Eventually, Plastic Lover and Alan came to an understanding, and the video was re-uploaded by Plastic Lover in the same format, but with appropriate credits to Alan. However, Plastic Lover started a petition to stop the hate mail and encouraged the fans to inform Alan what the song and its combined experience with the picture meant to them. Owing to this, he received a lot of hate mail from lovers of the popular video and had resonated with it. He did not know that YouTube does not allow adding credits and making changes after the video had been uploaded, and his claim basically struck the video down from YouTube. Eventually, Alan learned about the use of his photograph, and he filed for a copyright claim. The YouTuber behind the Plastic Lover channel revealed that they were not the first to upload the song with the said thumbnail, but somehow their upload became the most popular one.
Photographer Alan Levenson took the highly loved picture of Takeuchi for her album Miss M, the same image featured in Sweetest Music instead. More about the Copyright Issue Involving Plastic Love People are moving beyond language barriers and accepting art in various forms. With people’s increasing interest in Japanese culture through anime, food, music, and more, a worldwide confluence of cultures is taking place. It is not restricted to Japanese popular culture anymore. The revival has also led artists old and new to experiment with city pop and related J-pop genres and aesthetics. Moreover, it is evident that the city pop genre has been relevant over the years, and artists continued to produce music in this style. The list is quite long! However, if you’re new to the world of Japanese city pop, these songs will get you started as you explore catchy beats, nostalgia, and the bittersweet essence of these masterpieces.
Tatsuro Yamashita is often referred to as the pioneer of this genre of music. With the advancement of technology and the introduction of gadgets like cassette decks built in cars, stereos, and walkman around this time, city pop came to be associated with these. J-pop was not particularly marketed to the Western audience when it first emerged in the late 70s – early 80s, despite its emergence being the result of Japan’s globalization and influence of soft rock from America and the economic boom. Instead, they resonated with the tunes and emotions of the song. Most listeners of Plastic Love were not even aware of the bittersweet lyrics. It has a distinct aura that listeners can immediately identify with, irrespective of the language. Tracing the lineage of city pop, it forms the basis of sub-genres like vaporware, cyberpunk, and more. People are unsure as to why or how YouTube’s algorithm picked up this particular video, but it resulted in the revival of Japanese city pop, and it spread like wildfire globally. A Glitch Resurrected an Entire Genre: The Rise of J-Pop Soon, it became widely popular with the audience who did not care about the language, just pure vibes! Due to copyright issues, the original upload was taken down later on, but the song stayed stuck in people’s minds. People were greeted with Takeuchi’s enigmatically smiling thumbnail. YouTube’s recommendation algorithm had glitched and sent the seven to eight-minute mix of this track uploaded by a channel called Plastic Lover to almost everyone’s playlist. It is characteristically funky, has an urban yet vintage feel to it, and has elements of soft rock and adult-oriented rock, with hypnotic beats. In 2018, the world saw a sudden revival of Japanese city pop genre in music.
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