2:31 "It would also be her worst charting single up to that point." Mariya Takeuchi: "I guess you guys aren't ready for that yet, but your kids are gonna love it."
I was playing this song like two weeks ago, I had family over. My cousin hears this and he suddenly shouted “oh my God! Are you playing Plastic Love?” I told him yes and he went on saying “Wow I haven’t heard this song since I was stationed(US Army) in Japan in 1985.” “I first heard this song when walking around the shopping districts on my days off in Tokyo.” He sighed remembering his youth I assumed lol.
It's so weird it only lasted 2 weeks on the charts cause this strikes me as something that would 100% dominate the charts cause I just can't stop listening to it
I wouldn’t say it was ahead of its time. Rather it was just right for its time, so it didn’t stand out as much. Like mentioned above, I think nostalgia plays a big role in its popularity now.
KILLROY I highly agree! Heck, the man inspired legendary video game composer, Koji Kondo to create the Fairy Fountain theme (although the chords were first used in SMB3) from listening to his version of Morning Glory, another song his wife sung.
This song really popular on internet for western audiences only. When English streamer singing this song, Japanese comments how they never heard the song before.
@@antiquebeast I think it's that. I honestly forgot what the genre was. Probably that "new music". Far as I remember there is "new" in it. So yeah maybe
@@MinTruenoit's the same feeling i get with Frank Ocean's Pyramids. That song is darn near ten minutes but feels like a 4 minute song. That's how enjoyable it is.
My theory about why this song in particular found success in modern times is that it resurfaced during the time period in music where a single looping chord progression at a modest pace was very dominant in the indie music scene (not the genre indie, but in the literal 'independent' sense). Also, while not a one-progression song, Plastic Love very heavily leans on a derivative of the extremely popular IV-V-iii-vi chord progression that dominates eastern music to this day (you hear it eeeeeeverywhere in Japanese music, especially). It's just one of those songs that came back at the right time where the principles it was written on are back in style. If you listen to the songs that were higher in the popularity charts back in the mid/late 70s and early 80s in Japan, they really don't sound like Plastic Love. Just a thought I have. :)
Perhaps that is part of the big picture, but I give a lot of credit to the aggressive promotion it received from various youtube channels allowing it to trend, which caused it to make the rounds to the Japanese obsessed element in the western audience. I think it is a decent song, but it is by no means a masterpiece on any level.
Please....no.....it would stab the hearts of those with true ears. Over-hyping what is already over-hyped is cringe, suicide, and will be the destruction of Japanese 80s pop. Leave it in peace - let the gigantic wave of classic Japanese pop/funk go back to its calm state once again. TH-cam’s algorithm did more damage then good because people are dismissing it as a trend, vapor wave, future funk phase, without really appreciating the deeper discographies, bootlegs, live audio, demos and productions of these Japanese artists work.
@@organicwins91 gatekeeping much ? who cares if some people think its a trend , at least others would discover it and come to love it its not "cringe" or "suicide" , you're being a drama queen , its what you call "sharing" , something even kids would understand
The fact that it wasn't popular back then makes this even better. Like it was meant to be a song for the nostalgia without any real association or without actually trying
This song is definitely ahead of its time, but the funny thing is, it can throw us back to Japan in the 80's and makes us feel we do live during that period and have the vivid memory of it... 😁
This man just gaslit us, literally no one had these misconceptions (or really gave them thought) until he misled us to them and said we were wrong. I admire this video so much.
She did react to it publicly on interview! I remember watching a video where she was amazed by the impact it was having with foreign youth on internet and felt very thankful of it. Sadly I do not have the link at hand, the title was in Japanese and sent by someone else on the video from Plastic Lover which is no longer available since the release of the official MV on TH-cam...
Fun fact, she's also a songwriter, she's written songs for people like Akina Nakamori (Oh No, Oh Yes!) In which was covered in the cover album Request. Those were songs that she had written for others, but later covered herself.
"doesn't make your experience any less valid", dude are you kidding? these facts make the song EVEN MORE interesting! the world was meant to enjoy this groove one way or another
when i've became more of a city pop enthusiast, i've actually researched and learnt this stuff so i knew what was coming beforehand! for me, it didnt change the value but also made me think it fits more to the song because the song "Plastic Love" is, you know.. about fake affection..
I fought back small tears because you know this song is great and not only that but it pushed me to finally study Japanese and I can even speak a bit using a dictionary here and there. It is amazing how a single person that you never met can change your life just by uploading a video. This, studying Japanese, is the only accomplishment I made in the last 2 years. It is the only thing that makes me feel good about myself at this stage.
Thank you for mentioning the length of the song! I remember doing some research a few years ago and after listening to the album version realized that whoever had done the 7 minute mix had just repeated a few of the verses. It's a pretty seamless edit but it's basically a TH-cam original.
The song MUST HAVE a 40 episodes Drama serie, about a young girl, i love how sweet and innocente Mariya sounds in the song, it makes it that much more Nostalgic. And we all can relate to that. Story: guy travels accidentally to the past, meets a japanese High school female student in the 80s, we see the culture, places etc from the 80s, (Michael Jackson Bad tour, etc) then he has to come back alone to a future where Vaporwave is the trend, and he kinda moves on with another chick but he misses Mariya, (just the song's character not the actual musician) then Mariya comes to the future but she doesnt recognize him, but they have so much chemistry they fall in love again, representing plastic love as it really is. (Volatile) Then she remembers him from the past. Its a happy ending with Vaporwave, Private caller Saint Pepsi, and of Course Plastic Love, with even extended added Lyrics from Mariya to fit this story.
