MY BABYMETAL Journey | No Rain No Rainbow & Mirror Mirror REACTION

[@JasonsSongStop]

Thanks for stopping by for my newest DOUBLE REACTION! Let me know what you think of No Rain no Rainbow & Mirror Mirror! People say they play Pa Pa Ya live, maybe I'll have to check that out next? What do you think should come next so I'm ready for the live show 😁🤟🦊

[@bradkornatowski3866]

I am not crying. Very powerful, there can never be a rainbow without the rain. Su emotes so good when she fully gets into it.

[@christihastings7792]

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[@JasonsSongStop]

Thanks so much for stopping by! 😁🤟

[@Grington300]

Nice double reaction. Su really does get the emotions across (the definitive performance of NRNR is probably from Legend S, but the Budokan 2021 was special too ... there was a kamisihibai before this (and a different one before Legend S - that was performed in Hiroshima) that really did give the whole song so much more meaning. Su first performed this at Legend 1999 in June 2013. She was not happy, she was so young and didn't feel she was understanding and therefore not expressing the emotion the song deserved. She felt she was concentrating most on hitting the right notes and singing the right lyrics, but she felt she didn't have the life experience to really understand the song. When they recorded the first album NRNR was not included. Only when she saw people crying in the audience at a later performance did she realise her voice could effect people that way and only then was she prepared to record it - it was on the second album released 2016. NRNR has still only been performed 7 times: Legend 1999 (June 2013), Budokan Black Night (March 2014), Tokyo Dome (2016), Legend S (both nights Dec 2017), Budokan 2021 (2 of the 10 nights). NRNR is inspired by and pays Home to X Japan's classic 'Endless Rain'. 'Mirror Mirror' 🪞🦊🪞questions the duality of reality, is the image in the mirror the real you? This was the first time that Su-metal has channelled Snow White's step mother and Moametal has quoted Shakespeare's witches from MacBeth ... it isn't the first time they have had Prog Metal elements in one of their songs.

[@JasonsSongStop]

Thank you for the amazing breakdown and description of NRNR and Mirror Mirror! And of course BABYMETAL has plenty of experience in Prog metal! It is always very impressive to me when they pull it off so well 😁🤟🦊

[@yunametal344]

Welcome back Jason! Nice reaction!🤘🦊 I've been practicing bass guitar and now I can play "NRNR". Now I'm practicing "Akatsuki". My ultimate goal is to play "TOTD" and I want to play all the songs of BABYMETAL!🤭

[@JasonsSongStop]

Thanks for stopping by! I'm glad to hear you're still learning songs on the bass 👍 Learning BABYMETAL songs will help you become very good, keep it up and I'll see you again soon 😁🤟🦊

[@Ganimal83]

Great double feature! Su-metal is such an amazing vocalist, and NRNR highlights this beautifully. Mirror Mirror is just cool all around. I live Babymetal!! 🤘🦊

[@JasonsSongStop]

Thanks so much for stopping by for the Babymetal double Reaction! NRNR was another amazing performance by Su Metal, showing her range of singing and emotional presence on stage!

[@Ganimal83]

@@JasonsSongStop thank you for the reactions! And yes, Su-metal is amazing! All hail the queen 🤣🤘🦊

[@robokop4491]

Mirror Mirror was one of the first Babymetal songs I heard (other than Gimme Chocolate! a decade ago), and it made me fall in love with the band almost instantly as it reminded me of listening to At The Drive In with the discordant guitar sounds and time changes. It's next to Maya on The Other One and I think of them as kind of sister tracks in how they differ from the rest of their songs.

[@JasonsSongStop]

Thanks so much for stopping by! More BABYMETAL to come 😁🤟

[@kitkat6407]

Thanks for the reactions to two great songs.🤘🦊♪ When SU-METAL sings, the lyrics sink into my heart with great conviction.

[@JasonsSongStop]

Thanks for stopping by! Yes I could truly feel Su metals emotion in NRNR. And Mirror Mirror was very interesting and thought provoking as well 😁🤟🦊

[@emb5091]

Another great double reaction! Thank you, Jasonmetal! 🤘🦊🤘

[@JasonsSongStop]

Thanks so much For stopping by! I love the Jason-Metal Title 😁🦊🤟 More Babymetal to come soon!

