Hydrangea Love
Updated: Sep 27
⋆ Japanese Track
⋆ Release Date: June 30 2023 (as part of TXT's 2nd Japanese studio-album, SWEET)
⋆ Genre: Lyrical Mid-Tempo Ballad
⋆ Other Info: 'Saiko no Seito: Yomei Ichinen no Last Dance' OST
⋆ Producing Credits: Yuuri, KENTZ
⋆ Writing/Composing Credits: Yuuri
ABOUT/MEANING: “Hydrangea Love” uses the hydrangea as a metaphor for a love formed gradually through the accumulation of small moments. The narrator recognises that neither person will always match the other's expectations; instead, spending time together continually reveals new sides of who they really are. Like the many small blossoms that form a hydrangea, these individual “fragments” gather one by one until they become the person he knows and loves.
That love does not depend on an idealised version of either person or on fate guaranteeing that they will always find their way back to one another. Its value comes from continuing to know, accept and choose each other as they are. Shared days overlap like hydrangea blossoms, while even words such as “thank you” feel too small to contain everything the narrator wants to express. Ultimately, simply being beside this person and seeing them happy becomes enough - a quiet love built from countless ordinary moments that together become something much larger.
FLOWER SYMBOLISM: Hydrangeas (ajisai / 紫陽花) carry several meanings in Japanese flower symbolism, including some that appear contradictory. Their changing colours have traditionally been associated with utsurigi (移り気), or changeability and changing feelings, while other associations include patient or enduring affection. The many small flowers gathered closely together can also evoke family, closeness and togetherness.
These associations make the hydrangea particularly fitting for the song, but its clustered blossoms provide the clearest connection to the lyrics. Just as many individual flowers gather to form a hydrangea, the narrator describes the person he loves as being formed from countless “fragments,” while their shared days overlap one by one. The flower therefore becomes an image of a relationship built gradually through accumulated moments - each one small on its own, but together forming something larger and deeply meaningful.
LYRICS - ENGLISH TRANSLATION
Even if I’m not the kind of person you think I am,
Even if you’re not the kind of person I think you are,
The more time we spend together,
The more I come to know you
No matter how many times,
No matter how many times we part,
I won't assume fate will just bring us together
But I know we will meet again,
I’m right here, holding onto that.
I like you, I like you,
I love you, you who's formed from fragments
A love like hydrangeas,
One by one, everything becomes you.
Even if you’re not the kind of person I think you are,
Even if I’m not the kind of person you think I am,
If I weren’t who I am, we never would have met
I hope we can feel that this is enough
Always, always, "thank you"
Words alone surely can’t convey it,
They’re never enough, they fall short,
I hold them tightly with both hands.
I like you, I like you,
I love you, you who's formed from fragments
A love like hydrangeas,
One by one, everything becomes you.
It doesn’t matter how far we can go,
Just laughing by your side is enough,
I don’t wish for anything more,
I just want to grant your wishes.
I like you, I like you,
I love you, you who's formed from fragments
Days like hydrangeas,
One by one, they overlap.
I like you, I like you,
I love you, you who's formed from fragments
A love like hydrangeas,
One by one, everything becomes you.
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