Lovely love song

Songs of pure love. Recommended masterpieces and popular pure-love love songs.

Deputy Editor of RAG MUSICSasashina
Deputy Editor of RAG MUSIC. JFC-certified fact-checker. I’m Sasashina, a mom currently raising an elementary schooler and a preschooler. During my student years at Kyoto College of Science and Technology, I studied a wide range of fields including sound, lighting, and video technology, building a foundation in comprehensive stage production and creative expression. After graduation, I joined a music production company, where I still work, consistently building experience in production and engaging in a variety of music-centered tasks. Currently, I mainly handle articles for children, drawing on what I’ve learned about parenting and what I feel and discover through daily interactions with my kids. I hope my work can be of help to you, even in a small way!

We’ve gathered a selection of popular and classic songs that capture the feeling of “pure love.”

From love songs that put the other person first, to straightforward songs about falling in love, to songs about a love you can’t forget even after the person is gone—we’re introducing tracks that portray pure love in many forms.

There’s love that becomes possessive because the feelings are too strong, or love that constantly asks things of the other person.

And then there are feelings that simply wish for the other person’s happiness, growing deeper even if they’re never conveyed.

The songs featured in this article are tender, sincere, and so moving they might bring you to tears when you listen.

Please give them a listen.

Songs of pure love. Recommended masterpieces and popular pure-love love songs (11–20)

Faint fragrancePerfume

[Official Music Video] Perfume “A Faint Scent”

Faint Scent Perfume

Perfume’s “Kasuka na Kaori” is a song that portrays the frustration of being in love but not quite able to express those feelings.

Time with someone you like really does fly by, doesn’t it… and waiting to hear from them feels endless, too… If you’ve ever been in love, you can’t help but relate to these lyrics.

“I hope you like me…”—that faint mix of hope and anxiety quietly comes through.

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March 9Remioromen

Remioromen – March 9th (Music Video Short ver.)

March 9th Remioromen

It’s a beautiful masterpiece with a suggestive title and a wistful melody.

Since it was also used in the drama “1 Litre of Tears,” some people might feel teary the moment they hear it.

The lyrics, woven in elegant Japanese and singing of love, are pleasing to the ear.

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FlowerORANGE RANGE

Hana – ORANGE RANGE (Full)

Hana ORANGE RANGE

A song that became the theme for the film Be With You, which portrays a tender yet heartrending pure love.

Like falling petals, the lyrics sing of love as a miracle within a finite life, mirroring the film’s story and making it a tearjerker.

It’s a rare ballad from ORANGE RANGE.

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I miss you. I want to see you.Shota Tezuka

I want to see you / Shota Tezuka full covered by Haruta

I want to see you, Shota Tezuka.

The theme song of the drama “Your Turn to Kill – The Counterattack –,” titled “I Want to See You.” It’s a song that conveys the feelings of the protagonist Shota Tezuka, played by Kei Tanaka.

His beloved is gone, and he doesn’t know how to go on living… He just wants to see the person he loves one more time.

The longing is unbearably heartrending.

An eternal love dedicated to someone irreplaceable—surely that’s true, pure love, isn’t it?

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Aqua Timez Life-sized Love SongAqua Timez

Aqua Timez “Life-Size Love Song” Music Video

Aqua Timez - Life-sized Love Song

A famous song that sings of unwavering love for a woman, Aqua Timez’s “A Love Song in True Proportion.” There are many men who find it hard to say “I love you” out loud, right? This song feels like a love letter that lays bare the heart of such a clumsy man.

He’s truly head-over-heels… You want to say, “Put it into words,” but when you listen to this song, you can’t help but forgive him (lol).

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Luv LetterTakaya Kawasaki

Luv Letter

Luv Letter by Takaya Kawasaki

It might be a little embarrassing to put into words, but there’s a heartfelt urge to deliver all the love I can.

Many will be moved by this world like a love letter written in plain, unadorned words by an awkward protagonist.

It’s a warm number by Takaya Kawasaki that makes you realize that true happiness lies in the accumulation of small, everyday events and emotions.

This song is the opening track on the album “I believe in you,” released in March 2018, and it has been cherished by fans since his indie days.

The staging that includes a spoken line, as if reading a letter in the middle of the song, creates a vivid sense that someone is confessing their feelings right in front of you—it’s enough to make your heart skip a beat.

It’s the perfect song not only for proposals and weddings, but also for those moments when you want to once again express your gratitude to a special partner.

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Songs of pure love. Recommended masterpieces, popular pure-love love songs (21–30)

Future Projection IIDREAMS COME TRUE

Future Prediction Map II – DREAMS COME TRUE (Full)

Mirai Yosouzu II DREAMS COME TRUE

“Mirai Yosouzu II” is, needless to say, one of DREAMS COME TRUE’s signature songs.

Every line of the lyrics plays like a scene from a movie—especially the moment with the car’s tail lights blinking, a phrase that has gone down in music history.

The song even inspired TV shows and dramas.

It’s such a lovely piece themed around pure love that it makes you think, if this song hadn’t existed, would DREAMS COME TRUE have existed as we know them?

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