Musicians REACT to BABYMETAL METALI! With Tom Morello 

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It was confirmed in interview, that momometal is the one doing the old lady voice. She is a perfect fit in babymetal, i'am so happy.

How can people think it's not Momoko? Maybe they weren't a fan of hers before she joined Babymetal, but that's her voice, I know it. Momoko is known because she loves monologues, in Sakura Gakuin she did several of them. She also has experience in theater, and she has mentioned that she loves it, and this is just an Traditional Kabuki theater monologue, perfect to her. Also to top it off her dad is a famous comedian who has told stories in the Kabuki style as well. What we didn't know is that she could make a guttural scream like the one she did at the concert yesterday, that did surprise me.

祭りだ！わっしょい！！🏮 It was the same with megitsune, when a song has a lot of Japanese culture in it, it is difficult to explain. Read only if you are interested, as the content may be a little removed from the song itself. METALI is a word that adds METAL and 祭り(Matsuri=festival). And this song is a representation of a Japanese 夏祭り(Natsu Matsuri=summer festival). For us Japanese, these sound and lyrics make our Matsuri blood boil. Matsuri is the heart of the Japanese people. It is said that there are a total of 300,000 festivals in Japan, both large and small. Matsuri means a ritual for worshiping Gods or Buddha, or an event held in gratitude towards nature. 神輿(Mikoshi=portable shrine) is a carriage for Gods. In the festival, Japanese people get around the Mikoshi and carry it on their shoulders in order to worship Gods. While carrying the Mikoshi, the carriers will yell "Wasshoi, Wasshoi" or "Soiya, Soiya" or "Sore, Sore".(However, the calls vary considerably from region to region.) 神輿(Mikoshi=portable shrine) and お囃子(Ohayashi=festival music) of Matsuri have a history of more than 1,000 years and are etched in the DNA of the Japanese people. "Pii hyara" in the lyrics is the sound of a 篠笛(Shino bue=transverse flute) used at Matsuri. "Dokkoisho" is the voice used when lifting heavy objects, but it is also used in shouting. MOMOMETAL speaks in the middle, that is 歌舞伎(kabuki) speaking. The lyrics "Odorin chai" and "Utain chai" are in the dialect of SU-METAL's birthplace, Hiroshima. In standard language, the words are "Odori nasai" and "Utai nasai", meaning "you should dance" and "you should sing". If you are interested in Mikoshi, musical performances, etc., please search youtube for these characters and watch the videos. When the Japanese see this, our blood starts to boil. Mikoshi＞ "2011 焼津神社荒祭 1" ohayashi(festival music)＞ "お囃子乱舞！" Festival dance＞ "REDA舞神楽 【YOSAKOIソーラン大賞披露演舞】" From Japan🦊

Su's vocal techniques on this song are unlike anything we've heard her do before, she's on the attack. The aggressiveness of her delivery is amazing.

The speaking voice IS Momoko. There was a live version of the song that was leaked and she ever did a growl saying "Are you ready" befrore the instrumental drops again.

Great reaction again! Su sings,"FORM A CIRCLE! " = "Wakka ni natte" . We know fans at live concerts will obey!

During the talking part Momoko was centre stage at yesterdays concert and there was a scream/shout added. Japanese fans where insistent it was Momoko, but you never know with translation issues. I'm sure someone can provide you with the fancam. There's a Kami band intro and lots of back & forth talk with all three members and the crowd. They'll likely perform Metali at Summer Sonic this weekend. The second day with BABYMETAL will be livestreamed by WOWOW. BABYMETAL Tube are showing it live and someone will capture it.

When I first heard the song, and the monologue part came on, I was like, that’s 100% momoko, and the longer it went on, the more I became sure it was momoko, after the MV it’s 200% momoko! And I’m in love with it

Yes, Is Momoko!

I've grown to love Japanese culture, and this song showcases it brilliantly, including the monologue part. 🤘🦊🤘

The old lady voice was MOMOMETAL.

