This is the stage that changed the history of Japan's metal scene in the West during the 2010s.
@kaueamboАй бұрын
It's impossible not to notice Mikio Fujioka's joy. That smile will always be remembered. R.I.P.
@gHsTrId3RaL66619 күн бұрын
Quite nostalgic..... since we can't see the original Kami band anymore. RIP Mikio
@bobsyoruncle458310 күн бұрын
I have enjoyed the early years of BABYMETAL so much, but there is always a tinge of sadness at Yui's departure and poor Mikio gone forever so young.
@jhousekey1008 күн бұрын
@@bobsyoruncle4583 A tinge of sadness? Watching this now makes me blubber like a little baby. There was a long period of time after those two tragic incidents that I couldn't even watch this. Every now and then I stop by and it still crushes me.
@bobsyoruncle45838 күн бұрын
@@jhousekey100 I only discovered BABYMETAL recently - years after these events had taken place - so for me the sadness came gradually as I became more familiar with them and their history. I have no doubt that had I been aware of them 10 years ago I would have been a devoted fan and would have been crushed by what happened. I try to set that aside and enjoy these incredible performances that I've been seeing for the first time.
@jasona47727 ай бұрын
to think they were 16 years old playing in front of a European metal festival that is not used to j-pop. the courage they had to dance and sing is insane. so much respect.
@FreddyYUL7 ай бұрын
And they were on the main stage in front of 65,000 people who didn't know who they were
@IOOIIIV6 ай бұрын
Su was 16, the other two had just become 15.
@よっち-l8y Жыл бұрын
魂が震える。 本当に本当に 美しい瞬間て この事。
@chikaraudon68543 жыл бұрын
16 Year old girl stomping main stage of biggest metal festival, say whatever you want to neglect but they're the most metal high school girl on the planet on that moment 😛
@autohmae3 жыл бұрын
A few years later they were also the best known Japanese teenagers outside of Japan. :-)
@asull2473 жыл бұрын
And I thought sho from ready player one was the most bad ass kid on the planet
@YoursTrulyThe1Pony8 ай бұрын
They were much younger in their music video DOKI DOKI MORNING
@Moosed3118 күн бұрын
Still one of the craziest performances, the fact that a bunch of 16/15 year olds went up on that stage and rocked it, it being there first major festival outside of Japan, knowing that the crowd went in there wanting to hate them or not even knowing them at all... Highschoolers, you have to at least respect the amount of courage they had to go up there and completely killed it.
@IOOIIIV8 күн бұрын
No, Su was a high schooler, the other two were middle schoolers.
@花散里-e5p Жыл бұрын
間違いないなく日本のロック史に残る伝説のフェスだよね。
@Sevenlynnn7 жыл бұрын
OK, some background. The song title actually means "No More, Bullying, Forever". It was the ending song at this show, where they managed to turn an epic FAIL into an epic victory. - This was their first tour outside of Japan, and their first UK show - They booked a small stage but, for an unknown reason, they were moved to the main stage at the last minute. Instead of 3-5 thousand of their loyal fans they faced 30-50 thousand (?) trve metalheads. - This was a crowd waiting for Ghost, Deftones, Anthrax, and Iron Maiden. 90% of them knew absolutely nothing about BM. - BM released their debut album just a few months before. All the above mentioned bands had several albums and decades of history behind them. - They were girls between 14-16, all their songs had backing tracks, they sang not in English (the only other metal band that could get away with it recently was Rammstein). The backing band was made up of session musicians. The girls were singing about chocolate, and they were playing hide and seek on the stage, literally. They already had their own made up religion about the Fox God, and their hand sign was mocking the devil's horns. - This was NOT metal at all. They were nobodies and they didn't belong on the main stage of a metal festival. But, they knew it well, and they expected to get booed and bottled. There's a backstage photo of the girls before the show and their faces read "WE ARE F*CKED" And they went on the stage and Yui's hoodie got stuck in her hair, Moa's headset did not work and she missed the opening moves of the choreo. There was a close up of Yui's face on the projector screen at this moment, she saw what was happening, and for a moment her expression was like "ok, forget it, NOW we are f*cked..." - You can see in your video that Yui's skirt also started to fall apart at the last song, IDZ. - So what else happened? The crowd got a taste of the band at the soundcheck and they loved it. Then there was an epic (or ridiculous ?) Star-Wars style video intro showed on the screen. The first song started and 30 seconds later there were moshpits forming. In the next song, Gimme Chocco, there was a call-and-respond where Su effortlessly made the crowd sing the chorus in Japanese. Next came the solos and everybody shat themselves. Then the song titled Catch Me If You Can, then their women-empowering song, and then the ending song you saw. The biggest circle pits and WOD's of the festival. - Everybody was talking about them, and their T-shirts were top sellers even two days later. - If there's an epic entrance to the genre, this is it.
