BABYMETAL just dropped a music video for DA DA DANCE (feat. Tak Matsumoto) which is taken from their third studio album METAL GALAXY.
The video features live footage taken from two concerts: their first US arena show at The Forum in Los Angelesーwhich took place on the same day that METAL GALAXY hit shelves on October 11, 2019ーand their live shows in Japan this month for the Japan leg of their world tour.
BABYMETAL – DA DA DANCE (feat. Tak Matsumoto) (OFFICIAL)
METAL GALAXY dominated the international music charts when it was released. It made it to 13th place on the Billboard Top 200 in the US, and on the same day, BABYMETAL also reached No. 1 on Billboard Top Rock Albums, making them the first Japanese act to do so. METAL GALAXY also stands as the band’s second album to make it into the Top 20 of the UK’s Official Charts for Rock & Metal Albums, coming in at No. 1, beating their own record and setting the record for Japanese artists. The album debuted at No. 3 on the Oricon Weekly Chart in Japan and dominated the iTunes charts in Japan, the UK, US, and elsewhere around the world.
BABYMETAL are knee-deep in their world tour, with two shows entitled “LEGEND – METAL GALAXY / METAL GALAXY WORLD TOUR EXTRA SHOW” also planned in Japan to take place at the famous Makuhari Messe International Exhibition Hall on January 25 and 26 next year.
They will embark on the Asia and European legs of their tour in February which will include appearances at multiple rock festivals. The full tour schedule can be found below.
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METAL GALAXY
Release Date: October 11, 2019
Limited Edition SUN – Japan Complete Edition (2 CDs+Vinyl Size Jacket): ¥4,500 (Before Tax) [TFCC-86684]
Limited Edition MOON – Japan Complete Edition (2 CDs+Vinyl Size Jacket): ¥4,500 (Before Tax) [TFCC-86685]
Limited Edition – Japan Complete Edition (2 CDs+DVD): ¥4,200 (Before Tax) [TFCC-86686]
Regular Edition – Japan Complete Edition (2 CDs): ¥3,500 (Before Tax) [TFCC-86687]
Vinyl Edition – Japan Complete Edition (2 Vinyls): ¥5,000 (Before Tax) [TFJC-38037]
METAL GALAXY Special Website: https://www.toysfactory.co.jp/artist/babymetal/metalgalaxy20191011/
METAL GALAXY WORLD TOUR IN JAPAN EXTRA SHOW LEGEND – METAL GALAXY
Dates: January 25, 2020 / January 26, 2020
Venue: Makuhari Messe International Exhibition Hall
Times: January 25th – Doors 16:30, Start 18:30 / January 26th – Doors 15:00, Start 17:00
Ticket Pre-Sales – 3rd Round
Running: December 16, 2019 at 18:00 (JST) – December 23, 2019 at 23:59 (JST)
Purchase: https://l-tike.com/babymetal/
METAL GALAXY WORLD TOUR
2019/9/4 @ Hard Rock Live, Orlando, Florida
2019/9/6 @ Coca Cola Roxy, Atlanta, Georgia
2019/9/8 @ The Anthem, Washington D.C., Washington
2019/9/11 @ House of Blues, Boston, Massachusetts
2019/9/13 @ The Fillmore, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2019/9/15 @ Terminal 5, New York City, New York
2019/9/18 @ The Fillmore Detroit, Detroit, Michigan
2019/9/20 @ Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, Illinois
2019/9/21 @ Myth Live Event Center, Saint Paul, Minnesota
2019/9/23 @ Uptown Theater, Kansas City, Missouri
2019/9/24 @ South Side Ballroom, Dallas, Texas
2019/9/27 @ Ogden Theatre, Denver, Colorado
2019/9/28 @ The Union Event Center, Salt Lake City, Utah
2019/9/30 @ House of Blues, Las Vegas, Nevada
