Recommended unrequited love songs for high school boys
Teenagers who are right in the middle of their youthful days probably listen to all kinds of love songs.
Among those, I bet many of you tune into unrequited love songs! When you’re in love, it feels nice to find a song about one-sided feelings that you can relate to.
In this article, we’ve put together a selection of unrequited love songs especially recommended for high school boys.
We’ve gathered various tracks—from songs with a male perspective and ones sung by male artists to rock-style tunes—so give them a listen if you’d like!
Top 10 unrequited love songs recommended for high school boys
Supporting-role starNEW!TRACK15
A bittersweet love song for those who feel they can’t be the leading role in love.
It’s a track by the guitar rock band TRACK15, released in 2025 as the first song on their mini-album “season.” It also drew attention when it was used in connection with the CS program SPACE SHOWER TV “it.” Sung by vocalist Ren, this pop-rock number blends aching sorrow with soaring exhilaration, with beautiful string tones that tug at the heart.
The lyrics gently reassure listeners who fear they might be just a supporting character to the one they care for—saying, “I’m truly seeing you.” Men nursing a one-sided crush will likely see their own awkwardness reflected and be moved to tears.
It’s a song that gives you the courage to take a step forward.
Unrequited love for lifeGarakuta
This is a song by Garakuta, a four-piece band based in Nagoya, that portrays unrequited feelings of love in a down-to-earth, relatable way.
If confessing would risk ruining what we have now, I’d rather keep my feelings to myself.
Many listeners will likely feel their hearts tighten at the blend of bravado and honest emotion in the lyrics.
Featured as the first track on their EP released in March 2024, “May it be my song that fills the gaps in your heart,” this piece is perfect for anyone stuck in a love they can’t quite step forward into, despite how strongly they feel.
Coffee SongHOWL BE QUIET
A love song that overlays the ache of unrequited feelings onto an everyday moment.
Released digitally in 2021 by the piano rock band HOWL BE QUIET and later included on their final album, HOWL BE QUIET, this track is also known for having been created through communication with fans during livestreamed performances.
Told from a female perspective, its portrayal of a love that goes unrewarded is deeply moving.
With lyrics that revive memories along with the aroma of coffee, it’s perfect for nights spent thinking of someone.
A song for everyone who carries feelings that can’t reach their destination.
You don’t listen to rock.aimyon
A coming-of-age love song told from a male perspective.
Aimyon’s lyrics are filled with a boy’s pure wish to get even a little closer to the person he likes.
The feeling of “me,” a rock lover, wanting “you,” who doesn’t listen to rock, to understand my world really hits home.
Released in September 2017, it became a huge hit on the radio, and its streaming plays have surpassed 100 million.
It’s a song we’d love high school boys with unrequited crushes to hear.
If you listen while thinking about the person you like, it will resonate even more deeply.
ContrastTOMOO
A gem of a love song that exquisitely interweaves longing for someone with a tender ache.
The feelings TOMOO weaves—wavering between the joy and loneliness of love—gently embrace emotions anyone can relate to.
That bittersweet yearning of having someone right before your eyes yet being unable to close the distance between your hearts.
The pure emotion that slips out despite putting on a brave face.
Carefully giving voice to the heart of someone in unrequited love, this song has been airing since January 2024 as the ending theme for cour 2 of the anime Blue Box.
It’s a track we especially recommend to those who are in the midst of a romance, with their loved one nearby yet unable to be fully honest about their feelings.
Sakura RabbitKawasaki Takaya
A poignant ballad by Takaya Kawasaki that tenderly portrays the feelings of someone unable to confess their love.
The timid protagonist is likened to a rabbit, and the story is warmly expressed alongside the springtime atmosphere of graduation.
With its beautiful melody and distinctive husky vocals, the song delicately weaves in pure emotions for the person they care about.
Released as a digital single in January 2021, it is also included on the album “Nukumori.” It drew attention with the simultaneous release of its music video and an acoustic live performance.
Recommended as a youthful spring song for those harboring feelings for someone dear.
loveback number
This is an unrequited love song by back number that captures a man’s bittersweet feeling of “I want to confess—I have to…” to someone he won’t be able to see much longer.
back number has many popular unrequited love songs like HAPPY BIRTHDAY and Takane no Hanako-san.
But since we’re recommending songs for high school students this time, here’s one that easily brings school to mind! They go to the same school, yet he can’t confess his feelings—he just watches from afar as his feelings grow stronger.
Many high schoolers will probably think, “That’s just like me.”
