Songs to listen to when you want to get back together: love songs that will tie the red string again

Beyond a thousand nightsAqua Timez

Aqua Timez 'Beyond a Thousand Nights' Music Video (Theme song of the movie 'BLEACH: Memories of Nobody')

It’s a resolute song about finally expressing the “I love you” that one couldn’t convey to the person they care about, and it can also be interpreted as a song about continuing to say “I love you” again and again—even after having once broken up.

The beautiful tones of the strings elegantly color the story of the two.

Rain MelodyKinKi Kids

KinKi Kids "Rainy Melody" Music Video

This melancholic song by Kinki Kids is a number that squeezes your heart with a powerful love that still remains, even though the relationship can never go back to what it was.

After breaking up with someone you love, how would you feel if you heard your ex now has a new partner while you still haven’t moved on? You’d realize there’s no turning back, and yet the passionate feelings you still hold for that person would swell inside you until it hurts.

Setting those feelings to the bittersweet melody of “rain,” gently plucked on a guitar, this is a song overflowing with longing—one that quietly, painfully wishes for reconciliation in solitude.

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DARK RIVERGLAY

GLAY / DARK RIVER

Released by GLAY in 2013, this song stands as a milestone as the first work produced by Seiji Kameda.

It delivers a bittersweet portrayal of a universal feeling: how no one can escape their past and how we often find ourselves drawn once again to someone we’ve met before.

beautiful daysGReeeeN

GReeeeN – beautiful days

This is the new theme song for the drama “Ieuru Onna” (The Woman Who Sells Houses).

It’s a beautiful masterpiece that truly has that GReeeeN vibe.

It’s about the “you” who’s gone.

Looking back now, “I should’ve done this back then…”—I think everyone has regrets like that.

This song expresses those feelings.

I became someone else’s girlfriend.wacci

wacci “I Became Someone Else’s Girlfriend” Music Video

As you follow the lyrics, you can read a development where, even though she realizes her current boyfriend is wonderful, she still seems to have lingering feelings for her ex.

It depicts a relationship with her new partner where she’s stretching herself a bit and feeling some emotional strain.

Before it gets too hard and she ends up trying to go back to where she was, she sings, “You should find someone new, too.” It may sound selfish, but it’s a song that leaves a slightly bittersweet aftertaste.

After being released as a digital-only single for four months, it was included on the album Gunjō Refrain.

Surfing JohnnyKuwata Keisuke

Keisuke Kuwata – Surfin' Johnny (Short ver.)

A song released by Keisuke Kuwata in 2001 as his sixth solo single.

Set in the hot summer season perfect for surfing, it depicts a reunion with a former lover and the gradual rekindling of the passion they once shared, delivered in Kuwata’s gentle tone.

It also drew attention at the time as a commercial jingle, so some of you may remember it.

It’s a great one to listen to while reminiscing about the youthful days when you were head over heels in love!

Just… I want to see youEXILE

EXILE / I Just... Want to See You - Short version -

Often hailed as EXILE’s greatest ballad, this song features lyrics written by Shunsuke Kiyokiba, a member from the group’s early days.

In contrast to EXILE’s typically powerful performances, it poignantly conveys a man’s lingering feelings.

Be sure to check out the moving music video that brought many listeners to tears!