Emo songs recommended for junior high school students: A roundup of classic and popular Japanese tracks!

To My AdolescenceAka-hoho Shishunki (BOL4)

[MV] BOL4 (Bolbbalgan4) – To My Youth

A healing song by BOL4 (Bolbbalgan4) that wraps the delicate emotions of adolescence in acoustic tones.

It gently traces the emotional journey from days tormented by loneliness and self-denial to gradually finding hope with the passage of time.

Included on the September 2017 album “Red Diary Page.1,” this work made the Melon Music Awards’ Top 10 for three consecutive years, Korea’s largest music awards.

Alongside the crystalline vocals, it brings into sharp relief the complex feelings of sensing parental love yet being unable to accept it straightforwardly, and the image of youths who shrink under the gaze of those around them.

When you feel on the verge of losing yourself, listening to this song will surely let a ray of hope shine into a heart filled with loneliness and anxiety.

Answer And Answer9mm Parabellum Bullet

9mm Parabellum Bullet – Answer And Answer

I can’t find common ground with someone.

Even so, when you want to come up with answers for each other and move forward, listening to this might provide the missing solution to the half-finished equations swirling in your head.

The punchy drums blow away that hazy mood.

It’s easier to reflect later if you’ve come up with answers to things, isn’t it?

PANDORASiM

SiM – PANDORA (OFFICIAL VIDEO)

Life passes by without question.

The world you see may be a make-believe world that exists only for you.

If you don’t keep communicating and maintaining mutual understanding with those around you, relationships can become one-sided.

This is the song I listened to when I felt that everything around us is governed by rules derived from the lives of many people.

Linda LindaTHE BLUE HEARTS

[Official] THE BLUE HEARTS “Linda Linda” [1st Single (1987/5/1)] THE BLUE HEARTS / Linda Linda

A classic that everyone has heard at least once.

Punk rock that transcends eras, understood and enduring.

We Japanese may be diligent, but I think the reason songs like this endure is that everyone carries a bit of a rebellious spirit somewhere inside.

In our logic-driven student lives, I want that smoldering feeling to be carried off by the visceral energy of punk rock.

SunnyThe Back Horn

THE BACK HORN “Sunny” Music Video

As you move through junior high and high school, I think you start becoming more aware of those around you.

There will be times when you can’t accept society’s rules or can’t reconcile things with yourself, and times when you can’t make good use of time alone.

I hope you listen to this song during your school years and remember it from time to time after you become an adult.

Bengal Tiger and Whiskey ~ everything is my guitarandymori

Bengal Tiger and Whiskey ~ everything is my guitar

A song I recommend to help people realize that we’re being put into a box called “school” every day.

Do you feel like you’re not allowed to have your own opinions because you’re bound by school rules and unspoken norms? I believe the world is more than just “school,” and that it’s a place where self-expression is recognized.

This is a track filled with the rebellious spirit of youth.

SAYONARA BABY BLUEumino te

Uminote – SAYONARA BABY BLUE (MV)

A song I want to listen to with someone by the seaside at the end of summer.

It feels like it captures that slight loneliness at the moment the seasons change in an otherwise uneventful everyday life.

The song itself is aimed at working adults.

A band with high-level, if somewhat niche, performance technique and expressive power.

I hope that someday, when you’ve grown up, you’ll stumble into a live house by chance and encounter a song like this.