Metal Musician Reacts to Poppy | Concrete |

A metal musician's perspective on the new Poppy track, "Concrete"
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#Poppy #NewSong #Reaction

[@NikNocturnal]

*what did I just watch...*

[@FabulousKilljoy]

That’s a good question. That was my reaction too

[@justpapy667]

Это френдзона мейби беби

[@DavidNwokoye]

"Good question"

[@simionbostan8328]

A shit band. Come on Nik, we love tru metal.

[@Joose]

🗑

[@cityxinxflames]

Producer: So what genre are we doing Poppy: Yes

[@NikNocturnal]

Yes

[@jamesgriffyn]

So what genre we doing? Poppy: Hi, I'm Poppy!

[@gachalifedrinatran5471]

*I am poppy*

[@grambaey6309]

Marc Massacre Kawaii metal*

[@29_jonn]

Not really like that, it's called Kawaii Metal and it was created by Babymetal's producer back in 2010. This is just a western version of the concept.

[@michaelczesnozki1671]

Sounds like someone listen to Bring Me The Horizon's entire discography and couldn't pick out which album they liked the most.

[@blindcomiter]

Funny enough, she actually made a deal with DropDead clothing

[@michaelczesnozki1671]

@@blindcomiter Real shit? Damn. That's great.

[@jacoblyons79]

@@michaelczesnozki1671 She's opening for BMTH

[@avocadocommander]

Dude this heavier than bring me the horizon lmao

[@michaelczesnozki1671]

@@avocadocommander well, you aren't wrong.

[@GypsyDanger2000]

"I have some mixed feelings" the whole song described in words.

[@moncedrichaspe925]

He obviously hates it. If the camera wasnt in his face he wouldve quit the video or something hes just doing it for views tbh

[@crowqueen3687]

I really like the juxtaposition of her soft vocals and the dark themes, with it being kinda like baby metal but more chaotic. I like how confusing it is. I appreciate it more than I thought I would.

[@Starr_Apathy]

It's nothing new. Sleigh Bells already did it and better. A lot of artists have actually. This is just pretentious and try hard.

[@Jordan-Ramses]

I like her a lot. She's beautiful, sounds great and has a lot of charisma. The songwriting needs a lot of work. There are little bits and pieces that i really love but they're too far between.

[@thatguysson8241]

Confusing? This is a very generic song structure. You just think those guitar parts were actually hard.

[@mister-4646]

Listen to Opeth if you think this is confusing

[@Jordan-Ramses]

@@mister-4646 - I think he meant the contrast between the poppy vocals and the hard guitar. I'd say listen to Babymetal they do the same sort of thing much better. I did listen to Opeth a couple minutes ago. It alternates between boring and Rob Zombie choking on food. They play their instruments well but i don't like their songwriting and vocals.

[@giannimigliori1164]

“I fell like I’m watching the kids channel now.” WHAT KIND OF KIDS CHANNEL DID YOU WATCH GROWING UP?

[@IshootURface]

PBS. Shits had a lot of acid influence, i mean for fucksake the tellitubbies were just a sludge of multicolored hobbits eat flesh sludge along with their insomniac vacuum.

[@moncedrichaspe925]

They just hate music like this. Its a metal head thing

[@cheesecracker9884]

Spongebob

[@PleasentDddd]

“Today we are reacting to Poppy” Ok “I’ve never heard of this artist” Oh no “So I don’t know what to expect” Oh you poor man. Poppy is a artist you can’t just dive into without warning.

[@keithvarty2683]

Exactly

[@mewpew8124]

XD

[@mysticvirgo9318]

LOL when ya dive into the mind of Poppy, never go in head first :)

[@RayvenOfAbyss]

He should've done a LOT of research because he's missing out. Poppy doesn't copy (anymore thanks to finally getting rid of Titanic); Poppy does what the fuck Poppy wants

[@incogcheeto9322]

Lol she's just like any other artist.

[@MrJasonshores364]

I like the progression she made. Even her pop music was strange, the dark was always there. That's why I liked it.

