BABYMETAL - MEGITSUNE (Official Music Video) Reaction
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This episode is a REACTION Video for Japanese kawaii metal band Babymetal, with MEGITSUNE!
Check out the Official Music Video on the band's official @BABYMETAL TH-cam Channel, HERE: • BABYMETAL - メギツネ - MEG...
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LYRICS (English Translation):
Go! - Go! - Go! - Go! Go! Go! Go!
Go! - Go! - Go! - Go! Go! Go! Go!
Dressed-up Miss Fox
[Check it! Cheer up! Check it! Cheer up!]
Waves her twin ponytails in the air
[Fluttering! Cheer up! Fluttering! Cheer up!]
She pops and vanishes
[Whirling! Cheer up! Whirling! Cheer up!]
Let her show her various aspects!
[Kon kon kon ko, kon kon ko kon!]
Go! - Go! - Go! - Go! Go! Go! Go!
Go! - Go! - Go! - Go! Go! Go! Go!
Ancient maidens
You dance in the transient dream
Getting over thousands years
You live today
Ah, it's right. Always women are actresses
We're not foxes, not deceiving
But maiden-like female foxes
Ah, girls are becoming more like an ideal woman
Smiling at face, crying at heart
Saying "It's right", we never show our tears
A fox, a fox, I'm a female fox
Women are actresses
Go! Go! Go! Go!
Go! Go! Go! Go!
Go! Go! Go! Go!
Go! Go! Go! Go!
Go! Go! Go! Go!
Go! Go! Go! Go!
Go! Go! Go! Go!
Go! Go! Go! Go!
Go! - Go! - Go! - Go! Go! Go! Go!
Go! - Go! - Go! - Go! Go! Go! Go!
Ancient maidens
You sing in the transient dream
Getting over thousands years
You live inside us
Ah, it's right. Always women are actresses
We're not foxes, not deceiving
Maidens...
... shouldn't be underestimated
Ah, girls are becoming more like an ideal woman
Continuously, to keep blazing
We shoot up the fireworks
Ah, blooming and falling is the fate for a woman
Smiling at face, crying at heart
We're pure-hearted maiden-like female foxes
Ah...
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I am convinced that BabyMetal would not have become world famous and lasted this long if it was not for Suzuka. She was only 15 in this video (she looks even younger to me), but she already had a strong voice and that "it" factor. The performance that sold me on her talent was the mv for the early 2015 live performance of Road of Resistance. She was barely 17 but commanded a crowd of 20,000. Suzuka tends to always find a place in lists for top 10 female metal singers and I have no argument against that at all. She might even be in my top 10 list if I was to make one.
It was Su voice that sparked the idea of Babymetal so the group may never have existed without her. The whole Japanese metal scene both in Japan and outside wouldn't be the same thing it is today without her. She and Babymetal have already created a fairly significant butterfly effect on Japanese metal music scene itself and what metal can be worldwide.
It feels she was born for this group. Her dad was in a rock band, and she looks like him so it might be in her DNA. Su could have had 100% guaranteed success in Jpop. The fact she chose metal, one of the least popular genres in Japan even today still baffles me even with hindsight. She thought she would be a Jpop artist. But one day the Fox God was like 🦊'You shall be metal from this day forth and take your rightful place as Metal Queen!'🦊and she was like 'ok'. I swear he gave her supernatural powers to command and control crowds and i'm not even sure if i'm joking about that.😄
The surprise is pretty much guaranteed with them - even with their MVs (which are usually weaker than live performances (but NOT "official")). This MV is exceptional though - glad you liked it :) More pls - preferably live (which often come with intros, subtitles, are not studio and you get to see crowd involvement). More pls! :D
Excellent reaction again, thank you. 'Megitsune' is a big favourite, often coming top in fan polls and it is the song they have played live more times than any other. It is also arguably the song that showcases better than most what BABYMETAL are about and one that truly reflects their Japanese culture the best starting with the traditional instruments (shamisen or koto, you decide which) in the intro and the lyrics about women being compared to foxes (kitsune - which also explains all the fox masks in the video🦊) which, as you said, in Japanese mythology, are able to shape shift and take human form in order to deceive.
It is also a bit of a push back against the traditional subservient female role in Japanese society, saying that is changing I think - or maybe it is - whilst also praising and celebrating the women who have played that role over the years for their strength.
I think you pretty much got it spot on. They are saying that women wearing their make up and hiding their true feelings ("crying at heart, smiling at face") are not trying to deceive anybody, they are simply trying to please everybody - so they are not kitsune (foxes), they are megitsune (female foxes or vixens) - and they are strong.
The melody used in the breakdown with the pig squeals in the middle of the song (they also use it as the intro when they play it live) is from the very well known Japanese folk song called 'Sakura Sakura' (Cherry Blossoms).
