Reacting To BABYMETAL - LEGEND OF 1997 "HEADBANGER"

[@BenC460]

This song is about a girl going to see her first metal concert on her 15th birthday. It starts out talking about her having her student pass for the trains and traveling to the venue. Then rushing up to the front stage for the show. She says during the show all the "cry babies" disappear. I always took this as all the people in her life that tell her she can't do things like go to a metal concert and get in the pit disappearing from her mind. It also talks about how the experience of the night is like a flower that blooms in the night but is fading away the next morning leaving just a beautiful memory. In the chorus she says her long black hair is disarrayed from headbanging and "dancing" in the mosh pit. Lyticly, it's actually one of my favorite Babymetal songs.

[@schelin1447]

A concert with BABYMETAL is an experience like no other. I hope I'll be able to see them live again (I really don't like covid-19).

[@kekelaward]

I hear you bro.

[@thiccestboi5114]

Honestly, most bands from Japan are fucking crazy live. Crossfaith live was the wildest night of my life and I've seen bands like Dragonforce and Sabaton live, I PRAY Babymetal play a show in my city after the whole covid situation dies down somewhat.

[@aliengranpa]

@@thiccestboi5114 after covid, I'll be going to the first babymetal concert that comes near my state! I will travel by train, plane or automobile to go see them at this point

[@BareThomas84]

Talking isn't necessary in a BABYMETAL reaction. We just enjoy the smile they put on faces. Like yours. 😊

[@butterfly-yh8zn]

The song is about a girl going to her first metal concert on her 15th birthday, Legend of 1997 was the concert for Su's 16th birhtday in 2013. The also have a version with changed lyrics for Su's 20th at Legend S and Moa's 20th at Legend M (my favorite) where Moa sang the 2nd part of the song.

[@karu-metal1943]

Great reaction I found the meaning. It narrated a story of a 15-year-old girl who found a legendary neck corset in a mysterious box that fell upon her from above. All of a sudden, the corset jumps out of her hands, wraps around her neck and turns her into "Headbangya!". It's actually a symbol of her going to a rock/metal concert for the first time. The neck corset is there to "train her neck" as she starts to headbang to the metal concert as a first timer. She is dressed normally as she starts to headbang but at the end of the video, you can see she's wearing the costume, indicating end of the performance as she drops on her bed, tired after her first concert and headbanging.

[@crimson0119]

..... I think the neckbrace was a nod to the drummer of X Japan. Kitsunue's Up!

[@karu-metal1943]

@@crimson0119 it was too as well as it being the legendary neck brace sent by the metal god.

[@crimson0119]

and who am I to argue with the Fox God.... 😏🤘🦊🤘

[@autohmae]

Seen Grington300's explanation and then you'll know... it's kind of fitting.

[@moalisa2086]

I love to see your reactions, how you live the experience. You will really like their song “Ijime Dame Zettai” live at Sonisphere. Also I like your makeup, it reminded me Faith from Mirror’s Edge.

[@dlupo268]

Talking a lot doesn'f necessarily make a good reaction. It's a joy just watching you watch them ~ your expressions speak a thousand words! Thx for the content.... we appreciate ya!

[@jeremyboynowski3784]

I agree with D Lupo. Your expressions speak volumes. Seeing your face light up with a smile is totally worth watching you react. You don't even have to speak, although it is interesting at the end of the song to hear your thoughts.

[@perfectmaster42]

Being a little speechless, transfixed, puzzled, and grinning like an idiot is a perfect testimonial welcome to The ONE. Looking forward to you sharing more of your journey into the Fox Hole.

[@yurikhunt529]

A Fox Hole is always the first to be bombarded, not in a good way. Probably not the right analogy.

[@perfectmaster42]

@@yurikhunt529 Here, "fox hole" refers to actual foxes and not military. Important for you to know is Babymetal has created a complex lore around the Fox God who watches over them and guides them. This is deeply rooted in Japanese culture and mythology. Fans refer to the wonderful and labyrinthian world of all things Babymetal as the "Fox Hole". Once you fall into this place of mesmerizing, heart warming, and soul nourishing delights, you want to explore ever deeper and never want to leave. More about fox mythos: kzbin.info/www/bejne/n3-YqXWJor13mas

[@corpsegrinder5064]

@@yurikhunt529 lmao what the fuck are you talking about? It’s another term for rabbit hole, but replacing it with fox bc of the whole fox god lore.

[@rhystheodore4903]

Mesmerizing is so perfect a word for this group! I can watch them over and over and get an overload of good vibes every single time

[@dingjk5630]

"Headbanger" is one of BabyMetal's most important songs. Until now (2020), when BabyMetal performed this song in their concert, the crowd was still insane, especially Japanese fans. Thanks your great reaction. See you next.

