BABYMETAL - Gimme chocolate!! (REACTION!) // Kawaii METAL?!?

[@alexander_sinclair]

Actually Poppy is influenced by Babymetal. Nice reaction. I suggest Pa Pa Ya by Babymetal.

[@haceroxane6964]

I do not want you to think that this song is all about BabyMetal. If you listen to some other songs, you'll get to know a different side of BabyMetal. I recommend Road of resistance live in Japan, headbanger, and Rond of nightmare.

[@Jordan-Ramses]

This is the best side :-). A lot of metal bands are heavy. Only Babymetal is cute. But of course it's better to have more sides.

[@ForAnAngel]

Side to side headbanging is actually Babymetal's unique style of headbanging. Check out their live performance of Headbanger from their Legend 1997 concert to see what I mean.

[@FastWa1ker]

I back this suggestion and guess the link may be of some use: kzbin.info/www/bejne/h3bWgJSDl7N5rdk

[@mr.osclasses5054]

And for the mosh pits, you gotta check out "Road of Resistance" Live in Japan!

[@LSines2015]

A lot of what Poppy does now is very BABYMETAL inspired. Poppy herself has said she’s a big fan of them. BABYMETAL has been around for 10 years now. Their first song “Doki Doki Morning” was recorded in 2010 when Su-metal was 12 years old and Yui and Moa were 10 years old.

[@BsEIYxin]

Its effing nuts to think of the age of those girls. How the eff was the life for them at that age??

[@martinmetal7481]

@@BsEIYxin they had to do school work as well as all the music dancing ect . Su was singing from early age at acting school and then within the idol group Sakura Gakuin. Which BABYMETAL was a sub unit . There still here 10 years later loving what they do you can see it in there performances . They are treated like royalty by the company . 🤘🦊🤘

[@autohmae]

@@BsEIYxin Babymetal got started when Suzuka/Su-metal was 12 years old. By that age she was already almost 10 years in the entertainment industry, because she started with modeling at age 3. So I guess she was already used to doing a lot of things. :-)

[@BsEIYxin]

@@autohmae , that is just incredible. Guess that helped on her awesome stage presence :)

[@autohmae]

@@BsEIYxin Yui had 3 to 4 years of experience, before Sakura Gakuin/Babymetal. And Yui had done a lot of dancing, many know her Karen Girl's story. Yui was an actress in TV movies in the year before Sakura Gakuin. Moa had the least professional dancing experience. "In her first years, worked as model and commercial actress. Moa signed with the talent agency Amuse Inc. at the age of 8 when she won the Semi-Gran Prix in the Ciao Girl Audition of 2007 held by Amuse. The audition had more than 10.000 children participating in the big event.Kikuchi started to learn guitar on Aichi the same year while she was traveling monthly to Osaka to take dancing and singing lessons on Amuse school. "

[@ervingranlund3744]

oh boy you haven't seen nothing yet and yes you nailed it is a new genre of music they created call Kawaii metal.

[@yunametal344]

Great reaction! Thank you for listening to Babymetal Thank you for listening to Japanese music I enjoyed it very much🤘☺️

[@daguitarman808]

2 words...... MORE BABYMETAL 🤘😷👍

[@emb5091]

Yeah, Poppy switched to her new rock-ish/metal-ish style of music in the last 2-3 years. Back in 2017 she was doing "art-pop" music and back in 2104/2015 she was doing songs similar to Taylor Swift. BABYMETAL has been making fans headbang for 10 years (2010), long before Poppy uploaded her first video in 2016. Poppy has even said she aims to be like BABYMETAL.

