When I heard this song live, I had the same impression as "Syncopation", a fusion of CITY POP and METAL that was popular in Japan in the 90s. 😁. Nevertheless I wonder where SU is taking his breath away, it's a busy song for the vocalist 😁 The dance is beautifully synchronized and mesmerizing with his clear voice.
I totally agree with you. I initially thought this song was a sugar hit and wouldn’t grow on me but the more I listen to it, I’m liking it more and more. I love Moa’s singing as well. So good!
Great reaction, thanks! So glad you enjoyed this one. "Light and Darkness" is light years away from my personal musical preferences and I wasn't sure at first about this song. But now that I have listened to it a couple of times (or like 200...) I'm digging it and I'm able to identify some cool aspects apart from the obvious like that drop you commented, the build-up, that unexpected note during the chorus, the subtle guitar work, that double bass pattern, etc. So I'm very happy right now and I can't wait to experience the live version... in person. 😊
Welcome back to BabyMetal's metalverse 🦊🤘🌐 Divine Attack - Shingeki was released in October last year. Thanks for coming back with more BM songs. Another lovely ballad with beautiful SuMetal vocals piercing into our hearts. Love the J-pop sound and the nostalgic vibes. Here's some info about this song: "One of the discovered 10 parallel worlds is "LIGHT AND DARKNESS" and this 4th pre-release digital single “Light and Darkness” centers around this theme. Because light exists, darkness also exists. And because darkness is present, there is also a world that shines. During the night when light and darkness intersect, what we seek after poisoned with darkness awaits a world filled with strong love. As the door opens, is it hope or despair that awaits us? The song expresses the duality in everything and the way things are perceived and interpreted differ depending on each person’s point of view." This was a world premiere at Makuhari Messe 2023 setlist, along with "THE LEGEND", Momoko Okazaki is the third backup dancer performing here and possibly the new official member. MoaMetal once again adding the backing vocals and all of them dancing once again with the full trio formation. Here's the lyrics translated with some help. Thanks for sharing this. See you next time 🦊🤘❤️ Lyrics : MK-METAL / TAKEMETAL Music : TAKEMETAL Arrangement : tatsuoMETAL 【Lyrics】 Even the reality buried in the snow of sadness Even these hands that have been dyed red by mistakes Take me to oblivion To an ideal world filled with love Open that door Come on Ah, Ah Being poisoned, falling into a dream A night where light and darkness seek and play together Drowning in a sea of rhythm Even my memories are being destroyed This love is strong and strong I'm sure it won't stop This love is strong and strong Never let go Let me out. Let me out. let's jump out hit by the rain of joy Let me go. Let me go. Right now Let's dance the night away Take me to oblivion Take off the mask filled with lies Right now Being poisoned, falling into a dream A night where light and darkness seek and play together Drowning in a sea of rhythm Even my memories are being destroyed This love is strong and strong I'm sure it won't stop This love is strong and strong Never let go In the night when sorrow overflows Keep this love warm Open the door now Come on Ah, Ah Even my dreams are poisoned A night where hope and despair seek and play together Ring out forever Even my heart is filled This love is strong and strong I'm sure it won't stop This love is strong and strong Never let go
Thanks again from Japan 有難う💛。I assume Amuse is currently releasing MVs with live footage + studio sound, in other words "imperfect live video", on purpose, because they have to block their "real live videos" by copyright strike in order to sell them in a form of Blu-ray/DVD. After the two-year long hiatus, this is a good tool to remind people of the attractiveness of BABYMETAL and gain new fans, I believe. I guarantee that the real audio has more power to stir your feelings. I witnessed this performance last month and was mesmerized at the venue. Although I could not digest everything at the live debut, I finally grasped its artistry as a whole by this MV. This song reminds me of something but it is very difficult to explain it. The part with Su's calm voice makes me uneasy about something. The part with her powerful timbre and decisive facial expression together with sharp moves by Moa and Momoko makes me decisive for something. The problem is "what the hell is my 'something' ?" Please stop shaking and teasing my emotions, BABYMETAL! 😡 😄
I was at this concert and it was wonderful. There will be a Blu-Ray later this year, but for now these music videos is all there is. Hideki Aoyama was the drummer, I'm pretty sure (though with the masks, who knows). If you haven't yet, I recommend watching their earlier concert videos, too. As far as live videos go: Road of Resistance (Live in Japan), Headbanger (Legend 1997), Babymetal Death (Legend 1997), Rondo of Nightmare (with the Mischiefs of Metal intro, from Budokan Black Night), etc. You'll have to watermark the videos to avoid blocking. (And avoid the compilation videos-they're nowhere near as impressive.) For non-live, BxMxC and Megitsune have great official music videos, and given your comments so far I suspect you'd enjoy those, too.
This was shot at the same show at Makuhari Messe in late January as Metal Kingdom. The drones buzzing around the performance was kind of odd. I did wonder what would happen if one malfunctioned or the pilot screwed up. They showed the concert on Wowow in Japan yesterday so there will probably be bootlegs of that floating around if you want to take to the high seas to find it. There will be an official BD released sometime in the next couple of months too, but I don't think the release date has been announced yet.
Babymetal knows how to do pauses for sure ! In some sense, the drones are a completely new choreography they've added to their show. But I think this show had no pyro (well, maybe at very end) ? That very much might be important to make sure no hot air pockets exist.
Good point. I didn’t even think of that. They obviously have everything planned to the very last detail for every show so the safety risks are at a minimum but it’s still wild to see stuff like this now.
@@shizzyreacts the company Babymetal is part of Amuse and their choreographer Mikiko have pretty extensive experience with drowns in shows. I think you can't react to the American's Got Talent performance, I worry it would get blocked, but if you want to see what Mikiko's dance group does, just check out: ELEVENPLAY x RZM 24 drones. (don't know if you want to do a reaction, that's all up to you)
Im glad babymetal was there for you after your rough day. Just wanted to let you know your title has a small error with the song name. Great reaction as always
I am not sure if they will upload the album same day as release as that would be unfair to those who have pre ordered but have not yet received their copy due to our amazing international shipping delays right now, but who knows? I don't think they have done a release in this way before, normally they debut the songs at concerts well before they put out the album so it isn't such a big deal, I know myself I would be disappointed if people were getting the songs for free when I paid for them before me, also the full concert dvd probably won't be until July if they follow how they normally do things, they do however stream a shorter version of the concert in Japan I think that is soon and there will be bootleg versions of that uploaded, but I have decided not to watch those as I want to wait for the real thing.
