Summer songs with great lyrics. Tracks that make your summer memories even more wonderful.
Great lyrics enhance the tone and add even more color to a song, don’t they? Works that take a literary approach as well as a musical one often become classics.
This time, I focused my research on summer songs with outstanding lyrics! Of course, “good lyrics” can mean many things: lines that move you to tears, words that tug at your heart with bittersweet emotion, or lyrics that sparkle with a touch of humor.
From masterpieces that artfully paint summer scenes with words to one-summer love songs, we’ve got them all.
Be sure to find your favorite lyrics!
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FinistèreSuzuki Konomi
This is a song by Konomi Suzuki that was chosen as the opening theme for the second cour of the TV anime Summer Pockets.
Her powerful vocals, imbued with the resolve to face the future and tinged with the bittersweet scenes of summer’s end, resonate deeply with listeners.
While embracing fading memories, it portrays the protagonist’s firm determination to turn the summer before them into a new beginning.
It’s a summer song that can support you when you want to take a new step forward.
Blue HabitatKitanitatsuya
This song paints memories of youth that are as refreshing and bittersweet as a summer sky.
Tatsuya Kitani released it in July 2023.
It was chosen as the opening theme for Season 2 of the TV anime Jujutsu Kaisen and received a Special Award at the 65th Japan Record Awards.
The cool, refreshing melody and lyrics that weave together the pure relationships unique to adolescence, along with regret and a sense of loss, vividly awaken memories everyone has experienced.
It’s a perfect song to sing in an air-conditioned karaoke room on a hot summer day while reminiscing about the past.
fireworksAdo
Summer often carries a strong image of being fresh and fun, but as it draws to a close, there’s a certain indescribable sadness, isn’t there? The song “Hanabi” captures that unique, hard-to-put-into-words atmosphere of summer’s end.
It’s written and composed by the Vocaloid producer Kujira, and sung by Ado.
The scenery is depicted in novel-like detail, letting you dive into the story and enjoy it.
Though the melody jumps up and down dramatically, the slow tempo should make it relatively easy to sing.
Sama☆LoveAnge☆Reve
Even when we say “the lyrics are good” in a single phrase, there are many kinds—lyrics that are profound, lyrics you can relate to, and so on.
Ange☆Reve’s “Sama☆Love” is a summer song with good lyrics in the sense that it puts you in a fun mood.
It has that uniquely summery party vibe, and listening to it really lifts your spirits.
Definitely consider it as BGM for your summer parties.
equalsumika
The crisp guitar tone feels great! This is a song by sumika, a four-piece rock band from Kanagawa Prefecture.
It was released in 2019 as a double A-side single, “Equal / Traveling.” The lyrics carry a straightforward message: be honest with your own feelings.
It’s the opening theme for MIX, a baseball anime set 30 years after Touch.
Ghost of the SeaYonezu Kenshi
What makes the view of a pitch-black summer night sea and the starlit sky above it even more dreamlike is Kenshi Yonezu’s “Umi no Yuurei” (“Spirits of the Sea”).
Released digitally in 2019, the song was chosen as the theme for the animated film Children of the Sea.
Yonezu’s crystalline falsetto evokes a mysterious world, and as you listen, you feel as if you’ve warped into another realm.
The lyrics convey fond memories of summer, along with the hope that “next year will bring more wonderful memories.” Summer passes in an instant, almost like a ghost, and this song captures the beauty of that unreal atmosphere.
As summer draws to a close, try singing it while layering it with your own cherished memories.
Summer TriangleNICO Touches the Walls
When it comes to catchy summer songs that portray overflowing feelings of love, “Natsu no Daisankakkei” comes to mind.
Created by the rock band NICO Touches the Walls—known for producing many anime songs—it was released in 2012.
Its passionate band sound, delivered through a simple band setup, leaves a strong impression.
It brilliantly captures the fluttering heart that reacts to a crush’s casual gestures.
Many people have probably experienced “finding yourself thinking about that person without meaning to.” It’s a track packed with energy that rivals the heat of summer.
