[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! (121–130)
Goodbye-byeTomioka Ai
A delicate song by Ai Tomioka that sings of a love so pure it almost hurts.
The transparent vocals capture the frustrating feeling of almost closing the distance with someone, yet never quite getting there.
Even while knowing the other person has someone special, the complicated emotions of being unable to let go resonate deeply.
Released in September 2023, it captured many hearts, reaching the Top 10 on Spotify’s Viral charts in six Asian countries.
The song is memorable for its blend of English and Japanese lyrics and its catchy melodic line.
It’s a track that comforts anyone holding onto unspoken feelings for someone they love, or struggling with a love that may never come true.
whiteoutreGretGirl
There’s nothing more cruel and helpless than being told by the person you love, “I’ve fallen for someone else.” You might sense that shadow and try to hide your feelings, fooling yourself—something that happens often—but reGretGirl’s “Whiteout” expresses those emotions and that breakup straight on.
The song is included on their first mini-album “my,” released in 2017, and many of you may have first heard it on TikTok.
A triangular lovesaji
saji is a three-piece band from Hokkaido.
Their song “Triangular Love,” included on their second mini-album Flower Fire Poem, is a tear-jerker that portrays a love that can never come true.
You know it won’t happen, and yet you can’t stop the feeling of being in love—your head understands, but your heart can’t help itself.
Even if you’ve never experienced that kind of romance, this song lets you fully taste that mood.
And for those who have, it’s a love song that you can’t listen to without tears—a real sob-inducer.
single bedSha ran Q
It’s a song that really captures a man’s lingering attachment.
No matter how much money he spends, he can’t win her back, and those fun times from when they were together just come back to him in quiet moments.
The image of a single bed symbolizes being alone, which makes it all the more poignant.
It’d be nice if he could jump straight into the next romance to forget, but love just isn’t that easy to compartmentalize.
[Tear-Jerking Breakup Songs] A curated selection of love songs that gently comfort a wounded heart! (131–140)
Last LoveKato Miria
Miliyah Kato’s love songs are realistically portrayed from the perspective of a woman in love, and they’re especially popular with women.
This song, “Last Love,” released in 2010 as her 18th single, is a heartbreak ballad filled with the bittersweet feelings directed at someone she knows she’ll never see again.
It’s a track that gives you the sense of talking endlessly to the person you still love, even though you know it’s no good, with your emotions leaning forward and pushing ahead regardless.
Love PhotosOtsuka Ai
Even though you’ve broken up, many of you may still be deeply in love and unable to forget, right? Ai Otsuka’s song “Renai Shashin” is a love song that fits those feelings perfectly, expressing pure emotions toward someone you’ve parted ways with.
Released in 2006 as Ai Otsuka’s 13th single, it was also the theme song for the film “Heavenly Forest” (Japanese title: “Tada, Kimi wo Aishiteru”).
Some of you might still have photos of your ex displayed in your room.
For those people, this is a tear-jerking heartbreak song.
Once Again… feat. BENIDōji-T
A track by Dōji-T featuring BENI.
The lyrics portray two people who somehow drifted apart, and it really squeezes your heart.
Heartbreak always comes with that lingering regret of “How did it end up like this?” It’s a gentle ballad that stays by your side when you can’t move on from a past love.
