Babymetal - Monochrome - (Reaction!) - Great Live Sound. Interesting Band!

My First Time Reaction to Babymetal and their Song Monochrome. I hope you enjoy it!
(OFFICIAL VIDEO)
• BABYMETAL | Monochrome...
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[@jakemuller8626]

Welcome to the Foxhole and BabyMetal's journey 🦊🤘🔥 This song is fine to start your journey but without giving you the whole context around it is not. There are a lot of good songs and live performances you can enjoy from early era between 2010 and 2017 to understand first what is this group all about and appreciate the evolution. Monochrome is part of the concept album released last year called The Other One and the whole setlist got more serious and mature tone overall unlike songs from previous albums. Anyway I'm gonna leave in my next comment more suggestions where to get proshot clips of their best live and MV performance safe to react if YT allows me to do it. Meanwhile next suggestion: - Road Of Resistance live in Japan official MV (2015) - Headbanger!! live at Legend 1997 (2013) - Megitsune official MV. See you next time 🦊🤘🌈

[@jakemuller8626]

Here's the list of live performance clips usually safe to reacts without any filters so you won't need to rely on live compilations, there might be some exceptions: - Headbangeeeeerrrrr!!!!! live at Legend 1997, SuMetal 16th Birthday in 2013, they got MV of this and is fun, but live is a blast. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gn-pmneNf81lfKM - Akatsuki, live at Budokan 2014, this is a SuMetal solo. kzbin.info/www/bejne/nWOWaGV5arV9gq8 - Megitsune, official MV is my first recommendation but is usually blocked if you don't put filters, so if you want live and safe to react, check it out Budokan 2014. kzbin.info/www/bejne/moaWaXaPoNV1rKs - Akatsuki Unfinished Version, SuMetal solo again but with only a piano behind special performance at Legend 1997. kzbin.info/www/bejne/pKjWmqGjrbmrmNE - Babymetal Death, live at Legend 1997, this is the big finale, you're gonna blow your mind with this one. kzbin.info/www/bejne/oIPGapeYnM51hqs - Catch Me If You Can with Kami Band intro live at Budokan 2014. kzbin.info/www/bejne/pJibhpKgZcyjgqs - Ijime, Dame, Zettai live at Sonisphere Festival 2014, sometimes the official live MV isn't so friendly so you know what to do. kzbin.info/www/bejne/iKCQkJaYm8mlj6c - Rondo Of Nightmare, with Mischiefs Of Metal Gods Intro live at Budokan 2014, another SuMetal solo but way different than usual happy songs. kzbin.info/www/bejne/boildZyCgrONmac - Doki Doki Morning, official MV, their very first song and MV full of kawaiiness, usually is safe to react so try it, if you want a live performance, this is the first proshot version with the Kami Band live at Legend 1999 (YuiMetal and MoaMetal 14th birthday). kzbin.info/www/bejne/eITNp2yFjtmKkJI - Uki Uki Midnight, this one is a follow up to Doki Doki Morning but way different sound, this is the PV, is super fun but the sound isn't so great but at least is live. kzbin.info/www/bejne/j5uQhoR_odamf7M If you want better sound with the Kami Band, then live at Budokan 2014 it is. kzbin.info/www/bejne/e4TdimyagZtkabM - Onedari Daisakusen, live at Legend 1997, this is a Black Babymetal song, is a subgroup with only YuiMetal and MoaMetal. kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z5W3YqytjrdoidE - Iine! again official MV hits way better but if you want live, here live at Budokan 2014. kzbin.info/www/bejne/a6Smp4yMg8p3Ztk - Karate live at Download Festival 2016, "kitsune6001" got this with a short interview intro. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fHyyfWmsaLKXaMU - Road Of Resistance live in Japan official live MV, be careful with the blocked by putting some filters just in case. kzbin.info/www/bejne/sIWoioh8nLGpm7ssi=BsVOSExS25Qndy1H - Kimi To Anime Ga Mitai - Answer For Animation With You, live at Budokan 2014, not sure if it's still safe, so try some filters, if is audio blocked try to mute or just cut the parts. kzbin.info/www/bejne/g2mpfKijq81grZo Here's a song you can find at Babymetal Reactor Resource (BMRR), a helpful place to get watermarked logo clips of the original live version to curve the annoying algo. - GJ! live at Wembley Arena 2016, another Black Babymetal song. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fpiTg6yimMxrfJI This is BMRR short vid to follow instructions and get the spreadsheet with the full list. kzbin.info/www/bejne/p2WTh6CKfbibasU And here's a BM guide (the long one). kzbin.info/www/bejne/l3rFY6t7qc2Xicksi=EnEYU4nN3tuiY3WL There's a beginners guide at "Briaghh" called "So... What is BabyMetal?" is more short and with some fair update until last year unlike the other one with full updates till this year. kzbin.info/www/bejne/b4mYp51nYrialZYsi=icqbG22Ysw0Pc-Ll 🦊🤘

