In most cases, the English used for "Japanese lyrics" is used as "Japanese". English words mixed by Japanese people are used to "simplify" or "emphasize" the meaning of words for Japanese people. Occasionally used to match the rhythm. It's not for foreigners at all. In that case, it will be all in English. Most Japanese don't need "speaking English" for a lifetime. Many of us only know "English words". That's why our own usage has arisen. Sorry for my poor English.
I mostly agree. In modernizing the world, the Japanese have translated Western-specific terms and concepts into Japanese. There is no need to use English textbooks for school subjects such as math, science, social studies, etc. until university.
If you want to know more about "Different", there is the latest interview with their English subtitles. The cuteness of Miku Kobato, the side guitarist who wrote the lyrics, and Kanami Tono, the lead guitarist who composed the song, blows me away. th-cam.com/video/nYHpt6pnaUA/w-d-xo.html Kobato is a small pigeon in Japanese. So, Kobato character Miku Kobato is talking to Poppo. Kobato is Zemaitis and Kanami is a PRS contract guitarist. There is also a video that introduces the guitar. miku Kobato th-cam.com/video/P-C3laKKl6Y/w-d-xo.html Kanami Tono th-cam.com/video/E8dk0oQ6dKg/w-d-xo.html
Neil Armstrong famously once said, "One small step for man, one giant leap for BAND-MAID". But the transmission was crackly & it sounded different back on earth.
@@peepinR Well, I mean not this song, but all of Band Maid's songs. But if you want to hear the live version of Different, here's the link for an online concert. l-tike.zaiko.io/e/bandmaid1213 They played the Difference twice. It was really awesome.
I love your reaction! Band-Maid are (from right to left): Kanami (purple guitar, white outfit): lead guitarist, composer Saiki (blue rose, black outfit): lead singer, creative direction Akane (pronounced ah-kah-nay, white outfit): drummer, drum arrangement Miku Kobato (red rose, white outfit): rhythm guitarist, backing singer, band founder, lyricist, MC, publicist Misa (black bass, black outfit): bassist, bass composition/arrangement They are a total package of talents. Many fans love Domination (official live video) and Blooming (official music video) on their channel. Enjoy the ride!
Band Maid combines rock, metal, punk, pop, jazz and progressive into a sound all their own. They write and produce their music as well. Check out their live videos from on their website, they're even better live. Suggest - Real Existence, Play, Domination, Onset (instrumental), Freedom etc etc etc and MV's Rinne, Blooming, Dice etc etc. BTW this video has English subtitles and is the opening song for anime series Log Horizon season 3.
oh btw, turn on subs for this song, has subtitles and you will realize that this song is actually about 60% english, but because of the lead singer Saiki's heavy japanese accent, its harder to understand some words. But once you see the video with the subs,,,you will figure it out. And you were asking about how the japanese and english words flow, its how the rhythm guitarist/backup vocalist/band founder writes the songs. In some songs, the english words do flow better and fit the rhythm/beat of the song. And in some cases there are newer words to the japanese language that there is no japanese words for. So she writes all their lyrics with this in mind. OH and another fact, Lead Guitarist Kanami writes all the music for there songs. Last thing, on top of this video dropping, they also have an actual new single, "Afterlife", that is going to be on their new album coming out next month. no video for it yet, but give them time. you can listen to it on Spotify, Apple music, and can buy the single track from iTunes.
Thanks, guys! Band-Maid are dropping a new album ("Unseen World") on 1/20, and hopefully we'll get an MV before that. If you haven't already, you should react to a few live songs from their February Shibuya concert on their main channel -- that's still pretty recent in COVID time.
very nice reaction gents. This really is contending for favorite song of all time for me, recency bias or not. Every single second of it is simply dazzling.
That was really entertaining to watch! Nice you are enjoying it so much, it´s really the most talented rockband out there... In my opinion! They are creative, don´t care about genres, having a unique style to write songs (THANKS Kanami!) and are so much fun to watch... Always smiling, you can see they have chemistry and are friends that having a good time with their fans they love! Stay healthy! Greetings from Germany!
