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Recommended love songs for high school students! A handpicked selection of heart-throbbing romance tunes.

Romance is inseparable from high school life.

Meeting someone you like and growing closer to them is thrilling and exciting.

Once you become a high school student, your world expands, and many people experience new kinds of love that are a bit different from before.

In this article, we’ve gathered our top recommended love songs that color high school romance.

From unrequited love to mutual love, heartbreak, first love, and more—these are all wonderful tracks that capture many different forms of love!

“If I only had the courage to keep loving,” “I want a song that speaks for my pain,” “I want to know the love songs everyone’s listening to”—these gems that resonate with such feelings are sure to support your heart in love!

Recommended Love Songs for High Schoolers! A Curated Selection of Heart-Fluttering Romance Tracks (21–30)

My reason for livingheddofon no naka no sekai

The World Inside the Headphones – My Reason for Living [Music Video]
My reason for livingheddofon no naka no sekai

The song “Sekai in the Headphones” reminds us of the small joys we tend to overlook in the rush of daily life, and the importance of irreplaceable moments.

When you feel like you’re losing yourself, listening to this track will help you notice the “reason to live” that’s right around you.

Chosen as the theme song for TBS’s late-night drama “Kono Hatsukoi wa Fiction desu” and released in December 2021, it gained strong support especially from Gen Z.

It trended on social media and has resonated with many people.

Why not spend some time facing your inner self along with its exhilarating melody? You’re sure to discover something new.

PretenderOfisharu Higedan Dism

Official HIGE DANDism – Pretender [Official Video]
PretenderOfisharu Higedan Dism

It’s a popular song by the piano pop band Official HIGE DANDism, commonly known as Higedan.

The song is about breaking up with a beloved partner.

There are probably many people who, despite being in love, feel their values don’t align or that they can’t see a future together, and end up having to part ways even though it hurts.

The lyrics offer comfort in many places, and I think some listeners are moved to tears when they hear this song.

OrangeGReeeeN

A perfect song to listen to on your way home at dusk after classes or club activities is “Orange,” released in 2012 by GReeeeN, a music group known for delivering songs that resonate with people’s hearts.

Just walking side by side with someone you have feelings for on the way home can make your heart race, right? The song captures that universally nerve‑wracking moment, portraying how the more you think about it, the more your feelings overflow.

It’s a love song that makes you want to confess, carried by a brisk, driving band sound.

Why not listen to it while taking in a nostalgic sunset backdrop?

RomanticismMrs. GREEN APPLE

An upbeat unrequited-love song whose lyrics overflow with feelings for that special someone.

It’s a track by the rock band Mrs.

GREEN APPLE, also known for hits like “Inferno,” released in 2019 as their ninth single.

Chosen for a Shiseido commercial, it became a hot topic.

With a catchy sound that blends lightness and energy, it’s a refreshing listen! It might resonate especially strongly with those in the midst of their first love.

You still don’t know my prettiest girl.Nissy

Nissy (Takahiro Nishijima) / “You Still Don’t Know My Prettiest Girl” Music Video (short ver.)
You still don’t know my prettiest girl.Nissy

Many people probably enjoy male-vocal love songs.

For a high school student like you, I highly recommend Nissy’s “Mada Kimi wa Shiranai MY PRETTIEST GIRL,” by the AAA member Nissy.

The lyrics, from the perspective of a boy with a crush on a cute girl, are very relatable.

Singing it at karaoke with someone you like could create a great vibe.

From Me to Youflumpool

flumpool “Kimi ni Todoke” Music Video
From Me to Youflumpool

It’s a song that people strongly associate with the live-action film adaptation of the popular shoujo manga Kimi ni Todoke.

Since the manga’s story is a high school romance, the song links to it and refreshingly portrays that heart-fluttering feeling of first love.

It captures the ache of unrequited love, and even when feelings are mutual, there are still words and emotions you can’t express, moments of anxiety.

This song packs all those feelings about love into one.

Rather than overthinking everything, it makes you want to spill it all out and say exactly how you feel!

Only for you, clear skiesYorushika

Yorushika – Just Clear Skies for You (MUSIC VIDEO)
Only for you, clear skiesYorushika

This popular song by Yorushika, a collaborative music group consisting of n-buna, a Vocaloid producer active mainly on Nico Nico Douga, and vocalist suis, powerfully evokes summer and youth.

The lyrics are generally abstract, sparking a different story for each listener.

High school students on the verge of adulthood might feel the song is a bit beyond their years.

Still, the song conveys the emotional movement of fixating on one person and the feelings that grow larger and larger over time.