Farewell Songs: Karaoke tunes to sing at a farewell party. Goodbye songs.

Farewell Songwasureranneeyo

Farewell Song

Wasureranneyo is a rock band that, while currently operating as the solo project of vocalist-guitarist Takahiro Shibata, has garnered support from numerous prominent figures.

Their song “Wakare no Uta,” included as a new track on the best-of album Wasureranneyo no Kore made to, Kore kara, is a refreshing number with a rock sound truly fitting for the album’s opening.

The story depicting a farewell with a friend who ran alongside them through their youth vividly evokes the scene of a graduation ceremony.

It’s a rock tune that portrays a positive parting, with a heartfelt cheer sent to someone who is moving on, sure to stir the soul.

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Hoshino Takashi

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Only the graduation photo knowsHinatazaka46

The Only One Who Knows Is the Graduation Photo by Hinatazaka46

This song features Hinatazaka46’s translucent vocals that resonate deeply in the heart.

With graduation as its theme, it depicts fleeting youth and innocent, unripe feelings of love.

The bittersweet memories recalled in the season of falling cherry blossoms are sure to strike a chord with listeners.

Released in January 2025 as their 13th single, with Nao Kosaka as the center, the music video unfolds a fantastical world set on the day of a graduation ceremony.

It’s a track we hope those embarking on new beginnings with the arrival of spring will listen to.

This work is sure to offer a chance to look back on the past while taking a step toward the future.

Sakura, You, and Ituki.

Cherry Blossom, You, Me – SAKURA KIMI WATASHI

A new song by tuki.

themed around springtime farewells, blending wistfulness with warmth.

Released in January 2024, this track comforts those facing graduation and the goodbyes that spring brings.

The gentle tones of the acoustic guitar and tuki.’s soaring vocals convey the excitement of spring’s arrival and new beginnings.

The lyrics are striking, like snapshots of youth—a quiet classroom on graduation day, or the feeling that if time could rewind, you’d have talked more.

It’s an emotional piece perfect for a long spring night—be sure to give it a listen.

Before GoodbyeAAA

AAA / "Before the Goodbye" Music Video

This is ‘Sayonara no Mae ni,’ notable for AAA’s sexy vocals.

AAA is a seven-member super performance group, and since all members are both vocalists and performers, you can hear all seven voices in this song.

It expresses the important things you only realize after parting from your lover.

It’s goodbye, but it’s not goodbye.yamadakatsutenai Wink

It's goodbye, but it's not goodbye.

Yamada Katsutenai Wink wraps this classic spring song—one you want to hear around graduation season—in warm, gentle vocals.

Its melody, which sings of the sorrow of parting and the hope of reunion, nestles close to the heart and gives you courage to face a new future.

Released in February 1991, the song was used as an insert track on Fuji TV’s “Hō-chan no Yamada Katsutenai Terebi” and became a major hit, reaching No.

2 on the Oricon weekly chart.

With lyrics by Kuniko Yamada and music by KAN in beautiful harmony, it’s a gem of a message song that teaches us that parting is not an end but a beginning.

Listened to in the season of departures, it’s a wonderful, heartwarming cheer song that continues to be loved by many.

Beyond the goodbyeMatsushita Kohei

Kohei Matsushita – Beyond Goodbye [Official Audio]

Kouhei Matsushita, who is also active as an actor, wrote “Beyond the Goodbye” as an original song for NHK’s Minna no Uta in June and July 2023.

It expresses the feelings of facing farewells that we experience many times in life, and it gently accompanies various goodbyes—parting with friends due to graduation or moving, breaking up with a lover, and the loss of someone dear.

Although it is a song about farewell, as the title suggests with the word “beyond,” it evokes what lies ahead—an uplifting sense of a bright future.

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Gazing up, the sky is blueHata Motohiro

Motohiro Hata / Aogeba Aozora Music Video

This work beautifully portrays graduation as a milestone in life.

Motohiro Hata’s clear, translucent voice captures both the sadness of parting and the hope of a new beginning in full.

Released in March 2019, it garnered attention as the theme song for a SoftBank TV commercial.

While cherishing past memories, this piece gives you the courage to take a step toward the future.

It’s a song I hope those embarking on a new chapter will listen to as spring arrives.

Its heartfelt melody and lyrics will surely give you a gentle push forward.