*Holy Stick To Your Guns! Batman* The *Stick To Your Guns* mantra has really got to be refine when it comes to *BAND-MAID* everything they produced must see reaction or you can wait till January when they come out with their 7th studio CD. 😊 _(You know your toilet operate backward?)_
🤣🤣 thanks for the laughter! This is really extremely fun song...well weirdly the lyrics are dark. Kanamis picking makes me think about circus music... 😃
Wow that was fun! Thank you very much. Almost as fun as watching these ladies performing live. 😜 hope to see more Band-Maid from you guys! That was a rather refreshing reaction!
Okay, WHAT? THAT WAS AWESOME!! Adding this to my workout playlist haha ALSO, react to Outliers (retrospect) by Aviations? Theyr like The Contortionist on steroids lol
Something you might like to check out is this Rock Band from Monterrey MX - The Warning ⚡️ (Now signed with Lava Records) 🤘🏻 This impressive trio of sisters - Daniela 20 (guitar, piano and vocals), Paulina 18 (drums, piano and vocals), Alejandra 16 (bass, piano and vocals), they have elaborate musical affinities. They have participated in some of the most important rock festivals in Mexico such as Vive Latino, Hell & Heaven, Mother of All, Pal Norte, Force Fest and Rock al Parque in Colombia. They have also opened for Def Leopard (2 nights) & The Killers (2 nights) It is almost impossible to recommend just one song, So here is a link to their YT playlist page th-cam.com/users/thewarningplaylists Their albums XXI Century Blood (2017) & Queen of the Murder Scene (Rock Novel) (2018) are simply incredible considering the age they were when they wrote them Here are some definite listens from their live Queen Of The Murder Scene concert Dust to Dust th-cam.com/video/TeIbG8nkOiU/w-d-xo.html Ugh th-cam.com/video/aHUz9dR3gwg/w-d-xo.html Dull Knives th-cam.com/video/Pt-jNW1c1T0/w-d-xo.html Red Hands Never Fade th-cam.com/video/s1X3BxxUOBk/w-d-xo.html QOTMS th-cam.com/video/OHN0-arxsx4/w-d-xo.html Check them out. They have a huge and dedicated fan base (The Warning Army) that will show up en masse in the comment section Also, they appreciate reactors spreading their music. TWA 🇦🇺
The video has English subtitles. The lyrics are really good, too. Band Maid is amazing. So many good songs. So many. And their live shows are the best and often includes extended sections, intros/outros, solos, etc.
For context: This is the anime intro this song was written for: www6.nhk.or.jp/anime/special/special.html?i=10060 For amazement: This is a visual representation of Akane's drumming on this song. th-cam.com/video/K36Cxx_3nOg/w-d-xo.html Try the live stuff from their TH-cam page. It's recent (February) and excellent. This band is one of the best things out there.
That bass riff misa plays is awsome,, it got me the first time i heard it,, go back an watch some of their earlier stuff,, they have really matured an only getting better
They write, arrange, and produce their own songs. Extraordinarily talented, professional, and all of them have an on stage charisma that is quite rare. Usually only 1 maybe 2 band members are charismatic. With Band-Maid they all are. Kanami (lead guitar) is the primary composer and Miku (rhythm guitar) is the primary lyricist. But all members are involved in the creation of their music.
Thanks for covering Band-Maid. In case you missed it... their live online was beyond expectations - and they were already stratospheric! Tightest, baddest, kickassest band on earth! BAND-MAID ONLINE OKYU-JI 2-HOUR LIVE CONCERT - ARCHIVED TICKETS ON SALE NOW! bandmaid.tokyo/contents/376042 (for info and membership discount) or at zaiko.io/event/333406
Yes it’s frenetic. The Maids are a great band. Akane on drums,Miss on bass and Kanami are brilliant musicians. A lot of the new album Unseen World is full of this fast material. One of their latest in Warning!. You really do need to react to more of their material. Watch your subs and hits soar! Great to see Aussies reacting. Watch Don’t you tell me Onset Real Existence Turn me on All live Daydreaming is a power ballad. Rinne is heavy. Puzzle and Anemone in acoustic versions is something special. Kanami going wild. Talking atmospheric. Kanami is it. One of the worlds great female composers and guitarists in rock today. Many are misled by the visual cutey pie look thinking just another J pop band. That’s not Band Maid. They’re definitely more than just Maids.. Re the language use,very few Japanese speak or understand English even millennials which is rare (less than 1% overall?) so Miku needs to make the English brief as 30% of the fan base is home based. The Maids are trying to cater for both markets. Musically in anime and western rock and lyrically too. They have a growing niche market which can only expand further with more English use. When the dragon cries last year was all in English. The Maids are one of the great live bands. Hopefully they’ll reach these shores in the next few years. Probably not the fan base here yet like in LA,NY,Dallas or London. That needs to change. Keep promoting the ladies fellas. They deserve the success.