Sorry but I'd have to disagree, her actual love life is way better. This song was made with her husband Tatsuro Yamashita another extremely popular japanese pop artist.
I have to root for that other chick then, poor soul deserves better than just being a rebound girl for a random protagonist.. . . . . . . . . . Plot twist: that other chick is Mariya's descendant..
@@seandiaz5504 a series with two stories then? the making of the song by mariya and her husband and the story of the girl in the song. that would be very intsresting
Yamashita has a oldies radio program broadcasted nationwide on Sunday afternoons. Being old-school, he accepts comments not by emails or twitter but by postcards. Because people making comments has to go through that extra inconvenience, I would imagine they would be well thought out, as well as giving the staff less of a job sifting through the static. Being of the same generation as Yamashita, I love that I can sing along with most of the songs on his program. But sometimes he plays gems of the past that I've heard for the first time. Every years end, He invites he wife to do a program with him. It's a rare moment when you can hear the interaction of these two well established artists talk about their daily lives. When asked about how they feel about their sudden rise in fame on internet, they answered that they were puzzled and didn't know what to make of it.
@@skeletonman1126 Tatsu-roh Yama-shee-tah. Sounds in standard Japanese are consistent so ta, ya, ma have the same 'a' sound and shi is closer the the word 'she' than the word 'shit'. While they can be slurred, it's usually by skipping sounds or saying them more quickly rather than changing the sound itself.
I’ve always had a golden rule to not only listen to what’s popular. You discover so many stellar artists just by exploring and it’s genuinely more rewarding. Just about everyone listens to multiple genres, and it’s really difficult to learn all there is to know about the artists from all the genres there are, but just by delving into the unknown you find all sorts of things no one talks about or aren’t well known. It’s a feeling I never get tired of! One of my biggest fears in life is that I won’t be able to listen to all the music that has been or will be. It gnaws at me insatiably and continuously.
I've been very limited to one genre only and just now I'm beginning to understand that it doesn't matter what people think, it's about what you think. I don't know why I've just caught onto this basic fact but that's what being in the metal community does to you I guess
@@profanepropane recently ive been listening a lot to King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard but in terms of metal ive been listening to Demilich, Entombed and Crowbar most.
right? hair on point, bow tie, suspenders, with the white button up all in black and white? iconic and very modern compared to what the youth of today are wearing lol (especially when subverting gender norms and stereotypes during that time period)
@@skeletonman1126 elaborate what you mean. If you are talking about up to this point then that is bc of the popularity it’s gained now but as he said it most likely was liked as much as it is now back then
Hey, I don't know how this video got 50k views in the past month but thank you so much! I really appreciate it. I'm not sure if I have the time anymore to make another video, but this is really inspiring! This means a lot and seeing a lot of these comments really warms my heart. Love y'all! 2023 edit: Jesus christ this video seems to get picked up my the algorithm every so often and it's always exciting to see new people discovering it! I've been seeing a lot of comments ask similar questions so I thought I'd address them here. 1. The anime in the background is Cipher. It was an OVA produced in the 1980s for the Japanese home video market. It's been an in-joke between me and my friends as it has terribly cheesy covers of 80s hit songs and some of the worst English you'll ever hear in an ankle ever. Highly recommend it. 2. I'm aware the song is now on Spotify and I'm supremely happy about it! Listen to it constantly. Crazy to think since this video has come out that it now has a full music video and even charted AGAIN in Japan. This time it charted slightly higher than it originally did in the 80s which I find funny. 3. I know how awkward my voice sounds and I know that I mispronounced Tatsuro Yamashita in the whitest way possible. I cringe every time I hear it now
Hi I just found that video threw the algorithm, I hope to see more amazing high quality content of you, these 8:17 minutes where a pleasure to hear, your voice is really calm, thank you for the video :)
The string line at the turn around of the chorus was sampled in some 90s hip hop but I can’t remember the song… but props the producer for the knowledge of this very hidden gem at the time.
I knew all of this information already, as I had researched it myself before coming across this video, but thanks for sharing this with those who many not have known these facts. Well done!
Believe it or not I just found out about this song not through TH-cam through Spotify I listen to some Japanese music and the Friday night plans version came on and I’m in love with both versions
I have lived in Tokyo for the last 8 years and I can promise you that at a lot of Vinyl shops these days there are "City Pop" labeled sections, so the term is used in Japan as well.
I already knew about the first assumption because a friend of mine said so when he stayed at Japan for 4 years but the second and third really blew my mind. You deserve more subs btw!
Very well-spoken! There have been multiple remixes, but only one (1) has my heart. That would be by Astrophysics. THAT is a masterpiece, built upon a masterpiece.
Living in Japan for 2 years, I've never seen any Japanese person who knows the song who is NOT a chronically online young person. most people know about her tho, just not this song
i found plastic love because it got added in an update to taiko no tatsujin on ios. i had no idea there was this much online lore about this song. i was also really confused when i found the near 8 minute youtube video after listening to the original on apple music cus the intro felt a bit too long to me.
another really great video!! i can’t believe the quality of what you’ve been putting out; it’s really incredible! i’m loving learning about songs i know very little about and seeing your passion for them. i can’t wait for your next one!
