The new prime minister of Japan is a metalhead
If you follow the Japanese music scene at all, you’ll know that there are dozens and dozens of excellent all-female (or majority female) metal bands. If you haven’t checked out BAND-MAID, Nomophila, Hanabie, DOLL$BOXX, Aldious, Lovebites, and, of course, BABYMETAL, do it now. You’ll be astounded.
Sanae Takaichi is Japan’s new prime minister. Not only is she the country’s first female PM but she’s also a metal. At 64, she grew up on Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, and Iron Maiden. She’s also a drummer and an alumnus of a metal band in university. Takaichi had a reputation of playing so hard that she always carried no fewer than four pairs of sticks because they tended to break under her Dave Grohl-like power.
She still plays, too, although not in a band. Takaichi has an electronic kit set up in the house. She told CNN. “I play after [my husband] goes to sleep” and plays when she needs to alleviate some stress. She talked more about her love of metal on the BABYMETAL podcast.
I want someone to ask Karoline Leavitt about Trump’s drumming skillz. Her answer would be so awesomely fake. But you know that some MAGAt is currently working on an AI clip of Trump behind a kit twice the size of anything Neil Peart ever used.
Photo courtesy Sana Takichi.
