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BABYMETAL...
In 2010 BABYMETAL was formed with the theme:
"the fusion of idols and heavy metal".
Its name has been known not only in Japan,
but also known to North and South America, Europe, and Asia.
On January 9th their debut major label single...
"IJIME DAME ZETTAI" was released.
Tonight is their first appearance on HOT WAVE.
You expect their joyful talk...
with a metal freak MC, YAMAMOTO Shoh.
[MC] This is BABYMETAL.
[SU] I'm SU-METAL.
[YUI] I'm YUIMETAL.
[MOA] I'm MOAMETAL.
[BM] We are BABYMETAL.
[MC] Thank you for your coming.
[BM] We beg your kindness. *1
[MC] I beg your kindness. You are well made up.
[MC] I feel a little distance between you and me.
[SU] Why do you feel so? [MOA] There's not.
[MC] Don't you feel so?
[YUI] Not at all.
[MC] Well, I've met you on a radio program before. But tonight you are fully dressed up.
I've had an impression that your makeups are like Gothic & Lotila.
[YUI] I see. [SU] Do you feel so?
[YUI] The thickest makeups we've worn were...
those on taking the PV of "Headbangeeeeerrrrr!"
[SU] We wore false eyelashes for the first time then.
[MC] How did you feel then?
[MOA] I felt they were heavy.
[MOA] I felt my eyelids going down by their weight.
[MC] Oh, that's why someone said one of the members looked sleepy. I see.
And that's why your makeups are more natural this time.
[SU] Yes. Like that.
[MC] Well, they become lighter. I beg your kindness.
[BM] We beg your kindness.
[MC] Now BABYMETAL is very much talked about.
This is... Idols...
[BM] The fusion of idols and heavy metal.
[MC] The fusion is BABYMETAL. And we should say it as one word.
[SU] Yes. [MOA] One word.
[MC] You need no interpunct?
[MOA] We don't need it at all. [SU] Nothing.
[MC] Shall I insert something?
[BM] No, thank you. [MC] I see.
[MC] And there are many people that make a mistake saying "BeibiiMetal", aren't there?
[SU] Yes. Many do so.
[MC] Let's say. Let's say it's wrong.
[SU] The word "BABYMETAL" is formed from "heavy metal" and "baby".
[MC] That's the reason. [SU] Yes, it is.
[MC] I already knew. [SU] And...
[MC] Please continue.
[SU] It is pronounced not "BeibiiMetal" but "Bebiimetal".
[MC] I see.
[MC] Tonight we can learn much about BABYMETAL. And one more lesson.
The sign of the horns is famous in heavy metal. Ronnie James Dio often used it.
But I hear BABYMETAL's sign is slightly different.
[SU] Yes. It's different. [BM] It's a fox.
[MC] What? [MOA] It's a fox sign.
[MC] I hear its origin was your mistakes, wasn't it?
[SU] Yes. We were shown the photo to try the sign of the horns.
But we didn't understand well.
We said "It looks like a fox."
and made different signs.
[YUI] Our sign has been the fox sign ever since.
[SU] Seeing our signs, our staff said "Well. The fox sign is alright."
[MC] Your staff accepted it, didn't they? [SU] Yes, they did.
[YUI] From our mistakes...
[MC] It came out. It's awesome.
BABYMETAL has become very popular now.
The performance hall is quite BABYMETAL LIVE.
......
Um? I talk about the atmosphere.
[SU] I see.
[MC] And I went to your live some times. [MOA] Thank you for your coming.
[MC] Miss SU stands and sings.
And Miss MOA and Miss YUI keep on dancing to the end.
[MOAYUI] Yes.
[MC] When I said "back dance" before, you said "No. It is the side dance."
You dance at the singer's side, and sometimes in front of the singer.
And it's a very hard dance. How should I say? How to explain?
[MOA] Um...
[MC] At the beginning, you come in like "gwaaah".
[YUI] "Gwaaah"... [MOA] Well, like "gwaaah".
[MC] You run across from right to left and left to right.
[YUI] In the tune "IJIME DAME ZETTAI", YUIMETAL and MOAMETAL run from the stage wing.
[YUI] I was surprised when our choreographer first told us it. MOA, weren't you? [MOA] Yes, I was.
[YUI] We were surprised that there could be such choreography.
[[MC] Indeed surprising.
[MOA] Sure. We once exit from the stage.
We exit before the tune begins, and we come in again.
I thought some audience would surely think this was SU's solo tune.
At the beginning only SU is on the stage.
