A Tearful Farewell Song: A Love Song About Parting with Someone You Love

Cats and Allergieskinoko teikoku

Kinoko Teikoku – Cats and Allergies

This song delicately portrays the feelings of having to accept an inevitable farewell, even while still longing for a lover.

Accompanied by a heartrending vocal, the resolve to move forward while cherishing past memories resonates deeply.

It is the title track of Kinoko Teikoku’s album “Neko to Arerugī,” released in November 2015, a major-label debut that drew significant attention.

With its gentle arrangement incorporating piano and strings, the song signaled a new horizon for the band and has been embraced not only by fans but by many listeners.

It’s a piece I especially recommend to anyone who knows the ache of loving someone yet being unable to stay together.

Kasane AiSoala

Soala – Kasaneai [Official Music Video]

If they had met under different circumstances, they might have ended up together…

This song delicately weaves that bittersweet sentiment.

While suffering through a love with an expiration date, the protagonist continues to play a false self, and their inner conflict is rendered beautifully through a translucent vocal and a piano-driven melody.

Included on the EP “Bluem” released in January 2025, this track showcases Soala’s genuine sensibility and expressive power, earning overwhelming support from the younger generation.

It’s a song that offers solace to those who carry memories of a love they don’t want to remember yet can’t forget, and to those trying to move on from a farewell with someone precious.

tear-coloredNishino Kana

Kana Nishino “Namida-iro (short ver.)”

Kana Nishino’s “Namidairo” is a song that captures tender feelings for an ex from a woman’s perspective.

The time they spent together, the way she changed for him—everything is slipping into the past.

She knows there’s no going back, yet she can’t bring herself to hate him.

Her lingering, powerful feelings for him come through so strongly it hurts.

If you’ve broken up but “still really love them,” listen to this song and cry it out as much as you need.

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A love with you from nine steps apartSHIROSE from WHITE JAM

I turned the LINE message I sent to my lover directly into a song. “A Love With You, Nine Years Apart” SHIROSE from WHITE JAM [Live Video]

The song “A Love with You, Nine Years Apart” depicts the course of a romance with an older woman he fell for.

It’s a true story song, with lyrics taken directly from a LINE reply that SHIROSE actually sent.

The hesitation, anxiety, resignation, and lingering feelings he experienced at the time are laid bare in words, tightening your chest as you listen.

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I loved (it/you)erica

erica – “I Loved You” Full PV

The lyrics of singer-songwriter Erica’s “Daisuki Deshita” (I Really Loved You), which candidly express the pain of heartbreak, squeeze the heart.

Many listeners are surely encouraged by how the song fully mourns the breakup—acknowledging both the hurt and the hopes they had for the other person—and, with gratitude, resolves to move on to the next love.

Instead of thinking, “It’s lame to keep moping over a breakup,” letting yourself cry and immerse in the memories like in this song may help you move forward with a renewed spirit.

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An empty kitchenTakahashi Yuu

Yu Takahashi “An Empty Kitchen”

“An Empty Kitchen,” sung by singer-songwriter Yu Takahashi, was released in 2011 as his fifth single.

It’s a bittersweet love song that captures the feeling of being suddenly overwhelmed by loneliness, and the inability to move forward because you’re trapped in memories of a lover and a longing to return to the days you spent together.

If you’ve just gone through a breakup, you may be feeling the same way.

For those who once lived with their partner, the scenes of “An Empty Kitchen” will especially come vividly to mind.

Let your own memories well up and let the tears fall.

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Even if you went and became somebody’s damn girlfriendtensai bando

Genius Band / Even If You End Up Becoming Someone Else’s Girlfriend

A heartbreak song whose delicate, piano-centered sound and wistful vocals sink deep into the heart.

It carefully portrays the feelings of a protagonist who continues to hold on to unchanging affection, even as the person they love finds happiness with someone else.

The lingering emotions—tough on the surface yet unable to let go—are expressed throughout, resonating deeply with anyone who has experienced heartbreak.

The track is included on Tensai Band’s first album, “Ein to Stein,” released in April 2014.

In May 2021, it was also issued as a 7-inch single, winning support from music fans alongside its coupling track, “Sunset Street.” It’s a song that stays by your side when you can’t recover from the pain of a breakup or when you want to overcome parting with someone precious.