@tawnkuimi-uru72127 жыл бұрын
Love it....everything you said!
@dr.ndreamon7 жыл бұрын
Sedrick now that is some good explanation. That explains the hype in this video!
@Soufriere847 жыл бұрын
Wow. Your explanation of the details of this day just makes the whole spectacle even more insanely awesome. I knew this was their first gig outside Asia and it was a minor miracle they won over the trve metalheads in that crowd, but I had no idea about all the logistical & technical snafus. Couple quibbles: One, "backing track" implies miming. Suzuka does not lipsynch; that's easily proven in videos of live shows where her mic cuts out and you can still (barely) hear her singing. As time has gone on, they've done more and more of the music live. All they lack is a keyboardist. Yui & Moa do lipsynch sometimes because it's all but impossible for them to sing while doing those hyper dance moves. Two, the Kami Band are and were more than just session musicians -- a term I feel has a undeserved bad rap -- all of them are veterans of Japan's underground metal scene.
@markmark-pr4jn7 жыл бұрын
Yes, you can see a lot of this happening on the fan cam compilation of the entire set. The tide started to turn from the middle of gimme chocco and then during Catch me, u can see it on Su's face, "We got em" and it was like flicking on a light switch. The crowd never had a chance from that point forward, when Su decides that she is going to crush, she crushes!
@Stamango6 жыл бұрын
Great read. I became aware of BM in 2016 I think? - right after Karate came out. I was blown away. Now I am always looking for info on them like this. You can see during this song that Su is almost at tears after she realizes they have won this crowd over big. This is a movie waiting to happen.
Geez... first concert outside of Japan and in front of what was it like 50,000 people? The amount of courage and strength to go out there, at that age, and show the world who you are... that is what makes Babymetal special to me. Just look at them now!
@Brain4Zombie2 жыл бұрын
They’ve had two little concerts before Sonisphere though. One in Cologne and the other in Paris, but it was the same tour. You can find videos here on KZbin. Those were very small concerts with like a few hundred people in small venues, but they were sold out and the crowd knew everything about the show, like the „kiero“ in Headbanger :) I don’t really think that they were totally and completely unknown to the 50.000 plus people, most of them maybe have already heard about them and now they were just curious.
@tubagussuhanda57742 жыл бұрын
And there were some gossip that making them appear first time so people will throw something at them...but the girls kill it
@rickwagner- Жыл бұрын
@@Brain4Zombie They had also performed in Singapore in 2012, and in both Indonesia and Singapore in 2013. This was their first metal or rock festival outside of Japan.
@yookoouclint Жыл бұрын
Bro I swear they are so cute and the best ❤❤❤❤
@conmane3341 Жыл бұрын
Koba's gambit paid so well, they are now an unstoppable act
@actuallynotsteve Жыл бұрын
This honestly might have been one of the most impressive "the crowd had no fucking clue who we were, but we won over 65000 people in 30 minutes and legit were over like Grover" things in music history. I can't imagine how awesome it would have been to walk into this set blind.
@metalindo-curry75473 ай бұрын
It’s been 10 yrs. Still give me tons of goosebump's.
When we had a documentary show in our gallery in edinburgh, we had a photo of motorhead taken inside an elevator in '97. Of course they had to stick it at the very top of the wall , up, so I'm at full stretch pointing and pontificating upon Hamburg when I hear a squeak in my ear " We're in a Heavy Metal Band" so I turn around and there is nobody there, turn around again and three bonsai megastars. Haven't listened to little else since. "HEY Tagger....."
@laughingbuddha29484 жыл бұрын
This performance will be, forever, the most beautiful and courageous jump without a parachute by three of the loveliest girls possible.
Just in case anyone was curious, the song is about anti-bullying.
@tawnkuimi-uru72128 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing that. Knowing that and watching the fantastic choreography of the "fight" sequence makes the dance routine that much more powerful! One of Mikiko's best! "No more, Bullying, Forever"..."Ijime, Dame, Zettai"
@lalaz79808 жыл бұрын
cool! stop bullying
@deki62108 жыл бұрын
IKR. My stupid 11 year old cousin says that Babymetal is bullying him by even living. He said the wrong words. He's going to be punished.
@aneilaseyiekeretsu8 жыл бұрын
Thanks man.. loved it though I dont have a clue bout what it meant.. Now I know..
@dalelangley20158 жыл бұрын
KnotApps All I know is that they make me feel good.
