Mutual love, unrequited love, familial love... classic songs that sing about affection

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Divorce Legend – For a While (Official Music Video)

A ballad that portrays a bittersweet love, scattered with striking imagery—an hourglass by the window, light reflected in cracked glass.

Released by Rikon Densetsu in January 2025, this work features melodies that evoke a sense of loss and nostalgia, striking straight at the heart.

Crafted over three years since the early days of their career, it conveys a strong resolve to keep moving forward while staying close to memories of someone precious.

It’s a song you’ll want to listen to while walking at night, savoring the ache of a broken heart.

I’m in love.Every Little Thing

"In Love" MUSIC VIDEO / Every Little Thing

A ballad that captures sweet, happy moments between two people in love, wrapped in warm time.

Released as a single by Every Little Thing in October 2007, it was featured as the song for Sapporo Beer’s “Fuyu Monogatari” (Winter Tale) commercial.

The gentle vocals and simple yet emotionally rich arrangement of piano and strings beautifully express the freshness and reassurance of love.

The track is also included on the album “Door,” offering a warm depiction of a calm winter scene shared by lovers.

It’s a song we especially recommend to those who feel a vague anxiety about their relationship or who want to reaffirm their honest feelings toward their partner.

ForeverNEWS

news forever

A medium-tempo ballad by NEWS that passionately sings of the sweet and bittersweet course of love.

Featured on the album “color,” this song portrays a couple pledging eternal love.

Amid a mixture of hope and uncertainty for the future they will walk together, the strength born from trusting each other leaves a strong impression.

Released in November 2008 as a track on the album “color,” it was also performed at the Tokyo Dome during “LIVE! LIVE! LIVE! NEWS DOME PARTY 2010.” Often chosen as background music for weddings and proposals or as a surprise song for anniversaries, it’s a piece that stays close to the heart when you want to deepen your bond with someone special.

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Omoinotake | Happiness [Official Music Video]

This is a love song by Omoinotake that sings about precious feelings discovered within a romantic relationship.

It warmly captures the growing awareness of the depth of love that gives new meaning, while expressing gratitude for the partner who accepted one’s past self.

Released in September 2023 as their first CD single, it was also chosen as the opening theme for the TV anime Horimiya -piece-.

The song is included on the album Ammolite, and its music video portrays inner change through floral masks.

It’s a track we especially recommend to those who cherish their partners and are building a relationship where both people value each other.

Thoughts and feelings toward loveaiko

aiko - “Mutual Love” music video

This song poignantly sings of a straightforward love for someone dear, with Aiko’s vocals and the gentle melodic line resonating deeply.

Released in May 2024, it strikingly portrays how relationships between people are bound together by affection.

Chosen as the theme song for the feature film Detective Conan: The Million-dollar Five-pointed Star, it harmonizes beautifully with the movie’s story.

Built on piano and acoustic guitar, the sound is wrapped in Aiko’s warm voice throughout.

It’s a song I wholeheartedly recommend to anyone who cherishes the feeling of caring for someone or wants to deepen their bond with a loved one.

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berry meet / Overwhelming Devotion [Music Video]

A gem of a love song that beautifully portrays both the joy and the anxiety of meeting someone special and loving each other.

Even when wrapped in unease and loneliness, the pure feeling that you can overcome it by trusting and supporting one another resonates deeply.

Woven from berry meet’s warm vocals and a pop melody, this piece was created for a split tour with bands of the same generation and released as a recording in May 2024.

It’s a soothing work that stands with those whose feelings lead them to see no one but the person right in front of them as their love deepens, loving them almost blindly.

A song you’ll want to listen to while thinking of someone dear, like a protective charm.

441miwa

miwa 『441』 Music Video

A heartrending love song that portrays emotional misalignment, likened to a guitar’s tuning frequencies.

It conveys a strong desire to fix the rift that has formed between two people in love and restore harmony.

Released as a single in June 2011, this track was chosen as the theme song for the “Mune-kyun Sukatto” segment of Fuji TV’s “Tsuukai TV Sukatto Japan.” It’s recommended for those who feel uneasy about their relationship with someone important, or who sense a drift in their hearts yet still want to move forward.