First off - happy birthday Su-metal.🥳Second - great reaction ... and I am also glad you saw the original music video so you could just watch and concentrate on this very special performance of the song. I'm not sure if you have been told all this before, it is worth repeating just in case. Probably 95-97% of that crowd didn't have a clue who or what BABYMETAL were 30 minutes earlier. Most were fans by the end of that 30 minutes and calling at the end, as you heard, for "One more song". Sonisphere 2014 was their very first time in the UK and their first major event outside of Asia - they did two small shows in Paris and Cologne a few days before this where Yui and Moa celebrated their 15th birthdays. Su-metal was 16. They were originally booked to play a small side stage or tent at Sonisphere Festival in front of maybe a couple of thousand people, but their video for their song 'Gimme Chocolate' had gone viral and they were attracting attention - they also had a show booked in London for a couple of days later that had to be moved to a bigger venue as the tickets had sold out so fast - so the organisers moved them to the main stage with just a couple of months notice. Some small minded idiots who had seen 30 seconds of the 'Gimme Chocolate' video and (mistakenly) made up their minds BABYMETAL must be some sort of money making gimmick band weren't happy that they were playing at Sonisphere, they were even more upset to hear they would be on the main stage and they posted threats on social media of urine bottles being thrown and booing them off stage, but the vast majority of the people there (50-60,000 UK metalheads) didn't have a clue who they were. From back stage the girls couldn't see the crowd and were worried nobody had come to see them and what they should do if there was nobody there - they walked on stage to see a sea of puzzled faces - just as you said, hairy, tattooed metalheads and all sorts ("the typical UK crowd") wondering why three little Japanese girls in red tutus were on stage at one of the biggest metal festivals. I believe Su has said that as they walked on and saw all the puzzled faces she thought to herself "This will be fun. Let's knock it out of the park." IDZ was the last song of their 25-30 minute set. They played just 5 songs and the crowd were wanting more and calling for "one more song" at the end. They gained a whole lot of new fans that day. They had the biggest mosh pits of the whole weekend and their merch outsold every other band playing there (including big names like Slayer, Anthrax, Iron Maiden and Metallica). They have spoken in interviews about how they consider this one of their biggest milestones and it being the moment they felt accepted by the metal community and really began to believe their music could break the language and other barriers. Su-metal has described how the sea of puzzled faces they saw as they walked on stage changed to smiles as their set went on and how it went from just the front few rows jumping and joining in and looked like a wave running back through the crowd from front to back as more and more people followed suit. I called this a very special performance earlier, I was not exaggerating. All those Japanese bands you are listening to now - if BABYMETAL hadn't done this performance and gone down so well, there is a very good chance none of us would have ever heard of any of them. BABYMETAL opened the doors and showed what might be possible with exporting their music, touring abroad and being accepted by foreign crowds and music fans - and doing all that while singing in Japanese ... and they had to be better than good, they had to be world class right from the off. Merry Christmas to you, thnks for listening and coming back to this very different version and performance of the song - and Happy Birthday again to Su-metal.
Great reaction, thanks! Yes, you did it right watching the music video with the studio track first and then this amazing live performance. They admitted years later that this performance at Sonisphere 2014 was one of their most important moments. The moment they were legitimate as a metal band despite how different they are and the hate they got. No one can deny this is a top notch performance independently if you like them or not. "IDZ" has become a very special song, being performed lately as an encore only on tour finale shows. I traveled 400 miles to Madrid last week just for the possibility they performed it. It was totally worth it. 😁 🤘🦊
Nice reaction. One of the many reasons Babymetal has the loyal fanbase it does is because no matter what size the audience or where they are or who they are performing for. Babymetal gives their all. And they've garnished a lot of respect for it. The energy they give is amazing. Su said for this show when it started, they could see the crowd get into it and it was like a wave that grew from the front of the stage and went to the back of the crowd. Babymetal became the talk of this music festival, and their merchandise outsold every other artist who performed that weekend. An incredible accomplishment for a band that hardly anyone knew when they took the stage that fateful day. This performance put Babymetal on the world map to stay.
