Her Voice....JUST WOW | Hip-Hop Head Reacts To BabyMetal Akatsuki Live

My reaction to BabyMetal's 5th track 'Akatsuki' off their first album. Made me teary eyed a little.
Original link: • BABYMETAL - AKATSUKI「紅...

[@justinbowe38]

The tears happen to us all.

[@mr_ozio]

Glory to our Queen

[@riokun2240]

nice react bro thank u for react babymetal..

[@steelersespn]

If you really want to cry she does another solo called No Rain, No Rainbow from this same show. There is also another version when she is a little older from the Legend - S - Baptism XX show that is rather emotional because it is the last show that one of their guitarist played before he died.

[@hallolin4130]

Try "Rondo Of Nightmare live " Sumetal voice let you cry more ! Nice reaction I like !

[@laughingbuddha2948]

A very genuine and emotional reaction. Suzuka Nakamoto is a true gift to all people, that have an open heart and not afraid to show it.

[@Subjectivity13]

This remains one of my favorite Babymetal reviews of all time. I go back to it just to see her voice hit him the same way at the same moments it hits me.

[@thissailorja]

When I first heard this and know what she was singing, she made my eyes leak. She is amazing.

[@richardtownsend9107]

There are a couple of Su-Metal songs and a couple of Moa-Metal and Yui-Metal songs they do together without Su (that is called Black Babymetal, you'll love it) on each album. Also, it gives the girls a break during the performances. And yeah man, stick to the live performances. That is how Babymetal are meant to be experienced! As far as crying goes, it happens to us all. Wait till you see Tales of the Destinies/The One! You will be weeping! No rain/No Rainbow- Dude you will be sobbing!

[@redj59]

what i appreciate is that there's no lag between her singing and they're playing - the transitions are smooth and powerful - no let up.

[@MacTaipan]

That first verse makes me cry most of the time, despite having listened to it for dozens of times now. Awesome!

[@thecooler68]

Baby metal! World class talent, super production audio and visual. They got everything. Nice review.

[@alexlinkinparkful]

She just took your soul.

[@bill2279]

That's tears of pure joy you feeling there my friend 🤘🦊

[@donald-waters]

Just know that most every song is rooted in a different sub genre of Heavy Metal, and in that way they are consistent.

[@redj59]

great review thanks

[@autohmae]

Yes, Babymetal was build around Suzuka/Su-metal. Her talent and way of singing was the reason Babymetal was created. How she does this at 16 years old, I don't know. Hell even at 14 years old she was amazing, probably earlier but I find it harder to recognize it then (as someone who isn't in music). It's amazing how well her singing style fits the loud music. If this makes you emotional, you are in for an amazing ride ! There is a piano-only version of this song too which is called Akatsuki Unfinished. But handle with care, it's dangerous stuff ! And you are right Ohmura is amazing. He's the most bad-ass guitarist with a pink guitar in the history of the world. :-) I think Babymetal style of making music seems to be a Japanese way of doing it, which is take elements from lots of genres and do it their own way. One reason Su-metal is singing by herself, because the other 2 are having a breather, remember this is an 1+ hour show with them dancing and they are 14 years old. They deserve a moment. :-)

[@JoaoBosco-yd3ln]

Akatsuki, the best Kamiband + Suzuka supreme voice = power music

[@toro55ful]

Great reaction man! They have Su' solos and Moa and Yui duo's to give a rest in their concerts to the girl's, thats because Moa and Yui no appear on stage for this one, also the duo of Moa and Yui it's called Black BABYMETAL, the two perform very heavy music whit their kawaii voice's and dance moves it's just fun and kawaii overdoses xD, the Su's solos are more theatrical like you said on your reaction, and man that girl can sing whit so much power and feeling!! 😎💪🙌⚡

[@mikays7059]

love your reaction 😂

[@user-px7jr9xg9q]

Go Su!!

[@kimiakiooyama6149]

Thanks you nice reaction.

[@marvinburkhead3593]

Great video sir!...You get it!