[MC] As you repeat "SU", "SU", it reminds me of another SU.
[MOA] I talk about SU-METAL... That's all.
[MC] I see. You finish at unexpected timing. I can't be off my guard.
BABYMETAL is really hard, and gets the popularity in the live.
But I hear its origin is the girls group "Sakura Gakuin" (=cherry blossom school). *2
Or rather, you are still the members of Sakura Gakuin, aren't you?
[BM] Yes, we are.
[MC] And of Sakura Gakuin, BABYMETAL is...
[SU] It is one of the extra club activities.
[MC] What club?
[SU] We belong to "JUUON-BU".
[MC] How do you write it in kanji?
[BM] It is "heavy" - "sound". [MC] I see.
[SU] That is the opposite of the light music. *3
[MC] What clubs else are there?
[MOA] The go-home club. *4
[SU] And the cooking club.
[YUI] The newspaper club.
[MOA] The science club.
[SU] And the tennis club.
[MC] I think other clubs are unexpectedly normal.
[SU] And the baton twirling club.
[YUI] There are many clubs.
[MC] And then, do you belong only to the heavy music club?
[MOA] No. I belong to the cooking club too.
[SUYUI] MOA and YUI belong to two clubs.
[MC] I see. The cooking club and...
[MOA] The heavy music club. Only two.
[SU] MOA and YUI belong to the heavy music club and the cooking club.
[MC] I see. And how about Miss SU?
[SU] SU belongs only to the heavy music club.
[MC] And then, don't you want to belong to other clubs?
[SU] SU is longing to the go-home club.
[MC] Why? Tell me why.
[SU] Their costumes are pajamas.
[MC] What? I try to keep up with it. OK.
[SU] They wear pajamas and their choreography is interesting.
[SU] They roll over on the stage, and they stretch themselves like a spring.
[MC] I'm imaging now with all my might.
[SU] There are the feather-light movements in their dance.
[MC] something cute.
[SU] Yes. Their choreography is very free, and I hope to perform something like that.
[MC] I see.
How about Miss YUI & MOA?
If you belong to one more club, what club do you want to belong to?
[MOA] MOAMETAL wants to belong to the tennis club among the present clubs.
[MC] Why? Tell me why.
[MOA] When I was little, about from second grade to fourth...
[MC] When you were little? You are still little.
[MOA] I'm not little.
[SU] You are little.
[MOA] No. I'm not little!
[MC] I beg your pardon. And from second grade to fourth...
[MOA] I took the lessons of tennis then.
I think I can make use of that experience if I belong to the tennis club.
[MC] I see. Of course you can.
How about Miss YUI?
[YUI] YUIMETAL wants to belong to the go-home club as well as SU-METAL.
The audience give many calls when the go-home club sing.
I feel much that they and the audience get excited together.
I want to do so too.
And I want to belong to the science club.
[MOA] Me too.
[MC] What is that club like?
[YUI] It aims to make more people interested in science.
I think my science grade would improve if I belong to it.
[MC] You're caring your grade?
[SU] Their songs contain scientific terms.
[YUI] Like CO2.
[MC] Oh, it helps your study.
Talking about study, Miss SU, you are good at studying, aren't you?
[SU] Yes, I am. Tee-hee.
[MC] Tee-hee? It's hopeless. I see.
Three are such cute girls. And we shall learn more about them.
We've asked them for bringing what they are into now.
Who is the first?
Miss SU, what are you into now?
[SU] I am into semi-precious stones now.
[MC] Semi-precious stones? [SU] Yes. [MOA] Oh.
[MC] Good reaction, Miss MOA.
[MOA] Wow.
[MC] It's a double dipping. *5
And then, why are you into semi-precious stones?
[SU] My mother works at a semi-precious stone shop.
So there are many semi-precious stones in my house.
She recently started working
and she is learning about semi-precious stones now.
I too am learning about them with her.
This is the reason.
[MC] Are there some semi-precious stones that you like? Which kind of stones?
[SU] I like lapis lazuli.
And... Do you know it?
[MC] Yes. Please continue.
[SU] And I like rose quartz.
[MC] What is rose quartz like?
[SU] Its color is pink and it helps the realization of love.
[MC] Wow, I want it.
[SU] It's cute. A stone itself is cute.
[MC] And I hear, last November...
Before you went to Singapore, your mother made the charms of the trip.
[SU] Yes. Carving turquoise which is said to be a charm of the trip...
[MC] It's a blue-green stone.
[SU] Yes. My mother made them and gave to me and gifted to YUI and MOA.
