Mariya Takeuchi - Plastic Love (Official Music Video) directed by Kyotaro Hayashi (2019) VARIETY mariyatakeuchi.lnk.to/variety PLASTIC LOVE mariyatakeuchi.lnk.to/plastic...
@@swandivemedia9249 I have a long list of artists I listen to now because of the algorithm. RU-vid is cursed most of the time, but we gotta thank this website for introducing us to hit after hit.
As I know, the album that contains this song, Variety, was very popular in Japan. So, it's more like two generations that are enjoying this masterpiece.
@@TheFlyingSailorYT the point of the joke was that at the time it was unpopular and is only now being enjoyed but that isn't accurate people back the were enjoying the music
i see people here have forgotten the tradition. leaving JK's lost comment from the original plastic love here. "I remember growing up in Japan when I was 10. I had just stepped out of a book store, and a pretty girl the same age shyly held out her hand to me and asked me if I wanted to walk around with her. This song was playing on the radio where we stopped to have ramen together. She never gave me her name, but told me a day to always meet her to hold hands and walk or picnic. I finally got her name a few months later - Mitsuki. We became close friends, but my parents took a job to America when we were 13, so I had to leave her, both of us in tears and snot. I would send her letters, and she would send letters back. At 22, she suddenly stopped mailing me. I thought she was gone. 5 months later, she was at my door in America, with her hand out to me when I opened the door. We're married in our 40's now, and we've taken walks through multiple cities together across the world and we always stop someplace that has noodles and play this song on our phone. Thank you Mariya. Your love may be plastic, but mine is beautiful thanks to this song. If you see a middle-aged couple with or without their kids with them, holding hands and acting like teenagers or even young kids in Tokyo browsing the shops, its us"
My Japanese neighbor heard me rocking this, he's an older dude, he smiled over the short fence dividing our properties, "I used to get laid to that song Matt."
I can't understand why these Japanese songs make me feel like I've experienced something I've never experienced, a magical and futuristic place, I can't explain
I used to work in a Japanese restaraunt in Australia and before we opened I would just play my music over the restaraunt speakers. I remember one time I was just washing glasses and this song came on and my boss came out and asked me if I put this song on and If I knew it, I said yeah I love this song. And he said he hadn't heard it since he was in Japan and his mum used to listen to it all the time when he was growing up hahaha.
Hella wholesome and awesome dude. Had a similar experience playing Mint Jams album with a previous boss. Music really does being back memories and bring people closer. Cheers
Would've been awesome if they had kept in the 80s asthetic too. Blurry video, light colors, maybe some neon lights here and there. Would've been amazing for 2021.
I'm Japanese. I'm honestly surprised that old Japanese pop music is being recognized worldwide as City Pop. And I'm happy to be able to reunite with these nostalgic songs of my youth. Thank you for loving Japanese music.
the beat of that song is great and similar to high quality funky song from the Western world, Quincy Jones etc...I was actually nicely suprised that Japanese people were into that type of music. Someone mentioned to me that a club in Tokyo called the Blue Light, have the same atmosphere (more jazzy though) but not sure if they are still into that.
@@blueink1351 I don't know much about the current music situation in Japan, but there are many styles of music, from traditional to modern. It continues to be made in large numbers. City pop is, so to speak, a reverse import culture to Japan. There are many young people in Japan who do not know City Pop. It feels strange.
@@uzrider It is just not their generation. The city pop is like the funk music here in Europe and here too, not that much known by the youth, and even if they are familiar with some songs, they don't appreciate it as older people do. People stick on the music of their generation, most of the time, for instance you may barely meet someone after 50s that enjoy rap music, unless in a desperate and wrong attempt of staying young and "in".
@@blueink1351 I see. There are differences in preferences between generations. When I went to karaoke with my younger colleagues, I sang a Tatsuro Yamashita's song (Amaku Kiken na Kaori) but they didn't know it 😢
Honestly, I'd argue Japan has had a pretty significant influence on global music, even if it's not always obvious. Yellow Magic Orchestra (YMO) had a huge influence on the development on electronic music, particularly technopop. A lot of lo-fi music in the West stems from the popularity and influence of Japanese musicians like Nujabes. Japan has heavily influenced the development of ambient music, it saw the innovation of funk and soul, Japanese Bossa Nova is lauded, and J-Pop has a strong audience across the globe. There's a lot Japanese music that the world loves, even if we don't always acknowledge it. I'm glad it's being recognized right now, though.
