[Menhera & Yandere] A love song so single-minded it makes you sick
Have you ever been called a menhera or yandere because your feelings for someone were so strong?
In romance, “menhera” and “yandere” are often seen as clingy or overbearing, but looking at it another way, you could say they’re expressions of single-minded, unwavering love.
Love takes many forms depending on the person, but in this article, we’ll introduce songs that portray views on love commonly perceived as heavy, painful, or scary.
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[Menhera & Yandere] Love Songs So Devoted They Hurt (81–90)
The Psychology Behind Idol Obsessionkagerou
It’s a song about an idol fan’s overwhelmingly heavy feelings of love.
In the middle of the night, he’s glued to the TV, pining for a female idol through the screen.
Every fan harbors a deep affection for their favorite star—and if that star is the opposite sex, that love can burn even stronger.
This track frames that love as “ulterior motives,” portraying it from a dark and brutally honest perspective.
The vocal delivery slithers along the ground with a sleazy edge, and it will resonate with listeners who can relate.
Crossing Amagi PassIshikawa Sayuri
When it comes to the original yandere or menhera love song, this is the one.
It’s such a famous enka that you might wonder what’s “menhera” about it, but it’s packed with yandere and menhera elements from start to finish.
It even says that if her lover is going to be taken by another woman, she’d rather send him to the afterlife.
You could call this a true yandere, couldn’t you?
mellowShiina Ringo
Mellow, a classic by Sheena Ringo, was included on the 2000 album Zecchōshū and later received a music video in 2008.
Her songs are notoriously hard to interpret due to their distinctive world-building, and while the true meaning of this track remains unclear, lyrics that profess love while brandishing a knife at the beloved bring to mind the idea that love and hate are two sides of the same coin.
It’s a song I’d recommend when you’re torn between affection and resentment.
The contrast between the song’s fierce sound and the almost fairy-tale feel of the music video is astonishing!
Beloved to the EndMy Hair is Bad
A song I want people who feel anxious about their partner’s actions or words to listen to is “Saiai no Hate.” It’s included on the 2016 single “Jidai o Atsumete” by the rock band My Hair is Bad, known for songs that portray love so vividly it makes your chest tighten.
The direct, passionate sound unique to a three-piece band is striking.
It beautifully depicts how, precisely because you care about someone, you become gentle and forgiving.
Shiiki Tomomi’s conversational vocal delivery is also soothing.
If you’re thinking, “Maybe my love for this person is getting a bit heavy…,” please give it a listen.
kingdomTaniyama Hiroko
A single song that sings of a world for just the two of them, graced by a beautiful, fantastical melody.
Fairy-tale-like lyrics and a gentle tempo draw the listener in.
Only two people live in the kingdom, and even the sun does not shine there.
Though it overflows with unfathomable sorrow, the boy is content—because he can be alone with his beloved princess in a space where no one can disturb them.
[A]ddictionGigaReol×EVO+
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This is a track included on the album EVOLUTION released by the singer EVO+, who is active on Niconico Douga.
At first, the protagonist of the song comes across as a cold woman, but in fact, the love she hides inside borders on madness.
While she behaves coldly toward the person she loves, she actually wants to lay hands on them—and loves them so much that she even wishes to be killed herself.
The title means “dependence, indulgence.” Perhaps there are many people, like this woman, who date while hiding their dependence on their partner and end up suffering because of it.
[Menhera & Yandere] Love Songs So Devoted They’ll Drive You Mad (91–100)
ComplicityKankaku Pierrot
This is a song about someone who, unable to bear their partner’s infidelity, ends up killing them.
It was included on Kankaku Piero’s 2020 single “Doku no Ne no Oto.” The music video is played in reverse; if you watch to the end, you realize what the protagonist was doing after killing their lover, and it sends chills down your spine.
The lyrics also portray a faintly dark possessiveness—if being alone is the alternative… you can feel that madness.
Still, the sound is very danceable, so I think it’s an easy track to get into even for first-time listeners.