BABYMETAL KARATE

[@Grington300]

Welcome back. Great reaction. 'Karate' was the lead single for their second album (2016). You pretty much got it - the song is about fighting adversity, when life knocks you down and everything seems too hard so you're hurt and crying, its about standing up and fighting on, helping each other through the hard times. They used karate to illustrate this because as a Japanese martial art it reflects their culture - that was a very important thing for them as well. As with a lot of their songs it is also about always moving forwards. Yes, the figures in white were the girls all along and they were conjuring up their own inner demons to fight against. They beat the first, the second knocked them down but they got up to eventually defeat themselves (did you notice the reflections of each of the girls in their own eyes when the masks shattered and it was revealed as them? Not many people spot that). They did watch a lot of martial arts movies to get ideas for the choreo as they wanted it to look as authentic as possible (but they are not martial artists). Moa catching the fly was, as you thought, a nod to Mr Miyagi in The Karate Kid. Mr Miyagi may have used chop sticks (and it may have taken him two or three films before he caught one), Moa caught her fly with her eyes closed - first time .... and she let it go. We all know Moa wouldn't hurt a fly. This song and video won 2 awards. "Best Metal Video in MTV Video Music Awards Japan 2016" and "Best Metal Song in 6th Annual Loudwire Music Awards".

[@JL-go3]

🔥🤘🦊🤘🔥

[@jakemuller8626]

_Ossu!_ 🦊🤘🥋 Welcome back to the Foxhole and thanks for coming back with this suggestion. This is one of the few MV that really worth to watch for the first time and understanding the meaning of the song a little bit, with that being said always remember that live performance is when they really shine, except for certain MV such Megitsune, Doki Doki Morning, Iine! Those are better to experience with the official MV first. "Karate" is one of their stronger weapons along with "Road Of Resistance" from 2nd album "Metal Resistance" released in 2016. It's an uplifting song about keep fighting besides the obstacles no matter what, and if you take a closer look at the end you'll see in the eyes of their rivals that they're fighting against no other than themselves. Some fans also find anime vibes on BabyMetal songs, the only other song I could find with anime vibes besides this one and "Divine Attack - Shingeki", is "Syncopation" another banger. They watched several footage before making this song, one of those were "Karate Kid" old movie, that's why you see MoaMetal catching a bug, that's a reference to the movie, after this she became the bug catcher expert when traveling on live tour lol. The bats and the concrete blocks testing strength is another infamous Karate reference. Btw just in case, the band playing behind in this MV are hired actors, they got their own set of musicians when performing live called Kami Band, they're not always the same musicians but currently this year they've been playing with a western band unlike early era after 2012 when they had a Japanese band. You can enjoy the live version with the blaster sound of the East Kami Band watching Download Festival 2016 among many others but this one is safe to react. During the Europe Tour last month, they played this at different festivals including Rock Am Ring and Pinkpop among others and they did it like never before plus new super cool outfits or battle dresses, it was really beautiful and there are proshot clips around but so far Pinkpop, Graspop and maybe Hellfest are the only one safe from this year, but remember Download Festival 2016 is your best bet not getting risk of being blocked. Also another cool version to watch and meet the new Metalverse subgroup is Karate live at PIA Arena MM 2023, they got their own songs but you can start with this introduction. Next suggestion: - *YAVA!* with Kami Band intro live at Fox Festival 2016. See you next time 🦊🤘🔥

[@IAMisLove]

👍👍An awesome performance and MV.🔥 This MV is special to me as it was my introduction to them. 🦊 🖖❤

[@Filboid2000]

A technical suggestion, if I may: when you pause, go back about five or ten seconds before resuming, that way you regain the flow of the song. You may or may not know that if you tap your keyboard space bar once it will pause the video, another tap will resume play. Also, if you tap the left arrow key once, it will rewind the video five seconds (a second tap for another five seconds), and tapping the right arrow key will advance the video five seconds. This may also help baffle the YT copyright police. Just sayin' . . . again. Good eye! That detail seems to escape most reacters: yes, that is them in the white. Also, if you look close, you'll see their reflections in their eyes as well. Sorry to say that your background music is too loud. And it's Yui, Yui Mizuno also known as Yuimetal. But you've been out of the loop for a bit, soooooo . . . . Keep rockin’ BABYMETAL!!! KITSUNE UP!!! 🤘🦊🤘

[@DaniloSouza84]

Nice reaction!!!

[@apolloirl4414]

Thank you 😊

[@PlezurBazar]

Karate means "open hand" and is the art of defending yourself without a weapon. The three in white are specters of the aspects of them-selves that sometimes stand in their own way. Things like fear and lack of confidence. They are not evil, they just need to be dispelled so the girls can do their best. Defending yourself from yourself and your own weaknesses and shortcomings is as important as defending against others. Kitsune dao!

[@cbasa97]

Yui not Yuri