A song about falling for a celebrity. A love song you want to listen to when you’re truly smitten.
I’ve fallen truly in love with a celebrity.
At first I just thought they were cool or cute, but before I knew it, I was serious.
In this article, I’ll introduce love songs I want all of you in a “serious crush” to hear.
I’ve gathered a variety of romance tracks—from songs about being in love with a celebrity just like you, to songs that sing of the aching feeling of a love that can’t come true.
Find the one song that perfectly matches how you feel.
People might say, “Being in love with a celebrity… really?” but love is free, and having someone you like brings a lot of happiness, doesn’t it?
Let’s fully enjoy this moment of being in love!
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Songs about falling for a celebrity: Love songs to listen to when you’re truly smitten (21–30)
That’s not fair…arekunn
Are-kun’s song, which beautifully portrays aching love and suffering, has deeply moved many listeners.
While harboring intense feelings for the other person, the work delicately weaves the complex emotions of a woman swayed by ambiguous behavior.
Released in August 2021 as an advance track from the album “Breath,” it was also chosen as the ending theme for TV Asahi’s “BREAKOUT” in September, allowing it to resonate with an even wider audience.
Confused and hurt by the other person’s vague kindness, yet unable to suppress her feelings—this piece offers heartfelt empathy and comfort to anyone who bears the pain of an unrequited love.
hydrangeakyanai
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.
Songs about falling for a celebrity: Love songs to listen to when you’re truly smitten (31–40)
Nevertheless, I want to do it.Hirai Ken
“Soredemo Shitai” is a song by Ken Hirai that humorously portrays a forbidden relationship between a man and a woman.
In human relationships, even if you have unrequited feelings or someone you like, it’s hard to just take them by force.
But this song is different.
It tells the story of a very passionate woman who tries to steal a man away, and, without ever stopping loving him, clings on with all her might—a strong woman who refuses to give up.
In the parts where she seems to spit out her frustration like a scream, you can feel a powerful love that borders on obsession.
Dear…Nishino Kana
This is a song by Kana Nishino that conveys the pain of bittersweet affection and unrequited love.
The plaintive piano, as if pouring out a aching heart, and the expansive development of the sound that seems to express overflowing emotions are striking.
The lyrics, which depict the movements of the heart when burdened with feelings that won’t reach their destination, further emphasize the poignancy.
By also portraying the ideal of “what if these feelings had reached you,” the song paints the suffering even more vividly.
As you listen and sort out your thoughts, you may begin to see the path you should take.
Love’s Melody and Rainy SkiesAAA
This song depicts the frustration and inner turmoil of having someone you love but not being able to say the simple words “I like you.” Even if you confess, it may not come true; the feelings are so serious that you can’t express them.
People who are in love will surely find this very relatable, won’t they?
I love you, but I can’t love you.AAA
Doesn’t the title alone already make your heart ache? “Aishiteru no ni, Aisenai” (I Love You, but I Can’t Love You), a single released in 2015 by the five-member co-ed vocal group AAA.
Since it was also used in a commercial, many people may recognize it as soon as they hear the chorus.
A love where both people care for each other but can’t be together—if you’ve ever experienced that, you’ll likely relate to this song and find yourself wishing you could start over from the moment you met, rewind time.
It’s a number packed tightly with the desire to convey your feelings, even if they can never come true.
More than friends, less than loversAsa
“Listen to this when you’re tired of being in love.” With those warm words, ASA delivers this work, weaving the complex feelings of two people who are more than friends but not quite lovers with delicate language.
Even while saying “I don’t like you,” they can’t bear the thought of someone else taking them away.
As they grapple with that self-contradictory emotion, a portrait emerges of someone struggling with the distance between them and the other person.
Released in September 2022, the song received high acclaim on the J-pop charts and drew attention overseas, including in the Philippines, Taiwan, and the United States.
It’s a track that gently stays by the side of anyone whose heart wavers on the boundary between love and friendship.