_Kitsune tobe!_ 🦊🤘🙅♂️ This was the moment 60K UK souls felt in love with this Japanese group, they called it the miracle of Sonisphere, after this UK become the 2nd home for them. Thanks for sharing this amazing performance in sucha special day celebrating SuMetal's birthday. Happy birthday to our forever queen!🥳🎁🎉🎂❤️ See you next time 🦊🤘🔥
Fantastic reaction. I really appreciated all your well considered thoughts. I've seen commentators on Babymetal seem to complain because of the performances BM put on. I'm 69 and I've listened to a lot of rock and metal in my life...and enjoyed it too. That said there is no metal I've experienced that have made me smile so much and feel so good. I think the haters should go listen to what they like and for everyone willing to open their hearts and minds Babymetal really can bring a very special kind of joy into your life. And again I truly appreciated all your heartfelt, genuine commentary in this reaction. Thanks and happy holidays.
great reaction dude, i have seen some raw fan cam footage from this show and when their crew was setting up their equipment, there was very few people gathered, but then the Kami band started tuning their instruments and boy did the people gather and when the first song started the place was full of curious onlookers wondering who this awesome band was, but then they were shell shocked that three little Japanese girls fronted this awesome band, it sure makes for some inner turmoil for the macho, metalheads who were not quite ready for something like this, their ears were telling them that this band is as good as any band there, but the little girls just caused so much mental stress for one way thinkers and closed minded elitist, so in reality their band is better than the rest and the girls have more courage than anyone there, sounds like a great origin story for the best band ever getting world wide attention.
good reaction You mentioned that this is an example of how energy can reach any audience. But this, furthermore, was not just any audience. The Sonisphere audience is one of the toughest in the world. They tend to send away groups they don't like in very bad ways (they throw bottles of urine at them, among other things). Add to that the fact that of the 50,000 metalheads who were there, only 5% had heard of them. For most Western Kitsunes (Babymetal fans) this is an important milestone in their history. In this concert you will conquer the West (and if you look at the end of the song (13:14), Su knows it by his smile)
I think what people like about this version is that it's considered to be their epic breakthrough in the world wide stage of metal music. Sonisphere organizers got a ton of toxic and hate comments for inviting them on the main stage of their festival and in the end, these fierce brave teenagers who were reportedly scared to no end went up on stage and did what they do best despite the trembling legs. They still talk about this event to this day in interviews. In the end, BABYMETAL's merch outsold every other artist that came to that festival edition. Truly an epic performance. I've got nothing but respect and admiration for this feat, three young girls traveling to Europe/UK for the first time and wondering if they will be accepted. And I've got immense respect for this crowd for giving them a chance and cheering them on when they were leaving the stage. Beautiful historic moment in music to me.
honest reaction!! congratulations... the girls are still in force. I recommend you watch "road of resistense", "karate", "metali", and learn about its evolution and growth. a big greeting!
Great reaction and love your view of things like perception. The world needs more open minded people, and for those who are, Babymetal is right up their alley 🤘🏻🦊🤘🏻
Great reaction! While Babymetal is top notch performers and awesome vocalists and the Kami Band is world class musicians, I always appreciated Babymetal’s innocent yet powerful confidence. Going out to 55K foreign metal heads while still a fairly unknown name in the industry at 16/15, and winning them over with absolute conviction in what they’re doing is just inspiring. No wonder Rob Halford called them “monster ladies”, and “the future of metal”. 🤘🦊
If you could have looked in her head at the time, laughing is the last thing you would have done. She was visibly devastated, nevertheless ploughed on with all the willpower a 15 year old girl can muster in front of 60.000 people. A superhuman effort.
Yeah, I can't miss that shred of skirt she has to deal with. It also shows how these girls stay focused. Like how sometimes Su's sweaty hair gets plastered over her face and she completely ignores it -- professionalism (I think I first noticed that in their live Headbanger performance).
First off - happy birthday Su-metal.🥳Second - great reaction ... and I am also glad you saw the original music video so you could just watch and concentrate on this very special performance of the song.
I'm not sure if you have been told all this before, it is worth repeating just in case. Probably 95-97% of that crowd didn't have a clue who or what BABYMETAL were 30 minutes earlier. Most were fans by the end of that 30 minutes and calling at the end, as you heard, for "One more song".
