Bittersweet songs you’ll want to sing at karaoke: recommended masterpieces and popular tracks
While it’s great fun to sing crowd-pleasers that get everyone hyped at karaoke, it can be just as nice to connect over a poignant, melancholic ballad.
So this time, we’ll introduce a selection of bittersweet songs you’ll want to sing at karaoke all at once!
Unlike upbeat tracks that amp up the energy, melancholic ballads tend to be slower in tempo and feature lots of long sustained notes.
That’s why they feel so good to sing!
And above all, many of these songs invite you to empathize with the lyrics and pour your emotions into them, so you’re sure to bond and get excited with the people you’re with through that shared connection to the music.
Let’s dive in.
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Poignant songs you’ll want to sing at karaoke. Recommended masterpieces and popular tracks (41–50)
What is emotion?This is LAST
A heart-wrenching vocal performance that hits you in the chest—This is LAST’s breakup song.
The protagonist’s feelings as they struggle with an ex-lover’s marriage are expressed in delicate words.
You can feel the conflict of needing to move forward while being unable to truly forget.
Released in March 2023, the track was also featured as insert music on an ABEMA dating show.
Anyone who has experienced the pain of love will find the lyrics deeply relatable.
When you want to heal the wounds of heartbreak, listening alone in your room might be just right.
Through this song, why not take some time to face your own emotions?
Bittersweet songs you’ll want to sing at karaoke. Recommended classics and popular tracks (51–60)
Gentle RedFukuhara Miho
A heart-stirring ballad by Miho Fukuhara that portrays bittersweet feelings and the resolve to take a new step forward.
The beautiful scene of a “gentle red,” evoking the sunset stretching across the horizon, leaves a strong impression.
Released in November 2008, the song was also featured in au’s “LISMO” commercial, resonating with many listeners.
Showcasing Fukuhara’s overwhelming vocal prowess, her masterful switching between chest voice and falsetto moves the listener’s emotions.
Singing it at karaoke while layering your own feelings onto it will surely create a wonderful, lasting memory.
Karakuri Pierrot40mP
Produced by 40mP, this is a so-called Vocaloid song.
Among Vocaloid tracks, it’s relatively easy to sing, yet it carries a heartbreaking mood that makes you want to avert your eyes.
Please be careful not to pour in so much emotion that you lose control of where to place your feelings.
Heartbreak ~Are you happy now?~Sonar Pocket
The sixth digital single by the three-man music group Sonar Pocket, released on December 12, 2012.
It’s a slow-tempo heartbreak song that expresses a man’s feelings as he can’t forget his ex-girlfriend.
It’s a track meant to be sung with deep emotion.
Why did I end up falling in love with you?Tōhōshinki
Released on July 16, 2008, this was their 23rd single in Japan.
It features a beautifully melancholic electronic sound.
It reached number one on the weekly charts and won the Excellent Work Award at the 50th Japan Record Awards.
SquallFukuyama Masaharu
It’s a famous ballad.
Since the lyrics are written from a woman’s perspective, it’s a perfect song for women to sing as well.
It reached No.
1 on the weekly Oricon chart and sold over 750,000 copies, making it a huge hit.
It’s included on the single “HEAVEN/Squall.”
memory of snowfripSide
It’s the coupling song from the second season opening of the anime “A Certain Scientific Railgun.” Of course, the opening itself is more well-known, but this track is what you might call a hidden gem.
The lyrics portray the loss of someone precious with delicate detail, and they really resonate.
I can’t help but sing it with all my emotions.