BABYMETAL Monochrome "LIVE" Music Video Reaction!

[@bobaganush]

This video shows the value of hiring a world champion drone pilot to take shots of your epic concerts. One of my favorite songs off the new album, and certainly one of the best performances of it.

[@martinmetal7481]

The lyric mv at the beginning shows what appears to be a bomb dropping and an what looks like an atomic explosion as Su saying everything having no colour even the bright star that shone yesterday a Monochrome firework . Take that with that. Su and her family's hometown is Hiroshima .might be a hint about what the song is about . Although I think it means more than just that . She also sings of Norse Legend of Ragnarok . so it could mean many things . As Su thinks , it was a positive song . she sings no matter how long the night the morning will arrive . One of the words she sings is We Will, which she sings with more emotion and power as the song progresses, and the last thing she sings is Just Smile, which to me makes it very positive also I think it was Su's Grandmother was a surviver of the bomb . Exellent reaction 😁🤘🏼🦊🤘🏼

[@robote7679]

This performance is almost beyond words. And in truth your reaction to it was a thing of beauty. Genuine, honest, enthusiastic. Everything a reaction to Babymetal should be. Thanks for this. And thanks to Babymetal.

[@TRMReacts62812]

I truly appreciate the kind words. This one hit me differently for sure. I sincerely appreciate songs and music like this. Thank you so much for watching! 🔥🎸🤘🫡

[@Grington300]

Great reaction, this was a real treat for me to wake up and start my day, thank you. I'm sure you've been told everything already, I'll just hop over to your piano version reaction.🤘🦊🤘

[@baumi-metal9123]

The difference between a good band and an AWESOME one is that they will always surprise you and just blow you away, even after knowing them for years. 'Nuff said! Greets from Germany and keep on rockin!

[@AlizeeDefan]

*You are right about the deeper meaning,as many people, including myself, believe this song is about Su Metal' home town, Hiroshirma and the A BOMB dropping in 1945*

[@Inosuke_Hashibira75]

This is epic was when Su asked the crowd to pull out their phones. Wish I was in that crowd. The song you’re speaking of is Ijime Dame Zettai live at Sonisphere 2014 official

[@egodreas]

I've been in the crowd for Monochrome twice, and will go for a third show next Tuesday. It's indeed quite epic, even with smaller crowds. Su-metal can drain my batteries all day, if she wants.

[@九州大陸]

oh-o.oh-は言語関係なく歌えるからいいですよね！thank you good video🍅🍅🍅

[@cybersheep9236]

Great reaction again! Thanks for sharing. Can't wait to see you in piano version. Piano version has English subtitle so turn it on please.

[@mikepowers9486]

You are speaking of the "Miracle of Sonisphere", where BABYMETAL was bumped up. There are videos of the entire set but the song you most likely have been pointed to is Ijime Dame Zettai. Amazing performance and tears me up every time. 🤘🦊🤘

[@kitkat6407]

Great reaction! No other band brings smiles and tears like BABYMETAL.

[@jaegermeister798]

I am glad you reacted to this one! Monochrome is my second favourite song of theirs below BxMxC, but unlike the latter, I looked past it on my first hearing of the album. But this performance, lyrics and all, made it jump up to being my second favourite. In my opinion; BxMxC demonstrates the creative mind of Babymetal, but Monochrome showcases the heart. Truly a beautiful master piece of metallic tenderness.

[@road-runner]

Great reaction, thanks! Yes, that hits hard! And that moment during the phone lights scene with MOMOMETAL on her first day as an official member instantly became one of my favorite BABYMETAL moments. I believe they don't really need all these huge stage setups. Seeing them in smaller venues is even better musically wise. BUT experiencing them in a venue and with a setup like this has to be a total experience. Something I hope to experience myself soon. But first, I'm seeing them in smaller venues in just a few weeks. 😁 I already linked the "Ijime, Dame, Zettai" (Live at Sonisphere) performance you mentioned on your "Headbanger" video comments. 🤘🦊

[@FranksReactions]

So true. When Momometal looks out at the crowd and claps they way she does, I can only think that she feels so warm and fuzzy with the whole audience welcoming her with their phones.