2019/10/1 @ Marquee Theatre, Tempe, Arizona
2019/10/4 @ The Warfield, San Francisco, California
2019/10/11 @ The Forum, Los Angeles, California
2019/10/13 @ Sacramento, California (Aftershock Festival 2019, Discovery Park)
2019/10/15 @ Roseland Theater, Portland, Oregon
2019/10/16 @ The Paramount Theatre, Seattle, Washington
2020/2/3 @ Fryhuset, Stockholm, Sweden
2020/2/4 @ Sentrum Scene, Oslo, Norway
2020/2/5 @ Vega Main Hall, Copenhagen, Denmark
2020/2/8 @ Groß Freiheit 36, Hamburg, Germany
2020/2/9 @ Éysé Montmartre, Paris, France
2020/2/11 @ Gasometer, Vienna, Austria
2020/2/13 @ Carlswerk Victoria, Cologne, Germany
2020/2/14 @ Huxleys, Berlin, Germany
2020/2/16 @ AB, Brussels, Belgium
2020/2/17 @ 013, Tilburg, Netherlands
2020/2/19 @ Barrowland, Glasgow, UK
2020/2/20 @ The Great Hall, Cardiff, UK
2020/2/22 @ O2 Apollo, Manchester, UK
2020/2/23 @ Eventim Apollo, London, UK
2020/2/26 @ House of Culture, Helsinki, Finland
2020/2/28 @ M1, Saint Petersburg, Russia
2020/3/1 @ Adrenaline Stadium, Moscow, Russia
2020/3/22 @ GMM LIVE HOUSE, Bangkok, Thailand
2020/3/27 @ KL Live, Kuala Lumpur
2020/3/29 @ Basket Hall Senayan, Jakarta
2020/4/3 @ NTU Sports Center 1F, Taipei
2020/5/16 @ PULP SUMMER SLAM FESTIVAL, MALL OF ASIA ARENA, Manila
2020/6/5~2020/6/7 @ Rock am Ring 2020, Germany
2020/6/8 @ Stodola, Warsaw, Poland
2020/6/11~2020/6/13 @ Greenfield Rock Festival, Switzerland
2020/6/14 @ Download Festival 2020, Donington Park, UK
2020/6/17 @ Tivoli Ronda, Utrecht, Netherlands
2020/6/19 @ Graspop Metal Meeting, Belgium
2020/6/21 @ Hellfest, France
2020/6/23 @ La Riviera, Madrid, Spain
2020/6/24 @ Razzmatazz, Barcelona, Spain
BABYMETAL Official Website: http://www.babymetal.com/
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BABYMETAL Releases ‘Light and Darkness,’ the Fourth Single from the Upcoming Concept Album ‘THE OTHER ONE’
Ahead of the global release of the band’s concept album THE OTHER ONE on March 24, 2023, BABYMETAL has released the songLight and Darkness. This is the fourth track released since October 2023, and the music video has also been uploaded to the official Youtube channel.
Light and Darkness - BABYMETAL
The music video contains footage from the BABYMETAL RETURNS -THE OTHER ONE- live performances held at Makuhari Messe in Chiba on January 28 and 29. This marked the return of the group after a hiatus almost lasting two years.
To coincide with BABYMETAL’s 10th anniversary last year, the group announced that it would “seal” itself off from the world until further notice. In April 2022, THE OTHER ONE was announced to relaunch the group in the METALVERSE, a piece of the virtual metaverse. The upcoming concept album will be inspired by the idea of a BABYMETAL that fans don’t know, and a total of 10 songs have been discovered within THE OTHER ONE restoration project, with each song representing a specific theme based on 10 separate parallel worlds that the members have discovered. This new song is based on the theme of the restored parallel world of Light and Darkness.
Because there is light, there is darkness, and because there is darkness, there is a world that can shine. In the night when light and darkness intersect, what we seek after being poisoned and falling into the depths is a world filled with powerful love. Is it hope or despair that awaits beyond the door?
