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Eleanor Goodman

"It's about seeking infinite possibilities and walking a path no one has travelled before." How Babymetal are embracing the future of metal on new album Metal Forth

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Babymetal are partying in a karaoke room, vibing with the music and sipping on colourful cocktails, when Electric Callboy vocalists Kevin Ratajczak and Nico Sallach burst through the wall. Soon the bands are dancing and duetting in a hall full of firework showers, flashing lights and sparkly disco balls.

This is the video for last year’s Ratatata – a high-energy, dopamine-releasing collab single that became a phenomenon, and currently has 42 million views on YouTube. On Spotify, it’s at 77 million streams, making it Babymetal’s biggest song on the platform after breakout hit Gimme Chocolate!! (115 million streams). When the band debuted it in the UK at 2024’s Download festival, even during a set interrupted by torrential rain, it went off – something that was repeated at shows across the continent.

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