[@road-runner]

@@FranksReactions Absolutely! She was actually living her dream. Not to mention she had her moment of realization a bit later during "The ONE". 🥹

[@michelm.6033]

Definitely one of my favorites by this band. Seeing this group in Japan was one of the highlights of my musical journey. EDIT: whoops, Sonisphere was the concert where they were bumped up. Download was where they were brought on stage by Dragon Force (I believe) against the promoters wishes. I’ll leave it to Grington to explain as I think he might have been there, but I could be wrong on that. I know others will overwhelm you with comments so please read them.

[@jakemuller8626]

He was talking about Sonisphere Festival 2014, not Download. Next time don't forget to not turn off the phone so you can light up this dark dark world for our girls. You're da man!🙌❤️

[@michelm.6033]

@@jakemuller8626. You are correct and I just edited the comment. It’s 03:40 and I messed up. However, please correct my edit if required. Thanks as always Jake.

[@Grington300]

No I wasn't there - but I will post the explanation when he does the reaction if someone doesn't beat me to it.

[@stevechevy3382]

Nice reaction. Babymetal being Babymetal ruling their Kingdom. There's always more to see here in the foxhole.

[@flugelhornoldman1362]

Thanks again from Japan 有難う💛。This song was played in the BABYMETAL's North American tour with DETHKLOK that was completed on Oct.12 as many as 29 times. The ♪ oh oh ohoo ♪ part was chanted by American / Canadian audience at every venue in the sea of phone lights. That was breathtaking. Monochrome was performed 12 times in Japan. I fortunately witnessed 6 of them at venues including this very performance. I always did the ♪ oh oh ohoo ♪ part with Moa and Momoko, especially with my loudest voice in April show (filmed in this video) when Momometal became the official third member to initiate the newly born BABYMETAL. What a bliss!

[@AlizeeDefan]

DETHKLOK WAS THE WRONG OPENING ACT FOR BM

[@bandoupthebung]

Su's vocals are so pure it brings joy to my heart.

[@JMxx6204]

This is already a classic. One of BABYMETAL’s best & a massive crowd pleaser. Su-metal absolutely nails this.

[@Tyyppl]

It's funny how westerners usually dream about seeing babymetal in Japan with all this big production and the japanese fans dream about seeing babymetal in Europe or the US in a smaller and more intimate setting. I've only seen them in a smaller venue and it's really fun to get to interact with the girls if you are lucky and are in the front row. However I really want to see this kind of an big production show live in Japan atleast once.

[@onigiri9964]

I went to one of those big shows but i was near the back because i was with my daughter. Couldnt see them at all. Had to watch the video screens in the hall. But next time ill know what to do. Kick daughter out and go in the front;)

[@Dragonstar-Metal]

I would love to see BABYMETAL in Japan, but seeing them in Toronto this past September, I will never forget it as long as I live. I was at the barricade and able to receive Moa's attention from less than 10 feet away! It's such a surreal moment that still today gets me very emotional. No matter what venue they play, if I can attend, my bank account shall be on high alert! 😊 🤘🦊🤘

[@kylec1411]

Wait til you see The One live.... the crowd is insanity. brings a tear to the eye just so proud of these 3 little girls. And the band obviously but yeah. Its incredible.

[@alastairmcintyre4752]

Saw them perform this live when they were touring with Sabaton earlier this year , Su-metal visibly tears up ( understandably ) every time the audience light up their phones

[@tkmetal3788]

やっぱりBABYMETAL最高だな～🥰 楽しんでください👍✨

[@tanewoodley9806]

The performance you mentioned where they surprised the crowd is from Sonisphere in the UK in 2014, their first big performance outside Japan, to around 50k mainly British fans who had no idea who they were. React to Ijime, Dame, Zettai (it means Bullying No Forever) at Sonisphere, and even with your high expectations it will blow your socks off. 16 year old Su with Yui and Moa just turned 15, absolutely captivating the audience. An incredible moment to witness.