OK, I will be honest: I cannot fathom the mentality of people who would change their opinion on a song based upon just what you've said here. I care about the song, not about which album it has been released on, what number it was on the charts or what was the cover. And frankly, I feel like people who _would_ change their opinion after that never really liked the song, they just said that because the song was popular.
Yeah, but if you refer to it as city pop in Japan, they may have no idea of what you are talking about. They would just call it jpop or "old pop" (I've seen a video of japanese being asked on the streets about city pop, and they had no idea of what it is)
I discovered that there is a Filipino song called "lumayo ka man sa akin" and the singer Rodel Naval go to Japan and heard the Mariya's song "Single again" and he made the song called "lumayo ka man sa akin" both of them are nice the "Single again" and the "Lumayo ka man sa akin"
Her music is now available in Spotify, but I'm still waiting on other city pop artist such as Meiko Nakahara and Tatsuro Yamashita to be available next.
My opinion remains unchanged. I love the song and still listen to it and enjoy it and that's all anyone should really care about. Great video, it was neat hearing about the song's origins.
I've been on a City Funk/ City pop trend for the past 2 years.... And I heard a different redention first and started this trend of listening to disco and 80s music from all different countries (i only know a lot of Mexican classics). Love Mariya's music. Its so easy to find songs that are similar and "what others listen to" and love creating playlists for that
I don't think there is anything wrong or bad because a photo isn't technically associated to an artist's works/song. We all have TH-cam to thank for introducing people to hidden gems of music around the world yet undiscovered. I just learned of Plastic Love and Mariya Takeuchi. Due to COVID, and isolated indoors, I've discovered so many talented artists and wonderful songs that it has reignited my love for music. I'm in my 50s. Child of the 80s...what a great era of music. Today's pop music leaves a lot to be desired. Albeit 4 years late, I discovered Dimash Kudaibergen (Qudaibergen) of Kazakhstan, my new favorite artist. The uncontested best singer in the world! Then there are: Hua Chenyu, Alan Dawa Dolma, Morissette Amon, Huang Xiaoyun, Zhou Shen, Max Oazo, 7and5, 2Cellos, Madis, State Azure, Nigel Stanford, Schiller, Aurora, Nightwish, etc. So many brilliant talents. Good times!
5:10 - I‘m going to say it. (: The b&w image we associate with Plastic Love today is a *much* better choice than the “trendy“ outfits you’ll see on some album covers and music videos. And also look up Alan‘s request for credit for the image on TH-cam which led to YT bolloxing up again. Thanks for the video!
I feel like I only started seeing this song everywhere after I listened to it... it only takes one person to use the song on Tik Tok and then EVERYONE acts like they’ve been listening to the song since it aired
I wish we knew who actually made the unofficial extended version, leading to Plastic Lover gracing us with the upload. They at least deserve big thanks for so wonderfully giving us more of what we love. Whoever, and wherever you are! ❤
Takeuchi Mariya is back on buses and billboards in Osaka... because she's back, baby. I have the Sweetest Music 45 (it was almost 300 USD on Yahoo auctions) just for the iconic cover art. Recently in Koreatown I found another release you missed: Midnight Nightingale, a 2001 collection by Moon Records and Warner Music of her singing classics with a more, erm, mature timber. Plastic Love is included mixed from the live album, Souvenir ~ Mariya Takeuchi Live and track four is the original Karaoke Track (7... minutes) with no vocals, just the backing track. The album code is WPCV-10081 I got it for 200 yen.
It’s funny because i only discovered plastic love after listening to a bunch of city pop on soundcloud. I never liked it but it introduced me to a bunch of other city pop songs.
Can we agree that the photographer who took that photo snapped a pure gem of a moment? What a beautiful image
@@jm52995 did you stutter while trying to shit talk 💀
Racism oh no.
Ikr
@@jm52995 based
@@jm52995 At least write with proper english grammar. You don't give off the racist vibe at all.
One thing thats confusing is that when you look up when Plastic Love was produced, it says 2001 and 1984-
The song messed up the space time
Maybe, she originally recorded plastic love in 1984 but afterwards, remastered it in 2001. This is just a theory though.
@@bb.939 that is definitely the case
True
i’m guessing it was remastered in 2001
PLASTIC LOVE is finally available on apple music and spotify!!
can you give me the spotify link please?
@@strawbvcandy open.spotify.com/track/3lq6i23fC6j1v1AR0GeNg8?si=kQDNJaPOQOe-07ixtyUglw
@@EVAN-cp7im ok thank you!
OMG I AM GLAAAAD
Nice!!
2:31 "It would also be her worst charting single up to that point."
Mariya Takeuchi: "I guess you guys aren't ready for that yet, but your kids are gonna love it."
I like that BTTF Reference
I get that reference.
WE REALLY DO
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great Scott!
I was playing this song like two weeks ago, I had family over. My cousin hears this and he suddenly shouted “oh my God! Are you playing Plastic Love?” I told him yes and he went on saying “Wow I haven’t heard this song since I was stationed(US Army) in Japan in 1985.” “I first heard this song when walking around the shopping districts on my days off in Tokyo.” He sighed remembering his youth I assumed lol.
That's amazing! That's so cool that he had an experience and you coincidentally played it at the right time.
So cool man 😃
@@sirblue5586 Sarcasm?
@@mr.l5438Nah, I was worried it would be sound sarcastic though.