[@docmetal8194]

Great reaction. I wouldn't worry about not talking enough during the vid, your facial expressions suffice. This was about a 15 year old girl experiencing her first concert. LEGEND 1997 references the year of Su-metal's birth (she'll be 23 on December 20th). Others will give you additional details. Arigatou! 🦊🤘 #notacult

[@LSines2015]

For the future, if you want to analyze their lyrics, the best you’re gonna easily find is someone named “Du-Metal” who does translations/interpretations of the songs online. Like, I just googled “BABYMETAL Headbanger Du-Metal” and it’s the first one that popped up. That’s a decent source, but it is very difficult to properly translate between Japanese and English. Many people in your comments here have already explained what the song is about. I’m sure they’ll probably keep doing that on any future BABYMETAL videos you make if you continue to ask them, BM has some pretty dedicated fans. I enjoyed your reaction a lot, you don’t need to talk overly much in order to convey how you feel. You have a very expressive face (that’s not a bad thing btw) and that is great for videos like there where you don’t even need to talk and the viewer will be able to see how you feel about what you’re seeing. As for song recommendations, their next three most popular/important songs are probably Gimme Chocolate, KARATE, Megitsune in that order. “Gimme Chocolate” is the song that made BABYMETAL an international sensation because that video went viral and spread all over the place, which lead to them being invited to Sonisphere in the UK in 2014 and their performance there on the main stage put a whole new audience on them and everything from there is history. That’s when the started doing these massive world tours and stuff. It probably isn’t their best song, but it is easily their most important song. The story of their performance at Sonisphere in 2014 is really cool actually. This was their first performance overseas, previously they had only been in/around Japan. Su was 16 years old at the time and Yui and Moa were both 14 years old. They were supposed to be on one of the smaller stages, but due to a few different factors, they got bumped to the main stage at the last minute. The three of them have said they were very nervous to go out there. That stage was full of 60,000+ rowdy metal heads who just wanted to see Metallica and Iron Maiden and are known to be huge dicks to bands they don’t know or like, they’ll throw shit at the bands and stuff. So, when three small teenage Japanese girls go out in front of these people who have no clue who they are, it should’ve ended really poorly, but it didn’t. Within a couple songs, Su, Yui, and Moa had completely won over that crowd and by they time they were finished the crowd was chanting “WE WANT MORE.” That was a game changer for them. If you wanna see a song from that legendary performance, I recommend “Ijime, Dame, Zettai,” which means “No more bullying, forever.” It was the final song of their set there and it is an amazing performance. Yui actually dances so hard that her outfit began to fall apart. Here is a link: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iKCQkJaYm8mlj6c Edit: also it does kinda suck that we couldn’t see your reaction to the unhelpful BABYMETAL guide as well. We love to see people’s reactions to their non-musical content as well.

[@ANDOR-]

I'm just going to add the link to du-metal's Blog here to make it even easier du-metal.blogspot.com/ . His explanations of the cultural references are super helpful aswell, if you want to understand the meaning behind the lyrics.

[@emb5091]

Great reaction!!! This concert also celebrates Su-metal just turning 16 years old! She has the best death stares!

[@crypticmisery7996]

Queen Su’s death glare is absolutely legendary. I love this song (and this performance of it specifically) so much, I can’t watch this video and not smile no matter how many times I watch it. What I love about them is that none of their songs are truly alike, they hit so many different styles and genres, and they’re all great. I highly recommend you check out “Megitsune”, “Sis Anger”, or “Rondo of Nightmare (w/ Mischief of Gods intro)” next. If you want a cuteness overload, go watch their very first song/music video, titled “Doki Doki Morning”, Su was 13 and the other two (Yui and Moa) were 11. However, there are some severely underrated songs that don’t get the love they deserve, such as “Awadama Fever” or “Uki Uki Midnight”. (might have to link & sync those last two tho) It’s usually a bit difficult to decipher BABYMETAL songs just by the lyrics, because it’s so hard to translate between English and Japanese. Usually in the comments of the video someone will explain it, and surely someone in the comments to your videos will explain it if you ask. BABYMETAL has very loyal fans, so someone here will know. Anyways, great video! Don’t stress about your talking or whatever so much, just do whatever feels natural. Looking forward to the next one!

[@keithsowerby8179]

I love your reactions Kaitlyn. These shows can never be repeated as they were. BN have inevitably moved in, but we always have the videos. Also they explore the metal genres from death to djent, from speed to metal math core; it would also be simplistic to say that they combine J-Pop with metal, as ska, dubstep, lounge jazz, rap, reggae have also come into the mix. The song is about a 15 year old girl going to her first metal concert and being introduced to head banging

[@martinmetal7481]

Just puzzled BN ?

[@aamiw99]

@@martinmetal7481 maybe it was supposed to be "BM have inevitably moved on...".

