A graduation song that's trending and popular on TikTok. A perfect track for memory videos.

I won’t forget the days I spent with you.Te ga kuriimu pan

I won’t forget the days with you / Hands like cream bread (close to you / tegacreampan) [Official Music Video]

This work reminds us of the preciousness of everyday life.

The growing trove of photo data and the depictions of unchanging scenery will surely overlap with listeners’ own memories.

It’s a digital single released in March 2022 by Tegakurimpan, a singer-songwriter popular mainly on social media.

The melody originated on the train ride home from her high school graduation ceremony, and the song was produced to coincide with her own university graduation.

True to her style—she also handled the opening theme for the drama “Papa to Musume no Nanokakan” (Seven Days of a Daddy and His Daughter)—her down-to-earth words are deeply moving.

It’s a warm number that makes you believe that even if we someday go our separate ways, our hearts will remain connected.

Consider choosing it when you’re making a thank-you video that strings together commemorative photos and clips with friends.

Loved oneFOMARE

FOMARE “The One I Love” Official Music Video

If you want to capture your irreplaceable youth with your friends in a video, this is the perfect song.

Its exhilarating rock sound and straightforward lyrics that cherish everyday life and precious places we took for granted resonate deeply with the sentimental mood of graduation season.

Created by FOMARE, a three-piece rock band from Gunma Prefecture, the track was released digitally in June 2021 and later opened their major-label debut album, “midori.” It’s also well known as the song used in Universal Studios Japan’s “Uniharu 2022” commercial.

On TikTok, it’s perfect for movies that string together casual classroom moments and photos from school events with friends.

Even when you’re far apart, this number lets you feel an unchanging bond and gives you the courage to take a new step forward.

Homeward Road in MarchHirai Dai

Dai Hirai / The Way Home in March (Lyric Video)

Dai Hirai is a popular singer-songwriter known for his organic style rooted in surf music.

Released digitally in February 2022, this work is a ballad characterized by an emotional sound woven by piano and strings.

It delicately portrays the complex feelings that mix the sorrow of parting with the resolve to face the future, felt on a familiar way home.

Many listeners will likely be moved by its message: even though you’re closer to your dream, tears overflow because you realize how precious the days spent with your friends were.

Also included on the best album LOVE＋PEACE, this song gently embraces the bittersweet emotions of graduation season.

Give it a listen as a track perfect for memory videos on TikTok or to encourage those taking a new step forward.

Daphne (winter daphne)DISH//

DISH// – Sweet Daphne [Official Video]

DISH// is a four-member dance-rock band whose members are also active as actors.

Their 14th single, Shinchōge (Osmanthus), released in 2021, was chosen as the theme song for the drama “The Winner in February: The Classroom of Guaranteed Success,” and drew attention as a co-written piece with Hattori from Macaroni Empitsu.

The lyrics, which convey the comfort of having a place to return to and the “thank you” that’s hard to say out loud, gently encourage those facing milestones like entrance exams and graduation.

With its strong, march-inspired rhythm and warm melody, it’s perfect for videos that look back on cherished memories.

If you want to express gratitude to family or friends, why not choose this song as your BGM?

Friend ~Time of Departure~yuzu

Yuzu “Friend ~The Time of Departure~”

Broadcast on NHK’s “Minna no Uta” and selected as the required piece for the junior high division of the 80th NHK All-Japan School Choir Competition, this song is likely one many people have performed at choral contests.

It’s an inspiring number by Yuzu that carries the message that we are connected under the same sky, even when we’re apart.

Released in September 2013 as their 38th single, it originated from a song written for their staff after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake.

The lyrics express feelings for a friend taking a new step forward despite anxiety, making it perfect for a graduation ceremony as a moment to reaffirm those bonds.

It’s also ideal as background music for a friendship memory video—a graduation song sure to move viewers to tears.

spring melancholyMrs. GREEN APPLE

Mrs. GREEN APPLE – Spring Melancholy

This song, which Motoki Omori is said to have written the day after his own graduation ceremony, faithfully captures the complex emotions felt during the season of farewells.

It was released to the world in February 2018 as the B-side to the single “Love me, Love you.” It was also featured in a Suntory Craft Boss commercial, resonating with many listeners.

The inability to be honest with friends and companions, the moment you realize that the routines of everyday life were irreplaceable—these genuine feelings of graduates are conveyed over a gentle melody.

Chosen as an entrance piece for graduation ceremonies or as background music for reels that look back on memories, it will surely add color to a special day.

JourneyFuji Kaze

Fujii Kaze – Tabiji (Official Video)

Looking back on our past immaturity and stepping into the future while forgiving one another—such a universal theme in life gently accompanies the milestone of graduation.

This work by Fujii Kaze, a singer-songwriter from Okayama Prefecture, was released in March 2021 and was written as the theme song for the TV Asahi drama Nijiiro Karte.

Its soulful, warm sound and soft resonance are truly comforting.

The lyrical worldview—if this universe is a classroom, we sit side by side and keep learning—conveys that our bonds with friends remain eternal even after graduation.

Also included on the acclaimed album LOVE ALL SERVE ALL, this piece is a hope-filled number that colors moving ceremonies and memories with friends.