One of my favorite Babymetal performances ever was at this concert series at the Budokan. “Akatsuki” live 2021 is absolutely insane, it’s a solo performance by Su and she absolutely kills it

👍👍An awesome performance. Su's vocals are breathtaking. 🤗    🦊      🖖❤

Great song - and a very rare performance.  It was on the international release of the second album in 2016 (the Japanese release had 'Syncopation' - another great song - instead).
It had only ever been played live once before this - at the Hollywood Palladium in 2017.  The video for that performance was never released because of some sort of copyright issue, so we only had fancam videos to watch or to prove it had ever happened at all.

When a fan vote was being taken to get the 10 most popular songs for the 10th anniversary "best of" album a fan campaign had 'From Dusk Till Dawn' voted in.  In the end it didn't make it onto the album, but we did finally get the two new live performances and the pro-shot video we had been craving when they played it at two of the 10 Budokan 2021 concerts.

You wanted something different to 'Headbanger' - I'd say you got that.  Unlike a lot of their songs, 'From Dusk Till Dawn' isn't a song that is designed for you to dance along.  This one is all about the atmosphere it creates.

Thanks again from Japan 有難う💛。This song has been performed only 3 times to date. Only a limited number of fans who were at Hollywood Palladium on June 16, 2017 had been privileged to experience this song for 4 years. On February 16, 2021, when the intro started, everyone at Budokan (including me) was firstly shocked and gradually god excited understanding what was going to happen. At the end of the song, however, everyone got confused with what he / she witnessed because it was too surprising and mesmerizing. On the following day (Feb.17), the audiences came to the venue expecting the setlist would remain the same and FDTD would be played again. Once this song started, many of them (including me) just stared at the stage without moving as if they were trying to burn the performance into their retinas. Su-Metal did it perfectly. "In the end !" Ethereal voice. And Moa and Momoko did perfect choreo like angels smoothly dancing around the goddess. Oh! I actually saw and listened to it twice for sure, but still "was it real?" (Even after viewed it in Blu-ray video)

2021 Momo was still an Avenger. She was announced as an official member at the PIA Arena 2023 show at the end of the first night (Black Night), and the first show as an official member was on the second night (Clear Night).

Whe you see Su don't move a lot while singing, it means that song is difficult.

Nice reaction Abi!💖
My favorite song "From Dusk Till Dawn".
The first time I heard it, I had goosebumps all over my body, I was so impressed and amazed by SU's vocal skills!😍🦊

Absolutely awesome.  BABYMETAL are great.    Su is incredible.

This is one of the reasons we call her Queen SU.

Moa's little solo in the middle is such a treat :)

Su's incredible voice, Moa's effective voice, and the beautiful arpeggio at the end all maximize the meditative nature of this song. Along with Shine, this is my absolute favorite song.

IN THE NAME OF - Budokan 2021. One of my favorite songs in the entire BABYMETAL discography.

Nice one, thanks! Your mic sounds perfectly, btw.
"FDTD" is considered a rarity for many reasons: style, vocals, language, song's release and live history, etc.
Regarding the musical style, this is a rare mix of dream trance with metal. Vocally, the song starts with some of Su-metal's falsetto (not the first time we hear her doing it) and it's crazy... But it's even more impressive when she sings those crazy notes in her head voice with full power. Lyrics are fully in English (which is still a rarity now) and they only released it on the international version of the Metal Resistance album but not on the domestic (Japanese) version which includes "Syncopation" instead. The song premiered live in 2017 at Hollywood Palladium but they got some issues with the live footage (apparently regarding copyright, which is kinda ironic) and it wasn't performed again until 2021at the Budokan, where is this footage from.
The Nippon Budokan stadium is one of the most exclusive venues in Japan. Most artists consider performing there a life goal.
🤘🦊

In our area we call it night.😁

A hidden gem in a hidden haystack of a song.
Su was singing in falsetto or head voice that's why it's higher and sounds different. No FX there.
And you're thinking of Dubstep genre. Which Babymetal has used quite a few in earlier songs. Funny you mention Skrillex, Babymetal has made a cameo appearance at one of Skrillex shows in Japan in the past.

Next, I would suggest:
Babymetal - "iine" Live at PIA Arena 2023. (Often mistaken as "Line". It's their 2nd ever song release)

Anyway, keep diving into the Foxhole! 🦊🦊🦊

This song was during the Avenger era and the version I have seems to depict the story behind this song and totally makes sense to me.
I think it was at a time when they were about to give up.
The words spoken by Moa, the verses, the chorus......
The video I have shows compilations of Yui to start with....then shows just Su and Moa which is the part that really tugs the heart strings because just the 2 meet with their kitsune at center stage, then compilations of Momo and the smiles she brings to the band.....and ends showing just Su and Moa with their Kitsune once again......with Momo adding hers a few seconds after and I'm sure you can see the tears starting up in Su's eyes at that moment.
This song always gets my feelers going.....💜❤

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I was at the Hollywood Palladium for the world premiere of this song back in 2017.
More importantly, also in the audience that night were Su's Mom and Dad.
Would have loved to see one of the two Budokan 2021 performances.
They took it to a new level.
Even though they had a full camera crew, apparently there were rights issues that prevented the pro-shot footage from the Palladium concert from being released.
Fortunately we now have pro footage from the 2021 Budokan concerts, even if it's only included on the most expensive, "THE ONE" fanclub only complete edition.
'From Dusk Till Dawn' was on the international edition of the second album, 'Metal Resistance'.
The domestic (Japanese) edition had 'Syncopation' instead.

Great reaction as always! This is such a beautiful song. Portraying the descent into the madness of midnight, before the sudden ascension into the warm sunlight of dawn. Reflected instrumentally, with the lighting, and Su’s angelic vocals.

Also, speaking of Skrillex, look up Babymetal and Skrillex doing Gimme Chocolate together live!

And you are correct on Momo still being an Avenger!

Next suggeation: YAVA! (Legend MM), with the Kami Band intro. A song literally about “being different” and not knowing how to accept it. A fun jab at the early Babymetal haters 😂.

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Damn! you upgraded the hell out of your stream audio XD and as always, great reaction :)

I believe she's using a limiter filter and reverb. So she's hitting all those notes, it's just ending the highs abruptly and adding some sustain to the tail. Always a pleasure to see an upload from you :)

Edit: Oh! if you want to see another performance where they perform on a video platform, Pa Pa Ya is an amazing performance. The pre-Momo version with F. Hero is awesome. (Pa Pa Ya is pretty recent too)

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