As you all know by the whole theme of this blog, I love this band to the moon and back. But if there's ONE thing I would change... It would be giving the Babymetal Avengers more time to shine as individuals rather than stand-ins for Yui.
Don't get me wrong, I completely understand WHY they're in that position, Creating brand new choreography and rearranging songs and writing new songs and planning in general for 3 whole new members takes a lot of time and effort, but it really does feel like a shame that they were introduced so hastily and at such an inconvenient time. One year into their careers, covid totally interrupted all chances for tourism and filming opportunities for a LONG time in Japan (with restrictions just barely starting to be lifted as I speak), so it's completely understandable that we haven't gotten much new content other than the very recent music video for Divine Attack.
Still, I can't shake this feeling that we've been really missing out on getting to know 3 very talented individuals in all the chaos following Yui's departure and the cultural changes across the globe during 2020.
There's no replacing Yui. Su knows it, Moa knows it, the fandom knows it, and I'm sure their employers know it too. So it'd be great if in the future, instead of just having them fill in Yui's old roles, they were allowed to create a new dynamic instead. Give them their own interviews, let them have their own hairstyles, let more than one be onstage at a time. Give them a proper introduction.
I honestly think a performance with Su and Moa at the forefront in their own costumes while all 3 avengers stand behind with their own choreography and costuming could have some really incredible potential. Even have them do a bit of singing, if the song suits it and that's what they're comfortable with.
There's SO much you can do with a band that has 2 lead vocalists and 3 backup dancers, and I really hope to see that potential fulfilled soon, especially if we're getting a new album like I've heard speculated.
I'll be staying cautiously optimistic, but I can't wait to see what comes next for this band, whatever it may be <3
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Baby Metal History
BABY METAL awalnya merupakan grup vokal dan tari beraliran exprimental metal asal Jepang yang terbentuk pada tahun 2010 sebagai sub-unit dari grup idola SAKURA GAKUIN di Jepang.
Grup ini terdiri dari 3 gadis sekolah di antaranya
Suzuka Nakamoto (中元 すず香) atau yang lebih dikenal dengan sebutan SU-METAL di posisi Vocal & Dance, lahir di Hiroshima pada tanggal 20 Desember 1997.
Moa Kikuchi (菊地 最愛) atau yang lebih dikenal dengan sebutan MOAMETAL di posisi Scream & Dance, lahir di Kanagawa pada tanggal 20 Juni 1999.
Yui Mizuno (水野 由結) atau yang lebih dikenal dengan sebutan YUIMETAL di posisi Scream & Dance, lahir di Aichi pada tanggal 4 Juli 1999.
Album mereka berhasil menempati peringkat ke-4 di tangga lagu album mingguan Oricon, dengan total sejumlah 37.463 kopi terjual di Jepang di minggu pertama, peringkat ke-2 di tangga lagu album Billboard Japan dan peringkat ke-187 di Billboard 200 Amerika Serikat yang merupakan salah satu posisi tertinggi yang pernah dicapai oleh album Jepang di chart tersebut sampai saat ini.
2010 - 2012
Grup ini pertama kali dibentuk pada 2010 sebagai sub unit grup idol perempuan di jepang yang bernama Sakura Gakuin, yang bertujuan untuk mewujudkan sebuah gabungan idol dan musik metal. Bahkan saat grup Baby Metal terbentuk, ketiga anggota tersebut (Su, Moa & Yui) sebelumnya tidak ada yang tahu apa itu musik metal.
Baby Metal pertama kali tampil secara live pada 28 November 2010, di konser solo pertama Sakura Gakuin. Lagu pertama mereka adalah "Doki Doki Morning" yang sebenarnya diterbitkan pada April 2011 dalam album Sakura Gakuin 2010 Nendo : Message.
Pada bulan Juli 2011, Babymetal memulai debut mereka dengan lagu, "Ijime, Dame, Zettai" (" tidak ada lagi pelecehan"), yang dibawakan dalam konser Sakura Gakuin, tetapi lagu itu hanya dinyanyikan selama konser live pada waktu itu. Video musik pertama mereka adalah "Doki Doki Morning" yang diterbitkan oleh channel Toy`s Factory di Youtube pada 12 Oktober 2011. video officialnya bisa dilihat "DI SINI"
Pada bulan Oktober 2011, Baby Metal membuat sebuah video musik untuk lagunya dalam bentuk DVD single yang ditujukan untuk distribusi terbatas [penampilan live saja]. Setelah diunggah ke Youtube pada bulan yang sama, bertepatan pada akhir 2012 penonton video mencapai 1 juta views.
