ないものねだり (Naimononedari)

"Naimononedari" — literally "wanting what you don't have" — channels that restless, slightly self-pitying emotional state into something jubilant rather than mopey. KANA-BOON build the track on a foundation of interlocking guitar lines, the rhythm section keeping a slightly loose, bouncing pulse that prevents the energy from becoming oppressive. Okamoto's vocals lean into the song's contradictions: the lyrics are about longing and dissatisfaction but the delivery is bright, almost gleeful, as if acknowledging the absurdity of human desire. The production has a live-band warmth, the kind of recording that sounds like it was made by four people in a room who genuinely liked each other. The track captures something specific about young adult ambivalence — the awareness that you don't know what you want, paired with the certainty that you want more of it. Best experienced loud, preferably while moving; it has the structural intelligence of a well-constructed pop song wrapped in the physical directness of indie rock.