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It's going to start soon. Just a moment, please.
In Shiga Prefecture, on Lake Biwa,
there are a woman and a man whose hideaway is a certain stage.
The third-generation assistant: Nami IWASAKI,
and Reo TSUCHIYA (from RAG FAIR). *1
The special feast which is held in two consecutive nights.
That is...
the branch edition of Takanori NISHIKAWA's IE-NOMI!! *1
[reo] It's fine on the second day of the Inazuma Rock Festival.
Beside the stage, we are broadcasting "the branch edition of IE-NOMI".
Now we call today's first guests. Won't you introduce them?
[nami] They are the metal dance unit with the theme of the fusion of the idols and the metal.
Last year they became the youngest performers ever of the Summer Sonic Festival,
this year they have appeared on the Summer Sonic, the Rock In Japan Festival, etc.
and today, after two o'clock, they are going to perform as the first act of the main stage. *2
This is BABYMETAL.
[reo] Welcome, BABYMETAL!
[BM] We beg your kindness.
[reo] We beg your kindness, too. The awesome time has come.
Please introduce yourselves one by one.
I'm SU-METAL.
I'm YUIMETAL.
I am MOAMETAL.
We are BABYMETAL.
We beg your kindness.
[reo] It has come, the fusion of the idols and the metal.
[nami] Two are far apart.
[reo] I'm surprised the hybridism has progressed so far.
I'm sorry for calling you before your live performance instead of calling after it.
[BM] We are quite all right.
[reo] What do you usually do before the live performance?
[SU] Before the live performance, we usually do such as calisthenics (=warm up), vocal exercise,
and we often do our homework in our dressing room.
[reo] Here comes a comment becoming for the idols!
I'm very interested how come comments becoming for the metal.
How old are you now?
[SU] I am fifteen years old.
[YUI] We are fourteen years old. [MOA] Fourteen.
[reo] Nami is sixteen years old.
[MOA] Eh? [nami] Yes, I am.
[reo] They are the first guests younger than you.
[nami] I feel like being their elder sister.
[reo] Last night she said she was the youngest and was depressed.
[nami] They are very cute.
[reo] Do you know BABYMETAL?
[nami] Yes. I love BABYMETAL.
[BM] Thank you very much.
[reo] She likes the idols very much.
By the way, your theme is the fusion of the idols and the metal.
Why do you start the metal music?
What has taken you to the metal?
[MOA] What has brought us to the metal is...
Well, BABYMETAL always follow the oracles of the Fox God.
[reo] Fox God?
[MOA] Yes. The Fox God recruited SU-METAL, YUIMETAL and MOAMETAL
as the members of BABYMETAL. That was the start.
[reo] Oh, there are many things around you. Well, Fox God.
[nami] It's their background story, you know?
[reo] The sign shown before is that of the Fox God, isn't it? [BM] Yes, it is.
[reo] But let me say my personal impression.
I guess you had not listened to the metal until you became BABYMETAL.
Excuse me for saying my biased view.
[YUI] No. I had not listened to it.
[reo] You say it? Is it OK?
Doesn't the Fox God get angry?
[nami] Because the oracle of Fox God led them to the metal... [MOA] I think it's OK.
[YUI] Yes. Until I started BABYMETAL activity, I had not listened to the metal,
and when I saw the metal musicians on TV, I felt the ones with white makeup looked like ghosts.
I had a scary impression about the metal.
[reo] They really look like ghosts. [nami] It was natural you felt it scary.
[reo] That is what the metal is like.
Now such (young) BABYMETAL appear on various music festivals.
What interesting points do you feel the music festivals have different from solo concerts?
[SU] This summer we have had many chances to appear on the music festivals.
Until then, we had held not a few solo concerts,
so, when we appeared on the music festival for the fist time,
I found the audience got less lively than that of our solo concerts,
and I felt somewhat lonely...
[reo] Yes. Sometimes a music festival is like an away game.
[SU] Yes. But I am happy feeling the first-time audience watching us.
And we usually perform at last a tune named "Ijime, Dame, Zettai"...
[reo] Oh, the title can't be imagined to be the metal music.