[@MicktendoIsBest]

You should definitely react to her song “X”. It goes kind of on the same format as this one but imo is much heavier and better.

[@LinusKarlssonMusic]

I agree. It's her best heavy song imo

[@chipsmcbiskitz9494]

Scary mask too!!

[@samuelmercier3635]

Imo she gets better with every heavy song, more diverse, with more phases

[@Joamori1054]

And "Play Destroy"

[@nicolaslooopez]

Yes yes yes do one of x pleaseeee

[@yearnpill]

What confuses me so much is she used to be just straight pop(listen to her song Computer Boy) and then when I saw she signed to Sumerian and did a song with Fever 333 I was like WTF?! Also, if you want to go down a really deep internet rabbit hole, look into the whole lore of the Poppy channel.

[@TheMetalTempestYT]

fancy seeing you here. haha

[@m0thgutz_535]

if you are interested about the lore you should read her graphic novel Genesis ( its about her origin story ) and after reading it everything make sense

[@yearnpill]

J Morris the Review Guy Ayy keep it high keep it tight :D

[@bobair2]

Poppy is anything and everything but not boring.

[@starropenisthe4th786]

Scary mask came before Sumerian

[@codefroziten5468]

people should create a new genre called "weird metal" 😂

[@rewoundmusic2312]

Code Froziten isn’t that’s just Mathcore lol

[@Rubenz343]

Already exists, it's progressive metal.

[@booshting3520]

People you say. I see no reason why people must do it.

[@purpleblue]

poppymetal

[@whatcolorisdeath1266]

@@rewoundmusic2312 it is lol

[@jureizbelican9336]

Please listen to her new released song "I disagree-POPPY"

[@IMPSEED]

I agree

[@HimanXK]

@@IMPSEED ಠ_ಠ

[@kingchuckfinley]

The vocal melody in the chorus is different, and so god damn catchy.

[@sven966]

A lot more coherent then this one....

[@derktalene596]

Garbage

[@markrodriguez7566]

I love how confused you look bro 😂❤️

[@NikNocturnal]

I had no idea what was going on tbh

[@manbird2184]

I like your profile pic

[@RabidDogma]

I can't believe you went into Poppy raw for this. The whole story/lore was the big draw for a long time, but now she seems to be focusing on the music (especially now that she's split from her creative partner). Definitely a kawaii metal/Babymetal influence, now.

[@imraanakollo-arenz1449]

*insert joke about Poppy being heavier than Bring Me The Horizon and Asking Alexandria here*

[@jakubsedlacek3694]

joke? you mean fact? xd

[@rybo0072]

It's true tho lol

[@oda_ir_5335]

Sad but true

[@bobair2]

Bring Me The Horizon is on the same bill as Poppy on her fall tour. I will see Poppy but not the other if I had to choose only one

[@CloudShys]

well she’s touring with Bring Me The Horizon lmao

[@ez0950]

Poppy, teaching the children of the world it is okay to be bipolar.

[@wolframvonstein509]

I don't want to give this comment a like, but it feels... somehow... just like that... you know? Oh, take my thumb already, this stuff tickled my breaking point.

[@bang144p_life4]

Hahahahaha

[@UltraK420]

I've listened to her albums so many times in the past week that it all sounds normal to me. I'm not confused about it at all. I love Poppy.

[@purple_dragon4895]

I was confused about it before being a metal fan then loved it now

[@luisdavid28]

dude, you need to react to her songs “X” and “Scary Mask (feat. FEVER 333)” those are hard. 🔥

[@whovianrusher7145]

computer boy PLZ I Find these two songs way better than concrete tbh

[@zero-ld]

yes!

[@twinny_mi]

Fever is very good he should react to them!

[@lune_misskira1516]

luis david - you’re right ! (And BloodMoney !)

[@ginacarrano50yearsago15]

Eww

[@Forest_V19]

All of her songs are like this a little. My fav of hers is “Scary Mask.” Super heavy and way less weird. The video is sick too.