[@keithsowerby8179]

@@martinmetal7481 sorry slip BM - Babymetal - typo

[@tonygriffin_]

We're always happy for you to rewind Su's Death Stare and let us see it twice. And we totally understand how it's hard to comment because you're transfixed by their performance.

[@Mogis2011]

Pikachu loves BabyMetal, can you spot him in the crowd? 🦊🤘

[@glas.guy6991]

Great reaction Kaitlyn . No need to talk your face said a thousand words. I watched a video a while back of their set at sonisphere in the uk and it's amazing. They were supposed to be on 1 of the smaller side stages , maybe 2000 people ,but were promoted to the main stage on 2 months notice to play in front of 50,000 on the main stage. At the start you had BM fans at the front and a lot of people who were probably seeing them for the first time and really didn't know what was going on but by the end of the set the whole place was rocking. This was their breakthrough concert in the uk and won them a whole new legion of fans. It's over 30+ minutes but i would love to see your reaction to not only their stripped down live set but the way they win over the crowd.🤘

[@foxgod4466]

Good reaction again. You need watch Black Babymetal Onedari Dausakusen live. Believe me, is absolutely Amazing. Yui and Moa 😍 are simply great! 🤟🏻 🦊 🔥 🔥 🔥

[@armitage9]

Hi. You don't need to speak for reactions, your face perfectly expresses what you are feeling while watching the video. I love!

[@yunametal344]

Great reaction! Thank you for listening to Babymetal again!! If you like, please watch the live video of only kami band

[@Grington300]

Good reaction. The best translations (complete with explanatory notes and cultural references) for all the songs from the first two albums can be found if you google "du-metal" plus the song title. RoadRunner has posted the link for 'Headbanger already'. 'Headbanger' is about a girl going to her first metal concert on her 15th birthday - but it is more than that. 15 is a significant birthday in Japan (much like 16 where you are) as it is when compulsory education ends, so the girl is no longer a child and must take the next big step choosing further education, a career or something else. So she is aware she will no longer be considered a child and is looking back as it all seemed to be so quick, nothing will ever be the same, so she is going to remember this special night of her 15 for ever and etch it on her heart.

[@CA_O]

I see you literally everywhere :v

[@esteban_u98]

You gotta listen to their song Night Night Burn! The Latin influences and the transitions in that song are amazing

[@ENTE-METAL]

Thank you for reacting to Babymetal again, i really like it. And welcome to your wonderful journey down the foxhole. Tthere is still so much more to discover, so please carry on. Greetings from a german Kitsune 🤘🏼🦊🤘🏼. Stay metal and healthy you all.

[@raid7752]

The 'ki-e-ro' crowd chant moment at 5.27 mark of your video still gives me goosebumps every time I watch this video, Made all the more effective as the instruments all come back in.When they played this song at the FORUM in LOS ANGELES 10-11-2019 we went crazy.....And we hit the' ki-e-ro' chant right on que and our queen was smiling with approval. NOVEMBER 28TH 2020 will mark the 10th anniversary of BABYMETAL. For something the critics said would only last a couple of years is still going strong, Thanks JAPAN. #BABYMETAL earned ¥1.097 billion for 107,500 tickets sold on tour making them the #1 female artist in Japan and second in the biggest touring market in industry of year 2019. They are also the most successful female group in history with no sexy concept. This should not work (CUTE= KAWAII+METAL= BABYMETAL ) but it does nicely. Welcome to the journey that is BABYMETAL, ENJOY THE RIDE..... If you ever get a chance to see them live ( DO IT ) you wont be sorry!!!!!

[@Word509]

I am now a fan. I love your reactions. I suffer from depression and ADHD. For some reason Babymetal puts me in a great mood. You are about to experience a great group. Then you can move on to other All girl Japanese rock groups.

[@user-sc5ld8pc9p]

Great reaction! I'm looking forward to your next video!

[@steveking3434]

Loving the eye make-up and Unus Annus top ! Glad you enjoyed another Babymetal live track and really like you style of reaction - honesty rather than any attempts to show off like some others. Great work .

[@LouieGrandie]

The song is about a 15 year old girl going to her first head banger concert.

[@SuddenReal]

Surprised I didn't see this in the comments yet: So, the reason why this concert is called Legend of 1997 is because that's the year Su-Metal was born and this concert was pretty much her birthday party. There's even an evolution (if you will) in the concert. The first song was a dubstep version of Headbanger, where Su-Metal lipsync'd the whole track (signifying their roots in J-Pop since, well, that's what they do). The rest of the concert was an usual Babymetal show, where they sang live, but the music was still a backing track (again, that's the J-Pop way), until the last five songs, where the fake band got replaced by the Kami Band. Since then they've played live music all the way (with still a backing track for the electronic parts, though I'm certain that's not just a CD playing but a very alert engineer with a soundboard).

