[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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[Tear-Jerking Breakup Songs] A handpicked selection of love songs that gently comfort a wounded heart! (81–90)
Let’s count your kissesKoyanagi Yuki
With overwhelming vocal power, it’s a truly compelling song to listen to.
Every kiss with the person you love carries a memory, and you could never forget them, right? If we had kept holding each other, kissing, and constantly reaffirming our love, would we never have broken up? It’s just too heartbreaking.
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.
KissMACO
No matter how much you think about it, the one you love so much isn’t by your side… If you’re someone who still loves an ex, this song will really hit home.
It’s a track by MACO, a singer-songwriter from Hokkaido, released in 2015 as her fourth single.
It’s the theme song for the online drama “Last Kiss” available on YouTube.
The warm yet heartrending melody makes it impossible not to feel overwhelmed as you listen.
The lyrics are written in down-to-earth language, making them highly relatable.
This song might just stay close to your heart.
is this LOVE?Hamasaki Ayumi
This song was released in 2005 as Ayumi Hamasaki’s 35th single.
It feels like it speaks for a woman’s painful feelings—someone who wasn’t chosen by the person she cares about and doesn’t know what she could have done differently.
It was used as the CM song for Panasonic’s “D-snap Audio.”
Please forget it.Yorushika
It’s a heartbreak song by Yorushika that tightens your chest with its bittersweet love—the kind that wishes happiness for an ex while saying “please forget me.” Released in July 2024 as the theme song for the drama “GO HOME: Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Unidentified Persons Consultation Office,” the track sets gentle melodies against a narrator who recalls precious memories they shared, even as they wish those memories to be forgotten.
Yet behind those words lies the true feeling of “please don’t actually forget,” a confession that’s sure to loosen your tear ducts.
Vocalist suis’s clear, translucent voice conveys this self-sacrificial and contradictory form of love with painfully delicate nuance.
On nights when you want to face the pain of heartbreak alone, listening to this song will feel as if it speaks for you and quietly stays by your side.
What is emotion?This is LAST
I got dumped by my lover, but I can’t sort out my feelings and can’t let go of my attachment.
That state of mind is what “#What Is Attachment” sings about.
It’s a song by the three-piece rock band This is LAST.
Featured as an insert song in the dating reality show “Hanataba to Ookami-chan ni wa Damasarenai,” it has been drawing attention.
The show has used many memorable songs over the years, but this one stands out with particularly heartrending lyrics.
Be sure to watch it together with the music video, which portrays the song’s story.
[Tear-Jerking Breakup Songs] A carefully selected collection of love songs that gently comfort a wounded heart! (91–100)
A dream I saw while burning with longingayaka
This is the song used in the ending when Mitsuru Adachi’s manga Cross Game, by the creator famous for the anime Touch, was adapted into an anime.
This track, which highlights the poignancy of scenes depicting happier times, gives me goosebumps with its lyrics and melody.