When you want to be alone: recommended masterpieces and popular songs for times you crave solitude
These days, thanks to social media and the like, we’re connected with all kinds of people all the time.
While that’s convenient, it can also feel exhausting, right?
Maybe some of you are finding yourselves wanting to be alone more often.
At times like that, try listening to music and spending some time by yourself.
In this article, we’ll introduce plenty of songs that are perfect for when you want to be alone.
They’re all tracks that can help you reflect on your inner self, so be sure to check them out.
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When you want to be alone. Recommended masterpieces and popular songs for when you want to feel lonely (61–70)
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Flumpool, who shot to fame with the choral song “Akashi” (“Proof”).
Many listeners probably hear it and relate it to their own situations.
There are surely many things we only regret now.
Some problems can’t be solved no matter who you talk to—you just have to think and wrestle with them yourself.
In times like that, try listening to this song.
OLA!!yuzu
The music video is just so, so fun.
If you’re feeling down, definitely give it a watch.
When you’re thinking, “I can’t stay gloomy forever!” I think it’ll help you bounce back quickly.
No matter how many years pass, these two’s voices go so well together, and it feels great to listen because they’re perfectly in sync at any tempo.
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It was released in 2005 as Kumi Koda’s 17th single.
It was used as the image song for Yoshi’s novel “Koi Bana,” drawing attention as the industry’s first image song for a novel.
It reached No.
4 on the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart and is a song I’d like people who have become timid about love to listen to.
The Beginningayaka
It’s a song included on Ayaka’s third original album, “The beginning,” released in 2012.
The lyrics express the importance of living together and the feelings she had for her partner, capturing the emotions Ayaka carried during her two-year hiatus.
It’s a perfect song for anyone wanting to make a fresh start in their own way.
I’m just living for happiness.SUPER BEAVER
This is a powerful song that portrays the pursuit of happiness while confronting human loneliness and inner conflict.
It is included on SUPER BEAVER’s album “Ongaku,” released in February 2024, and was written as the theme song for the TV Asahi drama “MARS: The Revolution of Zero.” Within its emotional rock sound, it conveys the importance of living true to oneself and the hope that arises from our relationships with others.
This work gives you the courage to move forward while accepting painful experiences and sorrow as part of who you are.
It’s a song to listen to when you want to face the feelings in your heart with sincerity, or when you’re ready to take a new step forward.