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 Moments of Solitude (21–30)
embraceBUMP OF CHICKEN
When you want to be alone, isn’t it actually a time when you’re craving some kind of warmth? You want to be left alone, yet you want someone to care… These lyrics and the gentle melody embrace those feelings.
Even the parts with just an “Oh,” which you could call a signature BUMP touch, resonate deeply throughout this song.
Our Days with the Sea and MagicKanno Yōko
Yoko Kanno is also well known as the composer of the song “Flowers Will Bloom,” created to support recovery from the Great East Japan Earthquake.
By the way, while this piece is background music for Honey and Clover, it’s soothing to listen to as driving music when you feel like going somewhere alone.
How about it with a beautiful sunset?
road; way; path; street; route; Tao (in philosophy)GReeeeN
GReeeeN’s major debut single “Michi” lifts your spirits when you’re going through tough or sad times and makes you feel like you can keep going.
Many of GReeeeN’s songs are also popular as cheer-up anthems for students taking entrance exams.
When you feel like being alone, this song will surely support you.
AiHata Motohiro
It was released in 2010 as Motohiro Hata’s ninth single.
The song was used as the ending theme for TV Miyazaki’s “UMK Super News,” and it debuted at No.
5 on the Oricon Weekly Chart, marking his second Top 5 entry.
With delicate lyrics and a gently flowing vocal delivery, it’s a song that lightens the heart.
【es】 〜Theme of es〜Mr.Children
It was released in 1995 as Mr.Children’s eighth single.
The song was used as the theme for the documentary film “[es] Mr.Children in FILM,” reached No.
1 on the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart, and became a million seller.
It’s a ballad best enjoyed slowly on your own.
for a long time / all the time / continuouslyaiko
It was released in 2011 as aiko’s 29th single.
Chosen as the theme song for the TV drama “A Taste of Honey,” the title comes from the idea that if you cherish someone and hold on to what you believe in your heart, eternity exists.
It’s a song you can listen to at a relaxed pace.
TO BEHamasaki Ayumi
It was released in 1999 as Ayumi Hamasaki’s eighth single.
It was used as the theme song for Japan Tobacco’s “Momo no Tennensui” commercial.
It reached No.
4 on the Oricon weekly singles chart, and it’s a song that conveys the feeling that one cannot live alone, evoking gratitude toward the people around you.