"Ratatata" (stylized in all caps) is a song by Japanese kawaii metal band Babymetal and German Metal band Electric Callboy. It was released as a single on May 23,2024. [1] [2]
The song was used as the main theme for WWE's 2024 PPV Bash in Berlin. [3] and was later featured in the WWE 2k25 soundtrack.
The two bands later collaborated on an interactive mobile game,featuring "Ratatata" as the only song on its soundtrack. [4]
On May 16,2024,a teaser video surprisingly announced that the two bands would collaborate on new music. It was simultaneously announced that a single entitled "Ratatata" would be released the following week,on May 23. [5] [6] They debuted the song live together for the first time two days after the songs release on May 25 in Saitama,Japan as part of Babymetal's Fox Fest. [7]
Speaking for Consequence ,Jon Hadusek described the collaboration between the two bands as "two of the most prominent practitioners of “dance metal”and lives up to its billing. Tech-y metal riffs are infused into a pulsing EDM beat,over which Babymetal and Electric Callboy share vocal duties —the former handling the higher melodies and the latter providing the gutturals and metalcore vox. [8]
The music video for "Ratatata" was directed by the Schillobros and was released alongside the accompanying single on May 23,2024. [9]
As of April 2025,the music video for "Ratatata" has over 40 million views on YouTube. [10]
Credits adapted from Tidal. [11]
Babymetal
Electric Callboy
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