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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 Parting] Love Songs for You Who Want to Overcome Heartbreak (21–30)

Happy Endingback number

back number – Happy End (full)

Happy End back number

“Happy End,” a song that captures the fragile heart of a woman who earnestly faces a breakup.

Released by back number in 2016, it’s no exaggeration to call it one of the greatest heartbreak songs of the 2010s.

The moment you realize your feelings and the other person’s don’t meet, you’re hit by a profound sense of despair.

You may feel happy being with them, but their happiness lies somewhere else.

If you decide that staying together isn’t good for either of you, the only thing you can do is step back.

It’s a song about a woman who swallows her own feelings for the sake of wishing for the other person’s happiness above all—a truly admirable woman.

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Two ShadowsNovelbright

Novelbright – Two Shadows [Official Music Video]

Two Shadows Novelbright

In love, trying to forget your current romance and face forward might, in a sense, be a form of self-deception.

Novelbright’s “Two Shadows” sings about a love that still lingers.

A love that creates inner conflict—like, “Forgetting feels like running away, but I hate that I can’t move forward either”—is truly cruel, isn’t it?

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I love you, but goodbye.CHIHIRO

CHIHIRO – I Love You, But Goodbye (Official MV)

I love you, but goodbye, CHIHIRO.

It was chosen as the theme song for Kaguya-hime to 7-nin no Oujitachi, which aired on AbemaTV in June 2019.

It begins with a simple piano accompaniment, and the way it faces an unrequited love is deeply moving.

It’s a song I want you to pay attention to for its down-to-earth lyrics about struggling and making a decision in order to find happiness.

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misfortuneRen

Ren – Misfortune (Music Video)

Fushiawaseren

“Fushiawase.” The way you feel after breaking up with someone you love is exactly what this word captures, isn’t it? Singer-songwriter Ren’s 2023 release zeroes in on the emotions of a man right after a breakup.

If you don’t force yourself to convert that sadness into another feeling and switch your mindset somehow, you’ll just keep getting swallowed by the darkness… Throughout the track, it overflows with the tension between trying to stay positive and the inability to truly let go.

It’s a perfect recommendation for anyone caught between “I’ll do my best” and “I can’t do this.”

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KanadeSukima Switch

Sukima Switch – “Kanade” Music Video : SUKIMASWITCH / KANADE Music Video

Kanade Sukima Switch

It’s one of Sukima Switch’s signature works, a classic ballad that took time to become a hit.

The lyrics vividly conjure up scenes just by listening, and the gentle melody really sinks into your heart.

The earnestness of conveying feelings that never reached their destination is heartbreakingly moving.

It’s long been loved at karaoke, too, and it feels like those emotions would well up as you sing it.

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Unfit to be a loverKoresawa

Koresawa “Unqualified as a Lover” [Music Video]

Koisuru Hisshaku Koresawa

Koresawa is a singer-songwriter popular among young people, especially women of her generation.

This song, “Koibito Shikkaku” (Disqualified as a Lover), is an answer song to her smash hit “Tabako” (Cigarette).

“Tabako” is a breakup song from a woman’s perspective, while this track expresses the feelings of the man—her counterpart.

Like “Tabako,” it’s a love song that powerfully conveys the emotions of love and heartache.

Listening to the two songs alternately, you can’t help but feel a curious sense of agreement between them.

The ending hits like a spark of sorrow—and it’ll have you in tears.

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ex darlingCreepHyp

CreepHyp – “ex Darling” (OFFICIAL AUDIO)

ex Darling Creep Hype

When it comes to breakup songs, many of them express feelings of sadness and loneliness, don’t they? This song, “ex Darling,” was released digitally on April 18, 2022, the 10th anniversary of CreepHyp’s major-label debut.

It’s also included as a first-press bonus track on their major debut album, “I Thought I’d Be Loved for the Rest of My Life Until I Die.” Rather than dwelling on sadness, it highlights the positive aspects that meeting someone you love brought into your life—ironically, that’s what makes it feel all the more poignant.

It’s a number that stays close to those who can’t forget the person they broke up with.

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