Recommended love songs for junior high school students! Carefully selected J-POP classics and popular tracks

Music HourPorunogurafiti

PORNOGRAFFITTI 'Music Hour (Short Ver.)'

The lyrics are remarkably fresh—almost entirely like a radio DJ’s monologue throughout the whole song.

It’s framed as giving love advice, and the way it drops important truths so casually is really cool.

The tune is bright and full of breezy energy.

By the time you finish listening, you might even feel like writing a postcard to a radio show!

HELLOPIERROT

Hello – Pierrot PV

This is another band I was told about when I asked today’s middle schoolers for recommendations.

I still remember the shock I felt when they suddenly broke up.

Their final song, the last single, was a very heartbreaking track about parting ways with a lover and the lingering regrets that remained.

Robinsonsupittsu

Spitz / Robinson

A famous love song by Spitz that begins with beautiful guitar harmonies.

Many people are drawn to its melody, where fragility and beauty intertwine.

It’s often included as a guitar practice piece.

If you’re thinking of starting an instrument, why not begin with this song?

Our Uniform Christmas＝LOVE

=LOVE (Equal Love) / 2nd Single “Our Uniform Christmas” [MV full]

Doesn’t the idea of spending Christmas in a school uniform make many hearts flutter? Walking through town at dusk with someone you like—the exhilaration and the slightly bittersweet mood blend beautifully in this quintessential winter song.

Producer Rino Sashihara poured her strong desire to create “a Christmas song” into this track, which was released in December 2017 as =LOVE’s second single and became one of the group’s signature early hits.

It lets you relive a sparkling page of youth, bringing back those sweet and sour memories from your school days.

Give it a listen when you want to feel the excitement of a budding romance all over again.

I heard the sound of cherry blossoms blooming.＝LOVE

=LOVE (Equal Love) / 1st ALBUM track 'I Heard the Sound of Cherry Blossoms Blooming' MV [YouTube ver.]

This is a heartwarming =LOVE song that gently conveys the arrival of spring.

It portrays a faint, bittersweet first love by likening the flutter of a first crush to the invisible scene of “the sound of cherry blossoms blooming.” The reasons the protagonist prefers riding in the third car of the school commuter train, and the care she takes with her hairstyle, convey the feelings of a girl earnestly navigating her first love despite her confusion.

Included on the May 2021 album “Zenbu, Naisho.” (“Everything’s a Secret.”), the song also drew attention for its refreshingly springlike visual beauty in the music video.

It’s a perfect track for the spring season—one that makes your heart flutter when listened to at the start of a new school term.

It’s recommended not only for those in love, but also for anyone who wants to enjoy the spirit of spring.