A song of forbidden love. A love song about feelings that can't be stopped.

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CreepHyp – “Dangerous Play” (MUSIC VIDEO)

A song that shakes the heart with its heartrending vocals.

It delicately captures the feelings of someone tormented by a love that can never be fulfilled.

Released in January 2020, it was chosen as the ending theme for Fuji TV’s variety show “Ukemen.” The music video, directed by filmmaker TAO TAJIMA, also garnered attention.

If you’ve ever experienced unrequited love, you’ll likely feel a piercing sense of empathy.

It’s a track that conveys the anguish of holding back—recognizing that trying to claim someone at the cost of their happiness just isn’t right.

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You’re the one who let me fall for you / Arekun [Official Music Video]

A song that resonates with the anger toward someone who only reaches out when it suits them, and the aching feeling of not being able to forget them.

In contrast to its melodic, gentle sound, the lyrics are striking for their candid, down-to-earth emotions.

Released in September 2020 and gaining buzz mainly on social media, the track is also included on Are-kun’s album “Breath.” It features the soft timbre of an acoustic guitar and an emotionally rich arrangement.

If you’re struggling with a romantic relationship, sensing your partner’s feelings drifting away but not wanting to admit it, or have been hurt by someone’s misleading behavior, you’ll likely find this deeply relatable.

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Ken Hirai 'even if' MUSIC VIDEO

It’s a song by Ken Hirai that conjures up the image of a man at a bar counter, tilting his glass and hiding his true feelings as he sits beside someone gazing at their lover’s ring.

You can almost feel the protagonist’s painful frustration as he wishes they’d miss the last train, yet swallows the words instead.

Released in December 2000, the track reached No.

3 on the Oricon weekly chart and is also included on the classic album “gaining through losing.” For those entangled in a forbidden love—knowing it won’t come true yet unable to stop their growing feelings—this song may quietly keep you company.

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Kyannai – Hydrangea [OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO]

A song woven by Kyannai, filled with poignancy and pain.

Released in May 2022, this work delves deeply into the mindset of the one who cheats.

While depicting what appears to be a close couple, it captivates with a dramatic development that reveals a hidden tangle of romantic entanglements.

The lyrics skillfully intertwine the transience of love and the complexity of human relationships with the hydrangea’s flower language, “infidelity,” drawing you in before you know it.

It’s a track that gently stays by the side of those who harbor a secret love they can’t tell anyone, or who struggle with the complexities of romance.

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Yoru o kakeru Spitz

A Spitz song that portrays an elopement born from a forbidden love.

Knowing theirs is a relationship no one will bless, it depicts a poignant night as the couple runs off into a world for just the two of them.

Aware that they’re connected not by a destined red thread, but by something far more fragile, they still try to believe in that bond alone—an attitude that leaves you with a sense of helpless sorrow.

The track was included on the classic album Mikazuki Rock, released in September 2002, and was later used as an insert song in an anime.

It’s a work that confronts you with the purity and peril of a love you’d uphold even while turning your back on the world, prompting deep reflection.

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[AKASAKI] Wandering / HAIKAI (Lyric Video)

A bittersweet love story portrayed as if wandering through the city at night.

With the purity of youth and a delicate sensibility, AKASAKI sings of a heart swayed by love.

Together with a chorus that soars in the hook, it becomes a gem of a ballad that beautifully conveys guilt and yearning.

Released in April 2025, this work, though arranged simply with piano and guitar, resonates with young listeners thanks to its richly expressive vocals.

Not every love story is pure and straightforward.

This song accompanies those who wrestle with the feelings smoldering deep in their hearts and those who hesitate to find the courage to take a step forward.

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Shiina Ringo – Crime and Punishment

A song by Sheena Ringo whose heartrending cry—wanting nothing more than to hear her own name—pierces the chest.

The figure who seeks only the certain “now,” even at the cost of abandoning the future, seems to portray the agony of a heart falling into a love it knows is forbidden.

This work was released as a single in January 2000 and was also included on the classic album Shōso Strip.

It apparently wasn’t originally slated to be a single, but there’s an anecdote that its release was decided due to strong demand from fans.

When you listen to it at times when your heart feels like it’s about to break between the pure desire to be with someone and the reality that such desire is a “sin,” you may feel as if the song affirms your pain along with everything else.