Rapper Reacts to CITY POP for THE FIRST TIME (Stay With Me, Magic Ways, Plastic Love) 

I found my genre

How is it possible to feel nostalgic about a song from a time you never lived? Such a vibe of a song, and something people post every Friday as well.

Stay whith me is my personal favorite, so smooth, so chill, the instruments and her voice, so beautiful.

Trust me nick..theres a vast of hidden treasure songs outside the anime world music out there in japan. Most definitely 80s and 90s.

I am Japanese. There were many talented people like her in Japan from the 70's to the 80's. She's just the tip of the iceberg. This is because singing ability was more important than the current emphasis on musicality, such as in ado and yoasobi. Nick, if you dig deeper into the music of that time, you'll be more surprised.😊

Fun fact: the latter two songs are made by the King and Queen of Citypop, Tatsuro Yamashita & Mariya Takeuchi. They are actually married

Did you all notice? Him pronouncing the Japanese names is now far better than 2 years ago. Comparing it to other english speaking reactor, he tried and learned a lot and hard. 😄

"im playing this shit at my wedding" the song is about a divorce lol

I actually gasped reading the title, I fucking LOOOOVE City Pop with a passion. I'm an 18 year old white American, but this is my favourite genre no fucking doubt. Tomoko Aran, Kaoru Akimoto, Cindy, Anri, Yurie Kokubu, Junko Yagami, Reiko Takahashi, just to name a few. All incredible artists. I take any moment I can to geek out about this, everyone needs to hear City Pop, it's just incredible.

Rest in Peace Miki Matsubara, you will always be a legend.

Yamashita Tatsuro is a musical genius. More people need to listen to his music. My favorite from him is a song called Dancer. Listen to it when you are high, its raining outside, past midnight, and you are alone. Yep. I need to set up my settings when listen to good music.

Plastic love has a special place in my heart as the first city pop song I ever heard. Stay with Me and Flyday Chinatown came second and third respectively.

It's a pity that you didn't watch the live version Her smile can melt every one of us

You got some bangers here. Try: Love Space - Tatsuro Yamashita I Can't Stop the Lonliness - ANRI Flyday Chinatown - Yasuha Fantasy - Meiko Nakahara

Tatsuro Yamashita is one of the GOAT song writers of the 80's. I would recommend listening to him over any other. He has way too many bangers to list, but I would check out "Sparkle" or "Ride on Time". Unfortunately his music isn't on streaming so it's hard to recommend him to people that only use Spotify, etc, but it is well worth it to track his stuff down. Tatsuro Co-Wrote and arranged "Plastic love" in collaboration with his wife Mariya. There is a recording of "Plastic Love" from 2000 of Tatsuro singing background vocals and playing guitar. He goes so ham at the end it's awesome.

his energy is contagious and feels real. I too discover first time in my life city pop and I totally love it.

I suggest - Cupid - from Miki Matsubara, and a triplet of Anri songs, I CAN'T STOP THE LONELINESS, SHYNESS BOY and Remember Summer Days, you will LOVE them

I laughed so hard at this reaction, thank you bro, this was great, so glad you enjoy City Pop!

Dude, I'm so happy you've discovered city pop. It's been my go to genre for the past several years. There is also a subgenre of vaporwave called future funk and they're modern dance mixes of city pop and even American songs from the 70s and 80s. Keep enjoying good music bro

The singer of "Stay with me" had a pretty sa life. In the end, she really regretted her career cos it prevented her from living the life that she wanted. Also, tiktok has fuck all to do with ruining the song. At this point, mfs will blame tiktok as the reason for their parents dying.

I'm so happy you've found these pieces! My reaction to Stay With Me is literally identical to yours... I fell in love with it first listen. I can't wait to see your reactions to others like I Can't Stop the Loneliness by Anri or Tasogare no Bay City by Junko Yagami.

just got home, and on the way back home, I was listening to these songs and sing along, then I saw this video, dude, you have no idea how hype I am right now.

