I wanted to write something with 16 beats and lyrics to show what life in a city was like.” According to Takeuchi, the lyrics are about a woman who lost her true love. “I also wanted to write something danceable, something with an urban pop sound. “I wanted to write a rock song, a folk song, a country song,” she added. “I was writing songs at the time because it was fun for me.” (Full Disclosure: I’m a columnist at The Japan Times.) ![]() “I was pregnant with a child at the time, so it wasn’t like I was really able to enjoy the bubble-age excess in the same way that others could,” Takeuchi said. “Plastic Love”, written and sung by Mariya Takeuchi, is pure “city pop”, a loosely defined, light-hearted genre that is described as “music made by city dwellers, for city dwellers.” Few things are more reminiscent of the boisterous bubbly era of 1980s Japan than urban pop music. acto Warner Music Japan, the reissued 12-inch single also broke the top ten of the country’s sales charts for the first time. This month, more than three decades after its original release, the song’s full official video was finally uploaded to YouTube. Recorded in 1984, “Plastic Love” is the song that continues to make comeback after comeback. ![]() The official music video reminds me of those overwrought karaoke videos played in Japanese karaoke parlors, which suits the atmosphere.
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