Carefully selected recommended Yorushika songs: popular tracks with touching lyrics and melodies that resonate with the heart

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Yorushika – Say It. (Music Video)

Yorushika is a duo that captivates many listeners with emotionally stirring storytelling and literary lyrics.

This early-career work that supported their rise is a bittersweet number set to a brisk guitar-rock sound, depicting the regret of words left unsaid.

In contrast to its exhilarating melody, the lyrics unfold a heart-wrenching world, where n-buna’s delicate sensibilities and suis’s dignified vocals blend exquisitely.

Included on their first mini-album, “Natsukusa ga Jama o Suru,” released in June 2017, it has remained a beloved classic over the years, with its music video surpassing 100 million views.

It’s an emotional track you’ll want to listen to when you’re carrying unspoken feelings or sinking into a sentimental mood at night.

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Madder

This song was created using a poem from Shimazaki Tōson’s collection Wakana-shū as its motif.

It was newly written as the theme song for the theatrical film The Dangers in My Heart, released in February 2026.

Its nostalgic arrangement, colored by the sound of the erhu, and its literary lyrics that depict scenes at dusk have a deeply moving charm that resonates with listeners.

It’s an emotionally rich rock tune you’ll want to listen to while taking a walk at twilight.

Please take your time and give it a careful listen.

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Yorushika – Hibernation (Toumin) (Lyrics/Kan/Rom/Eng)

A musical unit whose literary worldbuilding and delicate sound production have won the support of many listeners, Yorushika’s song layers exhilarating guitar rock with a crystalline vocal, evoking the clear air of winter.

The lyrics—poignantly expressing hearts that sway with the changing seasons and a yearning to escape from reality—are likely to resonate with many women.

This track is included on the mini-album “No Encore for the Loser,” released in May 2018.

It’s a winter song recommended for moments when you want to forget the everyday and sink into sentiment, or when you want to let your emotions out to the fullest at karaoke.

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Play Sick

Many of you might have been curious after hearing it in Daihatsu’s TV commercial in the summer of 2025.

Released for streaming by Yorushika in December 2025, this track blends a light, band-driven sound with a hint of languor and melancholy.

It’s included on the digital album “Second Person,” released in March 2026.

The song captures a desire to head out somewhere, to hit the town, while casting a sidelong glance at the melancholy woven into everyday life.

It’s perfect as driving BGM.

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Yorushika – Shura (OFFICIAL VIDEO)

This song was released as a digital single on August 8, 2025, and became the theme song for the drama “We Still Don’t Know the Rules of That Star.” It’s a song that validates the “vague uneasiness inside” and the “overwhelming feelings” many teen girls experience, making it a track that truly stays close to adolescent emotions.

Rather than aiming to “sing it perfectly,” it’ll feel refreshing if you sing it as a way to “let your feelings out.” The overall vocal range is A#3–D#5, with the high notes sung in falsetto.

The key point is switching between chest voice and falsetto.

Use a bit more breath to transition smoothly.

Breathe in slowly through your mouth, staying calm so it becomes diaphragmatic breathing.

If you tense up, it turns into chest breathing and you won’t inhale as much as you think, so be careful not to let your shoulders rise!

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Yorushika – Moonlight Bath (OFFICIAL VIDEO)

As the clamor of summer recedes and quiet nights grow more comforting, there’s a dreamlike song by Yorushika I want you to hear.

Their music is known for its literary worldview, and this piece is a beautiful ballad through and through, layering the feeling of cherishing what matters as time slips by over scenes bathed in moonlight.

Suis’s clear yet powerful vocals deepen the bittersweet, grand atmosphere even further.

Released in October 2023, the song also served as the theme for the feature anime Kaina of the Great Snow Sea: Star Sage, so many listeners may have immersed themselves in that world as well.

When you’re reminiscing about a joyful summer and feeling a touch lonely, this song will surely stay gently by your side.

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Escape

This song distills Yorushika’s world into a single track, where literary lyrics intertwine with vocalist suis’s clear, translucent voice.

Centered on the theme of “escape,” it portrays the inner conflicts buried deep in the heart and the earnest desire to break free from reality.

The driving, exhilarating sound evokes that restless urgency and faint glimmer of hope—like leaving the bustle of a summer festival behind and sprinting into the night, just the two of you.

Released in July 2020 on the album “Plagiarism,” it was also used in the promotional video for the manga “Call of the Night.” For those who want to flee from something yet still move forward, it may resonate with the complex feelings of a summer night.