I have not heard this piece of intriguing news, I do know they Sai-chan said she wanted to go to South America, but I doo sooooo hope it is true, would save me the Airfare again (unless it was Perth then I would have to fly again)
Hey boys, Check out anything LIVE from Band-Maid: Onset Play Domination No God About Us Freedom Their solos are amazing! Akane on Drums, Misa on Bass, Miku on Rhythm Guitar and Kanami on lead guitar. Saiki as lead singer sounds better live too.
7:24 - nah, dude, come on, that was cute :P just a question... - how familiar are you (the guy on the left) with this band? I get Nathan here has heard a couple of studio recordings of a cd or something... have you seen their live stuff? if not - come on, jump on the band-maid shinkansen! they performed this song live last weekend on their online show. absolutely killed it! they use the english phrases a lot, just for the sake of better flow, as it's hard to rhyme properly in japanese only. Japanese use english words everyday everywhere - they just might not have their "original" meaning ;) also the pronunciation differs. Miku (red rose, 2nd vocal, rg) is the main lyricist in the band. She throws a lot of english here and there into the mix, but it's done mostly for the sake of better vocal-melody. If you haven't heard "Puzzle" live - that would be my recommendation
Ah so I was kinda right! It’s done to make a better fit/better melody! Also I’m quite familiar with them. I’m a big fan of Japanese bands and have been twice myself for a total of 6 weeks. Was supposed to go back this year, but covid 😭
@@johnnyneedham9831 yep, a LOT j-rock bands do that. but there are also things like - the phrases are supposed to be in english, the lyrics-sheets have them in english, but the japanese actually hear it different, they hear japanese phrases (maybe due to pronunciation). It was pointed out by two japanese guys doing some b-m song reactions for example. there is a good post on reddit regarding Mikus writing style: reddit[.com] /r/BandMaid/comments/hfc9mt/why_miku_is_a_great_lyricist/ it was written by *t-shinji* - i saw he commented on this video already, he translates a lot of their interviews also (BIG thx!) I kinda got to j-rock in the early 90s, after seeing "Bubblegum Crisis" anime - that intro stuck in my head. Been following a couple j-rock-bands over the years, even made myself familiar with jap. pop-output. Classics like Meiko Kaji (yes, I was familiar way before "Kill Bill") or Ayumi Hamasaki etc. Watched a lot of jap. movies... "NANA" for example, about a friendship of two girls - one of them a j-rock singer. And the movie soundtrack is basically that I associated with j-rock for a long time - they also had A LOT english phrases thrown in. But the pronunciation makes it difficult to understand ;) so for a long time - "our" western rock and j-rock were two different things in my mind. i liked both, but distinguished between them. With Band-Maid I don't have that - Nr. 1 Band on this planet for me. And the gap to the second place is bigger than the gap between their maid-theme and the music they play.
@@w.b.562 Yeah when the Japanese reactor pointed out that Miku's basically making puns in English _and_ Japanese - or between the two, if that puts it better - my mind would have blown out the back of my skull if I hadn't already decided she's a freakin' genius for other reasons.
Hello, okinawan here, japanese speakers can switch to English words so easily in the middle of sentences, because that’s what we already do, if we know it or not. About 30% of Japanese words are English loan-words (much like how 50% of English is French loan words) so it’s something we do naturally already. Funfact: Easily the funniest/worst example of this is the English word “election” which is translated as エレクション. But because ‘l’ and ‘r’ are the same sound in Japanese it means English speakers hear us say “erection” when we are talking about elections
Band-maid is awesome! Many Japanese band and artists put English in their songs. Most time because it’s sound cool to have some English. You should check out the Japanese band name Scandal. I can give you some suggestions and links for Scandal songs. I hope you do a react video for Scandal songs soon. Thank you
I think the reason that there is some words in English instead of it all being in Japanese is that there are certain words in English that have no literal translation to Japanese. For example I know English and I know Russian there are many words in Russian that are very difficult to translate to English.