懐かしいのに今となっては新鮮✨東京でこの曲を聴きながらドライブしたら最高だよ♪

I'm so glad you reacted to these absolute gems, Nick!!❤❤

Can't believe he's reacting to "Stay with me " 😄❤️

Plastic Love is my favorite city pop song with awesome nostalgic vibe

can we have a moment of appreciation for the bass in these songs. there perfection

80.90年代は素晴らしいです。 楽器のみで構成されていてかならずノスタルジーな気持ちになります。 「めぞん一刻」「坂本龍一」など素晴らしい作品や曲があるのでぜひチェックしてみてください。❤

Please listen to Tatsuro Yamashita's ``Christmas Eve'' singing Magic Ways. This song is a famous Christmas song that every Japanese person knows.

Stay with me is one of my all time favorite songs. Can’t believe you’re reacting to this 🥺 merry Christmas! 💖

stay with me is a just a song u blast in your car at night and vibe to it

Thank you nick for introducing me to this genre i love this songs

japanese 80s songs are literally hidden gems

6:17 Funny you said this, because a vtuber called Marine whose music you've reacted to (the sexy treasure box song) just recently released an original city pop song with Gura, who is also a vtuber that you've reacted to before. The song is called 'Shinkiro'

If you feel this genre is very you (Rick Astley's vibes), you need to listen to Kubota Toshinobu 🌃

This music is strangely nostalgic because it heavily influenced anime and video game music during the 90's. Once you understand that and go back to those shows/games, you'll hear it in everything.

Love me some city pop, some other classics by Tatsuro Yamashita to check out are Ride On Time, Music Book, and Loveland Island. His content isn't so copyright friendly, so if you're inclined to check out his music on your own I'd definitely recommend listening to his albums For You, Ride On Time, and Big Wave. Much love to the channel and always excited to see your newest content!

I would like you to listen to a punk band called THE BLUE HEARTS. Although they were not able to appear on Japanese TV very often due to their radical lyrics, they had a great influence on Japanese youth at the time. Although they had already disbanded when I was born, I collected and listened to many records growing up. I feel that this artist still resonates with many people in this day and age.

Another BIG City Pop rec: "DOWNTOWN BOY" by Yumi Matsutoya. That chorus just slaps me in the face, call them mommy, and forces me to sing along EVERY. SINGLE. TIME.

Japan is like a phoenix. Winning to China at the Sino-Japanese War in 1895 and defeating the world-strongest Russia in the Russo-Japanese War of 1905, Japan was the only nation of color managing colonies and the sole permanent member from a colored race in the League of Nations. With a GDP ranking fifth globally, Japan controlled half of Asia, approaching the construction of the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere. However, post-threat perceptions from the US led to trade embargoes, resource cut-offs, war, defeat, Tokyo's destruction, and atomic bombings on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, sacrificing over 500,000 civilians, including women and children. Post-war, Japan lost everything, but in a mere decade, it remarkably rebounded to become the world's second-largest economy by the 1960s. In the 1970s, Japan dominated the world in automobiles and electronics, even manufacturing bipedal robots. Brands like Sony, Toshiba, Panasonic, Toyota, Nissan, and Mazda, along with anime and manga like Nintendo, Dragon Ball, and Akira, swept the world in the '80s. Japan, approaching the US in GDP, income per capita, and market capitalization rankings, earned double the income of Americans. Tokyo's land value surged, even today maintaining the world's highest city GDP, with New York in second place. Remarkably, the US and Japan are the only countries with a population exceeding 100 million and a per capita GDP surpassing $30,000. Despite US efforts to contain and weaken Japan, it sustains a position as the world's third-largest GDP, leading in net foreign assets and bank-held assets. Had the US, China, or Russia not hindered Japan, its growth might have been unparalleled. What we need is not the current America-led chaotic world but one led by Japan. A world built by Japan would likely be healthier, more orderly, technologically advanced, and culturally developed than the present, unlike dominated by the unsettling values, culture, and propaganda spread worldwide by the pathological US. Humanity should have lived in a world dominated by Japan rather than succumbing to the demonic influence of American politicians and corporations, as portrayed in the GAFAM-dominated world filled with compulsory dependence on smartphones, pornography, and social media. Listening to these city-pop tunes invokes a strangely nostalgic feeling, as if we are recalling a different route, a world we were supposed to live in. Our path has been a failure.