[@collincrim4634]

agreed scary mask was much more cohesive and makes sense musically. this is just weird

[@6scrubs]

x is my favorite

[@Shmicah1235]

X is rad

[@YesNo-hm8hj]

eh not all of them, her old stuff is pretty much just pop with some weird undertones. I still like her old stuff but it’s not really like her new stuff.

[@dylanharding5720]

@@YesNo-hm8hj most of her music I listen is front the album "am I a Girl?" as its the best balance between her lighter and heavier songs (especially seeing as it has X, one of her heaviest, and Play Destroy)

[@chonikejohnson3403]

Your whole reaction had me dying 😂 mostly cause I remember how tripped out the journey is watching Poppy. Her random videos just talking are extremely interesting and trippy too.

[@LANKY6996]

Should react to her new song "I disagree", alot more 'normal' structure-wise haha plus it's a decent track

[@dropdead5937]

She’s going on tour with BMTH and sleeping with sirens

[@tom.3280]

and playing some shows with loathe

[@dylanharding5720]

She's not with sleeping with sirens when they go to the UK though, which annoys me.

[@carenapeterson1296]

I went to that concert!!! It was fucking amazing and poppy was actually so dope in concert (she would just scream at random)

[@kingchuckfinley]

And with defones also apparently.

[@rainydaycanadian]

Saw her with SWS and she fucking killed it, hadn’t heard about her in a while and now she’s on my playlist

[@parklands9739]

Up next: Nik Nocturnal covers Concrete by Poppy

[@donaldmcwilliams487]

Yes

[@Ethan-bx1cg]

@@donaldmcwilliams487 Yes

[@Noah-lj4rz]

absolutely

[@jamiebrown1361]

@@Ethan-bx1cg Yes

[@callumhawkins2937]

omg imagine nik covering a "pop" song

[@meredithdunahoo4576]

Heard her music for the first time ever when I watched her open for Bring me the Horizon in October. I was floored. It was kinda good but I definitely wasn’t expecting the sound at ALL

[@synysterbullett4166]

The metal part sounds like Opium of the People by Slipknot. Just me?

[@NakisuzBraze]

SynysterBullett I do agree, it tastes so similar

[@thepigeonsofthepacificnort2268]

Nakisuz Braze was that... a PUN my good sir?

[@Luciakun]

I was thinking the same one song she has also gives a babymetal tune

[@brettsimshauser1765]

When Metal meets Willy Wonka 😂 this is what would play during the Oompa Loompa bits

[@metalflower9543]

😂

[@bertjamsolina2663]

This is somehow what made me remember Mike Teevee's song on the Johnny Depp version of Wonka

[@museofink]

I was thinking the exact same thing! It reminded me of Mike Teevee's song on the Jonny Depp version of Willy Wonka

[@sxukablajt6299]

😆👌

[@moncedrichaspe925]

You didnt have to drag queen poppy like that 😂😂😂

[@fieryfenderz589]

Okay so, I've been a poppy fan for a while now while also being big on metal. It kinda started out as a social experiment just posting weird videos and being a pop star that's possibly a robot or something of that nature controlled by "them", like an illuminati kinda thing. But by her last album the robot poppy started becoming more self aware and aware of how shitty the world is, which made the music start getting heavier and more violent with pop elements still mixed in, questioning destroying humanity, her gender identity, and just flat out murder. Looks like she's gonna continue that vibe with Sumerian. Idk if you were reading these lyrics but it sounds all happy and poppy but the lyrics are fucked up. So yeah the best way to explain her current form would be to say she's a misanthropic robot.

[@Kyle-hm7ee]

U l t r o n

[@mikaelastefkova]

My words ✨

[@micnik3573]

true

[@thesomething6229]

You Need To React To Her New Album "I Disagree"

[@JohnAldenDavis]

I gotta say, this was the most enjoyably genuine reaction video I’ve ever seen. 🤘🏻

[@guavaguy7874]

If you want something heavier listen to either X or Scary Mask by her. It’s much more heavy and less pop like

[@isaacduplantis1114]

My man... when ya gonna review that new Taylor Swift album?