Sonisphere 2014 was their very first time in the UK and their first major event outside of Asia - they did two small shows in Paris and Cologne a few days before this where Yui and Moa celebrated their 15th birthdays. Su-metal was 16.
They were originally booked to play a small side stage or tent at Sonisphere Festival in front of maybe a couple of thousand people, but their video for their song 'Gimme Chocolate' had gone viral and they were attracting attention - they also had a show booked in London for a couple of days later that had to be moved to a bigger venue as the tickets had sold out so fast - so the organisers moved them to the main stage with just a couple of months notice.
Some small minded idiots who had seen 30 seconds of the 'Gimme Chocolate' video and (mistakenly) made up their minds BABYMETAL must be some sort of money making gimmick band weren't happy that they were playing at Sonisphere, they were even more upset to hear they would be on the main stage and they posted threats on social media of urine bottles being thrown and booing them off stage, but the vast majority of the people there (50-60,000 UK metalheads) didn't have a clue who they were.
From back stage the girls couldn't see the crowd and were worried nobody had come to see them and what they should do if there was nobody there - they walked on stage to see a sea of puzzled faces - just as you said, hairy, tattooed metalheads and all sorts ("the typical UK crowd") wondering why three little Japanese girls in red tutus were on stage at one of the biggest metal festivals.
I believe Su has said that as they walked on and saw all the puzzled faces she thought to herself "This will be fun. Let's knock it out of the park."
IDZ was the last song of their 25-30 minute set. They played just 5 songs and the crowd were wanting more and calling for "one more song" at the end. They gained a whole lot of new fans that day. They had the biggest mosh pits of the whole weekend and their merch outsold every other band playing there (including big names like Slayer, Anthrax, Iron Maiden and Metallica).
They have spoken in interviews about how they consider this one of their biggest milestones and it being the moment they felt accepted by the metal community and really began to believe their music could break the language and other barriers.
Su-metal has described how the sea of puzzled faces they saw as they walked on stage changed to smiles as their set went on and how it went from just the front few rows jumping and joining in and looked like a wave running back through the crowd from front to back as more and more people followed suit.
I called this a very special performance earlier, I was not exaggerating. All those Japanese bands you are listening to now - if BABYMETAL hadn't done this performance and gone down so well, there is a very good chance none of us would have ever heard of any of them. BABYMETAL opened the doors and showed what might be possible with exporting their music, touring abroad and being accepted by foreign crowds and music fans - and doing all that while singing in Japanese ... and they had to be better than good, they had to be world class right from the off.
Merry Christmas to you, thnks for listening and coming back to this very different version and performance of the song - and Happy Birthday again to Su-metal.
Beautifully written fellow kitsune, you gave them the honour they deserve for this most courageous performance!
Great reaction, thanks!
Yes, you did it right watching the music video with the studio track first and then this amazing live performance.
They admitted years later that this performance at Sonisphere 2014 was one of their most important moments. The moment they were legitimate as a metal band despite how different they are and the hate they got. No one can deny this is a top notch performance independently if you like them or not.
"IDZ" has become a very special song, being performed lately as an encore only on tour finale shows. I traveled 400 miles to Madrid last week just for the possibility they performed it. It was totally worth it. 😁
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Great reaction! ありがとうございます。
Nice reaction. One of the many reasons Babymetal has the loyal fanbase it does is because no matter what size the audience or where they are or who they are performing for. Babymetal gives their all. And they've garnished a lot of respect for it. The energy they give is amazing. Su said for this show when it started, they could see the crowd get into it and it was like a wave that grew from the front of the stage and went to the back of the crowd. Babymetal became the talk of this music festival, and their merchandise outsold every other artist who performed that weekend. An incredible accomplishment for a band that hardly anyone knew when they took the stage that fateful day. This performance put Babymetal on the world map to stay.
_Kitsune tobe!_ 🦊🤘🙅♂️
This was the moment 60K UK souls felt in love with this Japanese group, they called it the miracle of Sonisphere, after this UK become the 2nd home for them.