[@road-runner]

Excellent double feature, as usual, thanks! "No Rain No Rainbow" showcases perfectly Su-metal being a total performer. You can see her moved, personally involved while conveying the emotions flowing from the sad lyrics. The song is another of their many homages to X-Japan, for the song "Endless Rain". You will get comments about Legend-S version being better (and it's true) but this is perfectly fine and the other version tends to get seriously blocked. About "Mirror Mirror", it's definitely one of my favorite songs from The Other ONE album... okay probably my favorite. Su-metal said about "Mirror Mirror": "it talks about how other people can see you, but you can only see yourself in a mirror, and that may not be your true self - yet ultimately, you’re the only one that truly discerns what you really look like. So in the end, it’s like asking yourself who you really are." I absolutely enjoy the prog metal mixed with metalcore, the hardcore breakdown and that very, very BABYMETAL chorus. Also very fan of the pre-chorus (where they quote Shakespeare's MacBeth) and that cool modulation they do there. Until next time! 🤘🦊

[@Icipher353]

No Rain Now Rainbow is Babymetal's tribute to X Japan and the song "Endless Rain". As one of Babymetal's great musical influences, X Japan references and influences litter their music and performances. I always love these solo songs because they don't really have much in the way of choreography so Su and can just put 100% into the vocals and show her full singing prowess. It has only been performed live seven times, and the 2021 performance is the last time that it was performed live. Given that they don't seen to perform the Su solo songs or the Black Babymetal songs anymore, it may well be the last time we see it performed. Mirror Mirror is a much more modern technical djenty kind of song. There is some cool stuff going on with the time signatures. It's also interesting in that it's mostly in English, with Japanese only in the chorus. I was at PIA Arena for this show. It was the world premiere live performance, taking place a few days after the release of the album and it really made an impression. The whole PIA Arena show was nothing short of incredible; it's my favourite of all the Babymetal shows I've been to. The songs they are mostly likely to play on the US tour, based on their recent tour setlists when I saw them in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur, are: Babymetal Death Megitsune Distortion Pa Pa Ya Monochrome or Karate BxMxC Metali! Ratatata Gimme Chocolate Road of Resistance

[@JasonsSongStop]

Thanks so much for your great comment! I love the depth and thought that goes into their performances. And to be at the PIA Arena Performances is truly a once in a lifetime experience, and you were very fortunate! I will have to make sure to check out Babymetal Death, Papaya, Distortion, Karate, and Metali before the show then! 😁🤟🦊

[@Icipher353]

@@JasonsSongStop If you want to watch performances of these songs, let me recommend some good versions to watch: Babymetal Death @ Legend 1997 - kzbin.info/www/bejne/oIPGapeYnM51hqs Distortion @ Download 2018 Official - kzbin.info/www/bejne/fKvKhmaNar-asLc Pa Pa Ya! Official - kzbin.info/www/bejne/pYCaimuEqNOeiMk Karate @ Download 2016 - kzbin.info/www/bejne/p4mpameIfL54o9k Metali! w/ Kami Band intro @ Legend MM 2024 - kzbin.info/www/bejne/nKndkoR3e6aJopo

[@martinmetal7481]

Nice double bill yet again. NRNR may sound sad, but as always, with BabyMetal, even a sad song is positive. You can not be sad without having good times to remember to make you feel sad . Mirror Mirror I heard live at the RoadHouse in London heard the tinkleing start, and l had hoped they would perform it but was happy as hell when they did 😁 they performed Time Wave after that . 2 songs I had hoped they performed and could not believe it one after the other. How lucky was I 😁🤘🏼🦊🤘🏼

[@JasonsSongStop]

Yes, BABYMETAL has a great ability to make emotionally complex songs, even if it is sad, there are other layers behind it. And that is awesome that you got to see mirror mirror live! I know there are some songs that they rarely play 😁🤟🦊