[@NikNocturnal]

Does it djent

[@isaacduplantis1114]

@@NikNocturnal 😂😂

[@Smithysmithin]

I was gonna say he should cover it, but someone beat me to the punch lmao

[@ironsusgaming540]

Save him and say sike, he doesn't need to hear the degeneracy.

[@poiewhfopiewhf]

Its really cool how well you can dissect and analyze something off the top right after seeing it for the first time bravo

[@nycto16]

I just love this song so much honestly.. it's so different! Basically this song has a deep meaning which mostly people don't understand. This song is basically tell us the dark side of depression, a person who's suffering from severe depression and wants this life to end.. That person don't like this materialistic world, don't like it's food.. he/she just want to be buried soon. This song is such a masterpiece ♥️🔥 Art with Darkness and a serious message in it! PS: I'm big fan of Poppy 💖

[@RhomboMus]

I'm at this point very much considering buying her music haha

[@dylanharding5720]

Trust me, she has better songs. X is one of her best, as is Scary Mask.

[@autumnburra]

as someone who's been a fan of poppy for years, this is hilarious to watch you so confused

[@purple_dragon4895]

It's so confusing but I love it

[@finn_wiegmann]

Saw her live with bad omens and she was so damn fun. She really hyped the people up. She’s just crazy

[@CyberCrusader27]

Sounds like a song with an identity crisis.

[@selvedgedad]

That a Thrice reference?

[@screamobaby]

I just dont know how to feel...

[@NikNocturnal]

Same

[@ReinhartLive]

Yes. The feeling is Yes.

[@ja_cow_ski]

A lot of the other songs she has like this blend a LOT better. This one was okay compared to X, Play Destroy, and Scary Mask.

[@lrc4263]

Please check out “Blood Money” by Poppy. It’s sort of electric/industrial metal, but the end solo is PURE METAL GUITAR SOLO EPICNESS!!

[@ChristianTaylor3]

Oh it’s Kawaii-metal. This instantly made me think of the band BABYMETAL

[@jerjer626]

I wouldn't compare them just because of the difference in quality.

[@Jordan-Ramses]

@@jerjer626 - Which are you saying is higher quality?

[@Themarv52]

@@jerjer626 poppy is ripping off Babymetal, what the fuck are you talking about

[@troloosauhund8747]

@@Themarv52 Poppy is was more diverse and wearder

[@Themarv52]

@@troloosauhund8747 shut the fuck up kid

[@DavidNwokoye]

This song is like a rollercoster. It goes 🤮🤘😱🤮🤘😱😲🤮

[@FabulousKilljoy]

That’s so true

[@dyI4n]

Fabulous Killjoy no puke emoji for me tho

[@christianlopez1997]

Bro😂😂😂

[@jakerobertslocomb2988]

Bro how are you everywhere 😂 I swear you comment on every video 😂

[@NikNocturnal]

Lmao pretty much

[@felixhumanum4676]

That reaction at 1:37 is probably a lot of other's reaction as well. I ain't gonna lie. It would be nice if you made a metal version. I would like to hear your take of the song.

[@DoTheDrew1990]

Never done drugs before? just watch this video and see what its like.

[@tearfulxsoul]

I didn’t realise you had reacted to this and I am pleasantly surprised

[@NivanSharma]

this song is pretty cool it reminds me of anime intro music and metal

[@aaradicatin12]

Poppy is intentionally supposed to be odd

[@dansegelov305]

Poppy is a character depicting a completely brainwashed young starlet entirely controlled by her handlers. She comes over as really sweet and innocent but there is a sinister, creepy undertone to her. She's like a human robot. You should see her in interviews. The sensation that she's somehow not quite fully human hits the 'uncanny valley' so well that it triggers your primal 'fight or flight' response. The way she describes 'they' (whoever her handlers are,) is like how a schizophrenic describes the voices in their head.

[@rospyakarospano]

She's not controlled anymore lol, u people are late..