[SU] In that tune, the chant "Ijime, Dame" appears in chorus,
and the chorus is repeated three times, First, second, third...
more audience jump with us than before. I'm glad to see that.
[reo] Yes. Captivating the audience like that is the joy of the music festivals.
[SU] Yes. I feel very good.
[reo] And how do you feel the atmosphere of Inazuma Rock Festival?
It will begin soon.
[YUI] When I arrived here, I was surprised to see the site is very close by the lake.
And, at the catering service, I ate very delicious Omi beef. I was glad for that. *3
[reo] Oh, you haven't shown any air of the metal yet. I'm looking forward to the live performance.
I wonder how the idols and the metal are fused.
[nami] I think this gap attracts the fans much.
[reo] By the way, is this your first visit to Shiga Prefecture?
[MOA] Well, MOAMETAL lived in Aichi Prefecture. *4
I have visited and sailed around the Lake Biwa before,
but this is my first performance in Shiga, so I am very tense now.
[reo] I see. And how about SU-METAL and YUIMETAL?
Is this your first visit to Shiga? [SUYUI] Yes, it is.
[reo] Now you are in Shiga. What is the impression of Shiga?
[SU] Well, the Lake Biwa is huge...
[reo] The wind from it is comfortable, isn't it? [SU] Yes, it is.
[reo] They can go to various places since their youth like this. I envy them.
[reo] I look at them fully from the guardian's viewpoint. I apologize for it.
[nami] You look nothing but their daddy.
[reo] Well, have you met Mr. NISHIKAWA yet?
[YUISU] No, we haven't.
[reo] Alright. He was brushing his teeth over there just before. [nami] By a big tooth brush.
[reo] His mouth is like the metal music.
I hope you will go and see his look.
By the way, as you said before, you go to high school while you perform on the concert, don't you?
[BM] Yes.
[reo] How about the homework and the live performance?
[reo] Can they be fused?
[MOA] The fusion of them...
Well, BABYMETAL go to school in the disguise to avoid public notice.
[reo] Awesome! Mr. Fox tells you to do like that.
[nami] It's not good to call him "Mr. Fox". *5
[reo] When you go to school, you disguise yourselves.
[MOA] I disguise myself.
[staff] They are like Daemon Kogure. *6
[reo] You are like the members of Seikimatsu. I see.
[SU] They are younger than me
and they study at school now what I have studied before.
I teach them it and feel like their elder sister. I am glad for that.
[nami] You look like their elder sister.
[reo] Then do you basically hide that you are BABYMETAL when you are in school?
[MOA] Yes, I do. [reo] Hiding like this. [SU] Yes.
[reo] Nami, do you have any questions as BABYMETAL's fan?
[nami] Well..., when you are told to do the metal music...
I can put nothing but the same question.
[reo] Well, I know nothing but the rare metal about the metal.
[nami] Well, have you felt like wearing more frilly costumes?
Do you feel like asking Mr. Fox for it?
[reo] Do you feel like wearing the costumes more becoming to the idols?
[nami] Have you felt like such as pink frilly costumes?
[SU] Eh? But this costume is also cute... [MOA] mmm...
[SU] And we have little other chances to wear a costume like this.
[nami] Rather it is your character. It's rare to be seen. [SU] So I am glad.
[reo] And they will appear first on today's stage.
[nami] Do you want to watch their performance?
[reo] Yes. Here we can hear the sound from the stage.
I am much looking forward to BABYMETAL performance.
Well then, you should go and prepare for the live performance.
[nami] I'm sorry to tell the end of the interview.
If you have something to announce, take this opportunity, please.
[SU] Yes. We will hold our solo concert on Nov. 21st at Makuhari Messe. *7
[SU] Please come and join us. I beg your kindness. [YUIMOA] I beg your kindness.
[reo] This was BABYMETAL's announcement.
Now can we play their tune? Their music video?
[nami] Yes, we can. At last we will say goodbye with this tune.
[nami] I beg BABYMETAL to introduce the tune. [reo] I beg.
[SU] Yes....
Please listen to "Megitsune" by BABYMETAL.
[reo] Yeah, this was BABYMETAL. Thank you very much for watching our program.
[nami] Thank you very much. [BM] Thank you very much.
See you!