just remember in this video Su was 15 and the other two were 13 years old. i heard this back in late 2013 and fell in love with Babymetal then and have to listen to them everyday. the only band i would travel half way around the world just to see them in Japan. when you hear her live it is so angelic hearing in person. the live version is so much better as all live versions of any of their songs.
_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. 🦊🤘🔥
Stop as much as you want. Your enthusiasm is infectious. This is probably considered the iconic Babymetal song. Only a few of their songs really have Japanese cultural elements and this is one of them.
BABYMETAL music always makes me feel better. Their videos and live performances take me away from this crazy world with so many energy from bad people. I'm happy you also like BABYMETAL. 🦊🦊🦊
Megitsune is literally one of my favourites from all the ones I listened to so far. The energy these girls have is crazy and I truly happy someone recommended them to me. Can't believe it took so long to actually start to watch them.
The instrument at the beginning is a Japanese KOTO. The lyrics of the song compare a woman's life to a blooming flower and the strength she possesses within her surface gentleness and beauty. The lyrics are very mature for three young girls at that time, but it is a great song with deep meaning that BABYMETAL will continue to sing in the future 😀.
Great reaction - and very nice hoodie (you didn't hang about getting one of them🦊👏). '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. Look on 'For The Fox God' for the live performance at PIA Arena, Clear Night from April 2023 to see what they do with the song now and to see how the audience joins in (that has English subtitles too). 'Megitsune' was the first single they released after splitting from the parent group Sakura Gakuin to become an independent band in their own right - that was in 2013 - this video was released when Su-metal was 15, Yuimetal and Moametal were 13, about to turn 14. 'Megitsune' 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, 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 female role in Japanese society I think - or maybe it is - they are becoming more assertive, less subservient, but they are also praising and celebrating the women who have played that role over the years for their strength. 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 the exact melody 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 (the tree painted on the wall is part of that, it wasn't significant for this song or video as far as I know). This has become a place of pilgrimage for BABYMETAL fans visiting Tokyo. The guys at the back wearing their kitsune masks and waving the traditional instruments about were dancers with the lady who did the fan dance's troupe.
Love the reaction, Megitsune is female fox. Just 4 songs ago you were so unsure about BM when you watched Kingslayer and now your getting a BM top, this band deo this to you, I've just pre-ordered the Legend MM dvd which is out in July, both nights of Momo's birthday shows.
Great reaction to an amazing song, and excited to see you got your hoodie! I do hope you looked up the lyrics after, as it is a very meaningful song. Babymetal tears away at the traditionally derogatory use of “Megitsune (Female Fox)” to describe a cunning and deceptive woman. They say girls are always actresses, crying at heart, but smiling at face. But, they are really pure hearted foxes. What it means to be an ideal woman is changing, so shoot up your firework! Spoken part with knife: “Maidens…are not to be underestimated”. Quote from a Japanese gangster film, same vibes as quoting Scarface. *On the Fox Sign:* When first introduced to the devil horn hand sign, the gals mistook it for a fox sign in shadow play, cuz, well, they were kids lol. So, producer Kobametal just rolled with it sand created a whole story/lore behind it. I mean, it’s the most adorable way to do the metal devil horns, fits their theme perfectly haha. 🤘🦊
Love your reactions Agnes, keep going! One of us ❤🦊🤘 Great approach to watch the official MV and lives later - please give us your reactions for both. This MV is one of the essential Babymetal viewings, others include Karate, Monochrome, Metali.
In some sense this song is Girlpower-metal 🙂 A fan favorite and actually a song Su-metal said is hardest to sing for many years, maybe still, but she hasn't talked about it in interviews. She always uses it for soundchecks to check her voice that day.
Good reaction👊🏽⚡️There are many bands that are much better on the studio recording than when they play the song live. Babymetal are much better live. This is because Su-Metal, Moametal and now Momometal are great at both performing and pumping up crowds live🦊🤘🏾
Great reaction as always. The normal rule for BabyMetal is live is best but this is a wonderful video and shows they were starting to justify more money being spent as their popularity increased. Next I'd suggest: 2014 - Gimme Chocolate for which the official MV is actually a live performance so fits perfectly. This is also the song that went viral internationally and became their breakthrough track. Alternatively for pure live with the Kami Band and incredible crowd interaction: 2013 - Headbanger Legend of 97 Apocalypse, 97 referencing Su's birthday, for which there's a 4K remaster which doesn't have the audio drops from the original. 2015 - Road Of Resistance Live in Japan (official) which is almost a rite of passage video.