[@martinmetal7481]

But will fail as all the rest who tried and failed 🤘🦊🤘

[@reggiealcalen1294]

Great first reaction to Babymetal!!! I’m sure “The One” will give you all the info on them and what songs to react to next!! 🦊 🦊

[@karu-metal1943]

That wasn’t live it was a recording over a live video. The live performances are wow the songs I suggest are headbanger legend 97, Rhondo of nightmares with mischief of the gods intro Road of resistance live in Japan

[@docmetal8194]

Excellent. BABYMETAL were the pioneers of "Kawaii metal". Despite just celebrating their 10th anniversary, 2 of the 3 original BABYMETAL members, Su-metal (Suzuka Nakamoto, lead singer) & Moametal (Moa Kikuchi, vocals & dance) are currently only 22 & 21 years old. These girls are cuter than a pailful of kittens & harder than blue steel. "Gimmie Chocolate" was their WTF attention getter & boy did it work. BABYMETAL & their backing band, the KAMI Band (NOT featured in this vid) are all about the PERFORMANCE. Looking forward to the next BABYMETAL reaction! Arigatou! 🦊🤘 #notacult

[@rickwagner-]

⚡ 💀 💕 / 🍫 💝️ This was the world premiere of 'Gimme Chocolate!!', back in December 2013. That 'Legend 1997' concert (named for Su-metal, the lead singer's birth year) celebrated her 16th birthday. The BABYMETAL members are aware that "WTF?" is a common first reaction. That's one reason some of their early videos went viral. They look at this as a way of getting their foot in the door. They had a similar reaction when they first heard metal music. 'Gimme Chocolate!!' is their most popular music video (well over 125 million views). It's also the only song they've performed on US television (The Colbert Show). Su often gets the crowd to sing along in live performances of this song. They have been joined on stage for this song by members of Korn, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, and DragonForce. Just not all at the same time. : ) Looks like you've got plenty of great suggestions already for more BABYMETAL songs. That should be good. Poppy isn't a bad call. She's definitely been influenced by BABYMETAL. Her first single came out in 2015, about 5 years after BABYMETAL started.

[@emb5091]

Thank you for giving BABYMETAL a chance. "Gimme Chocolate" is far from being their best song and went viral mainly due to it's "WTF" factor created by it's overly cute vocals (more so on this song than other songs) over heavy music. Here is a little bit of BABYMETAL info...In 2019, BABYMETAL became the first Asian artists to hit #1 on BILLBOARD's Top Rock Albums chart with their latest album, "Metal Galaxy" and last month it was announced that the album won the MTV Japan VMA 2020 award for BEST ALBUM OF THE YEAR. BABYMETAL has been melting faces and breaking necks for TEN years. Su, the lead singer is currently 22 years old, while Moa and Yui are currently 21 years old. Yes, they were very young when BABYMETAL was formed! In this video, this concert celebrates Su's 16th birthday. BABYMETAL have performed with, toured, or opened for Metallica, Korn, Dragonforce, Guns N' Roses, Lady Gaga, Rob Halford of Judas Priest (there's a great youtube video of their performance with Rob at a metal award show), and Red Hot Chili Peppers (there is a youtube video of them performing Gimme Chocolate with RHCP, as well as with Korn, and DragonForce), to name a few of many. They have performed at large metal events/concerts in front of 65,000+ skeptical metalheads in Europe (Glastonbury, Download, Sonisphere, etc), US, and Asia. Plus the 20+ awards they have been given. They have 50+ songs and each one is different from the other, so I hope you give the other songs a try. By the way, they have some really great heavy songs too, and I hope you like guitar solos, as well as bass and drum solos, like I do, because they have them too. 🦊🤘

[@METALSKINMETAL]

BABYMETAL LIVE best BABYMETAL BABYMETAL FOREVER 10 years and still Legends 🤘🤘🤘 All hail The Fox God

[@hardencrater5142]

Gimme Chocolate is certainly their most viral KZbin video. Best? Ahem... My opinion, hiphop fans will probably say BxMxC, conventional metalheads will probably say RONDO OF NIGTMARE, hair metallist will say AKATSUKI, technical musicians with TALES OF THE DESTINIES, dubstep likers may say UKI UKI MIDNIGHT, J-poppers may say SYNCOPATION, bollywood lovers with SHANTI SHANTI, etc etc...

