[Tear-Jerking Breakup Songs] A curated selection of love songs that gently comfort a wounded heart!
We’re introducing tear-jerking love songs that are perfect for when you’re heartbroken.
Even if you mustered the courage to confess your feelings but it didn’t go well, you might find yourself thinking, “I wish I hadn’t said anything.”
Some of you may want to be alone, sink into your sadness, and have a good cry.
In this article, we’ve gathered love songs that will stay close to hearts like yours.
First, give yourself credit for being able to express your feelings!
Then, while listening to songs that truly resonate, gently soothe your heart as it struggles with that aching, directionless pain.
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[Tearjerker Breakup Songs] A carefully curated selection of love songs that gently comfort a wounded heart! (61–70)
DollsJanne Da Arc
Janne Da Arc disbanded in 2019, but weren’t they a presence that gave so many band-loving boys and girls their dreams as a visual-kei rock band? The song “DOLLS” literally means “dolls.” The choice of words feels very visual-kei, and I think it’s spot on.
It portrays a heartbroken man and woman as dolls.
When you go through a breakup and are deeply hurt, you can feel as if your heart has been hollowed out—empty inside, right? This song really pulls you in.
Vega and AltairOnda Masanori
Released in June 2024, Masanori Onda’s song is a romantic and heartrending love ballad.
With lyrics that evoke Orihime and Hikoboshi, it portrays feelings for a lover far away.
The gentle band sound and melodic tone seem to express lingering attachment and sorrow for a past relationship.
It’s a perfect track for those who want to soothe the pain of heartbreak or sort through bittersweet feelings and take a step toward a new love.
Like a starry sky, Onda’s shining vocals are sure to stay close to your heart.
Just Be FriendsDixie Flatline
Even when you’re in love and don’t want to let go, there are times when you have to say goodbye.
This is a Vocaloid love ballad for adults.
It’s a bittersweet song, yet it leaves you feeling somehow refreshed.
It makes you feel like you can face forward and start walking again.
Last sceneikimonogakari
The song “Last Scene” by Ikimonogakari, used as the theme for the film Your Lie in April.
This track, which portrays a springtime farewell, grippingly expresses the feelings of losing someone who was always by your side and having to live each day without them.
When you’ve had your heart broken and can’t even go back to being friends, or when you couldn’t confess your feelings and your crush graduated and it all ended—listening to this song might bring you to tears naturally.
It’s a popular heartbreak song you’ll want to hear when you don’t want to face reality but know there’s nothing more you can do.
Before you become a memorysupittsu
The seventh single, released in 1993, is Kimi ga Omoide ni Naru Mae ni (Before You Become a Memory).
First of all, the title itself draws us in, doesn’t it? Right after a breakup, we can still remember the memories of the two of us vividly.
In that moment, we feel like we’ll never forget—but those memories gradually turn into the past and fade away.
Is that something sad, or is it the timing for moving on from heartbreak? Which is it? At the very least, right after a breakup, you don’t want to forget, do you?
First LoveUtada Hikaru
First Love, Hikaru Utada’s third single, was released in 1999.
The song served as the theme for the drama Majo no Jōken, starring Nanako Matsushima and Hideaki Takizawa.
Although the lyrics convey a very mature image, Utada was just 16 at the time of release—her age and remarkable talent became a hot topic.
It’s also a very famous breakup song, a number that powerfully conveys the feeling of remembering that love and feeling your chest ache.
It’ll get stained.Chatto Monchī
This is the song chosen as the theme for the drama TONSURA starring Yuriko Yoshitaka.
The soaring high notes by Eriko Hashimoto in the chorus, together with the swelling band sound, heighten the poignancy of the lyrics.
The words express regret about a relationship with someone precious.
To fill that regret, the singer smokes the same cigarettes that person used to smoke, letting their feelings waft away.
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