A lot of J rock is super catchy but also impressive like this. My favorite j rock band is FACT. Songs like fake smile (INSANE video you have to see) and slip of the lip are good starters.
Great reaction video. More Band-Maid please. However, I'm curious to see your reaction to Lovebites. They are an all female Japanese Heavy Metal band that will knock your socks off. Seriously! If you are ready to check them out I think their song, Thunder Vengeance would be a good place to start as it's the first song of a Concert. Thanks th-cam.com/video/yWE7PqCpGi4/w-d-xo.html
I think international artists try to incorporate English words to make it more universal....? It's cute that Band-Maid does it, but i wish they didn't have to cater to an English market
They are one of the best hard rock bands of our generation. That's not a hyperbole.
In most cases, the English used for "Japanese lyrics" is used as "Japanese".
English words mixed by Japanese people are used to "simplify" or "emphasize" the meaning of words for Japanese people.
Occasionally used to match the rhythm.
It's not for foreigners at all.
In that case, it will be all in English.
Most Japanese don't need "speaking English" for a lifetime.
Many of us only know "English words".
That's why our own usage has arisen.
Sorry for my poor English.
You speak far better English than I can Japanese! So thank you for your comment. Arigato!
It was a very interesting explanation. Thank you!
I mostly agree.
In modernizing the world, the Japanese have translated Western-specific terms and concepts into Japanese. There is no need to use English textbooks for school subjects such as math, science, social studies, etc. until university.
If you want to know more about "Different", there is the latest interview with their English subtitles. The cuteness of Miku Kobato, the side guitarist who wrote the lyrics, and Kanami Tono, the lead guitarist who composed the song, blows me away.
th-cam.com/video/nYHpt6pnaUA/w-d-xo.html
Kobato is a small pigeon in Japanese. So, Kobato character Miku Kobato is talking to Poppo.
Kobato is Zemaitis and Kanami is a PRS contract guitarist. There is also a video that introduces the guitar.
miku Kobato th-cam.com/video/P-C3laKKl6Y/w-d-xo.html
Kanami Tono th-cam.com/video/E8dk0oQ6dKg/w-d-xo.html
Neil Armstrong famously once said, "One small step for man, one giant leap for BAND-MAID". But the transmission was crackly & it sounded different back on earth.
🤘👽🤘
fellow Aussies that get them, how good is that (as he sits here Drinking Stones Mac)
🚀🌚👣 👣 🛰〰️🚫🌏
@@DavidMISAMISAMISACook 🍺
@@curtisrrobles7885 Haha that's clever ×100👍
Try their live version.They are rock and roll guardian angels.
Live version? Where is this live version? I'd love to see it too
@@peepinR
Well, I mean not this song, but all of Band Maid's songs. But if you want to hear the live version of Different, here's the link for an online concert. l-tike.zaiko.io/e/bandmaid1213 They played the Difference twice. It was really awesome.
I love your reaction! Band-Maid are (from right to left):
Kanami (purple guitar, white outfit): lead guitarist, composer
Saiki (blue rose, black outfit): lead singer, creative direction
Akane (pronounced ah-kah-nay, white outfit): drummer, drum arrangement
Miku Kobato (red rose, white outfit): rhythm guitarist, backing singer, band founder, lyricist, MC, publicist
Misa (black bass, black outfit): bassist, bass composition/arrangement
They are a total package of talents.
Many fans love Domination (official live video) and Blooming (official music video) on their channel. Enjoy the ride!
Thank you 🙌🏼
Band Maid combines rock, metal, punk, pop, jazz and progressive into a sound all their own. They write and produce their music as well. Check out their live videos from on their website, they're even better live. Suggest - Real Existence, Play, Domination, Onset (instrumental), Freedom etc etc etc and MV's Rinne, Blooming, Dice etc etc. BTW this video has English subtitles and is the opening song for anime series Log Horizon season 3.