It's quite nice when such an unexptected "link" exists
@ani a really? 😮🤯
for a small channel the quality of this video is amazing
Baqua
@@JGura baqua best girl
@@dokiiscute I aprob
onion
agreed. better production quality than some other "better" channels
She wasn’t actually playing games and she didn’t knew it was plastic love.
I laughed at this more than I should have.
very funny.
fact 4 it was true love
This comment is beauty.
Very funny, did laugh
Imagine doing reverse clickbait
Putting 3 lies to the title and actually giving 4 fun facts in the video
Just wonderful
lmao
guess i don't need to watch the video anymore
I'm your 1k likes.
@@symph0niz836 POG
Isn't the part where the song doesn't really popular in japan was true?, and if i remember correctly it blow up at 2018-2019 on youtube
It's so weird it only lasted 2 weeks on the charts cause this strikes me as something that would 100% dominate the charts cause I just can't stop listening to it
It was simply ahead of it's time.
nostalgia or the nostalgic vibe of the song plays a part in its success now (on top of being a good song ofc)
QueuedJar is just right. It was ahead of its time. A decade later it would have melted the charts.
I wouldn’t say it was ahead of its time. Rather it was just right for its time, so it didn’t stand out as much. Like mentioned above, I think nostalgia plays a big role in its popularity now.
@@m.i7211 yeah, I really think it's exactly this. It's perfectly typical of its time and that is a very good thing for today.
it's really crazy that she gains popularity 40 years later. kind of insane tbh
She was always popular in Japan.
She and her husband are actually the biggest power couple in the Japanese music industry
The thing is how amazing she gains popularity outside Japan 40 years later.
You should watch the video RoomieOfficial made about artist who popped off right at the start and late into their careers. Its an interesting video.
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Bruh I thought this vid would had millions of views
Yeah ikr
It will
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It will, around zawarudo...
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I don’t think people realize how talented tatsuro is
KILLROY I highly agree! Heck, the man inspired legendary video game composer, Koji Kondo to create the Fairy Fountain theme (although the chords were first used in SMB3) from listening to his version of Morning Glory, another song his wife sung.
His credit song in yakuza 6 is enough to make me cry
Reminds me of Jotaro, somehow.
@@DecimusYna who is that I need to step it up lol
I hear tatsuro yamashita's music all the time and i can say that this man is very very talented.
This song really popular on internet for western audiences only. When English streamer singing this song, Japanese comments how they never heard the song before.
Correct
Older Japanese have their own way of calling the genre too
Welp i think not anymore
@@MidoriOtoko “new music” right? 新しい音楽？
@@antiquebeast I think it's that. I honestly forgot what the genre was. Probably that "new music". Far as I remember there is "new" in it. So yeah maybe
I have a feeling you're in the vtuber rabbit hole peko
I didn't even realize it was 7 min.... It never felt that long 💀
HJJSHHSHS FRRR
i just found it out today, thanks to your comment, it felt like a normal 3-4 minutes
I noticed how long it was since I make my own music less than 3 minutes lmao. Just sharing
Same
@@MinTruenoit's the same feeling i get with Frank Ocean's Pyramids. That song is darn near ten minutes but feels like a 4 minute song. That's how enjoyable it is.
My theory about why this song in particular found success in modern times is that it resurfaced during the time period in music where a single looping chord progression at a modest pace was very dominant in the indie music scene (not the genre indie, but in the literal 'independent' sense). Also, while not a one-progression song, Plastic Love very heavily leans on a derivative of the extremely popular IV-V-iii-vi chord progression that dominates eastern music to this day (you hear it eeeeeeverywhere in Japanese music, especially). It's just one of those songs that came back at the right time where the principles it was written on are back in style. If you listen to the songs that were higher in the popularity charts back in the mid/late 70s and early 80s in Japan, they really don't sound like Plastic Love. Just a thought I have. :)
Perhaps that is part of the big picture, but I give a lot of credit to the aggressive promotion it received from various youtube channels allowing it to trend, which caused it to make the rounds to the Japanese obsessed element in the western audience.
I think it is a decent song, but it is by no means a masterpiece on any level.
@@Chef_Alpo what is masterpiece according to you?
7th chord, period
Man, this song needs an movie or something, it's everything so mysterious about It that I'm sure there's more things to discover about It
Or a mini-documentary
Please....no.....it would stab the hearts of those with true ears. Over-hyping what is already over-hyped is cringe, suicide, and will be the destruction of Japanese 80s pop.
Leave it in peace - let the gigantic wave of classic Japanese pop/funk go back to its calm state once again.
TH-cam’s algorithm did more damage then good because people are dismissing it as a trend, vapor wave, future funk phase, without really appreciating the deeper discographies, bootlegs, live audio, demos and productions of these Japanese artists work.
@@organicwins91 gatekeeping much ? who cares if some people think its a trend , at least others would discover it and come to love it
its not "cringe" or "suicide" , you're being a drama queen , its what you call "sharing" , something even kids would understand
What mystery? Its been solved and explained a long time ago.
@@organicwins91 stop being so damn dramatic over a song
I keep staring at her face and now I feel like its not even her face.
Fr it just looks creepy now ngl.
That’s plastic love ik that feeling man😢
It is lol, he said in the video it was her face. It's just that the image is linked to another one of her songs unrelated to plastic love.
@@kaynine7278 he said /feel like/. Cmon u can do better than that
Wdym
the extended club mix is like street fighter 1, we don't speak of it.
