Songs to listen to when you've been betrayed. Classic hits about betrayal.
When you’re hurting from betrayal, when you feel like nothing matters anymore, when you’re wounded and just want to cry.
Here are some “songs with the theme of betrayal” we recommend for you.
We’ve gathered a wide range—from tracks filled with bitterness and resentment to bittersweet love songs about not being able to let go of your feelings even after being betrayed.
When you’re in a dark mood, it can help to listen to dark songs and let yourself sink all the way down.
Don’t hold back—let your pain out.
Among them are songs that will heal a heart hurt by betrayal and lift your spirits.
Try finding the one song that fits your feelings perfectly.
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City of FarewellsSuzuki Masayuki
Wakare no Machi (City of Parting), sung by Masayuki Suzuki, who also made his mark as a member of Rats & Star, was released in 1989 as his seventh single.
It’s a heartrending love song depicting a couple who break up after the woman falls for someone else.
The line about both their beginning and their end being in this town is just devastating.
The man’s feelings—still being in love despite everything—cut painfully deep.
The wistful melody further doubles the sadness.
A must-listen for anyone who has been through this kind of experience—or is going through it now.
Travelingsumika
A song about a woman who forgives her lover even though she knows he’s cheating.
It’s by the rock band sumika and was released in 2019.
She forgives him because whether she confronts him or not, she’ll end up hurting anyway.
Even though she knows she can’t go on like this, maybe all she can do is pretend not to know…
I love him, I don’t want to break up, but it hurts, and I don’t know what to do.
A hellish loop that begins with a lover’s betrayal.
Despite its bright sound, it really pierces the heart.
Street Corner of BetrayalKai Yoshihiro
Uragiri no Machikado, the Kai Band’s second single, released in 1975.
As the title already says “betrayal,” it’s a song that perfectly captures that feeling, where everything—even the cityscape—seems dyed by your own emotions.
Both the characters and the scenery carry a sense of sorrow and wistfulness, and you can sense that through the lyrics and melody—a number that makes something well up inside, that really hits you.
It’s a song that pairs beautifully with rain; it might be nice to listen to it in the rain.
You let me do as I please, and yet…arekunn
Having gone viral on TikTok and breaking out—especially among the younger generation—Are-kun’s song “Suki ni Saseta Kuse ni” (“You Made Me Fall for You”) is a heartbreak anthem that many listeners can probably relate to.
As the title suggests, it captures the feeling of “you’re the one who made me fall for you,” mixed with the frustration of unreturned feelings—tender, painful, and tear-jerking.
Even without anything concrete, the sense that your feelings of love were used or that you were betrayed can leave a deep wound.
If you’re overwhelmed by those emotions, let this song help you cry it all out and feel a little lighter.
A seagull is a seagull.Naoko Ken
Written and composed by Miyuki Nakajima, who is famous as a singer-songwriter, this song also became a huge hit for Naoko Ken.
The lyrics as she sings them felt incredibly real to me.
It’s from when I was still a child, so many people might not know it, but even back then Miyuki Nakajima’s talent was already exploding.
There’s a love so strong that a seagull would give up the sea to have it.
A pure love that says, even if I lose everything, it’s enough if I have this one person.
I’d love for people whose relationships mainly happen on social media these days to take the time to really listen to it—highly recommended.
oni; demon; ogre; spirit (depending on context)kuriipuhaipe
The rock band CreepHyp released this song in 2016, and it was written as the theme song for the drama “And Then There Were None.” The music video was directed by Daigo Matsui, who also handled the MV for “One Hundred and Eight Yen Love,” and it’s well known that Tomomi Shiinoki from My Hair is Bad appears in it.
The song portrays the feelings of a man betrayed by a woman.
Coming home to the house where your beloved wife is waiting, only to find an unknown man sleeping in your bed—that’s pretty brutal, isn’t it?
My loverGorin Mayumi
This is Mayumi Itsuwa’s biggest hit, a masterpiece of a heartbreak and betrayal song that’s still sung today.
No matter who listens, you can clearly picture a woman who’s been dumped and still can’t let go of the man who left her.
It definitely reeks of the Showa era rather than modern times, but even if such feelings aren’t obvious on the surface, if you truly loved someone, I think people today would feel the same way.
Some may laugh and call it old-fashioned, but if you’ve just gone through a breakup, please give it a listen.
I’m sure the tears will start to flow.