The 3 Lies About the Plastic Love Video

[@autumneagle]

Can we agree that the photographer who took that photo snapped a pure gem of a moment? What a beautiful image

[@suqma7828]

@@jm52995 did you stutter while trying to shit talk 💀

[@trashtrash2169]

Racism oh no.

[@luciferthemasterblade739]

Ikr

[@doubletime9098]

​@@jm52995 based

[@sloth8866]

@@jm52995 At least write with proper english grammar. You don't give off the racist vibe at all.

[@exonzigma]

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."

[@quimmapa5648]

I like that BTTF Reference

[@Trippsy05]

I get that reference.

[@Jm96RoCk]

WE REALLY DO

[@thefernprince]

Y E S

[@metelineblue294]

great Scott!

[@ohnkiii]

She wasn’t actually playing games and she didn’t knew it was plastic love.

[@snayddy3746]

I laughed at this more than I should have.

[@roivinikmossel2998]

very funny.

[@soshiusss]

fact 4 it was true love

[@co7897]

This comment is beauty.

[@gonhunter3994]

Very funny, did laugh

[@mr.l5438]

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.

[@sirblue5586]

That's amazing! That's so cool that he had an experience and you coincidentally played it at the right time. So cool man 😃

[@mr.l5438]

@@sirblue5586 Sarcasm?

[@sirblue5586]

@@mr.l5438Nah, I was worried it would be sound sarcastic though.

[@claudioclaudio7953]

It's quite nice when such an unexptected "link" exists

[@LONKULADE]

@ani a really? 😮🤯

[@RichEDMixed]

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

[@queuedjar4578]

It was simply ahead of it's time.

[@e.1419]

nostalgia or the nostalgic vibe of the song plays a part in its success now (on top of being a good song ofc)

[@brandogtv9650]

QueuedJar is just right. It was ahead of its time. A decade later it would have melted the charts.

[@m.i7211]

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.

[@camdynclarke]

@@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.

[@ari.conditionee]

One thing thats confusing is that when you look up when Plastic Love was produced, it says 2001 and 1984-

[@braiangomez7691]

The song messed up the space time

[@bb.939]

Maybe, she originally recorded plastic love in 1984 but afterwards, remastered it in 2001. This is just a theory though.

[@myristicina.]

@@bb.939 that is definitely the case

[@pakvetibetibetbet]

True

[@samonroll5427]

i’m guessing it was remastered in 2001

[@marallentubongbanua3636]

Imagine doing reverse clickbait Putting 3 lies to the title and actually giving 4 fun facts in the video Just wonderful

[@wheatleythe_bigmoron_1179]

lmao

[@vr4n4]

guess i don't need to watch the video anymore

[@symph0niz836]

I'm your 1k likes.

[@marallentubongbanua3636]

@@symph0niz836 POG

[@daffahafiz9507]

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

[@Syrup__Maple]

for a small channel the quality of this video is amazing

[@JGura]

Baqua

[@Syrup__Maple]

@@JGura baqua best girl

[@JGura]

@@Syrup__Maple I aprob

[@quurai7828]

onion

[@r0yals1n37]

agreed. better production quality than some other "better" channels

[@n4STyOWnagS3]

it's really crazy that she gains popularity 40 years later. kind of insane tbh

[@lbn6486]

She was always popular in Japan.

[@communismwithgiggles2515]

She and her husband are actually the biggest power couple in the Japanese music industry

[@mell6531]

The thing is how amazing she gains popularity outside Japan 40 years later.

[@jackdaniels1749]

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.

[@woooshifgay1393]

van gogh ಠ_ಠ

[@bingpupangie868]

I didn't even realize it was 7 min.... It never felt that long 💀

[@あや-v3i4l]

HJJSHHSHS FRRR

[@MinTrueno]

i just found it out today, thanks to your comment, it felt like a normal 3-4 minutes

[@jackdaniels1749]

I noticed how long it was since I make my own music less than 3 minutes lmao. Just sharing

[@mr.ignorant3585]

Same

[@domotemujin7780]

​@@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.

[@EVAN-cp7im]

PLASTIC LOVE is finally available on apple music and spotify!!

[@strawbvcandy]

can you give me the spotify link please?

[@EVAN-cp7im]

@@strawbvcandy open.spotify.com/track/3lq6i23fC6j1v1AR0GeNg8?si=kQDNJaPOQOe-07ixtyUglw

[@strawbvcandy]

@@EVAN-cp7im ok thank you!

[@aleleliah]

OMG I AM GLAAAAD

[@mlpdisneylover]

Nice!!