[MC] By the way, was the Singapore tour over safely?
[MOAYUI] Yes.
[MC] Didn't anything unbelievable happen? Anything?
[MOA] Yeah. We ate the frog leg dish in Singapore.
[MC] Really? How did you feel when you ate it?
[YUISU] It was delicious. [MOA] It tasted like chicken.
[MC] Didn't anyone say like "I hate eating it"?
[SU] At first we said like "How shall we do with this?".
[YUI] At first we were worried. But after a while...
[SU] We came to the conclusion that it's no scary if we eat together.
[YUISU] We ate it saying like "three two one go".
[MC] You ate it at the same time.
Miss MOA, you ate it, didn't you?
[MOA] I ate. Until then MOA had not eaten GETEMONO (=bizarre food). *6
[MC] Oh, I haven't predicted such a word would come from such a pretty mouth. OK.
[MOA] So I had anticipated a chance to eat bizarre food.
[MC] Rather anticipating. It's awesome.
[MC] Well, we like to hear more after the commercial break.
[BM] Well. Here comes the commercial break.
[MC] Good.
[MC] Next I like to ask Miss MOAMETAL...
what she is into now. Miss MOA, please.
[MOA] MOAMETAL has loved the anime "Kirarin Revolution" since I was little.
Kirarin Revolution. KIRARI.
I played with the cards of the heroine like paper dolls. *7
There are the top cards, the bottom cards,
the shoes cards, the accessory cards, etc.
I played changing the clothes.
And I look at them.
[MC] Uh? [MOA] I look at them.
[MC] What do you mean?
[MOA] As I've coordinated them since before,
there remain what I coordinated when I was little.
[MC] I see. You look at them and they remind you of those days.
[MOA] The anime is no longer broadcasted.
[MC] Since the cards are no longer sold,
you only look at them.
Oh, the photos are on the screen now.
You have plenty of cards.
[MOA] I have many.
[MOA] Well, sometimes I coordinate the cards even now.
[SU] Oh, you do so.
[MC] It's cute. Good. Thank you.
And then, Miss YUIMETAL, please.
[YUI] What YUIMETAL is into now are the seals (=stickers) of cherry blossom. *8
I have collected many seals since before.
And as the graduation season is getting near,
there are many cherry blossom seals. *9
I find cute ones and collect them.
[MC] For what do you use them?
[YUI] Sometimes I attach them on a transparent case to decorate it.
And I seal my letters with them
and I exchange the seals with my friends.
[MC] I see. It's joyful.
And I hear your blogs are handwritten.
[YUI] The blog of Sakura Gakuin is a class journal.
We write it on a loose leaf paper.
[SU] And you can see the differences of our handwritten letters.
And someone draw pictures on it.
[MC] Oh, Miss YUI's blog is on the screen now.
You are good at handwriting.
[YUI] No. No. No. [MC] Really good.
[SU] YUI is good at drawing pictures too.
Sometimes she puts her pictures on it.
[MC] Oh, really good drawing. It's awesome.
[YUI] Thank you so much.
[MC] You are versatile. You can do everything.
Well, tonight is special. You never talk in the live, do you? *10
[BM] No, we don't.
[MC] This is precious.
And I wonder. Are you told not to smile in the live?
[SU] Yes, we are.
[MC] But tonight you give us a lot of smiles.
Thank you very much.
Well, BABYMETAL has released a new CD single on January 9th.
It's the debut major label single.
Let us know the title, please.
[BM] Well, "IJIME DAME ZETTAI" (Bullying, No, Absolutely). *11
[MC] It has a strong message. It's a good tune.
You have performed it since before, haven't you?
[SU] Yes. BABYMETAL was formed about two years ago.
We have performed it since then.
We really treasure it.
And so do the audience.
When its introduction begins,
they give us shouts "woh".
[MC] Say woh... Really so.
I see its choreography is very popular among the audience.
Would you like to teach me it?
Such at so-called chorus, please.
[MOA] At chorus we make fox signs,
cross our arms,
and with SU's singing...
[SU] Bullying.
[YUIMOA] No.
[SU] Bullying.
[YUIMOA] No.
[SU] It's disgraceful.
[YUIMOA] No. No. No. No.
[SU] Like this.
[MC] It's easy to do. It's exciting.
[YUI] So we hope the audience to do this with us in the live.
[MC] I see. We will do together.
[YUI] We beg your kindness.
[MC] And the coupling tune is titled "BABYMETAL DEATH". *12
It is also familiar in the live.
