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In an age when nearly every song ever recorded is available at a moment’s notice, it’s easy to get cynical about music. Everything’s been done before and we have a never-ending Spotify playlist to prove it. Flying in from Japan like a flaming battle axe covered in glitter and bubble gum is Babymetal, a band whose pitch-perfect execution of an absolutely insane concept has the potential to instantly banish any thoughts of ?it's all been done” from your brain. The premise behind Babymetal is simple: Take a trio of Japanese teen girl pop stars, choreographed dance moves and all, and have them sing over hard-charging death metal riffs. "We want to be the only one in the world," singer Su-Metal said in an interview with Razor TV. "We use the 'Baby' because we are newborn, a new genre."
As one Jezebel commenter wrote in response to a post about the video, "Somewhere in Norway there is a metalhead in corpse paint standing in a forest crying tears of blood.” People who really love teen pop will probably feel the same way. But, for those of us whose musical tastes fall somewhere in the middle, Babymetal is kind of like a magical, leather-clad, fire-breathing, sonic unicorn. In fact, lots of people have a soft spot for Babymetal. The band currently has the number two best-selling album in the iTunes store.
Ian Martin ?@ianfmartin 3月6日 @tokyorich Further to what we were talking about last night, check out Babymetal as an example of Japanese pop that could go viral abroad.
?oyasumi lizliz? ?@sayakanaya 3月6日 .@lisaatjenis it is really weird to me that Babymetal are going kind of viral among people who aren't into idols at all!!
Chris Luckhardt ?@chrisluckhardt 22時間 BABYMETAL has gone viral.
Mark Greenwood ?@greenboyroy 17時間 @kinjapan86 Haha, way too sensible, in a Japanese kind of way. BabyMetal are on the verge of going viral!
Jeff Treppel ?@JeffTreppel 9時間 Oh good, Babymetal has gone viral and all the norms that I'm friends with are sending it to me.
※(go viral=インターネットや口コミで急激に話題になる、広まる。/on the verge of=今にも〜しそうで、〜の間際で)