[@BadEnd98]

Monochrome performance is great, but it's not a good song to show what's Babymetal about, in fact, most of their songs are vastly different, some heavy, some poppy, there are rap, ballad, power metal, indian bollywood,... but overall they're happy vibe combine with epic live show. That's why the collab with EC is the best this year, they both doing the FUN metal, they don't take themselves seriously but they take their work very seriously.

[@Roin8]

Thanks for this reaction! It's very difficult, if not impossible, to get an idea of what BABYMETAL really is after one or two, even 10 tracks So varied is their catalog. What they have in common is talent, sincerity and creativity.

[@Zwodrey]

Thanks 🙏 I’ll check out more soon 🤘❤️👍

[@emb5091]

Nice first reaction! 🤘🦊🤘 Thank you for giving BABYMETAL a chance!!! BABYMETAL is a Japanese kawaii (cute) metal group (a metal subgenre that they created) that formed in 2010 when the 3 girls were 11-12 years old (yes, they were very young), and since then have performed with, toured with, or opened for Metallica, Korn, Sabaton, Bring Me The Horizon, 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 (Download, Sonisphere, Glastonbury, etc), US, and Asia. They are the first Japanese band to perform at Wembley arena in the UK. Also, 20+ awards have been given to them. They have 60+ 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. Also, they released a new amazing album last year and they just finished a world tour where they had many shows here in the US. They also recently released a new music video for their song called "Metali" that features Rage Against The Machine's Tom Morello. 🤘🦊🤘

[@Zwodrey]

Thanks for the information 🤘❤️👍

[@tiggerswe5713]

K-pop ❌ J-pop - Metal ✔

[@yunametal344]

👍👍

[@Zwodrey]

Thanks for clarification. My fault 🤘❤️👍

[@user-pb2df4pf8g]

K-pop starts with imitating J-pop

[@Searcher969]

Welcome to the FoxHole. 06:09 "Happy music,feel good music." Suscribed/Liked. And,ofc,waithing for more. 🤘🦊

[@Zwodrey]

Thx for the sub 🤘❤️👍

[@jimnusbaum3589]

Babymetal is the 800lb gorilla of Japanese metal. They are also the biggest Japanese band outside of Japan by far. Plus they are just fantastic.

[@IAMisLove]

👍👍The voices of angels😇. This awesome performance hits me in the feels, no matter how often I watch it.🥲 They do sound better live than recorded, although the recordings are awesome. No 2 songs are the same. Welcome to the fox hole. 🦊 🖖❤ Suggest: BABYMETAL - Road of Resistance - Live in Japan (OFFICIAL) to experience the full power of BABYMETAL

[@quasiscorner2589]

Catch me if you can with kami band intro is a great intro to the band and all that it is.

[@Wolfpack94487]

Fellow German here (writing in Englisch so most people can read, too). Yes, Happy Metal. But not only that, they have a vast portfolio of very different songs. From very poppy to super heavy, dark even. They started when they were kids! You should explore them, you will be VERY surprised! I´m a fan since 2016, but only experienced them watching videos so far. Last year in November I saw them live and in person at the Palladium in Cologne, it was an amazing, outstanding experience! They are a one of a kind thing, they won´t fit in any box you could think of. At this performance from 2023 you saw and heard Su-Metal (Vocal and Dance), Moametal (Scream and Dance) and Momometal (official member with this concert, Scream and Dance). Su-Metal does the main vocals most of the time, but there are performances of Moametal and Momometal taking lead. They are both very good singers, too! All three ladies are incredibly talented. Try "Road of Resistance - Live in Japan (OFFICIAL)" from 2015 next. Su-Metal (the main singer) was 17 years old at that performance, Yuimetal (former member, left the group in 2018) and Moametal were 15.

