What is Plastic Love ?

Mariya Takeuchi's sleeper hit Plastic Love and how Youtube's algorithm (and memes) turned an obscure Japanese song into a modern classic
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REFERENCES
Citypop
A Brief History of シティポップ
   • Видео  
http://www.electronicbeats.net/genre-...
http://deerwaves.com/storie/city-pop-...
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/...
https://japaneseculturecenter.com/cit...
Animes
Heartbreak Cocktail (1983)
http://www.zimmerit.moe/seizo-watase-...
Macross Do you Remember Love? (1984)
Ai City (1986)
Devilman The Birth (1987)

Games
Metal Gear Solid 2 (2001)
Tokyo Footage-NichiBeiTrader
Memes as music promotion
https://www.britannica.com/topic/meme
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesco...
https://www.wired.com/story/memes-mus...
   • Memes Are the Future of Music Promotion   - Fantano on memes
https://digiday.com/marketing/brands-...
Japan in the Cold War
The Pacific Century (1992)
  / what_was_the_role_of_japan_during_the_cold...  
https://www.nytimes.com/1993/07/25/wo...
Mariya Takeuchi
Black and White photo of Mariya (Sweetest Music) by Alan Levenson is subject to copyright, ©2018 Alan Levenson
https://archie1007.wordpress.com/tag/...
http://kayokyokuplus.blogspot.com/201...
https://noisey.vice.com/en_us/article...
https://aramajapan.com/news/music/noi...
https://www.whosampled.com/Mariya-Tak...
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/...
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/plasti...
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/竹内まりや
Interviews
   • Видео  
http://shyglance.web.fc2.com/intervie...
https://wmg.jp/mariya/pages/3/

https://www.billboard.com/articles/co...
https://www.economist.com/the-economi...
Yubin
https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/art/...
   • Yubin "숙녀 (淑女)" M/V  
Audio
Plastic Love (Remix, Variety, 40th Anniversary )
Plastic Love (Instrumental, Variety, 40th Anniversary)
Shigeo Sekito, Word II (1975)
Jungle Boogie (1973)
Plastic Love (Mariya Takeuchi) (1984)
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