Friendship songs to listen to in April: a collection of classics themed around new encounters
In Japan, April marks the start of a new fiscal and school year, and it’s a time when many people begin life in new environments such as schools and workplaces.
Along with that, it’s also a season for forming new relationships—and a time when you may find yourself missing the relationships you’ve had until now.
In this article, we’ll introduce a selection of friendship songs perfect for April.
We’ve picked many tracks, including songs about newly blossoming friendships, songs that reflect on friends who are far away, and springlike tunes themed around cherry blossoms.
Be sure to give them a listen.
If you listen while reading the lyrics, you’re sure to find the one song that fits you perfectly.
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Friendship songs to listen to in April: A collection of classics themed around new encounters (11–20)
If I sing to the sky175R
“If You Sing to the Sky” by 175R was sung for friends back home in Kitakyushu.
Its fast-paced melody and passionate lyrics won many fans.
When you leave your hometown to start a new life and waves of uncertainty hit, what suddenly comes to mind are the days you spent with your beloved friends back home and the warm words they shared with you.
When you feel like you’re struggling alone, listen to this song and try to picture your friends’ faces back home.
And when your friends there are going through a hard time, borrow the power of this song and send them some warm words from you.
cherry blossomberii guddoman
This is a medium-tempo number by Berry Goodman, a three-member vocal unit from Osaka, that evokes the warmth of spring.
Rather than dwelling on the sadness of parting, the lyrics cherish feelings of gratitude and hope for the future, lifting listeners’ spirits.
Included on the concept album “Spring Spring Spring,” released in March 2017, the song was also used as the ending theme for MBS’s “ENT.” An MV was created using photos gathered through a listener-participation project, making it a track that has grown alongside everyone’s memories.
It’s perfect for graduations where you’ll miss your friends, or when you want to give someone a push as they head to a new place.
Believe in unchanging bonds and consider gifting this song that gives you the courage to move on to the next stage with a smile.
Sakura rollFunatsu Mahiro
With the arrival of spring, the song that makes me want to listen is Masho Funatsu’s “Sakura Roll,” released in March 2021.
The title is a coined word that blends “sakura” (cherry blossoms) with a smartphone’s “camera roll,” a clever touch that layers the fleeting season with the enduring nature of memories.
This piece, graced by the soothing sound of acoustic guitar, features high school singer Ren on chorus; the overlap of their voices creates a beautiful harmony where warmth and wistfulness coexist.
The lyrics capture a contemporary feeling—the desire to etch fleeting moments into the heart like photographs—and gently resonate with those facing graduation or a new chapter in life.
It’s a highly recommended song to send with gratitude, while reflecting on days spent with friends or a loved one.
foreverBENI
This friendship is forever! BENI’s “Forever” is a bright, pop song about a friendship where both people truly feel that way.
The music video features Naomi Watanabe, who is close friends with BENI in private life as well.
Like the two of them gleefully goofing around in the video, being together with a friend like that makes you forget all the bad stuff.
Even if you’re physically far apart, the distance between your hearts will never grow.
This song reminds you of that feeling and is perfect for hyping up the time you spend with your friends!
Best FriendKiroro
Kiroro’s “Best Friend” expresses gratitude to a cherished friend and a bond that will never change.
It was chosen as the theme song for NHK’s morning drama Churasan, starring Ryoko Kuninaka, which is set in Okinawa—the hometown of the two members of Kiroro.
With Kinjo’s piano and Tamashiro’s vocals, the song fills you with a gentle warmth.
Being with friends can make you feel happy and help you overcome hardships.
This song makes you realize that friends are indispensable in your life.
It’s a tender piece that gently embraces the wish you and your friend share: to keep supporting each other as you go on living.
My Best FriendLittle Glee Monster
Little Glee Monster’s “My Best Friend” is a song about a friendship bound by a deep bond between girls.
Its bright, fun, poppy melody—so characteristic of LiTGri—makes you want to go hang out with your best friend right away! The lyrics offer encouragement to a friend who, after getting a boyfriend, is gradually changing and losing sight of herself.
“I understand you better than he does!”—that kind of strong, tightly bound friendship is something you often find between girls.
It’s a song that makes you appreciate the friends who understand you even more than you understand yourself—sometimes even more than a boyfriend does.
Friendship songs to listen to in April: A roundup of classic tracks themed around new encounters (21–30)
together; along with; bothWANIMA
WANIMA, whose straightforward, hard-hitting Japanese lyrics resonate not only with the younger generation but with a wide range of listeners, are widely popular.
Among WANIMA’s songs, the fan favorite “Tomoni” was also featured in a commercial, so many people have probably heard it.
The track is included as the first song on their second single, “JUICE UP!!,” released in 2016.
It’s a song that conveys the feeling that, although life is full of fun and hardship and the emotions never run dry, the most important thing is that we were able to meet.
Its exhilarating sense of speed also perfectly matches the buoyant mood of spring.
