[2026] Songs I want to sing at karaoke in June: classic tracks about rain and more

Beaten by the rainNEW!Lavt

Beaten by the Rain - Rain on Me / Lavt [Lyric Video]

Lavt’s “Beaten by the Rain” is a digital single released in June 2025.

It’s a heartbreak song about an unforgettable love, with poignant lyrics that overlay rainy scenes with a clouded heart.

While it features some intense rock elements, its sound leans indie-pop with a chill vibe, gently matching the gloomy, overcast feel of the rainy season.

Lavt handled the lyrics, composition, and arrangement, delivering an authentic, true-to-life emotional expression.

It’s a song I highly recommend if you’re in the mood to sing gently on a rainy day.

rendezvousNEW!shaitoopu

rendezvous

A classic that captures the aching feeling of love that makes you run out into the rain even though you know it’s impossible.

Released by Shytoop in April 2023, the song remains enduringly popular.

Written from the perspective of a man right after a breakup, it’s sung with a sweet, languid vocal that conveys the emptiness of having someone precious vanish from everyday life—tightening your chest as you listen.

It was later included on the acclaimed album “Hors d’Oeuvre,” and in May 2025 it achieved the astonishing milestone of surpassing 300 million streams.

It’s the track that can be called the catalyst for their leap forward, as they went on to create many anime theme songs.

On a drizzly, melancholic June night, think back on a past love and try singing it with emotion at karaoke!

When the morning glories fallNEW!Tsuyu

rain

Asagao no Chiru Koro ni, included on the music unit Tsuyu’s album “Yappari Ame wa Furun da ne.” Released in 2020, the song features literary lyrics that liken the end of summer and a fleeting love to morning glories.

The sound of cicadas and the tone of the sanshin evoke a traditional Japanese atmosphere, while the clear vocals heighten the poignancy.

The track was also featured in the rhythm game “Project SEKAI COLORFUL STAGE! feat.

Hatsune Miku,” where it became beloved by many.

Try singing it when you’re nursing the pain of heartbreak or when you want to quietly reflect while listening to the sound of rain.

Because the sun will rise againNEW!Ryokushokushakai

Ryokuoushoku Shakai 'Because the Sun Will Rise Again' Official Video / Ryokuoushoku Shakai – Hi wa Mata Noboru Kara

In June, when the rain keeps falling and it’s easy to feel gloomy, you want to sing something bright and uplifting to clear your head.

This title track, released by Ryokuoushoku Shakai in April 2022, was chosen as the theme song for the animated film “Crayon Shin-chan: Mononoke Ninja Chinpūden.” It carries a warm message of encouragement: even while acknowledging tough times and sadness, tomorrow will surely come.

The lively beat and the chorus bring a refreshing, exhilarating feeling, as if your view suddenly opens up.

It’s the perfect song to blow away the blues and boost your energy to move forward into tomorrow—definitely one to sing at karaoke if you’re looking for a lift!

First loveNEW!fuki no tō

Fukinotou / First Love …ever last version (1992) 2024 ≪No.7≫

Do you have any memories that you quietly recall in the season of gentle drizzle? This work by Fuki no Tou is a folk ballad released in July 1978 as a track on the classic album “Omoide Dori Ame” (“Memory Street Rain”).

It later became beloved as the B-side of a single as well.

It portrays the aching feeling of watching someone you once cared for join their life with someone else, observed with quiet resignation.

The image of a radiant bride overlaps with the June rain that mirrors the protagonist’s lonely inner landscape, tightening something deep in the chest.

The acoustic guitar’s timbre is soothing, making this a song I especially recommend for days when you want to sing tenderly, or for letting your voice resonate and linger in the hush of a karaoke room where the sound of rainfall can be heard.

Prelude in JuneNEW!Machida Chima

[MV] June Prelude / Chima Machita

An original song by Chima Machita, a NIJISANJI Liver, whose crystal-clear voice resonates like the air after the rain.

It captures the hope and poignancy of taking a step forward amid the muggy atmosphere unique to June.

Released as a single in July 2021, this track marks a starting point in her activities.

While it has no official tie-ins, it carries her determination to pursue her dreams and has long been cherished by fans as an important song.

This lyrical pop ballad, with beautifully soaring high notes, is perfect for clearing away the gloom that rainy days can bring.

It’s also a great choice for karaoke if you want to let a transparent, radiant voice ring out.

How about spending some time during the rainy season that will leave your heart feeling refreshed and replenished?

June rainNEW!kyūkyoku

June Rain / Ultimate (1980)

“June Rain,” a single by an Okinawan high school folk duo and their ultimate work, was released nationwide in 1981.

The song won the national grand prix at the Fresh Sounds Contest in 1979.

It depicts the scenes of heartbreak and the texture of rain with a restrained, matter-of-fact touch, avoiding excessive wording, while the chorus’s vivid image of rain beautifully brings indelible memories to the surface.

In Okinawa, it created such a stir that it held the top spot in record sales for three months.

Though it long remained unreleased as an album, it was officially issued in June 2020 as the album “June Rain,” becoming a hot topic.

A nostalgic classic, perfect for singing tenderly during the rainy season.