MEET THE BAND
WHEN BABYMETAL BURST onto the scene with the sugar rush of Gimme Chocolate!! in 2014, some wondered if they would be a one-hit wonder novelty band. When Yuimetal, one of their three original members, departed in 2018 due to health concerns, the naysayers piped up again. Surely the band were done now? But they’ve continued to move forwards – first as a duo, and now as a trio again with new member Momometal, who was officially announced in April, and who we speak to for the first time in this issue.