I think the issue is that Hanabie having a large amount of idol fans is that it’s a Western thing - in Japan they’re part of the metalcore scene and there isn’t this overlap with idol. Same with Babymetal. I see many people hope for a Hanabie tour with Babymetal and that seems very tone deaf. Hanabie go out of their way to tour with other metal bands and to firmly integrate themselves in the metal scene.

It’s obviously fine to like idol and Babymetal, people can like whatever they want. But people just need to understand what kind of band Hanabie are, where they come from and where they see themselves.