RAG MusicHeartbreak Songs
A wonderful heartbreak song

[Female Heartbreak Song] A soul-stirring song dedicated to you, who loved with all your heart.

A love that won’t return, no matter how hard you wish.

Even when you muster the courage to confess, they don’t turn around.

Or you finally become mutual, only for their feelings to drift away from you.

After heartbreak, you find yourself thinking, “I shouldn’t have confessed,” or “If only I’d been more honest,” and blaming yourself as precious moments replay in your mind.

And the more you try to forget, the stronger your feelings for them grow…

The songs featured in this article are all achingly beautiful masterpieces we want you—who loved with all your heart—to hear.

Regret that won’t stop no matter how much you cry, and the inability to give up on the one you love.

These songs will stay close to those pure feelings.

[Women’s Heartbreak Songs] Soul-stirring songs dedicated to you who loved with all your heart (61–70)

FragranceMahiru

[MV] Mahiru — Fragrance (Aroma)
FragranceMahiru

A heartrending song by Mahiru that portrays the feelings of a woman who can’t help but sense the presence of her former lover in the lingering scent of a borrowed perfume.

Delicately woven words capture how memories stirred by fragrance toss her about, leaving her heart aching with feelings she still can’t let go of.

Co-created with RINZO and released in December 2023, the piece gained support as a ballad that comforts many who have experienced heartbreak.

It’s a song that stands by those who, in everyday moments, are suddenly reminded of someone precious by a passing scent, bringing empathy to such bittersweet instants.

I just got dumped by a terrible you.Uno Misako (AAA)

Misako Uno (AAA) / I just got dumped by the worst you
I just got dumped by a terrible you.Uno Misako (AAA)

For anyone who’s just had their heart broken, this is a song that will have you in tears the moment you listen.

“I Just Got Dumped by the Worst You,” a breakup ballad written and sung by Misako Uno of AAA, tells the story of a man who chose himself over a future with his girlfriend, capturing the painful disconnect between them.

The lyrics are filled with words that cut deep, making a full-on sobfest almost inevitable.

The music video starts at the moment of their breakup and rewinds all the way back to when they first met.

No one could watch the final shot—of the two of them, beaming with the happiness of those early days—and not feel a lump in their throat.

A song about being cheated on but still in love.riria.

A song about being cheated on but still in love. [Original]
A song about being cheated on but still in love.riria.

The song “Uwaki Sareta Kedo Mada Suki tte Kyoku” (I Was Cheated On, But I Still Love You), which became a hot topic as an infidelity-themed track sung by a teenager, is performed by Riria., a singer-songwriter active mainly on social media.

The song lays bare genuine feelings toward a cheating lover, and its conflicting, precarious emotions—“I can’t forgive you” and “Please don’t leave me”—resonate deeply.

For those who went through a similar breakup, it’s a track that may feel like reopening a wound, yet somehow it’s comforting to listen to.

It’s a number that gently stays by the side of pain too hard to tell anyone.

DEPARTURESglobe

globe / 'DEPARTURES' (Starring: Ayaka Miyoshi)
DEPARTURESglobe

Many of you might find this 1996 release “nostalgic.” Its sound really evokes the ’90s.

Written, composed, and arranged by Tetsuya Komuro, the song can feel like a heartbreak tune set between winter and spring, yet it also evokes moments spent together as a couple.

Either way, it carries a poignant sense that hints at parting.

It’s a love song for winter, cold to both body and soul.

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Neguse. “Everyday Revolution” Official Music Video
Everyday Revolutionneguse.

A work by Neguse, a rock band from Aichi, included on their 2022 mini-album “WONDERLAND ni Aijō o!” (“Send Love to Wonderland!”).

It’s a song of lingering attachment that retraces memories one by one—the traces left in the room where the singer once spent time with a former lover—resulting in something many can relate to.

The sentimental band sound and the true-to-life vocals of Ryotachi bring the lyrical world even closer.

A breakup is when the everyday life you knew suddenly ends, suddenly changes.

To get through it, why not draw strength from music?