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!
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Recommended Love Songs for High Schoolers! A Carefully Selected List of Heart-Pounding Love Tunes (41–50)
maybeYOASOBI
YOASOBI is a duo known for turning novels into music.
“Tabun” is their fourth digital-only single, released in 2020.
Its source material is the novel “Tabun” by Shinano.
Though the song depicts a breakup—and breakup songs are often melancholy ballads with sorrowful melodies—this one gives a very calm, matter-of-fact impression.
Yet as you keep listening, its poignancy seeps into your heart.
It sounds as if they’re accepting the breakup as unavoidable, but deep down it really hurts.
It’s truly heart-wrenching.
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Tightly.mosao.
“Gyutto” by Mosawo, a buzzworthy 2020 song that reached No.
1 on LINE MUSIC.
Sung from a female perspective, it expresses the desire to “stay by your side forever” even when it’s hard to meet.
Many high school students may feel lonely because they can’t see their crush or partner very often.
In times like that, this song is highly recommended! Listen to it together and your bond is sure to grow stronger.
“Even when we’re apart, I still love you”—that’s the message we want to share.
I adore you, you cutie!SUI
This is one of sui’s signature songs, capturing the sweet-and-sour feelings of youthful first love.
It tells how the narrator’s thoughts about the classmate they like—sitting right next to them—turn everyday life, starting with a simple “good morning,” into heart-throbbing, special moments.
The song vividly portrays the pangs and sweetness of being in love, from being disarmed by a smile to becoming completely infatuated.
Released in August 2020, the track became a hot topic among young people—especially on TikTok—and was a massive hit on YouTube with millions of views.
It’s a must-listen not only for high schoolers, but also for anyone who wants to revisit the bittersweet memories of first love!
It’s nothing.makaroni enpitsu
This song begins with an intro where the vocals are laid gently over a piano melody, speaking in scattered phrases, and as the voltage ramps up toward the chorus, the emotions feel like they’re about to explode.
“Nandemonai yo,” released in 2022 as a single by Macaroni Empitsu, is renowned as a tear-jerking love song.
Its lyrics are straightforward yet somehow modest, moving listeners to tears regardless of gender and piercing straight into the heart.
It’s a love song that makes you long to love and be loved like this.
KanadeSukima Suichi
When it comes to Sukima Switch’s signature songs, you can’t leave out “Kanade”! It’s a karaoke staple, so many people probably know it.
The lyrics are themed around parting, making it a perfect song for those who’ve experienced heartbreak.
With its easy-to-sing melody, it’s also great for venting the pain and stress of a breakup by singing it out at karaoke.
Wherever you areONE OK ROCK
A straightforward love song by ONE OK ROCK that expresses single-minded affection like nothing else! It’s funny how expressions of love that might feel a bit ticklish or awkward in Japanese can feel so natural and comfortable in English lyrics.
Many people probably find it hard to put their feelings into words, even when they want to tell someone how they feel.
But in the end, the best way is to express your love directly so you won’t have any regrets! If saying it out loud makes you shy, you could try subtly conveying it by listening to the song together.
The sun and the moon as wellGENERATIONS from EXILE TRIBE
Taiyo mo Tsuki mo (The Sun and the Moon), released in 2017 as GENERATIONS from EXILE TRIBE’s 14th single, was used as the theme song for Aoyama Tailor’s “Lost and Found” commercial.
When people are in love, they show many different expressions, just like the sun and the moon.
This song reminds us of the shifts in emotion—crying, laughing, getting angry, and more.