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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Recommended Depressing Songs for College Students: Songs to Listen to When You're Struggling (91–100)
Love even your melancholyKoresawa
It’s a gentle message song that says, “You might be feeling bad right now because of worries and anxiety, but the end will come someday, so please don’t worry.” It’s a track by singer-songwriter Koresawa, released as a single in 2020.
The moving arrangement—combining lightness with grandeur—leaves a strong impression, and it pairs beautifully with her soft vocals.
When you’re feeling unwell or going through a tough time, this song might just save you, so please give it a listen.
Delusional DiaryShido
It feels like a song about a girl who’s dependent on a boyfriend she loves way too much.
The more closely you listen to the lyrics, the more a sense of fear wells up.
You can see signs that she’s constantly watching him so he won’t be taken by another girl, which conveys a strong possessiveness.
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Not just with illness—life brings all sorts of things every day.
Even if today is a bust, tomorrow might go amazingly well.
I think many people end up trying to shoulder everything alone during those tough times.
And for those living with illness, there are also many who shut themselves off, thinking, “People who aren’t sick just won’t understand!” Even so, those people still need someone’s help.
A dear friend, family, a partner—anyone.
Please send this song, filled with the warm wish to reach out a hand to someone who’s withdrawn, and tell them, “It’s going to be okay.”
JovairoPorunogurafiti
If you’d rather dance the night away than be crushed by loneliness, I recommend Jovairo.
It was released in 2005 by the rock duo Porno Graffitti and used as the theme song for the drama Sleeping Alone Tonight.
Its Latin-flavored sound and rhythmic groove will have your body moving before you know it.
The lyrics by guitarist Haruichi Shindo carry not only a sense of poignancy but also the allure of a novel.
Especially when you’re feeling down, put this track on and get into a lively mood!
Farewell SongNakajima Miyuki
When it comes to the original queen of “dark songs,” wouldn’t it be Miyuki Nakajima? This track was released in 1977.
At the time, she kept putting out and singing songs that would now be called “yami songs.” Beautiful melodies paired with the darkest possible lyrics—that was the image of Miyuki Nakajima’s world.
I thought about killing myselfNakajima Mika
Here’s something I really want people who feel that living is hard to listen to.
It’s a song performed by Mika Nakashima, a singer who is also active as an actress.
It was released in 2013 as her 38th single.
The lyrics and composition were done by Hiromu Akita of the rock band amazarashi.
It’s a song where you’re sick and sunk, and then in the end, you’re saved just a little… something like that.
You could probably describe it as “very dark,” and yet it’s strange how it still feels so beautiful, isn’t it?
KagomeYuuri
Yuri is strongly associated with heartbreaking breakup songs and love songs like the hit tracks “Kakurenbo” and “Dry Flower,” the kind that squeeze your heart.
But this song, “Kagome,” is worlds away from that bittersweetness—a shocking track that hits you like a blow to the head.
The lyrics overflow with raw, piercing words.
It’s a number I’d strongly recommend to those who want to fully sink into the darkness themselves, yet in the end it’s profoundly redeeming—a song that will leave you in tears.
If you’re going through something very hard right now, please give it a listen.
