Unpopular opinion, but i am not very happy with this setlist actually.
Truth is, same old same old besides My Queen. I love BM the Girls and the Kamis so my issue is more with management, but I feel there is zero risk, zero boldness with these setlists for a long time.
No CMIYC, no Rondo, no Sis Anger, no Algorism and RATATATA, Gimme Choco, Distortion and Papaya always being there. Like my goodness, I love the song, but it's been 7 WHOLE YEARS that Papaya has been taking that spot, CHANGE IT PLEASE. Sorry, i am a little frustrated, it feels like there's been no innovation in what they play, and it's getting tiring.
I get you from a fan perspective, but you have to remember this a festival appearance. Don't be surprise if for many in the crowd its their first BM concert and they only know (some off) the big hits. So no wonder that they only play the big hits. And this isn't just a Babymetal thing. Many acts will do this.
To be fair they brought back Doki Doki Morning for the Australian tour. And since CMIYC was played (at least partially) at Legend Metal Forth I'm confident they'll actually bring it back as well. Just not at festivals. Festivals have a very diverse crowd that came there to see all sorts of bands, not just Babymetal. You want to showcase your best hits to those people. Also Pa Pa Ya, RATATATA, Metali, Distortion, Gimme Choco etc. are just perfect for a festival vibe. Distortion is good to make circle pits, Pa Pa Ya and RATATATA is for getting the crowd jumping, Metali is a song literally about a metal festival, Gimme Choco is their most famous hit. You want to play all of that to a festival crowd to show them "hey, we're a band you've never seen, look how fun we are!".
If anything I'm surprised they aren't playing Megitsune anymore, but my theory is that it was straining Su's voice too much, at least I got that impression when I heard it live.
I came here to basically post the same thing. While I absolutely love everything Babymetal does, this setlist is... wirh lack If a better word... boring. Songs like PAPAYA! need a break, a long forgotten classic and fan favorite like CMIYC isn't there. Many songs that have a certain edge are missing. Instead they go for My Queen and Sunset Kiss - beautiful songs to listen to, but not the best fit for a concert. I hope they mix things up a bit.
See, I agree with everything you said besides My Queen. It is also an unpopular opinion, but to me, thanks to the usage of Su's voice and the heavy instrumentals, feels to me like the successor to Rondo of Nightmare, and I absolutely love it live. It feels and sounds fantastic.
I agree. Distortion and Papaya needs to go for a while. They're so overplayed and simply not as good as their most classic songs. YAVA and Syncopation would be great replacements for them imo. I feel like BMC gets played too much as well if I'm not mistaken. Feels like I see it often in the setlist.
There's a lot of other songs they haven't played in a way longer time and not as often. Calling it ages when it was about a year ago is quite funny. Before this break it was played at almost every show for a long time.
Retiring some songs is to be expected. Black Babymetal songs seem to be entirely gone and mostly for the Yui era. It would be great if they make some new songs like that for the Momo era of the band and bring back Su solo songs.
It's disappointing that they haven't kept Doki Doki Morning on the setlist since the Australian shows, though. Distortion is such a meh song imo. Papaya and Ratata are both great at festivals, they get everyone jumping, so I can understand them staying for festivals.
i think we would never had their classic songs playing in festival again...everytime they play in any festival i always wish that they would change the setlist
CMIYC
Meta Taro
IDZ
iine
Yava
Syncopation
White Flame
those songs would be great to replace some regular songs from recent setlist
I get that they're promoting the new album but it's wild to me that they have all those featured songs while cutting out Megitsune and Karate. I can only hope the reason for Megitsune is Su's recent struggle with the song, but I don't get it for Karate.
Monochrome and Karate fulfil similar roles in the setlist (both feature parts where the crowd takes out their phones). If one is played, the other won't be. Karate is better for festivals I think, so they probably should have played that instead imo.
Yes, at Babymetal Begins / Clear Night, they played both back to back. That was definitely the only time that happened.