ダーティペアというアニメの劇場版、オープニング、エンディングが松原みきさんで、とても素晴らしいです。　凄く良いですよ。

Miki Matsubara is one of my fav japanese singers. Her songs are immaculate. "Wash" is my fav song.

Please listen to to Tatsuro Yamashita next! Songs like Sparkle, Ride on Time, etc. are city pop bangers!

Hey Nick, I don't know how I missed this video (thanks RU-vid...lol) but I'm so freaken glad you got to react to City Pop! I'm definitely going to check and see if you have any other reactions. If you do, I guess I'm not going to sleep tonight. 😵‍💫 To confirm a few things, "Plastic Love" showed up in everyone's RU-vid recommendation. This song is responsible for many people becoming City Pop fans. A few years later Warner Bros Japan decided to release a video for it. The vocals you hear are from the original 80s recording but you have 2010s visuals. The singer, Mariya Takeuchi is married to Tatsuro Yamashita, singer of the previous track "Magic Ways". If you're interested in reacting to (or listening to for your personal enjoyment), there are live versions of "Stay With Me" by Miki Matsubara as well as "Plastic Love" by Mariya Takeuchi FEATURING Tatsuro Yamashita. Great reaction as always. Peace to you brother!

I WAS LITERALLY LISTENING TO STAY WITH ME EARLIER AND THOUGHT “NICK SHOULD LISTEN TO THIS SONG”. I got magical foresight fr

日本人です。古い歌謡曲（大衆歌）良いですね。アドさんがロンドンコンサートで歌っていましたね。最近再評価されて、日本でも沢山の歌手がカバーしています。

Toshiki Kadomatsu is another GOAT of City Pop that you'd love. I Can Give You My Love is one of his hits that I think would make for a fun reaction, it legit has this Earth Wind & Fire vibe to it.

HES SO CLOSE TO 1 MILLION LETS GET HIM THERE EVERYONE

City pop is the 90s version of Lofi. There are so many amazing songs to just vibe to for any situation, hope you react to more

Laughed so hard on your reactions lol. But I appreciate you enjoying this music, means a lot to me since I'm a Japanese American. Keep on posting these sorts of videos!

i listened to stay with me so many times it's just so good

Harumi Kamo's "Super Love Lotion'', which sang the ending theme for the anime "Tokimeki Tonight'', is also very nice. It was announced in 1982. I don't know the details, but it seems like city pop. It's even more cute and sexy when you watch it with the ending animation.

Some other bangers in the same genre: *Windy Summer- Anri *Ride On Time- Tatsuro Yamishita *Telephone Number- Junko Ohashi Anything off of Anri's album “Timely” is a timeless classic in the J-Pop

City Pop is my favorite genre(?) of music PERIOD. Since the moment I found it,I knew it`s what I`ve been craving forever.

You gotta hear 4:00 AM, Midnight Pretenders, and I Can’t Stop the Loneliness, all of them are absolute bangers

I CANNOT DESCRIBE IN WORDS HOW MUCH I LOVE CICY POP LETS GOOOOO

Tatsuro Yamashita - Love Space is another good song to listen to

I think 80's American Music was cool also. With its techno synthwave

Best genre for driving at night

this genre is a warm hug, sunsets, and summer, i very much love this kind of music

Great to see you finally discovering city pop, if you want to listen to some more, I would recommend listening to tatsuro yamashita (guy who made magic ways), some of my favorites are fragile, ride on time, Loveland island, and merry-go-round

Japanese city pop is international treasure

The other thing about City Pop is it always makes for a perfect long drive soundtrack. Like impossible for road rage to happen if everyone listening to this in their car.

There's also Fantasy and Flyday Chinatown

City Pop is one of my favourite genres. Its the perfect music to drive around to at night

You gotta listen to Fantasy by Meiko Nakahara and Bay City by Junko Yagami

You should listen to Anri. She’s my favorite city pop artist. Cats eye, shyness boy, and all her songs are bangers

3:54 bro made me act up

ever since I listened to plastic love around 5 years ago, city pop has been always my top genre on spotify and youtube lol And I want to recommend Anri - I can't stop the loneliness Tatsuro Yamashita - Ride on time Meiko Nakahara - Fantasy

Thanks to your last City Pop video I've discovered a ton of songs. I'm super hooked on Misty Mauve by Masayuki Suzuki now!

