I've long been accustomed To the loneliness I don't really feel sorrow These tears are only a pretense Despite this, Yamanaka has stated that he wrote "White Summer" for the group and not as a personal song for himself, saying, "I just make music for life.

"[2] Out of about four songs from the demo album The Pillows was working on at the time,[b] "Babylon Verses of Angel" was Yamanaka's choice for the single release.

[2] It was for this reason that Yamanaka was initially opposed to "White Summer" as a single, as "Babylon Verses of Angel" would not have required editing.

[2] The music video for "White Summer and Green Bicycle, Red Hair with Black Guitar.

Short clips of a young boy riding a green bicycle are also shown at times, though no person with red hair, nor any black guitars are featured in the music video.