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What on Earth is “BABYMETAL”?

Every now and then, when I start thinking that I’ve seen it all, a band like BABYMETAL comes around and  makes me re-evaluate my concept of music entirely. 

When I first caught wind of this super-cute monstrosity, I couldn’t help but wonder, “Who in the world thought of this beautiful nonsense?”

Surprise: I looked it up. BABYMETAL was spawned from the idea of a Japanese talent agent who simply goes by the moniker “Kobametal”. I honestly didn’t want to know anymore about an adult who concocted something like this, so let’s leave it at that. Deal? Deal.

In case you’re still wondering, the band(?) BABYMETAL is basically what you would get if you took a J-Pop artist like Perfume and had them sing on stage with Slipknot performing the background music. 

And you know what? They’re actually pretty cool! Or at least, think so. 

The main reason why is because I think the act does both of it’s polarizing genres justice…somehow. They have the choreography and cutesy bubblegum vocals of pop idols, while still maintaining a pretty brutal and sinister instrumental presence. 

We can talk about the group simply being a product of a sleazy talent agency, or debate the actual “quality” of the music, but then I think we’d be missing the point. 

A saying I just learned goes: “To be better, you have to be different”. BABYMETAL is different in a way that I’ve never encountered before in my life. Now that doesn’t necessarily make them better, but damn…try forgetting an experience like this once you’ve had it. 


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