[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] Carefully Selected Love Songs That Gently Soothe a Wounded Heart! (51–60)
Song of the WheelsBUMP OF CHICKEN
This is a single released by BUMP OF CHICKEN in 2004.
It sets a heartrending breakup between a man and a woman to a light rhythm, making it sound as if it’s not a sad parting.
Yet the sorrow you sense beneath the surface tightens your chest.
I’m sure there are people who’ve listened to this song while riding a bicycle along the tracks.
freesiaMarushii
Marcy is a rock band that continues to move hearts with relatable, down-to-earth lyrics and melodies.
This song delicately portrays the frustrating feelings of a woman who can’t leave a relationship she knows is nearing its end—a heartfelt rock ballad.
Ukyo Yoshida’s emotionally rich vocals intertwine with beautiful string arrangements, and the rising intensity toward the chorus is sure to tighten the listener’s chest.
Released as a single in April 2025, it was also selected as the theme song for the short film channel “Shunkan seju.” It is included on the album Flavors, released in November of the same year, and is gaining recognition as one of the band’s new signature tracks.
Why not listen to it when you’re struggling with unrequited love or on a night when you just want to let the tears flow?
Sentimental KissShio Reira
This work depicts an unbreakable lingering attachment—the kind where you can’t cut off an ambiguous relationship with a former lover.
It’s a song by Rei La Ushio, released in May 2022 as her third digital single.
Chosen as background music for ABEMA’s dating show “He and the Wolf-chan Are Not to Be Deceived,” it topped Spotify’s Viral Chart and has surpassed 50 million streams worldwide.
Its gentle sound, centered on acoustic guitar and piano, embraces the complex emotions that arise as the distance between hearts and bodies grows inversely proportional.
Many listeners may find themselves relating to the experience of being unable to fully end a relationship and letting it drag on.
MPRINCESS PRINCESS
This song has been covered by many famous artists.
The lyrics portray complicated feelings: lingering attachment to a lover and a brave front about trying to move on.
When heartbreak is sung this beautifully, tears are inevitable.
[Tearjerker Breakup Songs] A carefully curated selection of love songs that gently comfort a wounded heart! (61–70)
I don’t want to let go.T-BOLAN
It’s one of T-BOLAN’s signature songs.
With lyrics that capture a man’s lingering feelings and his deep affection for the woman he loves, it’s the kind of song that will make any woman’s heart skip a beat.
The unresolved longing, the pride in having loved her every morning—having feelings this heavy and still having to part ways is just too painful, isn’t it?
Someday Merry ChristmasB’z
It’s a signature ballad by B’z, one of Japan’s iconic rock duos.
The depiction of remembering a Christmas spent with a loved one is so moving it brings you to tears.
It’s included on the mini-album “FRIENDS,” released in 1992.
The melody and tone fit perfectly, tightening your chest with emotion.
366 daysHY
A poignant love ballad by HY’s vocalist Izumi Nakasone, often called the queen of heartbreak songs.
It became a hot topic when it was chosen as the theme song for the drama “Akai Ito.” Filled with helpless longing and lingering attachment, the lyrics are deeply relatable when you’re going through a breakup.