The 3 Lies About the Plastic Love Video

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  • čas přidán 22. 06. 2024
  • Plastic Love is an 80s Japanese pop song from Mariya Takeuchi. I would say not only is it one of the best Japanese pop songs from that era, but one of the best pop songs of the 1980s. If you haven't listened to the song, the original upload is Plastic Lover's CZcams video. It's definitely worth the listen. However, there are some things people have assumed about the song due to the content presented in the video that are not true. This video is a breakdown of the 3 most popular lies believed about Plastic Love due to that video.
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  • @iii-ye8cp
    @iii-ye8cp Před 3 lety +4610

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

    • @braiangomez7691
      @braiangomez7691 Před 3 lety +622

      The song messed up the space time

    • @bb.939
      @bb.939 Před 3 lety +1088

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

    • @myristicina.
      @myristicina. Před 3 lety +219

      @@bb.939 that is definitely the case

    • @pakvetibetibetbet
      @pakvetibetibetbet Před 3 lety +7

      True

    • @samonroll5427
      @samonroll5427 Před 3 lety +23

      i’m guessing it was remastered in 2001

  • @autumneagle
    @autumneagle Před rokem +1985

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

  • @exonzigma
    @exonzigma Před 3 lety +4128

    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."

  • @mr.l5438
    @mr.l5438 Před rokem +2546

    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
      @sirblue5586 Před rokem +129

      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
      @mr.l5438 Před rokem +7

      @@sirblue5586 Sarcasm?

    • @sirblue5586
      @sirblue5586 Před rokem +57

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

    • @claudioclaudio7953
      @claudioclaudio7953 Před rokem +8

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

    • @LONKULADE
      @LONKULADE Před rokem +8

      @ani a really? 😮🤯

  • @josuenicolasgonzalez6439
    @josuenicolasgonzalez6439 Před 3 lety +5797

    Bruh I thought this vid would had millions of views

  • @EVAN-cp7im
    @EVAN-cp7im Před 3 lety +4639

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

    • @strawbvcandy
      @strawbvcandy Před 3 lety +34

      can you give me the spotify link please?

    • @EVAN-cp7im
      @EVAN-cp7im Před 3 lety +113

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

    • @strawbvcandy
      @strawbvcandy Před 3 lety +15

      @@EVAN-cp7im ok thank you!

    • @aleleliah
      @aleleliah Před 3 lety +19

      OMG I AM GLAAAAD

    • @mynameisanafer4361
      @mynameisanafer4361 Před 3 lety +13

      WHAT NO WAY

  • @RichEDMixed
    @RichEDMixed Před rokem +1301

    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
      @queuedjar4578 Před rokem +85

      It was simply ahead of it's time.

    • @e.1419
      @e.1419 Před rokem +56

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

    • @brandogtv9650
      @brandogtv9650 Před rokem +16

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

    • @m.i7211
      @m.i7211 Před rokem +29

      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
      @camdynclarke Před rokem +2

      @@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.

  • @bingpupangie868
    @bingpupangie868 Před 3 lety +216

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

    • @user-qm1lj7hx9c
      @user-qm1lj7hx9c Před 3 lety +2

      HJJSHHSHS FRRR

    • @MinTrueno
      @MinTrueno Před 3 lety +9

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

    • @jackdaniels1749
      @jackdaniels1749 Před 3 lety

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

    • @mr.ignorant3585
      @mr.ignorant3585 Před 2 lety

      Same

    • @domotemujin7780
      @domotemujin7780 Před dnem

      ​@@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.

  • @ohnkiii
    @ohnkiii Před 3 lety +3442

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

  • @dokiiscute
    @dokiiscute Před 3 lety +7867

    for a small channel the quality of this video is amazing

    • @JGura
      @JGura Před 3 lety +70

      Baqua

    • @dokiiscute
      @dokiiscute Před 3 lety +58

      @@JGura baqua best girl

    • @JGura
      @JGura Před 3 lety +23

      @@dokiiscute I aprob

    • @quurai7828
      @quurai7828 Před 3 lety +23

      onion

    • @r0yals1n37
      @r0yals1n37 Před 3 lety +37

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

  • @n4STyOWnagS3
    @n4STyOWnagS3 Před 3 lety +253

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

    • @lbn6486
      @lbn6486 Před 3 lety +20

      She was always popular in Japan.

