BABYMETAL with Polyphia is NOT what I expected! - Reaction

[@flugelhornoldman1362]

Thanks from Japan 有難う💛。 I witnessed this artistic play at the venue (2 times in the two-day Fox_Fest). What a bliss!! Soothing and exquisite performance by 5 elegant figures in the center 😍. Classy incorporation by our Kami Band on both sides (4 guitars in total) ❤ Various elements created by 3 beautiful performers and 6 instrumentalists with virtuosity were mixed and sublimed into one beauty by means of something like alchemy. The actual applause at the end of the song was much much much bigger than that recorded in this video. They did it together again in Belgian festival on June 20.

[@robote7679]

Always a thoughtful, well informed reaction. Chill like the song. Well done from the performance and the reaction.

[@autohmae]

Actually, Bilmuri was at that (Babymetal first ever organized) festival in Japan. 🙂

[@IAMisLove]

👍👍A stunning live performance. So soothing. Great reaction. 🦊 🖖❤

[@Ganimal83]

Nice! This song is just a vibe. One of my favorite Babymetal chill tracks. Also, Bilmuri was a guest artist at this festival that Babymetal hosted as well, of course, along with Electric Callboy and Polyphia. Also, Polyphia has confirmed they are collaborating with Babymetal again on a new song. Excited to see that soon! Amazing! 🤘🦊

[@Hymnodic]

Great reaction. I have been waiting for this live performance for years. One of my favorites off Metal Galaxy. There's actually four guitarists there, as the Kami band are there playing as well.

[@JuanTheDjent]

Perfect collab. Such a great vibe and also loving the finger-snap!

[@jakemuller8626]

Welcome back to the Foxhole and now going back to Metal Galaxy era.🦊🤘🌅 Metal Galaxy is a wonderful album and full of surprises, you're gonna find many more like this with more mature sound, it came out in 2019 so isn't so new but is one of the songs with more mature sound. The album version got the collaboration of Polyphia guitarists, and it's quite clear in the solo section. Tim Henson said when listening to this song that he would love to play this along with BabyMetal on the stage, he didn't know the final cut when he was doing the riffs on this song. The dance on this song is beautiful and graceful, they're showing another mature side and more complicated choreography. According to MoaMetal is the hardest song to dance along with BxMxC and Night Night Burn iirc. Song is inspired by certain "City Pop" band and Utada Hikaru songs, when SuMetal heard this she doubt about this being a metal song but then the guitars solo were added and all make senses suddenly. Finally we got them together on stage and with this awesome live performance, it is their first time performing together. They did it again last week at Graspop Festival in Belgium and they hug each other at the end just like in this version only thing it was cut out, there's also a proshot clip but I'm not so sure about the sound mix. Along with RATATATA this was definitely one of the highlights at FOX_FEST and a lot of Japanese fans were looking for, I guess that cool slow pace city pop element gives some nostalgia and that's why many fans love it. In a recent interview, Tim and Scott talked about a new song in their upcoming album along with BM, let's see what they got but I'm pretty sure it's gonna be something real good like this one. Funny you mentioned Bilmuri, they were at this same festival in Japan and of course are BM friends, Jhonny Franck is former founder member of Attack Attack! and one of the bands that BM and EC got some inspiration. Keep enjoying BM songs and see you next time 🦊🤘🔥

[@martinmetal7481]

It's such a chill song i could sit a listen to Su all day 😁🤘🏼🦊🤘🏼

[@Grington300]

Great reaction. As you know already, the song is almost 5 years old. It was on BABYMETAL's Metal Galaxy album released in 2019. It is certainly one of BABYMETAL's more 'chill' songs ... but they do everything. That's one reason their collaborations all work so well as they are so versatile they can do pretty much whatever style and match up with whoever they are collaborating with. When Polyphia was confirmed on the bill for Fox_Fest (arranged, hosted and headlined by BABYMETAL in Tokyo) we all had a good idea of what would happen.🎸🎸 Tim Henson and Scott le Page provided and recorded the guitar tracks for the original recording of the song. Fox_Fest was the first chance they all had to meet up and to finally do this very first live performance with them all together. Funny you should mention Bilmuri ... the line up for Fox_Fest was Metalverse with Asterism, Bilmuri, Polyphia, Electric Callboy and BABYMETAL. You said you saw Polyphia at Download. I'm assuming, since you didn't mention it, that you missed BABYMETAL and their set (cruelly interrupted by a thunderstorm so they had to cut it very short when they were able to get back on stage)?

[@russellward4624]

Scott and Tim just played the solo's.

