9:32 9:32 I can’t remember, which band are you from that tours and books more seats than these? I know your “review” was somewhat positive by the end, but damn, when the jealous can’t do they teach. Eskimo Callboy has been cranking out in-house bangers for years. Maybe a little bit of comedy isn’t your thing, that’s fine, but no reason to sound so jealous about their success. Talent is talent and will always be, some have it and some don’t. Playing 7 string tuned down guitars and growling until your voice dies in 3 years isn’t always the way to go. If you want to make some money on RU-vid returns I would personally suggest shitting on some of the most popular songs in your genre. Have a good go at it mate
6:17 this is actually why Babymetal exists, in Japan when Babymetal got started the charts were pretty much completely taken over by Japanese pop idols (they actually found a way to break the charts system) so much so that the producer who used to work with bands was asked to work at the kids division. There he noticed a talented singer with a lout singing style and thought: what if I can combine her loud vocals with the loud metal music he loves... so Babymetal back story became: bring back more genres in general, especially metal to the charts/fore front/popularity, because the most popular metal bands are all old men at the time. How else bring in some youth by bringing in the opposite. 🙂 But what is interesting, unlike all the other groups in the company, they all had their usual funding, Babymetal did not, they had very little, because this was a silly idea on paper, a huge financial risk, the chance of this working at all. Even he thought it was a crazy idea and was uncertain, he talked to a lot of professionals including a former retired, and wiser, CEO and he told him: if you don't try this passion project, you will forever regret it.
Key Kobayashi (Kobametal) the producer behind Sakura Gakuin (the idol group where the girls are originally from) is a true metalhead. Not jrock, but true western metal music like Metallica, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, etc. The "Heavy Music Club" was nothing but a weird genre experiment in the beginning, an offshoot of SG, they had many of these one-off novelty experiments where they tried weird genre and style combinations, essentially throwing stuff at the wall to see what sticks. Some caught on, most didn't. But Koba's little gamble paid off, and the asinine mix of bubblegum jpop and face-flaying western metal actually took off. Literally nobody, not even Koba had any faith this would work, he was in utter disbelief and was scared to see his project's runaway success because he didn't plan for any of this. The girls didn't even know what metal music was back then, they were just playing along, so did the staff. Weirdly enough, just like the fans, the girls also actually started liking metal music and having fun with the project. The leadership at Amuse Inc. (their talent agency) also caught on and actually encouraged Koba to pursue this passion project of his. That's when Koba decided to separate Babymetal as it's own group and see how far they can take this madness. That's actually the reason behind the name "Babymetal" as it's supposed to signify the birth of a new genre: kawaii-metal.
@@Playbahnosh I would add some details: he wasn't the sole producer of Sakura Gakuin, there was bunch of people who were in charge, he was just 1 of them. Also I don't think Koba was scared, just very surprised it all worked out. Because he did a lot of planning or maybe I can call it skeeming in a good way. He was very unsure if it was even worth trying because he knew it was gonna be a lot of effort for something which was most likely to fail. Pretty certain Amuse didn't encourage him, but they did allow him to do it in this format as part of the bigger group, because they could allow it without financial investment/risk, a former CEO encouraged him to try it anyway, he could probably see his passion: "if you don't try it, you will always be left wondering."