    • @communismwithgiggles2515
      @communismwithgiggles2515 Před 3 lety +36

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

    • @mell6531
      @mell6531 Před 3 lety +19

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

    • @jackdaniels1749
      @jackdaniels1749 Před 3 lety +1

      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
      @woooshifgay1393 Před 3 lety +2

      van gogh ಠ_ಠ

  • @Zerorenren4761
    @Zerorenren4761 Před rokem +433

    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
      @Shyning Před rokem +2

      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 CZcams...

  • @marallentubongbanua3636
    @marallentubongbanua3636 Před 3 lety +4271

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

  • @killroy9915
    @killroy9915 Před 3 lety +1235

    I don’t think people realize how talented tatsuro is

    • @Embyreal
      @Embyreal Před 3 lety +72

      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
      @rizkyramadhan7230 Před 3 lety +16

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

    • @DecimusYna
      @DecimusYna Před 3 lety +10

      Reminds me of Jotaro, somehow.

    • @killroy9915
      @killroy9915 Před 3 lety

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

    • @roivinikmossel2998
      @roivinikmossel2998 Před 3 lety +10

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

  • @turboballer
    @turboballer Před rokem +130

    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
      @Chef_Alpo Před rokem +5

      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.

    • @parthabhowmick6747
      @parthabhowmick6747 Před rokem +3

      @@Chef_Alpo what is masterpiece according to you?

    • @firdauszainudin7118
      @firdauszainudin7118 Před 5 měsíci

      7th chord, period

  • @SuperZamForever
    @SuperZamForever Před 3 lety +469

    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
      @tazboy1934 Před 3 lety +57

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

    • @LeonardoAAnjos
      @LeonardoAAnjos Před 3 lety +26

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

    • @SuperZamForever
      @SuperZamForever Před 3 lety +75

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

    • @idontevenrememberwhomybias
      @idontevenrememberwhomybias Před 3 lety +36

      So the ramen guy and his wife story is fake

    • @frosttheweavile461
      @frosttheweavile461 Před 3 lety +34

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

  • @rohanimahcasim2151
    @rohanimahcasim2151 Před 3 lety +2172

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

    • @RayalWorldConz
      @RayalWorldConz Před 3 lety +93

      Fr it just looks creepy now ngl.

    • @tszkinlee2929
      @tszkinlee2929 Před 3 lety +32

      That’s plastic love ik that feeling man😢

    • @kaynine7278
      @kaynine7278 Před 3 lety +103

      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.

    • @beyhanf5754
      @beyhanf5754 Před 3 lety +6

      @@kaynine7278 he said /feel like/. Cmon u can do better than that

    • @ashna2811
      @ashna2811 Před 3 lety +2

      Wdym

  • @imauwu9151
    @imauwu9151 Před 3 lety +792

    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
      @MidoriOtoko Před 3 lety +49

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

    • @morel1076
      @morel1076 Před 3 lety +2

      Welp i think not anymore

    • @antiquebeast
      @antiquebeast Před 3 lety +3

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

    • @MidoriOtoko
      @MidoriOtoko Před 3 lety +5

      @@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
      @KentoNishi Před 3 lety +2

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

  • @8illy
    @8illy Před 3 lety +384

    i thoroughly enjoyed this youtube video

  • @TheLMBLucas
    @TheLMBLucas Před rokem +260

    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

    • @hilman94
      @hilman94 Před rokem +18

      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
      @GrubKiller436 Před 7 měsíci

      @@hilman94 It's funny. The song we like right now probably reflect us right now the most rather than reflect the past.