[@dansegelov305]

@@rospyakarospano Late? She was never controlled in the first place! She's a performance artist called Moriah Rose Pereira, who's just playing a character!

[@JDivinorumVideo]

I love the lyrics to this song. It sounds like they're using a lot of chords from the parallel key and a few chromatic ones.

[@sanchoddrums]

If I had a dollar for every time you said cohesive, I'd have...well....a few dollars I guess

[@NikNocturnal]

Facts

[@peliniochem4698]

I was looking for a comment about that lol

[@sanchoddrums]

@@peliniochem4698 hahaha yeah..good ole bit of fun

[@the_seer_0421]

*Rich af*

[@MammothBehemoth]

You made me cough out a laugh Nice one ...haha

[@Ar0474]

So Poppy is actually an act, she's suppose to represent the mind set of the mainstream pop music world, she has an entire channel dedicated to it, its some pretty sweet stuff honestly!

[@mychannelofawesome]

I honestly love this album

[@OgamiItto70]

"What...what just happened?" Yeah. That's the usual reaction to Poppy.

[@reganwolf4405]

😆👌🏼

[@TheMetalTempestYT]

Still needing to make my track review for it! This is really wild. It's certainly a rollercoaster. Glad she's on Sumerian Records now, though!

[@pompei9602]

her song Scary mask with Fever333 is traight fire

[@audrepoison566]

Do more Poppy, please!!! X and Scary Mask are my favorites

[@djbassr3bel]

MY SAME REACTION... the small 2009 breakdown portion had me confused and bopping my head lol

[@ShoryuCon]

12 foot Ninja + Baby Metal = Poppy

[@Kamaljitsingha__]

4:17 "oh..ok..umm" hahaha those expressions 😄

[@NikNocturnal]

^^^

[@coreypearson4]

Finally a song that reflects my bi polar disorder

[@silnanghton6403]

Hey Nik,! I loved your reactions! 😂😂👌🏻like wtf! 😨😨Hilarious! Cheers! Love ya! Awesome channel! xx🖤

[@abeyboii]

You should react to Scary Mask by Poppy ft. Fever 333. That one her most hardest and intense, chaotic song

[@parcivaltv8089]

Someone to Poppy : You okay? Poopy : Turn me into a street

[@modelbehavior1508]

POPPY is Poppys singer

[@parcivaltv8089]

owh

[@HiThereFaceHere]

May see me comment a bit over the next couple hours. I'm binge watching your vids to catch up. That said I might go stand in front of the mirror and apologize to myself for 3 hours for making myself watch this. Your react pretty much nailed it. Just total wtf moment

[@andreslml2210]

Recuerdo que con este video descubrí a Nik Nocturnal 🤘

[@joepalladino9257]

Reminds me of a bipolar Otep with SOAD and a bit of Babymetal

[@ungiven513]

Poppy - Scary Mask!!! Waaaay heavier, you'll love the guitar work!!

[@robynholley2180]

she used the exact same siren sample at Slipknot in Opium of the People xD

[@otterwoods8881]

Ive listened to poppy for a while she just made pop for a while and suddenly started making a lot of weird semi metal songs like this

[@tyrp7309]

If split personality disorder was a song

[@internetgoat4831]

Scary Mask. It's more edible to Digest than this one if you felt this WTF-y to your standards

[@bobbybands6923]

This was the best reaction someone could have ever given this

[@thilaerian4418]

THIS IS SO GOOD

[@arjenritzerfeld6567]

Do a reaction to X by Poppy aswell!

[@napoleondynamite5891]

I'm not sure but I think Phil Bozeman wrote the lyrics😏

[@jaggedvisions]

napoleon dynamite BUEHRY ME SIX FEET DEEP AUGH

[@AgainstTheeWickedlyMusic]

As I lay me down to sleep, I pray to the lord to put me SIX FEET DEEP

[@kingchuckfinley]

I’ve loved poppy since she first appeared. The anti-pop star. I’ve liked the character, but it wasn’t until this album that I really truly appreciated her for what she is. This album is a work of art. So strange, I love it.