It is the opening tune, isn't it?
[SU] Yes. It is an exciting tune.
Its choreography consists of the movements for other tunes.
[YUISU] It consists of the most exciting parts of other tunes.
[SU] So it is something like a tune for exciting.
[MOA] Something like a warm-up.
[MC] I see.
And I hear, just before the live starts,
Miss YUI & MOA move too much at the stage wing.
[SU] MOA, you do.
[MC] I think that only Miss SU tries to calm oneself.
How about Miss YUI & MOA?
[SU] They say like "Oh, it's starting now. I am tense. Aren't you?" and skip around.
[MC] Miss MOA, you don't get tense, do you?
[MOA] I get tense so much.
But there are Mr. Skeletons behind me.
[MC] Mr. Skeletons?
[MOA] BabyBone... Skull suit... [MC] I see.
[MOA] I wave my hands to Mr. Skeletons who back up us.
And if there is a gap between the curtain and the floor,
I peep through it.
[MC] Oh, you do such things?
[SU] Yes, she does.
[MC] You are over-relaxed.
Being excited by the live, this generation do such things. I see.
And there is another coupling tune of the regular edition.
It's titled "Catch Me If You Can". *13
Its introduction is horrible.
[YUI] Yes. You hear the clacking footsteps at the beginning.
I am scared at that part.
So, when I was alone in the recording booth,
I asked our director to skip that part.
[MC] Oh, you said you didn't want to hear it.
You're cute. I see.
Though you are so young,
you get very tired after the live is over, don't you?
[SU] Yes, we do.
[MC] But...
[MOA] If there are some cakes... [SU] We get energetic.
[MOA] KEEKI DE GENKI. *14
[MC] Wow, the rhyme of "KI".
No. It's not time to say such a thing.
OK. Dear audience, please try to listen to their CD single.
[SU] Please try.
[MC] Well, to know the detailed schedule,
please check the official site.
BABYMETAL themselves are...
often informed by the official site, aren't they?
[SU] Yes.
[MC] You heard later that the tickets of Zepp Tokyo in February were sold out, didn't you?
[MOA] I didn't know that until a while ago.
[MC] You were surprised to hear that, weren't you?
[SU] Yes.
[MC] And the new CD single was ranked at number 6 in the hit chart. It's awesome.
Do you have some plans of this year?
[MOA] Well, MOAMETAL hopes that...
BABYMETAL will appear in an anime.
Since I like drawing,
I imagine drawing pictures and thinking about the words for ourselves.
[MC] Like Mushi Production... *15
[MOA] ???
[MC] You will paint the cels, won't you?
[MOA] And, and I want to try voice acting.
[MC] Voice acting. You're thinking in that way.
[MOA] I want to record my voice in an anime.
[MC] Oh, Miss MOAMETAL, your facial expression in the live is splendid.
[MOA] Really?
[MC] Really. Like "eh", "uh". I feel as if I saw a musical.
[MC] Do you do it unconsciously?
[MOA] I'm never conscious of it.
[MC] You do it naturally, don't you? [MOA] Yes. Naturally.
[MC] It's awesome. [MOA] It's awesome, you know.
[MC] You're an actress. [MOA] Thank you so much.
[MC] OK.
Miss YUI, do you have some ideas?
[YUI] I hope that BABYMETAL will appear in a commercial message.
[MC] What kind of commercial do you hope to appear in?
[YUI] Well, I don't think in detail.
But I imagine holding products in our hands and saying "Such and such DES_". *[i]
[MC] Oh, good. This idea seems easy to materialize.
[YUI] I want to try. [MC] So good. So good.
And how about Miss SU?
[SU] We BABYMETAL hold up the slogan...
"Conquest of the World".
And we really have received many comments from around the world on YouTube.
And we really went to Singapore.
I hope people around the world to think "NANJA KORYA?" (=What's the f**k?). *16
I hope we will become such a group.
[MC] I see. It was interesting.
At last I'd like to receive the message to the audience.
As a representative, Miss SU, please.
[SU] On January 9th our debut major label single
"IJIME DAME ZETTAI" was released.
I think this tune is very characteristic of BABYMETAL.
And, since it contains a strong message,
I hope you to listen to it when you want a push-forward.
And I hope everyone to know BABYMETAL.
Dear audience, please try to listen to it.
[MC] I see. Thank you very much.
[SU] This was BABYMETAL.
[BM] See you.
[MC] Tonight's guests were BABYMETAL. Thank you. Good-bye.
[BM] Bye-bye. [SU] Thank you so much.