[When You're Lonely] A Collection of Songs That Resonate With Those All Alone
When do you feel lonely?
Walking alone through the streets at dusk…
lying in bed in a quiet room…
It’s different for everyone, but there are times when your heart suddenly becomes filled with loneliness.
In this article, we’ll introduce many songs we want you to listen to when you feel lonely.
We’ve selected a wide range—from heartrending and sad songs to upbeat pop numbers that lift your spirits—so please find the one track that stays by your side.
- A masterpiece that sings of loneliness. Recommended popular songs.
- [For when you want to cry or feel sad] Tear-jerking masterpieces that make you cry when you listen
- Masterpieces that sing about loneliness: J-pop to listen to when you're alone
- [Songs to Listen to When You Want to Die] I want to disappear... A song to support you who feel that way
- When you want to immerse yourself in music alone! Tear-jerker songs released in the Reiwa era
- Timeless songs that stay close to your heart when times are tough. Uplifting tracks with gentle lyrics that really sink in.
- When you want to be alone: recommended masterpieces and popular songs for times you crave solitude
- A song with gentle lyrics that warm the heart
- [For those doing their best] A comforting song to listen to when you're tired of life
- Vocaloid Songs for When You Want to Cry [Moving and Heart-wrenching]
- [Today’s Heartbreak Song] A poignant love song that gently wraps your wounded heart
- [Tearjerker] Songs that make your heart tremble with tears & moving tracks with lyrics that touch the soul
- [Tear-Jerking Breakup Songs] A curated selection of love songs that gently comfort a wounded heart!
[When You're Lonely] A Collection of Songs That Resonate with Those Who Are All Alone (21–30)
On nights when I’m too lonely to sleepAimer
This is a song featuring a clear, translucent female vocal.
It’s sung by Aimer, the singer known for tracks like “I beg you,” which was used as an anime film theme song.
It’s included on her first album, Sleepless Nights, released in 2012.
Many listeners will likely relate to the lyrics about being unable to sleep because you miss someone so much.
If I can laughUrufuruzu
A hugely popular band formed in 1988.
This song is memorable for vocalist Tortoise Matsumoto’s powerful singing and its encouraging lyrics, and it’s a track that, strangely enough, makes you feel energized as you listen.
Become a ghostKakizaki Yūta
The crystalline guitar sound and the almost vanishingly delicate vocals leave a strong impression.
It conveys a sense of loneliness as if you’ve become transparent and disappeared, yet also a heartfelt wish to stay close to someone you cherish.
This is a digital-only single released by Yuta Kakizaki in September 2025.
From songwriting and composition to playing all the instruments himself, this work distills his multifaceted talent.
It’s also intriguing that it has garnered cross-border support, ranking 17th on the UK J-Pop chart.
There’s nothing flashy here, but it overflows with a gentle warmth that quietly stays by your side, and every word is sure to resonate in your heart.
Highly recommended for quiet nights alone or when you want to filter out the haze in your mind.
Please give it a listen.
LonelinessMrs. GREEN APPLE
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.
Even if it’s one of a kindkujira
That sudden sense of loneliness, the impatience that comes from comparing yourself to others.
KujiRa’s “Even If I’m an Only One” gives voice to those feelings that have nowhere to go.
Released digitally in July 2025, the track is also included as the coupling song on the CD single featuring the opening theme for the anime “Shabake.” The lyrics, which capture fragments of contemporary life, and the light yet somehow wistful melody slip right into your heart.
We all have those nights when we worry we’ll never become anyone at all, don’t we? In those moments, KujiRa’s distinctive choice of words is sure to gently loosen a heart grown stiff.
lilacMinami
Please give this a listen when you feel like you’re all alone.
It’s a song by Minami, a singer-songwriter from Saitama Prefecture.
It was included on her second single, “Kawaki wo Ameku,” released in 2019.
Her strained, wrung-out vocals are truly moving.
It feels like it stirs up a will to live.
Recommended for fans of band-driven sounds.
I want to become invisible.Kakizaki Yūta
I’d like to recommend this piece, released in November 2022, to anyone searching for a quiet, snow-like accumulation of heartache.
Its world, spun from understated words and melodies that portray self-loathing and resignation so deep you wish you could disappear, grips the listener’s chest.
The soft tone of the electric piano over a medium tempo and the key change that arrives in the latter half beautifully capture emotional tremors, while also conveying a gentleness that seems to lean close to a pained heart.
It’s a densely crafted track by Yuta Kakizaki, included on the album “I loved you,” born from a home-recording style in which he handles everything himself.
Give it a listen on a quiet night when you want to face yourself, or when you want to purify feelings you can’t put into words.