Takashi Yu's masterworks and popular songs

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Yu Takahashi “Masturbation” (solo acoustic performance / from “Takahashi Yu STREAM Returns”)

From the title alone it already seems dirty, but in fact it’s a song about dissatisfaction with society, the constraints of the world, infidelity, and power harassment.

It’s a refreshing track that says: even if it’s hard to speak up about these things, blow them away by masturbating.

Summing up the song’s message with “masturbation” is very characteristic of Takahashi.

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Yu Takahashi “Setsugetsuka” Music Video

Singer-songwriter Yu Takahashi—who drew attention in 2011 for running an op-ed ad in the New York Times featuring an English translation of a lyric—has released his 10th digital-only single, “Setsugetsuka,” written as the opening theme for the NHK E-TV anime Dog Signal.

Its lyrics, which savor the time from the moment of meeting a precious presence up to now, resonate with the anime’s story and really move the heart.

It’s an emotional track whose gentle melody and rock sound linger in your ears.

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Yu Takahashi – “The Reason I Was Born” MV short ver.

It’s a heartwarming number that directly conveys warm feelings toward your father and mother.

The lyrics are straightforward, expressing gratitude to one’s parents and the hope of someday meeting someone with whom you can spend your days smiling like that.

If you’re using it for a wedding, it’s a recommended song for moments like the bouquet presentation or as background music while reading a letter.

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Takahashi Yu “room” Music Video

This is a song that portrays the feelings of a man who has fallen for a woman who already has a boyfriend.

It’s included on Yu Takahashi’s 2020 album “PERSONALITY.” The man in the song knows the woman won’t turn toward him, yet he spends the night with her and yearns to relive the touch they shared once.

It’s heartbreaking to see him tormented as he imagines the time she spends with her boyfriend.

You can’t help but feel sorry for the boyfriend being cheated on, but it’s also truly painful for the man who can never have her even though she’s within reach.

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Welcome back.Takahashi Yuu

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Even a simple “welcome home,” which we hear so often it can fade into the background, may still serve as a quiet source of comfort.

I’m sure children, too, even if they don’t usually say it out loud, feel grateful.

This song by Yu Takahashi, which was used as the theme for the drama “Ashita mo Kitto, Oishii Gohan ~Gin no Spoon~,” is filled with the feelings of a parent who cooks and waits for their child to come home and who wants them to stay just as they are.

Having a place to return to is such a happiness, and perhaps that single word, “welcome home,” carries countless feelings within it.

It’s a lovely song that makes you want to say “thank you” in response to “welcome home.” I’m sure it will deepen the love between parent and child.

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See You Again

It’s a farewell song, and words like “goodbye” are used in the lyrics, but lines like “stay who you are until the day we meet again” are really cool.

It’s wonderful to know that some things don’t change even when you’re apart, isn’t it?

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Spare Key

You know the singer-songwriter Yu Takahashi, right? Many of his songs are pop tunes that make you feel warm inside.

But Spare Key overturns that image.

It portrays a man who tells his girlfriend it’s over and asks her to return the spare key.

The lyrics are thoroughly cold and detached.

The rough guitar melody seems to mirror his ravaged state of mind, and it’s addictive.

I especially recommend it to anyone who’s having a hard time moving on.

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