Yes and we couldcsay that wirh this song Babymetal Fell in love wirh Babymetal. With this inversion of an old fairy tale Koba Hit them in the Mark. They felt (as nearly everyone who grew up in a Western context that it was not a female Fox who was at fault if she had to run and leave the Hause, she simply wanted to protect her family. And while this inverted the traditional meaning of the tale it described so much better what they observed in their live. Koba must have really listened and observed them very well. He really wrote what was in their hearts. It really didn't matter that it took more than 30 revisions till the song was ready. It still controls their concerts. According to Su this is her most difficult song and she uses it before the concert how her voice is in Form that evening.
The One is in a bit of a tizzy right now. Babymetal appeared at Sick New World festival in Las Vegas, USA, 2 days ago and we got unprecedented behind the scenes photos and video. Since 2014 there have literally been maybe a dozen photos of Su and Moa outside of character/costume. They almost never meet fans. They do interviews in character and costume. But from Sick New World we got a ton of photos of them with other bands, many in casual clothes, we got video of them rocking out to Slipknot, again in casual clothes, and they actually took a picture with a fan!!!!!!!!!!
@jimnusbaum3589 it was how far behind that got me suspicious 👍😁 I saw another fan with a selfie but it was in a street at night time alright at a festivals good chance it could happen if you got back stage , but the other was in a street at night and that rings alarm bells 🤔 is their a link it be nice to see them 😁
Great reaction and nice hoodie (and not because I have the same one, haha...). "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. 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 other incredible places). 🤘🦊
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. 🦊 🖖❤
Good to watch the music vid and get the lyrics, then the live version you can really get into the spectacular performance and not be so much overwhelmed. The lyrics explains the Fox ( Male = kitsune, female fox = megitsune).
I have to chuckle every time I hear the first line of the song. The line is "Omekashi kitsune-san", but my head hears "Oh, my gosh! It's Kitsune Santa!"
Many MVs are fine as long as you follow up with the live (especially Megitsune live at Pia Arena). I would avoid the Distortion and Starlight videos as the ladies don't even appear in those (they are conceptual videos).
⚡ 💀 💕 / 🦊 ⛩ [MOA] SU-METAL will slash you. Really. [YUI] Yeah. [SU] (laughs) (Megitsune video commentary from the BABYMETAL members) Kitsune is the Japanese word for fox. Megitsune is a female fox. Su was 15. Yui and Moa were 13, almost 14 when the music video was released. 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. Megitsune is my jam. It's still my favorite BABYMETAL song, video and choreography. BABYMETAL's producer Koba sent this song back to the song arranger Yuyoyuppe dozens of times before he was satisfied with it. This one often tops fan polls, and has been performed live more than any other BABYMETAL song. Much of the video was shot on location on a Noh drama stage in the Asagaya Shinmei Shrine in Tokyo. This has since become something of a pilgrimmage site for BABYMETAL fans. I visited it for the first time last March. : )
Thank you for your Reaction, I agree with you that most of the times live performances are better with Babymetal, because they just excell at Crowd Partizipation and the Energy they bring to the Stage is just something special. If you like their Band performing, you can look forward to Rondo of Nightmare with mischiefs of Metalgods Intro. There you can experience just how good the Kami Band actually is, they are amazing Musicians too. And btw. I bought this same Hoodie at the last Babymetal Concert I've been too and I absolutely love it too, glad you got one yourself too. Thank you for sharing your Journey ❤🦊🤘
Great reaction! While live performances are almost always the best, you should absolutely watch the mv for "iine!", it's something special that has a section not replicated in the live performances.
It's always nice to witness someone who had no idea how much they needed BABYMETAL in their lives. There will be a before and an after Agnes. Guaranteed. And your first concert experience will be something you'll never forget either, I hope you get to experience it some time soon ;)
Nice hoodie. It suits you very well🤘🦊 Kitsune are messengers of the god Inari. Inari worship is the most widespread folk religion in Japan. The image of the torii (red gate) in the breakdown section is the Fushimi Inari Taisha, the head shrine of the Inari faith.
