Power Metal PERFECTION | BABYMETAL Arkadia Live Debut Reaction (BM Week 2.0)
[HEADS-UP!] :
we revisit this in another video where we pay attention to the lyrics because we realized (late) that we screwed up the order of the trilogy, still we're keeping it 100% with you all so we're posting in the order we recorded!
This one’s from the 2019 BABYMETAL Awakens - The Sun Also Rises show at Yokohama Arena
appreciate you all, and hope you'll enjoy this week and the weeks beyond ❣️
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Babymetal Arkadia:- The third and last instalment of the "TRILOGY OF LIGHTS". Arkadia is a very slow song by BABYMETAL but with a tempo of 100 BPM. It can also be used double-time at 200 BPM. The track runs 5 minutes and 19 seconds long with a C♯/D♭ key and a major mode. It has high energy and is not very danceable with a time signature of 4 beats per bar. "Road Of Resistance" is a battle cry and ready for war song but "Arkadia" is a more of a victory after a long battle and looking forward to a better future. BABYMETAL is relentless and you have to give respect to Metal drummers for the stamina and endurance given by them in every concert. LEGEND - METAL GALAXY (DAY-2) LIVE ALBUM BY BABYMETAL:- •RELEASED: September 9, 2020. •GENRE: Kawaii Metal. •FORMAT: CD. •RECORDED: January 26, 2020. •LANGUAGE: Japanese. •LABEL: BMD Fox Records. •PRODUCER: Kobayashi Kei. BABYMETAL RELEASE CHRONOLOGY:- •PREVIOUS: LEGEND - METAL GALAXY (DAY-1) 5th Live Album (2020). •NEXT: 10 BABYMETAL BUDOKAN 7th Live Album (2021). •LEGEND - METAL GALAXY (DAY-2) is the sixth live album released by BABYMETAL. It was released on September 9, 2020. It was recorded on January 26, 2020 @Makuhari Messe. Tracklist:- •IN THE NAME OF. •Distortion (feat. Alissa White-Gluz). •PA PA YA!! (feat. F.HERO). •KARATE. •Kagerou. •BxMxC. •Syncopation (シンコペーション). •Headbanger!! (ヘドバンギャー！！). •Starlight. •Shine. •Arkadia. •Ijime, Dame, Zettai (イジメ、ダメ、ゼッタイ; No More, Bullying, Forever Arkadia Song by BABYMETAL Lyrics Overview:- Dwell in a small chest 嗚呼小さな胸に宿る The pieces that light the fire in the dark 暗闇に火を灯す欠片は Dazzling light 嗚呼眩しく光纏い Shine shines in the moment 輝きは刹那に迸る Glorious, you just be ambitious! Glorious, you just be ambitious！ Proudly raise the flag 誇り高く旗を掲げて Glorious, you just be ambitious! Glorious, you just be ambitious！ Holding a piece of star 星の欠片を抱いて Now For your dream, for your faith, for your life 今 For your dream, for your faith, for your life The map of the future that has begun to move is in you 動き始めた未来の地図は君の中にある Now No more tears, no more pain, no more cry 今 No more tears, no more pain, no more cry Far away from that light あの光の彼方へ遥か遠く Aim for the dream Arcadia 目指すは夢のアルカディア Faster than light and stronger than steel 光より速く鋼より強く Don't be afraid of your mission 使命の道に怖れなく No matter how much darkness is covered どれほどの闇が覆い尽くそうと Let's walk this way we believed 信じたこの道を歩こう For your dream, for your faith, for your life For your dream, for your faith, for your life The songs of the era when they started to move resonate with dreams 動き始めた時代の歌は夢に響き合う Now No more tears, no more pain, no more cry 今 No more tears, no more pain, no more cry Far away to the land of that oath あの誓いの大地へ遥か遠くへ Shining Arcadia 輝き放つアルカディア Source: Musixmatch Songwriters: Norimetal Arkadia lyrics © Amuse Inc. Kitsune Up 🦊🦊🦊🤘🤘🤘🇯🇵🇸🇬.
You react to a lot of groups, so it’s not surprising you missed some details of BABYMETAL’s history. They announced they would have three avengers at the beginning of the first concert of 2019, in June. That show had Riho Sayashi. The girl you saw, Kano Fujihira performed the next night. Momoko didn’t appear as an avenger until Super Slippa in Taipei, Taiwan in August.
