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 seek solitude (11–20)
I long to see you now.MISIA
It’s a song you’ll want to listen to when you’re feeling down or hurt in love.
That expansive, beautiful voice—so unmistakably MISIA.
If you listen to it on a day with a beautiful sunset, I think the tears will start to flow naturally.
The music video also has stunning colors, so be sure to watch it together with the song.
Highly recommended.
366 daysHY
It’s a track included on HY’s fifth album, “HeartY,” released in 2008.
Written and composed by Izumi Nakasone, the song became a hit as the theme for the Fuji TV drama and Toho-distributed film “Akai Ito” (Red Thread).
Packed with the yearning to see someone after a breakup, it’s the kind of song you’d want to listen to alone when heartbroken.
bow knotAimer
Anyway, I really want you to focus on the lyrics.
Because they’re about things close to us, they’re very easy to understand and really resonate.
The music video is also very beautiful, and it makes me reflect, like, “Ah, this is how everyone lives…” I think it makes you realize that you shouldn’t just think about yourself—you need to cherish the other person more, too.
HappinessAI
This is that famous melody everyone knows.
When you’re feeling down, I’m sure you’ll get a boost from the AI’s vibrant, life-filled vocals.
It’s the kind of happy song where, even if you weren’t in the mood at first, before you know it your body’s moving and you’re clapping along.
Just… I want to see youEXILE
This song was released in 2005 as EXILE’s 19th single.
SHUN, the vocalist, wrote the lyrics for what became his last song during his time with EXILE, and it drew attention as a track that relied solely on vocal performance without any dance.
It’s a ballad that conveys a poignant longing to see someone dear.
lonelyAbe Mao
Abe Mao’s “Lonely” expresses the feeling of not being able to see your long-distance boyfriend.
Her lyrics feel like they sing a girl’s love straight from the heart, don’t they? Every line resonates so much that there’s hardly anything you can’t relate to.
If you listen to this song when you want to be alone, you’ll surely feel something.
When You Want to Be Alone: Recommended Masterpieces and Popular Songs for Moments of Solitude (21–30)
Dear daysHirai Ken
Released in 2011 as Ken Hirai’s 34th single.
It was chosen as the theme song for TBS Television’s 60th Anniversary drama “JIN.” It reached No.
7 on the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart.
It’s a song that wraps feelings of longing for someone you want to see in Ken Hirai’s gentle, beautiful voice.