BABYMETAL’s next concert, BABYMETAL BEGINS - THE OTHER ONE, will be held at Pia Arena MM on April 1 (BLACK NIGHT) and April 2 (CLEAR NIGHT). Check out the latest music video and keep an eye on BABYMETAL as they start anew!
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Light and Darkness – BABYMETAL
Streaming Date: March 24, 2023
Download & Stream: https://bm.lnk.to/lightanddarknessTHE OTHER ONE (CONCEPT ALBUM)
Release Date: March 24, 2023
*Releasing worldwide
Details: https://www.toysfactory.co.jp/artist/babymetal/theotherone/
Preorder: https://bm.lnk.to/theotherone -
To coincide with BABYMETAL’s 10th anniversary last year, the group announced that it would “seal” itself off from the world until further notice in October 2021. On January 28 and 29, 2023, the band held BABYMETAL RETURNS -THE OTHER ONE-, a two-day performance at Makuhari Messe. After a year of silence, the girls are finally back ahead of the simultaneous worldwide release of their concept album THE OTHER ONE on March 24, 2023. The two successful shows welcomed fans into the new world of BABYMETAL, attracting over 30,000 people.
On January 27, the Japanese government revised the country’s guidelines for dealing with COVID-19, abolishing the restrictions on maximum attendees allowed in concert halls. The first performance on January 28 felt even more celebratory as a result, with masked fans able to participate as if they had returned to a time before the Coronavirus. The audience cheered and the girls performed their hearts out, reviving BABYMETAL in a whole new way. BABYMETAL held the ‘LEGEND - METAL GALAXY’ concert at Makuhari Messe in January 2020–the last show prior to the world-changing pandemic.
BABYMETAL performed a total of 13 songs on January 28 and January 29, including five new songs from the upcoming concept albumTHE OTHER ONE. As the audience watched on, the venue was filled with quiet tension as the band returned to the stage for the first time in a year and a half. Fans were given Savior Masks to wear–the dress code for the BABYMETAL unsealing ceremony. At the start of the show, a story video began playing to announce the ten parallel worlds that are represented in the upcoming concept album. Ten apostles appeared on the runway stage, walking from one side to the other in veils and holding wands. A massive stone fox gate appeared, where the members of BABYMETAL were said to be frozen in eternal sleep. Arriving at the gate, the apostles raised their wands and the gate opened in a flash of light and smoke, revealing SU-METAL and MOAMETAL. The two took to the throne and the ceremony began!
The audience’s excitement rose to a fever pitch as SU-METAL rose from the throne to perform METAL KINGDOM. The audience began to get even more excited by the dynamic dancing and powerful singing of the Avengers, who joined in on the next song Divine Attack. Following, BABYMETAL’s more popular tracks began playing in rapid succession including Distortion (feat. Alissa White-Gluz), PA PA YA!! (feat. F.HERO), Gimme Chocolate!!, and Megitsune.
In the video shown before the song Doki Doki Morning, it was announced that the door to the new world, the METALVERSE, was ready to open, revealing new lifeforms and plenty of new experiences. While the first half of the song was the same as always, the second half featured a new arrangement. Suddenly, a mysterious trio appeared on another stage. It was as if a parallel world was appearing before the audience’s eyes, with both groups dancing and singing in unison.
The second half of the live performance featured the new song Light and Darkness, telling the story of a world where light and darkness intersect. The group also performed Monochrome, with the audience's smartphones beautifully illuminating the venue and adding color to the monochrome world.
As the concert began to come to a close, the audience responded by dancing along to an intense performance of Headbangeeeeerrrrr!!!!! The girls also performed their signature track Ijime, Dame, Zettai and Road of Resistance. BABYMETAL screamed “We are BABYMETAL,” causing the audience to respond in kind.