日本のアーティストとして海外、しかもUKでこれだけの人を沸かせた。 しかもそれがどこぞの大御所のおっさんでもなく、歌姫と呼ばれるような姉ちゃんでもなく、アイドルの女の子3人組(と神バンドの皆さん)ってのが最高にエモい。 神バンド含めてのこの編成ってのは絶対に二度と出来ないって思うと悲しいけど、それも込みでまたエモが湧き上がる。 I'm so honered as a Japanese, that these three girls accompnied by an awsome band, got to perform in front of so many people overseas, and brought to them so much excitment. Not just that, but it 's the UK these girls are performing at. A land full of rock and metal fans, culture, and history. It's a pity we can never again see the show by the same band, RIP to Fujioka.
I am a 62 year old metalhead and this brought tears to my eyes. Now i didn't understand that so i took the time figure out why. 1. These girls are incredibly brave to do what they do. To perform at that age before this crowd is superhuman. 2. The performance is of a level that all dancers/singers dream of. 3. The music is flawlessly blending with the message of this song, which gives it a dramatic quality that is absolutely unique.
@TheCorporatePlayers7 жыл бұрын
Yes, exactly! Their competence moves me deeply!
@chrisgorman39977 жыл бұрын
laughing buddha it's insane to think these girls are just 17, 18 and 19. They look so much younger.
@o8poq8o7 жыл бұрын
Ijime, dame, zettai is one of those songs which brings tears to my eyes too
@Stamango7 жыл бұрын
It takes a lot of balls to perform in front of a western heavy metal crowd for the first time. But wow Su was 16 and Moa and Yui were 14. Unbelievable. There are many grown men who could never do this yet these girls did it.
@spinningtop57496 жыл бұрын
I'm only a few years younger than you, also metal head; but exactly the same reaction. I believe that haters on these young girls are simply afraid of change, there is nothing wrong with change, it's also called... progress, development, evolution.... and there is nothing wrong with that and nothing to be scared of. If it challenges your comfort zone and what you already love, don't discard it. Metal is all about challenge, standing up for yourself and not giving 2 shits what anyone else thinks about the music you like, the clothes you wear or the length of your hair. These girls embody that. And for anyone saying, 'oh, they're just a manufactured band who never heard metal till they were introduced to it'', you might be right, but wtf were you doing at 12 years old apart from scratching your pimply arse.
The crowd: *WE WANT MORE!!!* 🗣🗯 Babymetal: seeeeeee yoouuuuuuu 👋🏻👋🏻👋🏻💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻🤷🏻♀️🤷🏻♀️🤷🏻♀️
@FreddyYUL3 жыл бұрын
In music festival, only the headliner can play more songs Every other band need to leave the stage at a specific time for the next band
@ghomsdominion79833 жыл бұрын
@@FreddyYUL Other Bands can ask to do one more song and if there is enough time it can be allowed.
@joec96933 жыл бұрын
@@ghomsdominion7983 But a couple things to remember is that back in 2014 their English was not as good as it is nowadays 7 years later, most of their interviews had a translator off to the side translating what was being asked and they would respond back in Japanese. There is a very good chance that they literally did not understand the audience request. Also their concerts are far more rigidly scripted than other western bands, and I don't mean that in a bad way it's just cultural differences. They can't just decide on the fly to perform another song, they would have been told ahead of time how many songs to perform and then that's it.
@gmv123453 жыл бұрын
@@joec9693 That is absolutely right! The "few-minutes-before-the-o'clock" time Japanese punctuality discipline usually does not allow to improvise on the fly. If you are going to set an appointment and you know you will be late, you let the person (people) know one week earlier that you'll be late!...Well, that was too much, but you get my point!
This is definitely the most iconic performance and video of Babymetal. Don’t know where my old comments went, but here I am every year to celebrate when I found Babymetal years ago.
@tallahoramismo Жыл бұрын
💯👍❤️
@gareejyman1634 Жыл бұрын
haha this is where I found them also. Just so good.
Ko-Gami was really enjoying playing this song! Really miss him😢
@denisaprochazkova87043 жыл бұрын
Jh
@denisaprochazkova87043 жыл бұрын
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@notNeowee3 жыл бұрын
♥♥♥
@hayato0102163 жыл бұрын
大学生です。同世代としてBABYMETALの活躍を誇りに思います。自分が中学生の頃から世界中のメタルヘッズを前にパフォーマンスしていることをに心から尊敬しています。BABYMETALなりのメタルに対するスタイルを貫き、活躍されている姿にいつも元気をもらっています。これからもずっと応援します!NO BABYMETAL, NO LIFE.
@SilenozMiranda Жыл бұрын
Their Stage presence, damn! They mantain body tension perfectly, I've seen actors and musicians struggle with this a LOT. It just comes so natural to them. Big respect for this band.
@vintagerider43015 жыл бұрын
I am grateful to the crowd for being open-minded and giving them a chance.
