Heartbreak songs to listen to at the end of summer. Classic and popular summer tracks.
In this article, we’ll introduce breakup songs perfect for the end of summer.
As the season winds down, some of you might be feeling a vague uneasiness—“Will this love end when summer does…?” A summer romance you didn’t want to end.
You know you can never go back, yet you can’t help but remember.
We’ve gathered tear-jerking breakup songs just for that feeling.
When you’re hurting, breakup songs can stay close to your heart.
If you want to sort out your feelings or lose yourself in memories, give these a listen.
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Heartbreak songs to listen to at summer’s end. Summer classics and popular tracks (21–30)
I love you. ~100 Regrets~Sonar Pocket
“I Love You ~100 Regrets~” is a heartbreak song that helped launch Sonar Pocket to fame.
Many of you have probably heard it.
It’s a hip-hop breakup track with plenty of rap and lyrics young listeners can relate to, yet it carries a bittersweet tone within the hip-hop style, making it an easy song for anyone to listen to.
Love DrizzleShonan no Kaze
When you think of musicians who represent summer in Japan, Shonan no Kaze is probably the first name that comes to mind.
They’re so strongly associated with the season that we tend to think of their high-energy anthems, but ballads as heartrending as this one are truly captivating too.
Because the lyrics are written in everyday language, they resonate deeply with us.
This song portrays the lingering feelings of a man who can’t let go, yet its climactic farewell to an ex and hint at a fresh start in love will leave you in tears.
Breakup songs to listen to at the end of summer. Summer classics and popular tracks (31–40)
At the end of summerT-BOLAN
T-BOLAN’s contributions are indispensable when discussing the J-POP scene of the ’90s.
While their hallmark is passionate rock ballads, they also have masterpieces that quietly seep into the heart.
This work sets the loneliness that creeps in at summer’s end and the helpless feelings toward a love that has passed onto an acoustic soundscape.
Rather than belting it out, the restrained vocals make each word stand out, all the more highlighting the protagonist’s bittersweet emotions.
This track is included on the band’s first acoustic release, the album “Natsu no Owari ni ~Acoustic Version~,” released in September 1992.
It’s a gem of a ballad—perhaps a little different from the songs you’d belt out at karaoke—that you’ll want to listen to intently while lost in thought on a summer evening.
fireworksSandaime Jē Sōru Burazāzu fromu Eguzairu Toraibu
When it comes to love songs in the J-pop scene, their tracks are absolutely essential.
They have many love songs, but this one is themed around fireworks, with words scattered throughout the lyrics that evoke summer.
It’s a heartbreak song that likens a passionate summer fling—burning hot and ending quickly—to fireworks blooming brilliantly and fading away, and you can feel the lingering attachment to the other person.
The gentle, mellow tone also perfectly suits a late summer night.
GarnetOku Hanako
Okura Hanako’s “Garnet” evokes the faint summer romances of our school days.
Released in 2006, the song was used as the theme for the animated film The Girl Who Leapt Through Time.
It portrays a love for someone who had always been just a friend—a feeling hidden deep within the heart.
No matter how many years pass, or even if you fall in love with someone new, those secret emotions from back then remain.
That bittersweet youthful love that lingers in our hearts is something many people share, isn’t it? As the end of summer brings a touch of melancholy, try listening to it while remembering that summer and that love.
Summer memories scented by the windAAA
It’s a summer heartbreak song by AAA released in 2014 that was featured in a TV commercial.
The story—about a couple who part ways after choosing their paths, then grow up but can’t forget their past love—resonates with many listeners.
Summer is full of fun events and memories, but many people also experience breakups as it comes to an end.
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The Summer When You Were ThereMr.Children
A love that lasts only during the summer… Have you ever experienced it? When you listen to the lyrics, scenes like the seaside at dusk or the early mornings of summer come vividly to mind, don’t they? There’s nothing more painful than a romance whose end you already know.
It’s a sad and heartrending story, but perhaps it’s precisely because it’s Mr.Children that it strikes the heart so deeply.
It’s a heartbreak song that not only hurts, but also somehow leaves you with a gentle, comforting feeling.