BANDMAID♪ nice reactionでーす♪😁まだまだいっぱい曲あるので是非また2人の reaction観たいです！❤️
oh btw, turn on subs for this song, has subtitles and you will realize that this song is actually about 60% english, but because of the lead singer Saiki's heavy japanese accent, its harder to understand some words. But once you see the video with the subs,,,you will figure it out. And you were asking about how the japanese and english words flow, its how the rhythm guitarist/backup vocalist/band founder writes the songs. In some songs, the english words do flow better and fit the rhythm/beat of the song. And in some cases there are newer words to the japanese language that there is no japanese words for. So she writes all their lyrics with this in mind. OH and another fact, Lead Guitarist Kanami writes all the music for there songs. Last thing, on top of this video dropping, they also have an actual new single, "Afterlife", that is going to be on their new album coming out next month. no video for it yet, but give them time. you can listen to it on Spotify, Apple music, and can buy the single track from iTunes.
Thanks, guys! Band-Maid are dropping a new album ("Unseen World") on 1/20, and hopefully we'll get an MV before that. If you haven't already, you should react to a few live songs from their February Shibuya concert on their main channel -- that's still pretty recent in COVID time.
very nice reaction gents. This really is contending for favorite song of all time for me, recency bias or not. Every single second of it is simply dazzling.
That was really entertaining to watch! Nice you are enjoying it so much, it´s really the most talented rockband out there... In my opinion! They are creative, don´t care about genres, having a unique style to write songs (THANKS Kanami!) and are so much fun to watch... Always smiling, you can see they have chemistry and are friends that having a good time with their fans they love! Stay healthy! Greetings from Germany!
Thanks for watching!
*Holy Stick To Your Guns! Batman* The *Stick To Your Guns* mantra has really got to be refine when it comes to *BAND-MAID* everything they produced must see reaction or you can wait till January when they come out with their 7th studio CD. 😊
_(You know your toilet operate backward?)_
You should really check out band maid - domination live
🤣🤣 thanks for the laughter! This is really extremely fun song...well weirdly the lyrics are dark.
Kanamis picking makes me think about circus music... 😃
Glad you enjoyed!
Many of their songs are GREAT workout songs. You're missing out.
Just awesome!
Band Maid, thumbs up! The MV for Blooming is also pretty hard rocking if you like hard rock.
This song is for an anime called Log Horizon 3rd season . MISA !!! MISA !!! MISA !!! the Barefoot Bass Assassin .
There is a version with subtitles.
Great reaction. Seen several BAND-MAID reactions lately, and everyone is blown away. Exactly as I was. Thanks so much for this.
Wow that was fun! Thank you very much. Almost as fun as watching these ladies performing live. 😜 hope to see more Band-Maid from you guys! That was a rather refreshing reaction!
Thank you! Hope you check out our others too!
Thank you great reaction. Next Moratorium live please.
There are English subtitles for this MV.
Okay, WHAT? THAT WAS AWESOME!! Adding this to my workout playlist haha ALSO, react to Outliers (retrospect) by Aviations? Theyr like The Contortionist on steroids lol
Keep in mind it's a commissioned *Anime* theme song.
Hence the lyrics, intensity, speed, and no breakdown solo.
