How To Write A BABYMETAL Song!

[@ImaWreckU]

From 51% not subbed to 47% not subbed. Nik making all kinds of subscriber count gains.

[@deadalonethe1]

He does fun metal things here!

[@LaganusWrex]

By the math, thats 40,000 people. Setting this world ablaze. With fun metal things. 🤘🔥💀🔥🤘

[@Guitarist19887]

@@LaganusWrexI see what you did there 😊

[@callumarmitage4828]

This sounds like an anime opening from the mid 2000s and I'm so here for it

[@Bannschwert]

Animecore

[@spottier]

​@@Bannschwertanicore

[@mikekristin7201]

I never got into animals at all but damn they had some killer music in them 🤙

[@Eichro]

tbh it sounds like an anime opening but from the 2020s. There was rarely ever any hint of metal in anime openings during the 2000s, now it's all over the place

[@Rivershield]

Indeed. Speaking of which, why the hell there are no openings like this anymore?

[@Hardcrafter2807]

Gotta say, I'm impressed by the vocalist! She's the real deal when it comes to female metal vocalists. She's got the screams, she's got the growls, she's got the cleans, really the whole package! Not sure how you found her, but I think we can all say we're glad you did!

[@Mr_jz_12]

@zyzzyx222 Seeing hanabie in 2 months. Fucking excited for that!

[@Hardcrafter2807]

@ghostfacekurdkillah4147 You're welcome to your opinion, but damn you don't need to be an ass about it. There's nothing objective about musical tastes.

[@kenjikitten]

Check out Merging Moon, she did vocals for them

[@dylh7559]

@ghostfacekurdkillah4147 is metal and objectively awesome

[@seantimmons5900]

​@ghostfacekurdkillah4147OH, thank God we found a gatekeeper!

[@armandthevagabond8641]

It's great that you got Yu to do the vocals, IMO she deserves so much more exposure.

[@OmgWtfTsuji]

Holy fucking shit, you got Yu on vocals. Been a fan of hers and her band merging moon since Anthony Bourdain had them on his show back in the day. I highly recommend everyone check out the live video of them playing their song greyen. It's fucking awesome

[@Soruwu]

This sounded like a perfect blend of BABYMETAL and HANABIE. Fantastic job to the both of you !

[@BRUNHILDofficial]

I was just thinking the same thing!!! - Frank -

[@latenightramen89]

at points it sounds exactly like a broken by the scream song!

[@BRUNHILDofficial]

@@latenightramen89 for real! Another great group! - Frank -

[@Sasquatch0251]

I've seen Babymetal front row and just discovered Hanabie earlier this year. Those girls kick ass.

[@DeePal072]

I'd say more like 20% BABYMETAL 80% HANABIE 🤔😅👍

[@CasualViewer-t4f]

Great job surprise guest vocals and Nik this was sic as always. 🤘🏻

[@player12gaming89]

As a true maggot would say: Yeah, it was (Sic)

[@KenDawg25k]

The start of How to Metal Vol. 3 and it’s freaking sick!!!!! Hope how to Ice Nine Kills or Rob Zombie in 30 seconds happens this months because ya know it’s the horror/halloween season, and I hope how to Breaking Benjamin in 30 seconds with Chris Motionless on vocals is apart of the Volume as well. Have a great day Nik great content as always

[@ares_bliss]

Oh, a How To INK would hella dope

[@KenDawg25k]

@@ares_bliss who would do vocals for it though? Unless he actually gets Spencer to do it

[@avriel6903]

@@KenDawg25k Just like how he found someone for M. Shadows, I think he'd be able to find someone who can do all the different types of screams. I need how to MiW and I9K NOW

[@KenDawg25k]

@@avriel6903 same also you are right

[@ares_bliss]

@@KenDawg25k Either he gets Spencer to do it or maybe Set It Off's vocalist or Craig Mabitt. If Rob Zombie, then ez, just get Chris Motionless

[@driedketchup1201]

No way you got Yu for vocals! I loved it when she was in merging moon, glad to see her still doing screams!

[@xxH4rdC0R3xx]

She's still in MergingMoon tbh, they're on hiatus at the moment.

