An 80s Japanese Track Is the Best Pop Song in the World

It’s a late night, rain is beating on the window – sleep isn’t coming easy. Cigarette ash in a mug; a dearth of feeling; hours passing in contemplative, languishing inertia. YouTube recommended videos: slide, slide, slide, slide. Then, as if the algorithm Gods are in attendance, a tune appears: “Plastic Love” (listen above), by the Japanese pop star Mariya Takeuchi – an immaculate 80s disco number