[@saundrawilliams8037]

Check it out! Chocolate! Yay! Coming here from your Kingslayer reaction! Welcome to the World of BABYMETAL! Or welcome back? Either way! Yay for more BABYMETAL! Lol. This song is NOT their most popular, contrary to the view counts, but it is the one with the most shock and WTF factors. When it released it was shared like crazy and had a drastic increase in views. That number has only grown over the years, with people still introducing people to BABYMETAL with it...for the inevitable WTF?! Lol. It is still a fan fav, and one of my favs as well! Lyrically its pretty simple, about a girl wanting some Chocolate. But her weight worries her, so maybe she should wait a while. But she worked hard, so maybe just a bit of chocolate? Yes, ill keep working hard, so I'm having a bit of chocolate. (NOTE: these are not the actual translation, but just the general gist of the lyrics) There are fans that like to dig deeper and have other interpretations, and some of them are interesting and can sorta make sense. So, while Gimme Choko is a fav, it again is not the most popular and not even close to representative of their overall sound. None of their songs can be a representative, as none of them sound alike. You will find a few that cross over the same genres (there are actually a number that incorporate power metal), but even with those small handful, their ~50 count library is most definitely the most diverse of any band now or maybe ever! I feel that a great way to experience BABYMETAL is to go through their catalog of MVs (not the live footage with studio audio ones, but the actual MVs) and then follow up with the lives. Reason being that MVs are all good, with some being just fekkin brilliant, they give more insight to the songs, and (for Megitsune at least) they don't spoil certain things like the lives will. I'll leave it till your reaction to tell what certain things lol! With all this in mind, I'm gonna recommend you Megitsune and Headbangeeeeerrrrr!!!!!. For the follow-up lives....the Legend 1997 show is a great choice for both! I think that the crowd (which will amaze you) is best shown in the Legend 1997 vids. And lastly! (Phew...sorry about this wall...?) If you didn't already know, BABYMETAL have their own unique hand gesture. While very similar to the traditional "devil horns" used for rock in general, it is actually a variation where the pads of the middle and ring finger are pressed against the pad of the thumb. This creates the hand gesture of a fox (kitsune) in Japanese culture shadow play. When the producer showed the girls the horns, they mistook it for the fox sign. Some people say that this is where their lore of being chosen by the Fox God to spread metal back into the world started. Either way, since the Fox God is a big part of their lore, they ran with it! Lol! Looking forward to more BABYMETAL with y'all! Kitsune dao! \m/

[@yamamata5264]

Welcome to BABYMETAL Wonderland! Enjoy the happiest metal journey ever! Hope you check the suggested songs! 🤘🦊🤘

[@lukeingram7655]

Headbanger and/or Megitsune for the true Babymetal experience. Trust us on this.

[@BoognishQC]

you were right about the kawaii aspect, they birthed a new genre of metal, kawaii metal, hance the name babymetal, and it's also a pun since babymetal and heavymetal look almost exactly the same when written in japanese

[@Blayz001]

"Almost Kawaii" lol. They established the genre Kawaii Metal. It better be kawaii. :) This song is the most commonly reacted to for the shock-factor to Western audiences who are not used to Japanese Idol or Kawaii culture. Just about every song in their catalog is different, or highlights a different sub-genre of metal. All of them are worth checking out. The Kami Band (not shown in this video) who backs them are all world-class musicians.

[@rafaelrivera9346]

They created what we call Kawaii Metal like 10 years ago.

[@taylormac2000]

i recommend listening to headbanger next 🦊

[@uzumaki020776]

Keep reacting to BABYMETAL and discover how cool and awesome this band is,and soon you're views will rise up by thousands I promise.

[@MacTaipan]

Gimme Chocolate has somewhat of a bad reputation among many BABYMETAL fans (which in my opinion is blown totally out of proportion from their side). I think the one less than ideal aspect about the song are the very simple lyrics, especially the verses. They are (probably) what makes many first-time listeners think that BABYMETAL are just a gimmick and not to be taken seriously, which is completely wrong. The song IS very playful and you are meant to have fun with it, and so are most of their songs, but that doesn't mean that they are not to be taken seriously. Most of the lyrics have pretty strong messages, and they are often quite sophisticated. And even Gimme Chocolate's lyrics, which are about girls (?) liking chocolate but worrying about their weight, can very well be interpreted as a metaphor for social pressure. They are very unique, there's no doubt about that. But to me that's 100% a positive thing. The incredible musicianship, great vocals, energetic dancing, contagious smiles, cool stages, awesome stage presence and amazing crowd interaction make them a complete package of fun like no other. To me they are simply the epitome of entertainment. To get the full picture, please check out a real live performance with real live audio. The official music video for "Road of Resistance" would be a good choice. It's less playful than this one and more straight Metal, but the show is fantastic. If you do a video, you'd be well advised to pause a few times and maybe don't display the full video, otherwise you might run into copyright problems. kzbin.info/www/bejne/sIWoioh8nLGpm7s

