[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.
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Tomorrow’s songaiko
The songs of singer-songwriter aiko—who has earned support from a wide range of listeners with her unique lyrics spun from a female perspective and her catchy pop sound.
This track opens her 11th album, “Awa no Yōna Ai Datta” (“It Was a Love Like Bubbles”).
It’s an impressive number featuring a sprightly yet faintly melancholic piano and a rapid-fire, cascading melody.
No matter how much she suppresses her feelings, the reality that she still has to cut things off—and the feeling of love that persists—captures the delicate complexity of a love that won’t go smoothly.
It’s a realistic breakup song that evokes deep empathy for the tangled emotions after a heartbreak.
aloneMayo Okamoto
Mayo Okamoto’s gentle, translucent voice seems to softly stay by the side of a wounded heart.
This song is a single released in 1996.
It tenderly sings of the feelings of a woman putting on a brave face.
If only I’d been honest back then, would a different future have awaited me? Looking back, the memories that surface are mostly regrets.
In hard times, sorrowful memories inevitably fill our minds.
In moments like those, listening to this song and just letting your heart be might not be such a bad idea.
Unreachable love songTani Yuuki
Despite being said to have started his career in 2020, his YouTube subscriber count is already on the verge of reaching 500,000.
With nearly 50 releases including MVs and digital-only singles, I feel that Tani Yuuki is one of the artists riding the biggest wave right now.
Here’s one of Tani’s pop yet somehow bittersweet tracks, “Unreachable love song.” Rather than a full-on tearjerker, a “tour of places filled with memories” might pair better with the refreshing words of heartbreak.
If you want to shed tears you don’t want others to see, this song is highly recommended.
My loverGorin Mayumi
A gem of a ballad by Mayumi Itsuwa that gently embraces the joy of falling in love and the pain of parting.
It tenderly accompanies the self-blame that can arise in the anguish of heartbreak, sinking deeply into the listener’s heart.
Released in August 1980, it reached No.
1 on the Oricon chart and earned her first appearance on that year’s Kōhaku Uta Gassen.
A classic covered by many artists, including Noriko Awaya and Hibari Misora.
For those carrying a love-worn heart, this is a song that will quietly stay by your side.
Why not listen to it on a quiet night? It will surely become a soothing time that permeates your soul.
Love even your melancholyKoresawa
A heartwarming pop tune by Koresawa that delicately portrays the feelings of a girl living with the negative emotions everyone experiences.
Released in August 2020, this first single is a re-recording of a song long regarded as a legendary hidden gem.
Set to a gentle, acoustic guitar–driven sound, it conveys the strength to move forward while harboring vague anxieties and loneliness—and learning to accept them.
It’s the perfect track for anyone who resonates with the stance of not denying any feeling but choosing to love them, or for those who want to keep looking ahead even while carrying a touch of melancholy.
If there’s a “see you”Mirei Touyama
This is a bittersweet breakup song that gently wraps feelings of regret and gratitude toward a loved one in a clear, translucent voice.
Released by Mirei Toyama in August 2021, it portrays the struggle with the pain of parting while trying to find gratitude for a “once-in-a-lifetime happiness.” The hesitation over when to bring up the breakup, and the strength to be the one to finally say “thank you,” are also compelling.
As a track from the album “still,” this cover of a original song by Sorari Sawada offers quiet solace to those who must end a relationship or are suffering through a love they need to let go of.
In loveHY
A gem of a love song that portrays the journey of looking forward after heartbreak.
It gently expresses the acceptance of a past breakup and the growth that comes from that experience, carried by a tender melody.
It’s a memorable masterpiece marked by a positive spirit—gratitude for the encounter, and a resolve to cherish the memories even if the love was not meant to be.
Included on the album “TIME,” this song was written as the theme for the film “366 Days,” set for release in January 2025.
Positioned as an answer song to “366 Days,” which depicts unrequited love, it completes the story by tracing the path to recovery from heartbreak.
A heartwarming ballad that will resonate with those who have overcome the pain of a breakup or who hold dear the memories of a precious love.