Yami songs recommended for college students: melancholic tracks to listen to when you're feeling down
There are days when you feel like your heart might break or you feel lonely, aren’t there? In those moments, music becomes a precious source of support.
Songs that stay close to your sadness and pain can feel like a best friend who truly understands you.
In this article, we introduce healing “yami songs” that gently accompany you through tough times.
We’ll feature many tracks, focusing on works released in recent years.
You’re sure to find a song that resonates with your heart.
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Yami Songs Recommended for University Students: Depressing Tracks to Listen to When You're Struggling (71–80)
inside youmilet
If there’s a song that can fill the painful feeling like a hole in your heart, how saving that would be.
In such moments, I’d love for you to listen to milet’s “inside you.” Released in March 2019 and produced by Toru from ONE OK ROCK, this track has moved many people.
Its lyrics, interweaving English and Japanese, turn aching feelings and sorrow into words.
milet’s powerful yet somehow comforting vocals will surely give you the courage to take a new step forward.
It’s a song that can fill even a little of the emptiness in your heart.
Cute Girlfriendsyudou
“Cute Girlfriend” is a song that pierces deep into the emotions.
In syudou’s work, the lyrics are marked by a sense of heartache and darkness, embracing those who are dealing with heartbreak and painful feelings and giving voice to what lies within their hearts.
Its maddeningly single-minded love for a partner rides on a rhythmic yet subtly unsettling melody, resonating deeply with listeners.
syudou’s vocals carry a uniquely poignant and beautiful allure found nowhere else, making this a track you’ll want to hear especially in tough times.
By laying bare its emotions, this song may ease the hearts of those who carry similar pain.
mutual feelingsthe shes gone
On days when your heart overflows with feelings for someone special, gentle songs can be a comfort.
“Omoi-ai,” released in 2018 by the rock band the shes gone, was their first single and was featured in the web commercial for TEPCO Holdings’ official disaster-preparedness app, “Unchanging Things.” The straightforward melody rides on a lively band sound.
The lyrics, which depict someone you care about gradually drifting away, evoke loneliness and heartache.
In difficult times, their refreshing music will be there to support you.
Recommended Depressing Songs for College Students: Songs to Listen to When You're Struggling (81–90)
Goodbye, Identityyonige
Even if you fought or had things you disliked about each other, once you break up, you sometimes regret it and think that just having them by your side was enough, right? Yonige’s “Sayonara Identity” portrays that kind of regret born from love.
It’s included on their 2015 mini-album Coming Spring.
If it were now, I’d do things differently; if I had done that back then, it wouldn’t have turned out the way it did.
The lyrics, filled with what-ifs and deep regrets for a former lover, really hurt the heart.
For those who feel the same way, this song will resonate with you and move you to tears.
outcryatarayo
Atarayo’s “outcry” paints a picture of being swallowed by everything and sinking into loneliness.
It’s included on their 2022 album The Moon Remains Silent in the Polar Night.
The song depicts someone who chose solitude, rejected help, discovered something deep within themselves, and pushed themselves to a point of no return.
There are times when you’re tired of everything and even the kindness of others feels suffocating.
This is a song that stays by your side when all you want is to be alone and simply get through the days.
flower-sickkurokumo
They both fell for the same person, but that person chose the best friend… This song overlays that bittersweet feeling with the image of flowers.
It’s included on Kurokumo’s album “bloom,” released in March 2020.
It portrays emotions like jealousy over having the one you love taken away and self-loathing for clinging to the past, making it a track that resonates with those struggling with complex feelings.
If you’re carrying the pain of a broken heart, I really hope you’ll give it a listen.
Sickly Storytakayan
Takayan’s “Yamiyami Monogatari” is a track included on the album “Zutto Ikite Ne,” released on May 21, 2021.
The song candidly voices the inner conflict felt while facing harsh realities and affirms a self who’s pushing through to keep living.
Its rhythm-driven lyrics are likely to resonate especially with younger listeners.
Delivering a positive message of self-acceptance through powerful rap, it’s sure to be a reassuring anthem for those at rock bottom.