Songs that make you want to fall in love just by listening! Classic love songs recommended for Gen Z

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Gen Hoshino – Fushigi (Official Video)

From the very first moment of meeting, Gen Hoshino paints a wistful, enchanting love story with keen insight and gentle sensitivity.

He gracefully expresses encounters and pure, reasonless infatuation, blending a comfortable, 1980s pop-inspired sound with soulful vocals in perfect balance.

Released in April 2021, the song was written as the theme for the TBS drama “Kikazaru Koi ni wa Riyū ga Atte,” and since 2023 it has also been featured in Kirin Beer’s Tanrei Green Label commercials.

It’s a track that tenderly embraces mature feelings of love—ideal for a quiet night with someone special or as the perfect companion on a drive.

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Tell Me Tell Me ☆

This PiKi track is packed with that sweet-and-sour feeling of wanting to know how your crush really feels.

Released as a single in July 2025, it was chosen as the theme song for a segment on “Oha Suta.” Riding a catchy sound woven from rhythmic beats and futuristic synthesizers, the lyrics express the pure flutter of a protagonist whose mind is completely occupied by the one they like.

The harmony blending Karen Matsumoto’s clear, translucent voice with Haruka Sakuraba’s warm tone is just wonderful.

It’s perfect for when you want to savor the heart-pounding excitement of a love that’s just beginning!

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I Want to Become a Ghost / “Yuika” [MV]

Sung over a breezy sound, it’s a devoted—if a little heavy—love that wishes to become the ghost of the one they adore.

Yuika, whose realistic emotional expression resonates with many, delivers complex feelings of love with a clear, translucent voice.

Lyrics that express the ache of wanting to be close but unable to touch through unique metaphors are sure to make many listeners’ hearts skip a beat.

Released in July 2025, this track was chosen as the opening theme for the TV anime “Wataru-kun no XX ga Hōkai Sunzen.” If straight love songs leave you wanting more, this might fit perfectly with that frustrating, bittersweet feeling.

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A Lovey-Dovey Love Song with My Husband

This song overflows with unstoppable feelings for someone you love.

Its endlessly sweet and straightforward declarations of love toward a “husband” are so candid that listeners can’t help but blush.

It’s a full-throttle love song—no wonder Kugimiya, who performed it, said she felt “so embarrassed it was like my head was boiling.” Released in April 2024, it colored the beginning of the story as the opening theme for the TV anime “Chillin’ in Another World with Level 2 Super Cheat Powers.” It’s perfect for when you want to soak in an irresistibly cute world and feel healed, or when you want to be filled with happiness!

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Ai Tomioka – HEART BEAT (Music Video)

A song by Ai Tomioka that feels like turning the unstoppable pounding in your chest—just from gazing at someone you like—straight into sound.

It’s a digital single released in July 2025.

It captures the flutter of a budding romance, when just meeting eyes makes your mind race with positive fantasies like, “Maybe we feel the same way.” The moment you feel fate strike— that electric ‘buzz’—is sung over a pop sound.

As you listen, it’s almost like your own heart starts racing too.

If you play it when your heart is full at the very start of love, it’ll make you feel seen and validated.