@@autohmae Oh they were scared alright, not only because of BM's runaway success, but WHERE that success came from, namely overseas. It was (and in many ways still is) very friggin rare for a Japanese act to really break into the west, especially to the magnitude Babymetal did. The domestic market they could handle, but they had no idea what to do about the rapidly growing western fanbase they couldn't just ignore anymore. The novelty of mixing jpop with western metal drew crowds from both camps and then some, something they were not prepared for. When it came to their overseas presence, the producers and even the group itself underestimated themselves at basically every turn. Of course they read too much into the early criticism of BM being "just a manufactured industry plant" and "not real metal" and they fell into the impostor syndrome hard. They weren't used to western press and took it all as a sign they were not wanted, so they erred too far on the side of caution. That's why they had to change venues multiple times on their "world tour" because they kept selling out tickets at insane rates. They simply didn't think many people would wanna see them, and they didn't want to go halfway around the world only to play an empty venue. The turning point was Sonisphere 2014, especially when they got moved from a small side-stage to the friggin main stage. Instead of 1-2000 people, they had to perform in front of ~75,000 gruff EU metalheads. I know someone who was there at the time backstage, and the BM crew was scared shitless. There is no way to predict how a horde of drunk metalheads will react any given day, not to mention to three small Japanese girls "pretending to do metal". I mean, we've all seen the quick and harsh judgment rendered at bad performances at such events, flying expletives, beer bottles, rocks, camping chairs, etc. They were scared the girls and the band could actually get hurt, or worse. And not without reason... The fact it actually turned out great was no small miracle. I mean the fans who already loved them knew they were awesome, but that was a totally different crowd, most of whom never even heard of BM. Ironically, that was the very event that put them on the radar of many western metalheads. Even after years later their overseas success was something they couldn't really capitalize on, they had no idea how. It's safe to say Babymetal became one of (if not THE) most popular Japanese bands overseas, and they are still tripping over themselves as to what to do with it all. Road of Resistance was a great start, but since then their efforts look more like a lose firehose more than anything. Only recently they started to really get their act together.
When Babymetal came out i was as cynical about them as anyone. But they've got banging tunes, and in the time they have been together we saw One Direction rise and fall, and they were supposed to be the biggest thing ever. So you have to respect their relative longevity.
I am SOOOOOOO happy that someone else noticed the vengabus in there damn i been wondering if it was just me 😂🤣🤙🏻! Getting a new sub off that my dude cheers!
FOX_FEST started last night, and the singers from Electric Callboy joined BABYMETAL on stage for this song. That will probably happen tonight as well, or the audience will be very disappointed. : )
This is going to be a great live song . Love how the guys tried to keep up with BabyMetals' courography. Good luck trying to do that . The fun everyone seemed to be having just made me smile ❤😁🤘🏼🦊🤘🏼
Yeah their courography is so good and like coordinated, im very impressed both with babymetal for doing such good courography and eletric callboy guys for keeping up with them.
Many of their moves in the video were similar to what they do on stage live, so I would venture a guess that they did what comes naturally to them. IMO this is where EC shines... they lean into what comes naturally, and it's infectious in the best way. It was the cherry on top for me that they added in little bits of the Babymetal choreo to their own signature moves. I think they guys are better at dancing than they give themselves credit for!
@@henryextreme9210 BabyMetal has diffrent courography for each song that's around 70 songs and some very impressive courography I was not a fan of courography being a metal fan but then I watched BabyMetals after becoming a fan seeing it at a show is even more impressive 😁🤘🏼🦊