[@josuenicolasgonzalez6439]

Bruh I thought this vid would had millions of views

[@whotouchmyspaghetti1515]

Yeah ikr

[@Septimusnova]

It will

[@yaypeacepeace9892]

Tru

[@AnimeIsLayfu]

It will, around zawarudo...

[@spongenoob4409]

S A M E

[@killroy9915]

I don’t think people realize how talented tatsuro is

[@Embyreal]

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.

[@rizkyramadhan7230]

His credit song in yakuza 6 is enough to make me cry

[@DecimusYna]

Reminds me of Jotaro, somehow.

[@killroy9915]

@@DecimusYna who is that I need to step it up lol

[@roivinikmossel2998]

I hear tatsuro yamashita's music all the time and i can say that this man is very very talented.

[@TheLMBLucas]

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

[@힐만94]

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... 😁

[@GrubKiller436]

@@힐만94 It's funny. The song we like right now probably reflect us right now the most rather than reflect the past.

[@turboballer]

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. :)

[@Chef_Alpo]

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.

[@Koustobdas1894]

@@Chef_Alpo what is masterpiece according to you?

[@firdauszainudin7118]

7th chord, period

[@imauwu9151]

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.

[@MidoriOtoko]

Correct Older Japanese have their own way of calling the genre too

[@morel1076]

Welp i think not anymore

[@antiquebeast]

@@MidoriOtoko “new music” right? 新しい音楽？

[@MidoriOtoko]

@@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

[@KentoNishi]

I have a feeling you're in the vtuber rabbit hole peko

[@leonardopapareli5185]

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

[@NilsOfTheWorld]

Or a mini-documentary

[@organicwins91]

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. KZbin’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.

[@luciferswaltz]

@@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

[@samsavage9039]

What mystery? Its been solved and explained a long time ago.

[@quickstern0rk910]

@@organicwins91 stop being so damn dramatic over a song

[@renren47618]

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

[@Shyning]

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 KZbin...

[@SuperZamForever]

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

[@tazboy1934]

I saw that comment below in comment section on youtube lol...it has 157000k likes...i though it was true but had my doubts

[@Leato-a]

Well just because the song wasn't a hit that doesn't mean the story was fake.

[@SuperZamForever]

@@Leato-a it is, the song wasn't playing randomly at Japanese streets. Most Japanese people even never heard the song at that time.

[@idontevenrememberwhomybias]

So the ramen guy and his wife story is fake

[@frosttheweavile461]

Who cares if it was or wasn’t? The stories were heartwarming.

[@redoctane13]

the extended club mix is like street fighter 1, we don't speak of it.

[@calebmarshall5739]

Personally I like to not speak of sfv

[@N5O1]

@@calebmarshall5739 I like it, not that character design

[@nlrnama]

i hope one day, mariya takeuchi and tatsuro yamashita's songs will be available on spotify/apple music

[@joao_1986]

Together with other City Pop songs and artist!

[@nosebledd]

guess whose songs are on spotify now!!!

[@joao_1986]

@@nosebledd Epic gamer moment

[@zorrosato5220]

@@nlrnama Search ''Plastic love Mariya Takeuchi'' on Spotify Now!!! It's available nowww

[@AntoniusJune]

open.spotify.com/track/3lq6i23fC6j1v1AR0GeNg8?si=SmAO-vvJSFaVj6B6mJdJDg

[@griplimit]

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.

[@yatomcyato6459]

Yeah. It’s all cool until he kisses his twin and makes him breakfast. Lol. It’s just the show out of context.

[@theangledsaxon6765]

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.

[@thoughtotherwise]

Fr

[@Periwinkleaccount]

Not really.

[@Rex-golf_player810]

Trollin

[@Fixer_Su3ana]

I literally thought the same thing.

[@michaelrmurphy2734]

Yeah! Dude, turn off the valve!

[@peaaanuuutz]

The song wasn't popular back then because it was WAYYY ahead of its time.

[@Zetverse]

Exactly my thoughts. Its more relevant now perhaps.

[@iamromulus]

My grandma had this on hr records back in the 80's

[@AngolanoNventaOficial]

I was looking for you

[@iamromulus]

@@AngolanoNventaOficial wassup?

[@AngolanoNventaOficial]

@@iamromulus ye whatsuup?

[@jackaguirre8576]

The one with her holding the gun was way too good 🤣🤣

[@KurikoKazumi]

Hahah I laughed at it

[@USSJ2Otaku3084]

😂😂😂

[@korbinramirez5368]

Assasin Mission: Takeuchi

[@yatomcyato6459]

She really said “say goodbye.”