Thanks for sharing this amazing performance in sucha special day celebrating SuMetal's birthday. Happy birthday to our forever queen!🥳🎁🎉🎂❤️
See you next time 🦊🤘🔥
Fantastic reaction. I really appreciated all your well considered thoughts. I've seen commentators on Babymetal seem to complain because of the performances BM put on. I'm 69 and I've listened to a lot of rock and metal in my life...and enjoyed it too. That said there is no metal I've experienced that have made me smile so much and feel so good. I think the haters should go listen to what they like and for everyone willing to open their hearts and minds Babymetal really can bring a very special kind of joy into your life. And again I truly appreciated all your heartfelt, genuine commentary in this reaction. Thanks and happy holidays.
great reaction dude, i have seen some raw fan cam footage from this show and when their crew was setting up their equipment, there was very few people gathered, but then the Kami band started tuning their instruments and boy did the people gather and when the first song started the place was full of curious onlookers wondering who this awesome band was, but then they were shell shocked that three little Japanese girls fronted this awesome band, it sure makes for some inner turmoil for the macho, metalheads who were not quite ready for something like this, their ears were telling them that this band is as good as any band there, but the little girls just caused so much mental stress for one way thinkers and closed minded elitist, so in reality their band is better than the rest and the girls have more courage than anyone there, sounds like a great origin story for the best band ever getting world wide attention.
Su's grin at the end of the "We are" calls when she's waving is just a ray of sunshine.
good reaction You mentioned that this is an example of how energy can reach any audience.
But this, furthermore, was not just any audience. The Sonisphere audience is one of the toughest in the world. They tend to send away groups they don't like in very bad ways (they throw bottles of urine at them, among other things). Add to that the fact that of the 50,000 metalheads who were there, only 5% had heard of them.
For most Western Kitsunes (Babymetal fans) this is an important milestone in their history. In this concert you will conquer the West (and if you look at the end of the song (13:14), Su knows it by his smile)
I think what people like about this version is that it's considered to be their epic breakthrough in the world wide stage of metal music. Sonisphere organizers got a ton of toxic and hate comments for inviting them on the main stage of their festival and in the end, these fierce brave teenagers who were reportedly scared to no end went up on stage and did what they do best despite the trembling legs. They still talk about this event to this day in interviews. In the end, BABYMETAL's merch outsold every other artist that came to that festival edition. Truly an epic performance.
I've got nothing but respect and admiration for this feat, three young girls traveling to Europe/UK for the first time and wondering if they will be accepted. And I've got immense respect for this crowd for giving them a chance and cheering them on when they were leaving the stage. Beautiful historic moment in music to me.
Always feel proud of them at this performance . So much achieved by them .how to tame 60.000 British metal heads with 5 songs 😁🤘🏼🦊🤘🏼
honest reaction!! congratulations... the girls are still in force. I recommend you watch "road of resistense", "karate", "metali", and learn about its evolution and growth. a big greeting!
Happy Birthday Su🖖🏽🦊⚡️Good one. She packs a ton of power in those small lungs 🫡
Great reaction and love your view of things like perception. The world needs more open minded people, and for those who are, Babymetal is right up their alley 🤘🏻🦊🤘🏻
👍A great performance with an awesome message! Happy Birthday Su-Metal. 🦊 🖖❤
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Great reaction! While Babymetal is top notch performers and awesome vocalists and the Kami Band is world class musicians, I always appreciated Babymetal’s innocent yet powerful confidence.
Going out to 55K foreign metal heads while still a fairly unknown name in the industry at 16/15, and winning them over with absolute conviction in what they’re doing is just inspiring.
No wonder Rob Halford called them “monster ladies”, and “the future of metal”. 🤘🦊
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Great reaction.
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I always laugh when I see this version. Not that bullying is funny, but poor Yui gets harassed by her skirt the entire song
If you could have looked in her head at the time, laughing is the last thing you would have done. She was visibly devastated, nevertheless ploughed on with all the willpower a 15 year old girl can muster in front of 60.000 people. A superhuman effort.
Yeah, I can't miss that shred of skirt she has to deal with. It also shows how these girls stay focused. Like how sometimes Su's sweaty hair gets plastered over her face and she completely ignores it -- professionalism (I think I first noticed that in their live Headbanger performance).
😂, Yui showed that skirt who’s boss. No body messes with the one and only Tomato Kun!
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