The feeling you get from the beat of city pop makes you feel life's youve never had, memories you've never had yet are nostalgic. It travels you back in time.
Well, during the time of Michael Jackson he was one of the first to actually make movie like MV's. And Japan's music never really reached America or Europe.
Director Kyotaro Hayashi Comments (The original text in Japanese is in the description): In this year of REIWA period, this masterpiece, which has never been lost in the wave of times, has been released to the world once again. It was a great honor for me to be involved in this as a director. We worked together to create this film with respect for the era in which this song was born, and also with the interpretation of our generation. I hope you enjoy it.
I love how the internet and fans of good music dragged this song out of obscurity, and gave it the love it deserves. Along with other city pop gems, that are probably over to the right on your recommended lol :)
I wonder if Mariya knows how much her music is influencing the current generation... Imagine a song that doesn't even top charts back when it was released just to see it absolutely blowing upi almost 40 years later.... this is a testiment that music made with love and dedication is truly timeless
A legendary song that got saved from drowning in the old song archive by people on the internet, even got its own official music video after 30 years of being released? What a hidden gems! I'm so thankful of the people who recovered this song!!
I’m so happy Mariya is finally receiving her well-deserved flowers! Her music has moved an entire generation, even if it wasn’t its initial target audience!
Actually I’m pretty sure Mariya Takeuchi is extremely popular and well known as one of the best selling music artists in Japan! But definitely this is great
@@gouwon1745 I think the point they were making is that Mariya wasn't well known outside of Japan, even though in Japan she was extremely popular in the 80s. Also this song wasn't a big hit when it first came out. So for it to find a new life and audience all these years later is pretty great.
Actually, her husband made this song for her, she just sung it. There is a YT video of him singing it as well. Tatsuro Yamashita is her husband. You should give him a listen as well
The camera work was great! I do suspect that the camera operator or director of photography took influences from the 1995 Hong Kong movie "Fallen Angels" with those unconventional hand held wide angle shots. You should totally check that movie out if you haven't seen it.
I found this song just a few weeks after starting college back in 2016, it was the only song I listened to while walking to the bus stop at 6:30 am for weeks. Now I'm finally graduating next week and the official MV is out. Closure at last.
That is so wonderful. I think I only recently found this song as well and it is totally the kind of song you can jam to while on the move. Gonna enjoy this in my possible last r of University.
If Takeuchi-san didn’t sing this song in the first place, we wouldn’t have discovered it, so thank you Japan for this masterpiece (Correct me if I’m wrong, I meant to say ‘Thank you for this song, Miss Takeuchi’) - そのソングくれたありがとう、竹内さん！
We had a japanese student visit us this summer. We told her we like japanese music and listen to it all the time. But she was surprised when i played Tatsuro's Silent Screamer in the car. I guess she thought we would listen to the modern pop/rock songs lol.
Almost 40 years since this song was released and we *_now_* get a music video for it... And a full version after the short one from 2 years ago, mind you! That's amazing! Ever since I first listened to this song, I can't stop listening to it every night. It feels very nostalgic to me. I also really like the jazzy instrumentation and Mariya-san's voice is so great. This is pretty much the song that has introduced me to Japanese City Pop music.
At last, one of the most mysterious and underrated Pop songs been honored with this official MV after almost 30 over years. I am so proud to witnessed this historical piece of art. Lots of love from Malaysia, Maria!
The music video that i didn't know i needed, from an artist that i didn't know i needed, from an era i dint know i needed, at a time i didn't know i needed,.. what a wonderful time to be alive.
This Music Video was released in 2019.. 35 years after "Plastic Love" debuted... In 2021, we finally get to watch the full version on RU-vid. This song never gets old~ 🙌
I finally found this song after so many years. A true masterpiece. And i find it amazing that they put in the effort to make a music video after the song being released for around 36 years. I've loved this song for ages, and will love it forever.