[@Aabeeceedeeee]

She also was part of a project called Devil Within. They released only one album tho

[@xxH4rdC0R3xx]

@@Aabeeceedeeee Oh the Melodeath project led by Undead Corporation's founder Shacho. Yeah that band is kind of a standby passing project just to release a melodic death metal song because Undead Corporation has shifted to Metalcore and Shacho's really into melodeath so he got in contact with Mergingmoon's vocalist because she's into death metal growls. Also early songs from Mergingmoon have death metal growls rather than metalcore style growls which made sense why Shacho got her as vocalist

[@El_Bellota]

Tf is the contrast in her voice 😮

[@serialrain.]

This is really reminiscient of Yuyoyuppe's earlier works! (Vocaloid producer who has written/produced a number of songs for Babymetal). Excellent stuff!

[@crispineda279]

6:50 has to easily be heaviest breakdown I've heard this year

[@kk-wz1zt]

I still remember when I first heard greyen way back. Good to know U is still doing music.

[@n0handles]

Saw Babymetal live a month ago, and it was INSANE!!!! Glad to see more people loving them

[@aKhemu]

gonna see them in November (again). glad to hear that you think it was great. saw them as preshow of sabaton earlier this year and the mix was not good at all which led to su-metal having to sing louder and not hitting all the notes which (in my opinion) made the show not fun to watch. hope it's ginna be better now since i fucking love almost every single song they have.

[@themanwhosings-v3n]

​@@aKhemuI also saw them in the same show.

[@beza2889]

I'm undecided about going there. Baby metal or kawaii metal are not exactly my style. Should I really go to the concert?

[@xaioxaio11]

​​@@beza2889I'd say this; listen to their newest album The Other One and if you're still not really feeling it, then don't go. Their upcoming shows are most likely going to be songs from this album. It's also their most digestible music for those who aren't used to their sound yet.

[@aKhemu]

@beza2889 did you learn about babymetal just from this vid? then i'd highly recommend you listening to some of their songs (especially the new ones) since especially the singing is quite different from what nik did here (niks sound alike is a great tho, just not completely babymetal). if you already did so then it depends on: 1. how much money you have and 2. if you wanna take the risk of visiting a concert you may not like. from my experience songs can bring a different energy live than on the records and thus you may like/dislike some songs live on which you had the opposite opinion before. if you think there's a chance for you fall in love with this band live then i recommend you to go but still, not everybody (including myself) has the money to go to every concert they'd like to go so if you're unsure and can think of ways to spend that money in a better way than don't.

[@norivixen1877]

Can confirm babymetal is insane live! I have videos when i saw them at louder than life AMAZING 🎉

[@mayatmaot]

They are. I saw them open for judas priests, and it was awesome even without their usual props and equipment on solo shows.

[@markdemars7648]

I haven't heard much of their music but I heard they're very good.

[@08fka]

I saw them in Denver! Metali was insane live

[@rynogt4]

Holy fuck I knew those screams sounded familiar! Everyone absolutely has to check out Yu's bands MergingMoon and Devil Within Thank you for the seemingly endless supply of bangers, Nik

[@rahulbesra2422]

Was getting a lot of recommendation of her channel on my Insta, she covers a ton of bands. And now she collabs with Nik. This song slaps. Awesome work.

[@GernickKuik]

You've outdone yourself! Also great vocals from Kawaii Satan

[@jbales8990]

Can I just say "Tsunderalla" is a fantastic name lmao

[@alienfortytwo]

yeah it actually made me laugh pretty hard when I saw it

[@alice__drummer]

NO WAY HE GOT YU ON VOCALS A ABSOLUTELY LOVE HER⁉️⁉️⁉️😱😱😱😱😱😱 And he really called it tsunderella too what a dude😂

[@anq4274]

Yu...i didn't expect Yu to be here...really, banger of a song but the vocalist took me by surprise.

[@LadyTalianna]

What in the most savage moshpit's was this Lady ??😳 Hell, if we can get more of such production and collab's, I'll invite Cthulhu and other Demons, that will approve of that. Great Stuff

[@techno9991]

I love Yu Umehara's work on Merging Moon already, this was great, glad she helped out

[@MirorR3fl3ction]

The vocalist absolutely killed it

[@idatenidaten5548]

Nik-Metal‼️ 🤘🦊🤘 Awesome job!! I went to see Babymetal in Orlando last month. Super Incredible!!

[@equipmagameplays]

Just casually introducing Yu Umehara for the vocals on this one. She deserves more credit.