Personally I like to not speak of sfv
@@calebmarshall5739 I like it, not that character design
The fact that it wasn't popular back then makes this even better. Like it was meant to be a song for the nostalgia without any real association or without actually trying
This song is definitely ahead of its time, but the funny thing is, it can throw us back to Japan in the 80's and makes us feel we do live during that period and have the vivid memory of it... 😁
@@hilman94 It's funny. The song we like right now probably reflect us right now the most rather than reflect the past.
This man just gaslit us, literally no one had these misconceptions (or really gave them thought) until he misled us to them and said we were wrong. I admire this video so much.
Fr
Not really.
Trollin
I literally thought the same thing.
Yeah! Dude, turn off the valve!
The one with her holding the gun was way too good 🤣🤣
Hahah I laughed at it
😂😂😂
Assasin Mission: Takeuchi
She really said “say goodbye.”
I think that was CS meme
i hope one day, mariya takeuchi and tatsuro yamashita's songs will be available on spotify/apple music
Together with other City Pop songs and artist!
guess whose songs are on spotify now!!!
@@nosebledd Epic gamer moment
@@nlrnama Search ''Plastic love Mariya Takeuchi'' on Spotify Now!!! It's available nowww
open.spotify.com/track/3lq6i23fC6j1v1AR0GeNg8?si=SmAO-vvJSFaVj6B6mJdJDg
I feel like that picture and that song just go together even though it wasn’t originally that way... It doesn’t mean it can’t be that way.
Yeah. It’s all cool until he kisses his twin and makes him breakfast. Lol. It’s just the show out of context.
The song wasn't popular back then because it was WAYYY ahead of its time.
Exactly my thoughts. Its more relevant now perhaps.
My grandma had this on hr records back in the 80's
I was looking for you
@@AngolanoNventaOficial wassup?
@@iamromulus ye whatsuup?
The fact that her plan for this song only worked afther a lot of time is still hilarious
I'd love to know how she reacted to it lol
She did react to it publicly on interview! I remember watching a video where she was amazed by the impact it was having with foreign youth on internet and felt very thankful of it.
Sadly I do not have the link at hand, the title was in Japanese and sent by someone else on the video from Plastic Lover which is no longer available since the release of the official MV on TH-cam...
Fun fact, she's also a songwriter, she's written songs for people like Akina Nakamori (Oh No, Oh Yes!) In which was covered in the cover album Request. Those were songs that she had written for others, but later covered herself.
She is also a pornstar
@@play-toe2053 I've never heard that one-
That song was famous. She wrote Miracle Love for Riho Makise in ‘91 before covering it herself in 2005
@Shasha Meow Gaming nice
@@NotAnInternetTroll Right, wasn't her version only on the 30th anniversary edition of Variety?
i thoroughly enjoyed this youtube video
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I hope that now people will finally realize that those cringy comments about meeting their wives while Plasic Love was playing in 80’s Japan are fake
I saw that comment below in comment section on youtube lol...it has 157000k likes...i though it was true but had my doubts
Well just because the song wasn't a hit that doesn't mean the story was fake.
@@Leato-a it is, the song wasn't playing randomly at Japanese streets. Most Japanese people even never heard the song at that time.
So the ramen guy and his wife story is fake
Who cares if it was or wasn’t? The stories were heartwarming.
This image can now be considered official for Plastic Love single since the reissue limited edition vinyl in 2021 with this cover.
The unofficial photo made more sense. It gaves that young school girl vibe who had just fallen in love
The songs about a lady who feels empty from her fake relationships and fills the holes in her heart with fancy shoes and dresses
The song is called Plastic Love, don't think young live fits in well with the little English in the song
@@bri1085 what do you expect lmao. These guys don't understand Japanese. Let em be
"doesn't make your experience any less valid", dude are you kidding? these facts make the song EVEN MORE interesting! the world was meant to enjoy this groove one way or another
I just hope Mariya is still around to see how popular this single is now, despite its low ratings during its original release.
She’s still alive! She’s 65 now and she has a kid
@@jackiedacoolest I was told she knows it's popular thanks to TH-cam too
@@jackiedacoolest woah she already in her 60s? I thought she was at least 45 ish
I thought she died from cancer-
@@jadew6795 i guess you meant miki not mariya?
4:56
Never knew her voice would get THAT deep. Wow
thats not her right? no way.
@@terrry9709 idk too
@@terrry9709 Yes that actually is her lol
there’s a background singer
true. As a japanese, I say the songs thats famous as city pop are not completely famous songs in Japan.
when i've became more of a city pop enthusiast, i've actually researched and learnt this stuff so i knew what was coming beforehand! for me, it didnt change the value but also made me think it fits more to the song because the song "Plastic Love" is, you know.. about fake affection..
it was made region unlocked on Spotify yesterday
oh my god I thought you were capping but no.. after so long.... it's finally on Spotify omg.
Wait stuff is region locked on Spotify?
@@rei2515 what the hell does capping mean? He gave you a hat?
@@anonymousplatypusplato3177 to cap = to lie
I fought back small tears because you know this song is great and not only that but it pushed me to finally study Japanese and I can even speak a bit using a dictionary here and there. It is amazing how a single person that you never met can change your life just by uploading a video. This, studying Japanese, is the only accomplishment I made in the last 2 years. It is the only thing that makes me feel good about myself at this stage.
Hopefully I can go down that bilingual path someday, keep striving Internet stranger!