For the finale of BABYMETAL's revival, the group performed the new song THE LEGEND. SU-METAL and MOAMETAL stood on two moving stages each representing the symbol of THE OTHER ONE (∞), soon starting to float in the air, moving slowly from the two ends of the stage to the center of the venue as if the two circles overlapped. The audience was soothed by SU-METAL's singing voice, which gently enveloped the venue, and MOAMETAL and her choir in white.
As the ending movie played, it was announced another seal would soon be opened, and that BABYMETAL would soon be standing on a new stage. SU-METAL and MOAMETAL appeared on stage again and began to climb the steps of an aerial staircase, reminiscent of the stairs to the living legend that appeared in the infinite universe. Two crystal coffins appeared and the girls got in, prepared to be sucked into the gate to the multiverse. Suddenly, an arrow of light was shot between the two coffins, and another crystal coffin appeared, with someone new appearing in front of the third coffin. As the three coffins came together and the gate to the new universe pulsed bright red, the performance came to an end with a flash of intense light.
BABYMETAL was successfully resurrected, sharing their determination to start anew with the audience. The BABYMETAL RETURNS - THE OTHER ONE - performance opened a gate to unknown worlds filled with mysteries far beyond our imagination. What was the third coffin? What three lifeforms appeared on the opposite stage? During the ending movie, fans were excited to see that BABYMETAL BEGINS -THE OTHER ONE- would be held at Pia Arena MM on April 1 and April 2, 2023. A new METAL will be born on Fox Day on April 1, the same day that BABYMETAL will begin the journey to a new world.
The quickest way to preorder tickets for BABYMETAL BEGINS - THE OTHER ONE - is to register for THE ONE 2023. Preorders will start on January 30 at 18:00. See the special website for more details!
BABYMETAL BEGINS - THE OTHER ONE - will also be broadcast exclusively on WOWOW on March 25, 2023.
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BABYMETAL RETURNS – THE OTHER ONE –
Dates: April 1, April 2
Venue: Pia Arena MM
Times:
Doors Open 16:30 / Show Starts 18:00 (April 1)
Doors Open 15:30 / Show Starts at 17:00 (April 2)
BABYMETAL Tour Information: https://www.babymetal.com/tour/THE OTHER ONE (Concept Album)
Release Date: March 24, 2023
Details:
https://www.toysfactory.co.jp/artist/babymetal/theotherone/Preorder: https://bm.lnk.to/theotherone
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BABYMETAL Releases ‘METAL KINGDOM,’ the Third Single from the Upcoming Concept Album ‘THE OTHER ONE’
Ahead of the release of the band’s concept album THE OTHER ONE on March 24, 2023, BABYMETAL has released a few tracks to get audiences even more pumped after a year of silence. In October 2022, the group released Divine Attack, followed by Monochrome in November. On January 20, BABYMETAL released the song METAL KINGDOM on all major music download and streaming services worldwide. To coincide with BABYMETAL’s 10th anniversary last year, the group announced that it would “seal” itself off from the world until further notice. In April 2022, THE OTHER ONE was announced to relaunch the group in the METALVERSE, a piece of the virtual metaverse. The upcoming concept album will be inspired by the idea of a BABYMETAL that fans don’t know, and a total of 10 songs have been discovered within THE OTHER ONE restoration project, with each song representing a specific theme based on 10 separate parallel worlds that the members have discovered. METAL KINGDOM is inspired by the parallel world ‘THRONE.’ Written as an anthem to usher in a new era, the song aims to remind people that they have the strength to inspire themselves and the ability to start down a new path. The track rises powerfully from BABYMETAL’s throne of silence heralding the beginning of a new start for the group. BABYMETAL has finally broken the seal, and on January 28 and 29, 2023, the duo will hold the BABYMETAL RETURNS -THE OTHER ONE 2-day concert at Makuhari Messe in Chiba. More information will be announced soon, so keep an eye on social media and BABYMETAL’s official website!Information
METAL KINGDOM (Digital Single)
Streaming Date: January 20, 2023