_Chur from NZL._
Something you might like to check out is this Rock Band from Monterrey MX - The Warning ⚡️ (Now signed with Lava Records) 🤘🏻
This impressive trio of sisters -
Daniela 20 (guitar, piano and vocals),
Paulina 18 (drums, piano and vocals),
Alejandra 16 (bass, piano and vocals),
they have elaborate musical affinities. They have participated in some of the most important rock festivals in Mexico such as Vive Latino, Hell & Heaven, Mother of All, Pal Norte, Force Fest and Rock al Parque in Colombia. They have also opened for Def Leopard (2 nights) & The Killers (2 nights)
It is almost impossible to recommend just one song, So here is a link to their YT playlist page th-cam.com/users/thewarningplaylists
Their albums XXI Century Blood (2017) & Queen of the Murder Scene (Rock Novel) (2018) are simply incredible considering the age they were when they wrote them
Here are some definite listens from their live Queen Of The Murder Scene concert
Dust to Dust th-cam.com/video/TeIbG8nkOiU/w-d-xo.html
Ugh th-cam.com/video/aHUz9dR3gwg/w-d-xo.html
Dull Knives th-cam.com/video/Pt-jNW1c1T0/w-d-xo.html
Red Hands Never Fade th-cam.com/video/s1X3BxxUOBk/w-d-xo.html
QOTMS th-cam.com/video/OHN0-arxsx4/w-d-xo.html
Check them out. They have a huge and dedicated fan base (The Warning Army) that will show up en masse in the comment section
Also, they appreciate reactors spreading their music. TWA 🇦🇺
Great band suggestion! The Warning is a 3 piece hard rock band with lots of attitude, energy, and huge sound!! 👍👌🤘✊
Bro, pls watch and react to Lovebites (All Japanese Female Metal Band) live at Zepp Tokyo..
I want to react to them, waiting for something new.
Imo the best hard rock band around...and probably for the last 30-40 years or so. They are incredible live, please check out their live stuff. :)
Saw these ladies in December 2019, in Hiroshima - they ARE this good live. Really fun show.
The best Heavy Rock band playing today
BAND-MAID is "live band". So check out the live video next time :D
Band Maid, and onslaught of awesomeness in everything they do!
Please react to BAND-MAID Real EXISTENCE
Fun reaction mates. All I got to say is that drum kit took a severe ass whooping.
Thank you 🙏🏼
Hello Mr Nathan. Great news. Band Maid just got a new song 👍
The video has English subtitles. The lyrics are really good, too. Band Maid is amazing. So many good songs. So many. And their live shows are the best and often includes extended sections, intros/outros, solos, etc.
For context: This is the anime intro this song was written for: www6.nhk.or.jp/anime/special/special.html?i=10060
For amazement: This is a visual representation of Akane's drumming on this song. th-cam.com/video/K36Cxx_3nOg/w-d-xo.html
Try the live stuff from their TH-cam page. It's recent (February) and excellent. This band is one of the best things out there.
Love your reaction, subscribed.....🤘
Welcome!
7:23 best part of the video 👍
That bass riff misa plays is awsome,, it got me the first time i heard it,, go back an watch some of their earlier stuff,, they have really matured an only getting better
Fun reaction. Pony Canyon tell us fans from 66 countries joined the latest online performance. They're getting there!
They write, arrange, and produce their own songs. Extraordinarily talented, professional, and all of them have an on stage charisma that is quite rare. Usually only 1 maybe 2 band members are charismatic. With Band-Maid they all are. Kanami (lead guitar) is the primary composer and Miku (rhythm guitar) is the primary lyricist. But all members are involved in the creation of their music.
Japan, the land where anyone can rock in any way they want and i love it.. soo much respect for Band-Maid and Babymetal
Gotta watch their live performances
you must react another song of band maid !
Someone please post the Beats per Minute for this song, and if the figure is higher than for Rinne
Band maid dropped After life. Straight fire.
It's not a music video, but it's incredible.
Great reaction guys! Thanks! Just subbed!
Now three new music videos since this one. Would love to hear your take on them.
"Blooming", "Onset" and "Dice" are great works.Please check them out.
Turn on closed caption. English lyrics instantly provided.
Go West Coast Eagles.
MISA!!! MISA!!!! MISA!!!! Badass Bass Assassin 🥃🥃🥃
The drummer, Akane, hits easily 200 BPM in this song. She is amazing. All of them are!
🎀 more *BAND-MAID* please 🎀
You've GOT to do Cane Hill - Kill Me
Within The Ruins - Black Heart
Thanks for covering Band-Maid. In case you missed it... their live online was beyond expectations - and they were already stratospheric! Tightest, baddest, kickassest band on earth! BAND-MAID ONLINE OKYU-JI 2-HOUR LIVE CONCERT - ARCHIVED TICKETS ON SALE NOW! bandmaid.tokyo/contents/376042 (for info and membership discount) or at zaiko.io/event/333406
おかげさまで私もband maidに目覚めました
Band Maid and Ankimo are the shit that fixes me
Yes it’s frenetic. The Maids are a great band. Akane on drums,Miss on bass and Kanami are brilliant musicians. A lot of the new album Unseen World is full of this fast material. One of their latest in Warning!.