[@zenordos245]

you should check out the akatsuki unfinished version, you'll cry a river

[@khf-80eg16]

確かにアカツキは初見の人はものすごい衝撃を受けるよね

[@me262talon2]

Thanks DizzyDee Another fun r/v. I felt the same way, I wanted to save her but in the end you can tell she is victorious !

[@jlog1c]

So, the next track is Doki Doki Morning. Their first song ever! It's a song that is Babymetal in a nutshell, literally about a young girl waking up and getting ready for school, with a metal soundtrack. Unlike with most videos, where the live versions are a must, tradition with reactors is to actually watch the official video for this (it's pretty crazy to see them as tiny(er) girls and the video is pretty weird, lol).

[@jlog1c]

Keep em comin' dude!

[@richardtownsend9107]

I just rewatched your reaction, and It occurred to me that young people don't get the emotional aspect of music these days because there is no emotion in music now days. Babymetal is nothing but emotion! It is because of Megitsune, the Ladies! Our brains are wired for raw brutality with metal, with metal we think of raw brutality. Babymetal came along and said "no, 1+1 no longer equals 2!" Everything we thought we knew about Metal was turned on it's head by three, amazingly adorable, amazingly talented young ladies who bought femininity (女性性 Josei-sei) into the mix, which is a mind-warp to us, especially here in the West.

[@autohmae]

When Su-metal performs/sings she is so epic ! :-) (if that makes sense) And I think it fits the metal music very well.

[@Varksterable]

Great reaction, and more in tune with the emotion of this song than some. :)

[@Grington300]

Great reaction - and as musicgarryj said, you should see Akatsuki (unfinished) for some real emotion. Su has two solos on each album - Yui and Moa as Black Babymetal also have two duets on each album without Su. You will get to them all in time :-)

[@BareThomas84]

Yes unfinished version of this and of The One, legend s!!

[@steffenjachnow8176]

Hell yeah, Suzuka is the main attraction! In fact, BABYMETAL only exists because of her voice. Their producer thought, back then, as he experienced her the first time, that her voice would be a pure waste for mere pop music. This song's title should be pronounced as follows: A like "u" in umbrella ka like "ca" in car tsu like "tsu" in tsunami if you say "Akatsuki" slowly or like "ts" in cats if you say in normal speed ki like "kee" in keen For the next album title, I highly recommend this video: *"Doki Doki Morning"* live at Saitama Super Arena 2015 www.dailymotion.com/video/x3tsxqk_ssa-doki-doki-morning_sport (safe with muted audio reaction) or their official MV

[@Dragon_Warrior7625]

And Don't forget the kami band😄

[@BillnYou1]

you pronunciation is wrong .. she screams it at the start of the song .. it is pronounced AH - KAT - SU - K-EYE

[@YumiVanherck]

@@BillnYou1 No, he is correct. What Su screamed at the start was "Akatsuki da" which means "This is Akatsuki".

[@BillnYou1]

@@YumiVanherck lol if your agreeing with his pronunciation there is now way in the world she is saying what you said she is saying .. its not that hard to hear what she is saying .. so anyway .. nothing to argue about .. we all love them and I know we all love this song .. Tc HS

[@elvismcgentrix5275]

Good thing you didn't listen to the unfinished version, you'd have been a puddle on the floor. Nice job.

[@penelopesnopes6852]

I subscribed immediately, this was fabulous.

[@teuchterloon9130]

Great reaction! As much as the band is built around Su, I'm not sure i'd say she's the main attraction. BABYMETAL is the three girls. You'll understand once you've seen what Yui and Moa bring to the table in other songs 😊

[@autohmae]

What is great about Babymetal, Babymetal has huge amount of talent in all involved. :-)

[@Prasetyajakaanggara]

For me, BABYMETAL is those 3 girl + kami band...

