Trending Music [February 2025]

For DecadesLittle Glee Monster

For Decades

A cheer song brimming with passion and energy has arrived.

Created by Little Glee Monster, this track powerfully conveys a love for soccer and hope for the future as the official support song celebrating the J.League’s 30th anniversary.

With powerful vocals and an uptempo beat, it’s packed with the unity between players and supporters and the courage to push forward through adversity.

Included on the album “Ambitious,” the song will be released for early digital streaming starting in February 2025, and is also being used in J.League game broadcasts and promotional videos.

It’s a must-listen not only for sports lovers but for anyone who has someone to cheer on.

J.O.K.E.R.MAZZEL

MAZZEL / J.O.K.E.R. -Music Video-

An ambitious work that fuses refined musicality with dance performance.

Released by MAZZEL in February 2025, this piece was selected as the official theme song for the TOKYU FUDOSAN HOLDINGS Breaking World Match 2025.

The lyrics express the importance of staying composed in moments of competition and leveraging one’s strengths, using the joker—the trump card in playing cards—as a metaphor.

The sound is filled with courage and hope for those who take on challenges.

Recommended for anyone who wants to believe in their potential and move forward!

winding roadNovelbright

Novelbright – Winding Road [Official Music Video]

It’s a powerful message song about the importance of believing in yourself and moving forward even as you face life’s hardships and trials.

With a grand rock sound, Novelbright makes a compelling appeal to hope for the future.

Released in January 2025, the track was chosen as the theme song for the TV Tokyo drama “Courtroom Dragon.” Its message aligns perfectly with the show’s theme, in which a protagonist who switches careers from professional shogi player to lawyer takes on difficult cases.

The music video was directed by actor Hiroshi Tamaki and filmed in lush natural locations.

Its striking visual beauty, leveraging contrasts of light and shadow, has also become a talking point.

This is a song we hope you’ll listen to when you find yourself at a crossroads in life—an uplifting anthem that can help you stay positive.

Human Factory -Electroformed Humans-Perfume

Human factory - Electroformed Human - [Official Audio]

Perfume’s new release, which sings about people moving through their daily lives unconsciously, became a hit upon its digital release in February 2025 as the theme song for the film “Showtime Seven.” Evolving their signature electropop with weighty beats and deft vocal effects, the track evokes the atmosphere of a sci-fi movie soundtrack.

Conveying a profound message, it portrays humans embedded within social systems by likening them to domesticated cats.

It’s a memorable song that will awaken senses we often overlook as we navigate the present era.

But no loveRainy。

Rainy. “But No Love” MV

Rainy.

has delivered a powerful dance track that captures the full spectrum of a 16-year-old’s emotions.

Beneath its poppy, up-tempo sound lie age-specific worries, inner conflicts, and the push-and-pull of young love, vividly portraying the raw feelings of youth.

The wavering heart at the boundary between childhood and adulthood resonates deeply, carried by a light sound that exquisitely blends the essences of Heisei and Reiwa-era J-pop.

The song has been selected as the opening theme for the TV anime Detective Conan, airing from January 2025, marking the third tie-in with the series.

Just three years after debut, Rainy.’s increasingly mature vocals and dance performance are not to be missed, and will surely strike a chord with those in the thick of their youth.

I — Because I can’t stopRyota Miyadate

Ryota Miyadate ‘I・Datte Tomaranai’ Music Video

A passionate love song wrapped in the atmosphere of Showa-era kayōkyoku.

Sung by Ryota Miyadate of Snow Man, this piece portrays the bittersweet feelings of a man torn between reason and instinct.

Its classic J-pop melody and luxurious sound, exuding mature allure, draw you in before you know it.

Released in January 2025 as part of Snow Man’s album “THE BEST 2020-2025,” this pop song speaks to the hearts of adults wrestling with love.

BarrierSixTONES

SixTONES – Barrier [YouTube ver.]

A fusion rock piece that could be called the essence of SixTONES, expressing an unwavering conviction to protect the one you love through a powerful melody and a danceable band sound.

The feelings of a protagonist madly in love are skillfully portrayed, making it a perfect fit as the theme song for the film “Ojo to Banken-kun.” Set for release in March 2025, the single will be available in three formats: Limited Edition, Regular Edition, and “M Television Unplugged” Edition.

The coupling tracks include richly expressive new songs, from irresistibly addictive EDM to chill R&B.

It’s a song that will resonate in your heart when you want to deepen the bond with someone important or reaffirm your own feelings.