[J-Pop] A Collection of Unrequited Love Songs That Stay Close to Your Heart

Mtsuruno takeshi

M – PRINCESS PRINCESS (Princess Princess) (Full)

This is a cover version of Princess Princess’s classic by Takeshi Tsuruno.

Having a skilled male vocalist sing it makes the heartbreak come through even more.

It’s a cool rock-style ballad that conveys a woman’s aching feelings of love.

Times have changed—back then, address books might have been on paper, but since we still keep our contacts in our smartphones, there’s a part that’s easy to relate to even now.

You can really feel the desire to always be with the person you love.

It’s a bittersweet ballad, but I highly recommend it.

Blue Valentine’s DayOhtaki Eiichi

Blue Valentine’s Day

Master craftsman Eiichi Ohtaki.

Valentine’s Day is becoming a totally casual event, with things like ‘friend chocolates,’ but in the end it’s still a day when all sorts of feelings intersect.

Whether you end up gloomy or happy… this is a song about just that.

I miss youOzawa Kenji

Kenji Ozawa - Longing

While Spitz’s song was about staying friends even after realizing romantic feelings, this one is about not recognizing those feelings at all.

Only after it’s gone do you realize it was a miraculous moment, and that it can never be reclaimed.

The brilliance of the lyrics Ozawa Kenji writes always brings me to tears.

You’re out of your mind.Okamura Yasuyuki

You're out of your mind.

It’s a masterpiece by the genius Yasuyuki Okamura.

It captures the loneliness of living in the city—the surge of feelings that well up the moment you’re alone…

Why do I love them this much? As he questions himself, he sings earnestly about how he ended up completely absorbed.

It feels as if only frustration keeps piling up in the room.