[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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[Women’s Heartbreak Songs] Soul-stirring songs for you, who loved with all your heart (41–50)
Last sceneikimonogakari
“It’s sad, but let’s carry all these feelings and move forward”—this song inspires that kind of resolve.
It’s a work by Ikimonogakari, a band that has long been at the forefront of the Japanese music scene, released in 2016 as their 32nd single.
It became a hot topic when it was chosen as the theme song for the film Your Lie in April.
Yoshioka’s strong, clear voice is truly wonderful.
It’s a heartrending song, yet it seems to hold hope beyond the sorrow.
Why not entrust your body and soul to this music?
[Women's Heartbreak Songs] Touching songs dedicated to you who loved with all your heart (51–60)
More than friends, less than loversmatsumura kanau
Lyrics that earnestly spell out feelings for someone who doesn’t notice how you feel… they pierce the heart.
This song by Osaka-born singer-songwriter Kanau Matsumura was released as a single in 2022.
The relaxed sound and soft, comforting vocals sink into your heart.
Perhaps it’s precisely because of that sonic atmosphere that we can’t help but empathize with the song’s protagonist.
Saying “I don’t want a half-baked relationship” might end up causing yourself pain, but pursuing an answer isn’t wrong, is it?
I don’t want to see you; I want to see you.Ueno Yūka
A ballad by Yuka Ueno that captures a heartbreak so painful it hurts just to remember, set to a piano-centered sound and a simple melody.
Six months after the breakup, the protagonist’s heart is roiled by a contradiction born from being unable to forget their former partner: “I want to see you, but I don’t want to see you.” Included on the album ‘Sukina Hito wa Anata datta,’ released in January 2019, this song is sure to resonate deeply with anyone who has gone through a breakup and still can’t sort out their feelings.
When you find yourself thinking of that person in unguarded moments, why not listen to this track and face your true feelings?
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.
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?
evening primroseNovelbright
There are loves you can never forget, no matter how much time passes.
This is a song by Novelbright, a rock band from Osaka Prefecture, released in 2020 as their sixth single.
It’s a grand ballad where piano and strings embrace the band’s sound.
The road you walked with a former lover, the scenery you saw together—memories that suddenly come flooding back.
It’s a heartbreak song packed tightly with the feeling of wanting to return to those days if only you could, stirring deep emotions.
After the nightadieu
Actress Moka Kamishiraishi performs under the name adieu when she’s making music.
When you’re in love, there are times you struggle with feelings you know you shouldn’t confess, or with a love you know won’t come true.
She sings about a woman’s aching heart, filled with those very emotions.
It’s a song I really want you to listen to while reading each line of the lyrics.
