[An Adulterous Love] A love song about a secret affair you can't tell anyone about
Affairs are generally considered taboo by society, but sometimes you might fall for someone without knowing they’re married.
You probably have feelings you’re keeping tucked away in your heart, too.
This article introduces songs about “affairs.”
Some songs depict people already in an affair, while others are about accepting there’s no future and choosing to part ways.
Many of these tracks express painful emotions, so you may find one that resonates with how you feel.
If you’d like, try listening to any songs that catch your interest.
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[An Adulterous Love] A love song about a secret affair you can't tell anyone (81–90)
Dear…Nishino Kana
This is a song by Kana Nishino that conveys the pain of bittersweet affection and unrequited love.
The melancholic piano sound evokes the feeling of softly murmuring one’s sorrow, and the expansive development of the music strikingly expresses emotions overflowing.
The lyrics, which capture the inner movements of the heart when burdened with feelings that won’t reach their destination or love that cannot be fulfilled, further emphasize the poignancy.
By also depicting the ideal of “what if these feelings had reached you,” the song renders the suffering even more vividly.
TABOOKōda Kumi
True to Kumi Koda’s style, the danceable and cool track “TABOO” is her 41st single, released in 2008.
While it doesn’t explicitly depict an affair, it feels like a song about a “forbidden love” that will resonate with anyone who’s in one or on the verge of crossing that line.
Songs about affairs that express a woman’s feelings are often sad and heartrending, but this one is something you can listen to and think, “Wow, that’s cool.”
LAT.43°N 〜forty-three degrees north latitude〜DREAMS COME TRUE
“LAT.43°N ~forty-three degrees north latitude~” is a song by DREAMS COME TRUE that seems to capture the feelings of an illicit affair.
While DREAMS COME TRUE are known for many hugely popular pop songs, they also have tracks like this that portray rather tangled relationships.
The tune evokes Japanese pop from the ’70s, and it almost sounds like something you’d hear in a daytime TV drama about infidelity.
The lyrics depict a woman trying to steal a man who already has a partner, while expressing her frustration that he won’t truly love her.
I just had a love sadder than anyone else’s.Flower
A song about ending an impossible love by your own choice: Flower’s “I Just Had a Sadder Love Than Anyone Else.” It’s a supportive song for people who are thinking of ending a painful relationship.
She loves him desperately, but the woman in the song lets go so that the man can choose his other love.
She lines up excuses and soothes the man who is crying and clinging to her, but isn’t it true that she wants to cry, too? She must have been waiting for the moment she’d be loved the most… It’s heartbreaking.
The Last RainYasushi Nakanishi
It’s a song about an affair told from a man’s perspective.
The one featured here is Yasushi Nakanishi’s “Saigo no Ame,” released in 1992.
Even nearly 30 years after its release, it’s still a classic covered by many.
The protagonist is told goodbye by the person he loves, and his burning feelings for her really hit you in the chest.
Maybe the mistress is saying goodbye so she can return to her husband, or maybe the wife has chosen her lover and is seeking a divorce—there are many possible situations.
What’s common to all of them, though, is a passionate love so strong that he doesn’t want to let her go.
