Songs to Listen to in June: Carefully Selected Rain Songs and Father’s Day Classics [2026]

with raindrops still onNEW!TOMOO

Wearing Raindrops

Singer-songwriter TOMOO captivates with a gentle voice and rich expressiveness that seem to scoop up the details of everyday life.

Created back in 2018 and lovingly carried through live performances for years, this song is included on her major second album, “DEAR MYSTERIES,” released in November 2025.

Its story—depicting the damp air and loneliness of a rainy day, along with the small salvations tucked into daily life—feels perfect for June’s rainy season.

Rather than grand drama, it’s an emotional number whose piano-and-vocal arrangement tenderly traces the heart’s faint stains and truly resonates.

It’s a great recommendation for those melancholy, rainy-day commutes, swaying on the train with a heavy mood.

June 9NEW!Suga Shikao

June 9

Let me introduce a June classic infused with Shikao Suga’s deep sentiments.

It’s an acoustic soul number included on the album “Acoustic Soul 2014–2024,” released in October 2024.

A heartfelt elegy written about his feelings after receiving sudden sad news, it quietly portrays a future cut short and the sensation of time coming to a halt.

With flashy arrangements held back, the melody—woven from acoustic resonance and weighty words—sinks deeply into the listener’s heart.

It carries a warmth that gently stays beside you on days when you remember someone irreplaceable you’ve lost, or when an unforgettable day suddenly comes to mind.

It’s a perfect track for times when you want to sit quietly with yourself while listening to the sound of rain, or when you wish to immerse yourself in memories tucked away deep in your heart.

rainNEW!Suchmos

rain

Suchmos’s “Ame” turns the languid atmosphere of a rainy day into a soothing sway.

The track is their cover—interpreted in their own style—of a classic released to the world around 2008 by Petrolz, led by Ryosuke Nagaoka.

It appears on the March 2017 tribute album “WHERE, WHO, WHAT IS PETROLZ?”.

The keyboard paints the rainy scenery vividly, while the husky, gentle vocals leave a subtly sensual, dreamy afterglow.

The lyrics, where emotions quietly meld with the view outside, are sure to gently accompany the melancholy of the rainy season.

It’s a refined song that makes you want to surrender yourself to a moist wave of sound on a rainy night spent alone.

rendezvousNEW!shaitoopu

rendezvous

Shytopes is a three-piece band from Kyoto Prefecture.

Their signature work here was released as a digital-only single in April 2023 and was later included on their first full-length album, Hors d’Oeuvre.

It topped the viral charts and has garnered massive support, surpassing 300 million streams.

This song is an indie rock number that resonates with the aching scenes right after a breakup.

Vivid imagery like dashing out into the rain and the fleeting moments of fragility felt in everyday life gently accompanies the gloomy mood of the rainy season.

With sweet, languid vocals and a warm band sound, it’s a masterpiece highly recommended for those rainy days when you want to sit alone in your room and quietly reflect on memories of a past love.

Imitation RainNEW!SixTONES

SixTONES – Imitation Rain [YouTube Ver.]

This is a dramatic rock ballad known for being produced by YOSHIKI.

It wraps the wavering psyche caught between truth and falsehood, and ideal and reality, in the imagery of rain, depicting a will to press forward beyond a sense of tragedy.

The piano’s lyrical timbre and dynamic key changes are deeply moving.

Released in January 2020 as SixTONES’ debut work, the song was featured in multiple tie-ins, including NTT Docomo’s “Shintaikan Live” campaign song and WEGO’s TV commercial.

It became a major hit, selling over a million in its first week.

Its beautiful melody, overlapping like raindrops, is perfect for those who want to immerse themselves in music in a quiet room during the rainy season.

Why not draw courage from the powerful vocals that blow away melancholy?

Rainy RhapsodyNEW!WEST.

Rainy Rhapsody

WEST.’s “Rainy Rhapsody” carries the gently moistened air of the city.

It’s included on their 11th full-length album, A.H.O.

-Audio Hang Out-, released in March 2025.

Written by Shintaro Namioka and Takuma Ohara of Penthouse, the track is marked by intricate chord progressions and key changes, resulting in a chill medium-tempo ballad that highlights the warmth of live instruments.

It portrays a touch of lingering heartache and emotional wavering suited to rainy days, softly accompanying a melancholic mood.

It’s the perfect song for a leisurely afternoon at home, listening to the sound of rain.

Be sure to add it to your mellow, seasonally themed playlist.

When the morning glories fallNEW!Tsuyu

TSUYU – As the Morning Glories Fall MV

A wistful song with a distinctly Japanese sensibility, overlaying the fleeting feeling of summer’s end with the image of a morning glory wilting.

Its appeal lies in a lyrical world where a melodious, Vocaloid-derived tune interweaves with the timbre of the sanshin and the chorus of cicadas.

It portrays the end of a summer romance with literary beauty.

This track is a self-cover of the original song released by the creator Pusu in March 2015, and it is included on Tuyu’s February 2020 album “Yappari Ame wa Furun da ne.” It has also been featured in a music simulation game as part of a media-mix rollout.

This is a piece you’ll want to listen to at the end of June, as the rainy season passes and summer draws near.

Recommended for quiet moments of reflection on memories gone by, while you listen closely to the sound of rain.