[Senior's Song] A love song you want to listen to when you're in unrequited love
Senpai can be reassuring at times, mischievous at others—a close-at-hand figure we look up to.
In this article, we’ve gathered songs about senpai that are sung in various situations, such as school and the workplace.
From love songs that evoke a crush on a senpai, to unrequited love for a senpai’s significant other, to gripes about a senpai…
Each track portrays different relationships and is fascinating musically as well.
If you’re looking for songs about senpai or you’re in love with a senpai yourself, be sure to give these a listen!
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[Senior’s Song] Love songs you want to listen to when you’re in unrequited love (21–30)
The fire alarm won’t stop ringing.Mizutama Kamereon
A famous song that burst out from VOCALOID’s Hatsune Miku and continues to spread.
There are many “tried singing” videos, and it’s one of those tracks that seems likely to be sung for years to come.
Set in a school with studying, classes, and the chime, it captures a girl’s growing feelings for her upperclassman—a culmination of maidenly emotion.
Comparing her love to a fire alarm is an outstanding metaphor, and the straightforward lyrics that don’t invite over-interpretation are also great!
Senpai is tokoroten.ka dan
The warm-up gods, known for making their major debut while working part-time—this is Hanadan’s hype song.
The lyrics tell a story about everyone making a huge fuss because a senior got himself a younger girlfriend.
While poking a bit of fun at him, the juniors’ feelings toward their senior are wholeheartedly positive.
In the song title “Senpai wa Tokoroten,” the “Tokoroten” is actually the senior’s email address.
12th grade in middle schoolCreepy Nuts
There’s a way of referring to first-year high school students as “fourth-year middle schoolers,” using junior high as the baseline.
By that calculation, a “twelfth-year middle schooler” would be around 24 or 25 years old.
This song sets the feeling of not quite becoming an adult to a light, breezy rap.
The rhyme schemes are lovely and make you want to hear more.
Living in a scary world where you can’t stand up to your seniors—that’s life, too.
It smelled like shampoo.22/7
A 2nd single by 22/7 that portrays a secret longing for an upperclassman at an all-girls school.
Released in April 2018, the song delicately weaves the feelings of a faint, bittersweet crush.
It tells of parting with a senior who is leaving the club, the image of a white blouse turning translucent in backlight, and a gently drifting scent.
While carrying a love that can’t be told to anyone, the story unfolds up to the moment the senior embraces her, tightening the chest with every scene.
This work leaves the ache of an unfulfilled first love, yet also a lingering sense of solace.
It’s a song that quietly stands by those who cannot confide their feelings for someone of the same gender.
Friend ~Time to Depart~yuzu
Yuzu’s song “Tomodachi ~Tabidachi no Toki~” is their 38th single.
It was written as a set piece for NHK’s Nationwide School Music Competition, and thanks to its popularity, it was also selected for NHK’s “Minna no Uta.” It is acclaimed as a song dedicated to seniors who are graduating.
My favorite seniorMōningu Musume.
A slightly heart-throbbing title: “The Senior I Like.” This song is included on Morning Musume’s fourth album, 4th Ikimasshoi!, released in 2002.
It’s sung by the 5th generation members who joined in 2001: Ai Takahashi, Asami Konno, Makoto Ogawa, and Risa Niigaki.
It’s also a track that follows the tradition of being performed by the group’s newly joined members.
A cute number packed with all the feelings of adolescence.
senpai snipertakayan
Takayan is a male YouTuber who’s popular for songs that capture women’s hearts.
“Senpai Sniper” is a track released in 2019, and it also drew attention because Takayan wore a girls’ school uniform.
The song candidly portrays a woman’s devoted feelings for a popular upperclassman, her aggressive side, and her possessiveness in wanting him all to herself.
It’s far from a typical love song, yet it strangely resonates—like, “yeah, that’s exactly how being in love feels.”