[@Etheeereal]

I think that was CS meme

[@8illy]

i thoroughly enjoyed this youtube video

[@rookie06]

ayyy billy

[@tp4883]

Ey 8illy

[@ladylauriannelachica710]

Ayy billyyyyy mah boii

[@kervysanje1397]

hi billy, show us your fit

[@aboysarchives]

hii

[@jeiku5041]

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.

[@play-toe2053]

She is also a pornstar

[@jeiku5041]

@@play-toe2053 I've never heard that one-

[@shashameowgaming8664]

That song was famous. She wrote Miracle Love for Riho Makise in ‘91 before covering it herself in 2005

[@longiusaescius2537]

@Shasha Meow Gaming nice

[@jeiku5041]

@@NotAnInternetTroll Right, wasn't her version only on the 30th anniversary edition of Variety?

[@胡蝶しのぶ-r3f]

The unofficial photo made more sense. It gaves that young school girl vibe who had just fallen in love

[@butter7445]

The songs about a lady who feels empty from her fake relationships and fills the holes in her heart with fancy shoes and dresses

[@bri1085]

The song is called Plastic Love, don't think young live fits in well with the little English in the song

[@jackdaniels1749]

@@bri1085 what do you expect lmao. These guys don't understand Japanese. Let em be

[@Bal2oTheOne]

This image can now be considered official for Plastic Love single since the reissue limited edition vinyl in 2021 with this cover.

[@beastialmoon2327]

I just hope Mariya is still around to see how popular this single is now, despite its low ratings during its original release.

[@jackiedacoolest]

She’s still alive! She’s 65 now and she has a kid

[@Jsssddfgffghshdhdhusjsjd]

@@jackiedacoolest I was told she knows it's popular thanks to KZbin too

[@bri961]

@@jackiedacoolest woah she already in her 60s? I thought she was at least 45 ish

[@jadew6795]

I thought she died from cancer-

[@bri961]

@@jadew6795 i guess you meant miki not mariya?

[@cidoet3360]

Holy shit... The quality was surprisingly really good for a channel this small, keep up the good work dude!

[@ch-tg6mj]

true. As a japanese, I say the songs thats famous as city pop are not completely famous songs in Japan.

[@Little-Dude]

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 KZbin original.

[@Raees-Divitiae]

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.

[@gonzalofalco7337]

"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

[@selenaaaxu]

the three lies in a nutshell: everything about the song is a lie

[@deathgobbler4774]

cuz it's plastic love and yk made up hehe... a weak pun ik

[@Katherine-pn7ms]

for y'all who are trying to the anime in the background, its called "Cipher The Video"

[@katsukiyuuri1638]

thankyou!

[@ghivifahmi4252]

That anime has the best english pronounciation

[@TheClearSummer]

The manga is actually pretty good, quite wholesome and reflective

[@dweicentounos]

@@ghivifahmi4252 the ending was like: "Yeah" *"Y a h"*

[@MorphRed]

@@dweicentounos **kiss**

[@bishopcruz]

Well, the latest single release now uses that image as the cover. So... guess things change.

[@Lasgriz]

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..

[@charackthe]

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.

[@sunbae-nim]

Hopefully I can go down that bilingual path someday, keep striving Internet stranger!

[@matty_daddy]

Get a hobby, dork

[@charackthe]

@@matty_daddy studying Japanese is literally a hobby lol

[@sheonshe1882]

@@matty_daddy and of course your name is matt lmao 😭😭😭😭🔪

[@matty_daddy]

@@sheonshe1882 give me your lunch money, nerd

[@brianmerion]

"Tattsurroh Yahmahshittah" Just teasing. Great video.

[@skeletonman1126]

How is it properly pronounced?

[@maryasonipsie9118]

@@skeletonman1126 Tahtsoroh Yamasheetah

[@thatguynar]

@@skeletonman1126 hard vowels. Westerners usually mispronounce things because they tend to soften the vowels.

[@Kitsunary]

@@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.

[@AidanHockey34]

@@Kitsunary It's actually "Yamash-ta." The 'i' sound in "shi" is silent. Listen here for an example kzbin.info/www/bejne/moC2doaml7Zkb7s

[@marcie5794]

Me just staring at the anime what is it called tell me pps

[@SkyDestr0]

Beat Beat

[@K-CRT04]

Yogurt..

[@K-CRT04]

@Achiii and raisens

[@dotpicker442]

@Achiii but its not B)

[@laboon344]

@Victoria Cosmo Kenny Lauderdale

[@brandonohara2928]

Bro this is stupidly high quality for the channel size, this truly is a hidden gem of a KZbin channel

[@xSATOKU]

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 :)

[@Grim_enigma]

it was made region unlocked on Spotify yesterday

[@rei2515]

oh my god I thought you were capping but no.. after so long.... it's finally on Spotify omg.

