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[Songs About Loving Yet Parting] Love songs for those who want to overcome heartbreak

Accompanist / Piano InstructorYuri
Accompanist pianist × piano instructor × web writer. I began piano lessons at age four and, inspired by my piano teacher, decided to pursue music. I went on to specialized music programs in high school and university, where I discovered the appeal of accompanying instrumentalists and singers. Currently, alongside teaching piano, I work mainly in my home region of Aichi as an accompanist for flute, voice, choir, and more. Through lessons, my students often introduce me to trending songs, and my hobby is trying anything on the piano—Japanese and Western pop, commercial jingles, and beyond. Since 2021, I’ve also been active as a web writer, covering music and a variety of other genres.
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Deputy Editor of the web media RAG MUSIC. I’m Sasashina, a mom currently raising an elementary schooler and a preschooler. In my student days, I studied broadly at Kyoto College of Science and Technology, covering sound, lighting, and video technology, and acquired skills from comprehensive stage production to the fundamentals of creative expression. After graduation, I joined a music production company, where I still work, and have consistently built my career on the production side, taking on diverse tasks centered around music. Currently, I mainly handle articles for children, drawing on what I’ve learned about parenting in my own way, as well as insights and discoveries from interacting with my kids every day. I hope I can be of help to you, even just a little!

“We loved each other, but we broke up.

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We had no choice but to part.

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This is a collection of love songs for those who’ve gone through that kind of painful breakup.

If you split because you both fell out of love, you can simply move on to the next relationship.

But it’s different when only one person’s feelings faded, isn’t it?

You probably can’t bring yourself to hate them, and you’re still tormented by the feelings you have.

In this article, we introduce heartbreaking love songs that portray a variety of perspectives and complex emotions: the feelings of the one who initiated the breakup, the one who was broken up with, and even the bittersweet sentiment of mutually choosing to part while still having lingering attachment.

Please give them a listen when things feel tough.

[Songs About Loving But Saying Goodbye] Love Songs for You Who Want to Overcome Heartbreak (91–100)

for a whileDivorce Legend

Divorce Legend – For a While (Official Music Video)

Legend of Divorce for a While

A song by Divorce Densetsu that intertwines the melancholy of lost love with the strength to overcome it.

They say it took about three years from the start of their activities to complete this track.

Even as it feels the pain of letting go of a past relationship, its determination to move forward is sure to resonate deeply with anyone who’s been through a major parting.

For those who only suffer more by forcing themselves to forget, it feels like the song gently says, “It’s okay to be just as you are.” You can regret the past and worry about the future—just don’t give up on living in the present.

Doesn’t the creator’s warm message make your heart feel a little lighter?

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The Last KissHanako Oku

The Last Kiss

The Last Kiss by Hanako Oku

Sometimes couples break up because of a minor argument or a small misunderstanding.

Even though they still care about each other deep down, they end up putting on a stubborn front or getting scared, and choose to part ways.

The song “Last Kiss” expresses the lingering feelings for someone you’ve said goodbye to in that way.

It’s a track released in 2017 by singer-songwriter Hanako Oku.

The protagonist realizes, “There’s no one for me but that person,” and is filled with the desire to say, “I want to see you once more.”

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[Songs About Loving but Breaking Up] Love Songs to Help You Get Over Heartbreak (101–110)

Flower Reportberry meet

berry meet / Hanadayori [Music Video]

Flower Dayori Berry Meet

A heartwarming love song by berry meet that gently portrays springtime farewells and encounters, like cherry blossoms scattering along with our memories.

Released in February 2025, this work is a gem of a message song that colors the fleeting yet powerful season of new departures.

It captures the loneliness of parting, feelings of gratitude, and hope for the future in exquisite balance, while its warm melody and mixed male-female choral work resonate deeply.

It will gently accompany those who are experiencing a farewell with someone dear or are about to take a new step forward.

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sweet peaShy Taupe

Shytopes – Sweet Pea (Official Music Video)

Sweet Pea Shy Taupe

A delicate, heartrending love song woven with deep feelings for a beloved and the resolve to say goodbye.

Through gentle, everyday details—moments when eyes can’t meet or the letting go of a hand—it tenderly portrays the end of a romance.

The beautiful imagery of sweet pea flowers likening a love that keeps blooming in the heart with the arrival of spring is especially striking.

Released by Chai Tope in March 2025, this piece was chosen as the ending theme for the TV anime WIND BREAKER Season 2.

It’s a song that offers comfort to those trying to accept the end of love or who have experienced parting with someone precious.

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I became someone else's girlfriend.wacci

wacci “I Became Someone Else’s Girlfriend” Music Video

I became someone else's girlfriend. — wacci

It’s a bittersweet song that Yohei Hashiguchi of wacci describes as “a song for those who chose a love for themselves over an unforgettable one, glancing back just a little.” Its lyrics delicately portray the feelings of a woman who has become someone else’s girlfriend, resonating with many listeners.

While she talks about her new relationship, hints of lingering attachment to her former lover peek through the words—enough to bring many to tears.

Released digitally in August 2018, the track is also included on the album Gunjō Refrain.

It’s a song you’ll want to hear if you’re struggling with love or have experienced parting with someone important.

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TwilightKobukuro

Kobukuro – Twilight

Twilight Kobukuro

Twilight is a song that straightforwardly expresses feelings for someone who has grown distant.

It’s a track released by Kobukuro in 2015 and was used as the theme song for the film Twilight Sasara Saya, starring Yui Aragaki.

Parts of a person that can only be seen from the closeness of being a couple, and memories that can no longer be made, weigh down as sorrow after a breakup.

Until you can overcome it, it may be nothing but a burden, but with time, you will surely come to realize how irreplaceable those things are.

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We'll go back to being friends.Anzako

Anzasko - “Let’s Go Back to Being Friends” [Official Music Video]

We'll go back to being friends, Ansako.

Anshako’s 2022 track “Tomodachi ni Modoru yo” (“We’ll Go Back to Being Friends”) portrays the struggle of trying to shift from a romantic relationship to a friendship.

The lyrics, which depict quitting the habits you shared as lovers, changing the way you interact, and trying to become just “friends,” are painfully heartrending.

At the same time, there’s a strong, persistent feeling of not wanting that kind of relationship, and yet the inescapable reality keeps overflowing with sadness.

Give it a listen when you’re tormented by that feeling of having no choice but being unable to accept it.

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