[@rah2287]

👍 👍 Well done. Great reaction. I totally agree about watching them in Japan. Until next time.

[@chill07ful]

I knew you were gonna be surprised about the lights!, its kind of hard to tell, but when you are there the whole room lights up its actually such a vibe. Another great reaction, I love your appreciation all these Japanese bands you been reacting to. I can tell you are a real fan!

[@TRMReacts62812]

I appreciate the kind words. These ladies are amazing. I'm definitely enjoying all these beautiful Japanese bands for sure! Thank you so much for watching!

[@jamesdalessandro8728]

Good call watching the original version first. The 2 versions hit differently. I think you still have plenty of great songs to listen to from this band.It's even more fun when you see how different they are from when they were kids to the young women they are now. I hope they continue for a long, long time, too. When you get the time. I recommend finding out how they even started. Yes, I saw them in a small venue and need to go to Japan to see them on a stage like this. James now does say take out your phones and turn your lights on. You gotta adapt to the times.

[@InGameTheoryLoL]

Can't wait until you react to Babymetal - Rondo Of Nightmare with Mischiefs of God intro Budokan live

[@htusda1]

Great reaction. I am in total agreement I prefer to see them at an exclusive venue. I was at Makuhari this January and the collective participation by all the fans could be felt to my bones and brought tears to my face during Monochrome. Things were a little different half a year later at their BABYKLOK (same song) where not all were BABYMETAL fans. I look forward to Madrid this December when they are the headliners.

[@astrafaan]

Great reaction - all 3 versions are worth looking at, and the lyric video will probably give you a good idea of what this beautiful, emotional & meaningful song is about. Probably my favourite BM song. I understand you wanting to go to a pure BM concert - they were supporting Sabaton over here and had hardly any stage space and were partially obscured by Sabatons stage set - not even a screen. They were still good, but even so............ Same for the states I guess where they were with a band that (to me) didn't really seem to match with BM very well (certainly not if you had kids there). Ijime Dame Zettai (No more bullying (ever)) from Sonisphere 2014 is the performance you were thinking of - easy to find on youtube

[@autohmae]

Babymetal knows how to do EPIC 🙂

[@cubitus37]

One thing I can say is that when it comes to watching BM live performances recorded in large venues specifically in Japan, there is so much to take in that simply breathing is relegated to a lesser need. You better remember to breathe. Much love from Poland to all foxes around the globe 🦊🤘

[@Veorick]

BM’s Japan Shows are truly out of this world experience. Amazing in any degree, perfect in details and unsurpassable euphoric state to be in. Each BM Fan attendees is considered luckiest person.

[@kawliga4845]

BabyMetal is best always live. Their home crowd Japan shows the fans are very involved. One of their biggest and most popular is Road of Resistance live in Japan. Power metal all the way. Dragonforce helped them writhe that one. They get the whole audience singing. It is like a anthem ,rise up on to victory type song. It is a shedder. It is an older one too when they were back in their teens and Yui was still with them.

[@scottianson5133]

I've been fortunate to see them six times. Twice in Japan at these big performances, and while it was amazing my favourite times seeing them was in a smaller venue of 5,000 and less where I could be at the front and maybe get a smile or wave from any of the three super ladies. Su-metal giving me her cute little smirk when she saw me waving my pink Sakura Gakuin flag will forever be one of my most precious memories. Thank you for your reaction, and based upon how genuine you seem, and how much you enjoyed the song you have a new subscriber. I look forward to what comes next!

[@zackamania63]

I had a Moa moment at the Masonic last week, and it was so damn adorable!

[@exoperzian12]

There is a reason why Babymetal is on top of Japaneses metal/rock pyramid. Nobody even comes close to them.