[@road-runner]

Good reaction! Thanks and welcome to BABYMETAL universe! This is "just" a fun song about wanting to eat chocolate but being worried about weight. But, those instrumentals are very, very metal. Those guitars are tuned sooo low, almost on drop Hell hehe... It's always nice o see new faces wandering around the Fox Hole. I'm glad you enjoyed your first time and hoping you do more BABYMETAL. I'd like to suggest you this one: Headbanger (Live Legend 1997): kzbin.info/www/bejne/h3bWgJSDl7N5rdk

[@Watcher-bk2jx]

Put your Kitsune UP!! Po!

[@METALSKINMETAL]

🤘🤘🤘

[@maximushaughton2404]

Babymetal are just one of those bands that you have to see live. Here are some other songs for you. Road Of Resistance, BxMxC, Pa Pa Ya. As for Japanese bands, there is so much tallent coming out of Japan at the moment, it's unreal. Try : Unlucky Morpheus - Black Pentagram The Gazette - Ugly Fate Gear - Headless Goddess Nemophila - Oiran Blood Stain Child - Del-Sol

[@nicaphagist]

Good reaction... Babymetal is experimental metal music, fusion oldskul and new wave, Jpop and heavy metal, idol and band, cute and badass, tribute for Metallica (Song : DEATH), and collabs with metal musicians : Chris Amott - Dark Tranquility, ex Arch Enemy (Ijime Dame Zettai) Dragon Force (Road of Resistance) Alissa White Gluz - Arch Enemy (Distortion) Tim Henson & Scott LePage - Polyphia (Brand New Day) F. Hero - Thai rapper (Papaya) Tak Matsumoto - B'z guitarist (Da Da Dance) Joakim Broden - Sabaton (Oh Majinai) And collabs live perform Chthonic, Rob Halford (Judas Priest), RHCP, KORN... Next i hope you can react to Babymetal The new mv BxMxC kzbin.info/www/bejne/pJibnptsf7p8p7s Road of Resistance kzbin.info/www/bejne/sIWoioh8nLGpm7s Distortion ft Alissa White Gluz kzbin.info/www/bejne/fKvKhmaNar-asLc Karate live at Download Festival kzbin.info/www/bejne/p4mpameIfL54o9k Ijime Dame Zettai live at Sonisphere kzbin.info/www/bejne/iKCQkJaYm8mlj6c

[@DasVERMiT]

Every song of theirs is different. Definitely check out some more!

[@rafaelrivera9346]

Of the old ones I love Megitsune. The Fox God welcomes everyone! 🦊🤘🦊

[@tiaopiak]

