Babymetal. Oh Babymetal. If you’ve not seen Babymetal, you haven’t lived. Or at least, you haven’t experienced the heady mix of confusion, adrenaline and side order of “is this, y’know, ok?” that comes with the Japanese sort-of-metal-sort-of-J-poppers.
American TV audiences certainly weren’t expecting the Fox God Inquisition, that’s for sure, when the band made their US telly debut on Stephen Colbert’s The Late Show.
“I’m not sure what I’m about to see,” he explained, “but I’m pretty excited about it.”
Still, you can always rely on our stateside friends for one thing.
#LSSC #LateShow @StephenAtHome Baby Metal's noise is satanic!! This is TERRIBLE!!
— Kristi_Kille (ASCAP) (@KristiLuvsJesus) April 6, 2016
Yep. Great isn’t it?