[@Slytherkins]

I saw them in a small venue in Phoenix, and every single person in the theater had their phone out. It was amazing. But a small stage just doesn't do them justice. The Kami Band and the girls were so amazing, and all they had was a (comparatively) small screen behind them and a handful of lights and lasers. The level of performance we were being given was just so far beyond the trappings. The production doesn't *make* BabyMetal, it just suits them. Everyone on that stage deserved for it to be *this* venue. It was like seeing the Mona Lisa hanging in a gas station bathroom. They are extraordinary no matter where they are, but by rights they should always be framed by this sort of spectacle. 🤘🦊🤘

[@bradkornatowski3866]

Yeah, the stages. Just give a bunch of Japanese Engineers a big budget and tell them to build a cool stage. They go crazy..

[@TheHenrymontemayor]

Fun fact: well, sad actually. When I went to the show in LA I couldn’t do the light bit because my phone died, and I was so sad…

[@brianmassey7563]

Maybe the most beautiful song about what it would look like to see an atomic bomb dropping over your city. Sad and beautiful at the same time. The One-Take piano version is really moving as well.

[@Ganimal83]

Sorry for the comment spam, but I forgot to mention, that the link of another song you mentioned is: "Ijime, Dame, Zettai" (translation: Bullying, No, Absolutely Not). Performed at "Sonisphere UK 2014". You can easily find it with the song title and venue name on KZbin. It was an iconic moment for Babymetal, as it was the very first time they performed at an actual metal festival outside of Japan, and the first time in front of a 50K+ Western crowd (the vast majority of whom are UK metal heads who have never heard of Babymetal before). This show legitimized Babymetal on the world stage and propelled Babymetal from an up-and-coming band in Japan to an international sensation.

[@IAMisLove]

An amazingly awesome performance💯. 🦊 🖖❤

[@charlimander]

definitely a bucket list item for me to see one of their big event shows in a stadium in Japan have to say though,I saw them at Southside Ballroom in Dallas this summer, which is basically a thousand man pit with walls and having them right there maybe twenty feet from me, pinned between people freaking out nonstop for an hour and change was absolutely wild

[@zackamania63]

I got to see them last week at the Masonic and it was the best concert I’ve ever been to.

[@charleslatora5750]

The mv is also fantastic

[@tumumaru]

いつもありがとう❤🙏🙏　from japan

[@Whi8ky]

Filming on phones at concerts is banned in Japan so telling the crowd to get their phones out was a bit naughty by sue 😊

[@seregamolodets5286]

🍅💀🍅 🤘🏼🦊🤘🏼 " Just smile " x 100 !! !!

[@ericdarlington2332]

also a good choice may as well do the official vid too so you can see how this song evolved in different versions

[@JL-go3]

Great reaction friend This is such a great performance. 🔥🤘🦊🤘🔥

[@Peter.Cotoncalida]

Hi, Pete from Ireland back again, knew you would love this one, I think you made the right decision in the order, first take piano version is great as well for showing raw vocal talent, but I think the other way round in viewing order, would have been as effective. Keep up great reviews, try moa version headbanger to hear her solo, and rhondo of nightmare to hear sue solo

[@truppenterror2836]

You can only have fun with an audience like that. And I think it's just great that hardly anyone stands there with their smartphone the whole time. (And yes, of course until Su asks everyone to switch on their lights. 😅) Everyone is going crazy and partying. It's as if they're literally part of the show! That's one thing I've noticed a lot in videos of concerts in Japan in general.

[@blindeyedog01]

The story about "Being pushed to the Main Stage," Is fact. 1/2 the crowd showed to to "make fun of them," instead they gained more fans. That whole show is on KZbin: they brought it. 🙏🏽❤

[@sreypovchun663]

nice reaction.all hail the fox god...

[@darrenpycock]

As you said how far we came from lighters to phones but also the camera work and what i mean by that is if you look carefully you will see a drone flying around which took most of the aerial shots.

[@darcmadr6500]

Great reaction. Hey, the world could stand a little more of this kind of “emotional”. When I was going to concerts we were told to rub two sticks together.