The lyrics talk about girls struggling with the pressure to maintain their figures, or as Nakamoto Suzuka aka Su Metal explained, "[The lyrics of the song are] about girls and women who love to eat chocolate. But they are […] afraid about putting on weight." Their songs are quite different from each other. This song is taken from Legend 1997 concert (2013). 2 other song i recommend from this concert is - Headbanger kzbin.info/www/bejne/h3bWgJSDl7N5rdk - Death kzbin.info/www/bejne/jHaWZaCIpc5ph80 The band's name is a combination of "baby" (ベビー, bebī) and "heavy metal" (ヘビーメタル, hebī metaru); Heavy metal: ヘビメタ (romaji transcription: hebimetaru) to Babymetal: ベビメタ (romaji transcription: bebimetaru). Yeah Japanese like puns. The band defines its style as a new genre called "kawaii metal" and clarifies that it is "a mix of J-pop idol and heavy metal". The band was formed in 2010, with the original lineup of Nakamoto Suzuka aka Su Metal (Vocal and Dance) (DOB Dec 20, 1997), Kikuchi Moa aka Moa Metal (Scream and Dance) (DOB July 4, 1999), and Mizuno Yui aka "Yui Metal" (Scream and Dance) (DOB Jun 20, 1999), with the concept of creating a fusion of heavy metal and Japanese idol genres. Originally a sub-unit of the Japanese idol group Sakura Gakuin which also was formed at the same year, Babymetal became an independent act in 2013. The band is produced by Kobayashi Key aka "Kobametal" from the Amuse talent agency. Original concept of the band was to introduced the new generation of audience to metal music especially females. On October 19, 2018, Babymetal announced that Yui Metal had decided to leave the band due to undisclosed poor health, following her absence from live performances since December 2017. Gimme Chocolate went viral around Feb and Mar of 2014, with support of BabyMetal fans the organizer booked them for a smaller stage at Sonisphere 2014 (UK). Then online flame war ensued arguing if they are worthy to be there. The flame war grew so intense plus their sold out for The Forum, London concert tickets (7 July 2014), that the organizer bump BabyMetal to main stage by May. This is a stage where people throw bottle of piss towards bands they don't like. So when BabyMetal went on stage, they are definitely worried. After this performance, UK became their biggest market in Europe. BABYMETAL - Ijime,Dame,Zettai - Live at Sonisphere 2014,UK (OFFICIAL) kzbin.info/www/bejne/iKCQkJaYm8mlj6c

[@moalisa2086]

Great reaction! I’m so glad you liked the song. Came a little bit late to suggest though... But please continue to react to Babymetal. Literally every song you choose will not disappoint you. Every single song is great and very different.

[@ChrisPage68]

TC - if you want the REAL OG's of the Japanese Rock and Metal scene, you need to go back to the 80s, to the likes of X-Japan, early Ningen Isu, Vow Wow, Shonen Knife and Show-Ya.

[@ExTiNkT91]

you gotta react to Karate! Also Headbanger live legend of 1997

[@Inosuke_Hashibira75]

Headbanger legend 1997. It’s epic and from the same concert. Or Meta Taro 🤘🏻🦊🤘🏻

[@hardybryan]

BABYMETAL is one of Poppy's major influences. This song leans heavily into the 'pop' side of BM. Most of their songs are a lot more complex and the vocals are more geared to rock. This one is just a fun 'wtf' moment. Also, this is the music video, with studio audio over a live performance. Which is stupid, because they're much better live. But that's Amuse (the production company) for you. You'll come to hate them for all the copyright strikes if you continue doing BM songs.

[@rajeevmenon769]

React to more BabyMetal songs. I'm not recommending any song, because whatever song you choose it'll be awesome😁 Make sure to watch their live performances, it's the best. I started listening to BabyMetal songs after Kingslayer. And now I'm a BabyMetal addict. I learned most of their stories within a short span of time, that much I got into them. Metal Goddess Queen Su 😍 Moa😍 Missing Yui 😟❤️Kami band🔥🦊 Fox God 🤘 #notacult

[@martinmetal7481]

Oh boy are you in for a great time if you go down the foxhole that is BabyMetal . Word of advice never think you know whats coming next from BabyMetal even us long term fans get caught out . Spot on with the Kawaii Metal bit . 🤘🦊🤘

[@faceplantor7372]

Great reaction👊🏽🤘🏾🦊⚡️ “Karate “ is a great song to react to👀

[@vindrow]

Here are some songs to check out among the many they have done. Headbanger kzbin.info/www/bejne/j5vNiI2mm8SdidU Road of Resistance kzbin.info/www/bejne/sIWoioh8nLGpm7s Pa Pa Ya kzbin.info/www/bejne/pYCaimuEqNOeiMk Babymetal Death kzbin.info/www/bejne/oIPGapeYnM51hqs Ijime,Dame,Zettai kzbin.info/www/bejne/iKCQkJaYm8mlj6c BxMxC kzbin.info/www/bejne/pJibnptsf7p8p7s Rondo of Nightmare (mischief of god intro live) kzbin.info/www/bejne/boildZyCgrONmac Onedari Daisakusen (Black Babymetal) kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z5W3YqytjrdoidE Sis Anger (Black Babymetal) kzbin.info/www/bejne/eIuvi5aljL9-hJI Megitsune kzbin.info/www/bejne/mXyWf4CQdrp-fdk There are many more that you can choose from.