  • @jackaguirre8576
    @jackaguirre8576 Před 3 lety +683

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

  • @leonardopapareli5185
    @leonardopapareli5185 Před 3 lety +2294

    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
      @NilsOfTheWorld Před 3 lety +36

      Or a mini-documentary

    • @organicwins91
      @organicwins91 Před 3 lety +31

      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.
      CZcams’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
      @luciferswaltz Před 3 lety +142

      @@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
      @samsavage9039 Před 3 lety +3

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

    • @quickstern0rk910
      @quickstern0rk910 Před 3 lety +26

      @@organicwins91 stop being so damn dramatic over a song

  • @peaaanuuutz
    @peaaanuuutz Před 3 lety +331

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

  • @theangledsaxon6765
    @theangledsaxon6765 Před rokem +479

    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.

  • @redoctane13
    @redoctane13 Před 3 lety +330

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

    • @calebmarshall5739
      @calebmarshall5739 Před 3 lety

      Personally I like to not speak of sfv

    • @N5O1
      @N5O1 Před 3 lety

      @@calebmarshall5739 I like it, not that character design

  • @griplimit
    @griplimit Před 3 lety +401

    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
      @yatomcyato6459 Před 3 lety +1

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

  • @sulee2176
    @sulee2176 Před 3 lety +64

    4:56
    Never knew her voice would get THAT deep. Wow

    • @terrry9709
      @terrry9709 Před 3 lety +8

      thats not her right? no way.

    • @MegaLokotex
      @MegaLokotex Před 3 lety

      @@terrry9709 idk too

    • @blokacheese300
      @blokacheese300 Před 3 lety

      @@terrry9709 Yes that actually is her lol

    • @apw8
      @apw8 Před 3 lety +3

      there’s a background singer

  • @jeiku5041
    @jeiku5041 Před rokem +279

    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
      @play-toe2053 Před rokem

      She is also a pornstar

    • @jeiku5041
      @jeiku5041 Před rokem +4

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

    • @shashameowgaming8664
      @shashameowgaming8664 Před rokem +1

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

    • @longiusaescius2537
      @longiusaescius2537 Před rokem

      @Shasha Meow Gaming nice

    • @jeiku5041
      @jeiku5041 Před 6 měsíci

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

  • @nlrnama
    @nlrnama Před 3 lety +537

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

    • @joao_1986
      @joao_1986 Před 3 lety +24

      Together with other City Pop songs and artist!

    • @nosebledd
      @nosebledd Před 3 lety +46

      guess whose songs are on spotify now!!!

    • @joao_1986
      @joao_1986 Před 3 lety +9

      @@nosebledd Epic gamer moment

    • @zorrosato5220
      @zorrosato5220 Před 3 lety +3

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

    • @AntoniusJune
      @AntoniusJune Před 3 lety +10

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

  • @beastialmoon2327
    @beastialmoon2327 Před 3 lety +387

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

    • @jackiedacoolest
      @jackiedacoolest Před 3 lety +131

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

    • @Jsssddfgffghshdhdhusjsjd
      @Jsssddfgffghshdhdhusjsjd Před 3 lety +57

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

    • @bri961
      @bri961 Před 3 lety +24

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

    • @jadew6795
      @jadew6795 Před 3 lety +1

      I thought she died from cancer-

    • @bri961
      @bri961 Před 3 lety +22

      @@jadew6795 i guess you meant miki not mariya?

  • @user-dt8eu9wy9v
    @user-dt8eu9wy9v Před 3 lety +183

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

    • @butter7445
      @butter7445 Před 3 lety +39

      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
      @bri1085 Před 3 lety +5