You really do need to react to more of their material.
Watch your subs and hits soar!
Great to see Aussies reacting.
Watch Don’t you tell me
Onset
Real Existence
Turn me on
All live
Daydreaming is a power ballad.
Rinne is heavy.
Puzzle and Anemone in acoustic versions is something special.
Kanami going wild.
Talking atmospheric. Kanami is it.
One of the worlds great female composers and guitarists in rock today.
Many are misled by the visual cutey pie look thinking just another J pop band.
That’s not Band Maid. They’re definitely more than just Maids..
Re the language use,very few Japanese speak or understand English even millennials which is rare (less than 1% overall?) so Miku needs to make the English brief as 30% of the fan base is home based. The Maids are trying to cater for both markets. Musically in anime and western rock and lyrically too. They have a growing niche market which can only expand further with more English use. When the dragon cries last year was all in English.
The Maids are one of the great live bands. Hopefully they’ll reach these shores in the next few years. Probably not the fan base here yet like in LA,NY,Dallas or London. That needs to change. Keep promoting the ladies fellas. They deserve the success.
The song have subs.
Guys great reaction ...react BAND MAID LIVE......FREEDOM....PLAY.....DOMINATION LIVE 2020....
good reaction!👗🎸🎀😎🤘
‘Just you wait’? Do I hear right? Who cares anyway. I can’t wait. It’s Band Maid. Who the hell can?!
Koreans can't make girl bands like this. J- rock is the shit. I saw an interview and they mentioned wanting to come to Australia in 2021.
I hope they do come!
I have not heard this piece of intriguing news, I do know they Sai-chan said she wanted to go to South America, but I doo sooooo hope it is true, would save me the Airfare again (unless it was Perth then I would have to fly again)
Hey boys,
Check out anything LIVE from Band-Maid:
Onset
Play
Domination
No God
About Us
Freedom
Their solos are amazing! Akane on Drums, Misa on Bass, Miku on Rhythm Guitar and Kanami on lead guitar. Saiki as lead singer sounds better live too.
Hhhhmmmmm, great reaction guys thanx!
Thing is this ain't metal!
Its hard rock!
Cheers!
7:24 - nah, dude, come on, that was cute :P
just a question... - how familiar are you (the guy on the left) with this band?
I get Nathan here has heard a couple of studio recordings of a cd or something...
have you seen their live stuff? if not - come on, jump on the band-maid shinkansen!
they performed this song live last weekend on their online show. absolutely killed it!
they use the english phrases a lot, just for the sake of better flow, as it's hard to rhyme properly in japanese only. Japanese use english words everyday everywhere - they just might not have their "original" meaning ;) also the pronunciation differs.
Miku (red rose, 2nd vocal, rg) is the main lyricist in the band. She throws a lot of english here and there into the mix, but it's done mostly for the sake of better vocal-melody.
If you haven't heard "Puzzle" live - that would be my recommendation
Ah so I was kinda right! It’s done to make a better fit/better melody!
Also I’m quite familiar with them. I’m a big fan of Japanese bands and have been twice myself for a total of 6 weeks. Was supposed to go back this year, but covid 😭
@@johnnyneedham9831 yep, a LOT j-rock bands do that.
but there are also things like - the phrases are supposed to be in english, the lyrics-sheets have them in english, but the japanese actually hear it different, they hear japanese phrases (maybe due to pronunciation). It was pointed out by two japanese guys doing some b-m song reactions for example.
there is a good post on reddit regarding Mikus writing style:
reddit[.com] /r/BandMaid/comments/hfc9mt/why_miku_is_a_great_lyricist/
it was written by *t-shinji* - i saw he commented on this video already, he translates a lot of their interviews also (BIG thx!)
I kinda got to j-rock in the early 90s, after seeing "Bubblegum Crisis" anime - that intro stuck in my head. Been following a couple j-rock-bands over the years, even made myself familiar with jap. pop-output. Classics like Meiko Kaji (yes, I was familiar way before "Kill Bill") or Ayumi Hamasaki etc.