Get a hobby, dork
@@matty_daddy studying Japanese is literally a hobby lol
@@matty_daddy and of course your name is matt lmao 😭😭😭😭🔪
@@sheonshe1882 give me your lunch money, nerd
plastic lover: reality can be whatever I want it to be
Thank you for mentioning the length of the song! I remember doing some research a few years ago and after listening to the album version realized that whoever had done the 7 minute mix had just repeated a few of the verses. It's a pretty seamless edit but it's basically a TH-cam original.
J-pop is underrated. I'm glad I discovered it
It’s so catchy! I prefer J-Pop over K-Pop
@@SavvyMuhon Indeed
You are like Christopher Columbus, discovering things that other people already knew about. He died of sexually transmitted diseases
all-female J-metal bands...is everything.
for y'all who are trying to the anime in the background, its called "Cipher The Video"
thankyou!
That anime has the best english pronounciation
The manga is actually pretty good, quite wholesome and reflective
@@ghivifahmi4252 the ending was like:
"Yeah"
*"Y a h"*
@@ayessx20 **kiss**
The song MUST HAVE a 40 episodes Drama serie, about a young girl, i love how sweet and innocente Mariya sounds in the song, it makes it that much more Nostalgic. And we all can relate to that.
Story: guy travels accidentally to the past, meets a japanese High school female student in the 80s, we see the culture, places etc from the 80s, (Michael Jackson Bad tour, etc) then he has to come back alone to a future where Vaporwave is the trend, and he kinda moves on with another chick but he misses Mariya, (just the song's character not the actual musician)
then Mariya comes to the future but she doesnt recognize him, but they have so much chemistry they fall in love again, representing plastic love as it really is. (Volatile) Then she remembers him from the past.
Its a happy ending with Vaporwave, Private caller Saint Pepsi, and of Course Plastic Love, with even extended added Lyrics from Mariya to fit this story.
yo it should be about mariya, like her heartbreak and dancing in clubs, then she meets the dude ur talking abt
Sorry but I'd have to disagree, her actual love life is way better. This song was made with her husband Tatsuro Yamashita another extremely popular japanese pop artist.
I have to root for that other chick then, poor soul deserves better than just being a rebound girl for a random protagonist..
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Plot twist: that other chick is Mariya's descendant..
@@seandiaz5504 a series with two stories then? the making of the song by mariya and her husband and the story of the girl in the song. that would be very intsresting
@@seandiaz5504 yeah but My story is Based on a real life story about an american guy too, and time travel and vaporwave add magic :))
Me just staring at the anime what is it called tell me pps
Beat Beat
Yogurt..
@Achiii and raisens
@Achiii but its not B)
@Victoria Cosmo Kenny Lauderdale
Well, the latest single release now uses that image as the cover. So... guess things change.
Yamashita has a oldies radio program broadcasted nationwide on Sunday afternoons. Being old-school, he accepts comments not by emails or twitter but by postcards. Because people making comments has to go through that extra inconvenience, I would imagine they would be well thought out, as well as giving the staff less of a job sifting through the static. Being of the same generation as Yamashita, I love that I can sing along with most of the songs on his program. But sometimes he plays gems of the past that I've heard for the first time.
Every years end, He invites he wife to do a program with him. It's a rare moment when you can hear the interaction of these two well established artists talk about their daily lives. When asked about how they feel about their sudden rise in fame on internet, they answered that they were puzzled and didn't know what to make of it.
the three lies in a nutshell:
everything about the song is a lie
cuz it's plastic love and yk made up hehe... a weak pun ik
"Tattsurroh Yahmahshittah"
Just teasing. Great video.
How is it properly pronounced?
@@skeletonman1126 Tahtsoroh Yamasheetah
@@skeletonman1126 hard vowels. Westerners usually mispronounce things because they tend to soften the vowels.
@@skeletonman1126 Tatsu-roh Yama-shee-tah. Sounds in standard Japanese are consistent so ta, ya, ma have the same 'a' sound and shi is closer the the word 'she' than the word 'shit'. While they can be slurred, it's usually by skipping sounds or saying them more quickly rather than changing the sound itself.
@@Kitsunary It's actually "Yamash-ta." The 'i' sound in "shi" is silent. Listen here for an example th-cam.com/video/dOSESpbQ19Y/w-d-xo.html
Holy shit... The quality was surprisingly really good for a channel this small, keep up the good work dude!
I’ve always had a golden rule to not only listen to what’s popular. You discover so many stellar artists just by exploring and it’s genuinely more rewarding. Just about everyone listens to multiple genres, and it’s really difficult to learn all there is to know about the artists from all the genres there are, but just by delving into the unknown you find all sorts of things no one talks about or aren’t well known. It’s a feeling I never get tired of!
One of my biggest fears in life is that I won’t be able to listen to all the music that has been or will be. It gnaws at me insatiably and continuously.
I've been very limited to one genre only and just now I'm beginning to understand that it doesn't matter what people think, it's about what you think. I don't know why I've just caught onto this basic fact but that's what being in the metal community does to you I guess
@@profanepropane took me awhile to stop caring about wether a band is TRVE METALZ or not because the TRVE metalheads would judge
dude same honestly
@@gabriel77196 same situation with me. What bands are you into btw
@@profanepropane recently ive been listening a lot to King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard but in terms of metal ive been listening to Demilich, Entombed and Crowbar most.
i feel like the image still works because out of all the album covers or photos of her, it's the best at introducing her to new audiences.
right? hair on point, bow tie, suspenders, with the white button up all in black and white? iconic and very modern compared to what the youth of today are wearing lol (especially when subverting gender norms and stereotypes during that time period)
Honestly, I didn’t think any of these things I just thought I found a masterpiece for myself. But I praise the amount of research you did👏🏼
It literally has millions of views.