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

    • @jackdaniels1749
      @jackdaniels1749 Před 3 lety +4

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

  • @Bal2oTheOne
    @Bal2oTheOne Před rokem +113

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

  • @selenaaaxu
    @selenaaaxu Před 3 lety +279

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

    • @deathgobbler4774
      @deathgobbler4774 Před 3 lety +18

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

  • @gonzalofalco7337
    @gonzalofalco7337 Před 3 lety +161

    "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

  • @ch-tg6mj
    @ch-tg6mj Před rokem +72

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

  • @taumyasomar5964
    @taumyasomar5964 Před 3 lety +40

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

    • @SavvyMuhon
      @SavvyMuhon Před 3 lety +6

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

    • @Jay2423M
      @Jay2423M Před 3 lety +2

      @@SavvyMuhon Indeed

    • @persistentpedestrianalien8641
      @persistentpedestrianalien8641 Před rokem

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

    • @RazvanMihaeanu
      @RazvanMihaeanu Před rokem +1

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

  • @Grim_enigma
    @Grim_enigma Před 3 lety +156

    it was made region unlocked on Spotify yesterday

    • @rei2515
      @rei2515 Před 3 lety +10

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

    • @philip5273
      @philip5273 Před 3 lety +4

      Wait stuff is region locked on Spotify?

    • @anonymousplatypusplato3177
      @anonymousplatypusplato3177 Před 3 lety

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

    • @ibrahimkante6022
      @ibrahimkante6022 Před 3 lety

      @@anonymousplatypusplato3177 to cap = to lie

  • @marcie5794
    @marcie5794 Před 3 lety +979

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

  • @bishopcruz
    @bishopcruz Před 2 lety +62

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

  • @Lasgriz
    @Lasgriz Před rokem +77

    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..

  • @gaellagarland7490
    @gaellagarland7490 Před 3 lety +85

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

  • @Katherine-pn7ms
    @Katherine-pn7ms Před 3 lety +388

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

    • @katsukiyuuri1638
      @katsukiyuuri1638 Před 3 lety +5

      thankyou!

    • @ghivifahmi4252
      @ghivifahmi4252 Před 3 lety +32

      That anime has the best english pronounciation

    • @TheClearSummer
      @TheClearSummer Před 3 lety +5

      The manga is actually pretty good, quite wholesome and reflective

    • @ayessx20
      @ayessx20 Před 3 lety +25

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

    • @MorphRed
      @MorphRed Před 3 lety +8

      @@ayessx20 **kiss**

  • @Little-Dude
    @Little-Dude Před rokem +88

    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 CZcams original.

  • @holdfast7182
    @holdfast7182 Před rokem +22

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

    • @queuedjar4578
      @queuedjar4578 Před rokem +4

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

    • @musicissomuchfunpiano3327
      @musicissomuchfunpiano3327 Před rokem +2

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

    • @Shadowtiger2564
      @Shadowtiger2564 Před rokem

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

    • @PrimarchBentley
      @PrimarchBentley Před rokem

      She Da' Bomb

  • @charackthe
    @charackthe Před 3 lety +533

    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
      @sunbae-nim Před 3 lety +8

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

    • @matty_daddy
      @matty_daddy Před 3 lety +2

      Get a hobby, dork

    • @charackthe
      @charackthe Před 3 lety +22

      @@matty_daddy studying Japanese is literally a hobby lol

    • @sheonshe1882
      @sheonshe1882 Před 3 lety +9

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

    • @matty_daddy
      @matty_daddy Před 3 lety +4

      @@sheonshe1882 give me your lunch money, nerd

  • @DaveF
    @DaveF Před 3 lety +110

    "Tattsurroh Yahmahshittah"
    Just teasing. Great video.

    • @skeletonman1126
      @skeletonman1126 Před 3 lety +2

      How is it properly pronounced?

    • @maryasonipsie9118
      @maryasonipsie9118 Před 3 lety +7

      @@skeletonman1126 Tahtsoroh Yamasheetah

    • @thatguynar
      @thatguynar Před 3 lety +17

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

    • @Kitsunary
      @Kitsunary Před 3 lety +10

      @@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
      @AidanHockey34 Před 3 lety +8

      @@Kitsunary It's actually "Yamash-ta." The 'i' sound in "shi" is silent. Listen here for an example czcams.com/video/dOSESpbQ19Y/video.html

  • @wrohjuansolo5377
    @wrohjuansolo5377 Před 3 lety +34

    Her husbands cover is something I gotta bump now too

  • @rolipoli7601
    @rolipoli7601 Před 3 lety +32

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

  • @cidoet3360
    @cidoet3360 Před 3 lety +73

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

  • @maxkim7937
    @maxkim7937 Před rokem +20

    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
      @jaimereyes6943 Před 7 měsíci +1

      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)

  • @sandhogssundays
    @sandhogssundays Před rokem +5

    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.

