Unrequited Love Songs Recommended for High School Students | Love Songs to Listen to While Thinking of Your Crush

I became someone else’s girlfriend.wacci

wacci “I Became Someone Else’s Girlfriend” Music Video

This song, with a title that grabs you right away—“I Became Someone Else’s Girlfriend”—is a love song written from a woman’s perspective to her ex, about how she now has a new boyfriend.

She brags about her current boyfriend, but she keeps comparing him to her ex, and you can feel how big her feelings for her ex still are, how much she hasn’t moved on.

It makes you want to say, “If you like him that much, why did you get a new boyfriend?!” But there’s also a wish in there to cut off those lingering feelings by hoping her ex will find a new girlfriend soon, too.

Love is complicated, isn’t it?

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I need to talk to you.Adachi Kana

Kana Adachi “I Need to Talk to You” Music Video

A love reality show that always gets people excited no matter the era.

This song was used as the theme for AbemaTV’s dating show “Kyo, Suki ni Narimashita” (Today, I Fell in Love), Season 24, the Winter Break Bali Edition.

When it comes to unrequited love, the ultimate dilemma is whether to confess your feelings or leave things as they are.

This song captures that agonizing feeling so vividly, like you can hold it in your hands—a true anthem of unrequited love.

The fear that confessing might ruin the relationship you have now comes through so sharply it almost hurts.

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Just… I miss youEXILE

EXILE / I Just... Want to See You - Short version -

The song I feel like listening to with someone I love is EXILE’s “Tada… Aitakute” (“I Just Want to See You”).

It’s a track about someone you love dearly whom you can no longer meet.

You can really feel how precious that person is to the singer.

The song’s romantic, bittersweet atmosphere also makes the emotions in the lyrics feel even more real.

It’s great to listen to alone when you’re feeling wistful about someone you love, and it’s also worth gathering your courage and listening to it together with the person you like—you might just get your feelings across!

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GravityBUMP OF CHICKEN

BUMP OF CHICKEN「Gravity」

Based on Io Sakisaka’s manga Love Me, Love Me Not.

This work was adapted into a live-action film in 2020, and in fact, an animated feature was produced as well.

BUMP OF CHICKEN’s “Gravity” is the theme song for that animated film.

It’s a gentle yet heart-wrenching track that perfectly suits a story depicting the youth of four high school students.

There are many ways to interpret the song, but for those familiar with the work, it likely sounds like a song about unrequited love.

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ContrastTOMOO

TOMOO – Contrast [OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO]

A gem of a love song that exquisitely interweaves longing for someone with a tender ache.

The feelings TOMOO weaves—wavering between the joy and loneliness of love—gently embrace emotions anyone can relate to.

That bittersweet yearning of having someone right before your eyes yet being unable to close the distance between your hearts.

The pure emotion that slips out despite putting on a brave face.

Carefully giving voice to the heart of someone in unrequited love, this song has been airing since January 2024 as the ending theme for cour 2 of the anime Blue Box.

It’s a track we especially recommend to those who are in the midst of a romance, with their loved one nearby yet unable to be fully honest about their feelings.

I wonder why.takayan

I wonder why.

It’s a song that gently embraces the bittersweet feelings of unrequited love.

Takayan’s soft vocals carefully weave together the delicate emotions of someone in love.

The lyrics vividly convey the pain and heartache of not being able to express your feelings to the person you like.

Released in June 2024, this piece feels as if it’s speaking on behalf of the hazy emotions tucked away in your heart.

It’s the perfect track for anyone struggling with feelings for someone they see at school or work.

How about listening to this song to help sort out your feelings?

Unrequited loveGENERATIONS from EXILE TRIBE

GENERATIONS from EXILE TRIBE / Unrequited Love

There’s something special about unrequited love during our school days, isn’t there? GENERATIONS from EXILE TRIBE perfectly captures those bittersweet feelings.

Released in November 2013, this song portrays a pure kind of love—where just seeing the person you like looking downcast can make your whole day feel dull.

You try striking up a conversation to ask what they thought of a movie, but can’t find anything more to say… You know that frustrating feeling, right? The clear, airy vocals gently wrap around the delicate emotions of high school students.

It’s a recommended track for anyone who wants to feel both the sweetness and the ache of unrequited love.