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[Carefully Selected] Popular Love Songs: Recommended Romance Tracks

Deputy Editor of RAG MUSICsasashina
Deputy Editor of RAG MUSIC. JFC-certified fact-checker. I’m Sasashina, a mom currently raising an elementary schooler and a preschooler. During my student years at Kyoto College of Science and Technology, I studied a wide range of fields including sound, lighting, and video technology, building a foundation in comprehensive stage production and creative expression. After graduation, I joined a music production company, where I still work, consistently building experience in production and engaging in a variety of music-centered tasks. Currently, I mainly handle articles for children, drawing on what I’ve learned about parenting and what I feel and discover through daily interactions with my kids. I hope my work can be of help to you, even in a small way!

Love songs that give you courage or ease your pain when you’re in love.

Haven’t you listened to them at least once while you were in love? Love songs often portray strong feelings and emotions toward someone you like, so when something resonates with your own feelings, you end up empathizing and getting absorbed in the music without even realizing it.

In this article, we’ve selected the perfect love songs for you—whether you’re looking for recommended tracks, popular love songs everyone’s listening to, or love songs by trending artists.

Be sure to give them a listen!

[Carefully Selected] Popular Love Songs: Recommended Romance Songs (1–10)

Spot the differenceSuda Masaki

Masaki Suda 'Machigai Sagashi' (Spot the Difference)

Spot the differenceSuda Masaki

Theme song for the drama “Perfect World.” Kenshi Yonezu provided and produced the track.

Their second collaboration was realized with this song.

Many parts resonate with the feelings of Itsuki, played by Tori Matsuzaka, in the drama, creating strong empathy.

It expresses the various emotions modern people carry—affirmation of oneself and newfound awareness inspired by seeing someone dear, such as a lover.

Recommended for everyone, regardless of gender.

It will move you to tears with overflowing emotion.

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Because it won’t reach / Because it doesn’t reachHirai Ken

Ken Hirai 'Because It Won’t Reach You' MUSIC VIDEO (Short Ver.)

Because it won’t reach / Because it doesn’t reachHirai Ken

Ken Hirai’s singing voice is somehow gentle and somehow tinged with sorrow, and it has the power to captivate people, doesn’t it? I feel that this power is especially evident in his ballads.

“Todokanai Kara” is a heartbreaking song packed with the pain and hardship of unrequited love.

The sound may seem bright, yet it somehow carries a sense of melancholy.

It would be wonderful to be able to sing gently like Ken Hirai.

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First loveUtada Hikaru

Hikaru Utada “First Love” (Short Version)

First loveUtada Hikaru

Her unpretentious singing voice has grown even richer as she’s become an adult and a mother, reaching everyone’s hearts.

Her love song “First Love” resounds like a hymn.

It’s a moving piece, as if her sacred voice speaks for the deepest feelings sleeping within women in love.

It’s a song you’ll want to keep cherished in your heart.

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Yoshizaki Keiko

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[Carefully Selected] Popular Love Songs: Recommended Romance Songs (11–20)

For those of you who want to listen to more love songs.

So, how was it? From here, we’ll keep introducing love songs we really want you to hear. We’ve gathered a wide range—from timeless classics to tracks by artists who have recently been captivating listeners with their distinctive voices and unique worlds. If you’re interested, be sure to check them out!

Marigoldaimyon

Aimyon – Marigold [OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO]

Marigoldaimyon

This is Aimyon’s fifth major single, expressing a simple, unadorned form of love.

This song catapulted her to explosive popularity, didn’t it? It’s an all-out love song, yet the way she sings it—somehow breezily and powerfully—makes it feel like a new kind of love song.

I’m sure that’s part of her character, too, but it’s such a fresh, dazzling track.

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Yoshizaki Keiko

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HAPPY BIRTHDAYback number

back number - “HAPPY BIRTHDAY” Music Video (Theme song for the TBS Tuesday drama “A Story to Read When You First Fall in Love”)

HAPPY BIRTHDAYback number

A heartwarming love song by back number, released in February 2019.

With a gentle, warm voice and lyrics woven from real, down-to-earth words, it’s a track that many listeners will find perfectly relatable.

It’s an emotional birthday song you’ll want to listen to on the birthday of the person you have a crush on—and at the same time, it’s a love song about unrequited love.

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Murakami Shinpei

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Shape of LoveMISIA feat.HIDE

MISIA – Shape of Love feat. HIDE (GReeeeN) (Official Music Video)

Shape of LoveMISIA feat.HIDE

It became an explosive hit as the theme song for the drama “Gibo to Musume no Blues.” Just hearing the intro brings back that moving feeling, doesn’t it? MISIA’s beautiful voice opens up in the chorus and absolutely captivates you.

For those who watched the drama, it’s the ultimate love song that makes you imagine countless forms of love.

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Yoshizaki Keiko

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PrologueUru

[Official] Uru “Prologue” YouTube ver. — Theme song for the TBS Tuesday drama “Chugakusei Nikki (Junior High School Diary)”

PrologueUru

When you fall in love, don’t you find yourself naturally following that person with your eyes, because everything they do—their actions and gestures—seems so dear and beautiful? If it’s unrequited love, I think it can sometimes cause you pain.

Uru’s “Prologue” is a song that expresses the poignant feelings stirred up by unrequited love.

It almost brings you to tears, doesn’t it? Uru’s gentle, thornless voice heightens those bittersweet emotions even more.

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