  • @botiger3276
    @botiger3276  Před 3 lety +2563

    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
      @cherryman6693 Před 3 lety +47

      The youtube algorithm works in mysterious ways

    • @Yrimr
      @Yrimr Před 3 lety

    • @nekominorinya2569
      @nekominorinya2569 Před 3 lety +17

      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
      @ZeroDARKLONG Před 3 lety

      @@cherryman6693 WTF same man

    • @richie4203
      @richie4203 Před 3 lety +2

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

  • @valenquebral5078
    @valenquebral5078 Před 3 lety +34

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

  • @Rebelnightwolfe
    @Rebelnightwolfe Před rokem +17

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

    • @jeffmazziotta
      @jeffmazziotta Před rokem +2

      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.

  • @alabasterindigo
    @alabasterindigo Před rokem +97

    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
      @profanepropane Před rokem +3

      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

    • @gabriel77196
      @gabriel77196 Před rokem +3

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

    • @SharkSalesman90
      @SharkSalesman90 Před rokem

      dude same honestly

    • @profanepropane
      @profanepropane Před rokem +1

      @@gabriel77196 same situation with me. What bands are you into btw

    • @gabriel77196
      @gabriel77196 Před rokem +1

      @@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.

  • @tommydawson7147
    @tommydawson7147 Před 3 lety +462

    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
      @swain-Ix1tv Před 3 lety +9

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

    • @seandiaz5504
      @seandiaz5504 Před 3 lety +24

      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
      @linuxjodi4311 Před 3 lety +1

      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..

    • @swain-Ix1tv
      @swain-Ix1tv Před 3 lety

      @@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
      @tommydawson7147 Před 3 lety

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

  • @zikyy860
    @zikyy860 Před 3 lety +82

    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
      @skeletonman1126 Před 3 lety +3

      It literally has millions of views.

    • @zikyy860
      @zikyy860 Před 3 lety +7

      @@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
      @aro4322 Před 3 lety +1

      @@skeletonman1126 what's your point?

  • @ChibDibs
    @ChibDibs Před rokem +20

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

  • @tinlunlau1
    @tinlunlau1 Před rokem +19

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

    • @fdsgdvddfcdfdsfdsfsfsd2689
    • @BakaMan25
      @BakaMan25 Před rokem

      Oooo, imma go look for this!

    • @tinlunlau1
      @tinlunlau1 Před rokem

      @@BakaMan25 Cantonese 尋愛 czcams.com/video/sqbBb5g1ZH4/video.html
      Mandarin 找愛的人 czcams.com/video/jxWr5XkHoc8/video.html

  • @Piix4r
    @Piix4r Před 3 lety +35

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

  • @rock374
    @rock374 Před 3 lety +88

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

  • @purposeinpresence4494
    @purposeinpresence4494 Před rokem +22

    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.

  • @Eiche2k
    @Eiche2k Před 3 lety +10

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

  • @SpyralKing
    @SpyralKing Před 3 lety +11

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

  • @PaulFJarnes
    @PaulFJarnes Před 3 lety +7

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

  • @Raees-Divitiae
    @Raees-Divitiae Před 4 měsíci +1

    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.

  • @DinkaKay
    @DinkaKay Před 3 lety

    Great research!!! Amazing work ❤

  • @benjaminvlz
    @benjaminvlz Před 3 lety +25

    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!

  • @CultureDTCTV
    @CultureDTCTV Před 3 lety +39

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

  • @Gustavomazu
    @Gustavomazu Před rokem +64

    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

  • @angelotolentino9484
    @angelotolentino9484 Před rokem

    Thank you for guiding me to this beautiful song!