[@deanchewning4733]

Dude... This is absolutely perfect! that first verse and all the heavy chugs during production phase literally reminds me of something out of Deep Blue Parkway Drive then goes hard af into the uwuuus😂

[@147knight]

This song has no right to hit this hard, Congrats Nik Nocturnal, you've done it again 🤘🤘😊

[@taooflele]

I saw Babymetal in Orlando with Dethklok and those women killed it, along with their musicians. It was hot AF and they danced so damn much, like how 😅

[@autohmae]

Supposedly in the 'early' years, in 2014, their first show in the US, in LA, the A/C system broke and after the show Moametal went by ambulance to the hospital, nothing serious, they were performing again as planned a few days later.

[@ttungstenn4842]

@@autohmaeAbsolute friggin troopers them

[@autohmae]

@@ttungstenn4842 because they go hard live is one of the reasons they got a bunch of respect in the metal community.

[@Akinohotarubi]

Ah, so that's why youtube put some Yu Umehara shorts on my feed. Good for her, she's amazing. Anyone crazy enough to pull off a vocal cover of DIFFERENT SENSE is legit.

[@Stealth47Murder]

That’s borderline closer to the Japanese band "Hanabie" with the female screams mixed in there, go check them out if you liked it ! Banger btw

[@HansJob]

The verses sound like Hanabie and the chorus sounds exactly like Passcode

[@davidmonterroza6665]

My thoughts exactly

[@gregor_yaooo]

i thought it sounded more like broken by the scream but anyway it sounds good!

[@simno345]

Yessssss. This. Hanabie. are awsome :)

[@Zombieberry27]

Hanabie's new album is incredible

[@JamesTheManiac]

4:07 to 4:13 "Oh cool that's a good vocalist", then 4:14 hits and my jaw LITERALLY dropped, haha. That's sooo fuckin sick.

[@Freetobushcraft]

I loved baby metal wit bmth in kingslayer, it was sick

[@josuemetalhellix1543]

Holy shit Umehara Yuu!!!!! So awesome!! I have been a fan of her since Mergingmoon, the other project she did called Devil Within was so good too

[@emb5091]

8:02 "What the f*ck did we make? ..... Hopefully a new kawaii metal band that will open for BABYMETAL on their next tour!

[@Killermcknight]

Man if only Babymetal had breakdowns like that! Nik just couldn't help himself lol

[@yulligoteckg2]

Crazy thing before this song came out, I have have been following her on Instagram, like a month ago and she is an insanly talented vocalist, if I remember it correctly she did a cover of, Entombment of a machine by Job for a cowboy, it was soo good!

[@pete7588]

Bro, this channel is severely underrated. You come up with the craziest versions of peoples music and change it into your own masterful creation

[@TheStryker247]

Yu is absolutely insane. I saw her Shadow of Intent cover on Insta and holy shit she’s got range

[@BigSparkzy]

Not once, NOT ONCE, have I thrown down to cute vocals, but here I am at nearly 3am stompin around like a maniac. My stank face says metal, but my ears say kawaii.

[@macmcadam7311]

Bow down to Lady Yu ❤🔥 MergingMoon in da studio!!

[@bryannov9068]

Yu is such a sick vocalist! i’ve been following her for a while now, glad you two were able to make a song together!

[@MrNuganteng]

as a BM fans, this exceeds my expectation so high. Yu's vocal is so perfect for the song

[@ares_bliss]

Imagine if he got Ryo to do vocals haha

[@birnekaskade12]

Well he got ryo on the last song of his new termina album! Banger

[@ares_bliss]

@@birnekaskade12 I have yet to check it out

[@uzin_seo]

It’s not BABYMETAL… but still good. Like others say, it’s more like hanabie song.

[@themysterioussoul1970]

Oh wow you have to start writing songs this is then randomly pasted together and yourself musical notes down is just wow💕💕💕💕

[@BB-BA55akaMR-BLEGH]

Absolute props to both of you 👏🤘 Incredible instrumental and vocals.

[@linko994]

Honestly sounds more like Hanabie then Babymetal, because the vocals don't really feel Babymetal that much. But still a fun track.

[@lorallo2887]

Been a huge fan of MergingMoon, glad to see Nik putting Yu Umehara out there!! 🤘🤘🤘

[@metalheaddd97]

Hell yeah!! This is what we needed! I saw them during the Babyklok tour with Dethklok in Orlando and it was a hella fun show!! Song slaps hard af!

