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

I like you.Little Glee Monster

Little Glee Monster 'I Love You.' × 360 Reality Audio MUSIC VIDEO

Little Glee Monster’s “Suki da” (“I Like You”) conveys that straightforward feeling right from the title.

Released in 2015 as their fourth single, it’s a sparkling love song brimming with youth.

If you’re a high school student, these lyrics will likely resonate with your school life and give you courage.

When it comes to a one-sided crush, it’s easy to overthink and drag your feet.

But be honest with yourself, face it head-on, and turn that pure feeling of “I like you” into power!

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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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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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mutual unrequited loveDXTEEN

DXTEEN | 'Mutual Crush' Official MV (Theme Song for the Drama 'I Joined a Group I’m Not Close With on the School Trip')

It’s a heart-tickling youth love song packed with the sweet, bittersweet flutter of the moment when love begins to move.

Released in September 2025 as DXTEEN’s 6th single, the track portrays that delicate distance between two people who like each other but can’t quite take the next step.

It also drew attention as the theme song for the drama “I Joined a Group I’m Not Close With on the School Trip.” The initial rush of romance and the thrill of feeling the gap slowly close with someone you like are vividly expressed through the members’ fresh, breezy vocals.

Give it a listen when you want to move your relationship forward.

Specter feat. HACHIMIMiNARI

Spectrum feat. HACHI / MIMiNARI: Music Video

A tender crush that changes the color of your world is wrapped in a voice full of transparency.

Part of MIMiNARI’s “turning memories into music” project, the track features singer HACHI on vocals.

It’s the lead song from their first full-length album, “freq.,” released in March 2025.

With stylish, Chinese-inspired arrangements, the sound stands out.

The lyrics capture the frustrating feelings of a girl who hasn’t quite grown up.

Give it a listen when you’re unsure where your love is headed.

NE-CHU-SHOWbotchiboromaru

NE-CHU-SHOW / Bocchi Boromaru (Music Video) | TV Anime “Baban Babamban Vampire” Ending Theme

An upbeat tune that rides a danceable beat to capture the exhilaration of falling in love.

Produced by Bocchi Boromaru, the track was released in January 2025 and chosen as the ending theme for the TV anime “Babanbabamban Vampire.” It features a hybrid sound that skillfully blends rock, pop, and rap, brimming with energy that feels like it raises your body temperature just by listening.

Uniquely, it aligns with the bathhouse-themed world of the work, expressing the heat of love as “overheating” and “thirst.” It’s a song we especially recommend to anyone experiencing a fervent one-sided crush that makes your head spin with infatuation.

Unrequited Love in the Music RoomKeyakizaka46

Keyakizaka46 'Unrequited Love in the Music Room' Short Ver.

It’s a Keyakizaka46 song that overlays the feeling of first love onto the sound of a piano echoing through a quiet after-school hallway.

It’s a unit track by Rika Ozeki, Minami Koike, and Neru Nagahama, included on TYPE-D of the single “Ambivalent,” released in August 2018.

The refined scene of someone not opening the music room door where their crush is, instead listening intently to the notes leaking out, tightens the listener’s chest.

If you’re someone who wants to cherish your current relationship without breaking it… this song will surely stay close to your delicate feelings.