🔥 Rap Fans React To CITY POP | Stay With Me, Plastic Love, Magic Ways (MUST WATCH) 

I am Japanese. I am very happy that Japanese music is loved by so many people overseas. Thank you！

You're right Yamashita Tatsuro and Mariya Takeuchi are married. They both compose and often play or sing on each other's albums. Again they also sing in English often. Personally l love the jazz influences in Tatsuros music. His album "For you" is a real classic.

Been into city pop since 2014. Such a unique sound. Especially Miki. RIP Miki Matsubara. Such a shame she isn't alive to see her music having a renaissance.

If you guys ever do a part two here are my recommendations ! Junko Ohashi - Telephone Number Yasuha - Flyday Chinatown Anri - SHYNESS BOY Mariya Takeuchi - OH NO, OH YES

曲の途中であまり会話せずにきちんと聴いている感じが彼らの音楽への敬意を感じられて嬉しい。

So nice to see City Pop getting more love! I actually live in the prefecture that Mariya Takeuchi is from in Japan and everyone gets excited when I mention I like her music! Another favorite of mine is Tasogare no Bay City by Junko Yagami. I also recommend stuff by Junko Ohashi, Takako Mamiya, and Tomoko Aran if you're on the lookout for more artists!

City Pop makes you feel good. It has this sad nostalgia feeling with it.

City pop always had funky basslines, great horns and drums

6:39 when the guy in pink said it sounds like the purple guy was just explaining a distant memory I wanted to reach through the screen and say, you got it! Almost everyone who listens to city pop feels this longing or reminiscent feeling for a time that never existed. Like, when the purple dude explained how the song made him think of being in a car with the top down, just cruising, that's a super common description for the way these types of songs make their listeners feel. You remember and even grieve, a time that you never existed in. You remember the joy of a moment that has never existed. That is City Pop. I'm glad y'all were able to really feel that, even if it was only through a few passing comments.

I honestly think that Plastic Love started the whole revival of City Pop. There are so many great covers of the song. One that I would recommend checking out is by Friday Night Plans. It's more of a smooth jazzy version. I absolutely love the bass line in that song, really kinda brings the vibes.

From Japan. It is amazing that you guys are enjoying the music we were listening to 40 years ago. And thank you. Tatsuro Yamashita has respect for street music in the United States. Now it is rap and hip-hop, in the past it was doo-up. Tatsuro has released three albums of doo-up covers recorded multiply by himself, a series titled On The Street Corner. Nowadays, you can easily record multiples digitally, but he started doing it in the 1970s using tape. It is amazingly accomplished, even listening to it again now. Unfortunately, Tatsuro is a musician who does not release his music to subscriptions. Online sound sources are almost always illigal. You may want to be careful when dealing with them in reaction videos. However, there are many sound sources available if you just want to listen. I am a little jealous of you guys who will now be able to meet his music anew.

City pop literally just changed my life I've met the person that i love because of it i fucking love japan for creating this

Miki Matsubara, Mariya Takeuchi, and Yasuha. The three queens of city pop, you can listen to those three and never get dissapointed.

Magic Ways was LITERALLY the best first song you could have listened from Tatsuro Yamashita. It was my first song to listen from the genre and it made me hooked on the spot!

From Japan. 真夜中のドアが世界中でリバイバルヒット、 松原みきさんも天国で喜んでいると思います✨

You gotta give my girl Anri some love, anything from her album "Timely!" is a banger

Hey! A Japanese fan here. For “Stay with me” it has very japanese ‘80s vibes in lyric wise too. In the main chorus, it mainly says “Stay with me. Opening the midnight door, I had cried saying ‘please don’t go.’”. Very Japanese way to say like “I’m admitting it’s quite childish to cry for goodbyes but I can’t help”

日本のアーティストが海外でも聴かれてるのは嬉しく思えます✨

I love Japanese City Pop! Some solid pop-r&b jams for sure. Plastic Love is one of my favorites.

Into the rabbit hole we go ♥️ Welcome to the world of city pop. Hope you enjoy your stay.

I love how City pop captures the vibe of the early 80s... There are alot of old anime that had city pop theme music, also some super sentai as well. Like Choujin Sentai Jetman had a very city pop ending theme. There are alot of kpop that are diving into city pop like, Ateez- Take Me Home, Brave Girls- Riding to name a few.. Brave Girls actually have a few songs with that sound.

