That is, until a copyright strike over the thumbnail photo caused the track to vanish. As Pitchfork notes, the unofficial upload, posted to a channel called Plastic Lover, racked up over 24 million views. The song’s comeback this November isn’t the first revival for “Plastic Love.” Decades after its original release, seemingly out of nowhere, an extended version of the song went viral on YouTube in 2017. “No matter how many other guys would pursue her, she couldn’t shake the feelings of loneliness that the loss created.”īut when a 12-inch single was released in Japan in March 1985, it only reached 86 on the Japanese music charts however, the album on which it appeared, Variety, was a number one smash hit. I wanted to write something that had 16 beats and lyrics capturing 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 a city pop sound. “I wanted to write a rock song, a folk song, a country song,” she added.
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