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RADWIMPS' classic and popular songs

Let me introduce some songs by RADWIMPS, a rock band that represents the “Rockin’ On” scene.

Their lyrics are literary with a unique worldview, and their straightforward, catchy tunes—classic J-rock without quirks—are incredibly appealing.

The guitarist-vocalist Yojiro Noda grew up abroad, while the other members studied at music vocational schools or conservatories, making their English-language lyrics and high level of musicianship part of their charm as well.

If you were born in the early ’90s, chances are many of the songs you listened to in high school are included in this playlist.

Give it a listen and let it take you back to your youth.

RADWIMPS’ Masterpieces and Popular Songs (91–100)

heartRADWIMPS

RADWIMPS – Heart [with lyrics] [Sub Spanish] [Romaji]
heartRADWIMPS

“Heartbeat” is marked by a guitar tone that evokes deep melancholy.

The lines “You turn crimson because you’re here” and “You are my heart” are especially striking.

With its unhurried tempo and lyrics brimming with feeling, it’s a song you can linger over and listen to again and again.

twilightRADWIMPS

Twilight, the time when day and night are parted
twilightRADWIMPS

“Magic hour”—that word carried such a bittersweet resonance in the film, didn’t it? Taki suggests writing their names on each other so they won’t forget.

After Taki finishes, when Mitsuha goes to write on Taki’s hand, the pen falls to the ground.

It’s okay, I’ll remember your name… This scene is where they truly come to know each other.

That unbearably poignant feeling was expressed through the sound of the piano.

RADWIMPS’s masterpieces and popular songs (101–110)

Suzume (feat. Toaka)RADWIMPS

The song “Suzume (feat.

Toaka),” which gained popularity as the theme song for Makoto Shinkai’s film Suzume, is a collaboration between RADWIMPS and Toaka, an artist who rose to fame on TikTok.

Because Toaka’s voice is high and crystal clear, many people might think it’s a difficult song.

However, if you calmly examine the melody line, there’s no part that requires belting, nor is it a song with a wide vocal range.

Therefore, as long as you accurately determine the key that suits your own voice, it’s a piece that anyone can sing with ease.

The Two’s AnomalyRADWIMPS

It’s the song that plays in the scene where they gradually start realizing they’ve been switching places, right? When Taki wakes up in the morning, he starts feeling something’s off from the diary entries and the fact that he fell asleep in a school uniform.

And Mitsuha finds a page in her notebook during class that says, “Who are you?” I bet a lot of people couldn’t help but grin during that scene.

The song’s lively sound made me excited for the unreal turn of events the two were about to experience.

dateRADWIMPS

A song with a slightly melancholy atmosphere.

I feel like it was playing during Taki and Ms.

Okudera’s first date scene.

Even though he finally gets to go on a date with the senior he admires, something else keeps nagging at him, and Ms.

Okudera senses it, making their relationship a bit awkward.

The melody feels like it could bring you to tears; it seems to express, through sound, the anxieties, doubts, and inner conflicts we carry in everyday life.

Date 2RADWIMPS

Date 2 (Deto 2) – RADWIMPS – “Your Name” Soundtrack
Date 2RADWIMPS

While he’s floundering in his job hunt as a university student, Okudera-senpai comes to see Taki for the first time in a while.

Taki has grown a bit more mature since those feelings back then.

When he sees the ring gleaming on her ring finger, his heart seems to react differently than before.

The melody is bittersweet, yet you can sense Taki’s growth.

The slightly clashing dissonance woven into the flowing piano line feels like it expresses Taki’s life itself.

Mitsuha’s ThemeRADWIMPS

In unfamiliar Tokyo, Mitsuha searches everywhere for Taki, and just when she gives up and sits down on the station platform, she spots him on a train.

He, of course, seems not to know her.

Even so, Taki asks her name, and Mitsuha hands him the braided cord.

This is the song that played during that heartrending scene.

The piano’s tone conveys her feelings so painfully clearly that it brought tears to our eyes, didn’t it? The title, “Mitsuha’s Theme,” is filled with that sentiment.