[Spring Songs] Moving tracks to hear in April: tear-jerking masterpieces of spring
When April arrives, some people are fired up for a new chapter in life, while others are surely still feeling the lingering glow of graduation, setting off on new journeys, or the sadness of parting.
At the start of a new season, a mix of emotions—anxiety, butterflies, excitement—bubbles up, doesn’t it? In this article, I’ll introduce some moving songs that will stay close to your life this April.
Every track has lyrics that sink in and tug at your heartstrings.
These wonderful classics—the encouragement of music—are sure to give you strength!
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[Spring Songs] Moving songs to listen to in April. Tear-jerking spring masterpieces (21–30)
Cherry Blossom Rainabsorb
Sakura no Ame is known as a graduation song sung by Hatsune Miku, and it’s such a popular track that it’s often performed as a choral piece at actual graduation ceremonies.
In addition to the Vocaloid version, there’s also a version sung by absorb, the unit of the composer, Haruyoshi Mori.
Along with depictions that look back on school life, its message of “We’ll be friends forever from now on, too” is sure to stir your heart when you listen during graduation season.
It’s a coming-of-age song recommended not only for graduates, but also for adults who graduated long ago.
seasonikimonogakari
In spring, where meetings and farewells intersect, we sometimes feel a vague anxiety that casts a shadow over the heart and a melancholy for which we can’t find a reason.
Gently accompanying that indistinct sense of unease and loneliness is Ikimonogakari’s “Kisetsu” (“Season”).
Included on the album “WE DO,” this song is a tender ballad spun with the warm melodies so characteristic of Ikimonogakari.
Having created many spring-themed songs, Ikimonogakari uses this track to portray the anxieties and loneliness that everyone feels in spring, as well as a bright sense of hope—embracing the full range of emotions that arise in the heart.
It’s a song that delivers a gentle warmth to your heart, no matter what you’re feeling.
[Spring Songs] Moving tracks you’ll want to hear in April: Tear-jerking spring classics (31–40)
periodIshizaki Hyuui
Huwie Ishizaki’s emotionally charged spring breakup song “Period” shakes you to the core.
Spring is the season of parting before new encounters, isn’t it? The way it captures scenes that make anyone’s memories of spring farewells flash back is truly wonderful.
You can fully inhabit the protagonist, or overlay it with your own memories.
It’s a song that lets you linger for a while in heartbreak on a rainy spring day.
Sakura AleAdachi Kana
This song, sung by singer-songwriter Kana Adachi, was released in February 2018, just before she graduated from high school.
The down-to-earth lyrics she wrote as a high schooler perfectly capture students striving to make their futures bloom.
Many listeners were likely encouraged by the lyrics that embrace imperfection as room to grow and felt a push to think, “I’ve got to do my best too!” It’s a springtime cheer-up song recommended not only for students but for adults as well.
April windElefanto Kashimashi
This is a song that sings about how feeling the April breeze somehow makes you feel like you can do your best.
It was released in 1996 as the B-side to Elephant Kashimashi’s single “Kanashimi no Hate” and was used in a commercial for Toshiba Multimedia.
It’s a song we hope both those who want to meet someone special in April and those whose April encounter has since become someone special will listen to.
Feel the spring breeze and listen while thinking of someone important to you.
cherry blossoms drifting awayUtada Hikaru
“Sakura Nagashi” by Hikaru Utada, which also serves as the theme song for Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo.
It’s one of the tracks on her sixth album, “Fantôme,” released in September 2016.
While the lyrics tie in with the film’s content, it’s also said that they may reflect the Great East Japan Earthquake of March 2011 and the passing of Utada’s mother in August 2013.
It’s a sorrowful yet warm song that feels like it stays by your side and cries with you in difficult times.
Song of SpringFujihara Sakura
This is a captivating song with a melody that evokes the gentle warmth of spring sunlight and a smoky vocal that nestles close to the heart.
Though it carries the anxiety of an unseen tomorrow, its lyrics encourage taking a strong first step forward—sure to gently support graduates setting off into new environments.
Included on a single released in March 2017 and chosen as the theme song for the latter part of the film March Comes in Like a Lion, the piece moved many to tears in theaters.
It’s also featured on the album PLAY, where Spitz’s original classic is reinterpreted with Sakura Fujiwara’s uniquely warm expression.
Because it overlaps with the image of children overcoming the sadness of parting and taking flight with hope, it’s perfect for scenes where you want to create a moving graduation ceremony.