A spine-chilling scary song: masterful tracks that evoke fear and eerie recommended songs

Tie and Untie, Rakshasa and Skeletonhachi

Hachi MV 'Tie and Untie: Rakshasa and Corpse' HACHI / Musunde Hiraite Rasetsu to Mukuro

Kenshi Yonezu, known for songs like “Lemon” and “Paprika,” is also famous as a Vocaloid producer under the name Hachi.

“Musunde Hiraite Rasetsu to Mukuro” was released on Niconico in 2009.

With a Japanese-style flavor and an eerie soundscape alone that sends chills down your spine, it’s a Vocaloid track themed around “discomfort” and “innocence.” The lyrics are exceptionally profound, so be sure to read them closely.

The more you understand their meaning, the more frightening it becomes.

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Araki Jakkan

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ChikotanTōkyō Hōsō Jidō Gasshōdan

Chikotan – My Bride: A Choral Suite for Children

The choral suite “Chikotan” is a well-known choral work with lyrics by Taizo Horai and music by Yasuo Minami.

The first half is bright and brisk, but in the latter half a terrifying scene unfolds.

When I first heard this piece at an elementary school choral competition, the latter part was so frightening for my young self that it left me traumatized, and for several weeks I could hardly swallow my food.

Distillation reactionMorita Doji

Doji Morita – Distillation Reaction

At the beginning, we see a close couple holding hands and enjoying the snow, but by the end it becomes clear that they are trying to bury themselves in the snow to die.

What’s frightening about this song is that there’s no hint of fear or sorrow toward the steadily approaching death; instead, they even wish for more snow to pile up.

They describe their dying, cold bodies as feeling pleasant, which gives the song an air of madness.

Doji Morita’s wistful presence and a voice that could belong to either a boy or a girl deepen the song’s world even further.

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sasashina

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Even if I quit being humanKurahashi Yoeko

Even If I Quit Being Human (solo) / Yoeko Kurahashi

This is quite a heavy love song, isn’t it… A track that says it will keep loving you, whether you’re a person or even a bug.

Passionate words of love are delightful at first, but when you realize in the latter half that the affection is unhinged, doesn’t it send shivers down anyone’s spine? Rather than wishing, “Come with me when I die,” the outright declaration, “I’ll take you with me,” is rather frightening, isn’t it? It may be better to think of this not as affection, but as being cursed by a woman’s love.

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sasashina

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A Doll’s HouseTaniyama Hiroko

Hiroko Taniyama – Dollhouse

Hiroko Taniyama is a singer-songwriter with many hit songs, including Country Girl.

She has a cute voice and a talent for creating songs with a fantastical atmosphere, but her piece Doll’s House is a mysterious song that, for some reason, makes you feel uneasy and even scared as you listen to it.

A beautiful witch in a picture bookJanne Da Arc

Janne Da Arc – child vision ~The Beautiful Witch in the Picture Book~ [Bass cover]

The song “child vision: The Beautiful Witch in the Picture Book” by Janne Da Arc is told from a toddler’s perspective.

The toddler is bullied by the father’s mistress, the parents’ relationship begins to crack, a tense atmosphere hangs over the home, and the family gradually falls apart—a frightening story.

Let’s eatKurahashi Yoeko

Yoko Kurahashi - Itadakimasu

Yoehko Kurahashi’s “Itadakimasu” is not a song about a cheerful mealtime scene.

It’s a chillingly terrifying set of lyrics in which a jealous woman declares that if the man she loves is going to be taken by another woman, she would rather kill him and make him a part of herself.