When it comes to influences, we are influenced not just by Japanese and overseas metal acts, but J-pop acts too. One Japanese rock band we're particularly fond of is Seikima-II. We were attracted by their brand of devil imagery and of course, their high-quality musicianship.

Suzuka Nakamoto

Babymetal's music is something that no artist has attempted in the past, uniting people as one by crossing language barriers and national boundaries. It was a huge revelation when we realized that our music has such power.

Suzuka Nakamoto

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In the 'Doki Doki Morning' video, there were lots of parts where we weren't dancing. It was just, you know, our faces. But fans thought up their own movements and dances for those parts, and they made lots of outfits, too.

Suzuka Nakamoto

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There's a shift and a change in how we've matured to becoming adults. 'Elevator Girl' represents our maturity.

Suzuka Nakamoto

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Like Muse and Linkin Park, we are also striving to be the one and only to create a new genre called BABYMETAL. We hope to be as cool as them.

Suzuka Nakamoto

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It's always fun to see fans getting into the rhythm, enjoying our performance, and seeing them sing along with us!

Suzuka Nakamoto

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Eating good food energizes me.

Suzuka Nakamoto

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It didn't really sink in for me when I first heard that we would be supporting RHCP. But when I heard people around us commenting on how incredible it is to be on tour with such a celebrated band, that's when it finally sunk in and realised what a remarkable honour it is to tour with RHCP.

Suzuka Nakamoto

Men Would Wit

The surprising thing is when we met Judas Priest, they all recognized us. They knew our songs. They knew 'Gimme Chocolate!' and started dancing along with the music.

Suzuka Nakamoto

Music Art Wit

We've noticed that even though we sing in Japanese, our fans study Japanese and sing along with us, and that people who like J-pop and people who like metal both enjoy our music just the same.

Suzuka Nakamoto

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The theme of 'Karate' is about fighting yourself to break down barriers and move forward.

Suzuka Nakamoto

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When people saw us for the first time they were just open-mouthed. Then they really got into it and started wearing Babymetal T-shirts.

Suzuka Nakamoto

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My mum wasn't the sort of person who would ordinarily listen to heavy metal. But she thinks Babymetal's songs are cool. She's a big fan.

Suzuka Nakamoto

Cool Would Who

We've taken Japan's 'idol' music genre of pretty girls singing and dancing and added 'kawaii metal,' which is totally new.

Suzuka Nakamoto

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Our goal is not to be number one. Our aim is to be the only one.

Suzuka Nakamoto

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I would describe our concerts as pretty intense.

Suzuka Nakamoto

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One thing that brings everyone together are the lyrics. Even if the people singing don't know the Japanese words, they still sing along.

Suzuka Nakamoto

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The Fox God created Babymetal by coming to us in a dream and telling the three of us to form the band. It is because of the Fox God that we are able to be who we are and perform all over the world.

Suzuka Nakamoto

God World Who

There's no-one in particular that we look up to, because we strive to be something that's never gone before.

Suzuka Nakamoto

Art Use Us

Our fans are made up of different groups of people: people who enjoy this Japanese idol scene, versus metal fans. The crowd is disorganised because everyone is reacting to the band in a different way.

Suzuka Nakamoto

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Gabrielle Aplin is one of my favourites.

Suzuka Nakamoto

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We are pioneers of creating a new genre of metal.

Suzuka Nakamoto

I learned to say 'hello' in German, French, Spanish, Dutch, Chinese, Indonesian, and Italian - languages of the countries I've visited.

Suzuka Nakamoto

I am sure there are some people who say that we are not metal, but we want to create a new genre that will appeal to people of all ages, both boys and girls.

Suzuka Nakamoto

When we first started out, we had no idea what metal music was all about. But now we listen to everything from cute songs to all sorts of metal music.

Suzuka Nakamoto

Through playing so many shows now outside of Japan, what I realize the most is that there is a very diverse fan base that comes to our shows. Sometimes you see older people, younger people, kids, female, male, a lot of different demographics, people from different backgrounds as well.

Suzuka Nakamoto

For me, every time I step on the stage it feels like a battle is about to start. It's not like we're going on stage to fight against our audience obviously, because for me, when I go on stage, I'm always trying to reach a new level of how am I going to make today a great night for everyone that's present.

Suzuka Nakamoto

We feel it's really interesting to see how our music translates to such a broad audience.

Suzuka Nakamoto

When it comes to influences, we are influenced not just by Japanese and overseas metal acts, but J-pop acts too. One Japanese rock band we're particularly fond of is Seikima-II. We were attracted by their brand of devil imagery and of course, their high-quality musicianship.

Suzuka Nakamoto

In the beginning, Babymetal received critical comments since the genre was new, but now we have an impression that Babymetal's music is getting accepted and spreading as one genre of music.

Suzuka Nakamoto

We are aiming to create a one and only new music genre that exceeds the limits of pop and metal music.

Suzuka Nakamoto

We want to gather everyone together as one, transcending any barrier of language and culture.

Suzuka Nakamoto

Our aim is to bring everyone together through BABYMETAL's music.

Suzuka Nakamoto

We never imagined ourselves in this unbelievable situation that we're in today such as having concerts all over the world and we believe this is all given to us by the Fox God.

Suzuka Nakamoto

We don't really know a lot about the Fox God, but we believe in him.

Suzuka Nakamoto

We always do this fox sign that appears in our choreography very often. Our fans enjoy doing this sign together at our shows.

Suzuka Nakamoto

In Singapore, when we actually met foreign fans and talked to them, it was like 'Wow! They really exist!'

Suzuka Nakamoto

While we don't always 'get' metal, we're doing our very best.

Suzuka Nakamoto

In the beginning I thought that metal was something scary, but I learned how thoughtful and amazing metal is. I'm so honored to be a part of it.

Suzuka Nakamoto

I don't expect for people to like the same things, so I don't feel a need to force people to understand who we are.

Suzuka Nakamoto

The American audience has always without fail shown us very real emotions. We always try to just be ourselves and show them who Babymetal are.

Suzuka Nakamoto

We came to be Babymetal after receiving a divine message from the Fox God.

Suzuka Nakamoto

We have never met the Fox God in person but he assigns us inconceivable challenges, so he is crucial for the progress and growth of Babymetal.

Suzuka Nakamoto

We're girls and we're feminine so it naturally comes into the music but at the same time we intentionally put beauty and females and also Japanese culture J-pop into the music so it creates unique music.

Suzuka Nakamoto

Sometimes metal music tends to be very masculine, but because our version of metal is a fusion of dance and heavy metal, all the mixing will create a very different type of music and the female aspect of it will help to create more uniqueness to it.

Suzuka Nakamoto

A collaboration with Rob Halford, the 'Metal God,' has always been my dream. I never imagined that dream would come true!

Suzuka Nakamoto

I've often been asked, 'aren't you going to sing in English?' So I'm very glad to have a song in English.

Suzuka Nakamoto

I cherish our songs in both Japanese and English.

Suzuka Nakamoto

Our sound is really hard metal but looks cute, and in some parts of the song the lyrics are really cute.

Suzuka Nakamoto

We already knew that Glastonbury is one of the largest music festivals. We always wanted to perform here, and it's like a dream. It's really amazing.

Suzuka Nakamoto

There's so many things about Babymetal you cannot just grasp with the sound. The visual has to compliment the sound, the costumes have to compliment the sound.

Suzuka Nakamoto