I'm just surprised ppl are surprised about thus collab. They are basically the guy and girl group of the same coin. They make metal fun. No longer is "metal" just some bearded Scandinavian trying to eat a mic while growling. Party Dance Metal is now a thing, and the world is better for it. Look at any Babymetal or EC concert, you have bearded metalheads smiling and headbanging next to some purple haired scene kid, or some parents that brought their 5yr old daughter in Babymetal cosplay. 😁😁😁🤘🦊🤘
Dude, I just found your channel through this reaction. The only thing this collab was missing was YOU. I've never subbed so hard. You are the third part of this trinity 😂🙂
Welcome to the Foxhole and BabyMetal's journey 🦊🤘🔥 Some reactors and fans couldn't wait for the official MV release, but you did a great job 🦊🤘🐭lol Most likely they will be playing this together at FOX_FEST Festival next weekend May 25 and 26 in Japan along with many more artists and bands such Polyphia so can't wait for the live version. The "hips don't lie" is definitely a Shakira reference. The "Fu Fu" (or more like "wu-uh wu-uh") part sounds like Backstreet Boys - Everybody female backing chorus and also I think I heard in a K-pop song, not sure which one. Btw I thought the second "Are you ready?" chorus was MomoMetal doing the backing growling but they didn't show that, we'll see in the live version. Love the euro trance elements mixed with metal, they also did it with Time Wave, one of my favorite BM song from latest album The Other One. There's probably more references but I'm so far away from pop culture nowadays that i probably missing a lot more. Next suggestion to keep enjoying BM songs: - METALI!! feat. Tom Morello official MV or official live. Thanks for sharing your thoughts about this. See you next time.🦊🤘🔥
BABYMETAL - RATATATA feat. Electric Callboy. Lyrics by: Kevin Ratajczak, Nico Sallach, Pascal Schillo, Daniel Haniß & MK-METAL Music by: NORiMETAL, Kevin Ratajczak, Nico Sallach, Pascal Schillo, Daniel Haniß Produced by: Kevin Ratajczak, Nico Sallach, Pascal Schillo, Daniel Haniß, KOBAMETAL Co-Produced by Manuel Renner [Lyrics] Every night when the sky turns red up above I feel the beat in my veins and I'm searching for love You know that hips don't lie, I leave you hypnotized Just give me one more try to make you feel that vibe And it goes Ra ta ta ta ta ta! My body is a weapon Ra ta ta ta ta ta! We're gonna hit the floor Ra ta ta ta ta ta! We're gonna make it happen Ra ta ta ta ta ta! Now gimme some more I will push it to the limit And everybody's feeling the sound of the night I don't wanna stop We push it to the limit Together we will crash the morning light Bu・Chi・A・Ga・Re! Bun Bun Bun Moving Bun Bun Bun Bun Bun (Fu! Fu!) Bun Bun Bun Shaking Bun Bun Bun Bun Bun (Fu! Fu!) Bun Bun Bun Jumping Bun Bun Bun Bun Bun (Fu! Fu!) Bun Bun Bun Stomping Bun Bun Bun Bun Bun Ah Ge! Kira to shichau Ah Ge! Fuwa to shichau Ah Ge! Doki to shichau Ah Ge! Koakuma shichaukedo Daijyoubu? Hitomi ni utsushita Egao no mahou de Wana ni sasoikomu And it goes Ra ta ta ta ta ta! My body is a weapon Ra ta ta ta ta ta! We're gonna hit the floor Ra ta ta ta ta ta! We're gonna make it happen Ra ta ta ta ta ta! Now gimme some more I will push it to the limit And everybody's feeling the sound of the night I don't wanna stop We push it to the limit Together we will crash the morning light Bu・Chi・A・Ga・Re! Bun Bun Bun Moving Bun Bun Bun Bun Bun (Fu! Fu!) Bun Bun Bun Shaking Bun Bun Bun Bun Bun (Fu! Fu!) Bun Bun Bun Jumping Bun Bun Bun Bun Bun (Fu! Fu!) Bun Bun Bun Stomping Bun Bun Bun Bun Bun I'm here for the moment Here for the beat Here for the love And the friends I need You know that I'll be there for good I'm here for the moment Here for the beat Here for the love And the friends I need You know that I'll be there for good RA TA TA TA! I go fucking crazy 'cause I'm waiting for the drop Are you ready? (Are you ready?) Let's GO! So tell me baby can I get a (Fu! Fu!) So hear me now (Fu! Fu!) You know what I want (Fu! Fu!) Now everybody's getting down I will push it to the limit And everybody's feeling the sound of the night I don't wanna stop We push it to the limit Together we will crash the morning light Bu・Chi・A・Ga・Re! Bun Bun Bun Moving Bun Bun Bun Bun Bun (Fu! Fu!) Bun Bun Bun Shaking Bun Bun Bun Bun Bun (Fu! Fu!) Bun Bun Bun Jumping Bun Bun Bun Bun Bun (Fu! Fu!) Bun Bun Bun Stomping Bun Bun Bun Bun Bun Everybody (Fu! Fu!) Out of control (Fu! Fu!) Everybody (Fu! Fu!) Out of control (Fu! Fu! Fu! Fu!) Now everybody's getting down
Agreed. I've seen over 500 bands, including absolute giants like Metallica, *insert whatever band* BABYMETAL honestly....put them all to shame. Seriously. I've seen them twice. They TWICE put basically almost every band out there to shame (except maybe ECB now, and also another japanese band, BAND-MAID....who also absolutely rocked it. 🙂) Shoutout to "The House of Blues" in Chicago.