Download & Stream: https://bm.lnk.to/metalkingdomBABYMETAL RETURNS – THE OTHER ONE –
Dates: January 28, January 29
Venue: Makuhari Messe International Exhibition Hall
Times: Doors Open 16:00 / Show Starts 18:00 (January 28)
Doors Open 15:00 / Show Starts at 17:00 (January 29)
BABYMETAL RETURNS – THE OTHER ONE – Special Site:
https://www.babymetal.com/theotherone/
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In October 2021, BABYMETAL announced that it would “seal” itself off from the world until further notice. On January 28 and 29, 2023, BABYMETAL will hold the ‘BABYMETAL RETURNS -THE OTHER ONE’ 2-day concert at Makuhari Messe in Chiba. It has been announced that the long-awaited performance will be streamed in movie theaters the following month, on February 23. In the group’s first real-world performance since its rebirth, BABYMETAL will remind audiences of how powerful they have been over the past decade. Returning through the virtual METALVERSE to perform in another world audiences never knew existed, THE OTHER ONE is a plan to restore BABYMETAL to its former glory while also treating fans to an entirely different side of the band. On March 24, BABYMETAL will release the concept album THE OTHER ONE worldwide. After more than a year of silence, BABYMETAL is finally moving forward. Be sure to head to your local theater on February 23 to see the band in action once again!
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BABYMETAL RETURNS – THE OTHER ONE – PREMIUM EDITION
Date: February 23, 2023 / 14:00
Official Website: http://www.babymetal.com
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In October 2021, BABYMETAL announced that it would “seal” itself off from the world until further notice. On January 28 and 29, 2023, BABYMETAL will hold the ‘BABYMETAL RETURNS -THE OTHER ONE’ 2-day concert at Makuhari Messe in Chiba and pre-sale tickets are now available for purchase! These won’t last, so grab yours while you can. BABYMETAL released the first of five monthly consecutive singles, Divine Attack -Shingeki-, in October, with Monochrome following in November. New songs are on the way in January, February, and March, so look forward to plenty of new content!
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BABYMETAL RETURNS – THE OTHER ONE-
Dates: January 28, January 29
Venue: Makuhari Messe International Exhibition Hall
Official Ticket Sales:
Available: November 26 at 12:00 – December 4 at 23:59
Sales Page: https://pia.jp/v/babymetal23-hp/
BABYMETAL RETURNS – THE OTHER ONE – Special Site:
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Popular metal band BABYMETAL has announced that five singles will be available to download and stream worldwide prior to the release of the new album THE OTHER ONE on March 24, 2023, with songs releasing in October, November, January, February, and March. A second teaser video for the new song Monochrome has been released, with the track available to stream worldwide on November 18. The official lyric video for the song will also be released on November 18. In April 2022, THE OTHER ONE was announced as a way to relaunch the group in the METALVERSE, a piece of the virtual metaverse. Monochrome shows off a restored parallel world and asks a strange question–the fireworks shot into the sky were monochrome, but what color were they to the children? The song draws inspiration from Ragnarok from Norse mythology and shares a wish for the day when the starry sky will be filled with all the colors of the rainbow.
Last year, following the tenth year of the group’s activities, BABYMETAL announced that it would “seal” itself off from the world until further notice. They are now ready to return to performing, and on January 28 and 29, 2023, the duo will hold the ‘BABYMETAL RETURNS -THE OTHER ONE’ 2-day concert at Makuhari Messe in Chiba. Starting in April 2023, the band will tour the UK and Europe with Sabaton, a power metal band from Sweden. More information and new content will be announced in the coming weeks, so be sure to check social media and the official BABYMETAL site. Information
Monochrome
Streaming: November 18, 2022
Streaming Links: https://bm.lnk.to/Monochrome
Monochrome Teaser Video #2: https://youtu.be/X4kXcPFx838
THE OTHER ONE Special Website: https://www.toysfactory.co.jp/artist/babymetal/theotherone/