Topic BABYMETAL

23 August 2019

Music Video, Tour and event

Ahead of the US tour that begins on September 4 in Orlando, Florida, BABYMETAL has dropped a new live music video for the English version of Elevator Girl. The trio in Elevator Girl are energetic as ever and th...

Heat it up with BABYMETAL’s festive “PA PA YA!!” music video!

2 July 2019

Music Video, Releases, Tour and event

BABYMETAL heats up this summer with a new single and music video PA PA YA!!, an incredibly catchy song which features the Thai rapper F.HERO. The sound they bring to this one feel almost like a mix between thei...

BABYMETAL hits 100 million views with “Gimme chocolate!!”

9 March 2019

Entertainment, Music Video

Today, BABYMETAL just passed 100 million views on their catchy song "Gimme chocolate!!". In the five years that it has been up on YouTube, the video garnered over 770,000 likes and almost 100,000 comments! R...

Top 15 visual kei and Japanese acts of 2018

17 December 2018

It is the time of the year where we once again take a look at all the great music contributions. This time around we have done it slightly differently. Instead of solely using sales numbers to determine the ord...

YUI departs from BABYMETAL, but blessed by supportive fans

19 October 2018

Lineup change

We're sad to break the news, but with the announcement made earlier today on BABYMETAL's website, it has now been officially confirmed that YUI (YUIMETAL) is leaving BABYMETAL after being in the group for eight...

BABYMETAL RECORDS brings BABYMETAL closer to world domination

1 May 2018

Band status

On May 1, BABYMETAL officially announced their partnership with 5B Artist Management and Records, and Cooking Vinyl. The collaboration has brought us the establishment of BABYMETAL's own record label, BABYMETAL...

Jrock and visual kei shows in America in 2018

4 April 2018

Tour and event

We have created our very own list of Jrock and visual kei bands touring and performing in America! It was a lot of work to research and put together, so please let us know if you find this helpful. This will le...

BABYMETAL announces “WORLD TOUR 2018”!

27 February 2018

Tour and event

BABYMETAL sets out on another adventure to conquer the world! The trio just announced their future arrival for 13 locations, eight of them being in the U.S. while the remaining five dates are set for Europe. ...

BABYMETAL’s backing guitarist, Mikio Fujioka passes away after falling from an observation deck

9 January 2018

Lineup change

Guitarist Mikio Fujioka (藤岡幹大) died on January 5, 2018. His wife has posted on his Twitter account to announce that he had passed away. He was taken to hospital after falling from a high observation deck ...

Most influential Jrockers of 2017

29 December 2017

We've curated a shortlist of the most influential Jrockers and bands of 2017 to celebrate the work they have done in in this year. It was incredibly difficult to condense it into a small list, but we believe th...

Top 15 visual kei and Japanese acts of 2017

4 December 2017

The year of 2017 is no exception when it comes to our tradition of looking back on all the greatest visual kei and Japanese acts of the year! What we have for you today are two lists compiling the best acts we ...

Top 10 visual kei and Japanese acts of 2016

30 November 2016