BABYMETAL Podcast

BABYMETAL’s third album, METAL GALAXY, is out. The US tour has finished. The avalanche of interviews and photos in magazines continues unabated. We talk about the events surrounding the album release, the various album editions, and some of the delightful video and print interviews we are getting. Join us! Be sure follow us on twitter, twitter.com/babymetalpdcast, and join the discussion on discor...

(This episode was recorded about a week before METAL GALAXY was released, but we were all traveling and busy and so this took a long time for us to release to the podcast feed. Still, listen along to relive those days before we knew what would happen at The Forum, or what the album would actually be like.) The US tour continues on, we hear about this year’s version of the Kansas City show. BABYMET...

Facing down a hurricane, BABYMETAL launched its US tour, spinning through six stops from Orlando to New York City by the time we recorded. Paul gives a long-winded report on the Boston show, we talk about Avatar as an opening band, the new Kami band line-up, and the sudden rush of magazine cover stories and interviews leading up to the release of Metal Galaxy. Join us! Be sure follow us on twitter...

In the gap between our prior episode and the beginning of the US tour, we spent some time looking into the backgrounds of the three Brave Avengers. We talk a bit about Riho Sayashi and her history with Morning Musume, and then dove moderately deep into what Sakura Gakuin is with the help of Gabe, our guest expert. We cover how SG relates to BABYMETAL’s origins, and Kano Fujihira’s and Momoko Okaza...

** SPOILER ALERT** In this special episode, we talk about the 30-second previews that recently surfaced for the tracks on the forthcoming METAL GALAXY album. THESE ARE SPOILERS. If you do not want to hear about the contents of the album before it is released, listen to this episode later. Also: the previews themselves are not played in this episode, and we cannot provide them for you. Join us. Be...

BABYMETAL played two sets at Summer Sonic 2019, which featured Headbanger and a return of the smoke cannons. 8 minutes were streamed, and Star Wars video games were played. Elevator Girl (English ver.) was released along with an MV, leaving us with much to wonder about. Join us. Be sure follow us on twitter, twitter.com/babymetalpdcast, and join the discussion on discord, discord.gg/F6x2kcZ. Rate...

Welcome to the (surprisingly complicated) world of METAL GALAXY. BABYMETAL revealed the track lists, collaborations, and cover art for nine different physical editions of their forthcoming album. We go on an odyssey through the METAL GALAXY versions, evaluating old predictions and making new ones. We also talk about BABYMETAL’s performance at Super Slippa 10, the reveal of Momoko Okazaki as the th...

A couple of promotional videos have been posted, one for the upcoming US shows, and one for the Super Slippa festival, and a couple of magazine features have come out (Kerrang, Anan, Backstage Pass) as well. An intercept of Su-metal’s in-ear monitor from Legend M surfaced. And we spend fully half the episode discussing parts of several interviews with Key Kobayashi (Kobametal), where he talks abou...

BABYMETAL turned footage of Yokohama night 2 into a PA PA YA!! official MV, in record time, and the views are pouring in. Legend M happened, and it was glorious. Moa narrated the opening, and sang Headbanger. Also, a new song (“SHINE” according to the copyright bots) debuted, a performance duet between Su-metal and Moametal, with Moa on stage with a guitar. We have first-hand reports from all the...

June 28, 2019, arrived and suddenly we are drowning in news. Even shorthanded, we needed to record something, so we attempted a quick overview of the news to date as of the moment of recording. Spoiler: we succeeded in the overview part, not the quick part. (Also spoiler: more news arrived after we recorded, which we will talk about next time!) People started receiving the Dark Night Carnival/Down...

Papaya-kun PA PA YA?? The calm before the tour Almost beyond the moon Information surrounding the approaching shows in Yokohama, Glastonbury, London, and Nagoya occupy much of our discussion this time. The Brixton venue claims it has the only European show of 2019, BABYMETAL announce Live Viewings of the final night of the Nagoya Legend M shows. We talk about the BABYMETAL Wonderful Journey, and a...

In this episode, we talk about the release of the Elevator Girl single, the announcement of the surprisingly extensive US tour in September-October, 2019, and the announcement of the (The One exclusive) Apocrypha - The Chosen Seven BD/CD set. Lastly, we announce some homework for next time, when we will talk about some interviews with Kobametal. Be sure follow us on twitter, twitter.com/babymetalp...

Join us in a blast from the past as we talk about the things that happened before any of the events surrounding the release of Elevator Girl had taken place. Revel with us in our numerous wrong guesses! Between the previous episode and the recording of this one, a number of new shows were announced, including two festival shows (in California and in Taipei), and two headlining shows, one in London...

Fox Day 2019 arrived, and then almost ended before the official tweet announcing a new album and four concerts (BABYMETAL AWAKENS - THE SUN ALSO RISES - Jun 28-29 Yokohama Arena; BABYMETAL ARISES - BEYOND THE MOON - LEGEND -M- - Jul 6-7 Portmesse Nagoya). Two of which are the much-anticipated Legend M shows. We chat about these developments, rumors and evidence of a soon-to-be released single, and...

The news, such as it is, includes the announcement of The One 2019, which begins by picking a size and buying a T-shirt. The Gimme Chocolate!! video hits 100m views, which is marked officially by silence. Saya (who stood in Yui’s place in some recent shows) and Kotono (who performed in the big Japan shows) perform Gimme Chocolate!! at their performance school in what was reportedly a very realisti...

In this episode, we tell our stories of how we came to be fans of BABYMETAL, after rounding up the news (such it was) since the end of episode 3. News was scarce enough that a single tweet promising “Big things coming in 2019” counted as news. Also, BABYMETAL was announced as part of Summer Sonic 2019 in August. Lastly, we announced that we will be talking about Doki Doki Morning at the next oppor...

**SPOILER ALERT** If you have not read Apocrypha: The Legend of BABYMETAL, the graphic novel tie-in to BABYMETAL by Z2 Comics and do not wish to spoil the content, skip this episode. -------------------------------------------------------- Join us for part two of our discussion of Apocrypha: The Legend of BABYMETAL from Z2 comics, illustrated by GMB Chomichuk. We learn more about the Agimat, take...

**SPOILER ALERT** If you have not read Apocrypha: The Legend of BABYMETAL, the graphic novel tie-in to BABYMETAL by Z2 Comics and do not wish to spoil the content, skip this episode and episode 5. -------------------------------------------------------- In this episode, we begin the first of a two part series where we take our first steps into a larger world. Open your bibles to page 1 and follow...

We begin 2019 talking mostly about two tweets, a poster, and a song in a video game. The official New Year’s tweet from BABYMETAL contained a cryptic image and references to “dawn,” “odyssey,” and “metal galaxy” that have led to interesting speculations among the fans. Also discussed (just prior to its release) is the appearance of “Starlight” on Rock Band 4, and what that might bring. And we talk...

BABYMETAL opened for Judas Priest in Singapore, then played three festival dates at the Good Things Festival in Australia (Melbourne, Sydney, and Brisbane). These shows marked a return to a three-person formation, with Saya Hirai taking up the third position, and introduced a new Kami band guitarist, Yusuke Hiraga. We get a firsthand report from the Melbourne festival show, and discuss the release...

The BABYMETAL World Tour 2018 shows in Japan have concluded, “Starlight” and the graphic novel have been released, Yui Mizuno has announced her departure from the band, and the BABYMETAL Podcast has (re-)launched to discuss these and other topics of interest. In this first of the new episodes, we discuss: 1. The announcement of Yuimetal’s departure. - Announcement from BABYMETAL: https://web.archi...