Breakup songs popular among women in their 20s. Tear-jerking love songs.
Are you still hung up on a past romance?
At times like that, breakup songs are the way to go.
Even famous singers and musicians have fallen in love just like anyone else.
Songs and melodies created from the same perspective will gently wrap around your feelings.
In this article, we’ve gathered breakup songs we want women in their 20s to hear.
You’re sure to find one track that perfectly matches your pain and situation.
When you feel like crying, when it’s hard—give these a listen.
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Breakup songs popular among women in their 20s. Tear-jerking love songs (11–20)
beetle (specifically, a rhinoceros beetle)aiko
When it comes to timeless, heart-stirring love songs that resonate with every generation, you can’t leave out aiko.
Her song “Kabutomushi,” released in 1999, is one of her signature bittersweet love tracks—and a title that almost always comes up among beloved love songs.
Many people in their 20s might not remember its release, but plenty still know it as a landmark of sad love songs.
It’s a breakup song that never fades with time and continues to shake the heart.
Night of Osmanthuskinoko teikoku
Kinoko Teikoku is a band that went on hiatus in 2019.
Their song “Osmanthus Night” is a track from the 2018 album Time Lapse and is one of their most popular numbers.
Overflowing with emotion, as the title suggests, it’s a song that suits the night perfectly—you might even find yourself in tears if you listen after dark.
Even if you’re not heartbroken, it somehow makes your chest ache, and you can almost catch the scent of osmanthus that isn’t really there.
After a broken heartCHIHIRO
After a breakup, CHIHIRO’s “Shitsuren no Ato” vividly portrays the raw emotions that follow.
Included on her 2019 album “Watashi no Koi wa Namida de Dekiteiru,” the song’s music video features actress Yurika Nakamura.
It sings of the overwhelming presence the ex-lover once had, the tears that won’t stop over days that can never be reclaimed no matter the regret.
When heartbreak feels unbearable and your smile has disappeared somewhere, this song will cry along with you.
Because I fell in loveaimyon
For people in their twenties, Aimyon’s love songs are both very popular and widely known.
This song, “Koi wo Shita Kara” (“Because I Fell in Love”), is included on her 2019 album Momentary Sixth Sense.
Within its refreshing, crystal-clear atmosphere lies a piercing, agonizing feeling.
It’s a love that has ended, yet the unresolved emotions that you just can’t forget feel so real they make your chest ache.
Still, beyond the sadness and pain, it also captures the feeling of wanting to take pride in the way you’ve grown because you were able to fall in love with him, and that resonates deeply.
I forget you, who are so quiet, in October.atarayo
Songs by the rock band Atarayo inevitably make you blurt out the word “emoi.” This track, “I’ll Forget Your Silence in October,” is one of the songs included on their 2021 EP Before Dawn.
The “breakup” you pictured in your head, and the feelings you only realized after actually parting ways.
It’s a volley of heartache that anyone nursing a broken heart will likely find impossible to listen to without tears.
The spoken lines at the very beginning add to the blow, making the breakup feel all the more real.
STEP BY STEPORANGE RANGE
Speaking of ORANGE RANGE, the image that comes to mind is bright, fun music! But this song is a rare breakup ballad.
Even though they’ve decided to part ways, they can’t take the final step when they think about each other—the lyrics capture the feelings of these two people.
Breakup songs popular among women in their 20s. Tear-jerking love songs (21–30)
You let me do as I please, and yet…arekunn
Arekun, whose “Baka.” blew up on TikTok and ignited popularity among the younger generation, has done it again.
This song, “Suki ni Saseta Kuse ni,” sings of an unattainable love and feelings that won’t reach, making it a tear-jerker that will squeeze many hearts.
The music video is strangely captivating too—you can’t help but watch and think, “Ugh, I know that feeling,” and totally relate.
Arekun’s delicate, murmuring voice only heightens the sense of longing.
Put it on when you want to sink all the way into that feeling of “It’s the end of the world; I’m all alone in it.”