[Ajikan] A roundup of ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION’s popular songs [Latest & Classics]

I want to touch, I want to be sure (feat. Moeka Shiotsuka)ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION

ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION “I Want to Touch, I Want to Be Sure (feat. Moeka Shiozuka)” Lyric Video

Featuring Moeka Shiotsuka from Hitsujibungaku as a guest vocalist, this track strikes the heart with its poignant yet warm interplay of voices.

The unique sense of weightless drift created by the blend of Masafumi Gotoh’s and Shiotsuka’s vocals gently accompanies the listener’s heart.

Released as a single in October 2020, it also drew attention as the theme song for Daihatsu’s Tanto commercial.

Though the recording was actually done in London in 2019, it’s hard not to feel a sense of fate in how the subsequent social climate came to resonate with the song’s lyrical world.

Also included on the album Planet Folks, this piece is perfect for nights spent thinking of someone dear or as a calm soundtrack for a quiet drive.

Savor this sweet pop song that opened a new door for the band.

A flower called “you”ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION

ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION “A Flower Named You”

It is the second single, released on October 16, 2003.

In the protagonist’s uneventful, unchanging everyday life, “you” appear and bring about change.

It’s a song in which the protagonist encourages the tearful “you,” saying, “Let’s share the pain.”

Re:Re:ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION

ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION 『Re:Re:』(Short Ver.)

A track included on the 2004 album “Sol-fa.” A rearranged version was used as the opening theme for the anime “Erased.” The protagonist, who regrets not fully conveying their feelings to the other person, can’t face tomorrow.

It’s a heartrending song that pleads, “It has to be you.”

Blue TrainASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION

ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION 'Blue Train'

This is a single released on November 30, 2005.

It compares the melancholy and impatience of everyday life to rails that stretch on forever, and sings about wanting to move forward, to go on, until they disappear.

The music video features the band performing on a station platform, and it’s cleverly made using gravity tricks and optical illusions.

SolaninASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION

ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION 'Soranin'

A single released on March 31, 2010, and the theme song for the film Solanin.

In the movie, it is sung by cast members Aoi Miyazaki and Kengo Kora.

The lyrics, which were adapted from the song Solanin created by the film’s original author Inio Asano, were set to music by vocalist Masafumi Gotoh.

Afterimages of a Summer DayASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION

Asian Kung-Fu Generation – Natsu no Hi, Zanzou (Live)

This song is filled with the brilliance and bittersweetness of youth.

Released in November 2003, it’s included on the album “Kimitsunagi Five M.” Through the afterimages of summer days, it portrays life’s uncertainties and thoughts of lost dreams.

Goto’s delicate lyrics and powerful sound really resonate.

If you’ve experienced parting with someone important, you’ll likely find many parts of this song you can relate to.

moonlightASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION

moonlight

A four-piece band, ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION, who built a new standard for Japanese rock on a foundation of emo and alternative rock.

This track appears on their 2006 album “Fanclub,” and is notable for its piano intro that quotes a classical masterpiece.

Though it runs over six minutes and twenty seconds, its dramatic structure—shifting from silence to intense sound—draws you in so completely that it never feels long.

The lyrics, which evoke the stillness after a sudden downpour and the loneliness of harboring feelings that don’t reach their destination, seep deeply into the listener’s heart.

Embracing a sense of loss while striving to live on, the song is imbued with earnest emotion.

If you sing it with feeling in its subdued atmosphere, it’s sure to leave a profound afterglow in the air.