Songs of the Rainy Season: Classic Tracks and Rain Songs That Evoke Tsuyu Through Their Lyrics
The rainy season brings days of continuous rain.
You might feel stressed from not being able to go out, or a bit down in the damp atmosphere, but it’s also a time to enjoy the unique, softly saturated air and a leisurely stay-at-home vibe that you can only experience now.
In this article, we introduce songs about rain that let you soak in the mood of the rainy season.
Alongside classic rain anthems, we’ve intentionally picked tracks that include pinpoint words like “June” and “hydrangea.” Here’s hoping you find the perfect rainy-season song to match your taste.
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Rainy Season Songs: Masterpieces and Rain Tunes That Evoke Tsuyu Through Their Lyrics (21–30)
SquallMasaharu Fukuyama
Masaharu Fukuyama is a singer-songwriter who has won a broad fan base thanks to the gap between his cool looks and his funny personality.
His 14th single “Squall,” released as a double A-side with “HEAVEN,” is known as a self-cover of a song he originally wrote for Eiko Matsumoto.
The lyrics portray a bittersweet love, and hearing them delivered in his captivating low register may reveal a different scene than when heard from a female perspective.
With a clear, transparent ensemble that evokes rain just as the title suggests, it’s a ballad perfect for listening to in June.
So it’s going to rain after all, huh.Tsuyu
When it rains, I can’t help but remember the person I love whom I can never see again.
It’s a heart-wrenching piece that reveals a bittersweet love story and tightens your chest.
It’s a song by the three-member music unit Tsuyu, serving as the title track of their first album released in 2020.
Characterized by a catchy guitar rock sound built around a four-on-the-floor rhythm, its crisp waves of sound will set your eardrums vibrating.
But as I mentioned earlier, the lyrics carry the protagonist’s heartache.
When you want to recover from the shock of heartbreak, this song is sure to help.
[Songs of the Rainy Season] Masterpieces and Rain-Themed Songs That Evoke the Rainy Season Through Their Lyrics (31–40)
Early summer rainRemioromen
Samidare,” included on the three-piece rock band Remioromen’s second album “ether,” released in 2005.
The exhilarating rush of the driving beat and ringing guitars is irresistible! The chorus in particular blows away the damp, gloomy feel of a rainy day.
It really makes you look forward to the fresh, clear weather after the rainy season!
When the hydrangeas bloomDramastore
It’s a guitar rock number that recalls a former lover on rainy June days.
Created by the Osaka-based rock band Dramastore, it’s included on their 2017 mini-album “Hakushidaihon” (Blank Script).
The song’s breezy, brisk groove is especially striking.
Because of that straightforward band sound, the scenes painted in the lyrics seem to come vividly to life before your eyes.
It’s a rain song that’s tinged with melancholy, yet somehow also conveys a sense of letting go.
LOVE RAIN ~Rain of Love~Toshinobu Kubota
A passionate and stylish number that likens a love overflowing from the depths of the heart to pouring rain.
It’s a track by Toshinobu Kubota, an artist known as a leading figure in R&B music in Japan, released as a single in 2010.
The song was written as the theme for the drama “Tsuki no Koibito ~Moon Lovers~.” The combination of funky sound arrangements with Kubota’s vocals makes you go, “Yes, this is it!” It’s that compelling—a truly satisfying piece to listen to.
Over the rainflumpool
Evoking a gentle, soaking rain, flumpool’s song “Over the rain” wraps the listener in a tender embrace with a melody that seems to turn June’s humid air into sound.
As the song progresses, the lyrics—depicting the freshness and hope that follow a rain—resonate pleasantly in the ear.
It’s as if the wind parts the clouds and carries in a breath of crisp air.
In the rainy season, when it’s easy to grow sentimental, try spending a leisurely moment by the window as the rain falls, listening to “Over the rain.”
A Bouquet of Kisses in the RainMiki Imai
When the rainy season begins, I find myself wanting to listen to Miki Imai’s “A Bouquet of Kisses in the Rain.” This song features a heartwarming melody and lyrics that illuminate special moments on rainy days.
Its soul-soothing sound brings coolness and comfort to those hot, humid days.
It also richly expresses a woman’s joyful happiness, sure to lift even the gloomiest mood.
Why not change your mood with this one song, with the sound of rain as your background music?