[@TexasVeteranPatriot]

BABYMETAL - Road of Resistance - Live in Japan (OFFICIAL) kzbin.info/www/bejne/sIWoioh8nLGpm7s BABYMETAL - Rondo Of Nightmare/Mischief of Metal Gods Intro - Budokan 2014 kzbin.info/www/bejne/boildZyCgrONmac

[@beelzebub8756]

Babymetal Ijime Dame Zettai next😎🤟🏼

[@fuuta0320]

Watch these two live shows road of resistance live in japan Headbanger Live @ Legend 1997 Apocalypse

[@dartaiasen]

Brave of you to react to Gimme Chocolate first.. it can be a hit or miss song for a lot of people (myself included). Yuimetal and Moametal’s vocals can be very offputting and shocking at first, especially in this song, and that shock can be enough to scare people away from the group. What I will say is that every song is different, and I hope that you guys continue the Babymetal journey because there is a lot of incredible music to discover from them.

[@davebalsom3805]

headbanger live. and road of resistance live are better. dave from the uk

[@miguelsalazar4781]

Please check out headbanger 1997 live by babymetal

[@33ordie]

as cute but imho crazier; Awadama Fever

[@mr.osclasses5054]

Headbanging and Pits with BABYMETAL? READ FURTHER... Glad you enjoyed this song, but no fan would ever suggest it as a first reaction because most people do it for the "WTF?!" aspect that most people have while watching it. That said, even the girls know that this happens and love that it does because it has actually caused more people to say "What else do they do?" and dive deeper into their catalogue, or down the "fox hole" as we fans call it. You do side-to-side headbanging? Funny enough, so do they! Check out their song "Headbanger" Live and Legend 1997. It's actually the same concert as this video, but the difference is the backing band. In this video, the guys in skeleton costumes (known as the "Baby Bones") are just actors pantomiming playing. In "Headbanger" it is actually their real backing band, the Kami Band, playing with them. The Kami's were phased in gradually over the first couple years as the girls were getting their feet under them and people were discovering them in Japan and Asia and it was shaking out if they would be successful or not (they weren't expected to be AT ALL!). They would typically come on during encore's, the rest of the show was backing tracks with the Baby Bones out there. You also want to see how pits works with BABYMETAL?? Check out "Road of Resistance" Live in Japan. It's an amazing performance of a song that sounds like an anthem of sorts. A couple important notes on reacting to it: First, yes it sounds like DragonForce because Herman Li and Sam Totman from DF wrote the guitar parts of the song and performed the studio version for the album. Second, it tends to get blocked a fair bit. Some KZbinr's have had success getting around that by putting the BABYMETAL logo over the video where it's translucent enough to see the video, but obscures it enough to get it by. Others have just popped it up there every little bit and blocked the video content briefly to get past, or they pause it...a lot. The other song to check out their mosh pits is "Distortion" Live at Download 2018. When the Queen wants circle pits, you give her circle pits! This one will throw you off because of a few things, which will be discussed in the comments when you get to it. Looking forward to more!

[@crypticmisery7996]

Your comment about them reminding you of Poppy is going to get a lot of Babymetal stans very angry. Babymetal has been doing this a lot longer than Poppy has and Poppy herself has cited Babymetal as someone who influenced her music. Babymetal is the band who invented this style of music.

[@jaglemans6778]

You should check out their latest MV - BxMxC kzbin.info/www/bejne/pJibnptsf7p8p7s

[@Mugiwara.DLuffy]

Check there new album new stuff, if you don't like the old stuff..

[@weirdomon2]

This song is a bit controvertial, its right in the middle of their transition from idol group to metal.

[@HailStalin13]

Love the react! My Fav. KARATE, but all of them are really good