[@philip5273]

Wait stuff is region locked on Spotify?

[@anonymousplatypusplato3177]

@@rei2515 what the hell does capping mean? He gave you a hat?

[@ibrahimkante6022]

@@anonymousplatypusplato3177 to cap = to lie

[@gaellagarland7490]

plastic lover: reality can be whatever I want it to be

[@benjaminvlz]

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!

[@ayoutubechannel1499]

very underrated channel... But it has nice quality and explanations

[@taumyasomar5964]

J-pop is underrated. I'm glad I discovered it

[@SavvyMuhon]

It’s so catchy! I prefer J-Pop over K-Pop

[@Jay2423M]

@@SavvyMuhon Indeed

[@persistentpedestrianalien8641]

You are like Christopher Columbus, discovering things that other people already knew about. He died of sexually transmitted diseases

[@RazvanMihaeanu]

all-female J-metal bands...is everything.

[@tommydawson7147]

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.

[@swain-Ix1tv]

yo it should be about mariya, like her heartbreak and dancing in clubs, then she meets the dude ur talking abt

[@seandiaz5504]

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.

[@linuxjodi4311]

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..

[@swain-Ix1tv]

@@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

[@tommydawson7147]

@@seandiaz5504 yeah but My story is Based on a real life story about an american guy too, and time travel and vaporwave add magic :))

[@botiger3276]

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

[@cherryman6693]

The youtube algorithm works in mysterious ways

[@Yrimr]

[@nekominorinya2569]

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 :)

[@ZeroDARKLONG]

@@cherryman6693 WTF same man

[@richie4203]

Well to be honest you summon us who love this music :)

[@PaulFJarnes]

This is probably the most specific subject I have ever seen a video essay about. Really cool, good work man

[@sandhogssundays]

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.

[@maxkim7937]

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.

[@jaimereyes6943]

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)

[@SpyralKing]

I think I ended up listening to this song so much KZbin finally decided to recommend it to me, 6 months later. Great video !!

[@incendavery]

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!

[@rock374]

"The 3 assumption about the plastic love video" *watches *sees number 4

[@angelotolentino9484]

Thank you for guiding me to this beautiful song!

[@Gustavomazu]

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

[@itzzikyy]

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👏🏼

[@skeletonman1126]

It literally has millions of views.

[@itzzikyy]

@@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

[@aro4322]

@@skeletonman1126 what's your point?

[@Piix4r]

You can find Plastic love on Spotify now!!!!!

[@rohanimahcasim2151]

I keep staring at her face and now I feel like its not even her face.

[@calico.5588]

it tends to do that sometimes

[@asyrafdanish3000]

It is her face but from different album not from plastic love album (Variety),

[@rolipoli7601]

I can't be the only one who got distracted by the anime in the background

[@DiegoArmando-ci7gg]

Hm, It caught my attention

[@kebobarmageddov2110]

Name?

[@ci310]

@@kebobarmageddov2110 cipher lmao good luck watching that

[@alabasterindigo]

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.

[@profanepropane]

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

[@nothing_face]

​@@profanepropane took me awhile to stop caring about wether a band is TRVE METALZ or not because the TRVE metalheads would judge

[@SharkSalesman90]

dude same honestly

[@profanepropane]

@@nothing_face same situation with me. What bands are you into btw

[@nothing_face]

@@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.

[@Rolasu_Draygan]

a fantastic video. i had no idea about any of this but even now im still a big fan of the song.

[@jjsuckom2865]

Bruh someone gotta help me out. What was the anime that he used in the background of the video

[@J_Goffik]

Cipher: The Video (from 1989). It’s very strange, you should watch kenny lauderdale’s video on it

[@Romandy13]

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.

[@samisphere_]

@@J_Goffik if you want explanation for the anime, I recommend reading the manga it literally explains EVERYTHING

[@J_Goffik]

@@samisphere_ If I get bored enough I might just do it- but manga doesn’t have that voice acting, you know? lmao

[@emperor.of.west21]

@@Romandy13 shoujo anime always like that

[@ZombiKiller0200]

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!

[@breewashere]

I think that person deleted their channel and the video. Can't find that plastic love video anymore.

[@abransaenz8991]

Bro this video was pretty high quality. I hope this video blows up your channel

[@CultureDTCTV]

The Plastic Love video is like those "Pink Flpyd Comfortably Numb" videos with a Dark Side Of The Moon cover

[@valenquebral5078]

Because of takeuchis plastic love, I began to love other city pop songs

[@Eiche2k]

Plastic Lover made all great choices: A great music, a great photo, a great mix.

