Love songs to listen to in April. Spring love songs.

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Shytopes – Sweet Pea (Official Music Video)

A delicate, heartrending love song woven with deep feelings for a beloved and the resolve to say goodbye.

Through gentle, everyday details—moments when eyes can’t meet or the letting go of a hand—it tenderly portrays the end of a romance.

The beautiful imagery of sweet pea flowers likening a love that keeps blooming in the heart with the arrival of spring is especially striking.

Released by Chai Tope in March 2025, this piece was chosen as the ending theme for the TV anime WIND BREAKER Season 2.

It’s a song that offers comfort to those trying to accept the end of love or who have experienced parting with someone precious.

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Hatsuboshi Academy “Sakura Photograph” Official Music Video (HATSUBOSHI GAKUEN – Sakura Photograph)

It’s a moving ballad perfect for the season when cherry blossoms dance.

Released in April 2025, this song is the theme for the season event “Sakura-Mau Start Line” in the game Gakuen Idolmaster.

The gentle harmonies of the trio—Liliya Katsuragi, Sayaka Shiun, and Saki Hanami—leave a lasting impression.

It’s as if the tender melody rides the spring breeze and soars into the sky.

The lyrics, which portray meetings, farewells, and irreplaceable friendship, will especially resonate with those graduating from school.

Be sure to give it a listen during cherry blossom season.

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Nogizaka46 “Sympathetic Nervous System Dominance”

A refreshing, lyrical song that portrays the faint stirrings of a girl’s first love as she walks alongside the railway tracks.

Included on Nogizaka46’s single “Navel Orange,” released in March 2025, this track drew attention as 4th-generation member Yuna Shibata served as the under-center for the first time.

The lyrics poetically capture a page of youth and its wavering emotions in a way that’s easy to relate to.

It’s a song that especially resonates when you find yourself mulling over love.

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Conton Candy – Around the Time of Sakura [Official Video]

A single released by Conton Candy in March 2023 that portrays a love striving to shine with all its might before the cherry blossoms fall.

It weaves the joy of love carried by the warm spring breeze—and the feelings that fade away—into a beautifully wistful melody.

Its worldview overlays the fleeting passage of the seasons with a love etched into memory, vividly evoking a page of youth that everyone experiences.

The track is also included on the album “melt pop,” where vocalist Tsumugi’s clear, translucent voice blends perfectly with meticulously crafted rock sounds.

A heartwarming youth anthem for the young experiencing new spring meetings and farewells, and for anyone who carries unforgettable memories in their heart.

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The Only One Who Knows Is the Graduation Photo by Hinatazaka46

A song by Hinatazaka46 set in the cherry blossom–filled spring season, depicting the bittersweet feelings of a love that couldn’t be confessed on graduation day.

It tells a memorable story of hidden emotions sealed within a graduation photo and lingering regrets that won’t fade with time.

Nao Kosaka serves as center for the sixth time after a six-release interval, and the music video portrays a fantastical world of swirling cherry blossoms under the theme of a parade that heralds spring.

The single, set for release on January 29, 2025, will be available in five formats: Limited First Edition TYPE-A through TYPE-D, and a regular edition.

The song premiered at the Tokyo Dome concert on December 26, 2024, captivating the audience.

It’s a track to be heard with empathy during spring, the season of partings and new encounters.

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Sakurazaka46 'Sakuzuki'

A single released by Sakurazaka46 in February 2023, themed around youthful farewells and new encounters, with a poignant love depicted through the imagery of cherry blossoms that tugs at the heart.

The delicate feeling of “being unable to tell you how I feel” is entrusted to the falling blossoms, while the protagonist’s resolve to live as beautifully as a full-bloom sakura is expressed through a fleeting yet powerful melody.

In their fifth single, second-generation member Rena Moriya serves as center for the first time, and the members’ expressively nuanced performance is a major draw.

It’s a song you’ll want to hear in the spring season of partings—one that encourages young people heading into new lives, such as through transferring schools or moving on to higher education.

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Myuk – Sakura (Music Video)

A fleetingly beautiful love ballad that resonates with the heart as spring arrives.

Released by Myuk in March 2025, “Sakura” sings of lingering attachment and a sense of farewell to a loved one you can no longer meet.

Her mysterious, gentle voice seems to tenderly envelop an unfulfilled love.

Coupled with the song’s dramatic progression, it’s truly a tearjerker.

It’s the perfect track for a quiet spring night, sitting by the window and getting lost in thought.