[@reubenk7331]

Dang so freaking good Nik! Amazing as always! Also, glad to hear its just goat sacrifices for the KZbin subs 🤣 Edit: Holy shit those vocals too! I bet it takes forever to cut the twitch streams down to this length as well.

[@ascenelongforgotten9682]

I'm convinced, especially with everyone Nic has collab with so far, He's practically IS the Metal music Industry

[@imnotchikao6317]

Yu Umehara from MergingMoon?!?! That’s a surprise! ❤

[@NV-NS]

Perfect timing I just saw Hanabie in San Diego and next Thursday I'ma go see Babymetal in LA

[@Deij1]

HOLY SHIT she sounds DEMONIC

[@Zelement911onrs]

So happy to see Yu on this track, great choice of vocalist!

[@SEVEN_DUCK]

This song slaps super hard!!!

[@RevJR]

Davie504 learned how to slapp from this video.

[@RevJR]

@ghostfacekurdkillah4147 I'm glad our like of something you dislike takes up space rent-free in your head.

[@SEVEN_DUCK]

@ghostfacekurdkillah4147 you actually helped nik clicking on this video plus commenting. So jokes on you

[@RevJR]

@ghostfacekurdkillah4147 ok boomer

[@GATHUGHDxD]

I was like "why do I recognize this vocalist" she was the one who did the screams for the one off album dark supremacy by devil within didn't know she sung as well

[@WaschiTV]

Babymetal, at first I thought it was a bad joke of some Asian girls XD… Then my head started being possessed by Chocolate… 👀

[@ChuckThree]

Feel the UwU coursing thru your veins 🤘👹🤘

[@l4unchp4dgaming38]

I saw Babymetal in 2017 at Pain in the Grass 2017 in Auburn, Washington with Korn headlining.

[@impactQuake]

It's sounds more like Hanabi though haha. Still slaps

[@pufferzsola69]

It is just perfect. The vocalist really put her into it DAAAMN !!!! :D

[@ab72_s]

Man, I am really digging this song, and I gave Babymetal a listen after this, I listened to their track with Tom Morello, and it was amazing af! You are exposing me to the extremes of Metal Genre, Nik, and I am so fuckin proud of that!

[@nickmcmillan3920]

Good timing, going to see them tonight. Not gonna lie, more excited about Dethklok though. Maybe that's your next song?

[@erikpeterson778]

This is way more crazy than actual Babymetal. I do like it though. Please make more. /diehard Babymetal stan

[@latenightramen89]

Just go listen to broken by the scream, it's basically their sound he accidently ended up making lol

[@charleslilly4213]

Omg that first breakdown gave me goose pimples!! Hell f*ckin ya 🔥

[@sge9987]

Sounds really cool, but I'm pretty sure this is a leaked version of the next Babybeard song ❤

[@BlazinNSoul]

Saw this over the weekend in Vegas with what looked like mostly Dethklok fans. Well that may have been premarure as the roof was literally blown off the Pearl Theatre when Metal came on. Their entire set was pandemonium. Absolute f*** chaos all the way down to the wall of death. Dethklok didn't even get that & I can concur. You haven't seen Babymetal until you see them live. Best concert I've been to in years!! New Fans came out of that arena. Great reaction here!!🤘🦊🔥

[@xHoyBoyx]

sure i more prefer if there was only clean vocals (as most of the BM stuff is around Su vocals now basically), but Yu is insane. love the track!

[@christophercook4819]

Dude this is fucking awesome!!! If I would have heard it without watching this video I’d think it was babymetal. Creativity is one half imagination and one half madness 🤘🏻

[@cameronharrington6813]

They're incredible

[@Itemno9]

One of the best yet, but I gotta say...The instrumental on this would have worked in almost any metalcore band, I feel. You played it down a lot while writing it, but dude its SO GOOD...F**king bravo! I could hear at least 20 different metal vocalists tracking this the more I listened to it! Never stop!

[@davidmonterroza6665]

Fucking awesome! Though it's giving me more Hanabie vibes

[@beanbeater]

WE FINALLY HIT A MIL!!! LETS GO NIK, been here since like 100k. congrats

[@nikolaszervoudakis5893]

Also this vocalist killed it!

[@theunexpectedua]

Wtf Nik, you've outdone yourself this time! Also Yu, perfect for this song) Anime intro song gone mad! 👌

[@Bones12x2]

You accidently wrote a Hanabie song. But its fun!

