Kawaii metal

[7] Kawaii metal gained international popularity in 2014, when the group Babymetal uploaded a song to Youtube called "Gimme Chocolate!!

"[8] Angelica Wallingford of City Times opined that Babymetal's eponymous debut album had pioneered the kawaii metal musical genre.

[10] While discussing Babymetal, The Sydney Morning Herald's Rob Nash stated that the genre consisted of "sugary pop melodies over thrash metal".

"[13] Discussing Ladybeard, and Ladybaby, Jake Cleland of The Sydney Morning Herald defined the genre as "saccharine pop with his heavy metal growling".

[14] Alex Weiss of Paper defined the genre as "hard rock with sugary sweet pop hooks".

Kawaii metal pioneers Babymetal , performing in The O2 Arena London in 2016.
Kawaii metal band Deadlift Lolita in 2017.