You can never go wrong listening to city pop, it's just perfect. If you guys are interested in new city pop artists you should definetely listen to THREE1989 and Yukika, they are amazing as well! But Tatsuro is definetely my favorite, he simply is a genius. And the crazy thing is that Mariya's Plastic Love went viral and was in almost everyone's youtube recomendations decades after the release and city pop became very popular again, this time worldwide... it's just fenomenal! Thank you for reacting to their music!

If you’re interested is some other Japanese artists but want a more rap-heavy concept then I highly recommend checking out Takayan, he’s an incredible lyricist and rapper with some pretty interesting concepts- I don’t want to overwhelm y’all with recommendations or requests though, but you guys are doing amazing ^^

I like how creative you guys get with your reactions. I never expected you to react to these classics

The spouse of Mariya Takeuchi is a great Author and Composer recognized in Japan and in the world... If these tracks and the song Plastic Love worked well, it is because they are friends with the band TOTO and part of the song was recorded in Wastlake in the studios of Michael Jackson where he was present... Yamashita Tatsuro is considered the Quincy Jones of Japan . So much for the anecdote 👍

80's Japanese pop music is top tier.

Some of my favorites are Junko Ohashi - Sweet love S. Kiyotaka & omega tribe - dear breeze S. Kiyotaka & omega tribe - never ending summer Kingo hamada - midnight cruising Anri - last summer whisper Yamashita Tatsuro - sparkle Yamashita Tatsuro - Mirai Love seeing more people enjoying the vibe that is city pop

I’m Japanese. I love that you three didn’t say a word and just listened to the songs 🎧🎶 I felt so much respect🫶 it’s amazing the old songs(my parents era in japan) have been so popular as “city pop” all over the world nowadays. 🎉

Japanese City Pop from the first time I listened to it, has replaced my night time drives. Straight bangers with a good sound system and people will stop you to ask what song you're playing

It’s always difficult to listen to “stay with me” when you know Miki Matsubara has passed on from this world already. It’s rather haunting to hear her singing it to you…be sure to check out toshiki kadomatsu! He’s the Man! Beaches, babes, sports cars, etc…he’s the man that all other men wanted to be like. And check out minako yoshida…one of the greatest voices I’ve ever heard. TONS of power and presence, really damn impressive

it’s so wholesome watching y’all vibe and look at each other as y’all are bumping your heads to the music 😂🥰 warms my heart haha

I won't lie. I have discovered city pop just couple of months ago properly and I love it more than kpop or English artists' song. It just feels really soulful.

City Pop is the best, it's my favorite genre along with Argentinian Rock

It's so nice to see young people appreciating this music so many years later.

i haven't heard these songs for so long! seeing someone else also enjoying it is so refreshing and it brings back nostalgia

80s Japanese music has always been popular throughout East Asia and Southeast Asia. I grew up hearing these from my mother's cassette collection.

I really love that more people are getting into Citypop, it’s such a great genre to listen to just chill/vibe with! Love ya reactions, I can really feel your guys’ energy. Personal recommendation for anyone wanting to listen to more of it is “I love you so” by Junko Ohashi!

I'm Japanese-American and I've listened to city pop my entire life! I always associate it with the kind of music my parents listened to and old 80s-early 90s anime due to that vintage sound and vibes it gives. It warms my heart that city pop is getting a lot of recognition!

Amo el "City Pop" y a toda la música de "Tatsuro Yamashita" Es una musica súper hermosa y con una atmósfera increíble. Saludos desde México!

I LOVE CITY POP.

man this was such a feel good video. i'm glad i clicked on this. jamming out with you guys was a good start to my morning

seeing someone appreciating the world's music rather than sticking to what they've used to listen makes me happy. Being open to different genres from different countries makes one person to be actually called a music enthusiast. Rock on guys ❣️

City Pop gives me nostalgic feelings about the place where I've never come and time when I haven't been born

I love it so much “City Pop” the vibe is Amazing ❤️✨

It’s such feel good music! I’m a prek teacher and I play Michelle Phan’s city pop playlist for them 🖤

I know about City Pop genre in Japan way back like so long time ago. I am very glad that this genre have given a recognition outside Japan. I am happy that you guys are listening those songs :)

City pop is one of those genres that just always brings you up whenever you listen, especially Tatsuro catalogue, his albums go crazy

I absolutely love Tatsuro Yamashita so this reaction makes me very happy ^^

What I see is that you aren't a rap fans. You are a real music fans. Bravo 👐🏽

If you want the best Jpop/citypop artist look up an artist named Akina Nakamori, this artist has so much versatility in her songs, albums, and performances. Her songs Jukkai, meu amore, desire, and tango noir, are definitely some songs worth checking out

We love old school anime and city pop. Happy to know that more people are listening to it.

