WHAT?! | Worship Drummer Reacts to "Ratatata" by BABYMETAL & Electric Callboy 

Did you notice how awesome Kevin turned away at the end?

TanktheTech said they were working on a behind the scenes; Kevin and Nico said Babymetal went to a show in Boston and they met backstage, and the collab came from the two bands meeting. Also Kevin and Nico had a reaction to reactions, and they gave a little information, not much. They said the last part of the song was all due to Babymetal; that they had written two versus and Babymetal wanted to extend t, and they are glad it happened as they feel the song is perfect as it turned out. Also that the girls are very professional and perfectionists, and they learned a lot from the girls. Which given the chaos of EC lasted about a week. I hope they do more this is a good pairing of styles. Happy metal

Probably one of the most fun videos of the year. Seeing the guys 'dad dancing' behind the impeccably choreographed BabyMetal was priceless. Very much an Electric Callboy rather than BabyMetal style but the 2 fused wonderfully.

Babymetal and Electric Callboy are two of the most unorthodox and polarizing bands in the metal scene because they like to blend metal with other musical style and have fun with it, so it makes perfect sense that they would get together and create something as outrageously catchy and fun as this. Babymetal attended Electric Callboy's concert in Boston late last year while they were on their own world tour and apparently the bands met backstage after the show and it was during that meeting that the idea of doing a collab first came up. In a video a couple of days ago, Kevin and Nico were talking about the making of the song, and they said it went through 21 iterations as it passed back and forth between both bands before they settled on the final version only when they were shooting the music video. Yes, that hand gesture is the "Fox Sign". That is the sign of the Fox God, the god of metal that Babymetal serves. According to Babymetal lore, the Fox God chose the members of group to be his champions to save metal from the tyranny of the idols. You will see them doing that constantly as part of their dance choreography and in promo images. At Babymetal live shows, fans don't do the metal horns, we do the "Fox Sign".

Months before this happened, Babymetal were spotted (and photographed) at an Electric Callboy concert. Did this spark off the collaboration, or was an agreement reached before? Only the Fox God knows 😉

I heard that KobaMetal ( the dude behind BM )is a Electric Callboy fan and they came to the EC show in Boston last year when both bands were touring in the US so that’s probably how this came about. BTS is in the works it seems and Kevin and Nico did a reaction to the reactionvideo’s which is fun and they tell stuff about the collab.

Thanks again from Japan 有難う💛. BABYMETAL will return to USA and go on tour from Nov. thru Dec. to perform 16 concerts at 15 venues. I fortunately witnessed the live debut and the second performance of RATATATA by BABYMETAL and Electric Callboy together in the two-day Fox_Fest on May 25 / 26 in Japan. Fun, happy, exhilarating, bubbly... Those words I could think of, as you can imagine. There were many mosh / circle pits over there 😄 . The song was played in the BABYMETAL's setlist in the festival. So the band in the back of the girls and Nico / Kevin was BM's West Kami Band in place of EC band that played in this MV. On this 50:50 collaboration basis, that was great, too. The interchangeability between the two versatile bands is good. EC boys can join BM concerts and BM girls can show up in EC's worldwide 😍 (EC boys has already played this song on their own in Sweden without BM's intervention 🤣 There is a video in YT. )

Also this song just keeps growing on you. I have lost track of how many times I have heard it 😂 It fades so perfectly on the end to the beginning of you put it on repeat 😂

The song of the summer! It gets stuck in my head every time I hear it! I need more baby metal and electric callboy songs in my life. Thanks for the reaction! Tank the tech said electric call boy are going to do a making of the video of this song!

A great collaboration that I didn't know I needed!

