[Unrequited Love Song] A Love Anthem to Cheer You On as You Wish for Mutual Feelings
Recommended for anyone with an unrequited crush!
We’re introducing popular songs for unrequited love, such as “songs that give you the courage to confess,” “songs to dedicate to someone you like,” and “songs that capture aching feelings.”
Love comes in many forms, and its ending may be a happy one—or sadly, it might not be.
Some loves come true through effort, while others don’t, no matter how hard you try.
Even so, to you who are doing your best to become mutual lovers now, here are songs to cheer on your love.
Listen to them when it’s hard to get your feelings across, and let them give you courage!
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[Unrequited Love Songs] A Love Cheering Anthem for Those Wishing for Mutual Feelings (71–80)
Rebootmiwa
“Reboot” is a song written as the theme for the 2019 TV drama Nagi’s Long Vacation.
Its lyrics, which encourage a protagonist who’s become paralyzed by various entanglements, are sure to clear the air for you too if you tend to overthink and can’t bring yourself to simply say “I like you.” “There’s no way to make everything go perfectly.” Once you hear this song, you just might be able to let go like that.
I wish I were the one you liked.Te ga kuriimu pan
Getting the person you like to like you back is really hard, isn’t it? But wanting them to fall for you is something everyone in love feels.
In Cream Pan’s “I Wish I Were the One You Like,” those aching, painful feelings are portrayed.
The simple instrumentation and the understated singing overflow with the sorrow of unrequited love.
You really want to confess and become a mutual love, but the fear that it might not work out makes you hesitate to take that first step… That terror of a future where your love doesn’t come true—and the fact that you still can’t suppress your feelings—makes it impossible not to empathize!
LOOK AT MENiziU
LOOK AT ME by NiziU, an idol group formed through an audition program.
Included on their 2023 album COCONUT, this song was chosen as the theme for the drama Turn to Me, Mukai-kun.
While it’s about unrequited love, the lyrics convey a sense of optimism rather than sadness.
Listening to it will make you look forward to what’s to come, and it also works as a pep song when you’re feeling down.
Also, pay attention to how the title phrase appears within the song!
Fall in love.Hey! Say! JUMP
A song by Hey! Say! JUMP that captures the feelings when love begins and imagines an ideal future.
It was also chosen as the theme song for the drama “Will My Cute Soon Expire?” starring group member Ryosuke Yamada.
The gentle, conversational singing and the sound that unfolds from a calm tempo into a grand atmosphere convey how the feelings grow stronger.
The lyrics depict how one moves their love forward, and the trial-and-error portrayed gives the song a charming touch.
May it be filled with kindnessJUJU
A bittersweet love ballad by JUJU that remains beloved more than 20 years after its release.
The lyrics express renewed gratitude for all the “important things” we tend to lose sight of in ordinary life—things you taught me—and seem directed toward a lover from whom the singer is now separated.
In the end, a single-minded devotion to the beloved, almost like a prayer, strikes deep in the heart.
A timeless classic that never fades—take your time and immerse yourself in it, especially in a season of unrequited love.
P.S.Ikuta Rira
Lilas Ikuta, also known as the vocalist of YOASOBI.
The song she created as a tie-in for the film “One Second Ahead, One Second Behind” is “P.S.” It depicts a poignant situation: wanting to confess your feelings to an unrequited love, while knowing it won’t work out.
Even if you haven’t seen the movie, you’ll be drawn into its world.
Another highlight is how the mood shifts dramatically between the first and second halves, turning brighter.
As a result, it offers not only sadness but also a sense of release.
The decisive battle is on Friday.DREAMS COME TRUE
It’s a song that seems to express a resolve to convey an overflowing love, characteristic of DREAMS COME TRUE.
It was also used as the opening theme for the music variety show “Ureshi Tanoshi Daisuki.” The unit’s signature rhythmic groove is striking, powerfully conveying rising emotions and exhilaration.
It portrays the mounting nerves as the moment to share one’s resolved feelings approaches, and you can sense the strength of those feelings that can’t be stopped no matter how nervous you are.
It’s a love song that carries tension yet also communicates a sense of fun.