[@mo303mo8]

紅月あかつきAkatsuki Aka=紅=Kurenai=Crimson red tsuki=Moon Akatsuki=暁=あかつき=Dawn Akatsuki=紅い月=Strawberry moon

[@MetaTaro]

Su-metal Queen 🎤👑

[@ervingranlund3744]

Su has some solo's and yui and moa have there solo's in Black babymetal Enjoying your reactions keep going

[@exitpeople2492]

Don't let her get you deeper mate, bcause she's mine hahaha. Love your reaction on our queen btw :)

[@F1rstWorldNomaD]

Akatsuki derives from the 2 words [Aka] and [Tsuki] first one meaning Red and the second Moon or Night depending in context. I have also seen the whole word translated as "Dawn" which makes sense (red night) 4 syllables *[A-ka-tsu-ki]* spoken as one word with sharp, hard tone even on the vowels. I know Americans love their soft A, U and I but you'll have to do away with them here to get this right The U is not pronounced as in SUV but more like in the word "sudden" but its even shorter, almost mute. The most common misstake westerners do when saying this is putting to much emphasis on the U in Tsu when if said properly its almost a silent letter making the full word sound more like [A-kat-ski] rather than [Akatsuki] Hope this helps xP

[@F1rstWorldNomaD]

[A-ka-tsu-ki] but the U is half mute so it sounds closer to [A-kat-ski]

[@F1rstWorldNomaD]

A singer who can actually hold a clean note without having to "Beyonce-wailing" it to death for her voice not to crack... Refreshing isnt it?

[@keithcraig506]

Just in case no one has done this yet... It's pronounced Ah-Kah-tsu-kee, or less formally Ah-kaht-ski. You can hear Su shout this word at about 0.50 in the original video.

[@rickwagner-]

⚡ 💀 💕 / 🔴 🌙 Well, the stage was not spinning the whole time, but it was spinning quite a bit. Looks like you were distracted by the singer. : ) 'Akatsuki' is one of the sadder BABYMETAL songs and Su delivers it beautifully. "Going over thousands of nights, some love shall survive. So, until my body perishes, until my life disappears, I shall keep on cherishing this love. Dye crimson! Dye bloody crimson!" A cool thing about the song title: The word means "daybreak" or "dawn", but it's written by combining the characters for "Red" and "Moon". Which helps explain the red moon imagery BABYMETAL uses in their concerts. In the track listing the character "Kurenai" is used instead of "Red", probably as a tribute to the X-Japan song with that name. Kurenai is a special kind of red, often translated as crimson.

[@me262talon2]

Thanks Rick, now if you talk DizzyD into experiencing Band-Maid!

[@rickwagner-]

+ME262 Talon He reacted to his first BAND-MAID song, 'Real Existence' two days ago, and is already in love. : ) I'm sure we'll see more BAND-MAID reactions from +DizzyDee in the future.

[@rickwagner-]

+Jaz N Thank you very much for the clarification. Is it correct that BABYMETAL use the same kanji as is used for the X-Japan song 'Kurenai'?

[@rickwagner-]

+Jaz N Great! That was the most important part, so I'm glad to have it straight.

[@Hitomi905785]

For all I know just Su-Metal singing is referred to as "Black Babymetal", while just Moa-Metal and Yui-Metal is referred to as "White Babymetal", which is done for the girls to be able to get some breaks during the shows.

[@MrFloppyHare]

Actually, Yui and Moa together were called BLACK BABYMETAL. "White Babymetal" isn't a thing. When Su sings a solo, it's just referred to as a Su solo-song.

[@BillnYou1]

and by the way Akatsuki is pronounced she screams it at the start of the song .. it is pronounced AH - KAT - SU - K-EYE .. she screams it at the start of the song just as the fire bombs go off at the 3:22 mark of your video

[@johnschultz7765]

If this got you a bit teary-eyed then here's the challenge: listen to Akatsuki unfinished version. Edit: Ah, yes, as Grington300 300 said.

[@icebalm]

Awesome vids Dizzy, it's pronounced: Ah kah tsu (like in tsunami) key. It means "Red Moon".

[@jeffschreifels8651]

I've heard that pronunciation but Su herself yells it at the beginning of the song and its ah kuts key. I have seen interviews where Su and the Japanese interviewer pronounce it ah kuts key. So idk, lol

[@raycollins511]

you have to see this song at wembley 2016. Su runs down the stage with fire on both sides. as far as crying wait til you hear no rain, no rainbow. awesome song, and also rondo of nightmare with mischiefs of god intro. and as far as experimenting with sounds wait til you hear GJ with the other two girls and the song has a cow bell in it and it is used perfectly. trust me it will freak you out.

