[Tearjerker Guaranteed!] A Heartbreak Song Told from a Male Perspective
When you go through a heartbreak, it feels like there’s a gaping hole in your heart, doesn’t it?
I think many people can’t help but carry that heartbreak with them even after some time has passed.
For those of you who feel, “At least when I’m heartbroken, I just want to cry!!,” this article introduces breakup songs from a male perspective that will stay close to your heart.
From lyrics that bring back memories of when you were together to words that express straightforward love for the other person, these are all masterpieces that may move you to tears if you listen right after a breakup.
If we can help ease the pain you’re feeling from heartbreak even a little and help you take your next step forward, we’ll be happy.
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Tears Guaranteed! Breakup Songs Told from a Man’s Perspective (41–50)
I miss you.UVERworld
UVERworld is often associated with fast-paced, intense songs, but their track “Koishikute” is a breakup song told from a man’s perspective after losing someone precious.
He’s doing fine at work and with friends, yet the reality of losing his girlfriend—and the enormity of her presence in his life—comes through strongly.
People often say a breakup leaves a gaping hole in your heart, and this song captures that exact feeling, packed tightly into a tender sadness you can almost touch.
It’s a song I’d recommend to anyone going through something similar.
Love SongShimizu Shota
This is a song by Shota Shimizu, whose vocals leave a strong impression with a sense of wistfulness that seems to express regret.
It depicts a love that ended without coming to fruition, and from the lyrics you can feel the pain of wanting to forget yet being unable to let go.
While the sound carries a calm atmosphere, the lyrical content also seems to convey a sense of inner emptiness and futility.
The expressions of how the self changed through falling in love, and then changed again when the love ended, likewise evoke feelings of regret.
PerfumeEito
A LINE message from an ex-girlfriend and the scent of perfume bring back memories of those days…
This song, which captures those feelings, is by the singer-songwriter Eito.
It was released in April 2019, but it went viral on TikTok in 2020 and made a comeback.
The man in the lyrics tries to act tough, but he still has lingering feelings for his ex.
When he meets her, the smell of her perfume triggers memories of the past and the emotions he felt back then.
Yet, believing he’ll probably be rejected again, he can’t take a step forward—painting a poignant story of hesitation and heartache.
petalback number
With its thoroughly dramatic yet warm vocals and band sound that will move you to tears, this is a heart-wrenching love song by back number that tightens your chest.
It beautifully captures the lonely side of spring, the season of partings, and paints it over a rock sound.
Even among back number’s many tear-jerkers, this is an especially moving, quintessentially them, classic track.
studio (apartment)Novelbright
This is a heartrending song by Novelbright, featuring a tender piano tone that sinks into the heart and vocals that feel like a direct outpouring of emotion.
It also contains elements of an after-story to “Futatsu no Kage,” so it’s best to listen to both together.
Both songs portray a sorrowful farewell with someone precious, but this one seems to express the emotions that surface after time has passed since the separation.
It depicts how the room that once felt cramped for two now feels spacious, and how the feelings you tried to forget overflow from there.
Just… I want to see youEXILE
Even the title conveys the emotion in EXILE’s “Tada… Aitakute” (“I Just… Want to See You”).
Released in 2005, this was EXILE’s 19th single.
When it comes to EXILE ballads, this song is one that many people immediately think of.
Realizing, only after a breakup, how inadequate you were when you were with someone precious—and just how much you loved them—is something many of us have experienced.
This male-perspective heartbreak song painfully expresses the rashness of youth and that frustrating feeling of “If it were now, I’d do things differently!”
Blue BenchSasuke
This song, a classic heartbreak tune that makes you keenly feel lingering attachment and regret for a love that’s gone, is Sasuké’s signature track, isn’t it? It was released in 2004, so many of you might know it.
It’s a song that looks back on a student-days romance from an adult perspective, and the casual depictions of the walk home or the train station stir up memories of youthful days, leaving many listeners with a tight feeling in their chest.
And of course, the lyrics deserve special attention.
There were words left unsaid back then, and you still find yourself remembering them even now… Don’t you, too, have a romance you can never forget?