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BABYMETAL share final song ahead of new album THE OTHER ONE

Watch the lyric video for BABYMETAL’s new song Mirror Mirror – the final track to be previewed from tomorrow’s album THE OTHER ONE.

BABYMETAL share final song ahead of new album THE OTHER ONE
Words:
Emily Carter

With just one day to go until BABYMETAL’s new album THE OTHER ONE, the band have shared a final preview for fans: the glorious Mirror Mirror.

In the current print issue of Kerrang!, musical mastermind KOBAMETAL told us of the track: “Mirror, mirror on the wall… this song embodies a parallel world where the world inside the mirror and the world of reality go back and forth. Is what you see in the mirror your true self, or the self you wish to be?”

In our 4/5 review of THE OTHER ONE as a whole, meanwhile, we enthused how the “Japanese kawaii metallers have crashed back to Earth with some of their strongest material to date” – read more here.

Watch the lyric video for Mirror Mirror below:

THE OTHER ONE is released on March 24 via Cooking Vinyl.

Pick up the current issue of Kerrang! for a huge interview with BABYMETAL, and grab a limited-edition bronze vinyl here.

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