NEW BABYMETAL Collab and Other Japanese Music News 

Sorry I missed the show live. Always great to see all four of you together! It's the high point of my week.

10 years ago DragonForce had to sneak BABYMETAL onstage at a festival to play with them. Now DF will be opening a show for BM in San Francisco, it's an interesting example of the twists and turns a career in music can take you on

0:00 Intro. Being put on the spot 26:00 New Babymetal collab with F.Hero and Bodyslam 37:55 Scaring Wave with grindcore 42:15 Babymetal 56:10 News, Jiluka, Rolling Quartz, Little Lilith, Band-Maid, Nemophila 1:10:00 Top Ten

Great background, Ryan. You do amazing on every request I ask on Thursdays.. even the Crooner classics! Thanks for sharing about that 🥰 miss ya

26:10 start the talking about the BM collab video YOu guys are the first ones I hear calling him "fero". Every one else calls him "ef hero" 🤣

F.HERO is stand for F*cking HERO (in Thai f*cking = ฟักกลิ้ง "rolling pumpkin")

I find more people are accepting of Babymetal when I show them either their new stuff or their newer performances of their older stuff. The shock factor of them performing young only goes so far. I find that potential fans are more likely to like them with their more mature voices. After I've shown them some newer stuff, I'll show them a couple earlier performances to show them where they came from.

Nemophila did a Girl's Day event with a hina doll display with the Butt Detective as the emperor.

Hey Ryan, I will see you in Minneapolis. Sorry Wave will be out of town.

🍅💀🍅 🤘🏼🦊🤘🏼 I love the new collab but its kinda weird, that none talked about actual lyrics of the song, which are sooooo good......

Looks like Ryan is in an asylum.😂😂😂

XG BTW is from Avex the same company as the outstanding Wagakki Band. Which i very highy recommend!! Avex also was home to probably the biggest Japanese artist of all time. Namie Amuro was a juggernaut a monolith even! Her retirement concert drew 260,000. Making it one of the most successful tours ever for a Japanese artist. It was even broadcast in theatres across the county. If Namie put her name on anything it sold out instantly. She was also a fashion icon diva. ____________________________________________ Spearheading the amuraa movement among Japanese teens. Which focuses on tan skin, short skirts and platform combat boots. Otherwide known as Gyaru girls which was pretty extreme at one time but far more modest now. XG in contrast is not being marketed as a either a J-Pop or K-Pop group. They perform mostly in English & Japanese and are focusing on the global market. They are definitely very very good though. Might explain their growing global fanbase here.

It would be very cool if one of the band's invited to play Fox Fest was Nemophilia, that way they could collab on Megitsune 🦊🤘

Their best collaboration yet and what is even better. Momoko has really proven herself with this one. She is a beast and has apparently been taking notes from Nemophila lol. Ladies really seem to be in their element now. I didn't think it was possible to match Kingslayer & yet here we are. Never underestimate the power of the Fox Gods!! 🤘🦊🔥

I don’t think BABYMETAL ever pronounced his name that way. In fact, Sue called him F. Hero to introduce him to the audiences in Japan and Thailand on two separate occasions when he performed as a special guest.

The coolest part of Leave It All Behind for me was when Moa and Momoko had their moment. This will be a big song for all three acts.

Sorry guys this podcast is trash

Is F.Hero supposed to be pronounced "Fero" which sounds like 'pharaoh', or is it F then Hero? I always thought the latter.