You said some important things here! Maybe Metal music was kinda niche-taste because it always was pretty serious and aggressive. There is still enough room for bands to tell us how bad the world is (f.e. in Hardcore Punk or Deathcore, which i absolutely love), but music in common isn't primarily an instrument to raise the world's intelligence, but to give people a good time!
The thing I've found about EC songs is they may not be the most intricate or nature, but they are SO refined, they are so efficient that it's actually genius.
7:30 Ratatata actually has a defined meaning in the German/eastern european techno/house music scene. It's a reference to a specific blast beat before a drop. Essentially used to to say "This shits about to be hype af". In the Dominican Republic, It's also Slang for 'This is something extraordinary' I'm Only bringing this up because Electric Callboy and BabyMetal's lyrics can sometimes seem pretty simple, but they're in all actuality VERY purposeful lyrically. Electric Callboy is known for Double Entendre', Usually of the thinly veiled Sexual variety... And BabyMetal is known for Double/triple entendre' of the more poetic variety. Germany has standalone homophones... but also utilizes a lot of homophonic language prefaced via prefixes Germanic Dual Homophones: Die Leiter / der Leiter (the ladder / the leader), die Taube / der Taube (the pigeon / the deaf person) Or even a Triplicate Homophone (Of which Japanese has far more triplicates) Das Tor / der Tor (the football goal / the gate / fool) So It doesn't surprise me that Both bands, especially BabyMetal, built the song around a slang phrase with (Internationally) multiple definitions. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (Also, here's a little more info on why this makes sense to someone who knows BOTH Japanese, German, and English...) and who is familiar with contemporary Poetry/lyrics in all three languages. For the sake of more easily explaining this, I'll be focusing on Japanese because it's the most complex of the three (Thus allowing more definitions to be packed within few words) The Japanese language for instance, has a lot of inbuilt double entendres as the language utilizes homographs. A homograph is a word with on spelling but with a different meanings and sometimes pronunciation... and these meanings are only identifiable via the context in which the word is couched within OR by pitch accents (A pitch accent refers to the different ways a word's pitch rises or falls at various parts of the word) So... by intonation, a word can have two, three... or sometimes four different meanings. This allows for Japanese to be both, one of the most complex and versatile languages on the planet. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Even many Native Japanese speakers have issues with the homophonic qualities of their own language. Like... look at this.... and then the english translation lmao... Japanese: 駐車場で注射した - And Phonetically... ---> "Kisha no kisha ha kisha de kisha shita." English: Your reporter returned to the company by train. Like... FUCKING WUT MATE? lmfao Anyways..! ...I've already prattled on long enough here XD. My point is that BabyMetal's Lyrics will often have multiple meanings depending on how they're sung/pronounced. ...Even some of the repeated Hooks in certain songs which might sound, to a native English speaker, like the same word, will have homophonic intonations which completely change the lyrics into something with layers upon layers of hidden context. The problem is with translation from Japanese into English, you're only getting 1/2 to 1/3 of the meaning sometimes. Truly understanding the lyrics requires having at the very least, a cursory understanding of Japanese language and sentence structure, which is a shame :( (It's also why you'll see a lot of Babymetal videos on youtube with different captions/subtitles depending on who translated it) PS: Absolutely loved your reaction, and Welcome to the Foxhole!
They've been gaining a lot of traction over the past year or so. Lots of banger songs. Defo check them out 😁 Their first big song was 'We Love Sweets' But what really blew them up was 'Pardon Me I Have To Go Now' it went viral for them on shorts media like Tiktok. Some recent songs were 'Be the Gal' 'Otaku lovely densetsu' and most recently 'Girls Talk' just came out a few weeks ago.