Great reaction! You're one of my favorite Babymetal viewer 🥰 There are a couple of other good MVs you should definetely check out: "iine" and "BxMxC"! You'll not regret it, expecially "iine" LOL
Welcome back to the Foxhole! 🤘🦊🤘 Collectively, Babymetal fans are called "The One", but individually men are Kitsune (Fox) and women are Megitsune (Vixen/female fox). In Babymetal lore, metal spirits were summoned by the Fox God to imbue Babymetal with the power to perform metal music. There is a lot more to it than that, but that is the short-short version
THE HOODIE NICE. There is one MV you have to see: Iine! (double i: iine) Iine: Sounds good!, Good!, Good idea! There is a big difference between the live version and the MV #notacult
IIRC (and, please, someone correct me if I'm wrong), the song is about how kitsune are tricksters in Japanese mythology and how women wearing makeup, etc. to make themselves pretty are not being like kitsune. Not sure how well I explained that, so, again, if I got it wrong, someone please correct me. 🦊
Great reaction! Thanks as always. When you are looking around for versions, check out a version with audio from "Red Fox Festival" from 2017; it was one of five individual shows where each had a different criteria for audience attendance - Red Fox was women/girls only allowed. There is fantastic crowd participation, heartwarming.
I've loved listening to music all my life and my favorite band has always changed, but since I found BabyMetal I don't listen to anything else. 12 Happy Years of BabyMetal...Forever BabyMetal 🤘🦊🤘
The sentence Su speaks while pulling the knife out means roughly "Never underestimate the girls" and is a quote from a classic Japanese gangster movie.
Just enter ...A FOX A FOX A FEMALE FOX MEGITSUNE RED MASS ...on the Tubes of You hole of wonder ....and then maybe only then , enter ...CHERRY BLOSSOMS SAKURA SAKURA...to understand why BMs Megitsune hits so hard to something deep inside ..."see you"
I think you'd enjoy reacting to a fan made documentary "Everything You Need To Know About BABYMETAL - A BABYMETAL Guide" th-cam.com/video/gDne0xwniTg/w-d-xo.html There is also a new one "The 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘴𝘰 Extensive Guide to BABYMETAL (April 1st 2024)" th-cam.com/video/aIb2xEthdSg/w-d-xo.html. The second one is shorter and up to date, while the first one ends in 2022 but is more informative and entertaining imo and has a lot more behind the scenes and interview footage, your call.
Great reaction! You mentioned how amazing and sweet Su's voice is. Wait until you see Monochrome Piano version. Su's voice and a piano is a match made in heaven. It's a song that shows just how powerful and controlled a singer she has become. th-cam.com/video/h-hPGRSjgms/w-d-xo.html The only BabyMetal song to get me teary eyed.
Foxes are very sacred in Japan you can see statues of foxes almost anywhere as part of Gates or entry ways to different places or just lined up in a row somewhere and they like to dress them up with little red knitted hats and knitted scarfs or red knitted cloaks
By the way, many people say that Babymetal's songs are like animated songs. Conversely, many of Japan's anime songs are influenced by metal songs. It's said that, in the 1990s, the decline of metal songs in Japan caused people involved in metal songs who lost their jobs to go to produce anime songs. 😀
Especially Megitsune, Karate, BxMxC and METALI are very good choices as I recommend watching the music video first!😚 The instrument is the 琴(Koto). This instrument has been used in Japan since ancient times and was introduced to Japan from China during the Nara period (AD 710-794). 🤘🦊 From🇯🇵
Lovely reaction. You could pause less because your voice is so clear over the song when it's playing. Every reactor has their own style but your summary at the end says so much about your views. Love the new top, sadly not suitable for a middle aged man. Nice to see you again 🎉🎉🎉❤
You know you can just google the lyrics of any of their songs right? They are all there, easy to find. This was 2013, they were touring, with the Kamy band.
Megitsune was Babymetal's first single released after they became an independent act separating from their parent Idol group (Sakura Gakuin). The MV was also my introduction to Babymetal, back in 2015, as it was the first one to show up in my TH-cam feed, after many weeks, that did not have children in the thumbnail 😅. While I still had a "they're kids! They're just kids!" reaction and was somewhat put off, when the first chorus hit I was blown away by Su-metal's singing. And then there's that heavy breakdown to an old Japanese folk song (which surprisingly I had heard as a child). Su- was encouraged to sing the song in Japanese Enka style. So we got a no holds barred performance of her just after her voice changed with her wonderfully sweet and narrow vibrato. It is an incredible point-in-time documentation of Su-'s 15 year old voice. The producer even left in the sound of her inhales so we hear just how tight her vocal cords still were.
