you want to check how amazing this livestream performance was, you can still preorder the official Blu-Ray which will come out in May

Imagine that, a real hard rock band that can play Jazz walking bass lines on a ballad, unlike so many of the KPop or Jpop idol bands that use professional session players.

Lovely song. Nuff said.

Should no one have mentioned it until here, the full concert release was announced along with this video. It will be on DVD & BR at the end of May. The Pre-orders are open, and I can only say so much: It is worth every cent! 'About Us' is indeed a song that screams 'emotion' both from the very soulful and detailed instrumentation and especially the vocals. I already had this feeling before I had the lyrics translated for me understandably at hand. And when that was the case and I saw this performance, it was only more clearly the case. The fact that the girls themselves had a lump in their throats at times during the performance is imo very understandable. I think many of us viewers of the concert didn't feel any different at that moment. And when they unpacked the song 'Daydreaming' directly afterwards, I was completely done with everything. It may not be as calm as 'About Us', but it still falls into the category of calm and emotional, and is also my personal favorite from these ladies. So it's not the first time they've ventured into this territory, and there are other very nice examples with e.g. 'Wonderland' or 'Page'. But this song here is with its lyrics from an emotional point of view of course perhaps the best of them all. For me, it's definitely one of their masterpieces. And I'll never get tired of saying, that we can't thank them enough for everything they do! Thanks for another video on Band-Maid and the support that continues with it! 【 'Our rock never dies ever, forever!' - Band-Maid 】

The Maids have brilliant engineers and producers. Both in the studio and live. A lot of input in the mix with additional double dubbed backing vocals plus all the effects here. Saiki and Miku just fill the song so well. Yes the combination really is heavenly. Agreed it is a beautiful beautiful song. It's a relaxing soothing song for the soul. Where Band Maids shines. Write songs like this. (It's the band fans separation piece) then contrast it with something like Rinne. The diversity. Very unique. Akane is ghosting a lot here. All so variable too. Misa is all over frets. Mids and highs most of the time. Then the classic slides. Kanami definitely held back in the mix but she's still not playing a standard acoustic melody. Creativity is still the name of the game for The Maids in a song that could easily have had none. The band deserve to do well and The Pony in Pony Canyon is giving them a good shot marketing the band. Their new label is doing a great job releasing so many clips of their singles. 5 in 3 months now. Fair budget on Warning. 3 on the latest album in Unsen World. Then there's the 2 virtual performances. Only more reviewers like you to promote the band. They have a substantial fan base which is all set to grow quickly with more publicity.

Even the name of the song was intelligently thought, so fans can say "this song is About Us" and Band-Maid themselfs can say the same without it losing its sense. How amazing is it? These girls are geniuses composing and writing

You need to hear their song AWKWARD from the Studio Coast concert. You'll understand once you hear it

The lyrics is so powerful ....i fell them ...

Hmm. No one has posted it here, so... Here’s a super fan (t-shinji) translation of Saiki’s heartfelt monologue before this song was performed that day: “We were supposed to meet you today. For the first time in a year, we thought we could meet you all, those of you who could come to see us, but we can’t meet you in the end. I’m sorry. Even though it’s not my fault. We have been having days of turmoil for about a year. In the beginning, we were very surprised because we hadn’t experienced it before, and we had no experience of not being able to meet others in person. We were sad, but we found we shouldn’t be sad in this situation. When I saw you masters and princesses on social media, you were more depressed than us, and we thought that’s terrible. We Band-Maid have been thinking about how to cheer up all of you in the last one year. We truly wanted to meet you at Nippon Budokan, but it’s impossible because of COVID, so let’s wait for the day when we can meet. And in the last one year… or in the COVID pandemic, we have become more eager to cheer you up, and we Band-Maid realized again it’s important to give our songs to you. That’s why we wrote this song for Budokan. We made the album also in the pandemic, so it might have a little similar feel, but this song is planned for Nippon Budokan, and we really want to give it to you masters and princesses now. Budokan is not our goal but just a stepping stone. We will perform at bigger venues, and we promise we will bring you there and give you even better songs, so let’s keep it up a little more. This is our present for you masters and princesses. Please listen to it.”

Stunningly beautiful . Phew !

One of the best bands of the last 30 years.

MISA absolutely mastering that bass line and Kanami on two guitars. Miku killing it on lyrics and the soprano harmonies. Saiki using her upper register and A-chan as cool as ever.

The sadness of the missed Budokan debut mixed with appreciation and hope for the future. Miku did a great job on the lyrics and Saiki interpreted them perfectly. A truly awesome and wonderful performance. They are, at this point in time, the best band on the planet. They will undoubtedly play Budokan...and the entire Dome Tour. They deserve it, because they earned it through musicianship, showmanship, and perseverance.

This is wonderful reaction. Even though Band Maid has been getting many reactions many of the bigger reaction channels have quit reacting to them Tank the Tech, Chase Carnison, Julia Nilon who all seem to really enjoy reacting to them have seemingly dropped Band Maid and reacting to every new Night Wish video ever made. I love Night Wish but it's just a pattern that I have noticed.

I've been a musician since 1966. I have been a BAND-MAID fan since the beginning...and, this song makes me cry. The last song to do that was, "In My Life", by John Lennon and The Beatles. Do I need add anything?

Beautiful song Thru and Thru, Phenomenal Band

idk who do a sample, but i assume it's akane cause we know she's also a DJ ACHI, the sound actually remind me of porter robinson works

#BandMaid

Can you react to Lovebites ballad songs called Epilogue or Edge Of The World Thanks

Any way you could post the link of the video in your description? I see you have artist instagram but not yt channel link either.

The ticking is Akana playing the rims not an effect

I think there is an error in the video title

I have a question the drums weren’t this clear the whole song is polished didn’t sound exactly like this in live. So is Akane’s drum is real? I mean Did she hit those bass drum notes because they weren’t that clear in the live.

yo

Typo !

Dude.....im a drummer and you don't know wtf your talking about ....Akane doesn't have anything on her drum heads to play softly....She is one of the best drummers in the world and knows a thing or two about dynamics and playing with touch !!!!!!