[Youth Anthems] A curated selection of popular and latest songs to hype up your school cultural festival
Many people look forward to the once-a-year cultural and school festivals! For students, they’re probably a big event that decorates an important page of their youth.
Music is indispensable in many moments at cultural and school festivals—venue BGM, theme songs, stage performances, dance, and other acts.
In this article, we’ll introduce perfect youth-themed songs for various scenes that brighten up your event.
Find wonderful tracks that will make your youth shine even brighter.
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[Youth Songs] Carefully Selected Popular and Latest Tracks to Liven Up School Cultural Festivals (91–100)
FRIENDS!!!imase
This is a heartwarming song themed around friendship, whose gentle melody seeps into the soul.
Imase’s soft vocals tenderly capture the subtle distance and mutual changes felt when reconnecting with an old friend.
It conveys the importance of a friendship that, even as we grow, can return to the carefree bond of the past, and the enduring connection that doesn’t fade with time.
Released in February 2025 for the collaborative project “Everyone’s Concert” by the live communication app Pococha and Yamaha Corporation, the piece features a striking sound highlighted by Shingo Kubota’s arrangement.
Recommended as a youthful, uplifting track perfect for memorable moments like school festivals or stage performances, it’s a song that unites friends and lifts the mood when shared together.
Run, SAKAMOTOVaundy
A song with a powerful rock sound and dynamic development, written specifically as the opening theme for the TV anime SAKAMOTO DAYS.
The melody woven by Vaundy and the lyrics expressing a strong drive to move forward brilliantly capture the way of life of the protagonist, Taro Sakamoto.
Released in January 2025, this track is perfect for moments when you want to unite everyone’s feelings—such as a school festival opening or a sports day entrance march.
Its exhilarating sound and empowering message are sure to elevate the atmosphere of any event.
Full-Power BoySukima Suichi
Celebrated as one of Sukima Switch’s signature songs, this track sings of the strength of a pure heart that evokes the freshness of youth.
Carrying a message about the importance of holding on to youthful passion, it inspires the courage and energy to face difficulties.
It rekindles the playful spirit and willingness to take on challenges that are often lost in adulthood, reminding us of the beauty of living life to the fullest.
Released in April 2004, the song was featured in an NTT Docomo commercial for the Kansai region and became a key work that showcased Sukima Switch’s musical evolution.
It gives a boost to students practicing for sports days and athletic festivals, and serves as a reliable ally when you want to give your all toward a goal.
gradationSUPER BEAVER
Anxiety and longing, gratitude and apology.
Emotions that should be opposites sometimes blend together like a gradient.
This is an ambitious work by SUPER BEAVER that powerfully gives voice to that inner tapestry.
Created in April 2023 as the theme song for the film Tokyo Revengers 2: Bloody Halloween – Destiny, it deftly captures the subtleties of human relationships and shifting feelings.
Gentle compassion for another person, and the anger or conflict that sometimes arises—these complex emotions are portrayed alongside an emotional rock sound.
As a song that resonates with the hearts of young people facing friendship, bonds, and themselves, it’s a perfect choice to light up the stage at a school cultural festival or campus event.
Kono Yubi Tomareyosugala
This song is memorable for its vocals that stand beside those seeking a ray of hope.
Yosugala’s sincere voice gently reaches the hearts of anyone feeling setback or loneliness.
It’s an empowering anthem filled with the strength and kindness to keep believing in the inner light we all carry and to never give up.
Premiered at the February 2025 hall concert “progress the night -LINE CUBE SHIBUYA-,” the performance moved the entire venue.
It’s perfect for people facing difficulties but striving to move forward, for friends working toward their dreams, and for students hoping to capture a page of youth at cultural and school festivals.
In tough times, this song will give you a reassuring push.
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Kessoku Band is a four-piece rock band that appears in the TV anime Bocchi the Rock!, which is based on Aki Hamaji’s four-panel manga.
The opening theme, Seishun Complex, is a track that cranks up the tension with a tight rock ensemble you wouldn’t expect from their cute visuals.
It’s fast-paced, and since the series itself is popular with younger audiences, performing it on a school festival stage is sure to get the crowd pumped.
Of course, it also works great as background music to energize any event—a cool rock tune through and through.
ultramarineYOASOBI
This is a song that traces the journey of the heart in search of one’s dreams and true voice.
Inspired by the manga Blue Period, YOASOBI crafted this piece to sing about the passion for self-expression and the courage to take a new step forward.
Its powerful melody and IKURA’s clear, transparent vocals firmly support the resolve of young people facing towering obstacles.
Released in September 2020, it was used as the commercial song for Bourbon’s “Alfort Mini Chocolate,” and in 2021 it was also selected as the theme song for Nippon TV’s “Dance ONE Project ’21.” With its rhythmic and refreshing sound, it’s perfect for those who want to express themselves through dance or at recitals.
Why not take a bold new step, carried by its dynamic melody?