Farewell Song: A goodbye song. A tearful parting song.

Instead of goodbyeTUBE × GACKT

TUBE × GACKT “Instead of Goodbye” MUSIC VIDEO

Created by TUBE and GACKT, this work is a song that portrays the bittersweet feelings before a farewell.

Released on February 7, 2024, its music video—starring Yutaka Matsushige and Kenichi Endo in dual lead roles—drew significant attention.

The dialogue-free storytelling deepens the song’s world.

The comfortable sound of TUBE and GACKT’s delicate vocals blend together to gently resonate with listeners.

Focusing on the theme of an eternal parting, it carefully depicts emotions that everyone experiences—making it a song that offers comfort to those who have gone through a farewell with someone important.

bye-bye 999Gesu no Kiwami Otome.

bye-bye 999

The last track on Gesu no Kiwami Otome’s first album, “Miryoku ga Sugoi yo,” released in 2014, is “bye-bye 999.” Unusually for a Gesu Kiwami song, it features an acoustic sound and is a laid-back number centered on Enon Kawatani’s spoken delivery.

The contrast between the narration—which conveys a feeling that borders on resignation toward the world—and the melodious, heartrending chorus is especially compelling.

If you’re still hung up after a breakup, sometimes it’s best to let go.

Listen to “Miryoku ga Sugoi yo” and move on to your next love!

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Hamada Takuya

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passing by each otherSoala

[Lyric Video] Passing Each Other - Soala

“Surechigai” is a song that gives voice to the pent-up emotions of being told goodbye by someone you love.

Singer-songwriter Soala, who rose to popularity through TikTok and other social media, released it in 2023.

Set to a rhythmic, R&B-style track, her emotional vocals unfold as she portrays the aching feelings of a love that, despite knowing it’s coming to an end, keeps asking the other person the same questions over and over.

From the verse and pre-chorus that feel like intimate conversations to the chorus that blossoms into passionate singing, this heartbreak song conveys overflowing affection.

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mutō

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I’ve listened to so many heartbreak songs, and I’m done with always crying.riria.

riria. / Listening to lots of heartbreak songs, I'm always just crying already. [Audio Video]

Singer-songwriter Riria, who resonates with listeners through songs depicting various forms of romance.

Her 2022 release “I’ve listened to tons of breakup songs and cried so much, but I’m done” was also chosen as the ending theme for the second cour of the anime Summertime Render.

The song portrays someone who knows their love can no longer come true, yet can’t forget the precious memories spent with the person they love.

Set to a warm, slow-tempo band arrangement, her transparent vocals convey the purity of first love.

Lend an ear to the lines that carry messages of comfort for the pain and loneliness of parting.

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left-right confusionYorushika

Yorushika – Left-Right Blindness (OFFICIAL VIDEO)

The theme song for the film “Even If This Love Disappears from the World Tonight,” which tells a heartbreaking yet precious love story about a girl who loses her memory day by day and a boy who lives bound by his memories.

It’s a song by the two-piece rock band Yorushika that likens a universal farewell between lovers—parting from someone you love and gradually forgetting them until even their face fades—to left-right confusion.

The memories that the two believed they could never forget when they were together slowly disappear, and the painful way they slip away tightens the heart.

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yuri

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For that dayKitahara Mirei

[Full MV] Mirei Kitahara — For That Day [Official]

The ballad by Mirei Kitahara, known as an enka singer, portrays the aching feelings of love one experiences during quiet, solitary nights.

While sensing an impending farewell to a loved one, the lyrics convey a determination to live strongly until that day, resonating deeply with the listener.

Released in February 2024, the song channels a complex array of emotions through Kitahara’s rich expressive power, reaching into the hearts of those who hear it.

For anyone standing at a turning point in life or wishing to unburden hidden feelings, this is a song that offers courage.

I hope you’ll take the time to listen closely.

Love? (As if.)Hitsuji Bungaku

Love? (As if.)

Let me introduce “Koi Nante,” a song that portrays a couple’s breakup.

It’s a track included on the rock band Hitsujibungaku’s album Zawameki.

As you listen closely, you’ll notice the lyrics interweave the feelings of both the man and the woman.

The impression you get will likely change depending on which perspective you empathize with.

The key change in the latter half and the whispery vocals also compellingly express a sense of poignancy in sound.

Try listening while imagining what words might follow the phrase in the title.

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