Famous songs about couples: recommended popular tracks

LOVEMACO

MACO – LOVE

A song overflowing with cuteness and charm.

A love song by MACO, popular mainly among teens and people in their twenties.

She originally created and posted original Japanese versions of Western songs on YouTube, which sparked her popularity, and she has since been active as a new-generation love song maker.

AutomaticUtada Hikaru

Hikaru Utada – Automatic

A well-known classic and Hikaru Utada’s debut single.

It sold over two million copies and became a social phenomenon.

Composed by her in her teens with a strikingly mature touch, it’s truly the work of a genius, resulting in an R&B-style love song.

The music video is especially memorable for the scene where she sings in a low-ceilinged room, seated on a yellow sofa.

Private roomDomura Riu

Private room / Riu Domura

This is a song by Riu Domura that depicts a calm moment spent late at night, just the two of you in a room.

You can picture scenes from a blissful cohabiting life: walking hand in hand to the convenience store, or snuggling together under the covers in an air-conditioned room.

The faint touch of melancholy drifting through the gentle atmosphere makes the intimacy stand out even more—it tightens your chest before you know it.

This piece is included in the album “Kono Kioku o Nukereba” (If I Could Slip Out of This Memory), released in October 2019.

If you’re living with someone dear to you right now, it might help you rediscover the tenderness right by your side.

May it be filled with kindnessFlower

Flower “So That It Overflows With Kindness” [Movie “Evergreen Love (A Herb Book): I Picked Up a Fateful Love” Theme Song ver.]

We covered a song originally released by JUJU as Flower.

It was also featured in the film “Evergreen Love (Shokubutsu Zukan: Unmei no Koi, Hiroimashita),” and has become a popular track covered not only by Flower but also by artists such as Hideaki Tokunaga, Tomomi Kahara, and Kaname Kawabata.

I don’t want to let go.T-BOLAN

I don't want to let go.

A song that boosted T-BOLAN’s popularity.

It was used as an insert song in “Hotel Woman.” It’s also performed as a wedding song, and the album and single versions have slightly different lyrics.

There’s also an anecdote that GACKT once performed “Hanashitaku wa Nai” during his amateur days at a street live with a friend, as mentioned on TV.

the red threadKobukuro

Red Thread – Kobukuro (Full)

This is the coupling song to their 16th single “Footsteps of Time,” which was used in a Nippon Life commercial.

Lyrics and composition by Kentaro Kobuchi.

Actress Yui Aragaki appears in the music video and later went on to cover the song herself.

It was created during their indie period.

anytimeKōda Kumi

Koda Kumi / anytime

A long-awaited medium-tempo ballad from Kumi Koda, who usually gives off a danceable vibe.

The music video portrays the gentle everyday life of a couple, overflowing with warmth.

Around that time, some of her comments on the radio sparked controversy, making it a difficult period for her.

Precisely because of her strong vocal ability, her ballads are especially compelling and moving.