BABYMETAL music videos don't have English captions and very rarely do they sing in English. There are some live versions that some people have gone to the trouble of adding captions but I suggest that you look up the lyrics first before reacting to the video if that's something that's important to you. Just sayin'. No offense, but I think you're pausing far too much. I know why you pause but you shouldn't need to pause more than three times during the video - a fourteen-minute reaction video for a four-minute song. Keep rockin' BABYMETAL!!! KITSUNE UP!!! 🤘🦊🤘
I started to check the lyrics beforehand now. It's much easier. The only reason you can watch this video because I stop time to time. Since it's a music video, there is so much going on I usually pause a lot more, because the storyline excites me. This is how I like doing it. Thank you for watching. :)
@@AgnesKoteles It's your channel - you do as you do. But, to me, constantly pausing causes you to lose the flow of the song (and story-line), and if you were watching it live, you're not going ta ask to group to hold it a minute while you try to digest what's going on, are you? Like I said: two, maybe three pauses. But it's your channel. 😁
Thanks for the reaction. I am enjoying following your journey down the foxhole of BabyMetal. As for videos vs. live performances, you should take your journey in your own way and watch whatever you want. Their videos are great and your chronological exploration of them makes a lot of sense. Their lives are amazing too and I am confident you will watch those performances in your time. I am just glad you love the music and the girls like the rest of "the One". I know you do K-Pop and global pop sometimes too. I was wondering if you would consider checking out Babymonster, the new YG girl group with a global roster of three Koreans, two Thai members, and two Japanese members. They are really talented and you might enjoy their stuff also. Anyway, thanks for the content and keep loving the music!
@@traylor2502 lol. You would have it seen it if I don’t stand up for one thing lovely. ☺️ it looks like it’s a massive pet peeve for you. I’m not bothered by it 💁🏻♀️
@@イム-d2b She used her experience of watching Kpop to see Babymetal. This experience cannot be applied to the Babymetal.every fans know that babymetal's live videos is better than MV.the others do the reaction videos were all watch live
just remember in this video Su was 15 and the other two were 13 years old. i heard this back in late 2013 and fell in love with Babymetal then and have to listen to them everyday. the only band i would travel half way around the world just to see them in Japan. when you hear her live it is so angelic hearing in person. the live version is so much better as all live versions of any of their songs.
Great reactions! Thanks for listening to the official BABYMETAL channel MV 🤘🦊💕
I feel much better supporting the official YT Channel.
_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. 🦊🤘🔥
Nice hoodie! I like Su and Moa always play around in this song before Su throws away the fox mask, but you can only witness it when you see them live🦊
Now MoMo joins in, and even the Kamis are getting involved 😂🤘🏼🦊
I will get to watching the Live version of this as well.
there are a few compilations of the Megitsune Hengaos around, so funny
I saw BABYMETAL live recently in San Francisco and this song was incredible live Su is amazing live all the girls are absolutely increible live
Stop as much as you want. Your enthusiasm is infectious. This is probably considered the iconic Babymetal song. Only a few of their songs really have Japanese cultural elements and this is one of them.
BABYMETAL music always makes me feel better.
Their videos and live performances take me away from this crazy world with so many energy from bad people.
I'm happy you also like BABYMETAL.
🦊🦊🦊
Megitsune is literally one of my favourites from all the ones I listened to so far.
The energy these girls have is crazy and I truly happy someone recommended them to me. Can't believe it took so long to actually start to watch them.
I've always preferred the live performances, but one music video I would definitely recommend when you get to it is 'Karate'.
The instrument at the beginning is a Japanese KOTO.
The lyrics of the song compare a woman's life to a blooming flower and the strength she possesses within her surface gentleness and beauty. The lyrics are very mature for three young girls at that time, but it is a great song with deep meaning that BABYMETAL will continue to sing in the future 😀.
Thank you, I did not know the instrument.
You're already a Kitsune. 🦊🦊🦊.
Nope, she is a Megitsune ;)
Definitely a Megitsune.
Great reaction - and very nice hoodie (you didn't hang about getting one of them🦊👏). '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.
Look on 'For The Fox God' for the live performance at PIA Arena, Clear Night from April 2023 to see what they do with the song now and to see how the audience joins in (that has English subtitles too).
'Megitsune' was the first single they released after splitting from the parent group Sakura Gakuin to become an independent band in their own right - that was in 2013 - this video was released when Su-metal was 15, Yuimetal and Moametal were 13, about to turn 14.
'Megitsune' 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, 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 female role in Japanese society I think - or maybe it is - they are becoming more assertive, less subservient, but they are also praising and celebrating the women who have played that role over the years for their strength.