[@eathangogo9370]

Great reaction❗️ Your facial expression tells a lot😊 Love your fashion BTW

[@snackingspider]

thank you!

[@mr_ozio]

I hope you're feeling better! Thanks for the reaction!

[@fl7888]

6:20 Yeah, the drummer Hideki Aoyama is incredible, a machine... xD

[@aliengranpa]

I like that your videos are raw and mostly unedited, and definitely not scripted 😁. You keep it real. Don't ever change, and I hope you're enjoying babymetal!

[@GreenFuryFM]

Your smile means more than words, so you don't need to apologize for not talking too much :) So this was a really great reaction. And as some others said, if you want find a good translation of lyrics with explanations, try type "du-metal" + name of the song ;)

[@steenbronkegmail1]

Headbangya (eng below) Densetsu no kuro-kami wo Karei ni midashi Kurui zaku kono hanawa Hakanaku kieru Hedobang Hedobang Hedobang Hedobang Hedobang Hedobang Pan pan pan pan Saa toki wa kita Mo o mayowa-nai Nigiri-shimeta no Juuhachi-kippu Higashi e nishi e Minami e kita e Kyoo mo do-sen ni totsugeki Kamite. Koi ya! Shimote. Koi ya! Chokuritsu-fudoo nokezori Gyaku-dai. Kara no! Saku-dai. Kara no! Koro-dai. Kara no! Oritatami Ichigo no yoru o Wasure wa shi-nai Naki mushi na yasu wa Koko kara kie-usero Densetsu no kuro-kami wo Karei ni midashi Kurui zaku kono hanawa Hakanaku kieru Moo nidoto modore-nai Wazukana toki wo Kono mune ni kizamunda Ichigo no yoru o Hirari chuu ni mau Hedobangyaaa! Hedobang Hedobang… Ichigo no yoru o Wasure wa shi-nai Naki mushi na yasu wa Koko kara ki-e-ro Ichigo no yoru o Wasure wa shi-nai Jama o suru yatsu wa Sokuzani kie-usero Densetsu no kuro-kami wo Karei ni midashi Kurui zaku kono hanawa Hakanaku kieru Moo nidoto modore-nai Wazukana toki wo Kono mune ni kizamunda Ichigo no yoru o Densetsu no kuro-kami wo Karei ni midashi Kurui zaku kono hanawa Hakanaku kieru Moo nidoto modore-nai Wazukana toki wo Kono mune ni kizamunda Ichigo no yoru o Hirari chuu ni mau Hedobang Hedobang Hedobang Hedobang Hedobang Hedobang Pan pan pan pan Hedobangyaaa! Hedobang Hedobang… [English:] With the legendary black long hair disordered around and gorgeously blooming crazy, this flower will soon disappear fruitlessly Headbang, headbang! Headbang, headbang! Headbang, headbang! Kon kon kon kon! Now the time has come I no longer hesitate I hold tightly the discount railway tickets To the east, to the west to the south, to the north today too I rush to the very front of the stage center On the left side, (Come on!) on the right side, (Come on!) standing up still, leaning back, jumping toward the stage, (And then!) leaning over the fence, (And then!) rolling over the mob, (And then!) and then all deeply headbanging. This special night of my fifteen, I’ll never forget. All the crybabies, get out of here! With the legendary black long hair disordered around and gorgeously, blooming crazy, this flower will soon disappear fruitlessly. It’ll never come back again and it’s so short period. I etch in my heart this special night of my fifteen. I jump lightly and dance in the air. Headbanger! Headbang, headbang… This special night of my fifteen, I’ll never forget. All the crybabies, from here, dis-ap-pear! This special night of my fifteen, I’ll never forget. All that disturb us, right now get out of here! With the legendary black long hair disordered around and gorgeously, blooming crazy, this flower will soon disappear fruitlessly. It’ll never come back again and it’s so short period. I etch in my heart this special night of my fifteen. With the legendary black long hair disordered around and gorgeously, blooming crazy, this flower will soon disappear fruitlessly. I can never come back again to it and it’s so short period. I etch in my memory this special night of my fifteen. I jump lightly and dance in the air. Headbang, headbang! Headbang, headbang! Headbang, headbang! Kon kon ko kon! Headbanger! Headbang, headbang…

[@flugelhornoldman1362]

Nice again & thanks from Japan 有難う💛。Oh! You have already pre-studied the "Unhelpful Guide". That is great !. If you want to know skills of the Kami Band, please react to "Rondo of Nightmare". You will come to know why they are called "Kami" which means God. (Please make sure you do 7-minute long version video. There are some shorter versions which cut the intro part of super solo plays by Kamis) In your video, you heard the crowd shout some words at 05:26. The words are "ki-eh-ro 消えろ!" meaning "get out of here!". If you do search in KZbin with keywords, for example, "babymetal 2019 forum headbang" you will find videos showing Su-Metal directs her mic towards 17,000 American audiences and they shout "ki-eh-ro" on the cue at the Forum, LA on Oct. 11 last year.