[@donz_8549]

my best list sad song from BabyMetal❤🦊

[@JasonsSongStop]

You are absolutely right! This was truly one of their greatest sad songs I've heard as well 🤟

[@stevechevy3382]

Nice reactions. Songs like No Rain No Rainbow is the reason Moa says that when Su sings it's like an Angel came down. A big statement from a band mate. A agree with it. Su can move your emotions with her voice. I've seen grown men cry from this song. Powerful is she in the way of song. This song has another place in Babymetal history as well. It is the song that proves these young ladies weren't just told this is what you're singing from now on and had no say in it. The agency they work for wanted to release this song on their first album. But Su felt she couldn't get the emotion of the song right and prevented that from happening. They did perform the song when she was ready. And it was only when she saw folks crying in the audience that she knew she got it right and agreed to record it for the second album. Since Su was still underage at the time. That is a lot of power to so say NO to the folks you work for and get your way. This is also where some of the idea that Su is a perfectionist comes from as well. Many others would have just recorded the song. Su waited until she felt it was perfect to do so. Girl has her standards. And they're very high. Next Up Mirror Mirror. What a fun tune. The breakdown delivers in this song in a big way. With a little Shakespear thrown in. Maybe all you see is an illusion? Or Not. Babymetal lyrics will make you think sometimes. Their songs are like Ogres. They have layers or is that onions? LOL The Foxhole is deep and full of surprises.

[@emb5091]

When reacting to this performance of "No Rain, No Rainbow", people often wonder if Su really is playing the piano. I try to remind people (and myself) that in an old interview back when Su was around 15 years old and was graduating from Sakura Gakuin, Su mentioned how everyone in her family plays an instrument except for her. Her dad was the bass player for a punk (or rock?) band when he was in high school. So music skills are in her genes. Su is so naturally musically talented and that piano part is not that complex, that it is very possible for her to learn and get VERY good at playing that part in a month or two.🤘🦊🤘

[@JasonsSongStop]

Thanks for commenting about Su's piano performance! Yes I was thinking the same thing. With how talented Su is, I believed she likely learned that section for the performance 😁🤟🦊

[@emb5091]

@@JasonsSongStop Su would have had more than enough time to learn that small piano piece by heart since this concert was in the works for quite a while since it was 1 of 10 concerts in 2021 to celebrate their 10 year anniversary.

[@marcoskazu_]

🦊🦊🦊

[@JasonsSongStop]

Thanks so much for stopping by! Stay tuned for more BABYMETAL to come 😁🤟🦊

[@Slytherkins]

🤘🦊🤘

[@JasonsSongStop]

Thanks For stopping by! Glad you enjoyed the Babymetal reaction/review 😁🤟🦊

[@poohbear4702]

No rain, no rainbow is my favorite song of the 21st Century. The solos written by Kami member Leda Cygnus are immaculate.(The second solo especially) Su's performance the first time they did the song was kind of off. Maybe the second time as well. But later it became arguably her opus, along with Akatsuki. Legend S in Hiroshima is perhaps her single greatest moment to date. This performance was stunning as well. MIrror, mirror gives us Shakespeare quotations from the same girl who made "Atatatata tata tatata Zukkyun" famous. 🤷

[@メタ太郎-g5f]

No Rain No Rainbow❣😭😢😿🌷👍💯🎸🦊🤘🇯🇵

[@JasonsSongStop]

Thanks so much for stopping by! More Babymetal to come 😁🤟🦊

[@PauloBalictar]

Nice pick bro

[@JasonsSongStop]

Thanks 👍 Truly an amazing time with BABYMETAL

[@birdbranch]

This is my favorite. SU have so much emotion. She has so much talent and delicate voice. NRNR and Akatsuki. ❤❤❤ Great reaction. The song is as fare as I know about the Bombing of Nagasaki where her grad parents was killed. 😢 The xtra long paus was because SU didn’t find the mark at the stage in the dark. Love From The One Sweden chapter.