[@WittyName44]

I didn't know she existed until this reaction video. Thank you?

[@americantimemachine7128]

DO BLOODMONEY!! That song is pretty heavy has some incredibly unique production on it. Fill the Crown probably sounds like the most true metal song off the new album.

[@Sparklepharts]

This is accurate

[@yvonnelee4385]

This is one of the most ADD of poppy’s “metal” songs yet... scary mask is my fave so far. And play destroy with grimes. X is dope too but the transitions are pretty jarring on that one. Still love it tho, “please get me bloody” with the Carrie vibes in the video is just sick

[@avaevathornton9851]

Poppy is a musician, but also a comedian and entertainer who has always made heavy use of weird and disturbing themes. She first became famous via her KZbin sketches which were almost always surreal and often had dark undertones. Music has definitely become a bigger part of her brand recently, but most of her songs contain some element of deliberate irony or surrealism.

[@dj-py3fz]

I like this reaction because he doesn’t talk over the *whole song.*

[@cuervo6169]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA HIS FACE 1:38 , IM CRYING HAHAHAJAHAHAHAJA

[@joeyjongles2855]

Please listen to the new Knocked Loose album A Different Shade of Blue 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@camillaquelladegliaggettiv4303]

That record is consistently 11 on the Mohs scale or rock and metal hardness

[@BretGlissmann]

love how he has never heard it but is mouthing the words to the first part of the song.

[@sara6069]

Nobody: KZbin: RECOMMENDED FOR YOU Me: have watched a singular metal music video in my life and have never heard of Poppy before yesterday

[@dekkuboboo8486]

pooppy is love.. poppy is life

[@kingforaday8148]

Now you should check out 'Mask' by Poppy and Fever333

[@FabulousKilljoy]

Which “King for a Day”?

[@kingforaday8148]

@@FabulousKilljoy What do you mean 'which'?

[@FabulousKilljoy]

King For A Day Green Day or Pierce the Veil?

[@kingforaday8148]

@@FabulousKilljoy Pierce The Veil

[@FabulousKilljoy]

King For A Day Cool beans 👌🏽 I love both, but I don’t prefer one over the other; they’re both their own thing haha. Green Day’s is certainly a trip though 😂

[@cykablyat7393]

That middle happy section is very reminiscent of a certain passage in close to the edge by Yes.

[@anonglakmoonwicha2726]

Mystified confusion sounds like a perfectly natural reaction to first hearing Poppy. Keep going... just a few more tunes and you will be addicted!

[@walu1g1]

listen to scary mask feat. fever 333! i think you might enjoy it more

[@Drummerboy-yb8th]

She’s going on tour with Bring Me the Horizon and Sleeping With Sirens hahaha

[@FabulousKilljoy]

you can’t be serious

[@Drummerboy-yb8th]

Fabulous Killjoy I’m serious haha it’s called the Threesome Tour

[@FabulousKilljoy]

TJ Thomas oh my gosh no

[@Drummerboy-yb8th]

Fabulous Killjoy that’s my exact feeling about it too haha

[@SMALLYOUTUBERARMY]

very nice pro reaction, she's a lot of fun always some type of madness going on

[@TheMythOfLegend]

After listening to poppy for awhile now. I’m not surprised by anything she does anymore.

[@BalintNemessanyi]

Up next: Nik Nokturnal cover Poppy with Concrete

[@jsamaofficial]

Please don't let Poppy the next Attack Attack LOL!

[@dannydash3]

Poppy is so much fun live.....I fucking love her 😛🤘👩‍🚀

[@frankkkmauroo7029]

I really did not expect, the first time I heard it was scary but they put metal in it, very cool 😅😂🤟🤘🤘

[@shadystuntsofficial]

X or scary mask would definitely be great next songs to do

[@pheeshi]

Metal cover with Andy Cizek?

[@Quartz-GT]

YES YES YES

[@damien1700]

I love people reacting to poppy for the first time

[@negative74]

Its like rapidly hitting skip on your playlist...i love the Queen vibe at the end 🤘