The 3 Lies About the Plastic Love Video 

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

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

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."

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.

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

for a small channel the quality of this video is amazing

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

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

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

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

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

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

Bruh I thought this vid would had millions of views

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

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

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. :)

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.

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

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.

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

I don’t think people realize how talented tatsuro is

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

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

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.

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

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

i thoroughly enjoyed this youtube video

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

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.

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

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

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

"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

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.

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

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..

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

it was made region unlocked on Spotify yesterday

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 RU-vid original.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

Her husbands cover is something I gotta bump now too

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.

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👏🏼

"Tattsurroh Yahmahshittah" Just teasing. Great video.

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.

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.

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

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 :)

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

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!

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

Believe it or not I just found out about this song not through RU-vid through Spotify I listen to some Japanese music and the Friday night plans version came on and I’m in love with both versions

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

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!

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

The editing quality of this video is just amazing.

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

Your Chanel is pretty underrated Your editing skill is pretty much perfect and you probably put a lot of effort in videos you made

Thank you for guiding me to this beautiful song!

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.

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

A really nice video, thank you :)

Bro this content was awesome. U earned a new subscriber

IM CRYING AT CIPHER IN THE BACKGROUND

Okay dude I subscribe, Now Give me the Sauce! xD btw bro that's an amazing video, really informational. I never thought that this great song is not as funky as what people in the 80s would want to hear.

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

this is a really good video Bo Tiger.

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

My opinion remains unchanged. I love the song and still listen to it and enjoy it and that's all anyone should really care about. Great video, it was neat hearing about the song's origins.

I love your editing style!

Wow, this is a heavily underrated channel. Keep up the great work man!

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

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

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

Amazing video quality, subbed ;)

Wow and now the song is available to stream! I love this! Recently discovered Plastic Love