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 (41–50)
Week EndHoshino Gen
I don’t think wanting to be alone only happens when you’re sad or feeling down.
For those times when you just kind of want to be by yourself, how about this song? Its upbeat tempo feels pleasant, and when you’re physically tired from something like exercise, it’ll help you feel refreshed.
When You Want to Be Alone: Recommended Masterpieces and Popular Songs for Embracing Solitude (51–60)
After the FestivalKuwata Keisuke
Released in 1994 as Keisuke Kuwata’s fifth single.
It was used as the theme song for the Nippon TV drama “Shizukanaru Don” and as a song for a Kirin “JIVE” commercial in which he himself appeared.
The lyrics are written from the perspective of a timid, underachieving man—a viewpoint rarely seen in his solo work.
It’s a song I want men to listen to when they’re alone.
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.
Atashisyudou
Syudou’s 2023 track “Atashi” is a song that conveys the struggle of living true to yourself.
There are times when you think it’s enough to live unbound, without conforming to others—surrounding yourself with what you love and being free on your own.
But when someone enters that life, or when the notion of being “normal” creeps in, the things that make you who you are start to crumble bit by bit.
Even so, you can feel a kind of tenacity—an insistence on continuing to live authentically, even if it means struggling—coming through both the lyrics and the prickly melody.
It’s a recommended song for those moments when you’re fed up with the stifling environment around you.
Song of LifeLibera
This is a piece by a boys’ choir that became instantly famous through a USJ commercial.
It’s no wonder people call it an angelic voice—the singing is breathtakingly beautiful.
Even when your heart is doing fine, it naturally resonates so deeply that tears will quietly flow.
It’s more than enough of a song to listen to when you want to be comforted.
TonightSHE’S
It’s a brand-new single that just dropped, and there’s no doubt SHE’S will be popping up in the media more and more from here on out.
It’s rock, but not just any rock—piano rock.
It feels really unique, and the piano tones are so pleasant.
The melody line is gentle, too.
It’s fine.Urufuruzu
It was released in 2003 as Ulfuls’ 24th single.
It was used as the ending theme for NHK General’s “Salaryman NEO,” and it’s a rock ’n’ roll number that’s quintessentially Ulfuls.
It’s a song that affirms everything, so it really lifts your spirits.