[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.
They’re also recommended for when you’ve gone through a heartbreaking breakup and just can’t calm your emotions.
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[Menhera & Yandere] Love Songs So Devoted They’ll Drive You Mad (91–100)
I wish I could be a bird.Yonezu Kenshi
It’s a song sung by the popular singer-songwriter Kenshi Yonezu, told from a woman’s perspective who says that if she can’t be chosen by the person she loves, she’d rather become a bird and stay by his side.
The tune itself doesn’t feel dark or disturbed, but don’t you sense a hint of shadow in lyrics like “You are my everything” and “I’ll follow you even if I have to become something else,” which is a bit unusual for a straightforward love song? If a human actually did this, it would be full-on stalking… It’s very easy to listen to, so please give it a try.
Menhera – 2019 ver –Mioyamazaki
It’s a rock number that sings of a weighty, straightforward love.
The track is by the four-piece rock band MIOYAMAZAKI and is included on their 2019 album “Jaa Dou Yattara Aishite Kurendayo” (“So How Do I Make You Love Me?”).
It’s the 2019 version of a song they’ve been performing since their indie days.
The intense guitar sound feels like it expresses the swirls of emotion within, and the occasional piano tones are a nice touch too.
sickly sweetnakiso
Have you ever felt like you wanted the time you spent in a relationship and the effort you put in for the other person to be returned to you? Amattaru portrays those feelings in a straightforward way.
This is a track by Vocaloid producer Nakiso, created using Kaai Yuki.
Set to a drum’n’bass sound, it steadily lays out anger and resentment toward the other person.
The part where it describes direct methods of retaliation is pretty chilling.
That said, there are also phrases sprinkled throughout that convey affection for the other person.
This is fateMeron Kinenbi
This is a song by Melon Kinenbi, a group from Hello! Project, that portrays the protagonist’s strong feelings toward her male partner.
Judging from the lyrics, did the man in the song cheat? It depicts him being relentlessly pressed by the female lead.
While it could be called a “menhera” song, there’s also a somewhat endearing vibe, and you can picture a confident woman keeping her man under her thumb.
Maybe you should play this track for your partner before he even thinks about cheating—just to scare him a little (lol).
Menhera Emotional Theoryhiroki
This song candidly expresses “menhera” emotions, singing about a heartbreaking love that spirals out of control.
It’s included on hiroki’s first mini-album, ALWIDA, released in July 2023.
The lyrics vividly portray someone drowning in love, unable to shake their intense feelings for the other person.
Many listeners may find the words relatable, as if peering into the darkness of a heart troubled by romance.
It might resonate especially when you can’t recover from a breakup or when your feelings for someone have grown so strong that it becomes painful.
sharkAmano Tsukiko
When I listen to this song, it reminds me of the saying that love and hate are two sides of the same coin.
There are things you can’t forgive precisely because you love someone—some of you who’ve been in love may have experienced that.
Because you love the person you like, you can’t forgive them; you keep loving them without being able to forgive.
This is a song I especially want those in that situation to hear.
Dangerous Playkuriipuhaipe
A Creephyp song themed around forbidden love and desire.
It weaves in the impulse to touch what should not be touched and the bittersweet feelings surrounding a forbidden relationship.
Chosen as the ending theme for Fuji TV’s program “Uke Men,” the track—paired with Seikaikan Ozaki’s vocals—strikingly portrays the emptiness and inner turmoil that swirl within, even as two people connect through a physical relationship.
It lays bare the emotions often dismissed as “too heavy” in romance, and may resonate with those unable to recover from heartbreak or suffering from a single-minded love.