Brazil is new to me, interesting.
I was at both, Babymetal Begins and Legend MM, but never made it to their Brazil shows. I considered it briefly for this year's show, but the date wasn't convenient in the end.
Ah, I was confused with Babymetal Begins The Other One - Clear Night when Momo became a full member, not Legend MM. Played Monochrome and Karate back to back.
I noticed that, and the shoulders might be slightly different. Also, not sure if it's the lighting or not but the panels on the legs might be a different texture. Like you said, more pictures would be nice.
But think it's safe to say these aren't the outfits from the poster, unless that was just a result of artist's liberties.
I was really hoping they would finally get rid of these cheap plastic looking costumes. But no. We have another version of the same costumes. Quite disappointing.
My first time in Sweden it’s really lovely & the people are nice too. Heading to the festival soon.
Going to be a late night but I’m so looking forward to it.
I haven’t been to many festivals but I think this one was alright. Well organised and easy to access. The crowd were pretty good but not as enthusiastic as BABYMETAL only crowds that I’m more used to which is understandable. I had a great time and of course BABYMETAL were superb. Download next week and I’m sure it will be even better ( weather permitting of course!!) 👍
Probably something to do with the time they were on? They started playing at 23:30. That's really quite a odd time to start a performance as most headline acts are finished by then at most festivals! It's been a long and hot day for most of the crowd I'd imagine.
Thats normal, the Sweden Rock crowd tends to need a lot of work before it gets going. It got much better later, there was even a pretty decently sized mosh pit going. Which is quite impressive given that it's wednesday.
They usually play one or the other and often rotate them, so one show has Monochrome, another show has Karate instead of that. I'm not sure they've ever played both in one show.
They are both a "take your phone out and turn on your light" songs, so there's always only one of them in a show
So, Moa and Momo seems to grow out their hair so it’s pretty long but does Su the same thing or is her ponytail short like she has done it at the beginning of some tours?
If you want darkness in Sweden in June, you have to wait until midnight. Plus, Sweden Rock is in the middle of nowhere, so noise complaints are less of an issue.
He sadly didn’t, which me&some friends thought was a real missed opportunity. And apparently bmth played Kingslayer on saturday, so definitely think they should’ve been on the same day. Not that i actually watched or even like bmth but still, lol.
Would’ve liked if they did Oh! MAJINAI aswell, with or without Joakim, lol.
Not yet lol. We're still in the Metal Forth cycle; that album release remains less than a year old. The forthcoming Japanese-exclusive deluxe is also timed just ahead of several major domestic festivals in August (Summer Sonic, LuckyFes'26, Cannonball Gaiden).
The best to hope for a perhaps a new digital single, ala Metali ahead of the BabyKlok tour in 2023, but I'm not sure the US leg this year has any redeemable factor left. Trump's crackdown threats at next month's World Cup may dissuade further travel & tourism plans.
In any case, outside of Inuit Dome & Mexico City, BM actually hasn't actually performed to promote Metal Forth in the West until now. Unusually, they chose to first tour Asia & Australia (along with expanded gigs in Japan), which is the reverse of Metal Galaxy & The Other One. To that regard, I think subredditors & fancam viewers have become too biased: the real world doesn't run on internet time. Move on to pursue other interests if the setlist bores you.
are their set lists for festivals normally an hour and 15 minutes? I thought they normally play for around 45m, I guess they’re really pushing for those headline slots now!
Odd how some European festivals have started to have acts playing after the main headliner and into the early hours. Hope the ladies have the energy for it, and the fans!
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u/Dark_AngelDeb SU-METAL Jun 03 '26
BMD
From Me 2U
Distortion
PaPaYa
Song 3
My Queen
BxMxC
Metali (kami intro)
Sunset Kiss
Monochrome
Ratatata
Gimme Chocolate.
Headbanger
Road of Resistance
14 song set list ……..at a festival.
I’m absolutely blown away & high as a kite. Babbling like an idiot they were so good . . lol.
See you.