In 2023, the band collaborated with the musician WurtS on the digital single “Vanilla Sky”.
On October 19, 2023, during a concert at KT Zepp Yokohama that was exclusively for members of Buck-Tick’s fan club, Sakurai was rushed to a hospital due to sudden signs of illness, abruptly ending the performance after only three songs. He died from a brainstem hemorrhage at the hospital later…
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Two kurofuku gentei gigs took place on December 17 and 18 at Saitama Super Arena.
Also in December 2022, a cover version of ” Korogaru Iwa, Kimi ni Asa ga Furu ” was used as the ending song for the finale of anime series Bocchi the Rock!
In December 2022, it was announced that the song “Shukuen” by Asian Kung-Fu Generation will be the theme song for the 12th opening of the anime series Boruto: Naruto Next Generations . The single with the same name will be released on February 8, 2023.
The second single from the album, “Monochrome”, was released on November 17 with a lyric video , a first for the band.
The lead single from the album, “Divine Attack (Shingeki)” ( Japanese : Divine Attack – 神撃 – ), was released on October 20, 2022. This is the first Babymetal song for which all lyrics were written by Nakamoto.
The Jubilee leg of the tour was held on October 20 and 22.
On October 18, 2022, Swedish metal band Sabaton announced that Babymetal would perform at their shows for the European leg of their world tour alongside Finnish band Lordi .
Babymetal announced their fourth album The Other One on October 11, 2022, which they revealed to be a concept album .