@sjoerdjaspers5 жыл бұрын
Agreed. Plus it's an amazing band to have a mosh pit session too
@themattyone34855 жыл бұрын
Hi check this out, kzbin.info/www/bejne/mKa5ZoWVlJppjbc Its a rhythm game song Ijime
@urhartfabeler5 жыл бұрын
As Floor Jansen always says, metal listeners are among the most open minded. The crowd enjoyed it so they are just in the right spot.
@sjoerdjaspers5 жыл бұрын
@@urhartfabeler exactly!
@wearecatyouarerat28025 жыл бұрын
so sad they dont perform this much this years
@moriyukihayashi50162 жыл бұрын
このステージは、彼女たちのベストパフォーマンスのひとつだと思う。歓喜している人達以外はあっけにとられている様子がよく分かる。世界のBABYMETALはここから始まったと言っても過言ではない。歴史的な瞬間だった。 I think this stage is one of their best performances. It's easy to see how people other than those who are overjoyed are taken aback. It is no exaggeration to say that the world of BABYMETAL started from here. It was a historic moment.
@starlit-rain Жыл бұрын
It's so amazing! I'm from Germany and I love BABYMETAL! This video makes me so happy!
This might be the coolest, most uplifting thing to ever happen in metal history.
@FNobody4 жыл бұрын
and now it's gone
@hachikuji_mayoi4 жыл бұрын
@@FNobody ???
@facufeg864 жыл бұрын
@@FNobody ???????????????????????????????
@sil67964 жыл бұрын
I'm sorry for the newcomers but Yuimetal left the band(one of the girls you see in the video), and one of their guitarist died. This era has died but new one was born.
Siempre vengo aca desde que descubri este concierto en el 2018, conoci la banda en el 2014 pero como todo metalero de mente cerrada al principio rechaze esta banda, simplemente son grandiosas
@davidtollefson84112 жыл бұрын
I have watched this so many times, and it never fails to bring a tear to my eye. It encapsulates everything awesome about them-a killer song, awe-inspiring musical performance, strong as steel bond with audience, and three powerful young ladies leading it all. The beginning of my total love affair with this band.
@lordrob132 жыл бұрын
Their bond is deep. Such a deep bond. Bonding out there on stage showing us that a bond cannot be broken. Only a powerful bond can break a bond this strong
@mrkemblegilstrap2 жыл бұрын
I thought that I was the only one that cried.
@actuallynotsteve Жыл бұрын
I've watched this set like a million times, and my favorite part about it is that it's not the girls that look nervous - it's the Kami Band. For the first couple of songs, they look so uptight and unsure of whether they've made the right call, but the girls are like 14 and just ready to kick ass, and the crowd loves it. That it ends with 60k people chanting WE WANT MORE, WE WANT MORE, it's lone of the greatest sets I've ever seen.
@legitdeadly9162 Жыл бұрын
My favorite part of this performance is how Su on each chorus cant contain her reaction to the crowd falling in love with them. She comments on this on an interview, shes seeing the entire sea of people grow their response, and by the end shes giving everything she has. Feeding off each other, pure reciprocation. Can't keep the death glare anymore and then just goes for it, and nails it. The little smirk at start of verse 2 is so cheeky watch her expression from 2:25 to 2:32 she decides then and there to let it all go. Absolute joy in her eyes as the crowd is roaring at 2:48 Incredible moments, one of her very best performances. The death glare never comes back either. Just the happiest expression and maximum effort to feel the moment. When a professional singer is that moved, its magic. Barely able to contain her smile, which never leaves the entire last half of the song. Suzuka was shining through the Su-metal facade, especially the tone of her voice, she SOUNDS happy.
@bradmenpes8092 жыл бұрын
How could you not fall in love with this band? I've never been more proud to be a metal head than watching how this huge crowd opened their arms and embraced Babymetal. Always, always, it brings me to tears. Rock on Knebworth! May you - and Babymetal - rock on forever!!
@chrissycurtis41524 ай бұрын
I remember being here, i knew of BabyMetal before so we were excited to see them live. I remember walking to the stage and overhearing everyone around us saying they had no idea who they were but would check it out. A single song later and the crowd was going crazy. They brought an energy that was so contagious it spread in seconds. Id love to see them live again
lol they said that "BABYMETAL" are so so brilliant ,awesome ,great, etc etc .
@3mta3 Жыл бұрын
Those three little girls got bigger balls than I do! I would have pissed my pants in front of a crowd that big. Kicking ass from day one. One of the best live bands ever!!!
@syowakawanezumi7 жыл бұрын
He had always played the guitar happily. Thank you for your dedication on BABYMETAL. Rest in peace Mikio. We love you.