@@skeletonman1126 elaborate what you mean. If you are talking about up to this point then that is bc of the popularity it’s gained now but as he said it most likely was liked as much as it is now back then
@@skeletonman1126 what's your point?
Hey, I don't know how this video got 50k views in the past month but thank you so much! I really appreciate it. I'm not sure if I have the time anymore to make another video, but this is really inspiring! This means a lot and seeing a lot of these comments really warms my heart. Love y'all!
2023 edit:
Jesus christ this video seems to get picked up my the algorithm every so often and it's always exciting to see new people discovering it! I've been seeing a lot of comments ask similar questions so I thought I'd address them here.
1. The anime in the background is Cipher. It was an OVA produced in the 1980s for the Japanese home video market. It's been an in-joke between me and my friends as it has terribly cheesy covers of 80s hit songs and some of the worst English you'll ever hear in an ankle ever. Highly recommend it.
2. I'm aware the song is now on Spotify and I'm supremely happy about it! Listen to it constantly. Crazy to think since this video has come out that it now has a full music video and even charted AGAIN in Japan. This time it charted slightly higher than it originally did in the 80s which I find funny.
3. I know how awkward my voice sounds and I know that I mispronounced Tatsuro Yamashita in the whitest way possible. I cringe every time I hear it now
The youtube algorithm works in mysterious ways
Hi I just found that video threw the algorithm, I hope to see more amazing high quality content of you, these 8:17 minutes where a pleasure to hear, your voice is really calm, thank you for the video :)
@@cherryman6693 WTF same man
Well to be honest you summon us who love this music :)
You can find Plastic love on Spotify now!!!!!
The string line at the turn around of the chorus was sampled in some 90s hip hop but I can’t remember the song… but props the producer for the knowledge of this very hidden gem at the time.
4:57 Gotta give props to a Japanese woman using a B-29 as a stage prop.
That's kinda metal actually. Was even during the time where some people were still alive who had lived through WW2.
@@queuedjar4578 people still alive from WWII now. I met this 109 year old lady in my town in Northern Japan. Iwate morioka
Not only that but having the singer be the girl on the plane too. Like damn
She Da' Bomb
I knew all of this information already, as I had researched it myself before coming across this video, but thanks for sharing this with those who many not have known these facts. Well done!
I think I ended up listening to this song so much TH-cam finally decided to recommend it to me, 6 months later. Great video !!
Her husbands cover is something I gotta bump now too
I can't be the only one who got distracted by the anime in the background
Hm, It caught my attention
Name?
@@kebobarmageddov2110 cipher lmao good luck watching that
Because of takeuchis plastic love, I began to love other city pop songs
Its now available in spotify I just saw it on twitter, they said it was only available b4 in japan
The Plastic Love video is like those "Pink Flpyd Comfortably Numb" videos with a Dark Side Of The Moon cover
Believe it or not I just found out about this song not through TH-cam through Spotify I listen to some Japanese music and the Friday night plans version came on and I’m in love with both versions
FNP's version a great bop, yeah.
@@FahmiZFXrzzts
thats how i used to find the best music ever
Only in America is it called "City Pop" it's officially called "New Music" in Japan.
I have lived in Tokyo for the last 8 years and I can promise you that at a lot of Vinyl shops these days there are "City Pop" labeled sections, so the term is used in Japan as well.
This is probably the most specific subject I have ever seen a video essay about. Really cool, good work man
"The 3 assumption about the plastic love video"
*watches
*sees number 4
I already knew about the first assumption because a friend of mine said so when he stayed at Japan for 4 years but the second and third really blew my mind.
You deserve more subs btw!
Very well-spoken! There have been multiple remixes, but only one (1) has my heart. That would be by Astrophysics. THAT is a masterpiece, built upon a masterpiece.
Living in Japan for 2 years, I've never seen any Japanese person who knows the song who is NOT a chronically online young person. most people know about her tho, just not this song
Bruh someone gotta help me out. What was the anime that he used in the background of the video
Cipher: The Video (from 1989). It’s very strange, you should watch kenny lauderdale’s video on it
Don't assume it to be a good anime. It is really confusing and weird. But yes, enjoy the memes and explanations about the origins of that anime.
@@J_Goffik if you want explanation for the anime, I recommend reading the manga it literally explains EVERYTHING
@@samisphere_ If I get bored enough I might just do it- but manga doesn’t have that voice acting, you know? lmao
@@Romandy13 shoujo anime always like that
i found plastic love because it got added in an update to taiko no tatsujin on ios. i had no idea there was this much online lore about this song. i was also really confused when i found the near 8 minute youtube video after listening to the original on apple music cus the intro felt a bit too long to me.
another really great video!! i can’t believe the quality of what you’ve been putting out; it’s really incredible! i’m loving learning about songs i know very little about and seeing your passion for them. i can’t wait for your next one!
I guess the internet did her a favor and fixed rebranding issues.
Plastic Lover made all great choices: A great music, a great photo, a great mix.
Because of this music, i listen to other musics she made, she's my favorite singer!
Like same dude.
OK, I will be honest: I cannot fathom the mentality of people who would change their opinion on a song based upon just what you've said here.