Sound more like a Japanese traditional folk music or folk festival. it's the strains of traditional instruments "KOTO, SHAMISEN or BIWA". it's gonna be a Babymetal fans folk party.

How in the hell does a heavy metal song have a funk groove? It's AWESOME!!!

I understand why people say it’s like PAPAYA…although not the same aound, both songs are based in Japanese style summer festival

Yooooo, you guys isolating different parts of this song is awesome and really shows what Tom contributed! The Fox God is pleased.

" wasoi , wasoi ' is Moa " old lady " is Momoko

Babymetal doing what they do best; being strange and awesome. Love that Momo got her own part.

This one is a straight bop. I can dig it a lot more than their other recent stuff. Feels a lot more like the experimental vibe of their first album.

Ayeee, glad you got this guys. Now wasshoi wasshoi and get ready for this at live, it'll be totally a banger fo sho!🦊🤘🎸

The usual BM experience when hearing a new song from them. Firstly confused with the new sound, it starts getting catchy. And now i'm at the stage i just know that this will absolutely slap live. Can't wait to hear this live in December :D

They are not afraid to do any type collaboration I hope more established musicians will want to work with Su and the BabyMetal team

In my opinion as a Japanese, this song is a Japanese festival in full swing, both the lyrics and the music are Japanese festivals themselves!

People relate this to Papaya, because both songs are about festivals. Where Papaya was about a summer festival, Metalli is about a metal festival, in a metal village, but a more traditional Shinto festival. And they're shouting "wasshoi". Something you say at festivals, like "sore sore" and "dokoisho". Just traditional chants. That spoken part, is Momoko doing and old lady impersonation. And yeah... Su's singing is totally different. Feels more adult, just like her singing in a lower registry . 🤘🏻🦊🤘🏻

This song? It's like a summer party anthem with that traditional festival vibe. You have no idea how crazy it's gonna get in Japan! This will be dangerous! The traditional festival will break out in the venue and the roof will be blown off and fans will be all compressed and die. Omg, Gotta keep an eye out. lol…"

I'm perplexed at how *angrily* people were insisting that it wasn't Momoko doing the spoken word version, even insisting that nobody who saw the concert said it was her. And now the music video is out, and turns out it was Momoko the whole time :P

The Meta-Ondo of the Meta-Village Festival It's a festival It's a festival Let's get together, form a circle, form a circle, let 's dance Pihyara! Metamura Niki-san, Neki-san, it's a festival It's a festival Come join us, form a circle, form a circle, let's all sing! That's it, that's it, where are you! Dancing idiots see idiots If you're the same idiot, why don't you dance ? If you don't dance, you'll sing If you don't sing, you'll dance Dance here, dance, dance, dance I can't go home! Dance! Dance! Dance! That's it! Shake it! Shake it! That's right! That's right! Sing! Sing! Sing! That's it! Scream! Scream! That's right! That's right! Wasshoi! Wasshoi! Wasshoi! Wasshoi! Wasshoi! Wasshoi! Wasshoi! Wasshoi! Whether you're asleep or awake, where are you? Wasshoi! Wasshoi! Wasshoi! Wasshoi! Wasshoi! Wasshoi! Wasshoi! Where are the cats and ladle

this song totally reminds me of a Japanese summer festival. I can see a music video where the girls are on a Mikosh (float like shrine) being carried around while singing this song.

I do love how you guys really dig into the production stuff nowadays. Really makes your reactions unique, particularly with bands that you know very well. Keep it up boys. Alwayts happy to see teh two man moshpit as well 😀

It is definitely Momoko. She has used this exact (but a bit younger) voice in a couple of Sakura Gakuin skits.

This will be fun at live shows (as the fan cam from yesterday's concert suggested) - lots of opportunities for the crowd to join in too.🤘🦊🤘

I totally love this since this song again makes us frown, what’s this all about, but is absolutely awesome! Yah, as adult musicians this is a great vector to me. The musical elements sound like inspired by Bon-odori(traditional mid August dance festival), Awa-odoriferous(..another local and traditional all night dancing festival…their saying is “hey dancing fools and watching fools..as are the same fools..it’s your waste if not dancing!” that Momo-metal is saying in Japanese in the middle, followed by ‘Metali! metal!’, posing like a Kabuki actor’s to show up their faces to the audiences.