[@paulbroady4141]

To see just how brilliant the Kami band are , you should watch Rondo of Nightmare , with mischief of the Gods intro. Live at Budokan. This is a Sumetal solo.

[@MacTaipan]

It‘s great to see them making you smile. :-)

[@Steezy__21]

I love ur reaction so muuchhhh!!!🥺❤️

[@fl7888]

Thaanks for the great reaction!!

[@LouieGrandie]

Legend of 1997 = Su Metal. It was the year she was born.

[@boranblok]

As a sidenote, a lot of Babymetal's earlier discography has references to X Japan (Some more overt than others) Headbanger is more of a general homage to Yoshiki (drummer/pianist/composer of X japan) who often wears a neckbrace. Then you have Akatsuki which is somewhat a homage to Kurenai. And then No Rain no Rainbow which is a reference to Endless Rain.

[@silly_programme5061]

Great reaction, Kaitlyn. Even without you saying much while you were watching, it was evident from your smiles how you felt about it. :) On the face of it, Headbanger is about a 15-year-old girl going to her first metal concert and having a blast, but with cultural context and some Japanese wordplay, it goes a little deeper than that to talk about the ephemeral nature of such experiences and how we can't relive them so we should instead carry them with us in our hearts. If you want good analysis of Babymetal lyrics, a guy who goes by Du-metal did unofficial translations of all the songs from their first two albums with excellent cultural context and some analysis on his blog (just google 'Du-metal Babymetal translations' or something), and there's a Shakespeare professor named Andrew Hartley on KZbin who is a fan and has recently started doing some really good videos talking in depth about the lyrics of each song. I would highly recommend checking out both of their takes on Headbanger. It's my favorite Babymetal song for more than just the heavy music, fun choreography, amazing vocals from Su, and great crowd interaction moments.

[@randumo24]

One of their deepest songs in terms of meaning is Shine. It has to do with Life & Death, and they even used a guitar of one of the members of the Kami Band who died in one of their live performances of the song. It's one of my personal favorites: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jKSxmHp8aZyMkNE Also, if you need the translations of Babymetal songs to English, here is a good spot for them: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/12QmM9LgAvks0NwpwKPeP9sVIjs_CWdal7bvr1QP4VTM/edit?usp=sharing

[@dannyseo6759]

Nice to see you again. BabyMetal makes me smile too.

[@santiagohernandeznieto4657]

Ahhh, the classic Babymetal rabbit hole i see so many reactors fall to with great pleasure. If you'd like to continue this hole, i recommend you checking: Shanti Shanti Shanti, Megitsune and BxMxC. PS: By the way, i noticed the hoodie, i just goint to say: Memento Mori

[@davidl5452]

You have a beautiful smile, and I am happy to see that BabyMetal brings you true joy. They do that for a lot of us. As other have said, there is lots more to discover. One of my favorites is a version of this song preformed in 2019. It was Moa Metal's 21st birthday and Su let Moa takeover the lead. You can see her trying to do the death stare, but it's so hard for her to contain her smile. Really heartwarming. Kami is pronounced KA (like the start of karate) and ME. It means divine being, so they are basically called band of gods. If you have not heard of them yet, I would also suggest reacting to Wagakki Band. "Singing For" is a song from their latest album and is really powerful. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gJjOm2iCpsimrdk

[@crypticmisery7996]

Moa cracking a smile during the death stare is such a Moa thing to do too lol

[@charlesee1981]

Great reaction! And Your makeup is so cool.

[@busser649]

With a smile like that, it should never leave your face, beautiful!! Anways, sounds like you've been doing some Babymetal homework, that's impressive, a lot of reactors don't. I'll be looking forward to subscribing to your channel after you do a reaction to BAND-MAID!! & their song "Domination" Live please.

[@road-runner]

Nice one, thanks! If you research for BABYMETAL lyrics and translations, Du-metal has the best (at least from the first two albums). He also includes side notes to clarify the meaning of some parts. Here: du-metal.blogspot.com/2013/09/song-list.html

[@Erik6706]

Great reaction! So you are going down the Fox hole too? You're welcome. Since you have seen 'An unhelpfull guide..' you should react on Black Babymetal songs and i recommend Sis Anger or why not try 'Over the Future' and the compilation version where you will see Karen Girls, Babymetal and Moi-Moi. Or you could go for Doki Doki Morning and give it a try. DDM is the birth of Kawaii Metal by the way... 😊🤘🦊❤ Stay home, stay safe, stay metal!

[@sian3759]

you look amazing in this vid💓 love your style!