When Su pulled out the tanto (short blade) from her microphone she said "Otome wa ... nametara ikan zeyo." (Maidens ... shouldn't be underestimated). The last part of this is a famous quote from a Japanese gangster movie said by the daughter of a gang boss.
Much of the video was shot on location at the Asagaya Shinmei Shrine in Tokyo. This has become a place of pilgrimage for BABYMETAL fans visiting Tokyo. The guys at the back waving the traditional instruments about were dancers with the lady who did the fan dance's troupe.
Feel free to do another reaction to a live version if you want to, nobody will complain. Su's live vocals coupled with the Kami Band's instrumentals and then with the energy of a good live audience just make the whole thing more special.
Live at the PIA Arena, Clear Night from April last year is a good one.
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🤘🏼🦊🤘🏼
Sore ! Sore ! Sore ! SoreSoreSoreSore!! !!!
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A true classic.
To quote the BABYMETAL members in the audio commentary they did for this song:
[MOA] SU-METAL will slash you. Really.
[YUI] Yeah. [SU] (laughs).
Megitsune is still my favorite BABYMETAL song, video and choreography.
Su has mentioned that this is one of her favorite songs, even though it's a difficult one for her to sing live.
She hopes to sing it perfectly some day. : )
The performers pretending to play the traditional Japanese instruments in this video are dancers with the Movement Design group.
Chidori Yakumo is their director. She is the woman performing the fan dance during the breakdown.
Su-metal likes to think of this song as expressing the Japanese character of facing adversity with resilience.
A person might feel sad or overwhelmed, but they put on a brave face and carry on.
She has talked about how adult women are so cool as they never show suffering, by acting quite as usual even in a hard time, and she hopes to be like that as well.
So many more y'all haven't seen yet...Rondo of Nightmare with Mischiefs of God intro Budokan live 🙏
Great reaction guys, recommend Babymetal - Sis Anger 🤘🦊🤘
Great reaction, thanks!
"Megitsune" is one of their most loved songs and their most played live one: 339 times... and counting!
It was released in June 2013. Su-metal was 15 years old while Yuimetal and Moametal were both 13 (about to turn 14) back then.
The style sub-genre is electronicore, a mix between electronica and metalcore with a hardcore style breakdown.
That breakdown hits hard and (apart of those pig squeals) the melody is from a well known Japanese folk song called "Sakura Sakura" (Cherry Blossoms).
As you found out "megitsune" = "me" + "kitsune" which means female + fox so, vixen. Hence the "kitsune" masks everywhere.
In Japanese folklore, the "kitsune" is an entity able to transfigure into a human form (mainly into a young lady form) with the objective to deceive men and cause them pain. So they sing that they aren't "kitsunes" but "megitsunes", "pure-hearted maiden-like female foxes", as the lyrics say.
BABYMETAL fans are known collectively as "The ONE" and "kitsune" / "megitsune" individually. So, you can tell this song is important!
It took 36 demos to Takehiro Mamiya best known as Yuyoyuppe (or Yuppemetal), the song's arranger, until Kobametal (their producer) was 100% happy with the final result. It may sound crazy but this is why "Megitsune" is one of their best songs (if not the best).
In my opinion, this music video is a masterpiece. And about its locations:
- The stage where they are performing is called Nohgakudo (Noh theater) at Asagaya Shinmeigu Shrine in Tokyo. This is a stage where music and dances are performed during festivals.
- The shrine right before the breakdown with the orange-ish torii gates is the famous Fushimi Inari-taisha in Kyoto. The girls were so happy that the director traveled to Kyoto just to film that sequence.
I am very happy to have visited both locations during my recent trip to Japan (among many other incredible places).
Until next time!
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With さくら さくら passing by like a ghost , awesome and powerful guitars 👍.
Always in attack mode..... I like that.
I am so glad you have started to react to Babymetal and that you like them. I have so enjoyed your reactions to the point where if you react to a band I love, like Babymetal, I am nervous that you won't like them. Babymetal is unique and spectacular. Wait until you get to live performances from more recent times. They have kind of exploded again in the last few years with a new album, big tours, big festival appearances and massive shows in Japan. In a matter of days they will host their Fox Festival in Tokyo at the Saitama Super Arena with guests Asterism, Electric Callboy and Polyphia. Their music is great but they are definitely performance art and their big shows in Japan since Su turned 16 (2013) are off the charts crazy productions.
Asterism will be playing as the backing band for another J-Pop/rock fusion band, Metalverse, but it is a huge opportunity for them and we hope they will get to play a song or two of their own.
Strongly recommend any of the PIA Arena 2023 performances. They performed this song and many other both old and new. But there are also plenty of older performances that are also great. Su's 16th birthday concert, Legend 1997, is also great as is the 2014 Budokan concert.