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 the exact melody 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 (the tree painted on the wall is part of that, it wasn't significant for this song or video as far as I know). This has become a place of pilgrimage for BABYMETAL fans visiting Tokyo. The guys at the back wearing their kitsune masks and waving the traditional instruments about were dancers with the lady who did the fan dance's troupe.
Love the reaction, Megitsune is female fox. Just 4 songs ago you were so unsure about BM when you watched Kingslayer and now your getting a BM top, this band deo this to you, I've just pre-ordered the Legend MM dvd which is out in July, both nights of Momo's birthday shows.
Great reaction to an amazing song, and excited to see you got your hoodie!
I do hope you looked up the lyrics after, as it is a very meaningful song. Babymetal tears away at the traditionally derogatory use of “Megitsune (Female Fox)” to describe a cunning and deceptive woman.
They say girls are always actresses, crying at heart, but smiling at face. But, they are really pure hearted foxes. What it means to be an ideal woman is changing, so shoot up your firework!
Spoken part with knife: “Maidens…are not to be underestimated”. Quote from a Japanese gangster film, same vibes as quoting Scarface.
*On the Fox Sign:* When first introduced to the devil horn hand sign, the gals mistook it for a fox sign in shadow play, cuz, well, they were kids lol. So, producer Kobametal just rolled with it sand created a whole story/lore behind it. I mean, it’s the most adorable way to do the metal devil horns, fits their theme perfectly haha.
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I check the lyrics beforehand moving forward. :) It's much better.
@@AgnesKoteles Awesome! While it’s not necessary, it does help appreciate the message for some of the more serious songs.
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Love your reactions Agnes, keep going! One of us ❤🦊🤘
Great approach to watch the official MV and lives later - please give us your reactions for both.
This MV is one of the essential Babymetal viewings, others include Karate, Monochrome, Metali.
That is the approach I will be taking.
In some sense this song is Girlpower-metal 🙂
A fan favorite and actually a song Su-metal said is hardest to sing for many years, maybe still, but she hasn't talked about it in interviews.
She always uses it for soundchecks to check her voice that day.
It sounds like it would be, since it's fast paced and the notes seem to be quite high as well. Not a surprise.
@@AgnesKoteles I think part of it is because it actually has a bunch of different styles of singing, including Japanese traditional Enka.
Good reaction👊🏽⚡️There are many bands that are much better on the studio recording than when they play the song live. Babymetal are much better live. This is because Su-Metal, Moametal and now Momometal are great at both performing and pumping up crowds live🦊🤘🏾
Great reaction as always.
The normal rule for BabyMetal is live is best but this is a wonderful video and shows they were starting to justify more money being spent as their popularity increased.
Next I'd suggest:
2014 - Gimme Chocolate for which the official MV is actually a live performance so fits perfectly. This is also the song that went viral internationally and became their breakthrough track.
Alternatively for pure live with the Kami Band and incredible crowd interaction:
2013 - Headbanger Legend of 97 Apocalypse, 97 referencing Su's birthday, for which there's a 4K remaster which doesn't have the audio drops from the original.
2015 - Road Of Resistance Live in Japan (official) which is almost a rite of passage video.
Yes and we couldcsay that wirh this song Babymetal Fell in love wirh Babymetal. With this inversion of an old fairy tale Koba Hit them in the Mark. They felt (as nearly everyone who grew up in a Western context that it was not a female Fox who was at fault if she had to run and leave the Hause, she simply wanted to protect her family. And while this inverted the traditional meaning of the tale it described so much better what they observed in their live. Koba must have really listened and observed them very well. He really wrote what was in their hearts. It really didn't matter that it took more than 30 revisions till the song was ready. It still controls their concerts. According to Su this is her most difficult song and she uses it before the concert how her voice is in Form that evening.
The One is in a bit of a tizzy right now. Babymetal appeared at Sick New World festival in Las Vegas, USA, 2 days ago and we got unprecedented behind the scenes photos and video. Since 2014 there have literally been maybe a dozen photos of Su and Moa outside of character/costume. They almost never meet fans. They do interviews in character and costume. But from Sick New World we got a ton of photos of them with other bands, many in casual clothes, we got video of them rocking out to Slipknot, again in casual clothes, and they actually took a picture with a fan!!!!!!!!!!
And they did Kingslayer live with BMTH again.
