Stress-relief songs to listen to when you’re irritated—tracks that will make you feel refreshed.
It would be great if we could spend every day happily with a smile, but in today’s stressful society, it’s tough to be smiling all the time.
Everyone has moments when they get annoyed or irritated over small things.
What kind of music do you want to listen to when you’re feeling irritated?
In this article, we’ll introduce tracks that are perfect for relieving stress—from cathartic rock numbers that help you blow off steam, to refreshing songs that make you forget your irritation, to soothing tunes with a calming, healing vibe.
Let’s harness the power of music to break through the stress-filled status quo!
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Stress-relief songs to listen to when you’re irritated. Tracks that will clear your head (71–80)
REFRESHSnow Man
An uplifting EDM tune will blow away all the pent-up haze in your heart! It’s a track by Snow Man, the idol group from Johnny & Associates, included on their sixth single “Brother Beat,” released in 2022.
It was also used as the CM song for MINTIA’s “Shunkan Mint Dahō Dance” commercial.
The sharp vocals match perfectly with the cool, stylish track, and the solid low end is irresistible.
It’s the kind of song that feels right cranked up loud!
ShuraDOSE
Among DOES’s songs, there’s that track that clears your mind and makes your chest feel refreshed the moment you hear it—perfect for when you’re weighed down by daily frustrations or seething, helpless anger.
It brims with energy, as if releasing pent-up passion and helplessness atop a rugged rock sound.
It’s like the soul’s cry of a protagonist boldly facing hardship, piercing straight into the listener’s heart.
Released as a single in May 2007, the piece’s intensity also comes through on the album “SUBTERRANEAN ROMANCE.” Many may know it as the ending theme for the TV anime Gintama, where it reached No.
9 on the Oricon Weekly Chart.
When you feel crushed by stress or are confronting something you absolutely cannot compromise on, this song will surely give you a powerful push forward.
Re:makeONE OK ROCK
Here’s a ONE OK ROCK track that expresses pent-up anger and frustration as if slamming it down.
Listening to this song will make you feel a powerful energy that breaks through the status quo and transforms you into a new self.
Released in July 2011, it peaked at No.
6 on the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart and was later included on the album “Zankyō Reference.” It was also featured in a Recollect commercial and used as the theme song for Kansai TV’s “Professional Baseball Relay 2025,” so some of you might remember it.
When your heart feels like it’s about to explode from overwhelming rage or stress, why not let everything out with this song and feel refreshed? It’s sure to give you the courage to take a step toward tomorrow!
C.U.R.I.O.S.I.T.Y. (feat. Paledusk and CHICO CARLITO)ONE OK ROCK
Introducing a track packed with ONE OK ROCK’s latest musical challenge that truly shakes the soul—a number that will stir the hearts of all who listen.
This piece brilliantly fuses rock, metalcore, and hip-hop, and its collaboration with Paledusk and CHICO CARLITO creates an unpredictable thrill and depth.
The lyrics express inner conflict and defiance against reality through the keyword “curiosity,” delivering a powerful message to listeners.
Featured on the album “DETOX,” released in April 2025, it’s perfect for those moments when you want to blow off steam or shout your heart out.
Split the parts with your friends at karaoke and belt it out—there’s no better way to relieve stress!
Flying FishFANTASTICS from EXILE TRIBE
A pop tune released in 2019 by FANTASTICS from EXILE TRIBE.
The catchy melody and the members’ refreshing vocals will lift your spirits! It embraces those frustrating feelings while giving off a soaring vibe, like you’re racing upward.
Listening to it will blow your irritation away.
When nothing seems to be going right, let’s power through with FANTASTICS’ sense of speed!
I wonder if I might die.Kyūso Nekokami
When you feel like you’re being crushed by the irrationality of everyday life, there’s a song that will scream on your behalf.
An early track by Kyuso Nekokami, this aggressive yet danceable number will wash away the grime clinging to your heart.
Featured on the December 2012 album “Daiji na Oshirase,” it’s one of the most crowd-stirring favorites among the 11 tracks, especially at live shows.
Its appeal lies in the exhilarating way the band humorously transforms unspoken negativity and pent-up fury into catharsis.
On days when something feels unforgivable, or on nights when stress has you on the verge of exploding, turn up the volume and give it a listen.
You’ll feel all that buildup flush clean away.
Do you want me to beat the crap out of you?Kiyoshi Ryujin
This is a song that holds a power so intense it feels like something pent up deep inside your heart bursts free the moment you hear it.
As the title suggests, it channels the kind of fierce anger and helpless frustration we can’t release in everyday life, sublimated through a theatrical approach that even features the voice cast—this is the work’s central theme.
Produced by Ryujin Kiyoshi, it was included on the experimental album “MUSIC,” released in May 2012.
It was also performed at EMI ROCKS 2012 the same year, and later featured on the best-of compilation “BEST,” released in November 2014.
When you’re seething with uncontainable rage, or just want that cathartic rush, why not experience this powerful knockout blow?