[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 Make You Sick (1–10)
Veranda feat. Kanano Senritsuyangusukinii
A poignant song by Young Skinny that feels like exhaling a cooling love while smoking on the balcony.
Like ash piling up, love dwindles away as Kayu’s clear, high-toned voice sings it with fragile beauty.
Born from a collaboration with Kanano Senritsu, the track was released as a digital single in February 2024, and its music video on YouTube has surpassed 6 million views.
A highly relatable song that gently accompanies those suffering from heartbreak, pain, and regret.
My angel, Marisupittsu
Spitz’s “My Angel Mari” is a song that hurls very straightforward affection at its subject.
It’s included on Spitz’s third album, Hoshi no Kakera (A Piece of the Planet), released in 1992.
As the title suggests, it’s about someone named “Mari,” and it chronicles feelings for her that, while direct, can also come off as clingy—enough that some listeners might get a bit creeped out.
The repeated chanting of her name even gives off a hint of madness.
Whether you see it as a sign of being loved that deeply or read it as stalker-like behavior is up to you.
Hymn to Ecstasywanuka
Wanudka’s track expresses a bittersweet, sensual form of love set to a danceable Latin rock groove.
The way the narrator’s feelings for their partner become impossible to contain is portrayed through a passionate melody and sleek lyrics.
From the way they sing of love so freely, you can feel an almost maddening obsession.
Released in September 2022, this song is also included on the album “Shinbigan” (Aesthetic Eye).
It’s a must-listen for anyone struggling to move on from heartbreak or who’s been told their feelings for someone were just too heavy.
[Mentally Fragile & Yandere] Love Songs So Devoted They Hurt (11–20)
Love eat -Dear Maia-biz×ZERA
A song with a distinctive worldview where poignant affection and an unsettling mood intersect.
Co-created by biz and ZERA, its fusion of electropop and dark ambience grips listeners and won’t let go.
The lyrics weave in themes of love and desire, control and pain, leaving the audience with a sense of instability.
Released in April 2023, the track drew attention in the Vocaloid scene and among indie music fans.
It’s a must-listen for anyone who can’t recover from the pain of heartbreak, or who’s been told their feelings were too intense and burdensome.
PrimroseFLG4
A poignant melody that expresses warped love and inner anguish is layered with a powerful yet delicate vocal performance in FLG4’s track.
Born from encounters with people in minority communities and released in April 2021, this work beautifully captures the aching feeling of harboring emotions no one understands, yet still being unable to stop longing for someone.
Coupled with a worldview where fiction and reality intersect, it becomes a piece that evokes deep empathy.
It’s a song that gently stays close to the hearts of those who struggle with loneliness and self-denial.
Sunday’s Maison desfuri
A heart-wrenching song that portrays a colorful yet bittersweet longing for love.
Born from a collaboration between the music project “Nichiyoubi no Maisonde” and Weekly Shonen Sunday, it was released in April 2025.
Former TUYU vocalist Rei delivers a clear, translucent voice that vividly conveys the pain and sadness of a forbidden love.
It’s a delicate and beautiful love song that offers solace to those who resonate with the complex emotions of romance or who are suffering from unrequited love.
a May flyRADWIMPS
RADWIMPS’ “May’s Fly” is a song that voices intense hatred toward a lover who betrayed the narrator.
It was released in 2013 as a double A-side single with “Last Virgin.” The lyrics seethe with madness: wishing every bad thing in this world would befall the unfaithful lover, and wanting to do nothing to help—just laugh or ignore them.
It’s chilling.
Yet feeling such strong hatred is the flip side of having loved that person just as deeply.
It’s a track that makes you feel both heavy love and heavy hatred.
