Listening to music can lighten your heart, make you feel happy, or even make you feel accepted just as you are… Surely you’ve had moments when you thought, “I’m so glad music exists!”
And when you’re worried about something, when something great happens, or when you want to celebrate someone, you probably look for just the right song.
Besides the favorite songs you always listen to, why not try some other wonderful tracks?
In this article, our editorial team has carefully selected songs we’d love to recommend to you as truly great tunes!
We hope you find the perfect song that suits you!
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Good songs themed around love, encouragement, and life. Songs with lyrics you can relate to (1–10)
I LOVE…Ofisharu Higedan Dism
This song is the theme for the TV drama “Koi wa Tsuzuku yo Doko Made mo” (An Incurable Case of Love).
It’s a heart-fluttering love song that fits the drama’s love story perfectly.
With the signature clarity and bittersweetness of HIGEDAN shining through, it’s a track that even those not currently in love might find themselves relating to.
Eine KleineYonezu Kenshi
It’s one of Kenshi Yonezu’s signature songs, released in 2014.
It’s a classic that expresses straightforward love, and many listeners will likely relate to the feelings portrayed in the lyrics.
While it depicts warm, gentle happiness, it also gives voice to the bittersweet emotions that arise from loving someone too much.
Combined with his tender vocals, it’s a beautiful song that really sinks into the heart.
Happy Endingback number
When it comes to singing heartrending love songs, no one can top back number.
Whether you’ve been through many relationships or hardly any at all, their lyrics have a way of striking a chord.
They’re a band with so many songs you can truly relate to.
“Happy End” is exactly that kind of track—one that just about anyone can see themselves in.
There’s a hole in my heart.Yorushika
Yorushika’s “A Hole in the Heart” skillfully sings about the emptiness and helplessness everyone feels, like a story.
It expresses a heart left with a gaping hole and emotions that have sunk deep.
Many people will surely relate.
It feels as if it’s speaking to someone, and it’s a song that builds to a moving finale.
Spot the differenceSuda Masaki
Masaki Suda, who is active not only as an actor but also as a singer.
This song, “Machigai Sagashi,” was also the theme song for a romance drama starring Tori Matsuzaka, wasn’t it? It’s their first collaboration since teaming up on “Gray and Blue” in 2017—Kenshi Yonezu wrote, composed, and produced this track as well.
It’s a powerful yet quietly moving, emotionally resonant song.
Is there still anything that love can do?RADWIMPS
Since it’s the theme song for Makoto Shinkai’s film Weathering with You, you probably hear it often in commercials and such—RADWIMPS’ Is There Still Anything That Love Can Do? It’s the familiar pairing from the previous work, Your Name, too.
It’s a gentle, conversational ballad that feels like it quietly gives you a push, a song that makes your heart feel softly warm.
Philosophy[Alexandros]
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This song is a collaboration with NHK’s project “18 Festival.” A track that deeply resonates with those at the threshold between childhood and adulthood—the 18-year-old generation.
Even though it’s aimed at 18-year-olds, it has something that strikes a chord in people of all ages.
The title “Philosophy” means “philosophy”—why not take a moment to reexamine the philosophy within yourself?