[@Grington300]

@@russellward4624 No they didn't, they were playing throughout the song in the live too. Tak Matsumoto only provided the solo for 'Da Da Dance', Tim and Scott did a load more for this track than that.

[@russellward4624]

@@Grington300 yes they're playing live but not on the recording. They just played the solos on the record. Tim talked about it with Herman Lee.

[@Grington300]

@@russellward4624 I saw the interview - they did the guitar tracks, not just the solos.

[@faceplantor5647]

👊🏽⚡️🦊🤘🏾

[@jlog1c]

Hugely underrated song. When this album came out it immediately became my favorite Babymetal song. I'm glad it's finally getting some attention.

[@htusda1]

Great reaction. Many of BABYMETAL songs have good lyrics and this is one of them. Core message: when you're down, sometimes it's ok to take it easy... step by step, day by day. After all, tomorrow is a Brand New Day.

[@ksbrst2010]

These Electronic drums have the Name Anthony Barone. The cpmplete Kami Band is doing their work to support the guests.

[@Hymnodic]

He's talking about the electronic drum sample in the one electronic section, not the live drums.

[@richardbiondo239]

AB is a machine

[@Deato9000]

The song is such a vibe. Chill, feel good music at it's finest 👌

[@rickwagner-]

⚡ 🍑 💕 / 🌅 Asu ga mata kuru kara. (Tomorrow will come, after all) - Scott and Tim mentioned in a recent interview that they had even more fun on this song than during their own set at FOX_FEST. A little more breathing room, for sure. It was also the first time they performed live with a vocalist.

[@aimeevandijk1482]

I very much agree about vocals tying music together :)

[@ksbrst2010]

Well, in a way it had really some of the core components, of their new Collab workflows, although the real work was quite different. They asked exactly for their guitar Experience They got them in Record time, because it was one of zhe few paid jobs, that Tim accepted. And everything elsr was done by their production staff. But exactly their guitarwork was so recognizeable that made it so unique. So that you can today really watch it as an example of their new Collab Workflow, although it was written in a Different Manner.

[@rah2287]

👍 👍 Easily one of my favorite BABYMETAL songs. Yes Tim and Scott's instrumentals are a driving force here but for me it is Suzuka's stunning vocal performance and Moa and Momo's beautiful backing vocals that seal it. Suzuka once again proves that (in my opinion) she is the most versatile and talented female singer today. She just loves to sing and it shows.

[@road-runner]

Note that the whole Kami Band was there, but they were on the lower part of the stage and got almost zero screen time. (See 3:34 mark on your video). You are hearing them actually and not tracks... there are probably tracks as well. This is why that raised part of the stage should go away. Like... yesterday! 🤘🦊

[@russellward4624]

Doesn't sound like the drummer played though. All I could hear was the drum machine track used on step album.

[@Hymnodic]

@@russellward4624 Barone is playing.

[@MadailinBurnhope]

I don't even like Polyphia much but this is a collab that makes sense

[@emb5091]

It's such a beautiful song and this live version sounds better than the studio version as usual! Great reaction! 🤘🦊🤘

[@Slytherkins]

🤘🦊🤘

[@KEVINTHEWS]

"It's the simplest thing Polyphia has ever done," because it's a Babymetal song in the style of Polyphia...

[@TundraCH]

Great song, cool you are digging Polyphia, now get Drew into them lol 😅

[@SteveOGRock]

😅

[@jeffconnors407]

The positioning of the girls almost always has Su behind the girls, seldom will you see her in front, she sometimes will drift downstage for a part of the song but will always drift back upstage for the majority of the tune. Having the lead singer give up the downstage position to the back- up singers is something very unique,

[@Stealth472]

Tool have been doing that for a long time now but you’re right not many bands have the lead singer in the back.

[@archstanton1628]

Tim uses pinch harmonics when he has a slash.

[@SteveOGRock]

😂

[@thenormalman3409]

Delicious, I agree🤘

[@JL-go3]

🔥🤘🦊🤘🔥

[@seregamolodets5286]

🍅💀🍅 🤘🏼🦊🤘🏼 " Step by Step"

[@roymendez6615]

The drummer is on the right of the stage. I had a hard time seeing the bass player. It’s set for the singers on the stage and the band to stand on the sides

[@Grington300]

Chris Kelly (guitar) and Ryan Neff (bass) to the left as we look at them, Anthony Barone (drums) and CJ Masciantonio (guitar) to the right.

[@astrafaan]

Not one of my favs and I wish the guys had put....a bit more effort in than tee-shirts - they know BM put a show (guitar work obv. great) - but good reaction