[@Rebelnightwolfe]

Only in America is it called "City Pop" it's officially called "New Music" in Japan.

[@jeffmazziotta]

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.

[@nani6885]

Its now available in spotify I just saw it on twitter, they said it was only available b4 in japan

[@wrohjuansolo5377]

Her husbands cover is something I gotta bump now too

[@samuraijackoff5354]

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.

[@holdfast7182]

4:57 Gotta give props to a Japanese woman using a B-29 as a stage prop.

[@queuedjar4578]

That's kinda metal actually. Was even during the time where some people were still alive who had lived through WW2.

[@musicissomuchfunpiano3327]

@@queuedjar4578 people still alive from WWII now. I met this 109 year old lady in my town in Northern Japan. Iwate morioka

[@Shadowtiger2564]

Not only that but having the singer be the girl on the plane too. Like damn

[@PrimarchBentley]

She Da' Bomb

[@ArxGaming67]

Here as part of the 5AM recommendations gang, great video, love this song and it was my intro to JP City Pop.

[@JinzoCrash]

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.

[@purposeinpresence4494]

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.

[@windego999]

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.

[@korarain8190]

Wow, this is a heavily underrated channel. Keep up the great work man!

[@aiyanaperry4016]

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

[@PowerConnoisseur]

Fuck tiktok . This song was recommended by youtube algorithm to me

[@unfunnymeiling2315]

Your Chanel is pretty underrated Your editing skill is pretty much perfect and you probably put a lot of effort in videos you made

[@ChibDibs]

I guess the internet did her a favor and fixed rebranding issues.

[@advancetotabletop5328]

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 KZbin which led to YT bolloxing up again. Thanks for the video!

[@TheMixedPlateFrequency]

this is a really good video Bo Tiger.

[@tinlunlau1]

The late Anita Mui has a Mandarin cover of this song too

[@BakaMan25]

Oooo, imma go look for this!

[@tinlunlau1]

@@BakaMan25 Cantonese 尋愛 kzbin.info/www/bejne/qaLFc5VrnJaNfpY Mandarin 找愛的人 kzbin.info/www/bejne/oKm6o2iOoK2imZo

[@PedroDragonNest]

I'm very curious about the extended club mix, but even more scared

[@robo567]

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.

[@kingMadnus]

Believe it or not I just found out about this song not through KZbin through Spotify I listen to some Japanese music and the Friday night plans version came on and I’m in love with both versions

[@FahmiZFX]

FNP's version a great bop, yeah.

[@johnest8383]

​@@FahmiZFXrzzts

[@nerrahh]

thats how i used to find the best music ever

[@mjd2343]

Oh my god?! The plastic lover video got me into city pop, and by extension I now have a bunch of og Japanese synth music on vinyl. Now I know why I couldn’t ever find a plastic love album or anything by mariya Takeuchi. Even weirder is how this video just popped into my algorithm?? Anyway cool content, thanks for making this video!

[@DisgruntledPigumon]

There are tons of this on eBay or other places online, you can easily buy it. I don’t know why you have to wish for it to be available when it already is. It was reissued in 2014 which you left out of your video and tons of the reissue are available, INCLUDING extra tracks, INCLUDING the extending club mixes. Just go get it. If you really can’t Google, I’ll send you one from Japan...

[@TataAceOfficial]

Okay dude I subscribe, Now Give me the Sauce! xD btw bro that's an amazing video, really informational. I never thought that this great song is not as funky as what people in the 80s would want to hear.

[@crystalpeaches7825]

IM CRYING AT CIPHER IN THE BACKGROUND

[@wickerman6121]

I could just hear "LET'S HEAR IT FOR THE BOY" during the video.

[@kostajovanovic3711]

Yeah?

[@crystalpeaches7825]

@@kostajovanovic3711 hey jay

[@microwavedrice507]

“yeah, yah”

[@lordvalo]

It's all disco and funk. "city pop" is modern western term.

[@madruga2112]

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)

[@Washicles]

@@madruga2112 strawman argument

[@kostajovanovic3711]

@@Washicles why?

[@insertoriginalnamehere8085]

In Japan, i think it's called "new music"

[@butter7445]

Sure but if you just searched for jappenese 80s disco you'd get alot of other stuff.

[@CantcerCause]

this is an amazing video filled with research and quality, really interesting through and through. Keep it up!

[@Stef2050]

The quality of this video is certainly deserving of a subscribe

[@saga9641]

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.

[@Miles_8901]

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"