[@keithsowerby8179]

Hey Kaitlyn!! Babymetal are back and are excited for the Kouhaku - December 31, and the 10 Gongs in the Babymetal Doomsday - starting January 19th kzbin.info/www/bejne/r5qXmqOceM-Nqqc kzbin.info/www/bejne/iaOud6Obd7-pb6s Kitsune will be revealing more. Also, Happy 23rd birthday Suzuka Nakamoto on 20 December

[@jeremyboynowski3784]

One thing I would like to point out is the unhelpful guide is a very general "history" of Babymetal. Only big problem with it is that it is also a very slanted, almost male-hating view on their stuff, as is evidenced by the commentator calling all the men who enjoy Babymetal creeps and so forth. Babymetal does not discriminate between men or women, child or adult. Babymetal has even given all of us (us as in fans) a name, which they say is "The One". One song you will eventually want to watch (not yet though, at the very least watch it after you watch the Rondo of Nightmare and Road of Resistance live performances) is called simply, "The One". It was a song written to thank and acknowledge all their fans. To bring us all together as "one". Anyhow, Great reaction as always, Love seeing that smile too, also really like the ... whats it called... eyeshadow? I think it looks really cool!

[@snackingspider]

thank you!

[@Fraggelmann]

Smiles says more than words sometimes, and you smiled a lot! :)

[@RevStickleback]

This is my favourite Babymetal song. It really goes so well with the crowd here too. Japan has a whole world of music to explore. I'm sure you've had plenty of suggestions for Band-Maid already (if not, you could probably pick anything from their official channel, and it's be great) but I'm going to also suggest a much smaller band - The Let's Go's. They are three ladies from Tokyo who have a rawer punky sound, but with a lot of energy and character, and are a lot of fun. This song "Feel Like It" is a two-minute blast. kzbin.info/www/bejne/kJKcaYWgpbChgZo

[@wakabanomidori]

Thank you for the good reaction😆 I think it's correct to be confused by a cute woman and a hard performance. I love music regardless of genre, but I was very confused😥 ・ Cute(KAWAII) appearance ・ Sharp(KIRE,KIRE) dance ・ Speed & power & technical band performance ・ Excellent singing ability of vocals It was the first time I saw entertainment that fused this element. I think it is "ultimate" in a sense. Some people hate it, but each professional skill The music produced is unique. Now that BABYMETAL has overcome the "Great Confused", I'm happy✨ The picture of Among Us is also cute💗

[@km4946]

Loved your makeup and your big smile.

[@thegreatcamholio2701]

A.J. Metal (who rules= Shakespeare professor, author-- Babymetal fan!) breaks down the song "Headbanger" here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eH7ShGZtiq-jqNE

[@radioraffa]

Kami Band members in this video are L-R) : Mikio : black/white Guitar (RIP) BOH : Bass Hideki : Drums Leda : black Guitar

[@915quicksliver]

..Really like your reactions..more BABYMETAL please..

[@MrROD-km8vh]

babymetal ijime dame zettai live 2014

[@dudleysmith4394]

In case you need the translation of the lyrics: HEADBANGERRRRRRR!!! Shaking gorgeously the legendary black hair The flower crazily bloom and fleeting, fading away Headbang! Headbang! Headbang! Headbang! Headbang! Headbang! Bang-Bang-Ban’-Bang! Headbang! Headbang! Headbang! Headbang! Headbang! Headbang! Bang-Bang-Ban’-Bang! Now the time has come No hesitation anymore I've grabbed the Unlimited Ride Ticket for the Youth To the east, to the west To the south, to the north Everyday I run to get the center of the first row Stage left -- C’mon! Stage right -- C’mon! Stand straight, bend backward Stage dive (and then?), dive from the fence (and then?), crowd surf and then Bend forward! I’ll never forget the night of my 15 All you wimps get the hell Outta here Shaking gorgeously the legendary black hair The flower crazily bloom and fleeting, fading away This precious moment that will never come back I carve in my heart this night of my 15 Leaping lightly Into the air HEAD-BAN-GYAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!! (headbanging time) Headbang! Headbang! Headbang! Headbang! Headbang! Headbang! Headbang! Headbang! Headbang! Headbang! Headbang! Headbang! Bang-Bang-Ban’-Bang! HEY YOUR HEADS, HEADS, HEADS, HEADS!!!!! (guitar solo) I’ll never forget the night of my 15 All you wimps now get the hell OUTTA HERE!!! I’ll never forget the night of my 15 Those who disturb me just get the hell away Shaking gorgeously the legendary black hair The flower crazily bloom and fleeting, fading away This precious moment that will never come back I carve in my heart this night of my 15 Leaping lightly Into the air HEAD-BAN-GYAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!

