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Babymetal's fifth album "Metal Forth" dropped earlier today with lots of collaborations (www.youtube.com)
submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by RedSnt to c/music@beehaw.org
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Because the titles are missing the features, here's the full titles from Babymetal's wiki:

01. from me to u (feat. Poppy)
02. RATATATA (BABYMETAL x Electric Callboy)
03. Song 3 (BABYMETAL x Slaughter to Prevail)
04. Kon! Kon! (feat. Bloodywood)
05. KxAxWxAxIxI
06. Sunset Kiss (feat. Polyphia)
07. My Queen (feat. Spiritbox)
08. Algorism
09. METALI!! (feat. Tom Morello)
10. White Flame -白炎-

I particularly love "RATATATA" and "from me to u".

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[–] RedSnt 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Red flag how? I look at it like they're paying it forward. Babymetal wasn't exactly accepted with open arms, but so many artists stood up for them at the time of metal fans outcry, and now that Babymetal has achieved a fair bit of recognition, they're willing to collaborate with a lot of artists which aren't necessarily bigger than they are. The red flag flag should've been all of the posers trying to limit Babymetal to a box.

[–] wasabi@feddit.org 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

A ton of features often (not always) means either:

  • Artists feel pressured to release something but don't think they can write good enough songs at the moment
  • Management thinks the artist needs some help to stay relevant by attaching a lot of big or currently more trendy names to the songs
[–] RedSnt 1 points 1 month ago

I partly agree, I mean, lots of features is an easy escape from writing a full album. But "White Flame" imo shows that Babymetal are still on the track to evolve from j-pop.