[Relatable Lyrics] Emo songs to listen to when you're stuck after a breakup or relationship troubles

IdentitySakanakushon

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If you’re different from others, you get pushed out by society’s communities, but then you’re seen as a boring person without individuality.

The lyrics express the worries and feelings that artistic people especially tend to carry in their younger years.

Despite the content of the lyrics, the upbeat rhythm of the song is quite addictive.

Adult code of conductDoughnuts Hole

The Adult Code / Doughnuts Hole (cover) — Theme song of “Quartet,” written by Ringo Sheena

It’s a song released by the unit from the drama, including Takako Matsu.

The lyrics, which seem to have clumsy adults laying bare how things aren’t going well, really resonate.

The older we get, the more inner conflicts we face, but adults work them out within themselves and carry on living skillfully, don’t they?

indigoSukima Suichi

Indigo Sukima Switch

It’s a song packed with the painful emotions of unrequited love, and anyone who’s been there will feel a pang in their chest.

It’s full of a somewhat clingy, male point of view.

You think, “If this won’t be returned, then just disappear,” yet in the end you still find yourself eagerly waiting for the next time you can see them.

Those feelings come across very realistically.

Our FailureMorita Doji

[Music Video] Doji Morita “Our Failure”

The voice is gentle, but the singing is unstable, which, to put it bluntly, gives off an eerie impression.

Because the song is very simple and calm, the lyrics resonate all the more.

Even when you’re not in the mood for something grand or lively, this song will probably slip right into your ears.

LonelinessMrs. GREEN APPLE

Loneliness

This track, included on the album ANTENNA released in July 2023, squarely asks how we confront loneliness.

It portrays the protagonist’s introspection as they try to take a step forward despite their weakness and sense of stagnation, with lyrics that are striking for the heartbeat that emerges not by rejecting loneliness, but by accepting it.

In live performances, it’s unveiled amid a spectacle of pillars of flame in the darkness, and despite being an album track, it instantly raises the venue’s energy with its commanding presence.

The sound—where dark emotionality coexists with the driving force of dance music—is truly one of a kind.

It’s a song that quietly stays by your side on nights when you want to face yourself or when you want to confirm the feelings deep in your heart.

mentally unstable personMioyamazaki

Mio Yamazaki “Menhera”

A song by Mio Yamazaki, a four-piece rock band formed in Tokyo.

It opens with a spoken style and then suddenly shifts into a heavy, intense sound.

The structure also drops into 3/4 time partway through, lowering the tone.

Together with the lyrics’ unstable, precarious mood, this creates a unique sense of tension.

The protagonist’s uncontrollable feelings and screams shake the listener’s heart, making it a track that feels mad yet irresistibly addictive.

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Hoshino Takashi

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Girls don’t cry.katahira rina

Rina Katahira - Girls Don’t Cry (Music Video)

I think there are people who fell for someone they shouldn’t have and ended up feeling mentally unwell.

For anyone like that, I recommend Rina Katahira’s “Onnanoko wa Nakanai” (“Girls Don’t Cry”).

The lyrics tell the story of a girl who falls in love with someone she knew would hurt her, expressing that troubled, heavy feeling.

Even though the lyrics feel dark, the melody is bright, and that contrast really makes your heart skip a beat, doesn’t it?

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Saitō Ayumu

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