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Plastic Love

Mariya Takeuchi

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Album: Expressions
Released: 2008
Genres: city pop, kayōkyoku, j-pop
Length: 4:54
Tempo: 103 BPM
Label: WM Japan

About this song

Mariya Takeuchi wrote the song for her 1984 album Variety, which was a comeback record for her and on which she wrote all the songs herself. Tatsuro Yamashita arranged and produced it, and it was released as a single on March 25, 1985. The single reached number 86 on the Oricon chart, but it gained far wider attention decades later after a fan-made eight-minute remix went viral on YouTube in the late 2010s.

What it's about

The song tells of a woman who has been scorned by a lover and no longer believes in true love, so she treats romance as a game and lives a hollow, hedonistic life. Its upbeat arrangement contrasts with these melancholic lyrics.

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