Recently, with the Sonisphere performance, there was a bit of discussion that BABYMETAL were accepted because people "got it." But what is there to get?
I mean, okay, it's cool that the crowd generally enjoyed seeing them, but, for me, putting it due to that reason reduces the band down to a gimmick or a novelty. It felt like it was wrongly being said that they're not to be taken seriously but lightly, as only something that is fun, or maybe even as a joke.
Maybe I'm missing something here because I'm not a metalhead, but I see BABYMETAL as more than a mere gimmick; I see them as the real deal. Of course, they're a whole lot of fun and I love that, but they're completely professional in what they do in this new genre of kawaii metal.
Or, maybe I'm totally overlooking the manufactured part. I dunno. While I do acknowledge this, I guess through my personal bias I tend to want to believe that they're not as manufactured as it's generally made out to be.
And I suppose there's then that whole corny opening they do, what with the "Star Wars" parody and all. That probably only adds on to the lighthearted, gimmick perception.
What do you guys think?