Although statistics for videos are no longer viewable, a look at the number of daily subscribers shows that Plastic Lover’s YouTube channel had a dramatic spike between March 17 th, 2018 and April 5 th, 2018, suggesting that this may have been the period when the algorithmic magic was at work (Social Blade 2019). According to content creators Stevem (2018) and Justin Whang (2019a), who both covered the topic in video essays, it is not entirely clear why the algorithm selected an upload of the song by the similarly named user Plastic Lover. Takeuchi was relatively unknown to Western audiences until a specific upload of her 1984 song Plastic Love started to appear in the suggested videos for millions of users. Mariya Takeuchi has had a highly successful career as a Japanese pop star, spanning decades and with multiple #1 albums in her home country. The unlikely resurgence of City Pop in a new time and place also speaks to the power of music to transport artist and fan communities to a distant urban imaginary. This story provides academics of popular music, and sociologists of culture with an example of how quickly the meaning-making process is evolving in the era of globalized digital media. In this short piece I discuss the unlikely story of Plastic Love, the obscure single that seemingly came from nowhere and introduced millions to the late-70s Japanese genre City Pop by way of YouTube’s recommendation algorithm. The users of YouTube and reddit (among others) are facilitating this globalization of pop culture. Fan and artist communities form out of specialist microgenres in a matter of weeks or months. Now more than ever, consumers are able to span space and time to seek out niche genres and artists.
Widespread digitization has fundamentally changed the consumption, production, and distribution of music in the 21 st century.
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Please do not share illegal download links on the subreddit.The Curious Case of Mariya Takeuchi’s Plastic Love
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r/silkysmoothmusic /r/boogiemusic /r/softrock /r/jazzfusion /r/vintageobscuraĮxternal links/blogs: Kayo Kyoku Plus (lots of info and YT links!) Related subreddits: /r/TrueCityPop (a highly curated alternative) /r/JapaneseNewMusic /r/japanesemusic /r/jfunk /r/shibuyakei /r/jpop /r/OmegaTribe /r/Yuming Listen to the subreddit on Music Player for Reddit Essentially a "mood" or "lifestyle" genre, its themes reflected a life of luxury in a sophisticated urban environment. a breezy, mellow mixture of smooth jazz and album-oriented rock – often with elements of jazz fusion, jazz-funk, or boogie – which appealed to an older and more affluent Japanese audience. In the early 1980s, with the spread of car stereos, the term City Pop came to describe a type of popular music. Guide: How Do I Collect Japanese Music from Outside Japan?Ībout City Pop (Text Source: Wikipedia, RYM) Or check out SuperKayo, a community maintained CITY POP and Japanese oldies archive. Just discovered City Pop? Try one of these recommendation charts:īy color: Red / Blue / Yellow / Purple-ish / Grayscale
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