Love songs you want to listen to in summer. Love songs that color the summer.

SUNNY GIRLAwesome City Club

SUNNY GIRL

A track by Awesome City Club featuring a dazzling, sun-like sound that leaves a strong impression.

While it portrays the straightforward beginning of a romance, it also shows slightly clouded moments that make you think, “Huh?”—adding a sense of depth.

Released in June 2018 and featured in a Prince Hotels commercial, this song is also included on the album Catch The One.

It’s a song for those who want to feel not just brightness, but also the bittersweet ache that lingers behind young love.

Midsummer day!Nogizaka 46

Midsummer day!

This is a song by the idol group Nogizaka46.

It was released in 2025 as a track on their 39th single.

Chosen as the “Nogizaka46 Meiji Jingu Stadium Performance 10th Memorial Song,” it’s an up-tempo summer tune.

Its bouncy rhythm and liberating melody line feel great, making you want to take off running as soon as you hear it.

The lyrics express feelings for a loved one encountered by chance on a midsummer day, and that sweet-and-sour worldview is part of its charm.

It’s a bright piece that also spotlights the expressive performance of center member Haruka Kaki.

Sparklers feat. Lila IkutaSato Chiaki

Chiaki Sato – Sparkler (Senko Hanabi) feat. Rira Ikuta (Music Video)

This is a song that brings back that special summertime-night exhilaration.

Released ahead of the June 2023 album “BUTTERFLY EFFECT,” it’s a poppy dance tune with a comfortably infectious rhythm.

The vocals by Chiahi Sato and Lila Ikuta hint at the beginning of a faint love story.

Words like “festival” and “ice cream that won’t melt” are brimming with summer sparkle, while the bittersweet wish for a night that you never want to end resonates in your heart.

Give it a listen when you want to feel the flutter of romance and the tenderness for a summer that’s slipping away!

NatsuneGLAY

GLAY / Summer Sound

It’s a heart-stirring ballad where summer scenery intertwines with a past love.

The lyrics convey the narrator’s helpless feelings as every touch of the beautiful summer landscape brings back memories of an unforgettable lover.

This beautiful melody was released as a single in September 2006 and became widely beloved as the theme song for TBS’s “Koisuru Hanikami!” It debuted at No.

1 on the Oricon chart, marking the remarkable achievement of GLAY’s tenth consecutive year with a No.

1 single.

It’s the perfect song for those moments when you want to reminisce about a summer love that has slipped away.

I love you soooo much!HY

TV Anime “The Girl I Like in Okinawa Is Too Dialect-Heavy, It’s Painful” Non-Credit OP | HY “Dai Dai Daisuki”

It’s a song by HY that feels like a pleasant Okinawan breeze blowing through! The cheerful tones of the sanshin blend beautifully with a lively rock sound, and just listening to it lifts your spirits.

It’s the opening theme for the TV anime “The Girl I Like in Okinawa Speaks Too Much Dialect, It’s Tough,” and is included on the album “TIME,” released in January 2025.

The melody and lyrics capture the sweet-and-sour flavor of youth and those fleeting moments of poignancy, and the straightforward “I love you!” feelings toward a special someone come through clearly.

Perfect for a refreshing mood boost on a summer drive!

SUMMER ENDiri

SUMMER END

While rooted in alternative R&B and hip-hop, iri weaves in diverse elements like jazz and soul.

Her husky voice beautifully captures those fleeting moments of melancholy that lurk behind summer’s bustle.

A track released in September 2019 is a perfect companion to the wistfulness of summer slipping away.

The sound she crafted with TAAR and Natsuhiko Muraoka seems to dissolve the fragility of late summer and the frustration of unfulfilled love into a smooth, irresistible groove.

Serving as the theme song for AbemaTV’s romance reality show “Koi no Dorama na Koi ga Shitai ~Kiss to survive~,” it captured many viewers’ hearts when the series began airing that August.

Put it on during a night when fond summer memories suddenly resurface, and it will gently wrap you in a sentimental mood.

To my dear youInoue Sonoko

Sonoko Inoue – To My Precious You

It’s a song suffused with Sonoko Inoue’s voice, which awakens that sweet-and-sour feeling that tightens your chest in a fleeting moment on a summer evening.

From everyday fragments like scenes of commuting to school and long late-night phone calls, the track beautifully captures a straightforward yet heartrending first love.

The pure wish to “always be by your side” and the delicate murmur of “I don’t want to lose you” will likely resonate with listeners’ own youthful memories.

Released in July 2015 as the lead track on her major-label debut mini-album “#17,” it reached No.

66 on the Oricon Weekly Chart.

You may have heard it as a Sumitomo Life insurance commercial song.

It’s a gem I’d recommend when you want to sink into a sentimental mood or lean into a pure love song.