[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! (141–150)
And then I’m at a lossŌsawa Yoshiyuki
It’s the fifth single by Yoshiyuki Ohsawa, released in 1984.
The sadness and loneliness at the very moment when the person you loved is leaving you are immeasurable.
Yet from this song, more than the singer’s own feelings, you can feel a tenderness that wishes happiness for the lover they’re parting with.
Close your eyesHirai Ken
It sings of feelings that overflow every time he desperately tries to erase the memories of her.
Released in 2004 as Ken Hirai’s 20th single, the song was chosen as the theme for the film “Crying Out Love, in the Center of the World” and became a big hit.
His gentle vocals truly move the heart.
merry-go-roundYuuri
Yuri’s heartbreak song, which gives simple yet delicate voice to the earnest wish “I want to see someone important to me,” has soothed many hearts with a warm vocal tone that gently wraps the sadness.
Its melody that tries to chase after time gone by and its beautiful arrangement where regret for a loved one intertwines will deeply accompany those carrying pain.
Released in December 2022, this work is a milestone as the first movie theme song Yuri has ever handled, serving as the main theme for the film “Lonely Castle in the Mirror.” When you feel lost on the path as you walk while thinking of someone precious you have yet to meet, encountering this song will surely help nudge you toward tomorrow.
[Tear-Jerking Breakup Songs] A curated selection of love songs that gently comfort a wounded heart! (151–160)
Call measmi
This is a song by asmi that straightforwardly portrays an episode of being tormented and swayed by a love she couldn’t stop.
While the sound has a glamorous feel with added brass, the inclusion of airy, floating tones is also striking, giving the impression that the instability of the heart is being emphasized.
Alongside her frustration toward a man who approached her saying he was about to break up with his girlfriend, the lyrics also depict self-deprecation for letting herself be tossed around by him.
The detailed depiction of episodes—like realizing she had become the other woman—vividly conjures up the scenes and sharply conveys the pain.
It was a romance.Kubota Kai
Let me introduce “It Was Romance,” a song that’s been spreading by word of mouth, especially on TikTok.
It’s a track by singer-songwriter and rapper Kai Kubota.
The song opens with a scene where the protagonist is told over the phone that their partner is breaking up with them, and it portrays the rush of complex emotions that well up inside.
The lyrics are quite heartrending, but the ending expresses a more positive outlook.
It’s a tearjerker, yet it’s also recommended when you want to feel encouraged.
The drama-style music video is also well worth watching.
I don’t want to see you; I want to see you.Ueno Yūka
A ballad by Yuuka Ueno that sets painfully bittersweet scenes of heartbreak—so vivid they make your chest ache just remembering—against a simple, piano-led melody.
Six months after the breakup, the protagonist’s heart is still tangled in conflicting emotions born from being unable to forget their former lover: aching to see them, yet not wanting to.
Included on the January 2019 album “Sukina Hito wa Anata datta” (“You Were the One I Loved”), this song is sure to resonate deeply with anyone who has gone through a breakup and still hasn’t sorted out their feelings.
When they suddenly come to mind in a quiet moment, why not listen to this track and face your true feelings?
Love? (As if.)Hitsuji Bungaku
Let me introduce “Koi Nante,” a song that portrays a couple’s breakup.
It’s a track included on the rock band Hitsujibungaku’s album Zawameki.
As you listen closely, you’ll notice the lyrics interweave the feelings of both the man and the woman.
The impression you get will likely change depending on which perspective you empathize with.
The key change in the latter half and the whispery vocals also compellingly express a sense of poignancy in sound.
Try listening while imagining what words might follow the phrase in the title.