"A Love Song I Can't Tell Anyone" — a love song you can relate to when times are tough

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Ren – The Worst (Music Video)

Carried by a piano melody where poignancy and fragility melt together, Ren’s translucent voice resonates throughout.

Portraying the anguish and heartache of a protagonist who can’t forget their feelings even while their lover keeps secrets, this work lays bare the inability to say anything to someone who’s crying, as well as the anxieties and frustrations lodged in both hearts.

Released in October 2022, it sparked major buzz, with a short video set against Tokyo’s night skyline—posted on social media—surpassing one million views.

With lyrics and a melody that speak to Gen Z, this song gently embraces listeners struggling with impossible love, such as affairs or unrequited feelings.

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Koresawa “Right Ear Piercing” [Music Video]

A heartrending love song about an affair that portrays a piercing, hidden longing beneath the small joys of everyday life.

Included on the March 2021 album “Pure Love Closet,” it became a talked-about track as the CM tie-in song for the audio streaming app stand.fm—one of Koresawa’s finest.

Its light pop sound is marked by a melody that somehow carries a touch of sadness.

Carefully tracing the delicate emotions of a woman who cannot leave, even while knowing where love is headed, this song reaches out to everyone struggling with complicated relationships.

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A beautiful tragic love song that portrays the heartrending emotions of a woman living in the night city.

Amid a dark, mysterious atmosphere, the protagonist gives herself to a man she does not even love, while continuing to harbor unwavering feelings for the one she truly longs for.

In a darkness without even a single ray of light, the searing emotions of a woman consumed by an impossible love are vividly expressed through Ros’s protean vocals.

Released in March 2022, the song is also included on the album “Yoru no Shizu.” It is a track that deeply resonates with those pained by unrequited love or troubled by a forbidden romance.

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Yori Yoi / Wanuqa [Music Video]

This song delicately portrays a sweet yet bittersweet love and the emotions of a woman who can no longer contain those feelings.

Wanuka’s gentle vocals beautifully capture both the strength of her longing and the frustration of being unable to express it.

With this hit, Wanuka—known for a distinctive musical style and worldview—became widely recognized.

Since its release in February 2021, the song quickly gained attention, especially on social media, and as a track included on the album “Aonisai,” it has come to symbolize the poignant love stories of today.

It is a song that offers comfort to those who keep their love a secret and to those who swallow their feelings.

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Riu Domura – Impure Love (NEOWN: THE GOLDEN Performance Video)

A gem of a love song by Riu Domura that powerfully conveys the pain and poignancy of a love you can’t tell anyone about.

It delicately portrays the feelings of a woman who, despite having been with the one she loves, ends up feeling even more alone.

Depicting the struggle of a woman who suffers in a convenient relationship yet cannot cut off her feelings for the other person, the track was released in January 2024, later included on the album “Irregular Diary,” and has become a fan favorite performed live.

It’s a song we especially recommend to those who have been hurt by love or are currently tormented by an unrequited relationship.

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Kano Kanaru “Bad Person” M/V

A gem of a love song that beautifully captures the complex emotions of a woman torn by a forbidden love, with a heartrending vocal and delicate lyrics.

Kayayu from Young Skinny—a favorite among Gen Z—wrote the song, and Kanano Senritsu delivers a fragile, poignant performance.

Since its release in September 2024, it has resonated on social media, delicately depicting the turmoil of a woman who forgives even as she recognizes her partner’s lies, and the ache of memories that resurface with the changing seasons.

Its universal lyrics invite anyone struggling in love to see themselves in the story.

It’s a song that gently stays by the side of those overwhelmed by complicated feelings for someone who can’t exactly be called a good person.

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Anzako - You Have No Eye for It [Official Music Video]

A ballad that beautifully captures the emotions of someone freshly heartbroken.

Interweaving the complexities of growing up with the poignancy of love’s end, it delicately portrays the conflicting feelings of a lover’s kindness and betrayal.

Through the taste of alcohol bought at a convenience store, the lyrics symbolically express the bitterness of heartbreak and the loneliness of adulthood, leaving a powerful impression.

Born from Anzasko’s own real-life experience, this work was included on the album “No Make, Story,” released in July 2020, and has rightfully become one of her signature songs.

In the music video, she is shown walking alone down a nighttime street, deepening the song’s world.

It’s a track I wholeheartedly recommend to anyone struggling to recover from heartbreak or hurt by a partner’s betrayal.