Sorry left this off of my comment. If you want to see the latest and IMO the best version of this-and Momo is not only there-but it's played at her birthday concert. Listen to "Arkadia, Legend MM Live 2024" It is amazing. And for me the best part is after the song has ended and Su, Moa and Momo stride jubilantly into the audience all smiles and joy. The band is just going nuts and it's a big celebration for Momo. It is so filled with joy it brings tears to my eyes. And the intro and lighting are extraordinary. Give yourselves a huge treat and watch it in your free time on the biggest screen you can sit in front of. It is so energetic, beautiful and just full of the love and respect the ladies have for each other and their fans. Cannot recommend this highly enough.
Hey Robert! Thanks for the comment and recommendation, if I'm not mistaken, the video you're talking about is the one we did when we regulated the song once we did Shine (as we realized the order was incorrect from the trilogy) and it was our most emotional experience with Babymetal so far as we have our own interpretation of the songs meaning and all.
Always a treat putting Babymetal, Batoosh and Nonna together. You were right about the Dragonforce style. If you go back to Road of Resistance Live in Japan that comes up a lot because Herman Li and Sam Totman wrote and arranged the original guitar arrangements for that song. They also played on the studio version.
Didn't check to see if anyone answered, but that is Kanometal Who is now in @OneFive. She was only 14 I believe during this show. 🤘🦊🤘
Sorry Battoosh it's not power metal it is speed metal. The difference is that power metal has orchestra (pianos and violins and stupid percussions and 20 people singing chorus) but this song has none of that. I am no expert so prove me wrong.
Well you're not really wrong tbh, it has elements from both the genres, I see where the speed metal references are but also power metal is about the theme of the song, generally positive and empowering or epic topics (Stratovarius come to mind as an example) plus the guitar harmonies and double kick.. Etc, but yes the tremolo locking style part is typically linked to speed metal, so this is like a mix of the both but more on the power side because of the subject matter, the chorus and her vocals. But this 8snt new for Babymetal to mix and bend genres, it's one of the reaosons we fell in love with them honestly.
Babymetal week! Sign me up...oh wait, I already did! Great reaction and can't wait to see what else is heading our way!
Thank you.I will wait to see more.
The schedule is surprise? hahah i think we can get a (more) especial day in this week with a triple reaction of Headbanger ... legend 1997 / moabanger and momobanger 👹
😂 Yes it will remain a surprise aside from what already been admitted as the trilogy of light. Other than that 🤫 😁
Thank you for this, I adore this song. It just makes so emotional, (I cried again) I want it played at my funeral! Sorry, wasn't trying to be morbid. Kano is a superb dancer, but so is momo. Both of them were in sakura gakuin together after su, moa and yui had left. Someday you should watch the vids of SG.
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Starting a day with you guys the best! The week beggins lets go!
Kano Fukjihara is now 1/4th of the JPop group @onefive, which like Babymetal spawned out of Sakura Gakuin, and like Su and Moa, Kano was "Student Council President" her final year in SG.
Thank you for your thank you. I'm looking forward with exitement. I'm not sure if you will do "The Trilogy Of Light" ( Starlight, Shine, Arkadia) in this week, because it is the 3rd song of the trilogy. Every 3 are underrated and worth to listen (of course) and not so often played. And of course there is a lore behind that trilogy. Anyway, at first a big laud to Nonna how fast you realized that it wasn't one of the established members. And also to Battoosh how deep you are in the history of BabyMetal, immediately knowing that there was the Avanger-Era between Yui and Momo. Till 2023 Momo was also an Avanger and the most selected, so you will see her often without microphone in performances. In BabyMetal, singing is allowed only for appointed members. That happend to MomoMetal on April 1st 2023 in the Legend MM Concert at PIA Arena Black Night. Second thank you very much Battoosh for your explanations about music and what they hear in their earplugs. For somebody like me, who has no knowledge of music exemped listen to it, it is so helpfull and interesting. see you ... kitsune up ... and 🦊🦊🦊 For The Fox-God 🦊🦊🦊
Much love to you as always ❣️ and yes we're doing the trilogy of light, only problem was that we messed out the order by mistake but we rectified that error when we did 'Shine' as you'll see very soon!
I‘m not good at music taxonomy (and I really don‘t care), but to me the defining feature of Power Metal is the high speed of the drums and background music and the relative slow speed of the melodic vocals. The chorus here, for example, has only one or two notes per bar for the most part. The Trilogy of Light is a pretty emotional journey, if you follow the lyrics. If you follow it from start to finish, Arkadia suddenly becomes a pretty emotional song, which you wouldn‘t think from just listening to the music.
100% agree, and you'll see in the upcoming reactions the sudden turn that happens and the decision to revisit became apparent! Listening to it the second time around became deeply emotional in fact! We can't wait to share that reaction with you all!