Around 40 years ago when I was a teenager, many of Japanese animes , TV drama, films, or even commercial advertising were dubbed their theme songs and soundtracks with these beautiful songs. Forty years passed, I am so happy that the new generations around the world have the chances to experience this nice and nostalgia music.
I'm a Japanese grew up in the 80s and 90s. I think 80s and 90s were rough and yet so raw. 2000s, it's boring because young people are smarter than us but too perfectionists, they don't risk anything. I feel for the younger generation to be attracted to 80s and 90s music. Cuz these music have stories, so much stories in 5 minutes.
@@sparklingwater-of7sq the 80s was a very tough time for the japanese having to rebuild from the destruction of ww2 many americans overlook the mass destruction we caused in your country an endless rain of fire one could say...
@@Joemama-vk4px youre really going to feel bad for the same japanese that still didnt apologise for what they did to the koreans, chinese, filipinos and many other nations?
I met a lovely girl on Thursday night. We got drinks and had a great night on Friday. Today (Tuesday) I got a text telling me that she thought I was a great guy, but that she wasn’t interested in anything serious. This song came on, and when I listened to the lyrics it felt like they were being sung by this girl. It seemed we simply had a Plastic Love…
This beautiful music reminded me of my first Japanese love when I was in college in early 1980s. She was taking intensive English classes when I met her on campus. We dated for a few months until she had to leave and go back to her country. We kept in touch and about 2 years later I was on a business trip to Asia and had a brief stop-over in Tokyo. I called her up to surprise her and she actually took a 3 hour long ride to get to Narita Airport! (She probably lived on the other side of Tokyo). It was a bitter sweet reunion as we sat in the Airport and reminisced all the fun times we had in college. And then it was time to part - that was really difficult for both her and me, as we cried, knowing this would probably be the last time we see each other. It has been almost 40 years later, and I still think of her. I have tried to search for her online but without luck. She would probably be in her fifties. Yuriko, if you are reading this message, I miss you!
The 12 inch vinyl was just re-released in Japan, but this time they put the cute pic of Mariya we all love on the cover! Totally worth picking up a copy!
Yea I saw it in a record shop in Hiroshima, they selling the vinyl for about $300 or 30,000 yen but if I remember its a 7in vinyl with the original song and a remix of it on the other side.
"Plastic Love" is such a perfect description of the feeling invoked by the lyrics. Someone who once knew love - perhaps only recognising it as love in hindsight. Now they move with an emptiness, thinking only of the previous love and struggling to move past the memories. All relationships since have failed to recapture that passion and feeling of genuine affection that you once knew. Time spent with others reminds you only of them and what has been lost. You dress yourself in nice clothes and attend social gatherings, but there is a numbness in your heart. You are not in a position to love, or be loved, at this time - the 'love' you feel now is fake, disingenuous.... plastic.
The cinematography and editing in this MV are really outstanding, with those blurry shots of the city in the beginning and him chasing after her at the end with multicolor lights and dutch camera angles selling the whole feeling this song gives while listening to it. Perfect blend of retro 80s and modern Japan that's so popular right now. And even though the two main characters don't do a whole lot during the video and there's only a few seconds of interaction between them you totally understand their situation/feelings and get invested in cheering them on in the end to come together. Just overall masterfully done. Thank god they did this classic song justice in its and city pop's resurgence of (international) fame
@@cosmix199 Honestly I was a bit confused that there was a smartphone because knowing this song was made in the 1980s, it wouldn’t make sense that such an object would exist in such context. But then again, this music video is extremely recent which was released in 2019 (at least according to my research). Also as a little side note, I recommend listening to the English version of this song made by Caitlin Myers. Normally English covers of songs originally written in another language doesn’t work out all that well. But this one made by Caitlin Myers isn’t like that at all. I even looked up the lyrics in Japanese and compared them in translation with English. And it’s pretty close with one another. Definitely recommend giving it a listen.
soy mexicano de nacimiento, pero ciudadano del mundo por elección, la musica no conoce fronteras, sin duda los clasicos nunca mueren, un saludo a todos los hermanos y hermanas que disfrutan de semejantes obras maestras igual que yo. Tengan un vida maravillosa
My brother passed away before he could of saw this music video. We got addicted to city pop together. This was the song that started us down the rabbit hole. I have this song on repeat for him. RIP big bro.
