Songs with titles that start with 'de'. Perfect as hints for karaoke or shiritori!
Have you ever played “Shiritori Karaoke,” where you link songs in karaoke using the last letter of the previous song, or “Song Title Shiritori,” where you play using only the song titles?
In karaoke, it’s great when your go-to songs start feeling repetitive, and for regular shiritori, it’s perfect when you want to raise the difficulty.
You’ll end up singing songs you don’t usually pick, and sometimes you can’t think of a title, which really livens things up!
So in this article, to help you out in those moments, I’ll introduce songs with titles that start with “de.”
I hope this helps everyone have a fun time together!
Songs with titles that start with “De.” Useful for karaoke or shiritori hints! (1–10)
This Is LoveNEW!Hi-STANDARD
In April 2000, just before going on hiatus, Hi-STANDARD released the mini-album “LOVE IS A BATTLEFIELD,” and this track opens it.
In a brisk one minute and twenty seconds, it packs the band’s essence: breathless momentum and bittersweet, heart-tightening lyrics.
Its straightforward celebration of love that lasts forever powerfully moves anyone who listens.
The mini-album reached No.
3 on the Oricon weekly chart, reflecting the intense attention it drew at the time.
It’s a powerful love song brimming with pure energy—perfect not only for reaffirming your feelings for someone special, but also for rekindling the passion to throw yourself into something.
Deep downNEW!Aimer
Set against a heavy soundscape that captures the sensation of sinking into darkness, this track was featured as the ending theme for Episode 9 of Chainsaw Man.
Its deep introspection, which seems to symbolize the story’s serious turn, is especially compelling.
The lyrics were written by Aimer herself under the name aimerrhythm, with composition by Kazuma Nagasawa and arrangement by Kenji Tamai and Rui Momota.
Released in December 2022 as the title track of the mini-album Deep down, it blends a dreamy arrangement of strings and synthesizers with her husky, resonant vocals that truly strike a chord.
It’s a song that speaks to the depths of your emotions—one to listen to when you want to confront life and death, and the conflicts within.
DestinyNEW!Aee! group
It’s a song that straightforwardly expresses a clumsy kind of love—the frustration of having feelings you want to convey but not being able to find the right words, and the ache of feeling distant even when you’re close.
It resonates with emotions everyone has felt at least once.
Slated for release on the single “Chameleon” in June 2025, this track has been chosen as the theme song for the drama “Musashino Rondo,” starring Yoshinori Masakado.
The music video’s direction—baring one’s emotions while standing in the rain—is striking, and the passion to overcome hardship and deliver one’s feelings hits home.
It’s a song that gives you a gentle push when you’re struggling with how to express your feelings to someone important.
DEEP SNOWNEW!niki
Amid a pure white snowy landscape, we move forward while harboring hope for the future.
It’s a grand, emotional piece that conjures such a scene.
Created by niki—renowned as the legendary Lily master—and released in February 2025, the song was written as the 10th anniversary theme for Snow Miku Sky Town inside New Chitose Airport, Hokkaido.
The interweaving layers of electronica and band sounds are superb, and Hatsune Miku’s crystalline voice delivers a soaring exhilaration like sprinting across a snowy plain.
It’s a track that gives a push to anyone seeking a challenge or ready to take a new step forward.
demoNEW!Nakane Kana
A refreshing drive in a luxury convertible and a heart-fluttering rush… only to end with the shocking twist that she doesn’t have a license—this song is guaranteed to make you laugh.
It’s Kana Nakane’s single from September 2022, with lyrics by Kana Nakane and composition by Yudetamago Yasui.
It features a nostalgic chord progression and clean guitar sound reminiscent of 70s–80s city pop, balanced exquisitely with a modern catchiness.
After it went viral on Twitter, a follow-up track titled “daga” was also released digitally in November of the same year, so be sure to check that out too!
a sudden impulse (to do something wrong)NEW!Polis Piccadilly
This song is by Polispicadery, a Vocaloid producer also known as the creator of “Kire Carry On,” and it was released in July 2024.
The piece portrays a precarious yet delicate state of mind swayed by sudden impulses.
You can clearly picture the protagonist wavering between emotion and reason.
And Kota Hakoniwa’s breathy vocals match those helpless feelings perfectly.
It’s the ideal soundtrack for gazing at a glittering night view and drifting into thought, don’t you think?
Being called fatNEW!Izumi Nakasone
Izumi Nakasone, who energizes the scene with her clear, translucent voice as a member of HY.
Although she’s best known for ballads, this song she performed in collaboration with RIZAP in 2017 is a straightforward piece that sings about confronting struggles with weight and body shape.
As the gospel-style chorus resounds grandly, the day-to-day realities of dieting are laid out; the contrast between the mellow tone and the lyrics somehow invites a laugh.
The music video, choreographed by Papaya Suzuki, is also memorable, and if you belt it out as a gag at karaoke, it’s sure to get the crowd going.