If you like catchy, genrebending metal, you should check out Diablo Swing Orchestra. They don't have that one style like EC but rather every song on an album is a different genre mix. I suggest you start with "Superhero Jagganath" for the overall wonderful weirdness and as it has a video. Aside from the metal, which is a given, it goes into Pop, Operatics, Hawaii era Elvis and more. Then "War Painted Valentine", which also has a vid and goes into a latin rhythms direction. Then "Malign Monologues" which is more straightforward on the swingy jazz side, but is probably most accurately described as what the main villain's song would sound like if Disney made a James Bond movie. "Out Came the Hummingbirds" is catchy af, giving 80s pop, dark wave vibes. And that's just four songs of the *same* album. They are super diverse, having all kinds of influences from Mariachi sounds to Disco. Just check them out, you won't be disappointed.
You right, we need these heavy x pop mashups and it's why groups like Electric Callboy and Babymetal have rose to prominence so quickly. There's no point in gatekeeping against such groups, they create the gateway for more people to get into metal and keep the genre alive.
i love both bands.. and on papir this make so much sense.. for me there is somthing off. on paper it should be the perfect match. Love both bands still.
Weird coincedence novelist has a song called prisoner and the female singer says ratata in it. Missy elliot has work it (This the kinda beat that go ra-ta-ta Ra-ta-ta-ta, ta-ta-ta-ta-ta)
Smoke on the Water, The Immigrant Sing, Crazy Train were MAF during their time and were assimilated by pop culture... Here you go, EC/BM, this will go far!!! 🤘🏻😂👍🏻
This song is a bigger piss take than you might think, almost every line and every melody is taken from various 90's techno/disco songs. It is absolutely brilliant...
Have you looked at the Croatian entry in this year's Eurovision Song Contest? Rim Tim Tagi Dim by Baby Lasagna is an interesting song for its highly repetitive nature. The lyrics of this three minute song in English have - 433 words in total - 59 separate words - six words "rim", "tim", dagi", "digi", "dim" and "whoa" make up half the song's entire word count. It is an interesting song, it didn't win but came second. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-YIBjarAiAVc.html Enjoy!
@@TreyXavierReacts For me, a European, I have watched the Eurovision Song Contest since my youth (I remember seeing ABBA win in 1974) but as I was more into Punk, Hardcore and the alternative music scene (and Classical music too!) I have always viewed the ESC as an ethnographic study of an exotic tribe. The voting patterns and the language choices (Belgium has entered songs in made up languages My favourite is Urban Trad. at 2003 Eurovision which came second ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-mAakKDY2dWQ.html ) Enjoy!
I’m just learning this today, so that’s some new music education for me. Buuuuuut it’s still a nonsense word hahaha. Most genre names are though. Like “jazz”
Hmmm….i agree with your points on reparation, but if you want to see someone do music that hits hard and it doesn’t repeat, check out Ren. Some of his songs have hooks, but his most impactful ones don’t. Kinda blows your theory out of the water. No disrespect intended,. Like I said, in most cases you’re right, but, composition is a lot about what the artist can bring to the piece. It’s also a perspective. If you can listen to a song and THEN realize there was no hook after thoroughly enjoying it, well…that’s something special.
You do realize that this isn't just an Electric Callboy track. This is a 50/50 collaboration, but you don't even mention Babymetal in your final "thoughts". Babymetal is WAY more diverse and creative than Electric Callboy will ever be. EC has a formula, and that's who they are. Where as Babymetal strives to NEVER sound the same track to track. The artistically challenging part of this song was not Callboy's part, since this is at least three of their song's exact formula, but Babymetal, who has NEVER done a song that sounds like this. You gush over the wrong band...
Well this was probably much more difficult than expected. While Band ine stumbles from room to room Band 2 renembers that they learned acting years ago. And their different sizes meant zhat every shot was forced perspective.