The fan picture is probably a fake. You can do a lot of stuff with apps on phones 🤔🤘🏼🦊
@@martinmetal7481 nope it is real. She has multiple pictures and explained in detail how she got them
@jimnusbaum3589 it was how far behind that got me suspicious 👍😁
I saw another fan with a selfie but it was in a street at night time alright at a festivals good chance it could happen if you got back stage , but the other was in a street at night and that rings alarm bells 🤔 is their a link it be nice to see them 😁
@@martinmetal7481 I posted a link but the comment got deleted.
Megitsune is fast, but also have some breath in it. Great reaction! 😃
This is my favourite BABYMETAL song so far. Can't get enough of it.
Great reaction and nice hoodie (and not because I have the same one, haha...).
"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.
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 other incredible places).
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I love the details added to this video. Thank you. :)
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. 🦊 🖖❤
It's amazing.
Nice one.
This is still one of their most popular songs and still played live to this day.
No Su-metal can REALLY sing. She is exceptionally versatile and talented. And obviously has been so since an early age.
And her on-stage charisma is kind of off the charts.
Good to watch the music vid and get the lyrics, then the live version you can really get into the spectacular performance and not be so much overwhelmed. The lyrics explains the Fox ( Male = kitsune, female fox = megitsune).
I have to chuckle every time I hear the first line of the song. The line is "Omekashi kitsune-san", but my head hears "Oh, my gosh! It's Kitsune Santa!"
Many MVs are fine as long as you follow up with the live (especially Megitsune live at Pia Arena). I would avoid the Distortion and Starlight videos as the ladies don't even appear in those (they are conceptual videos).
The Karate video is especially good. Be aware that many of the OFFICIAL videos, even if they have video from a live concert, use the studio audio.
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I prefer the Red Fox Festival live video, singing a song about female empowerment to a women-only audience is pretty cool. But PIA Arena is great too.
@@tanewoodley9806 Yea that is a good one
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[MOA] SU-METAL will slash you. Really.
[YUI] Yeah. [SU] (laughs)
(Megitsune video commentary from the BABYMETAL members)
Kitsune is the Japanese word for fox.
Megitsune is a female fox.
Su was 15. Yui and Moa were 13, almost 14 when the music video was released.
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.
Megitsune is my jam. It's still my favorite BABYMETAL song, video and choreography.
BABYMETAL's producer Koba sent this song back to the song arranger Yuyoyuppe dozens of times before he was satisfied with it.
This one often tops fan polls, and has been performed live more than any other BABYMETAL song.
Much of the video was shot on location on a Noh drama stage in the Asagaya Shinmei Shrine in Tokyo.
This has since become something of a pilgrimmage site for BABYMETAL fans.
I visited it for the first time last March. : )
Thank you for your Reaction, I agree with you that most of the times live performances are better with Babymetal, because they just excell at Crowd Partizipation and the Energy they bring to the Stage is just something special. If you like their Band performing, you can look forward to Rondo of Nightmare with mischiefs of Metalgods Intro. There you can experience just how good the Kami Band actually is, they are amazing Musicians too.
And btw. I bought this same Hoodie at the last Babymetal Concert I've been too and I absolutely love it too, glad you got one yourself too.
Thank you for sharing your Journey ❤🦊🤘
I love it so much, I get so many compliments walking around in it as well. People love the cool design on the back, even if they don't know BABYMETAL.
Great reaction! While live performances are almost always the best, you should absolutely watch the mv for "iine!", it's something special that has a section not replicated in the live performances.
It's always nice to witness someone who had no idea how much they needed BABYMETAL in their lives. There will be a before and an after Agnes. Guaranteed. And your first concert experience will be something you'll never forget either, I hope you get to experience it some time soon ;)
I actually plan to go when I have a chance.
As always, I enjoyed your reaction. Hope you'll react to the live version as well. The vibe is entirely different.
I'll get to it. :)
Nice hoodie. It suits you very well🤘🦊
Kitsune are messengers of the god Inari. Inari worship is the most widespread folk religion in Japan. The image of the torii (red gate) in the breakdown section is the Fushimi Inari Taisha, the head shrine of the Inari faith.
Thank you. :)
Great reaction! You're one of my favorite Babymetal viewer 🥰
There are a couple of other good MVs you should definetely check out: "iine" and "BxMxC"! You'll not regret it, expecially "iine" LOL
Thank you! Will do! :)
Welcome back to the Foxhole! 🤘🦊🤘
Collectively, Babymetal fans are called "The One", but individually men are Kitsune (Fox) and women are Megitsune (Vixen/female fox).
In Babymetal lore, metal spirits were summoned by the Fox God to imbue Babymetal with the power to perform metal music. There is a lot more to it than that, but that is the short-short version
I will dive into the lore to find out more.