I always appreciate the thoughtful, insightful comments from the two of you. Especially today: on Babymetal's professionalism, such pros and so young here. If you don't like them don't listen-Amen! They have such a presense, you really can't take your eyes off of them! Su's voice-I believe she is 15 here and still her voice is-such a good adjective-haunting. One personal note. I've always been a bit ambivalent-not with the performance but the maturity of this subject matter for such young folks. They performed this at PIA Arena in 2023 now as mature young women and to me at least they have completely grown into the subject matter and the version is just fire. Link follows for your own enlightenment or whatever: th-cam.com/video/edbqQ-ldF_U/w-d-xo.html
One of the MV's that roped me in 2016. So did you notice that Su had the Mic-Knife in her hand the whole time, also did you catch Moa falling. Su says, when she pulls the knife, "Maidens are not to be underestimated". It's a line from a Japanese crime movie. Spoken by the daughter of the crime lord.
There is a "making the video" video with the girls narrating.
Note: you are in agreement with Rob Zombie!!
Their is quite a lot of symbolism in babymetal's music, if you're interested in this area then I suggest you take a look at AJ Hartley breakdown of this track on TH-cam. Nice reaction 😊
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Thank you for all the work you've done here. Very thorough and insightful.
I like that you take an in depth look at the lyrics and yes you will be surprised every song is different
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Great reaction! Babymetal will always surprise you, and this song always slaps. They’ve performed this fan favorite well over ~340+ times since 2013!
*On the lyrics:* Babymetal is dispelling the traditionally derogatory term of “Megitsune”, “Vixen” used to label women as conniving/deceiving. They are saying women were always expected to be actresses to hide their emotions in public, so they are not vixens, but pure hearted female foxes. But, times are changing, along with what it means to be an ideal woman, so “shoot up your fireworks”, and essentially, show the world who you are!
*On their name:*
Babymetal is a play on words.
Heavy metal: ヘビーメタル (Hebīmetaru)
Babymetal: ベビーメタル (Bebīmetaru)
They love a good pun lol.
Look forward to more Babymetal reactions! 🤘🦊
There are many layers to this MV. I like it because it gives more insight into their message. I also learn so much from the comments from the fan base: for instance, one pointed out how at the beginning YUI and MOA pull on SU’s Japanese costume and the next scene she is transformed into SU-METAL. 🦊 🖖❤
Nice! Ahhh, man... BABYMETAL never gets old. Every day, I listen to their precious music & it's just a pure joy, a lot of inspirations with their intricate tales, the positive messages alongside a sea of variety, & outstanding musicality.
great reaction!🤘🦊
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@@myindieprodentertainment Thanks for the reply. I hope you keep listening to babymetal and Japanese music 😁I love you guys❤
🤘🦊🤘 This is the song that instantly made me a Babymetal addict.
Great reaction! 🤘🔥🦊
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….” …A massive dose of positive energy.” Perfect description of Babymetal👊🏽⚡️🦊🤘🏾 Good lyrical breakdown! Nailed it .🫡
Yes, it was the first song where Koba really got them. Thecstory that inverted an old folk tale really spoke to them. He had asked them, that he could Metal songs for them, and this was the first time, where he no longer used compromises but real metal. Although the real composer hadcreasons to complain, since this was version 33 or 34, that finally got the Okay.
And the story with the knive really infected Yui and Moa. And it was the first time that Su's voice simply hit it. This song even today controls most of their shows. She sings this song silently through their headsets to determine the performance of her voice.
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Babymetal is THE best LIVE band on the planet
Megitsune LIVE at PIA Arena 2023 from Hymnodic channel
Suggest reacting to HQ pro shot videos of Babymetal LIVE performances such as those from Hymnodic's channel.
Road of Resistance LIVE at PIA Arena 2023
Monochrome LIVE at PIA Arena 2023.
Great LIVE performances
Great reaction! 🤘🦊♪ I recommend Akatsuki.
Live version is even better (like all Babymetal)
Like,atentos al cover de este tema por parte de Nemophila 🤘🦊🤘
Adorable yet fierce! They're totally a force ❤
May I suggest that you rewind the video five or ten seconds after pausing before resuming so as to regain the flow of the video? Anyway . . . .
Another great song from "The Golden Age of BABYMETAL" also known as the "Yui Era". Alas, I, too, was late to this party (about ten years late) but I think I've gotten up to speed now. Probably the one thing I found most intriguing about Su-metal's voice is she rarely (if ever) uses vibrato - when she hits a note, she keeps it; there's no excessive exercising of the vocal cords which far too many singers seem to think "enhances" their talent. PAH! I think the vibrato is used way too much.