[@CanaldoPortador]

"a bunch of what the f*** mixed with different genres of metal at any point and kawaii vocals" has to be the best Babymetal description I've heard and the very reason why I love their music 😂😂😂

[@robertdkarson2825]

This sounds more like Hanabie than Babymetal, but still a banger \m/

[@gejutell]

You should guest some of the sick underrated guitarist to write leads on your songs to introduce them to us that'd be sick

[@Tyelkormoko]

Damn Yu comin' in clutch! Love this song, wouldn't necessarily call it Babymetal, it kind of transformed into its own original J-Metal song, great job!

[@apocalypsekid]

Awesme that she has been appearing on my instagram lately and now she sings and screams on this song with you

[@MrPopwarez]

Sounds more like Hanabi then Babymetal :D But awesome anyway

[@gatling216]

That was my thought. Hanabie, but slightly more sane and musically coherent. Still dope.

[@autohmae]

I was thinking: Deep Girl

[@raira.3170]

DAMN THE TITLE and the song is fucking banger too

[@mayatmaot]

I've been waiting for this

[@ironklaw]

"What the f*ck did we just make?" My guy, you made a BANGER.

[@YourAnimeOtaku]

I LOVE HOW SHE CAN SOUND LIKE A MOE KAWAII LOLI AND THEN GOES INTO INSANE GUTERAL SOUNDING GROWLS! INSANE WORK BOTH OF YOU! I LOOPED THIS TOO MUCH TO COUNT!

[@disthymia6929]

There are plenty of female metal and visual kei bands in Japan! I don't know about new ones, but some slightly older ones are Exist Trace, Danger Gang, and Doll$Boxx

[@HawlHeed]

Sick!! Seeing as its spooky season. Could we please get a "How to Type O negative" in 30 secs?

[@mariocastillo8334]

I love your suggestion, but where in tarnation is Nik going to get Peter's voice?

[@HawlHeed]

@@mariocastillo8334 by using Anthony Vincent? Or his friend, Sam(?)

[@1991jwp]

This doesn't sound like a Babymetal song, but it's still sufficiently unhinged enough that Babymetal fans can find something to enjoy here so it gets a pass.

[@InfiniteRespawn2023]

sounded exactly like baby metal

[@rminter44]

Killed it as always. im in love with that singer. Thats just hot 🔥

[@1lostmuffin]

Does it sound like Babymetal? No. Does it slap and am I going to have it on repeat today? Fuck yeah

[@pauldavidmiller7424]

Seen baby metal at LTL. They done a good job even though it is not something I’d normally listen to. A lot of people were making fun of them, but they put a lot of work into their set.

[@r_pro_]

bro made a hanabie song and expected us not to notice 💀

[@Pezturbator]

Hanabie fuckin SLAPS

[@1lostmuffin]

I couldn't put my finger on it, but I knew it wasn't Babymetal. Hanabie makes so much more sense

[@08fka]

love hanabieeee

[@steveratcliffe2181]

Way more Hanabie, but that's all good cos they are brilliant. Great job Nik and singer

[@deigonx7011]

6:47 bro...the breakdown wtf!!!! That caught me off guard 😭🔥

[@larryr3495]

Saw Babymetal and Dethklok Sunday night. Both were just fantastic 🔥🤘

[@cfleckenstein88]

great work, as always btw ;). great vocals

[@soyanxo8]

He need to listen Hanabie

[@timsterx1124]

This perfectly encapsules all the friggin stuff, that I love kawaii-metal for. PLEASE DO HANABIE!!!!! NEXT!! Reaction, Song, whatever I'll take it!

[@Tyyppl]

This sounds pretty accurate. Only complaint I have that this song has a bit too much growling since BABYMETAL uses growling very sparingly most of the time.

[@augustbaptiste9001]

It just makes it better

[@latenightramen89]

its way closer to suttin broken by the scream would put out tbh.

[@Tyyppl]

@@augustbaptiste9001 Sure if you like growling. I just said that it makes it sound a bit inaccurate.

[@augustbaptiste9001]

@@Tyyppl that is true. Do you know any baby metal songs that have any at all? I know karate has one and babymetaldeath. Do you know more?

[@Grington300]

@@augustbaptiste9001 Try 'Catch Me If You Can'

[@Wyldout]

Mergingmoon's lead singer! It's a shame they disbanded, they had so much potential. Thank you Bourdain and r.i.p..