WASSHOI WASSHOI WASSHOI WASSHOI

That thing that Su did with her vocals (is it yodeling?) in Shanti and Metalizm, is getting workout in this song.... I love the Japanese Kabuki theater feel of the song, with Momoko doing that narration bit in the middle....I'm all smiles.... Especially after that very confusing collab of Lil Uzi Vert.... Metali makes everything right in the Babymetal world.... Can't help headbanging all through this song.... Now I'm just waiting for some pro shot from a concert or even a music video for this....😁😁😁😁😁🤘🦊🤘

I can imagine the audience shouting the weird old lady monologue then going apeshit sibging Washoi! Washoi! Washoi!

The old lady voice was momo but didn’t add her growl in the video on here but it is on the live version of someone recording it

The Momo breakdown and Su's verses are tops! This is the first Babymetal post 2017/Yui era that gets me hyped! This gets back to the fun without stretching beyond who they are at the core.

Momoko totally kill it on the Kabuki, Queen of Monologue! Moa said that's Momo's, and that will be Momo.

From what I understand it is Momo on the speaking interlude, when they played this live earlier in the week she was the one who did it and she also did some growling after the speaking part

people who attended their concert where they performed this confirmed it to be Momometal

Su's belt is fantastic!! She has never used that much vibrato before!!

This feels like NEW Kawaii Metal. It is the same genre as the early Babymetal but with 2023 Babymetal

I agree, this has a very Japanese summer festival feel. The video even shows the giant lantern at the Senso-ji.

Welcome back BABYMETAL very happy 😁😁😁.

im so fucking addicted to this song rn

Great reaction/analysis as always, thanks! This is absolutely 🔥🔥🔥 And yes, this is a way more proper collaboration. But this is an actual BABYMETAL song, so... 😎 Interesting chat, btw. Some need to watch more SG videos with Momoko speaking. She also speaks like that on that musical she did years ago. Also fans reported she took the center of the stage to perform it yesterday at the Apocrypha concert. But I can't 100% assure it because I wasn't there. 🤘🦊

🍅💀🍅 🏮🦊🏮 Wasshoi Wasshoi It is weird and I love it !!! !

Fantastic reaction guys and brilliant breakdowns! Thank you! BTW love the song from first hearing!!

🤘🦊🤘🔥🔥 This song is crazy crowd hyping with tons of crowd participation. This will be too much fun LIVE. No Momoko growl in the studio version though. But YES she DID growl as she yelled "Are you ready?!" in the LIVE performance according too the people that were actually THERE. Despite what the one person who was having a fit about it in the stream was saying. Momoko apparently had a dance solo too. I guess Koba felt it was time for Momoko to shine a bit. 🤘🦊🤘

すーちゃんの声をちゃんと評価してくれているね( * ॑꒳ ॑*)♡

This is the new BABYMETAL it's it's how the song is introduced in a short teaser with a link to the full version

I like this direction. Hopefylly more of it in the future.

I take back what I said in the live chat about the speaking part not being momo, I wasn't accustomed to her voice but since hearing her speak more I think its her.

The official video is out and in it Momo-Metal performed the talking bit, so.. I'm guessing yes, she did do it?!

If they're going to integrate shamisens then they should try and do a collab with Beni Ninagawa from Wagakki Band.

Kabuki-Metal

Omg, this literally sounds like everything Babymetal has ever done...which is to say that it sounds completely different from everything else they do, and I LOVE it!

As always Babymetal never fails to surprise and do the unexpected. Tom Morello’s influence is all over this song, so it sounds quite funky and different to most Babymetal songs, and Su is really expanding her vocal range and repertoire. According to the kitsune who were at Apocrypha, the spoken word part in the middle is Momo. She’s done some stage acting and has been known to do voices, so I think it’s her.

Sup guys, Great breakdown.

