{"id":"plastic-love","name":"Plastic Love","summary":"\"Plastic Love\" is a 1984 city pop single by Japanese singer-songwriter Mariya Takeuchi that sat forgotten for three decades before a YouTube reupload turned it into the unofficial anthem of the online city pop revival. The rediscovery pulled millions of listeners into 80s Japanese pop and fueled the future funk remix scene that grew around it.","tags":["plastic love","mariya takeuchi","city pop","future funk","j-pop","youtube algorithm","vaporwave","1984 song"],"howToUse":[],"imageCount":5,"nsfw":false,"images":[{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/plastic-love/plastic-love-mariya-takeuchi-plastic-love-thumbnail.webp","caption":"The cropped Mariya Takeuchi portrait that became the recognizable face of the 'Plastic Love' meme after the song's viral resurgence on YouTube.","width":1093,"height":614,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/plastic-love/plastic-love-sweetest-music-single-sleeve.webp","caption":"The original 1980 RCA 'Sweetest Music' sleeve is the source of the cropped photograph now synonymous with the 'Plastic Love' meme.","width":680,"height":684,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/plastic-love/plastic-love-variety-album-cover-1984.webp","caption":"'Plastic Love' first appeared on Mariya Takeuchi's 1984 album 'Variety', produced by her husband Tatsuro Yamashita.","width":680,"height":680,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/plastic-love/plastic-love-plastic-love-12-inch-single.webp","caption":"The 1985 12-inch single of 'Plastic Love' packaged the extended club mix and a new remix, both produced by Tatsuro Yamashita.","width":500,"height":471,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/plastic-love/plastic-love-plastic-love-sleeve-sketch.webp","caption":"A pencil-sketch homage recreates the Moon-label 'Plastic Love' 12-inch sleeve in fan-art form.","width":1920,"height":1920,"nsfw":false}],"historyUrl":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/plastic-love/history.md","related":["africa-by-toto","009-sound-system-background-songs","all-star-shrek","keyboard-cat","flash-game-memories","limewire-download","eat-salmon-on-christmas","isis-crappy-collage-grand-prix","my-life-is-over","black-hole-chan","cirnos-perfect-math-class","commando"],"popularityRank":1778,"license":"Meme images and history: templates, screenshots, photos and fan edits, many of copyrighted material or real people. Explicit and offensive memes and images are included and flagged nsfw. Check you have the right to use an image before publishing."}