[@Ganimal83]

Awesome! This is one of my favorite performances by Babymetal! You can see Su almost tearing up herself at the awe-inspiring sight of all those loving fans at 11:14! You mentioned Metallica: They are big fans of Babymetal, who has opened for Metallica a number of times. Lars said he couldn’t wait to introduce his wife to them. Also, the picture Babymetal took with Metallica is just adorable lol. The girls were also heavily inspired by Metallica. Su, Moa, and originally Yui, became Metal fans after watching a Metallica concert when they were first introduced to the genre. In their song, “BABYMETAL DEATH”, the opening riff is an homage to Metallica’s “One”. And at this song’s performance at Legend 1997 concert, the closing sequence was an homage to an And Justice for All Concert with Lady Liberty. Rock on!! 🤘🦊

[@rickwagner-]

"They are big fans of Babymetal, who has opened for Metallica a number of times." BABYMETAL never toured with Metallica, but they did open for them in Seoul, Korea in 2017. Other than appearing at some of the same metal festivals, that's the only time BABYMETAL opened for Metallica. They did have BABYMETAL record an introduction for the Japanese release of their 'Through the Never' movie in 2013.

[@Hymnodic]

Here's a playlist of recent performances, if you are interested it. kzbin.info/aero/PL7Y918oJxXaYGAlhN3DLd5AAoye11F3o4

[@joeciechanowski3199]

So the song monochrome is about after the bomb was dropped. And I can't write. Can't remember if I figure it's error it was a tree that survived when the people came up out of shelters for the underground, all they could see is monochrome. Put this tree survived and it was by Buddhist monk place. Don't know the whole story but it fascinated thanks

[@robertsaiz8397]

Welcome to the Fox hole brotha 🔥🤘🦊🤘🔥

[@黒い扇子]

BABYMETALとRob Halfordが共演した動画があります。 ↓↓↓ BABYMETAL & Rob Halford - Painkiller, Breaking The Law

[@oldtom4583]

Holy Shit! pretty wall sums it up, eh? :)

[@mltdwn5415]

🤘🦊🤘

[@josephdoo]

😎😎😎🤘🤘🤘

[@shigeo-b5b]

あなたのリアクション最高でした🤘

[@MarkSpohn77]

Please react to these two songs from Babymetal Death legend 1997 complete and IINE pronounced ee-nay they're older must watch videos please react to them both thank you I really need to see the reaction on your face when you watch both of these 😂

[@brutalshow3364]

🤘🇺🇦🤘

[@DaElfer]

I've always wondered how much they actually make after all the money they spend on those venues

[@johnschultz7765]

There is a moment, 11:13 in your video, where you get a glimpse of Suzuka, the girl who loves to sing most, rather than Su-metal the metal goddess.

[@bite28]

like ttheir a lot!

[@isalhsb]

Monochrome's song commemorates the Hiroshima bomb which destroyed Su_metal's family

[@rickwagner-]

Su's family wasn't destroyed by the Hiroshima bombing. She did have a grandparent who was a bombing survivor.

[@jaedo6180]

Wrong video, dude! Just kidding! When you get a chance tho, please check out the MV for this one. There's no babymetal but the imagery is really impactful. It takes the song to another level. When you do, keep in mind Su is from Hiroshima!

[@F1rstWorldNomaD]

This is not the original, this is the live. Nornally I wouldnt really care. But this is one of tvose where the video is almost as important as the song. Highlights the content 10 times over. Once you got that significance, you can retain it while watching the live. But you cant do it backwards. You only get one first impression.

[@Wirmish]

Song about the Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima.. 💥🔥☠......... 🌱🌼

[@alucard0712]

Glad you are fan but pausing the song is THE worst crime to music. It is MEANT to be listened as a whole, because music requires your memory. Its also painful to watch. Don't do that, just listen👌

[@pinoypower69]

Music is great. but the voice has to go.

[@pinoypower69]

too k-pop for me

[@yolandria]

This isn't the first time they have used the whole "lights" gimmick. In past concerts they would issue out neck braces/wristbands etc. And each item would have a LED in it that the tech crew can turn on/off. And they would do so for dramatic effect. Prime example: "In The Name Of." @ Legend S.