Omg I was waiting for a new veideo reaction... MEGITSUNE refers to the female fox.
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Welcome to The One 🤘🔥🦊
THE HOODIE NICE.
There is one MV you have to see: Iine! (double i: iine)
Iine: Sounds good!, Good!, Good idea!
There is a big difference between the live version and the MV
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I'll check it out! So many recommended it.
Another MV to watch is iine.
And you can always react to live versions also, live gives another dynamic to the songs.
I try to go a combination so I have the best time.
If you are really interested in babymetal, also check out the babymetal beginner's guide video to find out more about its history🦊🤘
Uh I will do that. I did not think there would be a guide. I though it’s only a kpop think
IIRC (and, please, someone correct me if I'm wrong), the song is about how kitsune are tricksters in Japanese mythology and how women wearing makeup, etc. to make themselves pretty are not being like kitsune. Not sure how well I explained that, so, again, if I got it wrong, someone please correct me. 🦊
Great reaction! Thanks as always.
When you are looking around for versions, check out a version with audio from "Red Fox Festival" from 2017; it was one of five individual shows where each had a different criteria for audience attendance - Red Fox was women/girls only allowed. There is fantastic crowd participation, heartwarming.
"For The Fox God" and "Who?" channels have Babymetal videos with English subtitles.
I recognise both channels. I wanted to watch it from the official YT Channel though.
@@AgnesKoteles sadly, the videos on the official channel lack subtitles. Not sure why Amuse won't invest a little extra to include them.
I've loved listening to music all my life and my favorite band has always changed, but since I found BabyMetal I don't listen to anything else. 12 Happy Years of BabyMetal...Forever BabyMetal
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I can’t stop listening to the 4 I listened to so far either. It’s very addictive. Mostly just 3 really. Kingslayer isn’t my cup of tea that much.
The sentence Su speaks while pulling the knife out means roughly "Never underestimate the girls" and is a quote from a classic Japanese gangster movie.
That's nice! I'm sad I can't understand it but I started to look at the lyrics before listening to the songs now. :)
Just enter ...A FOX A FOX A FEMALE FOX MEGITSUNE RED MASS ...on the Tubes of You hole of wonder ....and then maybe only then , enter ...CHERRY BLOSSOMS SAKURA SAKURA...to understand why BMs Megitsune hits so hard to something deep inside ..."see you"
I think you'd enjoy reacting to a fan made documentary "Everything You Need To Know About BABYMETAL - A BABYMETAL Guide" th-cam.com/video/gDne0xwniTg/w-d-xo.html
There is also a new one "The 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘴𝘰 Extensive Guide to BABYMETAL (April 1st 2024)" th-cam.com/video/aIb2xEthdSg/w-d-xo.html.
The second one is shorter and up to date, while the first one ends in 2022 but is more informative and entertaining imo and has a lot more behind the scenes and interview footage, your call.
Thank you for the recommendation.
This music video is what dragged me head-first into the fox hole. 🤘🦊🤘
Not surprised at all. It's amazing.
Great reaction! You mentioned how amazing and sweet Su's voice is. Wait until you see Monochrome Piano version. Su's voice and a piano is a match made in heaven. It's a song that shows just how powerful and controlled a singer she has become. th-cam.com/video/h-hPGRSjgms/w-d-xo.html The only BabyMetal song to get me teary eyed.
Can't wait.
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Foxes are very sacred in Japan you can see statues of foxes almost anywhere as part of Gates or entry ways to different places or just lined up in a row somewhere and they like to dress them up with little red knitted hats and knitted scarfs or red knitted cloaks
I have decided to d o a combination of live and MV's. I miss a lot of quirky and comedic moments if I don't watch the music videos.
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By the way, many people say that Babymetal's songs are like animated songs.
Conversely, many of Japan's anime songs are influenced by metal songs.
It's said that, in the 1990s, the decline of metal songs in Japan caused people involved in metal songs who lost their jobs to go to produce anime songs. 😀
It sounds a lot like anime openings.
this is my favorite
Megitsune is one of my favourite so far as well.
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And You are Amazing.
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Check trilogy of light it was good in live the song is: starlight, shine and arkadia
Especially Megitsune, Karate, BxMxC and METALI are very good choices as I recommend watching the music video first!😚
The instrument is the 琴(Koto). This instrument has been used in Japan since ancient times and was introduced to Japan from China during the Nara period (AD 710-794).
