[For when you want to cry] A ballad love song. A heartbreaking love song.
Here are some ballad songs we’d love you to listen to when you feel like crying.
We’ve gathered recommended tearjerkers and full-on sob songs, including popular love songs.
If you’re hurting from love, can’t forget an ex, or you’re feeling lonely and looking for songs to listen to, this is for you.
These are all ballads that will quietly stay by your side while you cry alone.
Find the one song that matches how you feel right now, and let yourself cry as much as you need.
Crying might help you sort out your feelings, or even give you the push you need to move forward.
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[For when you want to cry] A ballad love song. Heart-wrenching romance songs (41–50)
futureKobukuro
A very heartrending ballad about continuing to hide your feelings so you can go on liking someone.
It’s a song by Kobukuro that became the theme for the film “orange.” If confessing your love doesn’t lead to mutual feelings, you’ll have to give up… In that case, it’s better to stay in unrequited love.
The protagonist of this song may find it harder to bear being unable to stay by that person’s side than the pain of unrequited love.
If you remain friends, you can always be by their side as a friend… It’s a bittersweet love song that conveys a strong will and the depth of love.
I LOVE YOUkurisu haato
Now, it’s no exaggeration to call him an “evangelist of love songs and love ballads”: Chris Hart’s first original song, released in 2014.
His voice is endlessly sweet, gentle, heartrending, and transparent—and yet it conveys the full “power” of words and melody to the listener.
His singing, which uses mixed voice to great effect, elevates this superb ballad to the realm of art.
The exquisitely beautiful high-tone falsetto is another highlight! Even as a classic, straight-down-the-middle ballad, it’s a one-of-a-kind masterpiece that will never be buried by eras or trends.
NAOHY
HY’s song “NAO” is a heartbreaking ballad with lyrics about an unrequited love.
The person you like loves someone else—those poignant words make it a classic that grips women’s hearts and won’t let go.
Many people probably find themselves crying every time they hear it live.
aloneGosuperāzu
This is “Hitori,” the Gospellers’ 16th single, released in 2001.
An a cappella-only track with no instrumental accompaniment, it is among the group’s most popular songs.
The lyrics express deep love and trust for a lover, and the harmonies sung by the five members make that sentiment resonate even more profoundly.
Endless StoryItō Yuna
Endless Story, a song featured in the blockbuster 2005 film NANA, debuted at number two on the Oricon Singles Chart.
In 2005, she performed this song at the NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen.
It was effectively her debut single, a ballad whose beautifully clear vocals captivate listeners’ hearts.
Until the day I can no longer rememberback number
A poignant ballad by back number that quietly sings of lingering feelings and a sense of loss for a former lover.
Released in October 2011 as their third single, the song is also included on the album “Superstar,” which came out the same month.
The lyrics portray the emptiness of days that keep going even after losing the most important person in the world, and the deep bond in which the two formed halves of each other.
Fear of memories of the other fading intertwines with the resignation that they will eventually be forgotten, and the realization that the time spent with the person was part of oneself wells up with aching tenderness.
A song that offers comfort to anyone who has lost someone dear.
GraduationMy Hair is Bad
A track by My Hair is Bad that tells the story of two people sensing changes in their relationship amid the bustle of a station and the cityscape.
It was included on the EP “Jidai o Atsumete,” released in May 2016, and was produced as a kind of sequel to the previous song “Makka.” From the perspective of a timid, awkward young person, the song vividly portrays the growing distance between former lovers.
Its theme is a farewell as a rite of passage—putting a period on a relationship and moving on to the next stage.
Driven by a fast-paced 8-beat and dynamic arrangement, Tomomi Shiiki’s husky voice conveys the ebb and flow of emotion.
It’s a song that stays with you when you want to put an end to an ambiguous relationship with an ex and need the courage to face forward and start walking.