Single CD Babymetal yang pertama kali adalah hits kolaborasi dengan sebuah band bernama Akiba, yang berjudul "Babymetal × Kiba of Akiba". Diterbitkan dalam sebuah sublabel Toy`s Factory (Jūonbu Records).
Pada Maret 2012, lagu tersebut menduduki peringkat ketiga pada tangga lagu Oricon weekly indie chart dan nomor satu di Tower Records Shibuya weekly indie ranking.
Pada Juli 2012, Babymetal merilis sebuah lagu yang berjudul "Headbanger". Video musik untuk trek judul disutradarai oleh Hidenobu tanabe .
Pada Agustus 2012, Babymetal memulai debutnya di Japan's Summer Sonic Festival. Dengan usia rata - rata 12 tahun, band ini menjadi penampilan termuda yang pernah muncul disana.
2012 juga menandai tour Asia pertamanya ke luar Jepang untuk pertama kalinya di AFA 2012 Singapura.
2013 - 2015
Pada Januari 2013, band ini memulai debutnya pada label rekaman utamanya dengan "Ijime, Dame, Zettai" video officialnya bisa dilihat "DI SINI". Single ini terjual mencapai angka 19,000 kopi lagu dalam minggu pertamanya dan menduduki peringkat ke 6 di tangga lagu Oricon weekly indie chart.
Pada musim semi 2013, Nakamoto lulus dari pendidikan menengah atasnya dan kemudian harus "lulus" dari Sakura Gakuin (sebuah grup perempuan tingkat dasar dan menengah atas). Walaupun begitu, manajemen mereka memutuskan bahwa babymetal tidak akan bubar dan akan melanjutkan aktivitasnya sebagai sebuah band.
Grup ini merilis single lanjut mereka, "Megitsune" video officialnya bisa dilihat "DI SINI", pada 19 Juni, diikuti bulan November dengan perilisan video secara Live Live: Legend I, D, Z Apocalyps, yang mana menduduki tempat ke tujuh dalam the weekly Oricon Blu-ray Disc charts, dan tempat kedua di antara single Blu-ray lainnya.
Pada 10 dan 11 Agustus 2013, babymetal mengambil bagian lagi dalam Summer Sonic Festival, yang tampil di dua tempat yaitu Tokyo dan Osaka.
Kemudian, pada Oktober 2013, Babymetal juga menjadi penampilan termuda yang pernah muncul di heavy metal music festival Loud Park.
Pada Bulan November 2013, Babymetal merilis sebuah video promo untuk debut film Metallica di Jepang Through the Never. Dan mendekati akhir 2013 babymetal melakukan tour Asia lainnya di Indonesia pada AFAID 2013 dan kedua kalinya di Singapura setelah tour asia di luar negeri pertama mereka pada 2012.
Pada 26 Februari 2014, babymetal merilis album self-titled perdananya. album tersebut berisi 13 trek lagu dan juga tersedia dlam edisi terbatas termasuk DVD dengan Video musik dan penampilan live.
Album ini sangat diterima dengan sangat baik oleh kritikus musik dan publik, terjual sebesar 37,000 kopi di Jepang pada minggu pertamanya, menduduki peringkat 4 di tangga lagu Oricon dan Billboard Japan.
Album ini juga menduduki posisi terbaik di iTunes Metal charts di Jerman, Inggris, dan Amerika, dan mencapai urutan 187 pada US Billboard 200 chart pada 22 Maret; hanya sedikit artis Jepang yang pernah masuk di tangga lagu ini.
Album mereka juga berhasil masuk ke dalam Heatseekers chart di urutan ke 4. pada 1 dan 2 Maret 2014, band ini menampilakn 2 konser di Budokan. Dengan rata - rata usia 14 tahun. mereka menjadi penampilan termuda yang pernah melakukan konser disana. Dua konser tersebut dihadiri 20,000 orang.
Pada 3 April 2014, video reaksi Youtube dengan terkejut diunggah oleh Fine Brothers channeldi Youtube tentang video musik "Doki Doki Morning", "line!", and "Gimme Chocolate!!". Pada 30 April 2016, video reaksi Babymetal untuk reaksi mereka di rilis di Youtube.
Band Pendukung "Baby Metal" disaat Live performance didukung oleh sebuah grup pendukung bernama "Kami-Band" yang tampil dengan dandanan ala mayat, dengan formasi dua gitaris, satu bassis dan seorang drummer yang biasanya tampil dalam satu panggung selama acara.
