A love for someone older: romantic songs about falling for a senior or your boss.
There are many attractive things about older people—their reliability, the qualities you don’t have yourself, and a calmness you don’t often see in classmates.
Some of you might be in love with a senior at school, a boss at work, or even an older guy or woman who lives nearby.
So in this article, we’ll carefully select and introduce songs about falling in love with someone older from among countless love songs.
You might find the perfect song that matches your feelings.
Be sure to look for a favorite track!
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A love for someone older: love songs about falling for a senior or a boss (11–20)
That Girl is a SecretEVE
Even if it’s a hopeless love, that reckless, helplessly heartrending feeling is vividly depicted in Eve’s “Ano Ko Secret.” Released as a single on music streaming services in 2017, the song comes from Eve, a Japanese singer-songwriter and musician active mainly online.
It’s an up-tempo, fast-paced track, but its content is a little bittersweet.
The protagonist of the song is likely in love with an older upperclassman.
She doesn’t even notice the protagonist’s feelings, which only spin their wheels in vain.
It’s a pure, pop portrayal of the emotions of unrequited love.
Senior NietzscheNMB48
Composed by Shutaro Katagiri, who also works on anisong in addition to 48/46 groups, this is a pop tune that served as the coupling track for the 2015 single “Don’t look back!”.
Set against a sparkling soundscape, it sings of a crush on an upperclassman at school.
With “philosophy” as a key word symbolizing Ririka Suto, who served as center, it’s a love song that also carries a touch of deeper philosophical elements.
Just imagining spending time with your admired senior is enough to make your heart race, isn’t it? Alongside that excitement, the feeling of not knowing what to do is also endearingly portrayed.
Be sure to listen while picturing the senior you admire.
A frantic scramble; being in a chaotic flurryAntikku-Kohiten-
“Sempai” is something you naturally become when you end up with juniors at work or in a club, whether you want to or not.
Antic Cafe’s “Amadekobai” portrays the struggles of such a sempai.
It was included as the coupling track to their 2017 single “Ikenai Mousou × Abunai Chinjuu.” The song depicts the exhaustion of a hectic reality where, although you’d rather not be pushed around by juniors and would prefer to focus on yourself more easily, you just can’t.
Even so, it suggests there are views you can only see after becoming an adult and taking on the role of a sempai.
If being a sempai wears you down, give it a listen and let it power you up!
Senpai ~LOVE AGAIN~Kantorī Musume ni Konno to Fujimoto (Mōningu Musume)
A song by Hello! Project idol group Country Musume, nicknamed “Kanmusu.” Some of you might recognize the group as the one that included Mai Satoda, wife of former Major League Baseball player Masahiro Tanaka.
This track, “Senpai ~LOVE AGAIN~,” was released when Miki Fujimoto and Asami Konno joined Country Musume as support members.
The lyrics—“I had my heart broken, but I still love you! What should I do with these feelings I can’t forget?”—are pure Tsunku♂ world, through and through! Why does a one- or two-year age gap feel so huge when you’re a student?
My favorite seniorMōningu Musume.
A slightly heart-throbbing title: “The Senior I Like.” This song is included on Morning Musume’s fourth album, 4th Ikimasshoi!, released in 2002.
It’s sung by the 5th generation members who joined in 2001: Ai Takahashi, Asami Konno, Makoto Ogawa, and Risa Niigaki.
It’s also a track that follows the tradition of being performed by the group’s newly joined members.
A cute number packed with all the feelings of adolescence.
Senpai is tokoroten.ka dan
The warm-up gods, known for making their major debut while working part-time—this is Hanadan’s hype song.
The lyrics tell a story about everyone making a huge fuss because a senior got himself a younger girlfriend.
While poking a bit of fun at him, the juniors’ feelings toward their senior are wholeheartedly positive.
In the song title “Senpai wa Tokoroten,” the “Tokoroten” is actually the senior’s email address.
Love for someone older: Romance songs about falling for a senior or boss (21–30)
Dear Sir/Madam, you are…ACE COLLECTION
“Dear You…” is a song that channels the desire to protect an older girlfriend through a comfortable rock sound.
It’s a beautiful love song by the rock band ACE COLLECTION, formed in 2017.
The lyrics, which express a positive feeling that even someone a bit cynical can face their lover straightforwardly, leave listeners feeling refreshed.
The song’s driving, exhilarating band sound is another highlight.
The melody is easy to sing, so it might be a great choice to serenade your older girlfriend with this track!
