Melancholic Vocaloid songs: masterpieces that pierce the heart

atonementKasamura Tōta

Atonement / feat. VOCALOIDs

When you’re going through something tough or feeling lonely and isolated, you find yourself wanting to listen to songs that speak to you gently, don’t you? “Atonement,” included on Vocaloid producer Tota Kasamura’s 2018 release “Even Without an Umbrella, We Set Out,” is a track where a poignant piano resonates.

Its melody unfolds with a simple arrangement that’s moving and carries the appeal of a choral piece.

The lyrics, which give voice to aching feelings and unspoken truths, are also noteworthy.

In a world with many places to belong—school, work, the internet—this song gives you strength in those heartbreaking, helpless moments.

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mutō

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It’s goodbyeNakase Miru

It’s goodbye

This is a breakup song that realizes the distance between longing and reality.

Created by Miru Nakase, it was included on the album “i m u,” released in June 2025, with a music video released in September.

The protagonist’s feeling—being drawn precisely because the other person was so different—comes across painfully through IA’s clear, transparent vocals.

The dramatic sound, which unfolds from a quiet beginning into an outpouring of emotion, is also striking.

On nights when you face alone the unbridgeable gap with someone precious, this work will surely stay by your side.

EulogySatsuki

Eulogy / Kasane Teto · Adachi Rei

A song by Vocaloid producer Satsuki, released in November 2025.

It was submitted to the anonymous posting event Colorless Transparent Festival 3.

Featuring layered vocals by Kasane Teto and Adachi Rei, the piece sings words of remembrance for the departed.

The emotions wavering between memories preserved in the digital realm and the sense of loss in reality come through with aching clarity.

Try listening alone at night while thinking of someone dear—you’ll likely be left with a deep, lingering aftertaste.

Until I hold you in my arms.MIMI

Until I Hold You Tight / feat. KAFU

Without even realizing it, you bottle up your feelings… I bet there are quite a few people like that.

This song gently tells you, “It’s okay.” It’s by MIMI, a Vocaloid producer known for hits like “Kū ni Naru,” and it was released in 2022.

The track is arranged only with vocals, piano, and strings, which makes every word of the lyrics sink in even deeper.

It feels like someone coming to sit beside you and slowly rubbing your back.

Give it a listen when you’re feeling tired.

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Dream Kisstoiki

Dream Kiss / Hatsune Miku

“Dream Kiss” is a song by Toiki., released in September 2025.

Painted with words like delusion and curse, it portrays a precarious romance like an angel and a devil whispering to each other.

You’ll be drawn into its poetic worldview and a sound arrangement that blends speed and weightlessness.

Miku’s whispery vocals and the whistles slipped in between are also striking.

It’s the kind of Vocaloid track you can’t escape once you’re hooked.

To That Summerfin

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This song portrays the fleeting, nostalgic feeling of summer’s end.

It’s a track by fin, released in April 2024.

Hatsune Miku’s transparent, crystalline vocals deepen the resonance of memories of summer and questions about one’s purpose.

The music video, featuring fin’s signature pixel art style, is also distinctive.

Images like towering cumulonimbus clouds and the sound of wind chimes vividly evoke late-summer scenes.

I believe this is a song that offers comfort to those who fear their existence might be forgotten by the world.

Mélusinen-buna

[Hatsune Miku] Meru [Original] Hatsune Miku – Meru

As n-buna himself described it as a “lantern-floating song,” when you listen, countless softly drifting lights rise up in your mind like an image.

The beautiful lyrics and the melody that touches the heart are part of it, of course, but above all it must be Miku’s delicate, fleeting voice that brings it to life.