[@CHRISCONTEPSS]

Welcome to the Foxhole. 🤘🦊🤘

[@autohmae]

Thanks for this reaction, we'll be back for more. 🙂

[@Zwodrey]

And more is coming 🤘❤️👍

[@billyboostah6308]

Eyy, my second favorite band after Opeth haha🤩 It’s definitly their live shows that sold me, ALLWAYS amazing production! This song is kinda on the more chill side, I prefer the more epic ones like Road of Resistance (a must watch), Arkadia, Syncopation or Kingslayer with BMTH! But yeah, I highly suggest to almost allways go for live videos with the exeption of maybe their latest song RATATATA with Electric Callboy (banger video) or Megitsune (older video)!🫡🤩

[@garytruex9336]

There is an amazing stripped-down "Piano" version of this song on the Japanese You Tube channel The First Take that got a Million views in the first 24 hr.s. The more you look into to BM, the more you will learn, aside their visceral appeal, there are messages for everybody, but they leave it up to the listener to find the messages that they are ready to receive. BM is very Japanese and many of their songs follow The Way Of Zen. For instance, this an up-lifting song, Queen Su-metal has told us as much. But I suggest you watch the First Take performance or the animated lyric video w/ sub-titles and bare in mind that Su was born in Hiroshima and see how they effect you. Every rendition can evoke a different emotion.

[@craigwang7857]

Kpop from Korea Jpop from Japan They really don't sound the same.

[@Zwodrey]

Thx for the clarification. My fault 🤘❤️👍

[@jdmay33]

Congratulations for giving BM a go. The have some crazy performances to go with these sweet ones. Headbanger is a must and BMC live is amazing. They have achieved a lot for girls still in their 20s.

[@JL-go3]

🔥🤘🦊🤘🔥

[@thenormalman3409]

Also check out Metal Kingdom, they perform it in that arena too🤘

[@flugelhornoldman1362]

Thanks again from Japan 有難う💛。I am a big fan of BABYMETAL and Band-Maid. I witnessed this very performance at the venue where and when Momoko was inducted into BABYMETAL as the 3rd girl. I sang the ♪ oh oh ohoo ♪ part with my loudest voice in the show holding my phone. What a bliss! The flying drones with cameras that enabled the beautiful aerial cinematograph were manipulated by experts including Ms. Shiraishi. She is a member of team Japan for World Drone Racing Championship.

[@Jordan-Ramses]

Babymetal is a fusion of Japanese Idol and Metal. They were formed in 2010 so there have been some changes. Yui Mizuno left in 2018 and was replaced by Momoko(usually on the left). Originally they were backed by Japanese session musicians but now it's been mostly Americans since 2019. The girls were extremely young in the beginning. Babymetal was a wild project and such talented girls would not have been available for such a weird idea if they were older. Imo. Babymetal was an experimental side project until they became so popular their agency had to take them seriously.

[@InGameTheoryLoL]

You have so many songs to go down haha I'll keep it simple and list 1 Rondo of Nightmare with Mischiefs of God intro Budokan live (highlights the kami band behind the girls front and center invite only arena, heavy ballad type song).

[@kylec1411]

Babymetal are big Metallica fans. :) They are a great band. They have broken many borders with their music with many cultural appreciation type songs and phenomenal musicians. Cheers from Canada Babymetalheads. love yall.

