Latest Japanese music releases [February 2025]

KAWASAKI with pH-1ONE OR EIGHT

ONE OR EIGHT / KAWASAKI with pH-1 (Visualizer)

A collaboration track by ONE OR EIGHT and pH-1, released for streaming in January 2025.

Set over a fast-paced beat, the lyrics portray a thirst for freedom and a push against personal limits.

It’s a hip-hop number with multifaceted appeal—both high-energy and cool.

Add this energetic track, which fuses roaring motorcycle sounds with trap beats, to your playlist.

Better Half (feat. JEONGHAN of SEVENTEEN)Omoinotake

Omoinotake | Better Half (feat. JEONGHAN of SEVENTEEN) -Japanese ver.-【Studio Recording Video】

This song’s warm vocals really touch the heart.

Woven around the theme of long-distance love by Omoinotake, it was released in January 2025.

It’s a love number featuring SEVENTEEN’s JEONGHAN.

Chosen as the theme song for ABEMA’s dating show “Koisuru ♥ Shūmatsu Homestay 2025 Winter,” the track drew plenty of attention.

Its message—that even when you’re apart, your hearts remain connected—is expressed through a soothing melody and rhythm.

If you’re living away from someone special, you’ll surely relate.

What’s HappeninPSYCHIC FEVER

PSYCHIC FEVER – What’s Happenin’ (Official Music Video)

PSYCHIC FEVER’s “What’s Happenin” was released in January 2025.

Produced by JP THE WAVY, it’s a breezy love song that incorporates the grooves of Miami bass and Atlanta bass.

The lyrics, which capture the growing feelings and straightforward love that deepen during days apart from a loved one, are deeply moving.

Give it a listen while thinking of someone you adore.

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.

gumROF-MAO

Gum

I’m totally hooked on the gritty rock sound.

It’s a track by ROF-MAO, released in January 2025.

It portrays the feelings of living in a contradiction-filled modern society and conveys the importance of staying positive.

And once you hear it, the chorus sticks in your head! This work lets you fully savor ROF-MAO’s energy.

Don’t think too hard—just give yourself over to the music!

But no loveRainy。

Rainy. “But No Love” MV

Rainy.

delivers a powerful dance number that captures the feelings of a sixteen-year-old in their entirety.

Beneath its pop, up-tempo sound, the song weaves in age-specific worries and inner conflicts, as well as the push-and-pull of young love, vividly expressing emotions that feel true to life for today’s youth.

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

Chosen as the opening theme for the TV anime Detective Conan airing from January 2025, this marks the third tie-in with the series.

Now in the third year since debut, Rainy.’s increasingly mature vocals and dance performance are not to be missed, and are sure to strike a chord with anyone in the thick of their youth.

InductionRaul

Raul ‘Induction’ Music Video

It’s a highly original dance tune.

Created by Raul, it’s included on Snow Man’s album “THE BEST 2020 – 2025,” released in January 2025.

With profound themes exploring self-awareness, relationships with others, and the nature of expression in modern society, its dark, tension-filled sound world makes a powerful impact on listeners.

It’s a track that resonates when you want to face yourself or set your heart free.