Another aspect of this song is that women are seen as being deceptive but that is what has come to be expected from the male perspective. In some cases, women are fulfilling a role foisted upon them, a role that they are not all together happy with. And, in the Japanese culture, this perception is all the more pronounced. "Maidens shouldn't be underestimated" (pulling a tanto from microphone).
BTW: kudos for adding the lyrics to the description - I can't say I've ever seen reacters do that!
Keep rockin’ BABYMETAL!!!
KITSUNE UP!!! 🤘🦊🤘
_Sore!_ 🦊🤘🔥
Glad to see you're back with this suggestion, they were quite young in this one but wait to see Doki Doki Morning or Iine!!, you can enjoy this song with the live sound of the Kami Band at Budokan 2014 or Budokan 2021 and after with the new formation.
You did it right starting with this official MV, there are certain songs such the mentioned above you will enjoy and appreciate some differences and details from early era.
Fans were enjoying and having so much fun watching this live every night at the World Tour 2023/2024, you don't wanna miss the chance to see them live and performing this song like they did recently in all these concerts, we always love the shenanigans when performing live between the girls in the middle section after the breakdown. Last week they play this hit at San Francisco in the final part of the Babyklok Tour along with Dethklok, also DragonForce was an invited guest playing in one of the concerts, they're very good friends of BM and the guitarists did another collab in the album version with Road Of Resistance. Yesterday they played at Sick New World Festival and also playing Kingslayer along with BMTH, but they didn't play this song because it was a short setlist.
This was released in 2013 when having around 13/14 (Yui and MoaMetal) and 15 yo (SuMetal, the lead singer), so is one of their early hits and is full of japanese elements, like the "shamizen", a japanese traditional instrument, and is a party festival song (matsuri).
"Sore" "seiya" and "soya" are typical shouts among Japanese festival and it works like a "c'mon!" or "let's go" for them.
During the breakdown you can hear another typical japanese folk song called "Sakura Sakura" and they're doing a traditional Japanese dance.
In summary, song is about female empowerment and if you follow the lyrics you'll see about it, "Megitsune" means female fox (vixen) and they talk about women acting with a smile in their face while crying inside, just to fit in society or what is expected from them, when they're kind to you they're not trying to make falling in love with them, they're just being their own way, and men tend to confuse and think they're cheating or deceiving like the mythological fox.
"Megitsune" used to be a peyorative term in Japanese culture, pretty much just like around the world, but BM is using this as a way to empower women despite the meaning itself.
When SuMetal is pulling out the "tanto" she's saying "maidens shouldn't be underestimated", that refers to a japanese mob film about some boss mafia daughter before attacking someone. During live performance she does something different and looks really cool doing it.
Megitsune is a quintessential BM song and among top ranking songs by fans, SuMetal said she didn't mastered yet, that's why she used to sound check with this song before live concerts.
The origin of the "fox sign" is really long to explained but here's a short summary:
The Fox God (Kitsune Sama) is the Metal God who sent these girls (and Kami Band after to help them with the metal sound) to unify the world and set them free from Jpop slavery. The kitsune sign came out by accident around the time they created the group by the girls when trying to imitate the typical metal horn sign they noticed it was similar when doing fox shadow shape, they implemented this as part of the lore, imagery, theme and live concerts, the lore is huge so take your time and keep digging and riding the Foxhole 🦊🤘
Btw they praised for real and made a ritual to the Fox God for this song to be a hit and successful, and thanks to the Fox God this is one of their major hits and favorite BM fan songs. -NotACult- 👀
This is a song with the arrangements by YuppeMetal, he took inspiration from "Memphis May Fire - The Sinner" for the drum section, another song that i recommend you for your own time if you want.
Next suggestion to meet a SuMetal solo:
- Akatsuki live at Budokan 2014
See you next time. 🦊🤘🔥
We recently covered "IINE". Check pinned comment for Playlist link.
Thank you for the in-depth comment and for taking the time to view and engage. Much appreciated!
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How about a Su solo next? There's 4 namely Akatsuki, Rondo of Nightmare (be sure to get the one with the Kami band intro), No Rain No Rainbow and my personal favourite Amore. 😊
BABY METAL🔥🤘🦊🤘🔥
Song: Babymetal - DEATH
Video to react to: Legend 1997 (Complete)
Another great reaction, and discussion! Your take on the lyrics seem to be pretty much on the money, and it is good to hear (as a fan), that you take the time to really hear the music, and no be swayed by what you initially may have heard...and made up your own minds as to what they can bring to the table. I would highly recommend you reacting to (or checking out on your own time - though watching you react would be awesome) the 2023 live version at the PIA Arena in Japan: th-cam.com/video/edbqQ-ldF_U/w-d-xo.html. A true visual and audio experience showing how this song has become a huge fan favorite! Regardless of which song you react to, I will be along for the ride!