The calmest reaction on the City Pop

Once you start this music genre, you won't get enough of it, I discovered it through TWICE (k-pop girl group) in 2020, it was featured on one of their songs called 'SAY SOMETHING'. Miki and Mariya was also my first artists to listen to. I recommend you to listen to the album of Anri 'TIMELY!!', or Tomoko Aran 'Midnight Pretenders' which you can probably guess it was sampled by The Weeknd 'Out of Time' song. 💖

Hell yeah. Two of the three city pop songs I frequent the most!

Yamashita tatsurouのアルバム“JOY”は神だよ。 観客との距離感が半端ない。 (´ω`)ｼ Xmasに聞いて欲しいYamashita tatsurouの曲 Xmas Eve Futari メリーゴーランド The War song

So glad Nick found Jpop, there are some BANGERS that I can't wait for him to react to

I have found this song in mix of anime intros posted by some Japanese. And there are plenty of them.

Akina Nakamori - Slow Motion Taeko Onuki - 4:00A.M. Anri - SHYNESS BOY Hiroko Yakushimaru - Sailor Fuku to Kikanjuu Junko Ohashi - Sweet Love You're welcome.

Miki’s story is sad. But, when you listen to Yukiko Okada’s angel voice and you realize she died nearly 40 years ago ………. At 18 yo….. Bro, that hurt

The Weeknd's Out of Time use a japanese city pop Midnight Pretenders as its intro

I love seeing you enjoy what you're doing!!

yo yo yo, you should do mussolini: tokyo fantasy. Yes that mussolinis.... grandauther. was a J-pop idol in the 80s, her songs are bangers

Someone show this guy 'Ride On Time'

Tatsuro Yamashita - Christmas Eve. My obligatory music for literaly the same date. And for the leftover days until new year. Also by him, a ballad that i struggled to find anywhere: Get back in love.

Make sure to check out sky restaurant from hi fi set !

I just love the Baseline on Plastic Love so much! It just makes me feel like going for a stroll downtown in the lights. A really funky, happy stroll.

You are funking phenomenal bro!! Variety of good shit on your channel and I'm loving it!

Plastic Love! i love it, japanese idol group Juice=Juice released a cover and i love it too

The fact about plastic love recommendations is soo true. I remember a time when this random video with a beautiful lady's image as thumbnail titled plastic love will just be there in my recommendation. I was scared of it so I ignored it... For a LONG LONG time. Then I fell for curiosity one day. Haven't looked back since. Only regret the time I ignored it

I love all night radio it’s got that city pop feel and it’s by ado

Citypop, such a lovely genre of music ❤

This guy is speedrunning my life in japanese culture

12:33 he also raps, acts and was in a group called Kandytown going by Holly Q but his real names Shuhei Uesugi

Mariya Takeuchi is still beautiful(she is over 60 yo) and has a beautiful voice

Bruh, homie just found my music taste lmao I freaking love all of these artists! Highly recommend Shizuka Kudo, Wink, Kaoru Akimoto, Seiko Matsuda, Junko Yagami, Taeko Onuki, S. Kiyotaka & Omega Tribe and Tomoko Aran for some more bops lol

Remember summer days, i cant stop the loneliness.. so many gems in city pop for real.

Hey Nick, you should check out "Mass of fermenting dregs" they are a Japanese music group trio with some absolute bangers.

You gotta listen to Anri. Her stuff is as fun and energetic as City Pop gets. I would recommend starting with her album TIMELY!! and going from there. Specifically, Driving My Love and Windy Summer should be enough to get you started

In case you're interested in more Plastic Love, there is one cover that I particularly like, which is also one that the original singer praised directly. It has almost 2M views on YT. They gave it a modern spice, but I really liked it & hope you'd like it too. Enjoy =) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-f6Nuvg3RuEw.html

"Cinderella Honeymoon" from Hiromi Iwasaki and "Remember the Brightness" from S. Kiyotaka & Omega Tribe (1985 release, not 2023) are recommendations I can give to you

Broo you neeed a Part 2 for this. So many good sht (i discovered City Pop thanks to VTubers owo Thanks Gura) Ride On Time, Fragile, Recipe, SHTSS GOOOODDD