I'm happy to have started on City Pop as a kid in the 90s, it allowed me to own some really rare gems on vinyl and CD that are basically impossible to find these days for any less than several hundred dollars to even over a thousand dollars. I'm happy that the resurgence and new popularity is giving new found wealth to many of these artists or their estates and even some re-releases have come out of it.

literally luv city pop. induces insane serotonin 😭

I've been listening to this kinda music for a long time. This 80's japanese pop, is awesome. Loved this video

ありがとう！CITY POPを聴いてくれて💛 私もRAP大好きだよ！！

Fallen Angels, and Wong Kar Wai films are just best cinema so glad y’all enjoyed Plastic Love

This awesome! Here are some suggestions if you do more of these reacting to City Pop videos Shiawasenomonosashi - Mariya Takeuchi 4:00 A.M. - Taeko Onuki Sunset - BLU-SWING Dress Down - Kaoru Akimoto Neon - Yukika

I had lived in Japan for 19 years and not known the second song at all How could I have missed this great song😂

Really glad to see the younger generation enjoying this music!!

Tatsuro has soooo many good songs, here are some that I like -Loveland Island -Mermaid -Kokiatsu Girl -Let’s Kiss the Sun -Only with You -Daydream -Love Space

Ahhhhh my favorite genre of music !!! Genuine gems through and through, citypop really is just so amazing !!! About these songs being sampled/used, you are right !! Known for “vaporwave” sounds, y’all should check out future funk music !! Like macross, nanidato, and many others !! Some songs I recommend are talk about love by naito, fun tonight by macross, and it’s good to see you again by adrianwave !! Ofc if you’re all able to, as I’m not sure how the whole process is like. But yeah !! Little niche genres like this need more love

Im so glad there's spotlight to tatsuro here! He's one of my favorite artists ever and i consider him as the king of City pop lmao. His songs are just amazing

City pop deserve more recognition I will recommend for you guy to dive more into Miki's Music it's so beautiful And for those who can't understand Japanese..., Its a Sad song 😹

Thanks for reacting to City Pop!! My youngest daughter turned me on to it and that's all I listen to!!🔥🔥🔥It's a Whole Vibe 💓💓💓and Plastic Love is my favorite as well.

When i saw that you reacted to magic ways, i was so surprised! Im so glad that you guys reacted to that song… its truly one of my favorite and it holds so much memories for me. You guys get a new sub!

Makes me feel good to see people loving this. I got all kinds of flak for listening to this when I was young.

es inevitable sonreir cuando suena Stay with me, que canción mas hermosa madre mia

I swear more people need to find this amazing music. It's literally what I hear when I'm depressed to lift myself up.

It really goes to show that no matter what music youre into, what your specific vibe is; City pop will ALWAYS make you feel good and happy and adds a few minutes of peace into your life

I cried at midnight when u guys truly enjoyed the music. Please dive into more CityPOP songs ~

I love city pop! The sounds are so refined, with attention to detail. Above all I like that veil of melancholy that always shines through. Have you already listened to Taeko Ohnuki? I recommend Mignonne, a beautiful album

10:33 LOVE that white headphone man. he real love that music and enjoy it

Seeing city pop blow up like this is still shocking to me. Awesome

Don't sleep in those 80s shoujo and mech openings they slap

Miki Matsubara is very popular within the Gundam community. Her opening for Gundam 0083, "The Winner", was shown on Adult Swim back in the day in the early 2000's. Sadly she past away shortly after retiring in 2000 due to late state cancer and died in 2004.

Magic Ways is legit my favorite song ever. It just makes me so happy and I sing it loudly cause I love it. The best song of my life indeed

City Pop has been around for decades and is a deep dive! One of the best at it is Casiopea although they’re an all instrumental band. Influenced many! Been a fan of this genre since the early 2000’s when I was in high school. It transports you to a special place every time

Magic Ways is from the soundtrack to Big Wave movie. It is the most 80s movie I've ever seen. The soundtrack is entirely in English and is epic.

first time I heard City Pop music was through anime, Yu Yu Hakusho and a lot of 90s anime had that city pop vibe to it so when youtube became a thing in 2006 I found old tracks in a deep dive

The vibes you guys have are insane! love it ✨

So cool to see city pop getting some love from all over the musical spectrum. Great stuff lads🍻

Dude this was so fun to watch, i would 100% recommend airport lady, spacescraper, and City of silver gray for a next video, i'm 100% sure ya'll will love it as they're all amazing songs. Also, from tatsuro yamashita, you could listen to sparkle, loveland island, and daydream. I wish the best for ya'll keep enjoying and increasing this epic genre's reach!

