[Summer Songs] Recommended for Women! A Collection of Perfect Karaoke-Friendly Summer Tracks

Goldfish FireworksAi Otsuka

Ai Otsuka / Goldfish Fireworks (Short Ver.)

Kin’yo Hanabi (Goldfish Fireworks) is one of Ai Otsuka’s signature summer songs, featuring two quintessential summer images: goldfish and fireworks.

Released in 2004, the song portrays a bittersweet love in summer that never quite reaches its destination.

It’s a love where simply being near the person, simply watching them, brings happiness.

Knowing the love won’t come true, the resolve to at least wish for that person’s happiness is achingly pure, heightening the sense of sorrow.

The piano’s timbre and Otsuka’s heart-piercing vocals seem to capture the fleeting nature of summer to the fullest.

The lyrics, the vocal delivery, and the melody are all expressed in a distinctly feminine style.

Promise of SunflowersMotohiro Hata

Motohiro Hata – “Himawari no Yakusoku” Music Video

There are many songs by male vocalists with high-pitched voices that, while tough for men in the original key, are quite easy for women to sing.

This song, “Himawari no Yakusoku,” was also the theme song for a Doraemon movie, so it’s widely recognized and a perfect pick for karaoke.

Sunflowers are the quintessential summer flower and a symbol of brightness, but in contrast to that image, this summer ballad is filled with a poignant sense of longing—why not give it a try at karaoke? It takes on a different expression when sung by a woman, too.