I care about the song, not about which album it has been released on, what number it was on the charts or what was the cover. And frankly, I feel like people who _would_ change their opinion after that never really liked the song, they just said that because the song was popular.
This song is one of those stranger things in music where an emotion of an era is hard to put in words, yet sends you back in time with sound.
The late Anita Mui has a Mandarin cover of this song too
Yes
Oooo, imma go look for this!
@@BakaMan25 Cantonese 尋愛 th-cam.com/video/sqbBb5g1ZH4/w-d-xo.html
Mandarin 找愛的人 th-cam.com/video/jxWr5XkHoc8/w-d-xo.html
Bro this is stupidly high quality for the channel size, this truly is a hidden gem of a TH-cam channel
It's all disco and funk. "city pop" is modern western term.
Yeah, but if you refer to it as city pop in Japan, they may have no idea of what you are talking about. They would just call it jpop or "old pop" (I've seen a video of japanese being asked on the streets about city pop, and they had no idea of what it is)
@@madruga2112 strawman argument
@@Washicles why?
In Japan, i think it's called "new music"
Sure but if you just searched for jappenese 80s disco you'd get alot of other stuff.
IM CRYING AT CIPHER IN THE BACKGROUND
I could just hear "LET'S HEAR IT FOR THE BOY" during the video.
Yeah?
@@kostajovanovic3711 hey jay
“yeah, yah”
a fantastic video. i had no idea about any of this but even now im still a big fan of the song.
I was very surprised by the quality of this video, I hope you will do more soon, very well documented and not at all boring or tedious :)
I discovered that there is a Filipino song called "lumayo ka man sa akin" and the singer Rodel Naval go to Japan and heard the Mariya's song "Single again" and he made the song called "lumayo ka man sa akin"
both of them are nice the "Single again" and the "Lumayo ka man sa akin"
Found this when trying to find a french cover of the song. Gotta admit it, I'm impressed with this video, will be looking for more.
The editing quality of this video is just amazing.
Her music is now available in Spotify, but I'm still waiting on other city pop artist such as Meiko Nakahara and Tatsuro Yamashita to be available next.
My opinion remains unchanged. I love the song and still listen to it and enjoy it and that's all anyone should really care about. Great video, it was neat hearing about the song's origins.
#1 Didn't know. Don't care.
#2 Didn't know. Really don't care.
#2 Didn't know. I've zero Fs to give.
good old 2017 man, good times when vaporwave was still popping but slowly dying...
I'm very curious about the extended club mix, but even more scared
"It's pure pop perfection encapsulated in 7 minutes and 56 seconds."
*Adjusts eyeballs to the right of the screen*
*Plastic Love*
*"**7:57**"*
I've been on a City Funk/ City pop trend for the past 2 years.... And I heard a different redention first and started this trend of listening to disco and 80s music from all different countries (i only know a lot of Mexican classics).
Love Mariya's music. Its so easy to find songs that are similar and "what others listen to" and love creating playlists for that
I don't think there is anything wrong or bad because a photo isn't technically associated to an artist's works/song. We all have TH-cam to thank for introducing people to hidden gems of music around the world yet undiscovered. I just learned of Plastic Love and Mariya Takeuchi. Due to COVID, and isolated indoors, I've discovered so many talented artists and wonderful songs that it has reignited my love for music. I'm in my 50s. Child of the 80s...what a great era of music. Today's pop music leaves a lot to be desired.
Albeit 4 years late, I discovered Dimash Kudaibergen (Qudaibergen) of Kazakhstan, my new favorite artist. The uncontested best singer in the world!
Then there are:
Hua Chenyu, Alan Dawa Dolma, Morissette Amon, Huang Xiaoyun, Zhou Shen, Max Oazo, 7and5, 2Cellos, Madis, State Azure, Nigel Stanford, Schiller, Aurora, Nightwish, etc.
So many brilliant talents. Good times!
5:10 - I‘m going to say it. (: The b&w image we associate with Plastic Love today is a *much* better choice than the “trendy“ outfits you’ll see on some album covers and music videos. And also look up Alan‘s request for credit for the image on TH-cam which led to YT bolloxing up again. Thanks for the video!
Your Chanel is pretty underrated
Your editing skill is pretty much perfect and you probably put a lot of effort in videos you made
I feel like I only started seeing this song everywhere after I listened to it... it only takes one person to use the song on Tik Tok and then EVERYONE acts like they’ve been listening to the song since it aired
Fuck tiktok . This song was recommended by youtube algorithm to me
I wish we knew who actually made the unofficial extended version, leading to Plastic Lover gracing us with the upload. They at least deserve big thanks for so wonderfully giving us more of what we love. Whoever, and wherever you are! ❤
Takeuchi Mariya is back on buses and billboards in Osaka... because she's back, baby. I have the Sweetest Music 45 (it was almost 300 USD on Yahoo auctions) just for the iconic cover art. Recently in Koreatown I found another release you missed:
Midnight Nightingale, a 2001 collection by Moon Records and Warner Music of her singing classics with a more, erm, mature timber. Plastic Love is included mixed from the live album, Souvenir ~ Mariya Takeuchi Live and track four is the original Karaoke Track (7... minutes) with no vocals, just the backing track. The album code is WPCV-10081 I got it for 200 yen.
It’s funny because i only discovered plastic love after listening to a bunch of city pop on soundcloud. I never liked it but it introduced me to a bunch of other city pop songs.