Love songs you want to listen to in summer. Love songs that color the summer.

Pineapple JuiceINI

Pineapple Juice

This city pop track features a languid yet comfortable groove that invites you into an endless, tropical vacation.

It’s included on the album “THE ORIGIN,” releasing in June 2025.

Member Xu Yufan participates in the lyric writing for the first time, crafting a theme of a “sweet-and-sour summer” that captures each moment whole—like sipping a juice—brimming with fresh emotion.

Perfect for summer drives or hot days when you want a little boost! Turn your everyday life into a breezy vacation with this song!

Ephemeral FireworksGod does not play dice.

God Doesn't Play Dice “Ephemeral Fireworks” [Official Lyric Video]

God doesn’t roll dice—but He plays a tune.

This single, as fleeting as fireworks blooming and vanishing in the summer night sky, has captured the hearts of teenagers and won’t let go.

A story of a fragile, bittersweet summer romance rides on a beautiful melody by Shusaku Yanagida, striking listeners right in the heart.

You can almost see the lukewarm breeze and the shoreline in your mind’s eye, stirring a nostalgic, poignant feeling.

Released in July 2020 as their major-label debut single, the song also appears on the EP “Bunka-teki Tokuiten” released the same year and on the album “Jishō no Chiheisen,” which topped the Oricon Weekly ROCK Album Ranking in March 2022.

Perfect for summer twilights, moments when you want to get a little sentimental, or when you want to soak in a beautiful melody.

It’s sure to color a page of your summer memories.

Give it a listen.

The Whereabouts on August 31Friends

Friends: Whereabouts on August 31

Marked by a crystal-clear melody that evokes the bittersweet air of late summer.

This track by the five-member co-ed band Friends was released as a digital single in August 2020.

It candidly portrays wavering feelings of love—being utterly smitten yet still unsure if it’s the real thing.

The modern scenes of romance are skillfully expressed, making it highly relatable.

If you want to immerse yourself in the feeling of thinking deeply about someone, this piece might be a perfect fit.

Summer Sky GraffitiIkimonogakari

Ikimonogakari – Summer Sky Graffiti [Short Ver. / Verse 2]

It’s a song with an invigorating melody and the charmingly clear, transparent vocals of Kiyoe Yoshioka.

It paints sparkling summer memories, tender first love, and a touch of bittersweet emotion that tickles the listener’s heart.

Released in August 2007 as one of the tracks on a double A-side single, it also became well known as a soft drink commercial song.

When summer’s heat feels overwhelming, listening to this track might bring back those glittering days of youth and give you a boost of energy.

Youth and youth and youthAimyon

Aimyon – Youth and Youth and Youth [OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO]

This is a song by Aimyon that was used in 2021 as the commercial theme for Kirin Beer’s “Tanrei Green Label.” The track originally appeared on her single “Kimi wa Rock wo Kikanai,” released in August 2017.

The imagery of a love for someone you can only meet in dreams mingling with the languid air of summer is striking.

Many listeners likely relate to those bittersweet feelings that resurface from everyday triggers—like how the smell of curry can make you feel fond of someone.

Perhaps the song’s true meaning resonates even more deeply when you listen to it as an adult.

Immoral SummerNogizaka46

Nogizaka46 “Immoral Summer” Music Video

This is a Nogizaka46 track whose passionate sound evokes the blistering heat of summer, layered with a hint of illicit romantic impulse.

It’s included on their 39th single, “Same numbers,” released in July 2025.

The lyrics, where curiosity about a more mature world intersects with a dangerous pull that seems ready to cross the line of common sense, embody a bold worldview that only an Under track can express.

It’s guaranteed to lift your spirits when you want to break free from the everyday!

fragrant oliveOrange Spiny Club

ORANGE SPiCE CLUB 'Kinmokusei' Music Video

It’s a song by ORANGE SPINY CLUB that carries the sweet-and-sour pangs of youth and quiet heartache hidden in everyday life on a melody that feels somehow nostalgic.

The lyrical world crafted by Naoto Suzuki evokes faint feelings of love and vivid scenes, like the fragrance of fragrant olive, and seems to nestle close to the listener’s heart.

The track is included on the mini-album “Irat­suku Toki wa Itsudatte,” released in January 2020, and has become widely beloved, surpassing 100 million streams in June 2021.

In June 2023, it was also showcased in a special format on THE FIRST TAKE.

It’s the perfect song for those sentimental late-summer moments, when you listen while layering thoughts of someone dear and memories of youth.