Watched a lot of jap. movies... "NANA" for example, about a friendship of two girls - one of them a j-rock singer. And the movie soundtrack is basically that I associated with j-rock for a long time - they also had A LOT english phrases thrown in. But the pronunciation makes it difficult to understand ;)
so for a long time - "our" western rock and j-rock were two different things in my mind. i liked both, but distinguished between them.
With Band-Maid I don't have that - Nr. 1 Band on this planet for me. And the gap to the second place is bigger than the gap between their maid-theme and the music they play.
@@w.b.562 Yeah when the Japanese reactor pointed out that Miku's basically making puns in English _and_ Japanese - or between the two, if that puts it better - my mind would have blown out the back of my skull if I hadn't already decided she's a freakin' genius for other reasons.
I'm searching for Log Horizon Season 3 OP Song but I'm ended up here 😆
Pfffft. You guys have no idea what you just got yourselves into. This is the best hard rock band in the world right now. Have fun!
Honestly you should REALLY react to more Band-Maid. Try "Warning" one of their last MV.
More Band Maid.... Please
Babymetal is really good and their newer album is unique and cool
Hello, okinawan here, japanese speakers can switch to English words so easily in the middle of sentences, because that’s what we already do, if we know it or not. About 30% of Japanese words are English loan-words (much like how 50% of English is French loan words) so it’s something we do naturally already.
Funfact: Easily the funniest/worst example of this is the English word “election” which is translated as エレクション. But because ‘l’ and ‘r’ are the same sound in Japanese it means English speakers hear us say “erection” when we are talking about elections
Hahahaha so don’t ask a Japanese person to vote on your election? Haha
Thanks for the information and thanks for watching!
Band-maid is awesome!
Many Japanese band and artists put English in their songs. Most time because it’s sound cool to have some English.
You should check out the Japanese band name Scandal. I can give you some suggestions and links for Scandal songs. I hope you do a react video for Scandal songs soon. Thank you
The Far East saving rock.
Love you guys
Can you please react to aespa "black mamba"?
Nothing But Thieves - Can You Afford to be an Individual? Interested to hear what you think of it.
Oh...that is a band recommendation....for a minute I thought you made a strange haiku.
Saw you liked Band Maid, hit subscribe, good enough for me.
MISA MISA MISA!
Saludos, please react to more Band Maid songs, thanks
You should check out violet orlandi ft so Lori down with the sickness cover
Have you done 6 new videos since this one?
I think the reason that there is some words in English instead of it all being in Japanese is that there are certain words in English that have no literal translation to Japanese. For example I know English and I know Russian there are many words in Russian that are very difficult to translate to English.
A lot of J rock is super catchy but also impressive like this. My favorite j rock band is FACT. Songs like fake smile (INSANE video you have to see) and slip of the lip are good starters.
This song will be the Log Horizon Ending music
Please react to the Warning- "Dull Knives"cave for de (tour), "dust to dust" Lunario cdmx, "Narcisista "Foro DiDi Monterrey
You guys need to watch baby metal- gimme chocolate it’s another Japanese band 😃
Great reaction video. More Band-Maid please. However, I'm curious to see your reaction to Lovebites. They are an all female Japanese Heavy Metal band that will knock your socks off. Seriously! If you are ready to check them out I think their song, Thunder Vengeance would be a good place to start as it's the first song of a Concert. Thanks
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Will you please react to doja cat- say so metal ver
Hi Guys, would You please react to K/DA - MORE. You Will surprise and love them
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Ausies are weird.....That reminds me.....where is Dave? 😜
right here, I'm like a bad penny
I'm here too just in case you meant me :)
Miley Zombie or Shakira Girl Like Me
I think international artists try to incorporate English words to make it more universal....? It's cute that Band-Maid does it, but i wish they didn't have to cater to an English market
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Pitty- Anacrônico is a good rock singer and music
Want something faster from the ladies?..Check out "BLACK HOLE".....or something a little heavier?...."RINNE"..the girls do it all.
@Nathan please "Dream of you" by Chung Ha 😥😥😥