[@martinmetal7481]

I've seen this song performed live 3 times the take your phone out is a great moment never gets boring . BabyMetal songs are all different, all with their own intervidual courography. Best live band i have ever seen . The difference between people who like BabyMetal and those who dislike is one strokes a basket full of cute kittens, the other strangles them 😱🤣welcome to the foxhole 🤘🏼🦊🤘🏼

[@rrcollier]

Great reaction, welcome to the foxhole! 🦊

[@Zwodrey]

Thanks 🙏

[@papeh01]

🦊🤘

[@Ganimal83]

Great reaction! Not only do Babymetal songs all sound vastly different, their performances also spans a 14 year career starting from when they were 12/11 years old in 2010! Definitely check out the EC/Babymetal collab next. Afterwards, return to Babymetal: *Road of Resistance (Official Live):* An epic power metal anthem from Jan 2015. *Metali (Official Live):* A newer fun festival song. *Headbanger (Legend 1997):* Dec 2013’s show for lead Su-metal’s 16th BDay. A classic early Babymetal sound. *Megitsune (Pia Arena MM):* Same show as Monochrome, a fan favorite for a decade+. Look forward to more Babymetal! 🤘🦊

[@Grington300]

Welcome to the BABYMETAL Foxhole🦊and great first reaction. This was a good choice for your first time seeing them, but as you were thinking might be the case, every song is different to the last. BABYMETAL are like nobody else you have seen or heard. The name BABYMETAL was chosen for different reasons (their age not being a main one even though when they started in 2010 the girls were only 12 and 11 years old). One of them (Yuimetal) last appeared in October 2017 and missed 12 months because of poor health before she left the band in October 2018. Su-metal and Moametal continued as a duo supported by dancers taking turns in the third spot until April last year when one of those dancer (Momometal) was revealed as the new third member. The name is about them creating their own new sub-genre of metal - a fusion of Metal with JPop (not KPop, that is Korean) hooks, melodies and aesthetics - including choreographed dancing for every song ... but not dance as you may know it from pop and other acts where they use many of the same moves over and again and it is just about the beat or rhythm. BABYMETAL's choreo is interpretive, it relates to or helps to translate or explain the meaning of the song or a lyric and they work with one of Japan's very best and most creative choreographers. It also leads the audience, gives them their cue when to jump, pump their fists, chant, sing along and pretty much become part of the performance ... no band has better crowd control and interaction than BABYMETAL. The name BABYMETAL is also a pun or a play on words as it is written in Japanese and sounds almost identical to Heavy Metal (bebimetaru v hebimetaru). They have about 70 songs now. Some are straight metal, some lean towards their JPop roots and they do everything in between. They have songs in virtually every metal genre, but they will also mix and blend in so many different musical styles and genres with the metal. Some songs are pure fun, some are deep and meaningful, some will make you bounce around with a big smile, one or two may even make you cry. You will not know which type of song it is until you hear it. All you can predict is that the music will be quality, the instrumentals (played by the Kami Band in all their live shows) will be impeccable, Moametal and Momometal will be getting the crowd involved and having fun and Su-metal's vocals will be amazing. Enjoy 'RATATATA' with Electric Cowboy - that is just fun start to finish ... and if you react to more BABYMETAL expect the unexpected - try 'Headbanger' live at Legend 1997 from abr metal.

[@Number-one1111]

Suzuka is not K-Pop.

[@Hymnodic]

Thanks for the reaction! All of their music is very diverse, not a single song embodies the whole of BABYMETAL. What I would recommend next are recent performances of Road of Resistance, Megitsune, and Metali, the former two from the same PIA Arena 2023 concert, and the latter from NEX_Fest. Road of Resistance: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aom8fql9f95kgKs& Megitsune: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iKDVnIRtbrtgbJo Metali: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iHrKm5l9fcyqesU

[@meimemeime]

ありがとう！🦊 Please check out the official music video for Monochrome and the Piano version of "The First Take". You will get a completely different impression of this song from each of them. 🔥🤘🦊 From🇯🇵 PS. BM, of course, and a reaction to 花冷え(Hanabie), please!

[@stevechevy3382]

Nice reaction. More of Babymetals amazing audience participation. And in the middle of it we get the heartwarming moment when Su calls Momoko Momometal for the first time on stage. And Su and Moa stood arm in arm Su reaches out to Momo to join them center stage. A Welcome to Babymetal for all to see. This is the day she officially became part of Babymetal and got her microphone. Kawaii. They've been through a lot starting 14 years ago when Su and Moa were literally just kids. And now they just did a music festival in Japan called FOX_Fest that they produced. They've come a long way baby, The foxhole is deep and full of surprises.