[@MrJfs5150]

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[@crimson0119]

Love your reaction, the facial expressions is enough. I've noticed that alot of young girls have recently been reacting to Babymetal, instead of old metal heads, or guys. I think that's great, seeing as Babymetal was created in part with you girls in mind. You should check out the Unhelpful Guide to Babymetal... Quite a few people have been reacting to that video lately. Kitsune Up!

[@33ordie]

This song basically has to do with a woman getting initiated to Metal music, and getting the head banging feeling, where their head is out of control and just head bangs to the brutal music. Meh maybe not the greatest explanation.

[@smashstuff86]

We're here for your reaction. Don't get too concerned with commentary during the song. Your face says plenty. On the other hand, YOU WATCHED THE UNHELPFUL GUIDE AND DIDN'T FILM IT??? Film ALL BABYMETAL videos you watch. From, The One.

[@hedobannord1184]

If you'd like to learn (a lot) more of what's going on in this song I recommend AJ Hartley's awesome analysis of Headbanger: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eH7ShGZtiq-jqNE All of his videos are highly interesting to watch. As are your reactions :)

[@Hadesillo]

The song loses its meaning in the translation. In japanese it is called _Hedobangya!!_ and it is a play of words on Headbanger and bangya, being a bangya how it was called a female follower of the Visual Kei genre from the 90s. Visual Kei was a subgenre in japanese metal akin to Hair Metal in the western 80s, the most popular band in that trend was X-Japan. So Headbanger is a song about a girl that goes to her first metal concert on the day of her 15th birthday and she has a blast. It is one of their most played songs live, together with Gimme Chocolate, Megitsune and Road of Resistance. I'd recommend you to watch *Akatsuki* at Black Night next to expand a bit more into what Babymetal is trying a Su solo song. You said you watched the fan guide, well it has some missing things, like the story of the creation of the band. I'll write a little story about it. The story of Babymetal starts in the late 2000s with a guy who loved metal and knew really well about the underground scene in Tokyo. But metal was so small in Japan and the guy had a dream, to make it a big thing reaching new demographics like younger people and women. *Key Kobayashi,* today known as Kobametal, was working in a bakery shop that sold stuff in music festivals. That opened him the doors in the music industry and entered to work in a medium sized label in Japan called Amuse, that used to work with idol girls that were doing J-Pop music. We are in 2008-09, and one of those bands that Amuse managed was Karen Girls, a band of three ~9 years old girls that had a hit that year thanks to a song for an anime, Over the Future. Koba looked at one of those three girls, saw a great talent as a singer and performer in her, but he thought that she had a rough voice that would make it difficult for her to outstand in the pop scene. So as the metal fan he himself was, looked at the girl and thought: _why don't she..._ The next year Amuse started a show where they simulated a High School with idol girls in training to become performers called *Sakura Gakuin.* He convinced the other producers to get that girl on his charge, she was *Suzuka Nakamoto,* Su-chan, Su-metal. They started to write songs for his project inside that program, an after class club for heavy music, and together with Su, Koba took the two tiniest girls in the program to dance around her like little angels (Yui and Moa). And then they called this heavy music club with a funny name, a play of words that sounded like Heavy Metal, *Babymetal.* In november 2010 they performed for the first time in one of the Sakura Gakuin Festivals (Doki Doki Morning), but they had to fight really hard during two years, as the label wasn't giving any money to this crazy guy idea. They had to even borrow the clothes for the girls. But everything started to grow and in 2012 they started to do their first solo shows, making full of hundreds of persons venues and soon thousands. This video, Legend of 1997, was Su-metal 16th years birthday show on december 2013, and was the first show Babymetal did once they went independent from Sakura Gakuin, it was already a crowd of nearly 10.000 people at Makuhari Messe, Tokyo. The next year they jumped to the west and the legend has never stopped to grow, they have become the most succesful band out of Japan ever, they have created this new genre called Kawaii Metal that is still blooming great bands, and they are still kicking ass, past week they just won the MTV Japan best album of 2020 overall for Metal Galaxy. Last bit, we know of the problems with copyright the band has in reactions, so the people on the Babymetal reaction community compiled a list to help reactors find their best performances for every song, that sadly are not in youtube as they get blocked. So if you decide to try the link and sync method, it would be nice to check the songs on the list better, this is the link: docs.google.com/document/d/1DqPsavocgGvCyZfUHvrkgJ5KZMaMkmMgjy2UxNNG96E/edit# Thanks for your video, hope you continue enjoying this journey throught the fox hole.

[@slippyrules]

I subscribed. You are adorable 😊!

[@emorycantrell3938]

I like your honest reactions . Your face and loss of words say way more then you realize . There are a LOT of reactors out there , and it seems a lot more recently who post Babymetal stuff knowing it will get them thousands of hits. I avoid most of them. Very few, like you , enjoy what they are watching with true emotions and actual feedback about what they just watched. I follow a few reactors and some have been bitten hard by Babymetal and have happily fallen deep into the FOXHOLE and continue to find and post more and more obscure Babymetal findings. I will follow you down your journey and I hope as you become part of The One you will smile a bit more as you enjoy what you find there. Keep it up .