Takayoshi Ohmura (C4) - gitar
Leda (Deluhi/Galneryus) - gitar
Mikio Fujioka - gitar
BOH (Binecks) - gitar bass
Hideki Aoyama (Ever+Last) - drum
Yuya Maeta (Blue Man Group) - drum
Itulah sekilas riwayat dari kemunculan anak2 cahaya dari jepang yang bernama "BABY METAL"
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"New Yui blog: YuiMetal talk about her love for Karen Girl's".Sakura Gakuin Ofisharu Burogu さくら学院オフィシャルブログ (in Japanese). ^ "BABYMETAL Parts Ways with YUIMETAL, Releases New Single 'Starlight' ".^ "Important Announcement from BABYMETAL".^ "K-bleJungle intervista BABYMETAL (KJ on the Road)".^ "BABYMETAL: 'Cutest Headbangers On The Planet' "."Did Babymetal invent 'cute metal' and what is it?". ^ Mila Puspita (), Sakura Gakuin Yui&Moa Sakura Gakuin Entrance exam Over The Future], retrieved.Sagasō! Nippon Hito no Wasuremono (2009).Sakura Gakuin 2014 Nendo: Kimi ni Todoke (2015).Sakura Gakuin 2013 Nendo: Kizuna (2014).Sakura Gakuin 2012 Nendo: My Generation (2013).Sakura Gakuin 2011 Nendo: Friends (2012).Sakura Gakuin 2010 Nendo: Message (2011).Associated acts ĭiscography With Sakura Gakuin Mizuno has two brothers, one older and one two years younger than her. She has also stated in her diary entry that she loves to read books about constellations as well. She loves to look up to the stars during her commute time from school to home. Mizuno has specified in one of her Sakura Gakuin diary entry that she loves to stargaze. She has stated that she would want to eat tomatoes even when the world is ending. Mizuno is known for being fond of tomatoes and likes to eat them whole. She and her family are also close friends with Karen Girl's member Ayami Muto and her family Mizuno and Muto were both members of Sakura Gakuin. Mizuno says that moment was when her "dreams came true". During the Legend "D" concert in 2012, Babymetal performed a cover of the Karen Girl's song "Over the Future". The group disbanded, however, and she attended the group's farewell concert and met all three members. In third grade, Mizuno was a fan of Karen Girl's, Suzuka Nakamoto's previous group, and had dreamed of joining the group after their music helped her endure the "life-threatening" illness of a family member. Mizuno released a statement shortly after about her decision to leave Babymetal, explaining that she may go on to pursue a solo career in the future. On October 19, 2018, Babymetal officially announced that Yuimetal would not be joining the band for the next phase of their tour and would no longer be a member of the group due to poor health. tour." However, she was also absent from Babymetal's European tour in June 2018. Amid fan speculation on Mizuno's status with the group, a representative of 5B Management, the American management company representing Babymetal, replied to an inquiry from Alternative Press Magazine by saying that "Yuimetal remains a member of the band, but she is not on this current U.S. The second Babymetal album, Metal Resistance, was released in 2016.įollowing a leave from the show Legend "S" Baptism XX, Mizuno was absent from Babymetal's tour of the United States in May 2018, with no advance warning. Mizuno and Kikuchi have a writing credit under the name "Black Babymetal" on the first Babymetal album in 2014, having written "Song 4" together during a bus trip. Mizuno "graduated" from Sakura Gakuin in 2015, and from then on performed with Babymetal exclusively. īabymetal became an independent recording group in 2012. Before the formation of this club, none of the three members knew what heavy metal was. As backing singers and dancers, they were later teamed with lead singer Suzuka Nakamoto in a "Heavy Music" club, with the associated music group being named Babymetal. Mizuno and Kikuchi first became members of the "Baton Club" and its musical group Twinklestars. īesides performing as a whole group, Sakura Gakuin members were also divided into smaller subgroups known as "clubs." Each club had its own musical group that recorded its own songs. During their audition, Mizuno and Kikuchi performed a duo dance cover of "Over The Future" by Karen Girl's, two former members of which, Ayami Mutō and Suzuka Nakamoto, had also recently joined Sakura Gakuin. Sakura Gakuin had not yet released its debut single. She joined at the same time as another future Babymetal member, Moa Kikuchi. On August 2, 2010, at the age of 11, Mizuno joined Sakura Gakuin, an idol group managed by the talent agency Amuse, Inc.
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