For When You Need a Good Cry: Soul-Soothing Tearjerker Classics — Life, Love, and Work
There are moments in life when you just feel an overwhelming urge to cry, aren’t there?
In this article, we introduce songs that are guaranteed to make you cry and tracks to listen to when you want to let the tears flow.
We’ve gathered classic songs and masterpieces that support your desire to cry from various angles—heartache in love, the difficulties of life, the hardships of work, and more.
Anyone’s heart can get worn down if they push themselves past their limits.
If you’re feeling tired, please give these a listen.
I’m sure these wonderful pieces of music that gently stay by your side will bring you comfort.
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[For When You Want to Cry] Tear-Jerking Masterpieces to Heal Your Heart: Life, Love, and Work (141–150)
aimlesslyAimer
The popular anime Ranking of Kings: Treasure Chest of Courage features Aimer’s Atemonaku as its ending theme.
The song captures the series’ warm worldview, with lyrics that gently embrace those who are hurt or weary.
Aimer’s richly expressive vocals feel as if she’s speaking directly to the listener, leaving a deep impression.
The music video centers on a theme of romance, offering a different way to enjoy the song when you watch it alongside the music.
It’s a wonderful, healing track—be sure to give it a listen!
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It’s a song that wraps you in warm words and a soothing melody, gently accompanying days spent busy with work and life.
Conton Candy tenderly sings about the small happinesses found in everyday life and the importance of our connections with others.
Created as the ending theme for the TV anime “SAKAMOTO DAYS,” which aired in January 2025, the piece is marked by a melt-pop style with a driving feel and sweet, heartrending vocals.
In step with the anime’s story, it carefully portrays the characters’ feelings and bonds.
It’s a track I especially recommend to those seeking comfort for a tired heart or wanting to reaffirm their feelings for someone important.
In loveHY
Even if you weren’t the one they chose, the fact that you loved doesn’t change… A bittersweet yet forward-looking sentiment runs through this touching HY ballad.
Written as the theme song for the film “366 Days,” released in January 2025, the track is positioned as an answer song to their 2008 classic “366 Days.” It beautifully portrays emotional growth—rising from the pain of heartbreak and embracing even that experience as a cherished memory—and is also included on the album “TIME.” Set across Okinawa and Tokyo, the film unfolds a pure love story spanning 20 years, and this song superbly captures its worldview.
For those who have reached the end of a romance, or who are about to take a new step forward, this is a song that will gently give you a push.
A Farewell SongHilcrhyme
Hilcrhyme’s “Sousouka” captures the feelings you want to convey to someone you love and cherish.
Released in 2013, it was also the theme song for the drama “Yurichika e: A Message from Mom,” starring Takako Tokiwa.
The song is filled with emotions and love that everyone has likely felt at some point in life—feelings so important that you can’t help but express them.
Whether you think of your parents, siblings, partner, or child, the lyrics will likely resonate.
Many will relate to lines that imagine losing someone even while they’re right in front of you.
signJUJU
Singer JUJU, whose wide-ranging musicality stems from her family’s influence and whose diverse activities beyond music—such as running her own brand—have gained strong support especially among women.
Her 20th single “sign,” written as the theme song for the film The Wings of the Kirin, features sentimental piano and strings that really tighten your chest.
The lyrics tell the story of searching for the sign of someone lost, evoking a profound sorrow and loneliness that words alone can’t express.
It’s a timeless ballad that ties in with the film’s story—a tearjerker you can’t listen to without crying.
May it be filled with kindnessJUJU
As a heartwarming ballad that reminds us of the precious things we tend to overlook in everyday life, this has become one of JUJU’s signature songs and continues to move many people.
With a melody that gently embraces gratitude for a loved one and the joy their presence brings to life, heartfelt emotions are carefully woven throughout.
Released in February 2009 as her ninth single, the song was featured in a Nissan Cube commercial, in which JUJU herself also appeared.
Whether you’ve lost love, are starting a new chapter, or want to express thanks to someone important, you’re sure to find lyrics that resonate.
It’s a song you’ll want to listen to when you long to be wrapped in a gentle, warm feeling.
To my gentle youNornis
Nornis delivers a ballad that wraps you in warm kindness.
Its melody gently nestles close to the heart, highlighted by the crystal-clear harmonies of Tokoyami Toko and Machita Chima.
The song tenderly sings of the importance of supporting one another and the preciousness of someone who accepts your feelings just as they are.
Released digitally in February 2025, the piece was brought to life with the members’ involvement from the conceptual stage.
On March 8, they also performed it with an orchestra at Omiya Sonic City’s Main Hall.
It’s a song to share when you want to encourage someone who gives their all every day, or for those whose hearts feel tired.