Youth songs you want to listen to in spring. Classic and popular spring songs.

Tsubasaandāgurafu

Tsubasa

A three-piece rock band, Under Graph, whose name was chosen to mean “creating music that gives shape to the deep, non-surface-level emotions of joy, anger, sorrow, and pleasure,” released this as their major-label debut single.

It is one of Under Graph’s signature songs, unveiled with the tagline, “If people had wings, could they be free?” The intro, featuring two guitars—one with tight cutting and the other with a loose phrase—evokes a sense of melancholy and instability.

It’s a number that brings back memories of old friends parted with in spring, contrasting the carefree days of youth when you could laugh about anything with the depiction of each person moving forward on their own path as adults.

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Hoshino Takashi

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Journey of the Heartchūrippu

Tulip “Kokoro no Tabi”

As a quintessential youth song of the Showa era, it’s often played on TV programs themed around summer classics, so even those born in the Heisei era might be able to hum along.

Although the word “steam train,” which evokes the Showa period, appears in the lyrics, the emotions unique to one’s youthful days resonate even today.

Northern SpringSen Masao

Spring in the Northern Country / Masao Sen (with lyrics)

It’s a gem of a classic filled with deep feelings for one’s hometown.

With the arrival of spring, it beautifully paints—like a watercolor—the growing sense of nostalgia.

Released in April 1977, the song became a massive hit, selling over three million copies, and it was performed multiple times on NHK’s Kōhaku Uta Gassen.

Together with Masao Sen’s distinctive vocal style, it became a song that lingers in many people’s hearts.

It’s a track I’d especially recommend to those living away from home or those embarking on a new chapter with the coming of spring.

Listening to it will surely remind everyone of the “furusato” they hold in their hearts.

UraraBikkeburanka

Vickeblanka – Ulala

A timeless piece that brings a refreshing sense of spring arrived from Vickeblanka in April 2018.

While it handles a serious theme, its brisk sound centered on acoustic guitar and its straightforward, Showa-kayō–inspired message resonate pleasantly.

Delicately portraying the innocence of a first farewell while instilling hope for new encounters, this gentle song has comforted many listeners.

As his major-label debut single, it drew significant attention and received high praise from various quarters.

It’s a song I wholeheartedly recommend to anyone parting with friends, starting a new chapter, or wishing to preserve cherished memories of the spring season.

cherrysupittsu

Spitz / Cherry

One of Spitz’s signature songs, its popularity is evident from the many artists who have covered it.

It evokes the start of a new life often associated with cherry blossoms in spring, suggesting a desire to break away from the old and be reborn as a new self.

The lively, buoyant sound conveys the hope that fun and happiness surely await on the path ahead.

While looking back on memories is important, the song also feels like a call to keep moving toward the future.

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Spring Breeze / Aobozu

This is an impressive track with a refreshing sound, included on the four-piece rock band Aobozu’s first album, “Hiroshige Blue,” released in 2004.

Both the lyrics and the vocals are straightforward and deeply moving.

It’s a song that sweeps away the anxieties that tend to arise in spring.