Songs of the Rainy Season: Classic Tracks and Rain Songs That Evoke Tsuyu Through Their Lyrics
The rainy season brings days of continuous rain.
You might feel stressed from not being able to go out, or a bit down in the damp atmosphere, but it’s also a time to enjoy the unique, softly saturated air and a leisurely stay-at-home vibe that you can only experience now.
In this article, we introduce songs about rain that let you soak in the mood of the rainy season.
Alongside classic rain anthems, we’ve intentionally picked tracks that include pinpoint words like “June” and “hydrangea.” Here’s hoping you find the perfect rainy-season song to match your taste.
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Rainy Season Songs: Masterpieces and Rain Tunes That Evoke Tsuyu Through Their Lyrics (21–30)
cactusPorunogurafiti
This is a mid-tempo number that overlays the feelings you forgot while being with your lover for a long time with a cactus placed by the window.
It’s a song by the rock band Porno Graffitti, known for hits like “Melissa” and “Butterfly,” released in 2000 as their fifth single.
The protagonist wanders through the rain searching, trying to stop a lover who has left.
It’s a piece that makes you feel like you’re watching a scene from a movie.
Perfect for when you want to sink into a bittersweet mood.
SquallFukuyama Masaharu
Masaharu Fukuyama is a singer-songwriter who has won a broad fan base thanks to the gap between his cool looks and his funny personality.
His 14th single “Squall,” released as a double A-side with “HEAVEN,” is known as a self-cover of a song he originally wrote for Eiko Matsumoto.
The lyrics portray a bittersweet love, and hearing them delivered in his captivating low register may reveal a different scene than when heard from a female perspective.
With a clear, transparent ensemble that evokes rain just as the title suggests, it’s a ballad perfect for listening to in June.
So it’s going to rain after all, huh.Tsuyu
When it rains, I can’t help but remember the person I love whom I can never see again.
It’s a heart-wrenching piece that reveals a bittersweet love story and tightens your chest.
It’s a song by the three-member music unit Tsuyu, serving as the title track of their first album released in 2020.
Characterized by a catchy guitar rock sound built around a four-on-the-floor rhythm, its crisp waves of sound will set your eardrums vibrating.
But as I mentioned earlier, the lyrics carry the protagonist’s heartache.
When you want to recover from the shock of heartbreak, this song is sure to help.
Early summer rainRemioromen
Samidare,” included on the three-piece rock band Remioromen’s second album “ether,” released in 2005.
The exhilarating rush of the driving beat and ringing guitars is irresistible! The chorus in particular blows away the damp, gloomy feel of a rainy day.
It really makes you look forward to the fresh, clear weather after the rainy season!
Osaka Rainy BluesSUPER EIGHT
A blues ballad by SUPER EIGHT that exudes the distinct sentimentality and wistfulness of Kansai.
Against the backdrop of a bustling Osaka under the rainy season skies, the song weaves a tale of bittersweet love in Kansai dialect.
Released in March 2005 as their second single, it debuted at No.
3 on the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart and was performed on numerous music programs, including Kansai TV and Yomiuri TV.
It’s a classic whose aching tenderness seeps into your heart—one that makes you suddenly recall a past love on a rainy day.
When the hydrangeas bloomDoramasure
It’s a guitar rock number that recalls a former lover on rainy June days.
Created by the Osaka-based rock band Dramastore, it’s included on their 2017 mini-album “Hakushidaihon” (Blank Script).
The song’s breezy, brisk groove is especially striking.
Because of that straightforward band sound, the scenes painted in the lyrics seem to come vividly to life before your eyes.
It’s a rain song that’s tinged with melancholy, yet somehow also conveys a sense of letting go.
LOVE RAIN ~Rain of Love~Kubota Toshinobu
A passionate and stylish number that likens a love overflowing from the depths of the heart to pouring rain.
It’s a track by Toshinobu Kubota, an artist known as a leading figure in R&B music in Japan, released as a single in 2010.
The song was written as the theme for the drama “Tsuki no Koibito ~Moon Lovers~.” The combination of funky sound arrangements with Kubota’s vocals makes you go, “Yes, this is it!” It’s that compelling—a truly satisfying piece to listen to.