Best collaboration ever. 🤘🦊🤘

An epic collab to be sure, and an incredible song; it sounds like it could be in a Disney animated musical. And the "ooha- ooha" part brings to mind the anniversary party in Fix-it Felix's apartment in the movie "Wreck-it Ralph" ("Fix-it Felix, ooha-ooha"). 😁 That hand sign is a "kitsune" (Japanese for "fox" - it's part of BABYMETAL lore) Keep rockin’ BABYMETAL!!! KITSUNE UP!!! 🤘🦊🤘

There is gonna be a behind the scenes video😊

"The Turn of Kevin" at The End!

Best as I can tell here's how this all started. Koba (Babymetal's producer) took BM to an Electric Callboy show in Boston. They all met after the concert and things moved on from there. This obviously has a very EC format to it. That said Kevin and Nico have both commented that this was a true 50/50 collab from the start. There is a behind the scenes video in the works. No word as to when that's to be released but it should be great. Every indication including their mounting number of live performances of this is there is a great affection between the two bands.

Yay, you got it unblocked! Too much fun, thanks!

Great reaction! 👍 Saw EC on the 5th of june just a few days ago at Sweden Rock Festival and I'm totaly over the moon 😍 Did not expect it but they played this one to 😃 without BM though. I think the girls also do it on their own to 😊 There will be a making of coming, EC have comented this on another reaction channel

Great reaction. I love the fact that SU and Nico’s voice match so good and Momoko and Kevin’s growls are amazing. You can here the difference Kevin’s first Are you ready and Momokos second Are you ready and also in Everybody. Great collaboration we didn’t know we needed. Keep up the good work.

Wiiii. Yay! Finally. 🥰

This song is so great gonna be THE song of summer 2024!!! The Duo we needed! I am actually not a fan of Baby Metal as in they are not in my playlists. I would see them live 100%, the EDM electronics tho I think work way better with Baby Metals voices, imo. Too bad you didn't this up within first 3 days Electric Callboy just made a reaction video for the reactions to this video! A lot of cool bts content tho. Partycore forever!🎉🎉🎉

You should watch some playthroughs and drum cams by Patrick Galante. He plays for Ice Nine Kills, and is an incredibly drummer. He also do backing vocals live

👍👍👍An awesomely awesome performance. These two amazing bands always deliver 🔥🔥🔥 and 😁😁😁. This was a colab made in heaven, the fox god and 🤔. Great reaction.🦊 🖖❤

BABY METAL🔥🤘🦊🤘🔥EC💕

Maybe do a live song from EC next. See how that goes with the copyright? Maybe the sun song KURWA SONG. 😄 Or another live song; we got the moves (Hamburg live on stage POV) 😄

There will be BTS! Also they talked about the song in the reactions to reactions they did 😄

Only the Fox God will tell 🦊

Welcome back to the Foxhole and yep, that's the fox sign 👉🦊🤘🔥 It seems this reaction was blocked and released just today, anyway glad you got this unblocked. You'll see some comments talking about how cool was one of the EC singers when doing that turn around at the end, that's a reference to a reaction vid they did a couple of days ago. Last weekend of May they played this song at FOX_FEST Festival in Japan along with Electric Callboy, everyone went bonkers with this awesome collab, pretty sure it's gonna be the hit of this summer. Hopefully they will play this at Download Festival too or any other festival. They recently announced a new US Tour in November so don't miss the chance to see them live if they're around your city. Polyphia were also there playing a set and the guitarists Tim Henson and Scott Le Page played together with BM the song Brand New Day, they're special guest in the album version, they were looking for this since a very long time ago and also fans waited for this. Next suggestion to meet another super collab they did recently: - F.Hero x Bodyslam x BabyMetal - Leave It All Behind official MV. They actually met in Boston last year when BM went to see them live and ask them for a collab. EC did a reaction video talking about tidbits of the making of this song but they said it's gonna be a bts coming soon. See you next time 🦊🤘🐭

Yes this about right, but for Babymetal this was no new idea yKingslayer abd Leave it all behind were a kind of Firedrilö for this, i would xall it rent a Babymetal concept. They are pushed out of their comfort zone and bands can rent Babymetal singing to their music.