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Japan
La chanteuse et autrice japonaise Takeuchi Mariya, interprete de Plastic Love, photographiee en studio de radio aux cotes de l'animateur Kamasami Kong
Arts9 min

Tatsuro Yamashita and Mariya Takeuchi, the city pop couple

Sugar Babe, RIDE ON TIME, Variety, Plastic Love: the story of the couple who defined the Japanese city pop sound and of its global rebirth through YouTube.

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Japan
Vue nocturne de Tokyo illuminée, gratte-ciels et néons évoquant l'ambiance urbaine de la city pop.
Arts12 min

City Pop: The Global Revival of a Forgotten Sound

The story of Japanese city pop, the bubble-era sound resurrected by YouTube and TikTok. From Takeuchi Mariya to Matsubara Miki, a worldwide revival decades later.

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