[@autohmae]

One of the things that I'll always remember is that the heat that came off the pyro at Wembley Arena near the start of Akatsuik. Something you can never experience on DVD or Blu-ray. ;-)

[@raycollins511]

@@autohmae thats cool. Wembley is one of the best i think and wish i would have been there. The show is still awesome just watching it.

[@autohmae]

@@raycollins511 Have you ever been to a Babymetal live show ?

[@raycollins511]

@@autohmae no i have not seen them live. They havent been close to where i live but i will some day i hope. None of my friends like them. I try but they just cant get over the girls dancing to metal.

[@autohmae]

@@raycollins511 I'm sorry to hear that, for Wembley Arena I did have to travel outside of my country by airplane, but it was worth it. And I went alone, but when you are at the show and meet follow fans, you need to talk to them, you won't be alone anymore. There are pre-parties or a lot of standing in line talking to fellow fans and after-parties, etc.

[@Kobenoz]

Emotional? Wait till u see Rondo of Nightmare (with intro)...

[@KEVINTHEWS]

A-ka-tsu-ki

[@Singulitarian]

Akat-ski

[@foxeechanel]

Yoo whatsup bro? It almost 3 years, how are you??

[@Subjectivity13]

"White Babymetal" is only Su, while Yui and Moa take a break. Examples are Rondo of Nightmare and No Rain No Rainbow. "Black Babymetal" is only Yui and Moa, while Su takes a break. Examples are GJ, Onedari Daisakusen and Sis Anger. They perform too hard for all three of them to do a whole show without a couple breaks.

[@MrFloppyHare]

"White Babymetal" isn't a thing. When Su sings a solo, it's just referred to as a Su solo-song.

[@F1rstWorldNomaD]

The *one* thing live preformance never does is *sound* better, thats by definition the one and only point of makin a studio recording. Whoever told you that is a lier or an idiot... possibly both. There may be many things you prefere with live music, the moves may be diffrerent, the setting, outfits, the energy of the audience might be your thing, the band gets a more prominent role and so on. But when it comes to sound, in the *absolute best case* senario, if you have an extremly gifted and well trained artist combined with a world class audio team you get something of *equal* quality as in a studio recording but mostly thats not the case. Its like saying Live Theater is better and more believable than a studio film... its not cuz in the movie you get an endless amount of takes to get it right and there are the posibillities of editing... Theatre gives off a totaly different *vibe* that I absolute prefere (being a stage actor myself) the same way a live preformance in music gives of another vibe than a studio recording, but its not because it *sounds better.* Thats a really fucking stupid thing to say

[@F1rstWorldNomaD]

It doesnt sound alot better, thats the whole point of a studio recording, polishing the sound. It sounds more *authentic* and for some reason america is ridicolously over-zealous about live and "audience energy". 90% of the time the audience is annoying unless you're in it... but thats just my opinion. These days live sounds almost as good as the studio versions *if* the band is actually good (which the Baby Metal are) thanks to the amazing advancement in recording technology etc but if you go back only 10-15 year there were live prefomances where you could barely distiguish what song was being played and you'd still have the "live elitis" muppets saying the video was better than the studio version. Take it with a grain of salt, in this particular case the live prefomances *are* pretty much on par with the studio version as they are extremly talanted and watching it live is in many other aspect way more engaging... though there are exceptions.

[@micahclark24]

man this comment section is ANNOYING i love the group but i have to remember to not look at comments

[@tavistockitisnot6284]

(Akatsuki) is an image of "X JAPAN" plus comic "Azumi". That's why she is cloaking! "Azumi" is raised as an assassin from the time of birth. So you can not live to normal! When I die, I live a life that is not amusing.

[@henneseysteven]

You say wow like 15 times flip open a dictionary and learn a few more words

[@SwagVision902]

Lol ok English teacher. You realize this is a reaction, not a video essay. My genuine reaction is saying wow to things that surprise me like any other person. Like you expect me to recite the whole dictionary everytime I react to a moment? Lol get outta here, fool.