[@Miggimouse555]

lol friggen adorable but im really feeling your reactions.

[@SuperKingBehemoth]

You will love Megitsune, in the same concert!

[@Emilejg]

Oh, Kaitlyn, anytime you wanna react to BabyMetal BxMxC , recently live in Belgium, would be awesome. No need to pause since it's a fan-made live video from the floor in front of the stage but quite well done, remastered version, kzbin.info/www/bejne/eJuxeXSQdqaEq8k , there is a fairly recent music video for this as well but I think this is great to start off. 🐺

[@Thunderdkfox]

if you want to see the skills of the kami band. then you should watch Rondo of nightmare with the mischeaf of god intro. Its a Su metal solo. But its really great. love your vids

[@yurikhunt529]

You got this !!

[@jeff110373]

Wow i have never sat thro someone saying nothong for so long but being so captivated. Wonder who fked it up.

[@RM-ny5rq]

DUH!!!!!!!!!

[@tonypate9174]

Just type in BABYMETAL HEADBANGER ENGLISH COVER to help understand the song in full !

[@donkey_fc]

You remind me of my favorite TV character from Teen Titans Go - Raven. Cool, funny, dark, goth, cute.

[@yurikhunt529]

You're doing well!

[@wolfetiberian7079]

U need too react "sis anger" Black BabyMetal

[@yuuma2480]

Alright, now react to "Catch me if you can"😊👍❤

[@DrMarioMaster]

Yay glad you enjoyed it!!! Hope you check out some more XD

[@mikepowers9486]

Welp, back when you reacted to Kingslayer you mentioned you didn't know BabyMetal and I said you Soon will. Muahahahaha. Welcome to the ONE. These girls and the Kami band are truly amazing.

[@beingsneaky]

Next Death Legend 1997 live version.

[@chrismartino3519]

She's like a little kitten

[@gun-d-69]

Welcome to fox hole. 🦊🤘

[@David.Stainless]

My Song Recommendation would be Rondo of Nightmare with Mischief of Gods Intro : kzbin.info/www/bejne/haecpqGhpM2jZtE The Song is personal to Su about her 15th Birthday and going to her first Headbanger Metal Concert and that her cute persona days are over now 😁 you can watch the musicvideo to this song it visualises that pretty good and when it says Legend 1997 or Legend 1999 that means the Years where Su was born = 1997 and Moa/Yui in 1998 and don't worry we can definitly help you out with the Meaning of their Songs as much as possible to our own knowledge 😊 PS: your facial expression will always say more than a thousand words so don't worry if you are silent pretty much the whole time during the song 😊

[@zabriabubakar5982]

Pls check out Lovebites, Bandmaid (All Japanese female Metal/Rock Band...) live performance.

[@Emilejg]

🐺🖤🐺

[@TankSenior]

Great reaction, that was fun! How come the video's only 360p quality though? What's up with that Johnny :P

[@snackingspider]

i’m sorry😂 by next video, i’ll be back to editing myself

[@TankSenior]

@@snackingspider Haha no worries, just thought it was funny ^^

[@Jordan-Ramses]

I think you mean Christmas not halloween. The intro and break in the song sounds like Dance of the sugar plum faery. It's the most famous song in the nutcracker. But it does sound creepy so halloween makes sense too. Here is an uninteresting fact about Dance of the Sugar Plum Faery. It was written by Tchaikovsky for the Glass Armonica. The Glass Armonica was invented by Benjamin Franklin based on the sound a wine glass makes when you rub the rim with a wet finger. He made a rotating wheel that had a whole bunch of different glass rings of different sizes that would play the different notes.

[@619BadDog]

Your Hoodie jacket reminds me of Black Babymetal...

[@_nan0]

#ReactHarder On an more serious note, I welcome you into the Babymetal fanclub. My first vid that i've seen from you. But yes Babymetal has an unique take on every genre in every song. You have Road to Resitance on the speed/glam(?) spectrum, kingslayer on the hard punk spectrum, no genre is safe from Babymetal, they have done some amazing collabs (Sabaton etc.) but personally i'd like to see you react to Megistune @Bodukan

[@babymetalarchive6865]

Where is your Babymetal guide video? couldn't find it.

[@NCCKILLER]

check out PA PA YA its the best

[@outwest1014]

Su has one of the great Death Stares. How much fun do you think Moa and Yui had spraying the audience? Hint, all Babymetal song different on purpose. Can you tell that they are also trained actors?

[@fuuta0320]

Are you delivering live? Tell me when and where to do it