The auditory bombardment of the idol houses, the visual impact of the metal party, this is BABYMETAL, a three-piece band that integrates metal and idols without any violation.
Launched in 2010, BABYMETAL has three members all from the girl idol group Sakura Academy.
Suzuka Nakamoto
Lead Singer & Dance
Born on December 20, 1997, born in Hiroshima, Babymetal lead singer, code name: SU-METAL, former sakura academy, KojiGirl's member. Nakamoto Nichika of Nogizaka 46 is her own sister.
Yui Mizuno
Chorus & Dance
Born on June 20, 1999, born in Kanagawa Prefecture, Babymetal Dance Director, code name: YUIMETAL, former sakura academy and its derivative group Twinklestars, MiniParti member.
Kikuchi loves it
Born on July 4, 1999, born in Aichi Prefecture, Babymetal Dance Director, code name: MOAMETAL, former sakura academy and its derivative group Twinklestars, MiniParti members.
Babymetal's original style and positioning had a strong sense of autumn leaf Ani-song (anime songs), which was criticized by metal fans. However, with the continuous improvement of the arrangement, the orchestra, and the world view, it has now completely taken the high-end route. This transformation can be clearly and intuitively seen in the image styles of different periods in the following figure: it is like transforming from a small commodity in Yiwu to a Parisian couture.
In the process of Babymetal's popularity, the biggest boost is the success of overseas hype - first attract the attention of foreigners with oriental elements, and then use the attention of foreigners to re-speculate back to the foreign homeland, so some people also call Babymetal "reverse input idol". After being recognized by many overseas professional musicians (including some metal professional magazines), even sunspots cannot be as confident as they were at the beginning, not to mention that most of Babymetal's followers are black to pink.
BABYMETAL with the black metal band Abbath
Babymetal, which fuses Metal and J-pop, has successfully promoted J-Rock to the world. Japan's J-Rock is probably the most distinctive rock style in the world, or it is not even a musical style, because strictly speaking, J-Rock contains too many musical styles, and this style born of Japanese cultural influences allows you to hear passages such as Seath Metal and Guttural voices on an album, and also allows you to hear the light and soft chanting of Aoustic.
The god band responsible for writing and playing behind Babymetal is a typical J-Rock band. Many of Japan's top musicians have joined the God Band, if you have seen Babymetal's MV or live, you may find that Babymetal has a 7-string, 8-string guitarist, and a 6-string bass player, which is enough to reflect their pursuit of technology.
BabyMetal's success is inseparable from the God Band, and more accurately, the God Band has created the success of these three little girls.
But early Babymetal, in order to create a contrast between Lolita and metal, even further interspersed the song with a style change that does not match, you will hear a song that appears at the same time hip-Hop and Seathcore, which is actually not a very mature performance, and their appearance may be more for commercial promotion.
Three young, hard-working and gifted yellow girls – in such a male-dominated industry, being able to overcrowd the stadium and sell a large number of peripheral products is indeed a subversion and shock, which is not a bad thing.
What's more, when the fire spread around the world, Babymetal took the seemingly marginalized but very correct choice: the scene is king, and the peripheralization is removed.
This seems to go against the logic of the Internet age, but it has become a success for Babymetal to heat up slowly. Since their debut, the three members of Babymetal have performed every performance like a desperate performance. And it just so happens that one of the most important traits of otaku culture and metal parties is the stage charm displayed by bands or idols on stage. The spirit and appeal of this dead stage really shocked the metal parties (especially when they understood and accepted the unique stage charm that Babymetal exhibited): various articles on the Internet reported on it, and they almost all praised it: BABYMETAL probably brought the biggest and most hilarious circle-pit I have ever seen.
Looking at their screenshots of the scene, you will feel the heat of the scene more easily
The atmosphere of the daytime performance can also be so fanatical that the "believers" build a spectacular WALL of DEATH!
However as a controversial metal band
Many fans still have different voices about BABYMETAL
#来说说你喜欢或不喜欢BABYMETAL的理由 #
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