Su never stops evolving.

I think they just confirmed in an interview that the interlude part is Momo!

The way Su sings in this song, I imagine her wearing ripped faded jeans, oversized t-shirt, and black boots! This song sounds aggressive but fun!

That bass is nasty on this track man big props 😮‍💨👏🏾

"wasshoi" is japanese carnival's shout with "omikoshi"

The "wasshoi" in this song is the "festival chants" commonly used in the Japanese traditional festival "maturi", which is used in MEGITSUNE, and METALI! is thrilled to be the best "maturi maturi" music from the Japanese point of view. KARATE's "seiya,soiya" is also a festival chants used in "maturi". PA PA YA! also has "maturi" lyrics.

I loved the middle part with its Kabuki Theatre vocalisation; has that ever been done on a metal track before?

Its a great song, reminds me of papaya abit and i absolutely love it

Hey @Dicodec, what is the audio program you're using in the video? I love that you can split the sounds like that! I'd love to take a look at that software and play around with some songs with that!

This reminds me of old school dicodec reactions 😂

You never know what to expect with Babymetal, you just know its gonna blow your mind 🤘

yeaaaah!!! WOSHOI! WOSHOI! WOSHOI!! WOSHOI!!!....i love this song!!I imagine the song live! the fans will freak out!!! form circle and all the other 'shenanigans'

Amazing reaction as usual:)

The way Su is singing Wasshoi almost sounds like an Australian accent like at 8:21 on your clip.

🤘🦊🤘

WASSHOI!!!!

this song like a Wagakki Band with Su Voice

The riff sounds a lot like Gaddaar from Bloodywood.

9:55 Well to be fair Alan, the one with Lil' Uzi Vert was his song, featuring Babymetal, this one is Babymetal's song featuring Tom Morello. Besides, people who knows Tom Morello at least a little bit, understand that they're more "in tune" with each other's musically.

Dance + moshing🎉

For those who don't know, "Wasshoi" means "hurrah!"

Su's a vocal genius man. I am so happy hearing her singing a new style. Very versatile. Can't wait for this live😭😭. Cool that the monologue or something was Momoko, she has her own center stage. I couldn't recognize it because I never heard her talk, I thought it was an old lady, lol. She did great (if it was really her).

Better than any other collaboration? Including Road of Resistance? xD In an interview the girls confirmed it was Momoko, but at Summer Sonic they didn't do it live it, it was on a backing track, so we can't be 100% sure. In the same interviews, the girls said that this song is kinda like a mix of Megitsune and Papaya, and I kinda agree :D Papaya because it has the summer festival feeling, and Megitsune for the traditional japanese feeling. WASSHOI WASSHOI

Hey.... i have that same t-shirt on right now

Good song. About Su's singing style while it's unmistakenly her, all I can describe here is she's singing it aggressively with a little bit of Enka style here and there and I love it. 👍

🔥🤘🏻🤘🏻🔥

It's not a different tone, it's Suzan from Megitsune tone 🤌🤌🤌

🤘😁🤘

This is freakin awesome…. Once again the bar is raised. Su is on fire

This is a Feat i NEVER SAW Coming

So good

it's totally Momoko

METALI!!メタり！どっこいしょ!!!dokkoishow!

I absolutely love Su's "wasshoi". This song is a "Brett" as we say in Germany. But, Momoko's part takes me completely out of the song. -.-

Where did you get the stems? Cool.. 🙂

I like the tempo...it's a pump up jam but it's right at my walking pace and it immediately courses from my ears to my extremities.

Yo quiero saber dónde compran o que software tienen las pistas individuales _.

This has a really cool funky vibe to it,best collab so far in my opinion. What we need now is a Rob Halford collab 🦊🤘

This song likss Momoiro clover Z songs.and Hibari Misora‘s ”Omatsuri Mambo.”

Now that the music video is out I bet the hymnodic guy from the chat is feeling really dumb. He said “people just spreading bs” and the only one spreading bs was him.

who do you have the song split in all the instruments and stuff?