  • @crystalpeaches7825
    @crystalpeaches7825 Před 3 lety +47

    IM CRYING AT CIPHER IN THE BACKGROUND

  • @Rolasu_Draygan
    @Rolasu_Draygan Před 3 lety +6

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

  • @CantcerCause
    @CantcerCause Před 3 lety +1

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

  • @brandonohara2928
    @brandonohara2928 Před 3 lety +3

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

  • @jjsuckom2865
    @jjsuckom2865 Před 3 lety +177

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

    • @J_Goffik
      @J_Goffik Před 3 lety +65

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

    • @Romandy13
      @Romandy13 Před 3 lety +14

      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_
      @samisphere_ Před 3 lety +10

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

    • @J_Goffik
      @J_Goffik Před 3 lety +6

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

    • @king.canute21
      @king.canute21 Před 3 lety

      @@Romandy13 shoujo anime always like that

  • @rufflerobot
    @rufflerobot Před 3 lety +3

    i’m glad youtube recommended me this, this is a really well made video!

  • @Melki
    @Melki Před 3 lety

    A really nice video, thank you :)

  • @TheMixedPlateFrequency

    this is a really good video Bo Tiger.

  • @incendavery
    @incendavery Před 4 lety +22

    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!

  • @nani6885
    @nani6885 Před 3 lety +26

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

  • @parzivaluve
    @parzivaluve Před 3 lety

    this is some top notch editing, i hope you grow your channel more brother

  • @xSATOKU
    @xSATOKU Před 3 lety +4

    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 :)

  • @ZombiKiller0200
    @ZombiKiller0200 Před 3 lety +11

    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!

  • @CalramonMabalot
    @CalramonMabalot Před 3 lety +5

    The editing quality of this video is just amazing.

  • @abransaenz8991
    @abransaenz8991 Před 3 lety

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

  • @lo1532
    @lo1532 Před 3 lety

    The editing is amazing keep it up

  • @lordvalo
    @lordvalo Před 3 lety +141

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

    • @madruga2112
      @madruga2112 Před 3 lety +23

      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
      @Washicles Před 3 lety +1

      @@madruga2112 strawman argument

    • @kostajovanovic3711
      @kostajovanovic3711 Před 3 lety +1

      @@Washicles why?

    • @insertoriginalnamehere8085
      @insertoriginalnamehere8085 Před 3 lety +5

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

    • @butter7445
      @butter7445 Před 3 lety

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

  • @samuraijackoff5354
    @samuraijackoff5354 Před 3 lety +5

    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.

  • @JinzoCrash
    @JinzoCrash Před rokem +6

    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.

  • @sharpnelshots
    @sharpnelshots Před 3 lety

    Amazing video man!

  • @PedroDragonNest
    @PedroDragonNest Před 3 lety +22

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

  • @robo567
    @robo567 Před rokem +48

    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.

  • @GenerationYUI
    @GenerationYUI Před 3 lety +1

    Great editing 😌👏

  • @awizard72
    @awizard72 Před 3 lety

    really hope you’ve got more stuff coming at some point! love your content bo

  • @kingMadnus
    @kingMadnus Před rokem +79

    Believe it or not I just found out about this song not through CZcams 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
      @FahmiZFX Před rokem

      FNP's version a great bop, yeah.

    • @johnest8383
      @johnest8383 Před rokem

      ​@@FahmiZFXrzzts

    • @nerrahh
      @nerrahh Před rokem

      thats how i used to find the best music ever

  • @valtertrimboli8847
    @valtertrimboli8847 Před 3 lety +3

    this is a really good channel

  • @nukeocelot3664
    @nukeocelot3664 Před 3 lety

    Great video!

  • @harshitgupta6856
    @harshitgupta6856 Před 3 lety +20

    My god, my life has been a lie.

  • @maymay5600
    @maymay5600 Před 3 lety +16

    good old 2017 man, good times when vaporwave was still popping but slowly dying...