Mariya Takeuchi is one of my favorite Japanese singer.

I can’t believe those songs were from 40 years ago!? They sounds very sophisticated and so cool even now. I used to listen them at my teenage years back in high school in Japan.

Man... that Plastic Love song is soooo gooood. I can't get enough!

Awesome video! Love city pop. Definitely recommend the entirety of Takako Mamiya's "Love Trip" album. Anything by Tatsuro, Meiko Nakahara, and Taeko Ohnuki is great as well. There's soooo much more too haha

I’m a musician I’m tell you this is the best genre in history composed very well

You could/should react to Tatsuro Yamashita's _Let's Kiss the Sun._ It's even more "summer vibes". Also, Anri's _Windy Summer._ Both pretty nice. (Please thumbs up if you'd also like to see it!)

I'd always heard of City Pop but never thought to give it listen until more recently. I've started rewatching some of my favorite retro anime from the 80's, where quite a few opening songs are easily inspired by City Pop. I've been listening to Takeuchi Mariya on repeat for a few weeks now and I think I'm in love. Lol Music (as well as other art forms) allows those with the most open of hearts to transcend trivial things like skin color and hate. Take care y'all. 🍍

I appreciate you respect city pop. I grew up in Japan and my dad used to listen to city pop. These music bring back to so much memories. Thanks!

This was a wholesome vibe. Super fun watching you guys just chill to these. They're 3 of my favorite City Pop songs. I recommend Bay City by Junko Yagami. There's an extended version too.

In the 1980s, Japan was the best city pop in the world. Im Korean

City Pop is just so magical I can't describe it any better 🙆🏾‍♂️😂

The sample from January 28th is "Hi-fi Set - Sky Restaurant"

I love this genre so much. Some of my personal favorite artists that weren’t talked about here would probably be takeo onuki(4:00am and tokai and the rest of the sunshower album are godly), Anri (the whole timely album is the best and the rest of her music is just so good too. Definitely one of the best city pop artists out there.), makoto matsushita (the whole first light album is just great), Yurie kokubu (just a joke and the rest of the songs on that album are fantastic), Meiko nakahara (she doesn’t have any of her music on Spotify but her song fantasy is probably my favorite song in the whole genre. Her other stuff is utterly fantastic too. She also has an interesting story behind her. At least to me.), junko yagami ( bay city is just fantastic and the whole rest of her repertoire is so freaking good), Tagkako mamiya (love trip is just way too good of a listen. I really wish she made more music or at least put her stuff on Spotify) and Toshiki kadomatsu (he’s also not on Spotify from my knowledge but space scraper and many other songs of his are just bangers). There are so many other great city pop artists and I keep finding new ones all the time! It always makes my day to find a new one. It always feels like I’m being transported to the beach on a sunny day or on a night drive through the city with bright pink and blue lights starting to pop up on the skyscrapers around. It’s just the best feeling for me. I really hope other people can get into this genre too so they can get this feeling so I hope these recommendations helps anyone looking for some great tunes from the genre.

my recommendations for next: Anri - Remember Summer Days Toshiki Kadomatsu - If You...

Yessss omg this genre is like my favorite! Citypop songs are just so so good and it’s like an endless collection of BOPS! I find it best for summer days. The vibes are immaculate. And Tatsuro Yamashita is my favorite Citypop artist. He’s literally CRACKED! All of his albums: CRACKED. Here are some of my favorite songs: -Tatsuro Yamashita: Ride on Time, Bomber, Love Talkin ‘Honey it’s you’, Love Space, Bomber, Daydream, Your Eyes (he has SOOOO many good songs so ill stop here 😭) -Mariya Takeuchi: Continuation of a dream -Anri (another banger artist! All her albums are amazing!): Lady Sunshine, Remember Summer Days, Driving My Love, Last Summer Whisper -Makoto Matsushita: Love Was Really gone -Taeko Onuki: 4:00am -Meiko Nakahara: Private Beach -Tomoko Aran: I’m in Love, Midnight Pretenders OKAY I did not mean for this list to be so long but u must understand I tried picking from my 12 hour long citypop playlist 💀💀 These are not all the songs but some of my absolute favorites! Any one of these you can’t go wrong with!

You should check out summer breeze by piper. It has a nice summer vibe to it, also loved the video dude🤙

City Pop has high influence from American R&B, Motown, Funk, & Disco so it’s not really surprising that people enjoy it a lot with Silk Sonic putting out similar styles of music in the US recently.

Japanese song is a huge vibe 😌