4/2/2023 0 Comments Mariya takeuchi plastic loveThe video essay above, by explainer of animation and Japanese music Stevem, breaks down the history of “Plastic Love,” both as an obscure 80s Japanese pop song and an internet-era phenomenon. Now, having racked up more than 20 million views, the song has quite a few people - even many of those who have put it into heavy rotation on their personal playlists - asking what it is and where it came from. Spend time listening to 1980s hits, Japanese pop, or disco classics on Youtube, and you’ll almost certainly encounter Mariya Takeuchi’s addictive song “Plastic Love.” Though first released in 1985 in Japan, it remained almost entirely unknown in the rest of the world until a few years ago, when it all of a sudden attained an enormous popularity.
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