You've plunged down the YouTube rabbithole, mainlined 'Plastic Love', and emerged with a burning question: What is City Pop? If you're a fan of anime and Japanese video games, your connection to this music runs even deeper than you know.

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The City Pop Listening Gude:   / getting-into-pop-29936088  
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The Shared Psychosis of Perfect Blue:    • The Disturbing Reality of Perfect Blu...  
A Guide to City Pop, the soundtrack for Japan's Bubble Era: https://www.nippon.com/en/japan-topic...
Why does the soundtrack to Tokyo's tech boom still resonate?: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/mu...

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B-roll of 70s/80s Japan source:    • [Doc] Tokyo Landscapes 1971 // 1980