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Lovely reaction. You could pause less because your voice is so clear over the song when it's playing. Every reactor has their own style but your summary at the end says so much about your views. Love the new top, sadly not suitable for a middle aged man. Nice to see you again 🎉🎉🎉❤
I think it's suitable to all ages.
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Did you notice around the 7:43 mark that Moa tripped and fell? And they kept that in the video ahahah
I did not notice at all. She must have played it of quickly.
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Sore ! Sore ! Sore ! SoreSoreSoreSore!! !!!
Sunny sunny sunny 😃❤️
No, I recommend the official videos first. Then, the live versions after. Dud you do karate yet.. I highly recommend the official video.
Must watch music videos: Megitsune, Karate, Metali, Uki Uki Midnight, other MV are skipable imo.
I'd add Iine for total confusion and Doki Doki for cuteness.
Megitsune is easily my favourite song I listened to so far.
You know you can just google the lyrics of any of their songs right? They are all there, easy to find.
This was 2013, they were touring, with the Kamy band.
I tried to find the earliest I could, but apparently it's not the oldest one.
Pleasse could you reac to the live version at apocalypse 1997?
Megitsune was Babymetal's first single released after they became an independent act separating from their parent Idol group (Sakura Gakuin). The MV was also my introduction to Babymetal, back in 2015, as it was the first one to show up in my TH-cam feed, after many weeks, that did not have children in the thumbnail 😅. While I still had a "they're kids! They're just kids!" reaction and was somewhat put off, when the first chorus hit I was blown away by Su-metal's singing. And then there's that heavy breakdown to an old Japanese folk song (which surprisingly I had heard as a child).
Su- was encouraged to sing the song in Japanese Enka style. So we got a no holds barred performance of her just after her voice changed with her wonderfully sweet and narrow vibrato. It is an incredible point-in-time documentation of Su-'s 15 year old voice. The producer even left in the sound of her inhales so we hear just how tight her vocal cords still were.
BABYMETAL music videos don't have English captions and very rarely do they sing in English. There are some live versions that some people have gone to the trouble of adding captions but I suggest that you look up the lyrics first before reacting to the video if that's something that's important to you. Just sayin'.
No offense, but I think you're pausing far too much. I know why you pause but you shouldn't need to pause more than three times during the video - a fourteen-minute reaction video for a four-minute song.
Keep rockin' BABYMETAL!!!
KITSUNE UP!!! 🤘🦊🤘
I started to check the lyrics beforehand now. It's much easier.
The only reason you can watch this video because I stop time to time. Since it's a music video, there is so much going on I usually pause a lot more, because the storyline excites me. This is how I like doing it.
Thank you for watching. :)
@@AgnesKoteles It's your channel - you do as you do. But, to me, constantly pausing causes you to lose the flow of the song (and story-line), and if you were watching it live, you're not going ta ask to group to hold it a minute while you try to digest what's going on, are you? Like I said: two, maybe three pauses. But it's your channel. 😁
Thanks for the reaction. I am enjoying following your journey down the foxhole of BabyMetal. As for videos vs. live performances, you should take your journey in your own way and watch whatever you want. Their videos are great and your chronological exploration of them makes a lot of sense. Their lives are amazing too and I am confident you will watch those performances in your time. I am just glad you love the music and the girls like the rest of "the One".
I know you do K-Pop and global pop sometimes too. I was wondering if you would consider checking out Babymonster, the new YG girl group with a global roster of three Koreans, two Thai members, and two Japanese members. They are really talented and you might enjoy their stuff also.
Anyway, thanks for the content and keep loving the music!
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Megitsune LIVE at PIA Arena 2023.
Girl, don't tuck your t-shirt into your pants.
But I’m always cold. 😞😫
@@AgnesKoteles Wear two tshirts, tuck one in, wear the other one loose. Or zip your hoodie up. Come on, go professional.
@@traylor2502 lol. You would have it seen it if I don’t stand up for one thing lovely. ☺️ it looks like it’s a massive pet peeve for you. I’m not bothered by it 💁🏻♀️
I don't recommend watching Babymetal's MV videos. Live performances are 100 times better than MV videos.What you are doing is wrong
@@イム-d2b She used her experience of watching Kpop to see Babymetal. This experience cannot be applied to the Babymetal.every fans know that babymetal's live videos is better than MV.the others do the reaction videos were all watch live
I will be doing a combination of both since the music videos have so much personality and comedy. Thank you though.
more babymetal plis❤
Babymetal - BxMxC
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