[@IAMisLove]

👍👍Awesomely Awesome x ylemosewA emosewA. Great reactions. 🦊 🖖❤

[@JasonsSongStop]

Thank you 😁

[@jakemuller8626]

Welcome back to the Foxhole, it's been a while.🦊🤘🔥 Two different songs, one of SuMetal's solo but not hier best performance, highly suggest the live at Legend S Baptism XX 2017, there's an official live clip although it's heavily blocked so watch it in your own time. Mirror Mirror got a more proggy vibes and it hits hard with that nasty heavy breakdown, It's not a regular on the setlist when performing live but it got some fans who loves that song, hopefully they will play it again but i doubt it. They already finished the Asian Tour and in October they will be at Knotfest Brazil, Argentina and Chile for the first time in South America, as well Peru with a headlining show, they will come back to the US for another tour and also Mexico will be part of that tour but this time as special guests for Slipknot, we can't wait for it. Hope to see you around with more BM songs. See you next time and kitsune up!🦊🤘🔥

[@JasonsSongStop]

Glad to have come back for this amazing pair of performances! I will have to double down on BABYMETAL reactions so I can be ready for the live show in November! 😁🤟🦊

[@Sherman1fan]

Rainbow- there were 2 losses that come to mind that we can reflect on. (Other can chime in with specifics.)

[@JasonsSongStop]

Thanks so much for stopping by! 😁🤟

[@zilch634]

This 2021 NRNR concert has many messages. First, the concert took place amidst the effects of the global pandemic and many sad farewells: ..... ....... where his protégé Omura plays a guitar solo on the guitar of MIKIO, who passed away in 2018. The BABYMETAL logo projected on the piano no longer has the skull representing YUIMETAL, MOAMETAL's heart motif is now a MOMO&MOA smiley face, and the wings have gone from four to three. ...... The new logo was unveiled on April 1, 2023. It is supposed to be a gift of SU's wings and MOA's heart to the departing YUI. And this song was written at a time when Japan was still in mourning for the loss of so many people in the great earthquake and tsunami. It reminded me of those days in 2013, when we remembered the many lives lost, but also gave us a positive feeling to live with hope... 😭

[@JasonsSongStop]

Thank you for this great information! No Rain no Rainbow was truly powerful, especially paying homage to such important events going on. That makes sense why the Babymetal Logo moment was so significant in this performance! Showing respect for the past and future of Babymetal 😁🤟🦊

[@bradkornatowski3866]

Mirror Mirror is partially about "Who are you in the mirror". Think about it. Do you put on a false face, an illusion? This song is about one of my friends, he has such a false narrative about himself, he won't face his true ability or self.

[@JasonsSongStop]

Wow what a truly deep and introspective meaning! Thanks for stopping by

[@bradkornatowski3866]

@@JasonsSongStop My friend sucks and blocked me last time I called him out on his illusionary narrative. He needs the mirror; he knows what he knows really well but knows nothing else but thinks he does.

[@DaniloSouza84]

I prefer the Legend S Baptism XX show performance of the song No Rain, No Rainbow, but this one is good too.

[@Killem911]

Same 😊

[@JasonsSongStop]

Thanks so much for stopping by! 😁🤟

[@Q1776Q]

There is a BETTER version of this WITHOUT the HUGE break in the middle: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rXeunHaneLeCh5o

[@SirGreenDay]

You keep pausing in the middle of Su holding a long note. First, you don't need to pause every 3 seconds to explain the lyrics, we can all read. It's so disrespectful to BM to hack up their song like this.

[@davimoraes3731]

Bro i know what you mean but you also has to look on the other side there always people on comments saying "you should read the lyrics of the song" or "you only pay attention to Su singing and ignore the rest" or "you only pay attention to the band and ignore the girls".I can see he try to talk about everything even if is a love song even the dance some people only talk about su and forget the dance i respect he for give respect to the dance, the girls work hard to dance that good.

[@Hymnodic]

The only one disrespectful is you.

[@anthonyb5428]

Lol its a reaction video, get over yourself

[@emb5091]

He also has no choice to do it or else the video will get blocked by KZbin or the record label due to copyright.