[@derwolf9670]

This is a great song...but one of their tamer liver performances. Looking forward to your next BM reaction...

[@ernestrimbeck7630]

Don't miss out on Hanabie, another Japanese band you should react to Be the gal or Runaway

[@robote7679]

Very nice reaction and a great pick for an introduction. Thoughtful comments. You have barely scratched the surface of this amazing band and honestly they always have a great audience...because Babymetal is just that good. This band has a complicated, interesting, sometimes very rough but always inspiring history going back to 2010. They are known for their legendary live performances. I like the energy and sensibility you brought to this reaction and as such would very much like to see you experience some more Babymetal. FYI: All those bands you mentioned at the outset owe at least some of the opportunity they are now getting to the path making of Babymetal. For a recommendation I'd say "Road of Resistance" from this same concert. Really rocks hard and very uplifting message (link follows). kzbin.info/www/bejne/jqGqg4yejp1sbac

[@raull2761]

Just a little bit correcction It's J- pop & metal. No k-pop They are japanese, not koreans. Excuse my poor english.

[@Zwodrey]

Thanks for the clarification 👍

[@steffenjachnow8176]

> "This is happy music..." Well... Actually, this song is more on the bittersweet side. > "I'm prepared" Ah... This confidence... :p

[@faberkas477]

Nix gsagt is scho globt 🙂BabyMetal has a wide range of songs from really heavy to more pop-oriented, using different Metal genres and music styles. Monochrome is more in the middle or more on the pop-side. Heavier songs are e.g. Megitsune, Ijime Dame Zettai or Road of Resistance. E.g. Road of Resistance is an outright PowerMetal song, which DragonForce helped to realize. BabyMetal has a long history and they started very young. They were amazing from the beginning and their youthful energy and fearlessness is astounding, but you may choose performances of later concerts (2023 PIA Arena) first to get used to BabyMetal. After 1-2 songs you can start from the beginning, watching their growth is amazing.

[@josephdoo]

😁😁😁🤘🤘🤘

[@feureusacousticguitartrip1314]

Watch the babymetal no rain no rainbow budokan 2021 live its a tribute to their previuos members yui and mikio then watch the old versin of ni rain no rainbow 2015

[@Tyyppl]

What?? No Rain No Rainbow has never been said to be tribute to Yui and Mikio. Starlight is the song that fans speculate is a tribute to them but even that has never been officially confirmed.

[@rah2287]

👍 👍 Hymnodic will not steer you wrong. Keep taking his suggestions. And remember BABYMETAL LIVE is where it's at. 2 hard hitting LIVE song/performances suggested below Road of Resistance LIVE at PIA Arena (also Hymnofic channel) Megitsune LIVE at PIA Arena (again Hymnodic channel)

[@garytruex9336]

He only recommends performances on his low-view channel and if someone suggests something else, he comes back on here and tries to brow-beat them.

[@AxeSwipe2011]

For real heavy hitting, "Distortion" live at Download 2018 or at Dark Night Carnival 2019.

[@rah2287]

@@AxeSwipe2011 dark night? In my opinion the costumes the girls wore during this period were clownish and silly.

[@rah2287]

@@AxeSwipe2011 and don't get me started with the hair and makeup. Just my opinions of course.

[@AxeSwipe2011]

@@rah2287 I wasn't a fan of it either originally, but since it was a one-off, it has kinda grown on me

[@ksbrst2010]

Well the name Babymetal is simply a joke about the writing. If you write Heavy Metal in Kanji, you only make to strokes more and you have Babymetal.

[@dantheman9228]

Welcome to the foxhole and with a T-Shirt like that i have to recommend going way back to where it all kind of kicked off 2013 Legend 97 apocalypse concert and the infamous version of Babymetal Death where they pay homage to Metallica,Alice Cooper and XJapan(just do this version before you do any other version). Best live band on the planet have fun on your journey 🦊