Recommended tearjerker songs for women
I want to cry!
Here are some tear-jerking songs recommended for women to listen to at times like that.
From breakup and farewell songs to moving songs about life itself, I’ve selected tracks that really emphasize melodies that make you cry.
When you’re hurting, exhausted, or just can’t seem to smile, try finding a song that stays close to your feelings.
Letting it all out with a good cry can clear your mind and lift your spirits, even just a little!
Take this chance to let the tears flow freely!
Top 10 tear-jerker songs recommended for women
glowing madder-redAimer
The song Akane Sasu, which was the ending theme for the fifth season of the popular anime Natsume’s Book of Friends.
This track is Aimer’s 12th single, released in 2016.
Aimer’s voice alone is steeped in melancholy, but the lyrics also resonate deeply—close your eyes and, just as the title suggests, you can almost see a sunset behind your eyelids.
It’s a sad yet gentle piece where her vocals and the lyrics intertwine to heighten the poignancy and bring you to tears.
tear-coloredNishino Kana
Kana Nishino’s songs feature lyrics that express bittersweet feelings of love and resonate especially with teenage and twenty-something women.
This particular track, which sings of heartbreak, is a poignant yet positive song about thinking of you—someone I can no longer see—while hoping to someday turn these memories into the past.
planetariumOtsuka Ai
This is a song by Ai Otsuka that was also used in the drama Hana Yori Dango, and it became her second-biggest hit after Sakuranbo.
There’s a rumor that it was a song sent to an ex-boyfriend who passed away, but nothing has been officially disclosed.
The wistful melody and lyrics expressing a desire to go to the “you” she parted from may have led to such speculation.
It’s a piece that feels somehow nostalgic and can make you cry before you know it.
If only you were here so I could hold you.miwa
This song, “If You’re Here and I Can Hold You,” was written as the theme for the drama “Kounodori,” starring Go Ayano.
Centered around an obstetrics and gynecology clinic, the drama portrays life and death, and this moving track echoes its themes.
While many tearjerker songs for women are breakup songs, this one isn’t—it’s about a deeper, human kind of love.
It’s a number that brings tears as you think of someone precious to you.
I loved (it/you)erica
When it comes to tearjerker songs for women, breakup songs are the go-to, right? Even if you’re not going through a breakup now, many people end up crying when they think back on the past.
The song Daisuki Deshita, sung by Erica, is, as the title suggests, a breakup song packed tightly with feelings for someone you truly loved.
There are many breakup songs out there, but this one captures the raw, just-broken-up sadness of today—the emotions that are still messy and hard to sort out.